# File Name: Holy-Bible---English---LXX2012-U-S-English---Standard-Edition.noia # File Size: 3568705 # File Date: 03/27/2024 22:53:57 # File Purpose: Supporting resource for the Aionian Bible project # File Location: https://resources.AionianBible.org # File Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution No Derivative Works 4.0, 2018-2024 # File Generator: ABCMS (alpha) # File Accuracy: Contact publisher with corrections to file format or content # Publisher Name: Nainoia Inc # Publisher Contact: https://www.AionianBible.org/Publisher # Publisher Mission: https://www.AionianBible.org/Preface # Publisher Website: https://NAINOIA-INC.signedon.net # Publisher Facebook: https://www.Facebook.com/AionianBible # Bible Name: LXX: Septuagint, English 2012 # Bible Name English: LXX: Septuagint, English 2012 # Bible Language: English # Bible Language English: English # Bible Copyright Format: CC Attribution NoDerivatives 4.0, 2018-2024 # Bible Copyright Text: Public Domain # Bible Source: Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, updated by Michael Paul Johnson # Bible Source Version: 3/26/2020 # Bible Source Link: https://ebible.org/details.php?id=eng-lxx2012 # Bible Source Year: 1851, 2012 # Bible Format: Standard formatting without annotation # INDEX BOOK CHAPTER VERSE TEXT # # BOOK 001 GEN Genesis Genesis 001 GEN 001 001 In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. 001 GEN 001 002 But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water. 001 GEN 001 003 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. 001 GEN 001 004 And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness. 001 GEN 001 005 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and there was evening and there was morning, the first day. 001 GEN 001 006 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and let it be a division between water and water, and it was so. 001 GEN 001 007 And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament. 001 GEN 001 008 And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and there was evening and there was morning, the second day. 001 GEN 001 009 And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry land appeared. 001 GEN 001 010 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he called Seas, and God saw that it was good. 001 GEN 001 011 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and it was so. 001 GEN 001 012 And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God saw that it was good. 001 GEN 001 013 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. 001 GEN 001 014 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years. 001 GEN 001 015 And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so. 001 GEN 001 016 And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also. 001 GEN 001 017 And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, 001 GEN 001 018 and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 001 GEN 001 019 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. 001 GEN 001 020 And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so. 001 GEN 001 021 And God made great whales, and every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good. 001 GEN 001 022 And God blessed them saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth. 001 GEN 001 023 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. 001 GEN 001 024 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so. 001 GEN 001 025 And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good. 001 GEN 001 026 And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth. 001 GEN 001 027 And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them. 001 GEN 001 028 And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth. 001 GEN 001 029 And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food. 001 GEN 001 030 And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so. 001 GEN 001 031 And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. 001 GEN 002 001 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole world of them. 001 GEN 002 002 And God finished on the sixth day his works which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works which he made. 001 GEN 002 003 And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God began to do. 001 GEN 002 004 This [is] the book of the generation of heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God made the heaven and the earth, 001 GEN 002 005 and every herb of the field before it was on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate it. 001 GEN 002 006 But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth. 001 GEN 002 007 And God formed the man [of] dust of the earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man became a living soul. 001 GEN 002 008 And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed. 001 GEN 002 009 And God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil. 001 GEN 002 010 And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads. 001 GEN 002 011 The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold. 001 GEN 002 012 And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald. 001 GEN 002 013 And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia. 001 GEN 002 014 And the third river is Tigris, this is that which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is Euphrates. 001 GEN 002 015 And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it. 001 GEN 002 016 And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden you may freely eat, 001 GEN 002 017 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—of it you shall not eat, but in whatever day you eat of it, you shall surely die. 001 GEN 002 018 And the Lord God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him. 001 GEN 002 019 And God formed yet farther out of the earth all the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam called any living creature, that was the name of it. 001 GEN 002 020 And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a help like to himself. 001 GEN 002 021 And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead thereof. 001 GEN 002 022 And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam. 001 GEN 002 023 And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her husband. 001 GEN 002 024 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. 001 GEN 003 001 And the two were naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed. Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth, which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Therefore has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden? 001 GEN 003 002 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, 001 GEN 003 003 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die. 001 GEN 003 004 And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die. 001 GEN 003 005 For God knew that in whatever day you should eat of it your eyes would be opened, and you would be as gods, knowing good and evil. 001 GEN 003 006 And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate. 001 GEN 003 007 And the eyes of both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons to go round them. 001 GEN 003 008 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the afternoon; and both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of the garden. 001 GEN 003 009 And the Lord God called Adam and said to him, Adam, where are you? 001 GEN 003 010 And he said to him, I heard your voice as you walked in the garden, and I feared because I was naked and I hid myself. 001 GEN 003 011 And God said to him, Who told you that you were naked, unless you have eaten of the tree concerning which I charged you of it alone not to eat? 001 GEN 003 012 And Adam said, The woman whom you gave to be with me—she gave me of the tree and I ate. 001 GEN 003 013 And the Lord God said to the woman, Why have you done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me and I ate. 001 GEN 003 014 And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this you are cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on your breast and belly you shall go, and you shall eat earth all the days of your life. 001 GEN 003 015 And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed, he shall watch against your head, and you shall watch against his heel. 001 GEN 003 016 And to the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your pains and your groanings; in pain you shall bring forth children, and your submission shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you. 001 GEN 003 017 And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged you of it only not to eat—of that you have eaten, cursed [is] the ground in your labors, in pain shall you eat of it all the days of your life. 001 GEN 003 018 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. 001 GEN 003 019 In the sweat of your face shall you eat your bread until you return to the earth out of which you were taken, for earth you are and to earth you shall return. 001 GEN 003 020 And Adam called the name of his wife Life, because she was the mother of all living. 001 GEN 003 021 And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife garments of skin, and clothed them. 001 GEN 003 022 And God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and [so] he shall live forever— 001 GEN 003 023 So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken. 001 GEN 003 024 And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life. 001 GEN 004 001 And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain and said, I have gained a man through God. 001 GEN 004 002 And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 001 GEN 004 003 And it was so after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord. 001 GEN 004 004 And Abel also brought of the first born of his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts, 001 GEN 004 005 but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell. 001 GEN 004 006 And the Lord God said to Cain, Why are you become very sorrowful and why is your countenance fallen? 001 GEN 004 007 Hast you not sinned if you have brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to you shall be his submission, and you shall rule over him. 001 GEN 004 008 And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him. 001 GEN 004 009 And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper? 001 GEN 004 010 And the Lord said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me out of the ground. 001 GEN 004 011 And now you [are] cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 001 GEN 004 012 When you till the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to you: you shall be groaning and trembling on the earth. 001 GEN 004 013 And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime [is] too great for me to be forgiven. 001 GEN 004 014 If you cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from your presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one that finds me shall kill me. 001 GEN 004 015 And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer sevenfold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might kill him. 001 GEN 004 016 So Cain went forth from the presence of God and lived in the land of Nod over against Edem. 001 GEN 004 017 And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name of his son, Enoch. 001 GEN 004 018 And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech. 001 GEN 004 019 And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella. 001 GEN 004 020 And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle. 001 GEN 004 021 And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the lute and harp. 001 GEN 004 022 And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noema. 001 GEN 004 023 And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief. 001 GEN 004 024 Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's [it shall be] seventy times seven. 001 GEN 004 025 And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain killed. 001 GEN 004 026 And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God. 001 GEN 005 001 This [is] the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him: 001 GEN 005 002 male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them. 001 GEN 005 003 And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] after his [own] form, and after his [own] image, and he called his name Seth. 001 GEN 005 004 And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters. 001 GEN 005 005 And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. 001 GEN 005 006 Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enos. 001 GEN 005 007 And Seth lived after his begetting Enos, seven hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters. 001 GEN 005 008 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. 001 GEN 005 009 And Enos lived an hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan. 001 GEN 005 010 And Enos lived after his begetting Cainan, seven hundred and fifteen years, and he begot sons and daughters. 001 GEN 005 011 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. 001 GEN 005 012 And Cainan lived an hundred and seventy years, and he begot Maleleel. 001 GEN 005 013 And Cainan lived after his begetting Maleleel, seven hundred and forty years, and he begot sons and daughters. 001 GEN 005 014 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. 001 GEN 005 015 And Maleleel lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and he begot Jared. 001 GEN 005 016 And Maleleel lived after his begetting Jared, seven hundred and thirty years, and he begot sons and daughters. 001 GEN 005 017 And all the days of Maleleel were eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he died. 001 GEN 005 018 And Jared lived an hundred and sixty and two years, and begot Enoch: 001 GEN 005 019 and Jared lived after his begetting Enoch, eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. 001 GEN 005 020 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he died. 001 GEN 005 021 And Enoch lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and became the father of Mathusala. 001 GEN 005 022 And Enoch was well-pleasing to God after his begetting Mathusala, two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. 001 GEN 005 023 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty and five years. 001 GEN 005 024 And Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, because God translated him. 001 GEN 005 025 And Mathusala lived an hundred and sixty and seven years, and begot Lamech. 001 GEN 005 026 And Mathusala lived after his begetting Lamech eight hundred and two years, and begot sons and daughters. 001 GEN 005 027 And all the days of Mathusala which he lived, were nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he died. 001 GEN 005 028 And Lamech lived an hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son. 001 GEN 005 029 And he called his name Noe, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed. 001 GEN 005 030 And Lamech lived after his begetting Noe, five hundred and sixty and five years, and begot sons and daughters. 001 GEN 005 031 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and fifty-three years, and he died. 001 GEN 006 001 And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, 001 GEN 006 002 that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose. 001 GEN 006 003 And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years. 001 GEN 006 004 Now the giants were upon the earth in those days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the daughters of men, they bore [children] to them, those were the giants of old, the men of renown. 001 GEN 006 005 And the Lord God, having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually, 001 GEN 006 006 then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered [it] deeply. 001 GEN 006 007 And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them. 001 GEN 006 008 But Noe found grace before the Lord God. 001 GEN 006 009 And these [are] the generations of Noe. Noe was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noe was well-pleasing to God. 001 GEN 006 010 And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth. 001 GEN 006 011 But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity. 001 GEN 006 012 And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth. 001 GEN 006 013 And the Lord God said to Noe, A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth. 001 GEN 006 014 Make therefore for yourself an ark of square timber; you shall make the ark in compartments, and you shall pitch it within and without with pitch. 001 GEN 006 015 And thus shall you make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it. 001 GEN 006 016 You shall narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above you shall finish it, and the door of the ark you shall make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories you shall make it. 001 GEN 006 017 And behold I bring a flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and whatever things are upon the earth shall die. 001 GEN 006 018 And I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall enter into the ark, and your sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you. 001 GEN 006 019 And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, you shall bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that you may feed them with yourself: male and female they shall be. 001 GEN 006 020 Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to you, male and female to be fed with you. 001 GEN 006 021 And you shall take to yourself of all kinds of food which you eat, and you shall gather them to yourself, and it shall be for you and them to eat. 001 GEN 006 022 And Noe did all things whatever the Lord God commanded him, so did he. 001 GEN 007 001 And the Lord God said to Noe, Enter you and all your family into the ark, for you have I seen righteous before me in this generation. 001 GEN 007 002 And of the clean cattle take in to you sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and female. 001 GEN 007 003 And of clean flying creatures of the sky sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs, male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth. 001 GEN 007 004 For yet seven days [having passed] I bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth. 001 GEN 007 005 And Noe [did] all things whatever the Lord God commanded him. 001 GEN 007 006 And Noe was six hundred years old when the flood of water was upon the earth. 001 GEN 007 007 And then went in Noe and his sons and his wife, and his sons' wives with him into the ark, because of the water of the flood. 001 GEN 007 008 And of clean flying creatures and of unclean flying creatures, and of clean cattle and of unclean cattle, and of all things that creep upon the earth, 001 GEN 007 009 pairs went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noe. 001 GEN 007 010 And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth. 001 GEN 007 011 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood-gates of heaven were opened. 001 GEN 007 012 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 001 GEN 007 013 On that very day entered Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth, the sons of Noe, and the wife of Noe, and the three wives of his sons with him into the ark. 001 GEN 007 014 And all the wild beasts after their kind, and all cattle after their kind, and every reptile moving itself on the earth after its kind, and every flying bird after its kind, 001 GEN 007 015 went in to Noe into the ark, pairs, male and female of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 001 GEN 007 016 And they that entered went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded Noe, and the Lord God shut the ark outside of him. 001 GEN 007 017 And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth. 001 GEN 007 018 And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water. 001 GEN 007 019 And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven. 001 GEN 007 020 Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains. 001 GEN 007 021 And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man. 001 GEN 007 022 And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died. 001 GEN 007 023 And [God] blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noe was left alone, and those with him in the ark. 001 GEN 007 024 And the water was raised over the earth an hundred and fifty days. 001 GEN 008 001 And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed. 001 GEN 008 002 And the fountains of the deep were closed up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was withheld. 001 GEN 008 003 And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. 001 GEN 008 004 And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month. 001 GEN 008 005 And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen. 001 GEN 008 006 And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made. 001 GEN 008 007 And he sent forth a raven; and it went forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth. 001 GEN 008 008 And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth. 001 GEN 008 009 And the dove not having found rest for her feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and brought her to himself into the ark. 001 GEN 008 010 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark. 001 GEN 008 011 And the dove returned to him in the evening, and had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noe knew that the water had ceased from off the earth. 001 GEN 008 012 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more. 001 GEN 008 013 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had subsided from the face of the earth. 001 GEN 008 014 And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month. 001 GEN 008 015 And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying, 001 GEN 008 016 Come out from the ark, you and your wife and your sons, and your sons' wives with you. 001 GEN 008 017 And all the wild beasts as many as are with you, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with you: and increase you and multiply upon the earth. 001 GEN 008 018 And Noe came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with him. 001 GEN 008 019 And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark. 001 GEN 008 020 And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt offering upon the altar. 001 GEN 008 021 And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more strike all living flesh as I have done. 001 GEN 008 022 All the days of the earth, seed and harvest, cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night. 001 GEN 009 001 And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it. 001 GEN 009 002 And the dread and the fear of you shall be upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea, I have placed them under your power. 001 GEN 009 003 And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the green herbs. 001 GEN 009 004 But flesh with blood of life you shall not eat. 001 GEN 009 005 For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of [his] brother man. 001 GEN 009 006 He that sheds man's blood, instead of that blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man. 001 GEN 009 007 But do you increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it. 001 GEN 009 008 And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying, 001 GEN 009 009 And behold I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you, 001 GEN 009 010 and with every living creature with you, of birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many as are with you, of all that come out of the ark. 001 GEN 009 011 And I will establish my covenant with you and all flesh shall not any more die by the water of the flood, and there shall no more be a flood of water to destroy all the earth. 001 GEN 009 012 And the Lord God said to Noe, This [is] the sign of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every living creature which is with you for perpetual generations. 001 GEN 009 013 I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between me and the earth. 001 GEN 009 014 And it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that my bow shall be seen in the cloud. 001 GEN 009 015 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all flesh. 001 GEN 009 016 And my bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look to remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth, and between [every] living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth. 001 GEN 009 017 And God said to Noe, This [is] the sign of the covenant, which I have made between me and all flesh, which is upon the earth. 001 GEN 009 018 Now the sons of Noe which came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, Japheth. And Cham was father of Chanaan. 001 GEN 009 019 These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth. 001 GEN 009 020 And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard. 001 GEN 009 021 And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house. 001 GEN 009 022 And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without. 001 GEN 009 023 And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face [was] backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father. 001 GEN 009 024 And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him. 001 GEN 009 025 And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren. 001 GEN 009 026 And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant. 001 GEN 009 027 May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell in the habitations of Sem, and let Chanaan be his servant. 001 GEN 009 028 And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 001 GEN 009 029 And all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died. 001 GEN 010 001 Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood. 001 GEN 010 002 The sons of Japheth, Gamer, and Magog, and Madoi, and Jovan, and Elisa, and Thobel, and Mosoch, and Thiras. 001 GEN 010 003 And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama. 001 GEN 010 004 And the sons of Jovan, Elisa, and Tharseis, Cetians, Rhodians. 001 GEN 010 005 From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations. 001 GEN 010 006 And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan. 001 GEN 010 007 And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Rhegma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Rhegma, Saba, and Dadan. 001 GEN 010 008 And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth. 001 GEN 010 009 He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord. 001 GEN 010 010 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar. 001 GEN 010 011 Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach, 001 GEN 010 012 and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city. 001 GEN 010 013 And Mesrain begot the Ludiim, and the Nephthalim, and the Enemetiim, and the Labiim, 001 GEN 010 014 and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasmoniim (whence came forth Phylistiim) and the Gaphthoriim. 001 GEN 010 015 And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Chettite, 001 GEN 010 016 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 001 GEN 010 017 and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite, 001 GEN 010 018 and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed. 001 GEN 010 019 And the boundaries of the Chananites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerara and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, as far as Dasa. 001 GEN 010 020 There [were] the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 001 GEN 010 021 And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder. 001 GEN 010 022 Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan. 001 GEN 010 023 And sons of Aram, Uz, and Ul, and Gater, and Mosoch. 001 GEN 010 024 And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala. And Sala begot Heber. 001 GEN 010 025 And to Heber were born two sons, the name of the one, Phaleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Jektan. 001 GEN 010 026 And Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach, 001 GEN 010 027 and Odorrha, and Aibel, and Decla, 001 GEN 010 028 Eval, and Abimael, and Saba, 001 GEN 010 029 and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan. 001 GEN 010 030 And their dwelling was from Masse, till one comes to Saphera, a mountain of the east. 001 GEN 010 031 These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. 001 GEN 010 032 These are the tribes of the sons of Noe, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood. 001 GEN 011 001 And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all. 001 GEN 011 002 And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in the land of Senaar, and they lived there. 001 GEN 011 003 And a man said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was bitumen. 001 GEN 011 004 And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth. 001 GEN 011 005 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built. 001 GEN 011 006 And the Lord said, Behold, [there is] one race, and one lip of all, and they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all that they may have undertaken to do. 001 GEN 011 007 Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand each the voice of his neighbor. 001 GEN 011 008 And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city and the tower. 001 GEN 011 009 On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth. 001 GEN 011 010 And these [are] the generations of Sem: and Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood. 001 GEN 011 011 And Sem lived, after he had begotten Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 001 GEN 011 012 And Arphaxad lived a hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan. 001 GEN 011 013 And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, four hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and begot Sala; and Canaan lived after he had begotten Sala, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 001 GEN 011 014 And Sala lived an hundred and thirty years, and begot Heber. 001 GEN 011 015 And Sala lived after he had begotten Heber, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 001 GEN 011 016 And Heber lived an hundred and thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg. 001 GEN 011 017 And Heber lived after he had begotten Phaleg two hundred and seventy years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 001 GEN 011 018 And Phaleg lived and hundred and thirty years, and begot Ragau. 001 GEN 011 019 And Phaleg lived after he had begotten Ragau, two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 001 GEN 011 020 And Ragau lived and hundred thirty and two years, and begot Seruch. 001 GEN 011 021 And Raau lived after he had begotten Seruch, two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 001 GEN 011 022 And Seruch lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot Nachor. 001 GEN 011 023 And Seruch lived after he had begotten Nachor, two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 001 GEN 011 024 And Nachor lived a hundred and seventy-nine years, and begot Tharrha. 001 GEN 011 025 And Nachor lived after he had begotten Tharrha, an hundred and twenty-five years, and begot sons and daughters, and he died. 001 GEN 011 026 And Tharrha lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Arrhan. 001 GEN 011 027 And these [are] the generations of Tharrha. Tharrha begot Abram and Nachor, and Arrhan; and Arrhan begot Lot. 001 GEN 011 028 And Arrhan died in the presence of Tharrha his father, in the land in which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees. 001 GEN 011 029 And Abram and Nachor took to themselves wives, the name of the wife of Abram was Sara, and the name of the wife of Nachor, Malcha, daughter of Arrhan, and he was the father of Malcha, the father of Jescha. 001 GEN 011 030 And Sara was barren, and did not bear children. 001 GEN 011 031 And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son Arrhan, the son of his son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he lived there. 001 GEN 011 032 And all the days of Tharrha in the land of Charrhan were two hundred and five years, and Tharrha died in Charrhan. 001 GEN 012 001 And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of your land and out of your kindred, and out of the house of your father, and come into the land which I will show you. 001 GEN 012 002 And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed. 001 GEN 012 003 And I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed. 001 GEN 012 004 And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan. 001 GEN 012 005 And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 012 006 And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land. 001 GEN 012 007 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to your seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him. 001 GEN 012 008 And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord. 001 GEN 012 009 And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness. 001 GEN 012 010 And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land. 001 GEN 012 011 And it came to pass when Abram drew near to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that you are a fair woman. 001 GEN 012 012 It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see you, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall kill me, but they shall save you alive. 001 GEN 012 013 Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of you, and my soul shall live because of you. 001 GEN 012 014 And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful— 001 GEN 012 015 that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao. 001 GEN 012 016 And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels. 001 GEN 012 017 And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram's wife. 001 GEN 012 018 And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this you have done to me, that you did not tell me that she was your wife? 001 GEN 012 019 Therefore did you say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go quickly away. 001 GEN 012 020 And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had. 001 GEN 013 001 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness. 001 GEN 013 002 And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold. 001 GEN 013 003 And he went [to the place] whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai, 001 GEN 013 004 to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord. 001 GEN 013 005 And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents. 001 GEN 013 006 And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together. 001 GEN 013 007 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land. 001 GEN 013 008 And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brethren. 001 GEN 013 009 Behold! is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me; if you [go] to the left, I will go to the right, and if you go to the right, I will go to the left. 001 GEN 013 010 And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until you come to Zogora. 001 GEN 013 011 And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram lived in the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 013 012 And Lot lived in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom. 001 GEN 013 013 But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God. 001 GEN 013 014 And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with your eyes, and behold from the place where you now are northward and southward, and eastward and seaward; 001 GEN 013 015 for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your seed for ever. 001 GEN 013 016 And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed be numbered. 001 GEN 013 017 Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever. 001 GEN 013 018 And Abram having removed his tent, came and lived by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord. 001 GEN 014 001 And it came to pass in the reign of Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations, 001 GEN 014 002 made war with Balla king of Sodom, and with Barsa king of Gomorrha, and with Sennaar, king of Adama, and with Symobor king of Seboim and the king of Balac, this is Segor. 001 GEN 014 003 All these met with one consent at the salt valley; this is [now] the sea of salt. 001 GEN 014 004 Twelve years they served Chodollogomor, and the thirteenth year they revolted. 001 GEN 014 005 And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommaeans in the city Save. 001 GEN 014 006 And the Chorrhaeans in the mountains of Seir, to the turpentine tree of Pharan, which is in the desert. 001 GEN 014 007 And having turned back they came to the well of judgment; this is Cades, and they cut in pieces all the princes of Amalec, and the Amorites dwelling in Asasonthamar. 001 GEN 014 008 And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrha, and king of Adama, and king of Seboim, and king of Balac, this is Segor, and they set themselves in array against them for war in the salt valley, 001 GEN 014 009 against Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations, and Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, the four kings against the five. 001 GEN 014 010 Now the salt valley [consists of] slime-pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrha, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country. 001 GEN 014 011 And they took all the cavalry of Sodom and Gomorrha, and all their provisions, and departed. 001 GEN 014 012 And they took also Lot the son of Abram's brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he lived in Sodom. 001 GEN 014 013 And one of them that had been rescued came and told Abram the Hebrew; and he lived by the oak of Mamre the Amorite the brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aunan, who were confederates with Abram. 001 GEN 014 014 And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been taken captive, numbered his own home-born [servants] three hundred and eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan. 001 GEN 014 015 And he came upon them by night, he and his servants, and he struck them and pursued them as far as Choba, which is on the left of Damascus. 001 GEN 014 016 And he recovered all the cavalry of Sodom, and he recovered Lot his nephew, and all his possessions, and the women and the people. 001 GEN 014 017 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, to the valley of Saby; this was the plain of the kings. 001 GEN 014 018 And Melchisedec king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God. 001 GEN 014 019 And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth, 001 GEN 014 020 and blessed be the most high God who delivered your enemies into your power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all. 001 GEN 014 021 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the horses to yourself. 001 GEN 014 022 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth, 001 GEN 014 023 [that] I will not take from all your goods from a string to a shoe-latchet, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich. 001 GEN 014 024 Except what things the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, Eschol, Aunan, Mambre, these shall take a portion. 001 GEN 015 001 And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield you, your reward shall be very great. 001 GEN 015 002 And Abram said, Master [and] Lord, what will you give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine heir.] 001 GEN 015 003 And Abram said, [I am grieved] since you have given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me. 001 GEN 015 004 And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come out of you shall be your heir. 001 GEN 015 005 And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if you shall be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall your seed be. 001 GEN 015 006 And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness. 001 GEN 015 007 And he said to him, I am God that brought you out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land to inherit. 001 GEN 015 008 And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it? 001 GEN 015 009 And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon. 001 GEN 015 010 So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide. 001 GEN 015 011 And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them. 001 GEN 015 012 And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and behold! a great gloomy terror falls upon him. 001 GEN 015 013 And it was said to Abram, You shall surely know that your seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years. 001 GEN 015 014 And the nation whoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property. 001 GEN 015 015 But you shall depart to your fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age. 001 GEN 015 016 And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now. 001 GEN 015 017 And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces. 001 GEN 015 018 In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates. 001 GEN 015 019 The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans, 001 GEN 015 020 and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim, 001 GEN 015 021 and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites. 001 GEN 016 001 And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar. 001 GEN 016 002 And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sara. 001 GEN 016 003 So Sara the wife of Abram having taken Agar the Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Chanaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him. 001 GEN 016 004 And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonored before her. 001 GEN 016 005 And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by you; I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when I saw that she was with child, I was dishonored before her. The Lord judge between me and you. 001 GEN 016 006 And Abram said to Sara, Behold your handmaid is in your hands, use her as it may seem good to you. And Sara afflicted her, and she fled from her face. 001 GEN 016 007 And an angel of the Lord found her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sur. 001 GEN 016 008 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar, Sara's maid, whence come you, and wither go you? and she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara. 001 GEN 016 009 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands. 001 GEN 016 010 And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply your seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude. 001 GEN 016 011 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold you are with child, and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ismael, for the Lord has listened to your humiliation. 001 GEN 016 012 He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. 001 GEN 016 013 And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, You are God who see me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me. 001 GEN 016 014 Therefore she called the well, The well of him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Cades and Barad. 001 GEN 016 015 And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael. 001 GEN 016 016 And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Agar bore Ismael to Abram. 001 GEN 017 001 And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am your God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless. 001 GEN 017 002 And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly. 001 GEN 017 003 And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying, 001 GEN 017 004 And I, behold! my covenant [is] with you, and you shall be a father of a multitude of nations. 001 GEN 017 005 And your name shall no more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraam, for I have made you a father of many nations. 001 GEN 017 006 And I will increase you very exceedingly, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you. 001 GEN 017 007 And I will establish my covenant between you and your seed after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and [the God] of your seed after you. 001 GEN 017 008 And I will give to you and to your seed after you the land wherein you sojourn, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God. 001 GEN 017 009 And God said to Abraam, You also shall fully keep my covenant, you and your seed after you for their generations. 001 GEN 017 010 And this [is] the covenant which you shall fully keep between me and you, and between your seed after you for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised. 001 GEN 017 011 And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you. 001 GEN 017 012 And the child of eight days [old] shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and [the servant] born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of your seed. 001 GEN 017 013 He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with money shall be surely circumcised, and my covenant shall be on your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 001 GEN 017 014 And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant. 001 GEN 017 015 And God said to Abraam, Sara your wife—her name shall not be called Sara, Sarrha shall be her name. 001 GEN 017 016 And I will bless her, and give you a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him. 001 GEN 017 017 And Abraam fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarrha who is ninety years old, bear? 001 GEN 017 018 And Abraam said to God, Let this Ismael live before you. 001 GEN 017 019 And God said to Abraam, Yes, behold, Sarrha your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his seed after him. 001 GEN 017 020 And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard you, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 001 GEN 017 021 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarrha shall bear to you at this time, in the next year. 001 GEN 017 022 And he left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraam. 001 GEN 017 023 And Abraam took Ismael his son, and all his home-born [servants], and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraam, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him. 001 GEN 017 024 And Abraam was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 001 GEN 017 025 And Ismael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 001 GEN 017 026 And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son, 001 GEN 017 027 and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations. 001 GEN 018 001 And God appeared to him by the oak of Mambre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon. 001 GEN 018 002 And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground. 001 GEN 018 003 And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in your sight, pass not by your servant. 001 GEN 018 004 Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do you refresh [yourselves] under the tree. 001 GEN 018 005 And I will bring bread, and you shall eat, and after this you shall depart on your journey, on account of which [refreshment] you have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as you have said. 001 GEN 018 006 And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes. 001 GEN 018 007 And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it. 001 GEN 018 008 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree. 001 GEN 018 009 And he said to him, Where is Sarrha your wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent. 001 GEN 018 010 And he said, I will return and come to you according to this period seasonably, and Sarrha your wife shall have a son; and Sarrha heard at the door of the tent, being behind him. 001 GEN 018 011 And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha. 001 GEN 018 012 And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old. 001 GEN 018 013 And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old. 001 GEN 018 014 Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to you seasonably, and Sarrha shall have a son. 001 GEN 018 015 But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but you did laugh. 001 GEN 018 016 And the men having risen up from thence looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha. And Abraam went with them, attending them on their journey. 001 GEN 018 017 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraam my servant what things I intend to do? 001 GEN 018 018 But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blest. 001 GEN 018 019 For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatever he has spoken to him. 001 GEN 018 020 And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great. 001 GEN 018 021 I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know. 001 GEN 018 022 And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord. 001 GEN 018 023 And Abraam drew near and said, Wouldest you destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked? 001 GEN 018 024 Should there be fifty righteous in the city, will you destroy them? will you not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it? 001 GEN 018 025 By no means shall you do as this thing [is] so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. You that judge the whole earth, shall you not do right? 001 GEN 018 026 And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes. 001 GEN 018 027 And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes. 001 GEN 018 028 But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, will you destroy the whole city because of the five [lacking]? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five. 001 GEN 018 029 And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the forty's sake. 001 GEN 018 030 And he said, Will there be anything [against me], Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the thirty's sake. 001 GEN 018 031 And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty. 001 GEN 018 032 And he said, Will there be anything [against me], Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake. 001 GEN 018 033 And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraam, and Abraam returned to his place. 001 GEN 019 001 And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshipped with his face to the ground, and said, 001 GEN 019 002 Behold! [my] lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning you shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street. 001 GEN 019 003 And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat. 001 GEN 019 004 But before they went to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the people together. 001 GEN 019 005 And they called out Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that went in to you this night? bring them out to us that we may be with them. 001 GEN 019 006 And Lot went out to them to the porch, and he shut the door after him, 001 GEN 019 007 and said to them, By no means, brethren, do not act villanously. 001 GEN 019 008 But I have two daughters, who have not known a man. I will bring them out to you, and do you use them as it may please you, only do not injury to these men, to avoid which they came under the shelter of my roof. 001 GEN 019 009 And they said to him, Stand back there, you came in to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm you more than them. And they pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they drew near to break the door. 001 GEN 019 010 And the men stretched forth their hands and drew Lot in to them into the house, and shut the door of the house. 001 GEN 019 011 And they struck the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with seeking the door. 001 GEN 019 012 And the men said to Lot, Hast you here sons-in-law, or sons or daughters, or if you have any other friend in the city, bring them out of this place. 001 GEN 019 013 For we are going to destroy this place; for their cry has been raised up before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it. 001 GEN 019 014 And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be speaking absurdly before his sons-in-law. 001 GEN 019 015 But when it was morning, the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise and take your wife, and your two daughters whom you have, and go forth; lest you also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city. 001 GEN 019 016 And they were troubled, and the angels laid hold on his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, in that the Lord spared him. 001 GEN 019 017 And it came to pass when they brought them out, that they said, Save your own life by all means; look not round to that which is behind, nor stay in all the country round about, escape to the mountain, lest perhaps you be overtaken together with them. 001 GEN 019 018 And Lot said to them, I pray, Lord, 001 GEN 019 019 since your servant has found mercy before you, and you have magnified your righteousness, in what you do towards me that my soul may live, —but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die. 001 GEN 019 020 Behold this city is near for me to escape there, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall live because of you. 001 GEN 019 021 And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to you also about this thing, that I should not overthrow the city about which you have spoken. 001 GEN 019 022 Hasten therefore to escape there, for I shall not be able to do anything until you are come there; therefore he called the name of that city, Segor. 001 GEN 019 023 The sun was risen upon the earth, when Lot entered into Segor. 001 GEN 019 024 And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 001 GEN 019 025 And he overthrew these cities, and all the country round about, and all that lived in the cities, and the plants springing out of the ground. 001 GEN 019 026 And his wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. 001 GEN 019 027 And Abraam rose up early to go to the place, where he had stood before the Lord. 001 GEN 019 028 And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and towards the surrounding country, and saw, and behold a flame went up from the earth, as the smoke of a furnace. 001 GEN 019 029 And it came to pass that when God destroyed all the cities of the region round about, God remembered Abraam, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when the Lord overthrew those cities in which Lot lived. 001 GEN 019 030 And Lot went up out of Segor, and lived in the mountain, he and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Segor; and he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters with him. 001 GEN 019 031 And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit in all the earth. 001 GEN 019 032 Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father. 001 GEN 019 033 So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and when he rose up. 001 GEN 019 034 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I slept yesternight with our father, let us make him drink wine in this night also, and do you go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up seed of our father. 001 GEN 019 035 So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept, nor when he arose. 001 GEN 019 036 And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father. 001 GEN 019 037 And the elder bore a son and called his name Moab, saying, [He is] of my father. This is the father of the Moabites to this present day. 001 GEN 019 038 And the younger also bore a son, and called his name Amman, saying, The son of my family. This is the father of the Ammanites to this present day. 001 GEN 020 001 And Abraam removed thence to the southern country, and lived between Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara. 001 GEN 020 002 And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerara sent and took Sarrha. 001 GEN 020 003 And God came to Abimelech by night in sleep, and said, Behold, you die for the woman, whom you have taken, whereas she has lived with a husband. 001 GEN 020 004 But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, Lord, will you destroy an ignorantly [sinning] and just nation? 001 GEN 020 005 Said he not to me, She is my sister, and said she not to me, He is my brother? with a pure heart and in the righteousness of my hands have I done this. 001 GEN 020 006 And God said to him in sleep, Yes, I knew that you did this with a pure heart, and I spared you, so that you should not sin against me, therefore I suffered you not to touch her. 001 GEN 020 007 But now return the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and shall pray for you, and you shall live; but if you restore her not, know that you shall die and all your. 001 GEN 020 008 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and he spoke all these words in their ears, and all the men feared exceedingly. 001 GEN 020 009 And Abimelech called Abraam and said to him, What is this that you have done to us? Have we sinned against you, that you have brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me a deed, which no one ought to do. 001 GEN 020 010 And Abimelech said to Abraam, What have you seen in [me] that you have done this? 001 GEN 020 011 And Abraam said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. 001 GEN 020 012 For truly she is my sister by my father, but not by my mother, and she became my wife. 001 GEN 020 013 And it came to pass when God brought me forth out of the house of my father, that I said to her, This righteousness you shall perform to me, in every place into which we may enter, say of me, He is my brother. 001 GEN 020 014 And Abimelech took a thousand pieces of silver, and sheep, and calves, and servants, and maidservants, and gave them to Abraam, and he returned him Sarrha his wife. 001 GEN 020 015 And Abimelech said to Abraam, Behold, my land is before you, dwell wherever it may please you. 001 GEN 020 016 And to Sarrha he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver, those shall be to you for the price of your countenance, and to all the women with you, and speak the truth in all things. 001 GEN 020 017 And Abraam prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children. 001 GEN 020 018 Because the Lord had fast closed from without every womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarrha Abraam's wife. 001 GEN 021 001 And the Lord visited Sarrha, as he said, and the Lord did to Sarrha, as he spoke. 001 GEN 021 002 And she conceived and bore to Abraam a son in old age, at the set time according as the Lord spoke to him. 001 GEN 021 003 And Abraam called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarrha bore to him, Isaac. 001 GEN 021 004 And Abraam circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him. 001 GEN 021 005 And Abraam was a hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him. 001 GEN 021 006 And Sarrha said, The Lord has made laughter for me, for whoever shall hear shall rejoice with me. 001 GEN 021 007 And she said, Who shall say to Abraam that Sarrha suckles a child? for I have born a child in my old age. 001 GEN 021 008 And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraam made a great feast the day that his son Isaac was weaned. 001 GEN 021 009 And Sarrha having seen the son of Agar the Egyptian who was born to Abraam, sporting with Isaac her son, 001 GEN 021 010 then she said to Abraam, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not inherit with my son Isaac. 001 GEN 021 011 But the word appeared very hard before Abraam concerning his son. 001 GEN 021 012 But God said to Abraam, Let it not be hard before you concerning the child, and concerning the bondwoman; in all things whatever Sarrha shall say to you, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall your seed be called. 001 GEN 021 013 And moreover I will make the son of this bondwoman a great nation, because he is your seed. 001 GEN 021 014 And Abraam rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave [them] to Agar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness near the well of the oath. 001 GEN 021 015 And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree. 001 GEN 021 016 And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bow-shot, for she said, Surely I can’t see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept. 001 GEN 021 017 And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Agar out of heaven, and said to her, What is it, Agar? fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is. 001 GEN 021 018 Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in your hand, for I will make him a great nation. 001 GEN 021 019 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of springing water; and she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the child drink. 001 GEN 021 020 And God was with the child, and he grew and lived in the wilderness, and became an archer. 001 GEN 021 021 And he lived in the wilderness, and his mother took him a wife out of Pharan of Egypt. 001 GEN 021 022 And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech spoke, and Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, to Abraam, saying, God is with you in all things, whatever you may do. 001 GEN 021 023 Now therefore swear to me by God that you will not injure me, nor my seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have performed with you you shall deal with me, and with the land in which you have sojourned. 001 GEN 021 024 And Abraam said, I will swear. 001 GEN 021 025 And Abraam reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away. 001 GEN 021 026 And Abimelech said to him, I know not who has done this thing to you, neither did you tell it me, neither heard I it but only today. 001 GEN 021 027 And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant. 001 GEN 021 028 And Abraam set seven ewe-lambs by themselves. 001 GEN 021 029 And Abimelech said to Abraam, What are these seven ewe-lambs which you have set alone? 001 GEN 021 030 And Abraam said, You shall receive the seven ewe-lambs of me, that they may be for me as a witness, that I dug this well. 001 GEN 021 031 Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore. 001 GEN 021 032 And they made a covenant at the well of the oath. And there rose up Abimelech, Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army, and they returned to the land of the Phylistines. 001 GEN 021 033 And Abraam planted a field at the well of the oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. 001 GEN 021 034 And Abraam sojourned in the land of the Phylistines many days. 001 GEN 022 001 And it came to pass after these things that God tempted Abraam, and said to him, Abraam, Abraam; and he said, Behold! I [am here]. 001 GEN 022 002 And he said, Take your son, the beloved one, whom you have loved—Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of. 001 GEN 022 003 And Abraam rose up in the morning and saddled his ass, and he took with him two servants, and Isaac his son, and having split wood for a whole burnt offering, he arose and departed, and came to the place of which God spoke to him, 001 GEN 022 004 on the third day; and Abraam having lifted up his eyes, saw the place afar off. 001 GEN 022 005 And Abraam said to his servants, Sit you here with the ass, and I and the lad will proceed thus far, and having worshipped we will return to you. 001 GEN 022 006 And Abraam took the wood of the whole burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took into his hands both the fire and the knife, and the two went together. 001 GEN 022 007 And Isaac said to Abraam his father, Father. And he said, What is it, son? And he said, Behold the fire and the wood, where is the sheep for a whole burnt offering? 001 GEN 022 008 And Abraam said, God will provide himself a sheep for a whole burnt offering, [my] son. And both having gone together, 001 GEN 022 009 came to the place which God spoke of to him; and there Abraam built the altar, and laid the wood on it, and having bound the feet of Isaac his son together, he laid him on the altar upon the wood. 001 GEN 022 010 And Abraam stretched forth his hand to take the knife to kill his son. 001 GEN 022 011 And an angel of the Lord called him out of heaven, and said, Abraam, Abraam. And he said, Behold, I [am here]. 001 GEN 022 012 And he said, Lay not your hand upon the child, neither do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, and for my sake you have not spared your beloved son. 001 GEN 022 013 And Abraam lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold! a ram caught by his horns in a plant of Sabec; and Abraam went and took the ram, and offered him up for a whole burnt offering in the place of Isaac his son. 001 GEN 022 014 And Abraam called the name of that place, The Lord has seen; that they might say today, In the mount the Lord was seen. 001 GEN 022 015 And an angel of the Lord called Abraam the second time out of heaven, saying, I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and on my account have not spared your beloved son, 001 GEN 022 016 surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and your seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies. 001 GEN 022 017 And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have listened to my voice. 001 GEN 022 018 And Abraam returned to his servants, and they arose and went together to the well of the oath; and Abraam lived at the well of the oath. 001 GEN 022 019 And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Abraam, saying, Behold, Melcha herself too has born sons to Nachor your brother, 001 GEN 022 020 Uz the firstborn, and Baux his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians, and Chazad, and 001 GEN 022 021 Azav and Phaldes, and Jeldaph, and Bathuel, and Bathuel begot Rebecca; 001 GEN 022 022 these are eight sons, which Melcha bore to Nachor the brother of Abraam. 001 GEN 022 023 And his concubine whose name was Rheuma, she also bore Tabec, and Taam, and Tochos, and Mocha. 001 GEN 023 001 And the life of Sarrha was an hundred and twenty-seven years. 001 GEN 023 002 And Sarrha died in the city of Arboc, which is in the valley, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan; and Abraam came to lament for Sarrha and to mourn. 001 GEN 023 003 And Abraam stood up from before his dead; and Abraam spoke to the sons of Chet, saying, 001 GEN 023 004 I am a sojourner and a stranger among you, give me therefore possession of a burying-place among you, and I will bury my dead away from me. 001 GEN 023 005 And the sons of Chet answered to Abraam, saying, Not so, Sir, 001 GEN 023 006 but hear us; you are in the midst of us a king from God; bury your dead in our choice sepulchres, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulchre from you, so that you should not bury your dead there. 001 GEN 023 007 And Abraam rose up and did obeisance to the people of the land, to the sons of Chet. 001 GEN 023 008 And Abraam spoke to them, saying, If you have it in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, listen to me, and speak for me to Ephron the son Saar. 001 GEN 023 009 And let him give me the double cave which he has, which is in a part of his field, let him give it me for the money it is worth for possession of a burying-place among you. 001 GEN 023 010 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Chet, and Ephron the Chettite answered Abraam and spoke in the hearing of the sons of Chet, and of all who entered the city, saying, 001 GEN 023 011 Attend to me, my lord, and hear me, I give to you the field and the cave which is in it; I have given it you before all my country men; bury your dead. 001 GEN 023 012 And Abraam did obeisance before the people of the land. 001 GEN 023 013 And he said in the ears of Ephron before the people of the land, Since you are on my side, hear me; take the price of the field from me, and I will bury my dead there. 001 GEN 023 014 But Ephron answered Abraam, saying, 001 GEN 023 015 Nay, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land [is worth] four hundred silver didrachmas, but what can this be between me and you? nay, do you bury your dead. 001 GEN 023 016 And Abraam listened to Ephron, and Abraam rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Chet, four hundred didrachmas of silver approved with merchants. 001 GEN 023 017 And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave, which is opposite Mambre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round about, were made sure in its borders round about, were made sure 001 GEN 023 018 to Abraam for a possession, before the sons of Chet, and all that entered into the city. 001 GEN 023 019 After this Abraam buried Sarrha his wife in the Double Cave of the field, which is opposite Mambre, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 023 020 So the field and the cave which was in it were made sure to Abraam for possession of a burying place, by the sons of Chet. 001 GEN 024 001 And Abraam was old, advanced in days, and the Lord blessed Abraam in all things. 001 GEN 024 002 And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put your hand under my thigh, 001 GEN 024 003 and I will adjure you by the Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you take not a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Chananites, with whom I dwell, in the midst of them. 001 GEN 024 004 But you shall go instead to my country, where I was born, and to my tribe, and you shall take from thence a wife for my son Isaac. 001 GEN 024 005 And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back your son to the land whence you came forth, if haply the woman should not be willing to return with me to this land? 001 GEN 024 006 And Abraam said to him, Take heed to yourself that you carry not my son back there. 001 GEN 024 007 The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father's house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to you and to your seed, he shall send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife to my son from thence. 001 GEN 024 008 And if the woman should not be willing to come with you into this land, you shall be clear from my oath, only carry not my son there again. 001 GEN 024 009 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraam, and swore to him concerning this matter. 001 GEN 024 010 And the servant took ten camels of his master's camels, and [he took] of all the goods of his master with him, and he arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor. 001 GEN 024 011 And he rested his camels without the city by the well of water towards evening, when damsels go forth to draw water. 001 GEN 024 012 And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraam, prosper my way before me to day, and deal mercifully with my master Abraam. 001 GEN 024 013 Behold! I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of them that inhabit the city come forth to draw water. 001 GEN 024 014 And it shall be, the virgin to whoever I shall say, Incline your water-pot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink you, and I will give your camels drink, until they shall have done drinking—even this one you have prepared for your servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that you have dealt mercifully with my master Abraam. 001 GEN 024 015 And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel, the son of Melcha, the wife of Nachor, and [the same] the brother of Abraam, came forth, having a water-pot on her shoulders. 001 GEN 024 016 And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her water-pot, and came up. 001 GEN 024 017 And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of your pitcher; 001 GEN 024 018 and she said, Drink, Sir; and she hasted, and let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him to drink, till he ceased drinking. 001 GEN 024 019 And she said, I will also draw water for your camels, till they shall all have drunk. 001 GEN 024 020 And she hasted, and emptied the water-pot into the trough, and ran to the well to draw again, and drew water for all the camels. 001 GEN 024 021 And the man took great notice of her, and remained silent to know whether the Lord had made his way prosperous or not. 001 GEN 024 022 And it came to pass when all the camels ceased drinking, that the man took golden ear-rings, each of a drachm weight, and he [put] two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of gold. 001 GEN 024 023 And he asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? Tell me if there is room for us to lodge with your father. 001 GEN 024 024 And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bathuel the son of Melcha, whom she bore to Nachor. 001 GEN 024 025 And she said to him, We have both straw and much provender, and a place for resting. 001 GEN 024 026 And the man being well pleased, worshipped the Lord, 001 GEN 024 027 and said, Blessed be the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has not suffered his righteousness to fail, nor his truth from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house of the brother of my lord. 001 GEN 024 028 And the damsel ran and reported to the house of her mother according to these words. 001 GEN 024 029 And Rebecca had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to meet the man, to the well. 001 GEN 024 030 And it came to pass when he saw the ear-rings and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebecca his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me, that he went to the man, as he stood by the camels at the well. 001 GEN 024 031 And he said to him, Come in hither, you blessed of the Lord, why stand you without, whereas I have prepared the house and a place for the camels? 001 GEN 024 032 And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men that were with him. 001 GEN 024 033 And he set before them loaves to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on. 001 GEN 024 034 And he said, I am a servant of Abraam; 001 GEN 024 035 and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold, servants and servant-maids, camels, and asses. 001 GEN 024 036 And Sarrha my master's wife bore one son to my master after he had grown old; and he gave him whatever he had. 001 GEN 024 037 And my master caused me to swear, saying, You shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Chananites, among whom I sojourn in their land. 001 GEN 024 038 But you shall go to the house of my father, and to my tribe, and you shall take thence a wife for my son. 001 GEN 024 039 And I said to my master, Haply the woman will not go with me. 001 GEN 024 040 And he said to me, The Lord God to whom I have been acceptable in his presence, himself shall send out his angel with you, and shall prosper your journey, and you shall take a wife for my son of my tribe, and of the house of my father. 001 GEN 024 041 Then shall you be clear from my curse, for whenever you shall have come to my tribe, and they shall not give her to you, then shall you be clear from my oath. 001 GEN 024 042 And having come this day to the well, I said, Lord God of my master Abraam, if you prosper my journey on which I am now going, 001 GEN 024 043 behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be [that] the damsel to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to drink out of your pitcher, 001 GEN 024 044 and she shall say to me, Both drink you, and I will draw water for your camels, this [shall be] the wife whom the Lord has prepared for his own servant Isaac; and hereby shall I know that you have wrought mercy with my master Abraam. 001 GEN 024 045 And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightway Rebecca came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink. 001 GEN 024 046 And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her arm from her head, and said, Drink you, and I will give your camels drink; and I drank, and she gave the camels drink. 001 GEN 024 047 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? tell me; and she said, I am daughter of Bathuel the son of Nachor, whom Melcha bore to him; and I put on her the ear-rings, and the bracelets on her hands. 001 GEN 024 048 And being well-pleased I worshipped the Lord, and I blessed the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has prospered me in a true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master's brother for his son. 001 GEN 024 049 If then you [will] deal mercifully and justly with my lord, [tell me], and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left. 001 GEN 024 050 And Laban and Bathuel answered and said, This matter has come forth from the Lord, we shall not be able to answer you bad or good. 001 GEN 024 051 Behold, Rebecca is before you, take her and go away, and let her be wife to the son of your master, as the Lord has said. 001 GEN 024 052 And it came to pass when the servant of Abraam heard these words, he bowed himself to the Lord down to the earth. 001 GEN 024 053 And the servant having brought forth jewels of silver and gold and raiment, gave them to Rebecca, and gave gifts to her brother, and to her mother. 001 GEN 024 054 And both he and the men with him ate and drank and went to sleep. And he arose in the morning and said, Send me away, that I may go to my master. 001 GEN 024 055 And her brethren and her mother said, Let the virgin remain with us about ten days, and after that she shall depart. 001 GEN 024 056 But he said to them, Hinder me not, for the Lord has prospered my journey for me; send me away, that I may depart to my master. 001 GEN 024 057 And they said, Let us call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. 001 GEN 024 058 And they called Rebecca, and said to her, Will you go with this man? and she said, I will go. 001 GEN 024 059 So they sent forth Rebecca their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraam, and his attendants. 001 GEN 024 060 And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, You are our sister; become you thousands of myriads, and let your seed possess the cities of their enemies. 001 GEN 024 061 And Rebecca rose up and her maidens, and they mounted the camels and went with the man; and the servant having taken up Rebecca, departed. 001 GEN 024 062 And Isaac went through the wilderness to the well of the vision, and he lived in the land toward the south. 001 GEN 024 063 And Isaac went forth into the plain toward evening to meditate; and having lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming. 001 GEN 024 064 And Rebecca lifted up her eyes, and saw Isaac; and she alighted briskly from the camel, 001 GEN 024 065 and said to the servant, Who is that man that walks in the plain to meet us? And the servant said, This is my master; and she took her veil and covered herself. 001 GEN 024 066 And the servant told Isaac all that he had done. 001 GEN 024 067 And Isaac went into the house of his mother, and took Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted for Sarrha his mother. 001 GEN 025 001 And Abraam again took a wife, whose name was Chettura. 001 GEN 025 002 And she bore to him Zombran, and Jezan, and Madal, and Madiam, and Jesboc, and Soie. 001 GEN 025 003 And Jezan begot Saba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Assurians and the Latusians, and Laomim. 001 GEN 025 004 And the sons of Madiam [were] Gephar and Aphir, and Enoch, and Abeida, and Eldaga; all these were sons of Chettura. 001 GEN 025 005 But Abraam gave all his possessions to Isaac his son. 001 GEN 025 006 But to the sons of his concubines Abraam gave gifts, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, while he was yet living, to the east into the country of the east. 001 GEN 025 007 And these [were] the years of the days of the life of Abraam as many as he lived, a hundred and seventy-five years. 001 GEN 025 008 And Abraam failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people. 001 GEN 025 009 And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the double cave, in the field of Ephron the son of Saar the Chettite, which is over against Mambre: 001 GEN 025 010 [even] the field and the cave which Abraam bought of the sons of Chet; there they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife. 001 GEN 025 011 And it came to pass after Abraam was dead, that God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac lived by the well of the vision. 001 GEN 025 012 And these [are] the generations of Ismael the son of Abraam, whom Agar the Egyptian the handmaid of Sarrha bore to Abraam. 001 GEN 025 013 And these [are] the names of the sons of Ismael, according to the names of their generations. The firstborn of Ismael, Nabaioth, and Kedar, and Nabdeel, and Massam, 001 GEN 025 014 and Masma, and Duma, and Masse, 001 GEN 025 015 and Choddan, and Thaeman, and Jetur, and Naphes, and Kedma. 001 GEN 025 016 These [are] the sons of Ismael, and these are their names in their tents and in their dwellings, twelve princes according to their nations. 001 GEN 025 017 And these [are] the years of the life of Ismael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; and he failed and died, and was added to his fathers. 001 GEN 025 018 And he lived from Evilat to Sur, which is opposite Egypt, until one comes to the Assyrians; he lived in the presence of all his brethren. 001 GEN 025 019 And these [are] the generations of Isaac the son of Abraam. 001 GEN 025 020 Abraam begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old when he took as wife Rebecca, daughter of Bathuel the Syrian, out of Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian. 001 GEN 025 021 And Isaac prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife Rebecca conceived in her womb. 001 GEN 025 022 And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to enquire of the Lord. 001 GEN 025 023 And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your belly, and one people shall excel the other, and the elder shall serve the younger. 001 GEN 025 024 And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb. 001 GEN 025 025 And the first came out red, hairy all over like a skin; and she called his name Esau. 001 GEN 025 026 And after this came forth his brother, and his hand took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when Rebecca bore them. 001 GEN 025 027 And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a house. 001 GEN 025 028 And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebecca loved Jacob. 001 GEN 025 029 And Jacob cooked pottage, and Esau came from the plain, fainting. 001 GEN 025 030 And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom. 001 GEN 025 031 And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day your birthright. 001 GEN 025 032 And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright [belong] to me? 001 GEN 025 033 And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and Esau sold his birthright to Jacob. 001 GEN 025 034 And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and pottage of lentiles; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; so Esau slighted his birthright. 001 GEN 026 001 And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraam; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Phylistines to Gerara. 001 GEN 026 002 And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not down to Egypt, but dwell in the land, which I shall tell you of. 001 GEN 026 003 And sojourn in this land; and I will be with you, and bless you, for I will give to you and to your seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to your father Abraam. 001 GEN 026 004 And I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven; and I will give to your seed all this land, and all the nations of the earth shall be blest in your seed. 001 GEN 026 005 Because Abraam your father listened to my voice, and kept my injunctions, and my commandments, and my ordinances, and my statutes. 001 GEN 026 006 And Isaac lived in Gerara. 001 GEN 026 007 And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place should kill him because of Rebecca, because she was fair. 001 GEN 026 008 And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerara leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife. 001 GEN 026 009 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is she then your wife? why have you said, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, [I did so], for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account. 001 GEN 026 010 And Abimelech said to him, Why have you done this to us? one of my kindred within a little had lain with your wife, and you would have brought [a sin of] ignorance upon us. 001 GEN 026 011 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying Every man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death. 001 GEN 026 012 And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley and hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him. 001 GEN 026 013 And the man was exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great. 001 GEN 026 014 And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Phylistines envied him. 001 GEN 026 015 And all the wells which the servants of his father had dug in the time of his father, the Phylistines stopped them, and filled them with earth. 001 GEN 026 016 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for you are become much mightier than we. 001 GEN 026 017 And Isaac departed thence, and rested in the valley of Gerara, and lived there. 001 GEN 026 018 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the servants of his father Abraam had dug, and the Phylistines had stopped them, after the death of his father Abraam; and he gave them names, according to the names by which his father named them. 001 GEN 026 019 And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerara, and they found there a well of living water. 001 GEN 026 020 And the shepherds of Gerara strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him. 001 GEN 026 021 And having departed thence he dug another well, and they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity. 001 GEN 026 022 And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth. 001 GEN 026 023 And he went up thence to the well of the oath. 001 GEN 026 024 And the Lord appeared to him in that night, and said, I am the God of Abraam your father; fear not, for I am with you, and I will bless you, and multiply your seed for the sake of Abraam your father. 001 GEN 026 025 And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerara. 001 GEN 026 026 And Abimelech came to him from Gerara, and so did Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army. 001 GEN 026 027 And Isaac said to them, Therefore have you come to me? whereas you hated me, and sent me away from you. 001 GEN 026 028 And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with you, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and we will make a covenant with you, 001 GEN 026 029 that you shall do no wrong by us, as we have not abhorred you, and according as we have treated you well, and have sent you forth peaceably; and now you are blessed of the Lord. 001 GEN 026 030 And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank. 001 GEN 026 031 And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his neighbor; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in safety. 001 GEN 026 032 And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said, We have not found water. 001 GEN 026 033 And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day. 001 GEN 026 034 And Esau was forty years old; and he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beoch the Chettite, and Basemath, daughter of Helon the Chettite. 001 GEN 026 035 And they were provoking to Isaac and Rebecca. 001 GEN 027 001 And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so that he could not see; and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him, My son; and he said, Behold, I [am here]. 001 GEN 027 002 And he said, Behold, I am grown old, and know not the day of my death. 001 GEN 027 003 Now then take the weapons, both your quiver and your bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison, 001 GEN 027 004 and make me meats, as I like them, and bring them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless you, before I die. 001 GEN 027 005 And Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau his son; and Esau went to the plain to procure venison for his father. 001 GEN 027 006 And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying, 001 GEN 027 007 Bring me venison, and prepare me meats, that I may eat and bless you before the Lord before I die. 001 GEN 027 008 Now then, my son, listen to me, as I command you. 001 GEN 027 009 And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for your father, as he likes. 001 GEN 027 010 And you shall bring them in to your father, and he shall eat, that your father may bless you before he dies. 001 GEN 027 011 And Jacob said to his mother Rebecca, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man. 001 GEN 027 012 Peradventure my father may feel me, and I shall be before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse, and not a blessing. 001 GEN 027 013 And his mother said to him, On me be your curse, son; only listen to my voice, and go and bring [them] me. 001 GEN 027 014 So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother made meats, as his father liked [them]. 001 GEN 027 015 And Rebecca having taken the fine raiment of her elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her younger son. 001 GEN 027 016 And she put on his arms the skins of the kids, and on the bare parts of his neck. 001 GEN 027 017 And she gave the meats, and the loaves which she had prepared, into the hands of Jacob her son. 001 GEN 027 018 And he brought [them] to his father, and said, Father; and he said, Behold I [am here]; who are you, son? 001 GEN 027 019 And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau your firstborn, have done as you told me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me. 001 GEN 027 020 And Isaac said to his son, What is this which you have quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord your God presented before me. 001 GEN 027 021 And Isaac said to Jacob, Draw night to me, and I will feel you, son, if you are my son Esau or not. 001 GEN 027 022 And Jacob drew near to his father Isaac, and he felt him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the hands of Esau. 001 GEN 027 023 And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him, 001 GEN 027 024 and he said, Are you my son Esau? and he said, I [am]. 001 GEN 027 025 And he said, Bring hither, and I will eat of your venison, son, that my soul may bless you; and he brought [it] near to him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank. 001 GEN 027 026 And Isaac his father said to him, Draw near to me, and kiss me, son. 001 GEN 027 027 And he drew near and kissed him, and smelled the smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed. 001 GEN 027 028 And may God give you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine. 001 GEN 027 029 And let nations serve you, and princes bow down to you, and be you lord of your brother, and the sons of your father shall do you reverence; accursed is he that curses you, and blessed is he that blesses you. 001 GEN 027 030 And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing his son Jacob, it even came to pass, just when Jacob had gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. 001 GEN 027 031 And he also had made meats and brought them to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me. 001 GEN 027 032 And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your firstborn son Esau. 001 GEN 027 033 And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to me? and I have eaten of all before you came, and I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed. 001 GEN 027 034 And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said, Bless, I pray you, me also, father. 001 GEN 027 035 And he said to him, Your brother has come with subtlety, and taken your blessing. 001 GEN 027 036 And he said, Rightly was his name called Jacob, for behold! this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing; and Esau said to his father, Hast you not left a blessing for me, father? 001 GEN 027 037 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made him your lord, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have strengthened him with corn and wine, what then shall I do for you, son? 001 GEN 027 038 And Esau said to his father, Hast you [only] one blessing, father? Bless, I pray you, me also, father. And Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept. 001 GEN 027 039 And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above. 001 GEN 027 040 And you shall live by your sword, and shall serve your brother; and there shall be [a time] when you shall break and loosen his yoke from off your neck. 001 GEN 027 041 And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father's mourning draw near, that I may kill my brother Jacob. 001 GEN 027 042 And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, Esau your brother threatens you to kill you. 001 GEN 027 043 Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Charran. 001 GEN 027 044 And dwell with him certain days, until your brother's anger 001 GEN 027 045 and rage depart from you, and he forget what you have done to him; and I will send and fetch you thence, lest at any time I should be bereaved of you both in one day. 001 GEN 027 046 And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life, because of the daughters of the sons of Chet; if Jacob shall take a wife of the daughters of this land, therefore should I live? 001 GEN 028 001 And Isaac having called for Jacob, blessed him, and charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites. 001 GEN 028 002 Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the house of Bathuel the father of your mother, and take to yourself thence a wife of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. 001 GEN 028 003 And may my God bless you, and increase you, and multiply you, and you shall become gatherings of nations. 001 GEN 028 004 And may he give you the blessing of my father Abraam, even to you and to your seed after you, to inherit the land of your sojourning, which God gave to Abraam. 001 GEN 028 005 So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went into Mesopotamia to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebecca the mother of Jacob and Esau. 001 GEN 028 006 And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife thence, and [that] he charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites; 001 GEN 028 007 and [that] Jacob listened to his father and his mother, and went to Mesopotamia of Syria. 001 GEN 028 008 And Esau also having seen that the daughters of Chanaan were evil before his father Isaac, 001 GEN 028 009 Esau went to Ismael, and took Maeleth the daughter of Ismael, the son of Abraam, the sister of Nabeoth, a wife in addition to his [other] wives. 001 GEN 028 010 And Jacob went forth from the well of the oath, and departed into Charrhan. 001 GEN 028 011 And came to a certain place and slept there, for the sun had gone down; and he took [one] of the stones of the place, and put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place, 001 GEN 028 012 and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth, whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and descended on it. 001 GEN 028 013 And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of your father Abraam, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed. 001 GEN 028 014 And your seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in you and in your seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed. 001 GEN 028 015 And behold I am with you to preserve you continually in all the way wherein you shall go; and I will bring you back to this land; for I will not desert you, until I have done all that I have said to you. 001 GEN 028 016 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and said, The Lord is in this place, and I knew it not. 001 GEN 028 017 And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 001 GEN 028 018 And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone he [had] laid there by his head, and he set it up [as] a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it. 001 GEN 028 019 And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Ulam-luz. 001 GEN 028 020 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 001 GEN 028 021 and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me. 001 GEN 028 022 And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be to me a house of God; and of all whatever you shall give me, I will tithe a tenth for you. 001 GEN 029 001 And Jacob started and went to the land of the east to Laban, the son of Bathuel the Syrian, and the brother of Rebecca, mother of Jacob and Esau. 001 GEN 029 002 And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain; and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the mouth of the well. 001 GEN 029 003 And there were all the flocks gathered, and they used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well. 001 GEN 029 004 And Jacob said to them, Brethren, whence are you? and they said, We are of Charrhan. 001 GEN 029 005 And he said to them, Know you Laban, the son of Nachor? and they said, We do know [him]. 001 GEN 029 006 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep. 001 GEN 029 007 And Jacob said, it is yet high day, it is not yet time that the flocks be gathered together; water you the flocks, and depart and feed them. 001 GEN 029 008 And they said, We shall not be able, until all the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks. 001 GEN 029 009 While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father. 001 GEN 029 010 And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, that Jacob came and rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother. 001 GEN 029 011 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and cried with a loud voice and wept. 001 GEN 029 012 And he told Rachel that he was the near relative of her father, and the son of Rebecca; and she ran and reported to her father according to these words. 001 GEN 029 013 And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these sayings. 001 GEN 029 014 And Laban said to him, You are of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a full month. 001 GEN 029 015 And Laban said to Jacob, Surely you shall not serve me for nothing, because you are my brother; tell me what your reward is to be. 001 GEN 029 016 Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lea, and the name of the younger, Rachel. 001 GEN 029 017 And the eyes of Lea were weak. But Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance. 001 GEN 029 018 And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel. 001 GEN 029 019 And Laban said to him, [It is] better that I should give her to you, than that I should give her to another man; dwell with me. 001 GEN 029 020 And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were before him as a few days, by reason of his loving her. 001 GEN 029 021 And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her. 001 GEN 029 022 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a marriage-feast. 001 GEN 029 023 And it was even, and he took his daughter Lea, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her. 001 GEN 029 024 And Laban gave to his daughter Lea, Zelpha his handmaid, as a handmaid for her. 001 GEN 029 025 And it was morning, and behold it was Lea; and Jacob said to Laban, What is this that you have done to me? did I not serve you for Rachel? and therefore have you deceived me? 001 GEN 029 026 And Laban answered, It is not done thus in our country, to give the younger before the elder. 001 GEN 029 027 Fulfil then her sevens, and I will give to you her also in return for your labor, which you labor with me, yet seven other years. 001 GEN 029 028 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her sevens; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife. 001 GEN 029 029 And Laban gave to his daughter his handmaid Balla, for a handmaid to her. 001 GEN 029 030 And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Lea; and he served him seven other years. 001 GEN 029 031 And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. 001 GEN 029 032 And Lea conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name, Ruben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me. 001 GEN 029 033 And she conceived again, and bore a second son to Jacob; and she said, Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given to me this one also; and she called his name, Simeon. 001 GEN 029 034 And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name, Levi. 001 GEN 029 035 And having conceived yet again, she bore a son, and said, Now yet again this time will I give thanks to the Lord; therefore she called his name, Juda; and ceased bearing. 001 GEN 030 001 And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not, I shall die. 001 GEN 030 002 And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived you of the fruit of the womb? 001 GEN 030 003 And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid Balla, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall have children by her. 001 GEN 030 004 And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her. 001 GEN 030 005 And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son. 001 GEN 030 006 And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me, and listened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called his name, Dan. 001 GEN 030 007 And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob. 001 GEN 030 008 And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name, Nephthalim. 001 GEN 030 009 And Lea saw that she ceased from bearing, and she took Zelpha her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went in to her. 001 GEN 030 010 And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son. 001 GEN 030 011 And Lea said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad. 001 GEN 030 012 And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son. 001 GEN 030 013 And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser. 001 GEN 030 014 And Ruben went in the day of barley harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Lea; and Rachel said to Lea her sister, Give me of your son's mandrakes. 001 GEN 030 015 And Lea said, [Is it] not enough for you that you have taken my husband, will you also take my son's mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with you tonight for your son's mandrakes. 001 GEN 030 016 And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea went forth to meet him, and said, You shall come in to me this day, for I have hired you for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night. 001 GEN 030 017 And God listened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. 001 GEN 030 018 And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward. 001 GEN 030 019 And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son. 001 GEN 030 020 And Lea said, God has given me a good gift in this time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she called his name, Zabulon. 001 GEN 030 021 And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dina. 001 GEN 030 022 And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and he opened her womb. 001 GEN 030 023 And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach. 001 GEN 030 024 And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son. 001 GEN 030 025 And it came to pass when Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land. 001 GEN 030 026 Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, that I may depart, for you know the service wherewith I have served you. 001 GEN 030 027 And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in your sight, I would augur [well], for the Lord has blessed me at your coming in. 001 GEN 030 028 Appoint me your wages, and I will give [them]. 001 GEN 030 029 And Jacob said, You know in what things I have served you, and how many cattle of your are with me. 001 GEN 030 030 For it was little you had before my time, and it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed you since my coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house? 001 GEN 030 031 And Laban said to him, What shall I give you? and Jacob said to him, You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again tend your flocks and keep them. 001 GEN 030 032 Let all your sheep pass by today, and separate thence every grey sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—[this] shall be my reward. 001 GEN 030 033 And my righteousness shall answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before you: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me. 001 GEN 030 034 And Laban said to him, Let it be according to your word. 001 GEN 030 035 And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was grey among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he gave them into the hand of his sons. 001 GEN 030 036 And he set a distance of a three days' journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind. 001 GEN 030 037 And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods. 001 GEN 030 038 And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the hollows of the watering-troughs, that whenever the cattle should come to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle might conceive at the rods. 001 GEN 030 039 So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle brought forth [young] speckled, and streaked and spotted with ash-colored [spots]. 001 GEN 030 040 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban. 001 GEN 030 041 And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle became pregnant, conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods. 001 GEN 030 042 But he did not put them in [indiscriminately] whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban's, and the marked ones were Jacob's. 001 GEN 030 043 And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle, and oxen, and servants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. 001 GEN 031 001 And Jacob heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and of our father's property has he gotten all this glory. 001 GEN 031 002 And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold it was not toward him as before. 001 GEN 031 003 And the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of your father, and to your family, and I will be with you. 001 GEN 031 004 And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were. 001 GEN 031 005 And he said to them, I see the face of your father, that it is not toward me as before, but the God of my father was with me. 001 GEN 031 006 And you too know that with all my might I have served your father. 001 GEN 031 007 But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not [power] to hurt me. 001 GEN 031 008 If he should say thus, The speckled shall be your reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be your reward, then would all the cattle bear white. 001 GEN 031 009 So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 001 GEN 031 010 And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I saw with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-colored spots. 001 GEN 031 011 And the angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it? 001 GEN 031 012 And he said, Look up with your eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-colored spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to you. 001 GEN 031 013 I am God that appeared to you in the place of God where you anointed a pillar to me, and vowed to me there a vow; now then arise and depart out of this land, depart into the land of your nativity, and I will be with you. 001 GEN 031 014 And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father? 001 GEN 031 015 Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money. 001 GEN 031 016 All the wealth and the glory which God has taken from our father, it shall be our's and our children's; now then do whatever God has said to you. 001 GEN 031 017 And Jacob arose and took his wives and his children up on the camels; 001 GEN 031 018 and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac his father in the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 031 019 And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father's images. 001 GEN 031 020 And Jacob hid [the matter from] Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away. 001 GEN 031 021 And he departed himself and all that belonged to him, and passed over the river, and went into the mountain Galaad. 001 GEN 031 022 But it was told Laban the Syrian on the third day, that Jacob was fled. 001 GEN 031 023 And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad. 001 GEN 031 024 And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep by night, and said to him, Take heed to yourself that you speak not at any time to Jacob evil things. 001 GEN 031 025 And Laban overtook Jacob; and Jacob pitched his tent in the mountain; and Laban stationed his brothers in the mount Galaad. 001 GEN 031 026 And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done? therefore did you run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives taken with the sword? 001 GEN 031 027 Whereas if you had told me, I would have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp. 001 GEN 031 028 And I was not counted worthy to embrace my children and my daughters; now then you have wrought foolishly. 001 GEN 031 029 And now my hand has power to hurt you; but the God of your father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to yourself that you speak not evil words to Jacob. 001 GEN 031 030 Now then go on your way, for you have earnestly desired to depart to the house of your father; therefore have you stolen my gods? 001 GEN 031 031 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said, Lest at any time you should take away your daughters from me, and all my possessions. 001 GEN 031 032 And Jacob said, With whoever you shall find your gods, he shall not live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of your property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew not that his wife Rachel had stolen them. 001 GEN 031 033 And Laban went in and searched in the house of Lea, and found [them] not; and he went out of the house of Lea, and searched in the house of Jacob, and in the house of the two maidservants, and found them not; and he went also into the house of Rachel. 001 GEN 031 034 And Rachel took the idols, and cast them among the camel's packs, and sat upon them. 001 GEN 031 035 And she said to her father, Be not indignant, Sir; I can’t rise up before you, for it is with me according to the manner of women. Laban searched in all the house, and found not the images. 001 GEN 031 036 And Jacob was angry, and strove with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my injustice, and what my sin, that you have pursued after me, 001 GEN 031 037 and that you have searched all the furniture of my house? what have you found of all the furniture of your house? set it here between your relations and my relations, and let them decide between us two. 001 GEN 031 038 These twenty years have I been with you; your sheep, and your she-goats have not failed in bearing; I devoured not the rams of your cattle. 001 GEN 031 039 That which was taken of beasts I brought not to you; I made good of myself the thefts of the day, and the thefts of the night. 001 GEN 031 040 I was parched with heat by day, and [chilled] with frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes. 001 GEN 031 041 These twenty years have I been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years among your sheep, and you did falsely rate my wages for ten lambs. 001 GEN 031 042 Unless I had the God of my father Abraam, and the fear of Isaac, now you would have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you yesterday. 001 GEN 031 043 And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the cattle are my cattle, and all things which you see are mine, and [the property] of my daughters; what shall I do to them today, or their children which they bore? 001 GEN 031 044 Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and you, and it shall be for a witness between me and you; and he said to him, Behold, there is no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and you. 001 GEN 031 045 And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar. 001 GEN 031 046 And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him, This heap witnesses between me and you today. 001 GEN 031 047 And Laban called it, the Heap of Testimony; and Jacob called it, the Witness Heap. 001 GEN 031 048 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have set between me and you; this heap witnesses, and this pillar witnesses; therefore its name was called, the Heap witnesses. 001 GEN 031 049 And the vision of which he said—Let God look to it between me and you, because we are about to depart from each other, — 001 GEN 031 050 If you shall humble my daughters, if you should take wives in addition to my daughters, see, there is no one with us looking on. God [is] witness between me and you. 001 GEN 031 051 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold, this heap, and this pillar are a witness. 001 GEN 031 052 For if I should not cross over to you, neither should you cross over to me, for mischief beyond this heap and this pillar. 001 GEN 031 053 The God of Abraam and the God of Nachor judge between us; and Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. 001 GEN 031 054 And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren, and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain. 001 GEN 031 055 And Laban rose up in the morning, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them; and Laban having turned back, departed to his place. 001 GEN 032 001 And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him. 001 GEN 032 002 And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments. 001 GEN 032 003 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom. 001 GEN 032 004 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now. 001 GEN 032 005 And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and sheep, and menservants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord Esau, that your servant might find grace in your sight. 001 GEN 032 006 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and behold! he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him. 001 GEN 032 007 And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows, and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps. 001 GEN 032 008 And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and strike it, the other camp shall be in safety. 001 GEN 032 009 And Jacob said, God of my father Abraam, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you [are] he that said to me, Depart quickly to the land of your birth, and I will do you good. 001 GEN 032 010 Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice and all the truth which you have wrought with your servant; for with this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps. 001 GEN 032 011 Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and strike me, and the mother upon the children. 001 GEN 032 012 But you said, I will do you good, and will make your seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for multitude. 001 GEN 032 013 And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother, 001 GEN 032 014 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams, 001 GEN 032 015 milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts. 001 GEN 032 016 And he gave them to his servants [each] drove apart; and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between drove and drove. 001 GEN 032 017 And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meet you, and he ask you, saying, Whose are you? and whither would you go, and whose are these possessions advancing before you? 001 GEN 032 018 You shall say, Your servant Jacob's; he has sent gifts to my lord Esau, and behold! he is behind us. 001 GEN 032 019 And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall you speak to Esau when you find him; 001 GEN 032 020 and you shall say, Behold your servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for perhaps he will accept me. 001 GEN 032 021 So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp. 001 GEN 032 022 And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives and his two servant-maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over the ford of Jaboch. 001 GEN 032 023 And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions. 001 GEN 032 024 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning. 001 GEN 032 025 And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's thigh was benumbed in his wrestling with him. 001 GEN 032 026 And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has dawned; but he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me. 001 GEN 032 027 And he said to him, What is your name? and he answered, Jacob. 001 GEN 032 028 And he said to him, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and shall be mighty with men. 001 GEN 032 029 And Jacob asked and said, Tell me your name; and he said, Therefore do you ask after my name? and he blessed him there. 001 GEN 032 030 And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of God; for, [said he, ]I have seen God face to face, and my life was preserved. 001 GEN 032 031 And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh. 001 GEN 032 032 Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat of the sinew which was benumbed, which is on the broad part of the thigh, until this day, because [the angel] touched the broad part of the thigh of Jacob—[even] the sinew which was benumbed. 001 GEN 033 001 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold! Esau his brother coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Lea and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens. 001 GEN 033 002 And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last. 001 GEN 033 003 But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother. 001 GEN 033 004 And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept. 001 GEN 033 005 And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to you? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed your servant. 001 GEN 033 006 And the maidservants and their children drew near and did reverence. 001 GEN 033 007 And Lea and her children drew near and did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence. 001 GEN 033 008 And he said, What are these things to you, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That your servant might find grace in your sight, my lord. 001 GEN 033 009 And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep your own. 001 GEN 033 010 And Jacob said, If I have found grace in your sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen your face, as if any one should see the face of God, and you shall be well-pleased with me. 001 GEN 033 011 Receive my blessings, which I have brought you, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took [them]. 001 GEN 033 012 And he said, Let us depart, and proceed right onward. 001 GEN 033 013 And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die. 001 GEN 033 014 Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir. 001 GEN 033 015 And Esau said, I will leave with you some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have found favor before you, [my] lord. 001 GEN 033 016 And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir. 001 GEN 033 017 And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths. 001 GEN 033 018 And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city. 001 GEN 033 019 And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs. 001 GEN 033 020 And he set up there an altar, and called on the God of Israel. 001 GEN 034 001 And Dina, the daughter of Lea, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to observe the daughters of the inhabitants. 001 GEN 034 002 And Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her. 001 GEN 034 003 And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the damsel. 001 GEN 034 004 Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife. 001 GEN 034 005 And Jacob heard that the son of Emmor had defiled Dina his daughter (now his sons were with his cattle in the plain). And Jacob was silent until they came. 001 GEN 034 006 And Emmor the father of Sychem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him. 001 GEN 034 007 And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because [the man] wrought folly in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, and so it must not be. 001 GEN 034 008 And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife, 001 GEN 034 009 and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons. 001 GEN 034 010 And dwell in the midst of us; and, behold, the land is spacious before you, dwell in it, and trade, and get possessions in it. 001 GEN 034 011 And Sychem said to her father and to her brothers, I would find grace before you, and we will give whatever you shall name. 001 GEN 034 012 Multiply [your demand of] dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as you shall say to me, only you shall give me this damsel for a wife. 001 GEN 034 013 And the sons of Jacob answered to Sychem and Emmor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dina their sister. 001 GEN 034 014 And Symeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us. 001 GEN 034 015 Only on these terms will we conform to you, and dwell among you, if you also will be as we are, in that every male of you be circumcised. 001 GEN 034 016 And we will give our daughters to you, and we will take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be as one race. 001 GEN 034 017 But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart. 001 GEN 034 018 And the words pleased Emmor, and Sychem the son of Emmor. 001 GEN 034 019 And the young man delayed not to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob's daughter, and he was the most honorable of all in his father's house. 001 GEN 034 020 And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying, 001 GEN 034 021 These men are peaceful, let them dwell with us upon the land, and let them trade in it, and behold the land is extensive before them; we will take their daughters to us for wives, and we will give them our daughters. 001 GEN 034 022 Only on these terms will the men conform to us to dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be circumcised, as they also are circumcised. 001 GEN 034 023 And shall not their cattle and their herds, and their possessions, be ours? only in this let us conform to them, and they will dwell with us. 001 GEN 034 024 And all that went in at the gate of their city listened to Emmor and Sychem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male. 001 GEN 034 025 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and killed every male. 001 GEN 034 026 And they killed Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth. 001 GEN 034 027 But the sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister. 001 GEN 034 028 And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatever were in the city, and whatever were in the plain. 001 GEN 034 029 And they took captive all the persons of them, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses. 001 GEN 034 030 And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, You have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house. 001 GEN 034 031 And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot? 001 GEN 035 001 And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to the place, Baethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God that appeared to you, when you fled from the face of Esau your brother. 001 GEN 035 002 And Jacob said to his house, and to all that were with him, Remove the strange gods that are with you from the midst of you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes. 001 GEN 035 003 And let us rise and go up to Baethel, and let us there make an altar to God who listened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went. 001 GEN 035 004 And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which were in their hands, and the ear-rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the turpentine tree which is in Secima, and destroyed them to this day. 001 GEN 035 005 So Israel departed from Secima, and the fear of God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after the children of Israel. 001 GEN 035 006 And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of Chanaan, which is Baethel, he and all the people that were with him. 001 GEN 035 007 And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Baethel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother Esau. 001 GEN 035 008 And Deborrha, Rebecca's nurse, died, and was buried below Baethel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak of Mourning. 001 GEN 035 009 And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luza, when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him. 001 GEN 035 010 And God said to him, Your name shall not be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; and he called his name Israel. 001 GEN 035 011 And God said to him, I am your God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of you, and kings shall come out of your loins. 001 GEN 035 012 And the land which I gave to Abraam and Isaac, I have given it to you; and it shall come to pass that I will give this land also to your seed after you. 001 GEN 035 013 And God went up from him from the place where he spoke with him. 001 GEN 035 014 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God spoke with him, [even] a pillar of stone; and offered a libation upon it, and poured oil upon it. 001 GEN 035 015 And Jacob called the name of the place in which God spoke with him, Baethel. 001 GEN 035 016 [[And Jacob removed from Baethel, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader, ]] and it came to pass when he drew near to Chabratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel travailed; and in her travail she was in hard labor. 001 GEN 035 017 And it came to pass in her hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Be of good courage, for you shall also have this son. 001 GEN 035 018 And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin. 001 GEN 035 019 So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, this is Bethleem. 001 GEN 035 020 And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day. 001 GEN 035 021 And it came to pass when Israel lived in that land, that Ruben went and lay with Balla, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. 001 GEN 035 022 And the sons of Jacob were twelve. 001 GEN 035 023 The sons of Lea, the firstborn of Jacob; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon. 001 GEN 035 024 And the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin. 001 GEN 035 025 And the sons of Balla, the handmaid of Rachel; Dan and Nephthalim. 001 GEN 035 026 And the sons of Zelpha, the handmaid of Lea; Gad and Aser. These [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria. 001 GEN 035 027 And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mambre, to a city of the plain; this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan, where Abraam and Isaac sojourned. 001 GEN 035 028 And the days of Isaac which he lived were an hundred and eighty years. 001 GEN 035 029 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. 001 GEN 036 001 And these [are] the generations of Esau; this is Edom. 001 GEN 036 002 And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Chananites; Ada, the daughter of Aelom the Chettite; and Olibema, daughter of Ana the son of Sebegon, the Evite; 001 GEN 036 003 and Basemath, daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabaioth. 001 GEN 036 004 And Ada bore to him Eliphas; and Basemath bore Raguel. 001 GEN 036 005 And Olibema bore Jeus, and Jeglom, and Core; these [are] the sons of Esau, which were born to him in the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 036 006 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions, and all his cattle, and all that he had got, and all things whatever he had acquired in the land of Chanaan; and Esau went forth from the land of Chanaan, from the face of his brother Jacob. 001 GEN 036 007 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojourning could not bear them, because of the abundance of their possessions. 001 GEN 036 008 And Esau lived in mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom. 001 GEN 036 009 And these [are] the generations of Esau, the father of Edom in the mount Seir. 001 GEN 036 010 And these [are] the names of the sons of Esau. Eliphas, the son of Ada, the wife of Esau; and Raguel, the son of Basemath, wife of Esau. 001 GEN 036 011 And the sons of Eliphas were Thaeman, Omar, Sophar, Gothom, and Kenez. 001 GEN 036 012 And Thamna was a concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau; and she bore Amalec to Eliphas. These [are] the sons of Ada, the wife of Esau. 001 GEN 036 013 And these [are] the sons of Raguel; Nachoth, Zare, Some, and Moze. These were the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau. 001 GEN 036 014 And these [are] the sons of Olibema, the daughter of Ana, the son of Sebegon, the wife of Esau; and she bore to Esau, Jeus, and Jeglom, and Core. 001 GEN 036 015 These [are] the chiefs of the son of Esau, [even] the sons of Eliphas, the firstborn of Esau; chief Thaeman, chief Omar, chief Sophar, chief Kenez, 001 GEN 036 016 chief Core, chief Gothom, chief Amalec. These [are] the chiefs of Eliphas, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Ada. 001 GEN 036 017 And these [are] the sons of Raguel, the son of Esau; chief Nachoth, chief Zare, chief Some, chief Moze. These [are] the chiefs of Raguel, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau. 001 GEN 036 018 And these [are] the sons of Olibema, wife of Esau; chief Jeus, chief Jeglom, chief Core. These [are] the chiefs of Olibema, daughter of Ana, wife of Esau. 001 GEN 036 019 These [are] the sons of Esau, and these are the chiefs; these are the sons of Edom. 001 GEN 036 020 And these [are] the sons of Seir, the Chorrhite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana, 001 GEN 036 021 and Deson, and Asar, and Rison. These [are] the chiefs of the Chorrhite, the son of Seir, in the land of Edom. 001 GEN 036 022 And the sons of Lotan [were] Chorrhi and Haeman; and the sister of Lotan, Thamna. 001 GEN 036 023 And these [are] the sons of Sobal; Golam, and Manachath, and Gaebel, and Sophar, and Omar. 001 GEN 036 024 And these [are] the sons of Sebegon; Aie, and Ana; this is the Ana who found Jamin in the wilderness, when he tended the beasts of his father Sebegon. 001 GEN 036 025 And these [are] the sons of Ana; Deson—and Olibema [was] daughter of Ana. 001 GEN 036 026 And these [are] the sons of Deson; Amada, and Asban, and Ithran, and Charrhan. 001 GEN 036 027 And these [are] the sons of Asar; Balaam, and Zucam, and Jucam. 001 GEN 036 028 And these [are] the sons of Rison; Hos, and Aran. 001 GEN 036 029 And these [are] the chiefs of Chorri; chief Lotan, chief Sobal, chief Sebegon, chief Ana, 001 GEN 036 030 chief Deson, chief Asar, chief Rison. These [are] the chiefs of Chorri, in their principalities in the land of Edom. 001 GEN 036 031 these [are] the kings which reigned in Edom, before a king reigned in Israel. 001 GEN 036 032 And Balac, son of Beor, reigned in Edom; and the name of his city [was] Dennaba. 001 GEN 036 033 And Balac died; and Jobab, son of Zara, from Bosorrha reigned in his stead. 001 GEN 036 034 And Jobab died; and Asom, from the land of the Thaemanites, reigned in his stead. 001 GEN 036 035 And Asom died; and Adad son of Barad, who cut off Madiam in the plain of Moab, ruled in his stead; and the name of his city was Getthaim. 001 GEN 036 036 And Adad died; and Samada of Massecca reigned in his stead. 001 GEN 036 037 Samada died; and Saul of Rhooboth by the river reigned in his stead. 001 GEN 036 038 And Saul died; and Ballenon the son of Achobor reigned in his stead. 001 GEN 036 039 And Ballenon the son of Achobor died; and Arad the son of Barad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Phogor; and the name of his wife was Metebeel, daughter of Matraith, son of Maizoob. 001 GEN 036 040 These [are] the names of the chiefs of Esau, in their tribes, according to their place, in their countries, and in their nations; chief Thamna, chief Gola, chief Jether, 001 GEN 036 041 chief Olibema, chief Helas, chief Phinon, 001 GEN 036 042 chief Kenez, chief Thaeman, chief Mazar, 001 GEN 036 043 chief Magediel, chief Zaphoin. These are the chiefs of Edom in their dwelling-places in the land of their possession; this is Esau, the father of Edom. 001 GEN 037 001 And Jacob lived in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 037 002 And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach. 001 GEN 037 003 And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of many colors. 001 GEN 037 004 And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceful to him. 001 GEN 037 005 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and reported it to his brethren. 001 GEN 037 006 And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed. 001 GEN 037 007 I thought you were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf. 001 GEN 037 008 And his brethren said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us, or shall you indeed be lord over us? And they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words. 001 GEN 037 009 And he dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence. 001 GEN 037 010 And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which you have dreamed? shall indeed both I and your mother and your brethren come and bow before you to the earth? 001 GEN 037 011 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. 001 GEN 037 012 And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem. 001 GEN 037 013 And Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brethren feed their flock in Sychem? Come, I will send you to them; and he said to him, Behold, I [am here]. 001 GEN 037 014 And Israel said to him, Go and see if your brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem. 001 GEN 037 015 And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seek you? 001 GEN 037 016 And he said, I am seeking my brethren; tell me where they feed [their flocks]. 001 GEN 037 017 And the man said to him, They have departed hence, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothaim; and Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothaim. 001 GEN 037 018 And they spied him from a distance before he drew near to them, and they wickedly took counsel to kill him. 001 GEN 037 019 And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes. 001 GEN 037 020 Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be. 001 GEN 037 021 And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him. 001 GEN 037 022 And Ruben said to them, Shed not blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay [your] hands upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father. 001 GEN 037 023 And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-coloured coat that was upon him. 001 GEN 037 024 And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water. 001 GEN 037 025 And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they saw, and behold, Ismaelitish travellers came from Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt. 001 GEN 037 026 And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we kill our brother, and conceal his blood? 001 GEN 037 027 Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren listened. 001 GEN 037 028 And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt. 001 GEN 037 029 And Ruben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he tore his garments. 001 GEN 037 030 And he returned to his brethren and said, The boy is not; and I, whither am I yet to go? 001 GEN 037 031 And having taken the coat of Joseph, they killed a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood. 001 GEN 037 032 And they sent the coat of many colors; and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found; know if it be your son's coat or no. And he recognized it, and said, It is my son's coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph. 001 GEN 037 034 And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 001 GEN 037 035 And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him. 001 GEN 037 036 And the Madianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Petephres, the eunuch of Pharao, captain of the guard. 001 GEN 038 001 And it came to pass at that time that Judas went down from his brethren, and came as far as to a certain man of Odollam, whose name was Iras. 001 GEN 038 002 And Judas saw there the daughter of a Chananitish man, whose name was Sava; and he took her, and went in to her. 001 GEN 038 003 And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name, Er. 001 GEN 038 004 And she conceived and bore a son again; and called his name, Aunan. 001 GEN 038 005 And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them. 001 GEN 038 006 And Judas took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Thamar. 001 GEN 038 007 And Er, the firstborn of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him. 001 GEN 038 008 And Judas said to Aunan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to your brother. 001 GEN 038 009 And Aunan, knowing that the seed should not be his—it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother's wife. 001 GEN 038 010 And his doing this appeared evil before God; and he killed him also. 001 GEN 038 011 And Judas said to Thamar, his daughter-in-law, Sit you a widow in the house of your father-in-law, until Selom my son be grown; for he said, lest he also die as his brethren; and Thamar departed, and sat in the house of her father. 001 GEN 038 012 And the days were fulfilled, and Sava the wife of Judas died; and Judas, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Iras his Shepherd the Odollamite, to Thamna. 001 GEN 038 013 And it was told Thamar his daughter-in-law, saying, Behold, your father-in-law goes up to Thamna, to shear his sheep. 001 GEN 038 014 And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Aenan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife. 001 GEN 038 015 And when Judas saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she covered her face, and he knew her not. 001 GEN 038 016 And he went out of his way to her, and said to her, Let me come in to you; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law; and she said, What will you give me if you should come in to me? 001 GEN 038 017 And he said, I will send you a kid of the goats from my flock; and she said, [Well], if you will give me an earnest, until you send it. 001 GEN 038 018 And he said, What is the earnest that I shall give you? and she said, Your ring, and your bracelet, and the staff in your hand; and he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him. 001 GEN 038 019 And she arose and departed, and took her veil from off her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 001 GEN 038 020 And Judas sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Odollamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not. 001 GEN 038 021 And he asked the men of the place, Where is the harlot who was in Aenan by the wayside? and they said, There was no harlot here. 001 GEN 038 022 And he returned to Judas, and said, I have not found her; and the men of the place say, There is no harlot here. 001 GEN 038 023 And Judas said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but you have not found her. 001 GEN 038 024 And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judas, saying, Thamar your daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by whoredom; and Judas said, Bring her out, and let her be burnt. 001 GEN 038 025 And as they were bringing her, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose these things are; and she said, See whose is this ring and bracelet and staff. 001 GEN 038 026 And Judas knew [them], and said, Thamar is cleared rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Selom my son: and he knew her not again. 001 GEN 038 027 And it came to pass when she was in labor, that she also had twins in her womb. 001 GEN 038 028 And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife having taken hold of it, bound upon his hand a scarlet [thread], saying, This one shall come out first. 001 GEN 038 029 And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through because of you? and she called his name, Phares. 001 GEN 038 030 And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name, Zara. 001 GEN 039 001 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Petephres the eunuch of Pharao, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ismaelites, who brought him down there. 001 GEN 039 002 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house with his lord the Egyptian. 001 GEN 039 003 And his master knew that the Lord was with him, and the Lord prospers in his hands whatever he happens to do. 001 GEN 039 004 And Joseph found grace in the presence of his lord, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into the hand of Joseph. 001 GEN 039 005 And it came to pass after that he was set over his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all his possessions in the house, and in his field. 001 GEN 039 006 And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, save the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and exceedingly beautiful in countenance. 001 GEN 039 007 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me. 001 GEN 039 008 But he would not; but said to his master's wife, If because of me my master knows nothing in his house, and has given into my hands all things that belong to him: 001 GEN 039 009 and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but you, because you are his wife—how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God? 001 GEN 039 010 And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he listened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her, 001 GEN 039 011 it came to pass on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and there was no one of the household within. 001 GEN 039 012 And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth. 001 GEN 039 013 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands, and fled, and gone forth, 001 GEN 039 014 that she called those that were in the house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to mock us—he came in to me, saying, Lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. 001 GEN 039 015 And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled, and went forth out. 001 GEN 039 016 So she leaves the clothes by her, until the master came to his house. 001 GEN 039 017 And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom you brought in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with you. 001 GEN 039 018 And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled and departed forth. 001 GEN 039 019 And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did your servant to me, that he was very angry. 001 GEN 039 020 And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king's prisoners are kept, there in the prison. 001 GEN 039 021 And the Lord was with Joseph, and poured down mercy upon him; and he gave him favor in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison. 001 GEN 039 022 And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners as many as were in the prison; and all things whatever they do there, he did them. 001 GEN 039 023 Because of him the chief keeper of the prison knew nothing, for all things were in the hand of Joseph, because the Lord was with him; and whatever things he did, the Lord made them to prosper in his hands. 001 GEN 040 001 And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord the king of Egypt. 001 GEN 040 002 And Pharao was angry with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker. 001 GEN 040 003 And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led. 001 GEN 040 004 And the chief keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph, and he stood by them; and they were [some] days in the prison. 001 GEN 040 005 And they both had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this. 001 GEN 040 006 Joseph went in to them in the morning, and saw them, and they had been troubled. 001 GEN 040 007 And he asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad today? 001 GEN 040 008 And they said to him, We have seen a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Is not the interpretation of them through god? tell [them] than to me. 001 GEN 040 009 And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream a vine was before me. 001 GEN 040 010 And in the vine [were] three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe. 001 GEN 040 011 And the cup of Pharao was in my hand; and I took the bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into Pharao's hand. 001 GEN 040 012 And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days. 001 GEN 040 013 Yet three days and Pharao shall remember your office, and he shall restore you to your place of chief cupbearer, and you shall give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to your former high place, as you were wont to be cupbearer. 001 GEN 040 014 But remember me of yourself, when it shall be well with you, and you shall deal mercifully with me, and you shall make mention of me to Pharao, and you shall bring me forth out of this dungeon. 001 GEN 040 015 For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit. 001 GEN 040 016 And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright; and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and I thought I took up on my head three baskets of mealy food. 001 GEN 040 017 And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharao eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head. 001 GEN 040 018 And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of it; The three baskets are three days. 001 GEN 040 019 Yet three days, and Pharao shall take away your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat your flesh from off you. 001 GEN 040 020 And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharao's birth-day, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants. 001 GEN 040 021 And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand. 001 GEN 040 022 And he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph, interpreted to them. 001 GEN 040 023 Yet did not the chief cupbearer remember Joseph, but forgot him. 001 GEN 041 001 And it came to pass after two full years that Pharao had a dream. He thought he stood upon [the bank of] the river. 001 GEN 041 002 And behold, there came up as it were out of the river seven cows, fair in appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed on the sedge. 001 GEN 041 003 And other seven cows came up after these out of the river, ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, and fed by the [other] cows on the bank of the river. 001 GEN 041 004 And the seven ill-favoured and lean cows devoured the seven well-favoured and choice-fleshed cows; and Pharao awoke. 001 GEN 041 005 And he dreamed again. And, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, choice and good. 001 GEN 041 006 And, behold, seven ears thin and blasted with the wind, grew up after them. 001 GEN 041 007 And the seven thin ears and blasted with the wind devoured the seven choice and full ears; and Pharao awoke, and it was a dream. 001 GEN 041 008 And it was morning, and his soul was troubled; and he sent and called all the interpreters of Egypt, and all her wise men; and Pharao related to them his dream, and there was no one to interpret it to Pharao. 001 GEN 041 009 And the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharao, saying, I this day remember my fault: 001 GEN 041 010 Pharao was angry with his servants, and put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker. 001 GEN 041 011 And we had a dream both in one night, I and he; we saw, each according to his dream. 001 GEN 041 012 And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew servant of the captain of the guard; and we related to him [our dreams], and he interpreted [them] to us. 001 GEN 041 013 And it came to pass, as he interpreted them to us, so also it happened, both that I was restored to my office, and that he was hanged. 001 GEN 041 014 And Pharao having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from the prison, and shaved him, and changed his dress, and he came to Pharao. 001 GEN 041 015 And Pharao said to Joseph, I have seen a vision, and there is no one to interpret it; but I have heard say concerning you that you did hear dreams and interpret them. 001 GEN 041 016 And Joseph answered Pharao and said, Without God an answer of safety shall not be given to Pharao. 001 GEN 041 017 And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, In my dream I thought I stood by the bank of the river; 001 GEN 041 018 and there came up as it were out of the river, seven cows well-favoured and choice-fleshed, and they fed on the sedge. 001 GEN 041 019 And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil and ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 041 020 And the seven ill-favoured and thin cows ate up the seven first good and choice cows. 001 GEN 041 021 And they went into their bellies; and it was not perceptible that they had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was ill-favoured, as also at the beginning; and after I awoke I slept, 001 GEN 041 022 and saw again in my sleep, and as it were seven ears came up on one stem, full and good. 001 GEN 041 023 And other seven ears, thin and blasted with the wind, sprang up close to them. 001 GEN 041 024 And the seven thin and blasted ears devoured the seven fine and full ears: so I spoke to the interpreters, and there was no one to explain it to me. 001 GEN 041 025 And Joseph said to Pharao, The dream of Pharao is one; whatever God does, he has shown to Pharao. 001 GEN 041 026 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream of Pharao is one. 001 GEN 041 027 And the seven thin kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven thin and blasted ears are seven years; there shall be seven years of famine. 001 GEN 041 028 And as for the word which I have told Pharao, whatever God intends to do, he has shown to Pharao: 001 GEN 041 029 behold, for seven years there is coming great plenty in all the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 041 030 But there shall come seven years of famine after these, and they shall forget the plenty that shall be in all Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land. 001 GEN 041 031 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine that shall be after this, for it shall be very grievous. 001 GEN 041 032 And concerning the repetition of the dream to Pharao twice, [it is] because the saying which is from God shall be true, and God will hasten to accomplish it. 001 GEN 041 033 Now then, look out a wise and prudent man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 041 034 And let Pharao make and appoint local governors over the land; and let them take up a fifth part of all the produce of the land of Egypt for the seven years of the plenty. 001 GEN 041 035 And let them gather all the food of these seven good years that are coming, and let the corn be gathered under the hand of Pharao; let food be kept in the cities. 001 GEN 041 036 And the stored food shall be for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be utterly destroyed by the famine. 001 GEN 041 037 And the word was pleasing in the sight of Pharao, and in the sight of all his servants. 001 GEN 041 038 And Pharao said to all his servants, Shall we find such a man as this, who has the Spirit of God in him? 001 GEN 041 039 And Pharao said to Joseph, Since God has showed you all these things, there is not a wiser or more prudent man than you. 001 GEN 041 040 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be obedient to your word; only in the throne will I excel you. 001 GEN 041 041 And Pharao said to Joseph, Behold, I set you this day over all the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 041 042 And Pharao took his ring off his hand, and put it on the hand of Joseph, and put on him a robe of fine linen, and put a necklace of gold about his neck. 001 GEN 041 043 And he mounted him on the second of his chariots, and a herald made proclamation before him; and he set him over all the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 041 044 And Pharao said to Joseph, I am Pharao; without you no one shall lift up his hand on all the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 041 045 And Pharao called the name of Joseph, Psonthomphanech; and he gave him Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, to wife. 001 GEN 041 046 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharao, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharao, and went through all the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 041 047 And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, [whole] handfuls [of corn]. 001 GEN 041 048 And he gathered all the food of the seven years, in which was the plenty in the land of Egypt; and he laid up the food in the cities; the food of the fields of a city round about it he laid up in it. 001 GEN 041 049 And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it could not be numbered, for there was no number [of it]. 001 GEN 041 050 And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him. 001 GEN 041 051 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn, Manasse; for God, [said he], has made me forget all my toils, and all my father's house. 001 GEN 041 052 And he called the name of the second, Ephraim; for God, [said he], has increased me in the land of my humiliation. 001 GEN 041 053 And the seven years of plenty passed away, which were in the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 041 054 And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 001 GEN 041 055 And all the land of Egypt was hungry; and the people cried to Pharao for bread. And Pharao said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph, and do whatever he shall tell you. 001 GEN 041 056 And the famine was on the face of all the earth; and Joseph opened all the granaries, and sold to all the Egyptians. 001 GEN 041 057 And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth. 001 GEN 042 001 And Jacob having seen that there was a sale [of corn] in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you indolent? 001 GEN 042 002 Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down there, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die. 001 GEN 042 003 And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt. 001 GEN 042 004 But [Jacob] sent not Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, with his brethren; for he said, Lest, haply, disease befall him. 001 GEN 042 005 And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 042 006 And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, [bowing] with the face to the ground. 001 GEN 042 007 And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke hard words to them; and said to them, Whence are you come? And they said, Out of the land of Chanaan, to buy food. 001 GEN 042 008 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 001 GEN 042 009 And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw; and he said to them, You are spies; to observe the marks of the land are you come. 001 GEN 042 010 But they said, Nay, Sir, we your servants are come to buy food; 001 GEN 042 011 we are all sons of one man; we are peaceful, your servants are not spies. 001 GEN 042 012 And he said to them, Nay, but you are come to observe the marks of the land. 001 GEN 042 013 And they said, We your servants are twelve brethren, in the land of Chanaan; and, behold, the youngest is with our father today, but the other one is not. 001 GEN 042 014 And Joseph said to them, This is it that I spoke to you, saying, you are spies; 001 GEN 042 015 herein shall you be manifested; by the health of Pharao, you shall not depart hence, unless your younger brother come here. 001 GEN 042 016 Send one of you, and take your brother; and go you to prison, till your words be clear, whether you speak the truth or not; but, if not, by the health of Pharao, verily you are spies. 001 GEN 042 017 And he put them in prison three days. 001 GEN 042 018 And he said to them on the third day, This do, and you shall live, for I fear God. 001 GEN 042 019 If you be peaceful, let one of your brethren be detained in prison; but go you, and carry back the corn you have purchased. 001 GEN 042 020 And bring your younger brother to me, and your words shall be believed; but, if not, you shall die. And they did so. 001 GEN 042 021 And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he implored us, and we listened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us. 001 GEN 042 022 And Ruben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Hurt not the boy, and you heard me not? and, behold, his blood is required. 001 GEN 042 023 But they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them. 001 GEN 042 024 And Joseph turned away from them, and wept; and again he came to them, and spoke to them; and he took Symeon from them, and bound him before their eyes. 001 GEN 042 025 And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to return their money to each into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and it was so done to them. 001 GEN 042 026 And having put the corn on the asses, they departed thence. 001 GEN 042 027 And one having opened his sack to give his asses fodder, at the place where they rested, saw also his bundle of money, for it was on the mouth of his sack. 001 GEN 042 028 And he said to his brethren, My money has been restored to me, and behold this is in my sack. And their heart was wonder-struck, and they were troubled, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us? 001 GEN 042 029 And they came to their father, Jacob, into the land of Chanaan, and reported to him all that had happened to them, saying, 001 GEN 042 030 The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land. 001 GEN 042 031 And we said to him, We are men of peace, we are not spies. 001 GEN 042 032 We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is with his father today in the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 042 033 And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Herein shall I know that you are peaceful; leave one brother here with me, and having taken the corn you have purchased for your family, depart. 001 GEN 042 034 And bring to me your younger brother; then I shall know that you are not spies, but that you are men of peace: and I will restore you your brother, and you shall trade in the land. 001 GEN 042 035 And it came to pass as they were emptying their sacks, there was each man's bundle of money in his sack; and they and their father saw their bundles of money, and they were afraid. 001 GEN 042 036 And their father Jacob said to them, You have bereaved me. Joseph is not, Symeon is not, and will you take Benjamin? all these things have come upon me. 001 GEN 042 037 And Ruben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to you; give him into my hand, and I will bring him back to you. 001 GEN 042 038 But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and [suppose] it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which you go, then you shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades. 001 GEN 043 001 But the famine prevailed in the land. 001 GEN 043 002 And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food. 001 GEN 043 003 And Judas spoke to him, saying, The man, the lord of the country, positively testified to us, saying, You shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you. 001 GEN 043 004 If, then, you send our brother with us, we will go down, and buy you food; 001 GEN 043 005 but if you send not our brother with us, we will not go: for the man spoke to us, saying, You shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you. 001 GEN 043 006 And Israel said, Why did you harm me, inasmuch as you told the man that you had a brother? 001 GEN 043 007 And they said, The man closely questioned us about our family also, saying, Does your father yet live, and have you a brother? and we answered him according to this question: did we know that he would say to us, Bring your brother? 001 GEN 043 008 And Judas said to his father Israel, Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you, and our store. 001 GEN 043 009 And I engage for him; at my hand do you require him; if I bring him not to you, and place him before you, I shall be guilty toward you for ever. 001 GEN 043 010 For if we had not tarried, we should now have returned twice. 001 GEN 043 011 And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts. 001 GEN 043 012 And take double money in your hands, and the money that was returned in your sacks, carry back with you, lest perhaps it is a mistake. 001 GEN 043 013 And take your brother; and arise, go down to the man. 001 GEN 043 014 And my God give you favor in the sight of the man, and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly as I have been bereaved, am bereaved. 001 GEN 043 015 And the men having taken these presents, and the double money, took in their hands also Benjamin; and they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 001 GEN 043 016 And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, Bring the men into the house, and kill beasts and make ready, for the men are to eat bread with me at noon. 001 GEN 043 017 And the man did as Joseph said; and he brought the men into the house of Joseph. 001 GEN 043 018 And the men, when they perceived that they were brought into the house of Joseph, said, We are brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first; even in order to inform against us, and lay it to our charge; to take us for servants, and our asses. 001 GEN 043 019 And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house, 001 GEN 043 020 saying, We pray [you], Sir; we came down at first to buy food. 001 GEN 043 021 And it came to pass, when we came to unlade, and opened our sacks, [there was] also this money of each in his sack; we have now brought back our money by weight in our hands. 001 GEN 043 022 And we have brought other money with us to buy food; we know not who put the money into our sacks. 001 GEN 043 023 And he said to them, [God deal] mercifully with you; be not afraid; your God, and the God of your fathers, has given you treasures in your sacks, and I have enough of your good money. And he brought Symeon out to them. 001 GEN 043 024 And he brought water to wash their feet; and gave provender to their asses. 001 GEN 043 025 And they prepared their gifts, until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that he was going to dine there. 001 GEN 043 026 And Joseph entered into the house, and they brought him the gifts which they had in their hands, into the house; and they did him reverence with their face to the ground. 001 GEN 043 027 And he asked them, How are you? and he said to them, Is your father, the old man of whom you spoke, well? Does he yet live? 001 GEN 043 028 And they said, Your servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And he said, Blessed be that man by God; —and they bowed, and did him reverence. 001 GEN 043 029 And Joseph lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said, Is this your younger brother, whom you spoke of bringing to me? and he said, God have mercy on you, my son. 001 GEN 043 030 And Joseph was troubled, for his bowels yearned over his brother, and he sought to weep; and he went into his chamber, and wept there. 001 GEN 043 031 And he washed his face and came out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. 001 GEN 043 032 And they set on [bread] for him alone, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians feasting with him by themselves, for the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination to the Egyptians. 001 GEN 043 033 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his seniority, and the younger according to his youth; and the men looked with amazement every one at his brother. 001 GEN 043 034 And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as the portions of [the others]. And they drank and were filled with drink with him. 001 GEN 044 001 And Joseph charged the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put the money of each in the mouth of his sack. 001 GEN 044 002 And put my silver cup into the sack of the youngest, and the price of his corn. And it was done according to the word of Joseph, as he said. 001 GEN 044 003 The morning dawned, and the men were sent away, they and their asses. 001 GEN 044 004 And when they had gone out of the city, [and] were not far off, then Joseph said to his steward, Arise, and pursue after the men; and you shall overtake them, and say to them, Why have you returned evil for good? 001 GEN 044 005 Why have you stolen my silver cup? is it not this out of which my lord drinks? and he divines augury with it; you have accomplished evil in that which you have done. 001 GEN 044 006 And he found them, and spoke to them according to these words. 001 GEN 044 007 And they said to him, Why does our lord speak according to these words? far be it from your servants to do according to this word. 001 GEN 044 008 If we brought back to you out of the land of Chanaan the money which we found in our sacks, how should we steal silver or gold out of the house of your lord? 001 GEN 044 009 With whoever of your servants you shall find the cup, let him die; and, moreover, we will be servants to our lord. 001 GEN 044 010 And he said, Now then it shall be as you say; with whoever the cup shall be found, he shall be my servant, and you shall be clear. 001 GEN 044 011 And they hasted, and took down every man his sack on the ground, and they opened every man his sack. 001 GEN 044 012 And he searched, beginning from the oldest, until he came to the youngest; and he found the cup in Benjamin's sack. 001 GEN 044 013 And they tore their garments, and laid each man his sack on his ass, and returned to the city. 001 GEN 044 014 And Judas and his brethren came in to Joseph, while he was yet there, and fell on the ground before him. 001 GEN 044 015 And Joseph said to them, What is this thing that you have done? know you not that a man such as I can surely divine? 001 GEN 044 016 And Judas said, What shall we answer to our lord, or what shall we say, or wherein should we be justified? whereas God has discovered the unrighteousness of your servants; behold, we are slaves to our lord, both we and he with whom the cup has been found. 001 GEN 044 017 And Joseph said, Far be it from me to do this thing; the man with whom the cup has been found, he shall be my servant; but do you go up with safety to your father. 001 GEN 044 018 And Judas drew near him, and said, I pray, Sir, let your servant speak a word before you, and be not angry with your servant, for you are next to Pharao. 001 GEN 044 019 Sir, you asked your servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother? 001 GEN 044 020 And we said to [my] lord, We have a father, an old man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father loves him. 001 GEN 044 021 And you said to they servants, Bring him down to me, and I will take care of him. 001 GEN 044 022 And we said to [my] lord, The child will not be able to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die. 001 GEN 044 023 But you said to they servants, Except your younger brother come down with you, you shall not see my face again. 001 GEN 044 024 And it came to pass, when we went up to your servant our father, we reported to him the words of our lord. 001 GEN 044 025 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. 001 GEN 044 026 And we said, We shall not be able to go down; but if our younger brother go down with us, we will go down; for we shall not be able to see the man's face, our younger brother not being with us. 001 GEN 044 027 And your servant our father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two [sons]; 001 GEN 044 028 and one is departed from me; and you said that he was devoured of wild beasts, and I have not seen him until now. 001 GEN 044 029 If then you take this one also from my presence, and an affliction happen to him by the way, then shall you bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave. 001 GEN 044 030 Now then, if I should go in to they servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us, (and his life depends on this [lad's] life) 001 GEN 044 031 —it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, [that] he will die, and your servants will bring down the old age of your servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave. 001 GEN 044 032 For your servant has received the boy [in charge] from his father, saying, If I bring him not to you, and place him before you, I shall be guilty towards my father for ever. 001 GEN 044 033 Now then I will remain a servant with you instead of the lad, a domestic of my lord; but let the lad go up with his brethren. 001 GEN 044 034 For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being with us? lest I behold the evils which will befall my father. 001 GEN 045 001 And Joseph could not refrain himself when all were standing by him, but said, Dismiss all from me; and no one stood near Joseph, when he made himself known to his brethren. 001 GEN 045 002 And he uttered his voice with weeping; and all the Egyptians heard, and it was reported to the house of Pharao. 001 GEN 045 003 And Joseph said to his brethren, I am Joseph; does my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for they were troubled. 001 GEN 045 004 And Joseph said to his brethren, Draw near to me; and they drew near; and he said, I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 001 GEN 045 005 Now then be not grieved, and let it not seem hard to you that you sold me hither, for God sent me before you for life. 001 GEN 045 006 For this second year there is famine on the earth, and there are yet five years remaining, in which there is to be neither plowing, nor mowing. 001 GEN 045 007 For God sent me before you, that there might be left to you a remnant upon the earth, even to nourish a great remnant of you. 001 GEN 045 008 Now then you did not send me hither, but God; and he has made me as a father of Pharao, and lord of all his house, and ruler of all the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 045 009 Hasten, therefore, and go up to my father, and say to him, These things says your son Joseph; God has made me lord of all the land of Egypt; come down therefore to me, and wait not. 001 GEN 045 010 And you shall dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia; and you shall be near me, you and your sons, and your sons' sons, your sheep and your oxen, and whatever things are your. 001 GEN 045 011 And I will nourish you there: for the famine is yet for five years; lest you be consumed, and your sons, and all your possessions. 001 GEN 045 012 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. 001 GEN 045 013 Report, therefore, to my father all my glory in Egypt, and all things that you have seen, and make haste and bring down my father hither. 001 GEN 045 014 And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept on him; and Benjamin wept on his neck. 001 GEN 045 015 And he kissed all his brethren, and wept on them; and after these things his brethren spoke to him. 001 GEN 045 016 And the report was carried into the house of Pharao, saying, Joseph's brethren are come; and Pharao was glad, and his household. 001 GEN 045 017 And Pharao said to Joseph, Say to your brethren, Do this; fill your waggons, and depart into the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 045 018 And take up your father, and your possessions, and come to me; and I will give you of all the goods of Egypt, and you shall eat the marrow of the land. 001 GEN 045 019 And do you charge them thus; that they should take for them waggons out of the land of Egypt, for your little ones, and for your wives; and take up your father, and come. 001 GEN 045 020 And be not sparing in regard to your property, for all the good of Egypt shall be yours. 001 GEN 045 021 And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave to them waggons, according to the words spoken by king Pharao; and he gave them provision for the journey. 001 GEN 045 022 And he gave to them all two sets of raiment apiece; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of gold, and five changes of raiment. 001 GEN 045 023 And to his father he sent [presents] at the same rate, and ten asses, bearing some of all the good things of Egypt, and ten mules, bearing bread for his father for your journey. 001 GEN 045 024 And he sent away his brethren, and they went; and he said to them, Be not angry by the way. 001 GEN 045 025 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Chanaan, to Jacob their father. 001 GEN 045 026 And they reported to him, saying, Your son Joseph is living, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt; and Jacob was amazed, for he did not believe them. 001 GEN 045 027 But they spoke to him all the words uttered by Joseph, whatever he said to them; and having seen the chariots which Joseph sent to take him up, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 001 GEN 045 028 And Israel said, It is a great thing for me if Joseph my son is yet alive. I will go and see him before I die. 001 GEN 046 001 And Israel departed, he and all that he had, and came to the well of the oath; and he offered sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac. 001 GEN 046 002 And God spoke to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it? 001 GEN 046 003 And he says to him, I am the God of your fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make you there a great nation. 001 GEN 046 004 And I will go down with you into Egypt, and I will bring you up at the end; and Joseph shall put his hands on your eyes. 001 GEN 046 005 And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath; and the sons of Israel took up their father, and the baggage, and their wives on the waggons, which Joseph sent to take them. 001 GEN 046 006 And they took up their goods, and all their property, which they had gotten in the land of Chanaan; they came into the land of Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him. 001 GEN 046 007 The sons, and the sons of his sons with him; [his] daughters, and the daughters of his daughters; and he brought all his seed into Egypt. 001 GEN 046 008 And these are the names of the sons of Israel that went into Egypt with their father Jacob—Jacob and his sons. The firstborn of Jacob, Ruben. 001 GEN 046 009 And the sons of Ruben; Enoch, and Phallus, Asron, and Charmi. 001 GEN 046 010 and the sons of Symeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Aod, and Achin, and Saar, and Saul, the son of a Chananitish woman. 001 GEN 046 011 And the sons of Levi; Gerson, Cath, and Merari. 001 GEN 046 012 And the sons of Judas; Er, and Aunan, and Selom, and Phares, and Zara: and Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. 001 GEN 046 013 And the sons of Phares [were] Esron, and Jemuel. And the sons of Issachar; Thola, and Phua, and Asum, and Sambran. 001 GEN 046 014 And the sons of Zabulun, Sered, and Allon, and Achoel. 001 GEN 046 015 These [are] the sons of Lea, which she bore to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dina his daughter; all the souls, sons and daughters, thirty-three. 001 GEN 046 016 And the sons of Gad; Saphon, and Angis, and Sannis, and Thasoban, and Aedis, and Aroedis, and Areelis. 001 GEN 046 017 And the sons of Aser; Jemna, Jessua, and Jeul, and Baria, and Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria; Chobor, and Melchiil. 001 GEN 046 018 These [are] the sons of Zelpha, which Laban gave to his daughter Lea, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen souls. 001 GEN 046 019 And the sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob; Joseph, and Benjamin. 001 GEN 046 020 And there were sons born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him, [even] Manasses and Ephraim. And there were sons born to Manasses, which the Syrian concubine bore to him, [even] Machir. And Machir begot Galaad. And the sons of Ephraim, the brother of Manasses; Sutalaam, and Taam. And the sons of Sutalaam; Edom. 001 GEN 046 021 and the sons of Benjamin; Bala, and Bochor, and Asbel. And the sons of Bala were Gera, and Noeman, and Anchis, and Ros, and Mamphim. And Gera begot Arad. 001 GEN 046 022 These [are] the sons of Rachel, which she bore to Jacob; all the souls eighteen. 001 GEN 046 023 And the sons of Dan; Asom. 001 GEN 046 024 And the sons of Nephthalim; Asiel, and Goni, and Issaar, and Sollem. 001 GEN 046 025 These [are] the sons of Balla, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, who bore these to Jacob; all the souls, seven. 001 GEN 046 026 And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob, [even] all the souls were sixty-six. 001 GEN 046 027 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the land of Egypt, were nine souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob who came with Joseph into Egypt, were seventy-five souls. 001 GEN 046 028 And he sent Judas before him to Joseph, to meet him to the city of Heroes, into the land of Ramesses. 001 GEN 046 029 And Joseph having made ready his chariots, went up to meet Israel his father, at the city of Heroes; and having appeared to him, fell on his neck, and wept with abundant weeping. 001 GEN 046 030 And Israel said to Joseph, After this I will [gladly] die, since I have seen your face, for you are yet living. 001 GEN 046 031 And Joseph said to his brethren, I will go up and tell Pharao, and will say to him, My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me. 001 GEN 046 032 And the men are shepherds; for they have been feeders of cattle, and they have brought with them their cattle, and their kine, and all their property. 001 GEN 046 033 If then Pharao call you, and say to you, What is you occupation? 001 GEN 046 034 You shall say, We your servants are herdsmen from our youth until now, both we and our fathers: that you may dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians. 001 GEN 047 001 And Joseph came and told Pharao, [saying], My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come out of the land of Chanaan, and behold, they are in the land of Gesem. 001 GEN 047 002 And he took of his brethren five men, and set them before Pharao. 001 GEN 047 003 And Pharao said to the brethren of Joseph, What is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Your servants are shepherds, both we and our father. 001 GEN 047 004 And they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if you know that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard [of it]. 001 GEN 047 005 And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father, and your brethren, are come to you. 001 GEN 047 006 Behold, the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brethren in the best land. 001 GEN 047 007 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharao; and Jacob blessed Pharao. 001 GEN 047 008 And Pharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of your life? 001 GEN 047 009 And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned. 001 GEN 047 010 And Jacob blessed Pharao, and departed from him. 001 GEN 047 011 And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the land of Ramesses, as Pharao commanded. 001 GEN 047 012 And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person. 001 GEN 047 013 And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, fainted for the famine. 001 GEN 047 014 And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, [in return for] the corn which they bought, and he distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought all the money into the house of Pharao. 001 GEN 047 015 And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Chanaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in your presence? for our money is spent. 001 GEN 047 016 And Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent. 001 GEN 047 017 And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year. 001 GEN 047 018 And that year passed, and they came to him in the second year, and said to him, Must we then be consumed from before our lord? for if our money has failed, and our possessions, and our cattle, [brought] to you our lord, and there has not been left to us before our lord more than our own bodies and our land, [we are indeed destitute]. 001 GEN 047 019 In order, then, that we die not before you, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharao: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate. 001 GEN 047 020 And Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians, for Pharao; for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharao; for the famine prevailed against them, and the land became Pharao's. 001 GEN 047 021 And he brought the people into bondage to him, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other, 001 GEN 047 022 except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought not this, for Pharao gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests; and they ate their portion which Pharao gave them; therefore they sold not their land. 001 GEN 047 023 And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have bought you and your land this day for Pharao; take seed for you, and sow the land. 001 GEN 047 024 And there shall be the fruits of it; and you shall give the fifth part to Pharao, and the four [remaining] parts shall be for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all that are in your houses. 001 GEN 047 025 And they said, You have saved us; we have found favor before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharao. 001 GEN 047 026 And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharao, on the land of Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharao's. 001 GEN 047 027 And Israel lived in Egypt, in the land of Gesem, and they gained an inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied very greatly. 001 GEN 047 028 And Jacob survived seventeen years in the land of Egypt; and Jacob's days of the years of his life were a hundred and forty-seven years. 001 GEN 047 029 and the days of Israel drew near for him to die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favor before you, put your hand under my thigh, and you shall execute mercy and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt. 001 GEN 047 030 But I will sleep with my fathers, and you shall carry me up out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said, I will do according to your word. 001 GEN 047 031 And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel did reverence, leaning on the top of his staff. 001 GEN 048 001 And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Joseph, Behold, your father is ill; and, having taken his two sons, Manasse and Ephraim, he came to Jacob. 001 GEN 048 002 And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you; and Israel having strengthened himself, sat upon the bed. 001 GEN 048 003 And Jacob said to Joseph, My God appeared to me in Luza, in the land of Chanaan, and blessed me, 001 GEN 048 004 and said to me, Behold, I will increase you, and multiply you, and will make of you multitudes of nations; and I will give this land to you, and to your seed after you, for an everlasting possession. 001 GEN 048 005 Now then your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt, before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasse, as Ruben and Symeon they shall be mine. 001 GEN 048 006 And the children which you shall beget hereafter, shall be in the name of their brethren; they shall be named after their inheritances. 001 GEN 048 007 And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, your mother, died in the land of Chanaan, as I drew night to the horse-course of Chabratha of the land [of Chanaan], so as to come to Ephratha; and I buried her in the road of the course; this is Bethlehem. 001 GEN 048 008 And when Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he said, Who are these to you? 001 GEN 048 009 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God gave me here; and Jacob said, Bring me them, that I may bless them. 001 GEN 048 010 Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, and he could not see; and he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them. 001 GEN 048 011 And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I have not been deprived of [seeing] your face, and behold! God has showed me your seed also. 001 GEN 048 012 And Joseph brought them out from [between] his knees, and they did reverence to him, with their face to the ground. 001 GEN 048 013 And Joseph took his two sons, both Ephraim in his right hand, but on the left of Israel, and Manasse on his left hand, but on the right of Israel, and brought them near to him. 001 GEN 048 014 But Israel having stretched out his right hand, laid it on the head of Ephraim, and he was the younger; and his left hand on the head of Manasse, [guiding] his hands crosswise. 001 GEN 048 015 And he blessed them and said, The God in whose sight my fathers were well pleasing, [even] Abraam and Isaac, the God who continues to feed me from my youth until this day; 001 GEN 048 016 the angel who delivers me from all evils, bless these boys, and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraam and Isaac; and let them be increased to a great multitude on the earth. 001 GEN 048 017 And Joseph having seen that his father put his right hand on the head of Ephraim—it seemed grievous to him; and Joseph took hold of the hand of his father, to remove it from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasse. 001 GEN 048 018 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, father; for this is the firstborn; lay your right-hand upon his head. 001 GEN 048 019 And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. 001 GEN 048 020 And he blessed them in that day, saying, In you shall Israel be blessed, saying, God make you as Ephraim and Manasse; and he set Ephraim before Manasse. 001 GEN 048 021 And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God shall be with you, and restore you to the land of your fathers. 001 GEN 048 022 And I give to you Sicima, a select portion above your brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow. 001 GEN 049 001 And Jacob called his sons, and said to them, 001 GEN 049 002 Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father. 001 GEN 049 003 Ruben, you [are] my firstborn, you my strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, [hard and] self-willed. 001 GEN 049 004 You were insolent like water, burst not forth with violence, for you went up to the bed of your father; then you defiled the couch, whereupon you went up. 001 GEN 049 005 Symeon and Levi, brethren, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off. 001 GEN 049 006 Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath they killed men, and in their passion they houghed a bull. 001 GEN 049 007 Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 001 GEN 049 008 Juda, your brethren have praised you, and your hands shall be on the back of your enemies; your father's sons shall do you reverence. 001 GEN 049 009 Juda is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant, my son, you are gone up, having couched you lie as a lion, and as a whelp; who shall stir him up? 001 GEN 049 010 A ruler shall not fail from Juda, nor a prince from his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and he is the expectation of nations. 001 GEN 049 011 Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his ass to the branch [of it], he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment in the blood of the grape. 001 GEN 049 012 His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. 001 GEN 049 013 Zabulon shall dwell on the coast, and he [shall be] by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Sidon. 001 GEN 049 014 Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances. 001 GEN 049 015 And having seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labor, and became a husbandman. 001 GEN 049 016 Dan shall judge his people, as one tribe too in Israel. 001 GEN 049 017 And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward), 001 GEN 049 018 waiting for the salvation of the Lord. 001 GEN 049 019 Gad, a plundering troop shall plunder him; but he shall plunder him, [pursuing him] closely. 001 GEN 049 020 Aser, his bread [shall be] fat; and he shall yield dainties to princes. 001 GEN 049 021 Nephthalim is a spreading stem, bestowing beauty on its fruit. 001 GEN 049 022 Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me. 001 GEN 049 023 Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached [him], and the archers pressed hard upon him. 001 GEN 049 024 But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the mighty one of Jacob; thence is he that strengthened Israel from the God of your father; 001 GEN 049 025 and my God helped you, and he blessed you with the blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb, 001 GEN 049 026 the blessings of your father and your mother—it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead. 001 GEN 049 027 Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, shall eat still in the morning, and at evening he gives food. 001 GEN 049 028 All these [are] the twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing. 001 GEN 049 029 And he said to them, I am added to my people; you shall bury me with my fathers in the cave, which is in the field of Ephron the Chettite, 001 GEN 049 030 in the double cave which is opposite Mambre, in the land of Chanaan, the cave which Abraam bought of Ephron the Chettite, for a possession of a sepulchre. 001 GEN 049 031 There they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife; there they buried Isaac, and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Lea; 001 GEN 049 032 in the portion of the field, and of the cave that was in it, [purchased] of the sons of Chet. 001 GEN 049 033 And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people. 001 GEN 050 001 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him. 001 GEN 050 002 And Joseph commanded his servants the embalmers to embalm his father; and the embalmers embalmed Israel. 001 GEN 050 003 And they fulfilled forty days for him, for so are the days of embalming numbered; and Egypt mourned for him seventy days. 001 GEN 050 004 And when the days of mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the princes of Pharao, saying, If I have found favor in your sight, speak concerning me in the ears of Pharao, saying, 001 GEN 050 005 My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulchre which I dug for myself in the land of Chanaan, there you shall bury me; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return again. 001 GEN 050 006 And Pharao said to Joseph, Go up, bury your father, as he constrained you to swear. 001 GEN 050 007 So Joseph went up to bury his father; and all the servants of Pharao went up with him, and the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt. 001 GEN 050 008 And all the household of Joseph, and his brethren, and all the house of his father, and his kindred; and they left behind the sheep and the oxen in the land of Gesem. 001 GEN 050 009 And there went up with him also chariots and horsemen; and there was a very great company. 001 GEN 050 010 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan; and they bewailed him with a great and very sore lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 001 GEN 050 011 And the inhabitants of the land of Chanaan saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, and said, This is a great mourning to the Egyptians; therefore he called its name, The mourning of Egypt, which is beyond Jordan. 001 GEN 050 012 And thus his sons did to him. 001 GEN 050 013 So his sons carried him up into the land of Chanaan, and buried him in the double cave, which cave Abraam bought for possession of a burying place, of Ephrom the Chettite, before Mambre. 001 GEN 050 014 And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and those that had gone up with him to bury his father. 001 GEN 050 015 And when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father was dead, they said, [Let us take heed], lest at any time Joseph remember evil against us, and recompense to us all the evils which we have done against him. 001 GEN 050 016 And they came to Joseph, and said, Your father adjured [us] before his death, saying, 001 GEN 050 017 Thus say you to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done you evil; and now pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept while they spoke to him. 001 GEN 050 018 And they came to him and said, We, these [persons], are your servants. 001 GEN 050 019 And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am God's. 001 GEN 050 020 You took counsel against me for evil, but God took counsel for me for good, that [the matter] might be as [it is] today, and much people might be fed. 001 GEN 050 021 And he said to them, Fear not, I will maintain you, and your families: and he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them. 001 GEN 050 022 And Joseph lived in Egypt, he and his brethren, and all the family of his father; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. 001 GEN 050 023 And Joseph saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation; and the sons of Machir the son of Manasse were borne on the sides of Joseph. 001 GEN 050 024 And Joseph spoke to his brethren, saying, I die, and God will surely visit you, and will bring you out of this land to the land concerning which God sware to our fathers, Abraam, Isaac, and Jacob. 001 GEN 050 025 And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, At the visitation with which God shall visit you, then you shall carry up my bones hence with you. 001 GEN 050 026 And Joseph died, aged an hundred and ten years; and they prepared his corpse, and put him in a coffin in Egypt. # # BOOK 002 EXO Exodus Exodus 002 EXO 001 001 These are the names of the sons of Israel that came into Egypt together with Jacob their father; they came in each with their whole family. 002 EXO 001 002 Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas, 002 EXO 001 003 Issachar, Zabulon, Benjamin, 002 EXO 001 004 Dan and Nephthalim, Gad and Aser. 002 EXO 001 005 But Joseph was in Egypt. And all the souls [born] of Jacob were seventy-five. 002 EXO 001 006 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 002 EXO 001 007 And the children of Israel increased and multiplied, and became numerous and grew exceedingly strong, and the land multiplied them. 002 EXO 001 008 And there arose up another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. 002 EXO 001 009 And he said to his nation, Behold, the race of the children of Israel is a great multitude, and is stronger than we: 002 EXO 001 010 come then, let us deal craftily with them, lest at any time they be increased, and whenever war shall happen to us, these also shall be added to our enemies, and having prevailed against us in war, they will depart out of the land. 002 EXO 001 011 And he set over them taskmasters, who should afflict them in their works; and they built strong cities for Pharao, both Pitho, and Ramesses, and On, which is Heliopolis. 002 EXO 001 012 But as they humbled them, by so much they multiplied, and grew exceedingly strong; and the Egyptians greatly abhorred the children of Israel. 002 EXO 001 013 And the Egyptians tyrannized over the children of Israel by force. 002 EXO 001 014 And they embittered their life by hard labors, in the clay and in brick-making, and all the works in the plains, according to all the works, wherein they caused them to serve with violence. 002 EXO 001 015 And the king of the Egyptians spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews; the name of the one was, Sepphora; and the name of the second, Phua. 002 EXO 001 016 And he said, When you do the office of midwives to the Hebrew women, and they are about to be delivered, if it be a male, kill it; but if a female, save it. 002 EXO 001 017 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive. 002 EXO 001 018 And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that you have done this thing, and saved the male children alive? 002 EXO 001 019 And the midwives said to Pharao, The Hebrew women are not as the women of Egypt, for they are delivered before the midwives go in to them. So they bore children. 002 EXO 001 020 And God did well to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and grew very strong. 002 EXO 001 021 And as the midwives feared God, they established for themselves families. 002 EXO 001 022 And Pharao charged all his people, saying, Whatever male [child] shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive. 002 EXO 002 001 And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took as wife one of the daughters of Levi. 002 EXO 002 002 And she conceived, and bore a male child; and having seen that he was fair, they hid him three months. 002 EXO 002 003 And when they could no longer hide him, his mother took for him an ark, and besmeared it with bitumen, and cast the child into it, and put it in the ooze by the river. 002 EXO 002 004 And his sister was watching from a distance, to learn what would happen to him. 002 EXO 002 005 And the daughter of Pharao came down to the river to bathe; and her maids walked by the river's side, and having seen the ark in the ooze, she sent her maid, and took it up. 002 EXO 002 006 And having opened it, she sees the babe weeping in the ark: and the daughter of Pharao had compassion on it, and said, This [is one] of the Hebrew's children. 002 EXO 002 007 And his sister said to the daughter of Pharao, Will you that I call to you a nurse of the Hebrews, and shall she suckle the child for you? 002 EXO 002 008 And the daughter of Pharao said, Go: and the young woman went, and called the mother of the child. 002 EXO 002 009 And the daughter of Pharao said to her, Take care of this child, and suckled it for me, and I will give you the wages; and the woman took the child, and suckled it. 002 EXO 002 010 And when the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharao, and he became her son; and she called his name, Moses, saying, I took him out of the water. 002 EXO 002 011 And it came to pass in that length of time, that Moses having grown, went out to his brethren the sons of Israel: and having noticed their distress, he sees an Egyptian striking a certain Hebrew of his brethren the children of Israel. 002 EXO 002 012 And having looked round this way and that way, he sees no one; and he struck the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 002 EXO 002 013 And having gone out the second day he sees two Hebrew men fighting; and he says to the injurer, Therefore smite you your neighbor? 002 EXO 002 014 And he said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? will you kill me as you yesterday killed the Egyptian? Then Moses was alarmed, and said, If [it be] thus, this matter has become known. 002 EXO 002 015 And Pharao heard this matter, and sought to kill Moses; and Moses departed from the presence of Pharao, and lived in the land of Madiam; and having come into the land of Madiam, he sat on the well. 002 EXO 002 016 And the priest of Madiam had seven daughters, feeding the flock of their father Jothor; and they came and drew water until they filled their pitchers, to water the flock of their father Jothor. 002 EXO 002 017 And the shepherds came, and were driving them away; and Moses rose up and rescued them, and drew water for them, and watered their sheep. 002 EXO 002 018 And they came to Raguel their father; and he said to them, Why have you come so quickly today? 002 EXO 002 019 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds, and drew water for us and watered our sheep. 002 EXO 002 020 And he said to his daughters, And where is he? and why have you left the man? call him therefore, that he may eat bread. 002 EXO 002 021 And Moses was established with the man, and he gave Sepphora his daughter to Moses to wife. 002 EXO 002 022 And the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gersam, saying, I am a sojourner in a strange land. 002 EXO 002 023 And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God. 002 EXO 002 024 And God heard their groanings, and God remembered his covenant made with Abraam and Isaac and Jacob. 002 EXO 002 025 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and was made known to them. 002 EXO 003 001 And Moses was feeding the flock of Jothor his father-in-law, the priest of Madiam; and he brought the sheep near to the wilderness, and came to the mount of Choreb. 002 EXO 003 002 And an angel of the Lord appeared to him in flaming fire out of the bush, and he sees that the bush burns with fire, —but the bush was not consumed. 002 EXO 003 003 And Moses said, I will go near and see this great sight, why the bush is not consumed. 002 EXO 003 004 And when the Lord saw that he drew near to see, the Lord called him out of the bush, saying, Moses, Moses; and he said, What is it? 002 EXO 003 005 And he said, Draw not near hither: loose your sandals from off your feet, for the place whereon you stand is holy ground. 002 EXO 003 006 And he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraam, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and Moses turned away his face, for he was afraid to gaze at God. 002 EXO 003 007 And the Lord said to Moses, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry [caused] by their taskmasters; for I know their affliction. 002 EXO 003 008 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land, and to bring them into a good and wide land, into a land flowing with milk and honey, into the place of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Gergesites, and Evites, and Jebusites. 002 EXO 003 009 And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me, and I have seen the affliction with which the Egyptians afflict them. 002 EXO 003 010 And now come, I will send you to Pharao king of Egypt, and you shall bring out my people the children of Israel from the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 003 011 And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharao king of Egypt, and that I should bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt? 002 EXO 003 012 And God spoke to Moses, saying, I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that I shall send you forth, —when you bring out my people out of Egypt, then you shall serve God in this mountain. 002 EXO 003 013 And Moses said to God, Behold, I shall go forth to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of our fathers has sent me to you; and they will ask me, What is his name? What shall I say to them? 002 EXO 003 014 And God spoke to Moses, saying, I am THE BEING; and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, THE BEING has sent me to you. 002 EXO 003 015 And God said again to Moses, Thus shall you say to the sons of Israel, The Lord God of our fathers, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and my memorial to generations of generations. 002 EXO 003 016 Go then and gather the elders of the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, The Lord God of our fathers has appeared to me, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, saying, I have surely looked upon you, and upon all the things which have happened to you in Egypt. 002 EXO 003 017 And he said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of the Egyptians to the land of the Chananites and the Chettites, and Amorites and Pherezites, and Gergesites, and Evites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey. 002 EXO 003 018 And they shall listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go in to Pharao king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us; we will go then a journey of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God. 002 EXO 003 019 But I know that Pharao king of Egypt will not let you go, save with a mighty hand; 002 EXO 003 020 and I will stretch out my hand, and strike the Egyptians with all my wonders, which I shall work among them, and after that he will send you forth. 002 EXO 003 021 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and whenever you shall escape, you shall not depart empty. 002 EXO 003 022 But [every] woman shall ask of her neighbor and fellow lodger, articles of gold and silver, and apparel; and you shall put them upon your sons and upon your daughters, —and spoil you the Egyptians. 002 EXO 004 001 And Moses answered and said, If they believe me not, and do not listen to my voice (for they will say, God has not appeared to you), what shall I say to them? 002 EXO 004 002 And the Lord said to him, What is this thing that is in your hand? and he said, A rod. 002 EXO 004 003 And he said, Cast it on the ground: and he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses fled from it. 002 EXO 004 004 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth your hand, and take hold of its tail: so he stretched forth his hand and took hold of the tail, 002 EXO 004 005 and it became a rod in his hand, —that they may believe you, that the God of your fathers has appeared to you, the God of Abraam, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob. 002 EXO 004 006 And the Lord said again to him, Put your hand into your bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and his hand became as snow. 002 EXO 004 007 And he said again, Put your hand into your bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom, and brought his hand out of his bosom, and it was again restored to the complexion of his [other] flesh. 002 EXO 004 008 And if they will not believe you, nor listen to the voice of the first sign, they will believe you [because] of the voice of the second sign. 002 EXO 004 009 And it shall come to pass if they will not believe you for these two signs, and will not listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land, and the water which you shall take from the river shall be blood upon the dry land. 002 EXO 004 010 And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that you have begun to speak to your servant: I am weak in speech, and slow-tongued. 002 EXO 004 011 And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? have not I, God? 002 EXO 004 012 And now go and I will open your mouth, and will instruct you in what you shall say. 002 EXO 004 013 And Moses said, I pray you, Lord, appoint another able [person] whom you shall send. 002 EXO 004 014 And the Lord was greatly angered against Moses, and said, Behold! is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he will surely speak to you; and, behold, he will come forth to meet you, and beholding you he will rejoice within himself. 002 EXO 004 015 And you shall speak to him; and you shall put my words into his mouth, and I will open your mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you in what you shall do. 002 EXO 004 016 And he shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be for him in things pertaining to God. 002 EXO 004 017 And this rod that was turned into a serpent you shall take in your hand, wherewith you shall work miracles. 002 EXO 004 018 And Moses went and returned to Jothor his father-in-law, and says, I will go and return to my brethren in Egypt, and will see if they are yet living. And Jothor said to Moses, Go in health. And in those days after some time, the king of Egypt died. 002 EXO 004 019 And the Lord said to Moses in Madiam, Go, depart into Egypt, for all that sought your life are dead. 002 EXO 004 020 And Moses took his wife and his children, and mounted them on the beasts, and returned to Egypt; and Moses took the rod [which he had] from God in his hand. 002 EXO 004 021 And the Lord said to Moses, When you go and return to Egypt, see—all the miracles I have charged you with, you shall work before Pharao: and I will harden his heart, and he shall certainly not send away the people. 002 EXO 004 022 And you shall say to Pharao, These things says the Lord, Israel [is] my firstborn. 002 EXO 004 023 And I said to you, Send away my people, that they may serve me: now if you will not send them away, see, I will kill your firstborn son. 002 EXO 004 024 And it came to pass [that] the angel of the Lord met him by the way in the inn, and sought to kill him. 002 EXO 004 025 and Sepphora having taken a stone cut off the foreskin of her son, and fell at his feet and said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched: 002 EXO 004 026 and he departed from him, because she said, The blood of the circumcision of my son is staunched. 002 EXO 004 027 And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses; and he went and met him in the mount of God, and they kissed each other. 002 EXO 004 028 And Moses reported to Aaron all the words of the Lord, which he sent, and all the things which he charged him. 002 EXO 004 029 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered the elders of the children of Israel. 002 EXO 004 030 And Aaron spoke all these words, which God spoke to Moses, and wrought the miracles before the people. 002 EXO 004 031 and the people believed and rejoiced, because God visited the children of Israel, and because he saw their affliction: and the people bowed and worshipped. 002 EXO 005 001 And after this went in Moses and Aaron to Pharao, and they said to him, These things says the Lord God of Israel, Send my people away, that they may keep a feast to me in the wilderness. 002 EXO 005 002 And Pharao said, Who is he that I should listen to his voice, so that I should send away the children of Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not let Israel go. 002 EXO 005 003 And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us. 002 EXO 005 004 And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? depart each of you to your works. 002 EXO 005 005 And Pharao said, Behold now, the people is very numerous; let us not then give them rest from their work. 002 EXO 005 006 And Pharao gave orders to the taskmasters of the people and the accountants, saying, 002 EXO 005 007 You shall no longer give straw to the people for brick-making as yesterday and the third day; but let them go themselves, and collect straw for themselves. 002 EXO 005 008 And you shall impose on them daily the rate of brick-making which they perform: you shall not abate anything, for they are idle; therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God. 002 EXO 005 009 Let the works of these men be made grievous, and let them care for these things, and not care for vain words. 002 EXO 005 010 And the taskmasters and the accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, thus says Pharao, I [will] give you straw no longer. 002 EXO 005 011 Go you, yourselves, get for yourselves straw whenever you can find it, for nothing is diminished from your rate. 002 EXO 005 012 So the people were dispersed in all the land of Egypt, to gather stubble for straw. 002 EXO 005 013 and the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfil your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you. 002 EXO 005 014 And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharao, were scourged, [[and questioned, ] men] saying, Why have you not fulfilled your rates of brick work as yesterday and the third day, today also? 002 EXO 005 015 And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharao, saying, Why do you act thus to your servants? 002 EXO 005 016 Straw is not given to your servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold your servants have been scourged: you will therefore injure your people. 002 EXO 005 017 And he said to them, You are idle, you are idlers: therefore you say, Let us go [and] do sacrifice to our God. 002 EXO 005 018 Now then go and work, for straw shall not be given to you, yet you shall return the rate of bricks. 002 EXO 005 019 And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, [men] saying, You shall not fail to deliver the daily rate of the brick-making. 002 EXO 005 020 And they met Moses and Aaron coming forth to meet them, as they came forth from Pharao. 002 EXO 005 021 And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge you, for you have made our savor abominable before Pharao, and before his servants, to put a sword into his hands to kill us. 002 EXO 005 022 And Moses turned to the Lord, and said, I pray, Lord, why have you afflicted this people? and therefore have you sent me? 002 EXO 005 023 For from the time that I went to Pharao to speak in your name, he has afflicted this people, and you have not delivered your people. 002 EXO 006 001 And the Lord said to Moses, Now you shall see what I will do to Pharao; for he shall send them forth with a mighty hand, and with a high arm shall he cast them out of his land. 002 EXO 006 002 And God spoke to Moses and said to him, I [am] the Lord. 002 EXO 006 003 And I appeared to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, being their God, but I did not manifest to them my name Lord. 002 EXO 006 004 And I established my covenant with them, to give them the land of the Chananites, the land wherein they sojourned, in which also they lived as strangers. 002 EXO 006 005 And I listened to the groaning of the children of Israel (the affliction with which the Egyptians enslave them) and I remembered the covenant with you. 002 EXO 006 006 Go, speak to the children of Israel, saying, I [am] the Lord; and I will lead you forth from the tyranny of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from bondage, and I will ransom you with a high arm, and great judgment. 002 EXO 006 007 And I will take you to me a people for myself, and will be your God; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the tyranny of the Egyptians. 002 EXO 006 008 And I will bring you into the land concerning which I stretched out my hand to give it to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, and I will give it you for an inheritance: I [am] the Lord. 002 EXO 006 009 And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, and they listened not to Moses for faint-heartedness, and for their hard tasks. 002 EXO 006 010 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 006 011 Go in, speak to Pharao king of Egypt, that he send forth the children of Israel out of his land. 002 EXO 006 012 And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel listened not to me, and how shall Pharao listen to me? and I am not eloquent. 002 EXO 006 013 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a charge to Pharao king of Egypt, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 006 014 And these are the heads of the houses of their families: the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel; Enoch and Phallus, Asron, and Charmi, this is the kindred of Ruben. 002 EXO 006 015 And the sons of Symeon, Jemuel and Jamin, and Aod, and Jachin and Saar, and Saul the son of a Phoenician woman, these are the families of the sons of Symeon. 002 EXO 006 016 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their kindred, Gedson, Caath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty-seven. 002 EXO 006 017 And these are the sons of Gedson, Lobeni and Semei, the houses of their family. And the sons of Caath, 002 EXO 006 018 Ambram and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel; and the years of the life of Caath were a hundred and thirty-three years. 002 EXO 006 019 And the sons of Merari, Mooli, and Omusi, these are the houses of the families of Levi, according to their kindred. 002 EXO 006 020 And Ambram took as wife Jochabed the daughter of his father's brother, and she bore to him both Aaron and Moses, and Mariam their sister: and the years of the life of Ambram were a hundred and thirty-two years. 002 EXO 006 021 And the sons of Issaar, Core, and Naphec, and Zechri. 002 EXO 006 022 And the sons of Oziel, Misael, and Elisaphan, and Segri. 002 EXO 006 023 And Aaron took to himself to wife Elisabeth daughter of Aminadab sister of Naasson, and she bore to him both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar. 002 EXO 006 024 And the sons of Core, Asir, and Elkana, and Abiasar, these are the generations of Core. 002 EXO 006 025 And Eleazar the son of Aaron took to himself for a wife [one] of the daughters of Phutiel, and she bore to him Phinees. These are the heads of the family of the Levites, according to their generations. 002 EXO 006 026 This is Aaron and Moses, whom God told to bring out the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt with their forces. 002 EXO 006 027 These are they that spoke with Pharao king of Egypt, and Aaron himself and Moses brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, 002 EXO 006 028 in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt; 002 EXO 006 029 then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak to Pharao king of Egypt whatever I say to you. 002 EXO 006 030 And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am not able in speech, and how shall Pharao listen to me? 002 EXO 007 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, I have made you a god to Pharao, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 002 EXO 007 002 And you shall say to him all things that I charge you, and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharao, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of his land. 002 EXO 007 003 And I will harden the heart of Pharao, and I will multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 007 004 And Pharao will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt; and will bring out my people the children of Israel with my power out of the land of Egypt with great vengeance. 002 EXO 007 005 And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, stretching out my hand upon Egypt, and I will bring out the children of Israel out of the midst of them. 002 EXO 007 006 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they. 002 EXO 007 007 And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharao. 002 EXO 007 008 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 002 EXO 007 009 Now if Pharao should speak to you, saying, Give us a sign or a wonder, then shall you say to your brother Aaron, Take your rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharao, and before his servants, and it shall become a serpent. 002 EXO 007 010 And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and [before] his servants, and they did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharao, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. 002 EXO 007 011 But Pharao called together the wise men of Egypt, and the sorcerers, and the charmers also of the Egyptians did likewise with their sorceries. 002 EXO 007 012 And they cast down each his rod, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods. 002 EXO 007 013 and the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he listened not to them, as the Lord charged them. 002 EXO 007 014 and the Lord said to Moses, The heart of Pharao is made hard, so that he should not let the people go. 002 EXO 007 015 Go to Pharao early in the morning: behold, he goes forth to the water; and you shall meet him on the bank of the river, and you shall take in your hand the rod that was turned into a serpent. 002 EXO 007 016 And you shall say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Send my people away, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, hitherto you have not listened. 002 EXO 007 017 These things says the Lord: Hereby shall you know that I am the Lord: behold, I strike with the rod that is in my hand on the water which is in the river, and it shall change it into blood. 002 EXO 007 018 And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall stink thereupon, and the Egyptians shall not be able to drink water from the river. 002 EXO 007 019 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to your brother Aaron, Take your rod in your hand, and stretch forth your hand over the waters of Egypt, and over their rivers, and over their canals, and over their ponds, and over all their standing water, and it shall become blood: and there was blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and of stone. 002 EXO 007 020 and Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them; and [Aaron] having lifted up [his hand] with his rod, struck the water in the river before Pharao, and before his servants, and changed all the water in the river into blood. 002 EXO 007 021 And the fish in the river died, and the river stank thereupon; and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river, and the blood was in all the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 007 022 And the charmers also of the Egyptians did so with their sorceries; and the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not listen to them, even as the Lord said. 002 EXO 007 023 And Pharao turned and entered into his house, nor did he fix his attention even on this thing. 002 EXO 007 024 And all the Egyptians dug round about the river, so as to drink water, for they could not drink water from the river. 002 EXO 007 025 and seven days were fulfilled after the Lord has struck the river. 002 EXO 008 001 And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharao, and you shall say to him, These things says the Lord: send forth my people, that they may serve me. 002 EXO 008 002 And if you will not send them forth, behold, I afflict all your borders with frogs: 002 EXO 008 003 and the river shall teem with frogs, and they shall go up and enter into your houses, and into your bed-chambers, and upon your beds, and upon the houses of your servants, and of your people and on your dough, and on your ovens. 002 EXO 008 004 And upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, shall the frogs come up. 002 EXO 008 005 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron your brother, Stretch forth with the hand your rod over the rivers, and over the canals, and over the pools, and bring up the frogs. 002 EXO 008 006 And Aaron stretched forth his hand over the waters of Egypt, and brought up the frogs: and the frog was brought up, and covered the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 008 007 And the charmers of the Egyptians also did likewise with their sorceries, and brought up the frogs on the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 008 008 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, and said, Pray for me to the Lord, and let him take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will send them away, and they shall sacrifice to the Lord. 002 EXO 008 009 And Moses said to Pharao, Appoint me [a time] when I shall pray for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to cause the frogs to disappear from you, and from your people, and from your houses, only in the river shall they be left behind. 002 EXO 008 010 And he said, On the morrow: he said therefore, As you has said; that you may know, that there is no other [God] but the Lord. 002 EXO 008 011 And the frogs shall be removed away from you, and from your houses and from the villages, and from your servants, and from your people, only in the river they shall be left. 002 EXO 008 012 And Moses and Aaron went forth from Pharao, and Moses cried to the Lord concerning the restriction of the frogs, as Pharao appointed him. 002 EXO 008 013 And the Lord did as Moses said, and the frogs died out of the houses, and out of the villages, and out of the fields. 002 EXO 008 014 And they gathered them together in heaps, and the land stank. 002 EXO 008 015 And when Pharao saw that there was relief, his heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord spoke. 002 EXO 008 016 And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth your rod with your hand and strike the dust of the earth; and there shall be lice both upon man, and upon quadrupeds, and in all the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 008 017 So Aaron stretched out his rod with his hand, and struck the dust of the earth; and the lice were on men and on quadrupeds, and in all the dust of the earth there were lice. 002 EXO 008 018 And the charmers also did so with their sorceries, to bring forth the louse, and they could not. And the lice were both on the men and on the quadrupeds. 002 EXO 008 019 So the charmers said to Pharao, This is the finger of God. But the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he listened not to them, as the Lord said. 002 EXO 008 020 And the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharao: and behold, he will go forth to the water, and you shall say to him, These things says the Lord: Send away my people, that they may serve me in the wilderness. 002 EXO 008 021 And if you will not let my people go, behold, I send upon you, and upon your servants, and upon your people, and upon your houses, the dog-fly; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with the dog-fly, even throughout the land upon which they are. 002 EXO 008 022 and I will distinguish marvelously in that day the land of Gesem, on which my people dwell, in which the dog-fly shall not be: that you may know that I am the Lord the God of all the earth. 002 EXO 008 023 And I will put a difference between my people and your people, and on the morrow shall this be on the land. And the Lord did thus. 002 EXO 008 024 And the dog-fly came in abundance into the houses of Pharao, and into the houses of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt; and the land was destroyed by the dog-fly. 002 EXO 008 025 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go and sacrifice to the Lord your God in the land. 002 EXO 008 026 And Moses said, It can’t be so, for we shall sacrifice to the Lord our God the abominations of the Egyptians; for if we sacrifice the abominations of the Egyptians before them, we shall be stoned. 002 EXO 008 027 We will go a journey of three days into the wilderness, and we will sacrifice to the Lord our God, as the Lord said to us. 002 EXO 008 028 And Pharao said, I [will] let you go, and do you sacrifice to your God in the wilderness, but do not go very far away: pray then for me to the Lord. 002 EXO 008 029 And Moses said, I then will go forth from you and pray to God, and the dog-fly shall depart both from your servants, and from your people to-morrow. Do not you, Pharao, deceive again, so as not to send the people away to do sacrifice to the Lord. 002 EXO 008 030 And Moses went out from Pharao, and prayed to God. 002 EXO 008 031 And the Lord did as Moses said, and removed the dog-fly from Pharao, and from his servants, and from his people, and there was not one left. 002 EXO 008 032 And Pharao hardened his heart, even on this occasion, and he would not send the people away. 002 EXO 009 001 And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharao, and you shall say to him, These things says the Lord God of the Hebrews; Send my people away that they may serve me. 002 EXO 009 002 If however you will not send my people away, but yet detain them: 002 EXO 009 003 behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon your cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great mortality. 002 EXO 009 004 And I will make a marvelous distinction in that time between the cattle of the Egyptians, and the cattle of the children of Israel: nothing shall die of all that is of the children's of Israel. 002 EXO 009 005 And God fixed a limit, saying, To-morrow the Lord will do this thing on the land. 002 EXO 009 006 And the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the cattle of the Egyptians died, but of the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one. 002 EXO 009 007 And when Pharao saw, that of all the cattle of the children of Israel there died not one, the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 002 EXO 009 008 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, Take you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses scatter it toward heaven before Pharao, and before his servants. 002 EXO 009 009 And let it become dust over all the land of Egypt, and there shall be upon men and upon beasts sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts, in all the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 009 010 So he took of the ashes of the furnace before Pharao, and Moses scattered it toward heaven, and it became sore blains breaking forth both on men and on beasts. 002 EXO 009 011 And the sorcerers could not stand before Moses because of the sores, for the sores were on the sorcerers, and in all the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 009 012 And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, and he listened not to them, as the Lord appointed. 002 EXO 009 013 And the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharao; and you shall say to him, These things says the Lord God of the Hebrews, Send away my people that they may serve me. 002 EXO 009 014 For at this present time do I send forth all my plagues into your heart, and the heart of your servants and of your people; that you may know that there is not another such as I in all the earth. 002 EXO 009 015 For now I will stretch forth my hand and strike you and kill your people, and you shall be consumed from off the earth. 002 EXO 009 016 And for this purpose have you been preserved, that I might display in you my strength, and that my name might bepublished in all the earth. 002 EXO 009 017 Do you then yet exert yourself to hinder my people, so as not to let them go? 002 EXO 009 018 Behold, to-morrow at this hour I will rain a very great hail, such as has not been in Egypt, from the time it was created until this day. 002 EXO 009 019 Now then hasten to gather your cattle, and all that you have in the fields; for all the men and cattle as many as shall be found in the fields, and shall not enter into a house, (but the hail shall fall upon them, ) shall die. 002 EXO 009 020 He of the servants of Pharao that feared the word of the Lord, gathered his cattle into the houses. 002 EXO 009 021 And he that did not attend in his mind to the word of the Lord, left the cattle in the fields. 002 EXO 009 022 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand to heaven, and there shall be hail on all the land of Egypt, both on the men and on the cattle, and on all the herbage on the land. 002 EXO 009 023 And Moses stretched forth his hand to heaven, and the Lord sent thunderings and hail; and the fire ran along upon the ground, and the Lord rained hail on all the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 009 024 So there was hail and flaming fire mingled with hail; and the hail was very great, such as was not in Egypt, from the time there was a nation upon it. 002 EXO 009 025 And the hail struck in all the land of Egypt both man and beast, and the hail struck all the grass in the field, and the hail broke in pieces all the trees in the field. 002 EXO 009 026 Only in the land of Gesem where the children of Israel were, the hail was not. 002 EXO 009 027 And Pharao sent and called Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the Lord [is] righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 002 EXO 009 028 Pray then for me to the Lord, and let him cause the thunderings of God to cease, and the hail and the fire, and I will send you forth and you shall remain no longer. 002 EXO 009 029 And Moses said to him, When I shall have departed from the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord, and the thunderings shall cease, and the hail and the rain shall be no longer, that you may know that the earth [is] the Lord's. 002 EXO 009 030 But as for you and your servants, I know that you have not yet feared the Lord. 002 EXO 009 031 And the flax and the barley were struck, for the barley was advanced, and the flax was seeding. 002 EXO 009 032 But the wheat and the rye were not struck, for they were late. 002 EXO 009 033 And Moses went forth from Pharao out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord, and the thunders ceased and the hail, and the rain did not drop on the earth. 002 EXO 009 034 And when Pharao saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders ceased, he continued to sin; and [he] hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants. 002 EXO 009 035 And the heart of Pharao was hardened, and he did not send forth the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses. 002 EXO 010 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Go in to Pharao: for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that these signs may come upon them; in order 002 EXO 010 002 that you may relate in the ears of your children, and to your children's children, in how many things I have mocked the Egyptians, and my wonders which I wrought among them; and you shall know that I [am] the Lord. 002 EXO 010 003 And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and they said to him, These things says the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long do you refuse to reverence me? Send my people away, that they may serve me. 002 EXO 010 004 But if you will not send my people away, behold, at this hour to-morrow I will bring an abundance of locusts upon all your coasts. 002 EXO 010 005 And they shall cover the face of the earth, and you shall not be able to see the earth; and they shall devour all that is left of the abundance of the earth, which the hail has left you, and shall devour every tree that grows for you on the land. 002 EXO 010 006 And your houses shall be filled, and the houses of your servants, and all the houses in all the land of the Egyptians; things which your fathers have never seen, nor their forefathers, from the day that they were upon the earth until this day. And Moses turned away and departed from Pharao. 002 EXO 010 007 And the servants of Pharao say to him, How long shall this be a snare to us? send away the men, that they may serve their God; will you know that Egypt is destroyed? 002 EXO 010 008 And they brought back both Moses and Aaron to Pharao; and he said to them, Go and serve the Lord your God; but who are they that are going with you? 002 EXO 010 009 And Moses said, We will go with the young and the old, with our sons, and daughters, and sheep, and oxen, for it is a feast of the Lord. 002 EXO 010 010 And he said to them, So let the Lord be with you: as I [will] send you away, [must I send away] you store also? see that evil is attached to you. 002 EXO 010 011 Not so, but let the men go and serve God, for this you yourselves seek; and they cast them out from the presence of Pharao. 002 EXO 010 012 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, and let the locust come up on the land, and it shall devour every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the hail left. 002 EXO 010 013 And Moses lifted up his rod towards heaven, and the Lord brought a south wind upon the earth, all that day and all that night: the morning dawned, and the south wind brought up the locusts, 002 EXO 010 014 and brought them up over all the land of Egypt. And they rested in very great abundance over all the borders of Egypt. Before them there were not such locusts, neither after them shall there be. 002 EXO 010 015 And they covered the face of the earth, and the land was wasted, and they devoured all the herbage of the land, and all the fruit of the trees, which was left by the hail: there was no green thing left on the trees, nor on all the herbage of the field, in all the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 010 016 And Pharao hasted to call Moses and Aaron, saying, I have sinned before the Lord your God, and against you; 002 EXO 010 017 pardon therefore my sin yet this time, and pray to the Lord your God, and let him take away from me this death. 002 EXO 010 018 And Moses went forth from Pharao, and prayed to God. 002 EXO 010 019 And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 010 020 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he did not send away the children of Israel. 002 EXO 010 021 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand to heaven, and let there be darkness over the land of Egypt—darkness that may be felt. 002 EXO 010 022 And Moses stretched out his hand to heaven, and there was darkness very black, even a storm over all the land of Egypt three days. 002 EXO 010 023 And for three days no man saw his brother, and no man rose up from his bed for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in all the places where they were. 002 EXO 010 024 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron, saying, Go, serve the Lord your God, only leave your sheep and your oxen, and let your store depart with you. 002 EXO 010 025 And Moses said, Nay, but you shall give to us whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, which we will sacrifice to the Lord our God. 002 EXO 010 026 And our cattle shall go with us, and we will not leave a hoof behind, for of them we will take to serve the Lord our God: but we know not in what manner we shall serve the Lord our God, until we arrive there. 002 EXO 010 027 But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he would not let them go. 002 EXO 010 028 And Pharao says, Depart from me, beware of seeing my face again, for in what day you shall appear before me, you shall die. 002 EXO 010 029 And Moses says, You have said, I will not appear in your presence again. 002 EXO 011 001 And the Lord said to Moses, I will yet bring one plague upon Pharao and upon Egypt, and after that he will send you forth thence; and whenever he sends you forth with every thing, he will indeed drive you out. 002 EXO 011 002 Speak therefore secretly in the ears of the people, and let every one ask of his neighbor jewels of silver and gold, and raiment. 002 EXO 011 003 And the Lord gave his people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and the man Moses was very great before the Egyptians, and before Pharao, and before his servants. 002 EXO 011 004 And Moses said, These things says the Lord, About midnight I go forth into the midst of Egypt. 002 EXO 011 005 And every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharao that sits on the throne, even to the firstborn of the woman-servant that is by the mill, and to the firstborn of all cattle. 002 EXO 011 006 And there shall be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as has not been, and such shall not be repeated any more. 002 EXO 011 007 But among all the children of Israel shall not a dog snarl with his tongue, either at man or beast; that you may know how wide a distinction the Lord will make between the Egyptians and Israel. 002 EXO 011 008 And all these your servants shall come down to me, and do me reverence, saying, Go forth, you and all the people over whom you preside, and afterwards I will go forth. 002 EXO 011 009 And Moses went forth from Pharao with wrath. And the Lord said to Moses, Pharao will not listen to you, that I may greatly multiply my signs and wonders in the land [of] Egypt. 002 EXO 011 010 And Moses and Aaron wrought all these signs and wonders in the land [of] Egypt before Pharao; and the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao, and he did not listen to send forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 012 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 002 EXO 012 002 This month [shall be] to you the beginning of months: it is the first to you among the months of the year. 002 EXO 012 003 Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month let them take each man a lamb according to the houses of their families, every man a lamb for his household. 002 EXO 012 004 And if they be few in a household, so that there are not enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbor that lives near to him, —as to the number of souls, every one according to that which suffices him shall make a reckoning for the lamb. 002 EXO 012 005 It shall be to you a lamb unblemished, a male of a year old: you shall take it of the lambs and the kids. 002 EXO 012 006 And it shall be kept by you till the fourteenth of this month, and all the multitude of the congregation of the children of Israel shall kill it toward evening. 002 EXO 012 007 And they shall take of the blood, and shall put it on the two door-posts, and on the lintel, in the houses in which soever they shall eat them. 002 EXO 012 008 And they shall eat the flesh in this night roast with fire, and they shall eat unleavened [bread] with bitter herbs. 002 EXO 012 009 You shall not eat of it raw nor sodden in water, but only roast with fire, the head with the feet and the appurtenances. 002 EXO 012 010 Nothing shall be left of it till the morning, and a bone of it you shall not break; but that which is left of it till the morning you shall burn with fire. 002 EXO 012 011 And thus shall you eat it: your loins girded, and your sandals on your feet, and your staves in your hands, and you shall eat it in haste. It is a passover to the Lord. 002 EXO 012 012 and I will go throughout the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I [am] the Lord. 002 EXO 012 013 And the blood shall be for a sign to you on the houses in which you are, and I will see the blood, and will protect you, and there shall not be on you the plague of destruction, when I strike in the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 012 014 And this day shall be to you a memorial, and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord through all your generations; you shall keep it a feast for a perpetual ordinance. 002 EXO 012 015 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and from the first day you shall utterly remove leaven from your houses: whoever shall eat leaven, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from Israel, from the first day until the seventh day. 002 EXO 012 016 And the first day shall be called holy, and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you: you shall do no servile work on them, only as many things as will [necessarily] be done by every soul, this only shall be done by you. 002 EXO 012 017 And you shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I bring out your force out of the land of Egypt; and you shall make this day a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations. 002 EXO 012 018 Beginning the fourteenth day of the first month, you shall eat unleavened bread from evening, till the twenty-first day of the month, till evening. 002 EXO 012 019 Seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses; whoever shall eat anything leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, both among the occupiers of the land and the original inhabitants. 002 EXO 012 020 You shall eat nothing leavened, but in every habitation of your you shall eat unleavened bread. 002 EXO 012 021 And Moses called all the elders of the children of Israel, and said to them, Go away and take to yourselves a lamb according to your kindred, and kill the passover. 002 EXO 012 022 And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and having dipped it into some of the blood that is by the door, you shall touch the lintel, and [shall put it] upon both door-posts, even of the blood which is by the door; but you shall not go out every one from the door of his house till the morning. 002 EXO 012 023 And the Lord shall pass by to strike the Egyptians, and shall see the blood upon the lintel, and upon both the door-posts; and the Lord shall pass by the door, and shall not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses to strike [you]. 002 EXO 012 024 And keep you this thing as an ordinance for yourself and for your children for ever. 002 EXO 012 025 And if you should enter into the land, which the Lord shall give you, as he has spoken, keep this service. 002 EXO 012 026 And it shall come to pass, if your sons say to you, What is this service? 002 EXO 012 027 that you shall say to them, This passover is a sacrifice to the Lord, as he defended the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, but delivered our houses. 002 EXO 012 028 And the people bowed and worshipped. And the children of Israel departed and did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 002 EXO 012 029 And it came to pass at midnight that the Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharao that sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the captive-maid in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all cattle. 002 EXO 012 030 And Pharao rose up by night, and his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in all the land of Egypt, for there was not a house in which there was not one dead. 002 EXO 012 031 And Pharao called Moses and Aaron by night, and said to them, Rise and depart from my people, both you and the children of Israel. Go and serve the Lord your God, even as you say. 002 EXO 012 032 And take with you your sheep, and your oxen: bless me also, I pray you. 002 EXO 012 033 And the Egyptians constrained the people, so that they cast them out of the land with haste, for they said, We all shall die. 002 EXO 012 034 And the people took their dough before their meal was leavened, bound up [as it was] in their garments, on their shoulders. 002 EXO 012 035 And the children of Israel did as Moses commanded them, and they asked of the Egyptians articles of silver and gold and apparel. 002 EXO 012 036 And the Lord gave his people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they lent to them; and they spoiled the Egyptians. 002 EXO 012 037 And the children Israel departed from Ramesses to Socchoth, to [the full number of] six hundred thousand footmen, even men, besides the baggage. 002 EXO 012 038 And a great mixed [company] went up with them, and sheep and oxen and very much cattle. 002 EXO 012 039 And they baked the dough which they brought out of Egypt, unleavened cakes, for it had not been leavened; for the Egyptians cast them out, and they could not remain, neither did they prepare provision for themselves for the journey. 002 EXO 012 040 And the sojourning of the children of Israel, while they sojourned in the land of Egypt and the land of Chanaan, [was] four hundred and thirty years. 002 EXO 012 041 And it came to pass after the four hundred and thirty years, all the forces of the Lord came forth out of the land of Egypt by night. 002 EXO 012 042 It is a watch kept to the Lord, so that he should bring them out of the land of Egypt; that very night is a watch kept to the Lord, so that it should be to all the children of Israel to their generations. 002 EXO 012 043 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the passover: no stranger shall eat of it. 002 EXO 012 044 And every slave or servant bought with money—him you shall circumcise, and then shall he eat of it. 002 EXO 012 045 A sojourner or hireling shall not eat of it. 002 EXO 012 046 In one house shall it be eaten, and you shall not carry of the flesh out from the house; and a bone of it you shall not break. 002 EXO 012 047 All the congregation of the children of Israel shall keep it. 002 EXO 012 048 And if any proselyte shall come to you to keep the passover to the Lord, you shall circumcise every male of him, and then shall he approach to sacrifice it, and he shall be even as the original inhabitant of the land; no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 002 EXO 012 049 There shall be one law to the native, and to the proselyte coming among you. 002 EXO 012 050 And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron for them, so they did. 002 EXO 012 051 And it came to pass in that day that the Lord brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt with their forces. 002 EXO 013 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 013 002 Sanctify to me every firstborn, first produced, opening every womb among the children of Israel both of man and beast: it is mine. 002 EXO 013 003 And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which you came forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten. 002 EXO 013 004 For on this day you go forth in the month of new [corn]. 002 EXO 013 005 And it shall come to pass when the Lord your God shall have brought you into the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Evites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites, and Pherezites, which he sware to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall perform this service in this month. 002 EXO 013 006 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a feast to the Lord. 002 EXO 013 007 Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; nothing leavened shall be seen with you, neither shall you have leaven in all your borders. 002 EXO 013 008 And you shall tell your son in that day, saying, Therefore the Lord dealt thus with me, as I was going out of Egypt. 002 EXO 013 009 And it shall be to you a sign upon your hand and a memorial before your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord God brought you out of Egypt. 002 EXO 013 010 And preserve you this law according to the times of the seasons, from year to year. 002 EXO 013 011 And it shall come to pass when the Lord your God shall bring you into the land of the Chananites, as he sware to your fathers, and shall give it you, 002 EXO 013 012 that you shall set apart every [offspring] opening the womb, the males to the Lord, every one that opens the womb out of the herds or among your cattle, as many as you shall have: you shall sanctify the males to the Lord. 002 EXO 013 013 Every [offspring] opening the womb of the ass you shall change for a sheep; and if you will not change it, you shall redeem it: every firstborn of man of your sons shall you redeem. 002 EXO 013 014 And if your son should ask you hereafter, saying, What is this? then you shall say to him, With a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 002 EXO 013 015 And when Pharao hardened [his heart so as not] to send us away, he killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast; therefore do I sacrifice every [offspring] that opens the womb, the males to the Lord, and every firstborn of my sons I will redeem. 002 EXO 013 016 And it shall be for a sign upon your hand, and immovable before your eyes, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. 002 EXO 013 017 And when Pharao sent forth the people, God led them not by the way of the land of the Phylistines, because it was near; for God said, Lest at any time the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt. 002 EXO 013 018 And God led the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red Sea: and in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 013 019 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had solemnly adjured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones hence with you. 002 EXO 013 020 And the children of Israel departed from Socchoth, and encamped in Othom by the wilderness. 002 EXO 013 021 And God led them, in the day by a pillar of cloud, to show them the way, and in the night by a pillar of fire. 002 EXO 013 022 And the pillar of cloud failed not by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before all the people. 002 EXO 014 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 014 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Magdol and the sea, opposite Beel-sepphon: before them shall you encamp by the sea. 002 EXO 014 003 And Pharao will say to his people, As for these children of Israel, they are wandering in the land, for the wilderness has shut them in. 002 EXO 014 004 And I will harden the heart of Pharao, and he shall pursue after them; and I will be glorified in Pharao, and in all his host, and all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so. 002 EXO 014 005 And it was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharao was turned, and that of his servants against the people; and they said, What is this that we have done, to let the children of Israel go, so that they should not serve us? 002 EXO 014 006 So Pharao yoked his chariots, and led off all his people with himself: 002 EXO 014 007 having also taken six hundred chosen chariots, and all the cavalry of the Egyptians, and rulers over all. 002 EXO 014 008 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt, and of his servants, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went forth with a high hand. 002 EXO 014 009 And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharao, and the horsemen, and his host [were] before the village, over against Beel-sepphon. 002 EXO 014 010 And Pharao approached, and the children of Israel having looked up, saw, and the Egyptians encamped behind them: and they were very greatly terrified, and the children of Israel cried to the Lord; 002 EXO 014 011 and said to Moses, Because there were no graves in the land of Egypt, have you brought us forth to kill [us] in the wilderness? What is this that you have done to us, having brought us out of Egypt? 002 EXO 014 012 Is not this the word which we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness. 002 EXO 014 013 And Moses said to the people, Be of good courage: stand and see the salvation which is from the Lord, which he will work for us this day; for as you have seen the Egyptians today, you shall see them again no more for ever. 002 EXO 014 014 The Lord shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. 002 EXO 014 015 and the Lord said to Moses, Why cry you to me? speak to the children of Israel, and let them proceed. 002 EXO 014 016 And do you lift up your rod, and stretch forth your hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter into the midst of the sea on the dry land. 002 EXO 014 017 And behold! I will harden the heart of Pharao and of all the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them; and I will be glorified upon Pharao, and on all his host, and on his chariots and his horses. 002 EXO 014 018 And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I am glorified upon Pharao and upon his chariots and his horses. 002 EXO 014 019 And the angel of God that went before the camp of the children of Israel removed and went behind, and the pillar of the cloud also removed from before them and stood behind them. 002 EXO 014 020 And it went between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and stood; and there was darkness and blackness; and the night passed, and they came not near to one another during the whole night. 002 EXO 014 021 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the Lord carried back the sea with a strong south wind all the night, and made the sea dry, and the water was divided. 002 EXO 014 022 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the water of it was a wall on the right hand and a wall on the left. 002 EXO 014 023 And the Egyptians pursued them and went in after them, and every horse of Pharao, and his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea. 002 EXO 014 024 And it came to pass in the morning watch that the Lord looked forth on the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud, and troubled the camp of the Egyptians, 002 EXO 014 025 and bound the axle-trees of their chariots, and caused them to go with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians. 002 EXO 014 026 And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth tine hand over the sea, and let the water be turned back to its place, and let it cover the Egyptians [coming] both upon the chariots and the riders. 002 EXO 014 027 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the water returned to its place toward day; and the Egyptians fled from the water, and the Lord shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 002 EXO 014 028 and the water returned and covered the chariots and the riders, and all the forces of Pharao, who entered after them into the sea: and there was not left of them even one. 002 EXO 014 029 But the children of Israel went along dry land in the midst of the sea, and the water was to them a wall on the right hand, and a wall on the left. 002 EXO 014 030 So the Lord delivered Israel in that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead by the shore of the sea. 002 EXO 014 031 And Israel saw the mighty hand, the [things] which the Lord did to the Egyptians; and the people feared the Lord, and they believed God and Moses his servant. 002 EXO 015 001 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to God, and spoke, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he is very greatly glorified: horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. 002 EXO 015 002 He was to me a helper and protector for salvation: this is my God and I will glorify him; my father's God, and I will exalt him. 002 EXO 015 003 The Lord bringing wars to nothing, the Lord [is] his name. 002 EXO 015 004 He has cast the chariots of Pharao and his host into the sea, the chosen mounted captains: they were swallowed up in the Red Sea. 002 EXO 015 005 He covered them with the sea: they sank to the depth like a stone. 002 EXO 015 006 Your right hand, O God, has been glorified in strength; your right hand, O God, has broken the enemies. 002 EXO 015 007 And in the abundance of your glory you have broken the adversaries to pieces: you sent forth your wrath, it devoured them as stubble. 002 EXO 015 008 And by the breath of your anger the water parted asunder; the waters were congealed as a wall, the waves were congealed in the midst of the sea. 002 EXO 015 009 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul, I will destroy with my sword, my hand shall have dominion. 002 EXO 015 010 You sent forth your wind, the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty water. 002 EXO 015 011 Who is like to you among the gods, O Lord? who is like to you? glorified in holiness, marvelous in glories, doing wonders. 002 EXO 015 012 You stretched forth your right hand, the earth swallowed them up. 002 EXO 015 013 You have guided in your righteousness this your people whom you have redeemed, by your strength you have called them into your holy resting-place. 002 EXO 015 014 The nations heard and were angry, pangs have seized on the dwellers among the Phylistines. 002 EXO 015 015 Then the princes of Edom, and the chiefs of the Moabites hasted; trembling took hold upon them, all the inhabitants of Chanaan melted away. 002 EXO 015 016 Let trembling and fear fall upon them; by the greatness of your arm, let them become as stone; till your people pass over, O Lord, till this your people pass over, whom you have purchased. 002 EXO 015 017 Bring them in and plant them in the mountain of their inheritance, in your prepared habitation, which you, O Lord, have prepared; the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have made ready. 002 EXO 015 018 The Lord reigns for ever and ever and ever. 002 EXO 015 019 For the horse of Pharao went in with the chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, but the children of Israel walked through dry land in the midst of the sea. 002 EXO 015 020 And Mariam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, having taken a timbrel in her hand—then there went forth all the women after her with timbrels and dances. 002 EXO 015 021 And Mariam led them, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been very greatly glorified: the horse and rider has he cast into the sea. 002 EXO 015 022 So Moses brought up the children of Israel from the Red Sea, and brought them into the wilderness of Sur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water to drink. 002 EXO 015 023 and they came to Merrha, and could not drink of Merrha, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness. 002 EXO 015 024 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? 002 EXO 015 025 And Moses cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree, and he cast it into the water, and the water was sweetened: there he established to him ordinances and judgments, and there he proved him, 002 EXO 015 026 and said, If you will indeed hear the voice of the Lord your God, and do things pleasing before him, and will listen to his commands, and keep all his ordinances, no disease which I have brought upon the Egyptians will I bring upon you, for I am the Lord your God that heals you. 002 EXO 015 027 And they came to Aelim, and there were there twelve fountains of water, and seventy stems of palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters. 002 EXO 016 001 And they departed from Aelim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Aelim and Sina; and on the fifteenth day, in the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt, 002 EXO 016 002 all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. 002 EXO 016 003 And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died struck by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and ate bread to satiety! for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill all this congregation with hunger. 002 EXO 016 004 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I [will] rain bread upon you out of heaven: and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may try them whether they will walk in my law or not. 002 EXO 016 005 And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare whatever they have brought in, and it shall be double of what they shall have gathered for the day, daily. 002 EXO 016 006 And Moses and Aaron said to all the congregation of the children of Israel, At even you shall know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt; 002 EXO 016 007 and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, inasmuch as he hears your murmuring against God; and who are we, that you continue to murmur against us? 002 EXO 016 008 And Moses said, [This shall be] when the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to satiety, because the Lord has heard your murmuring, which you murmur against us: and what are we? for your murmuring is not against us, but against God. 002 EXO 016 009 And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before God; for he has heard your murmuring. 002 EXO 016 010 And when Aaron spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they turned toward the wilderness, then the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud. 002 EXO 016 011 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 016 012 I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Towards evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be satisfied with bread; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God. 002 EXO 016 013 And it was evening, and quails came up and covered the camp: 002 EXO 016 014 in the morning it came to pass as the dew ceased round about the camp, that, behold, on the face of the wilderness [was] a small thing like white coriander seed, as frost upon the earth. 002 EXO 016 015 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is this? for they knew not what it was; and Moses said to them, 002 EXO 016 016 This [is] the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. This is that which the Lord has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, a homer for each person, according to the number of your souls, gather each of you with his fellow-lodgers. 002 EXO 016 017 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some much and some less. 002 EXO 016 018 And having measured the homer [full], he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that had gathered less had no lack; each gathered according to the need of those who belonged to him. 002 EXO 016 019 And Moses said to them, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 002 EXO 016 020 But they did not listen to Moses, but some left of it till the morning; and it bred worms and stank: and Moses was irritated with them. 002 EXO 016 021 And they gathered it every morning, each man what he needed, and when the sun waxed hot it melted. 002 EXO 016 022 And it came to pass on the sixth day, they gathered double what was needed, two homers for one [man]; and all the chiefs of the synagogue went in and reported it to Moses. 002 EXO 016 023 And Moses said to them, Is not this the word which the Lord spoke? To-morrow [is] the sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord: bake that you will bake, and seethe that you will seethe, and all that is over leave to be laid by for the morrow. 002 EXO 016 024 And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it stank not, neither was there a worm in it. 002 EXO 016 025 And Moses said, Eat [that] today, for today is a sabbath to the Lord: [it] shall not be found in the plain. 002 EXO 016 026 Six days you shall gather it, and on the seventh day is a sabbath, for there shall be none on that [day]. 002 EXO 016 027 And it came to pass on the seventh day [that] some of the people went forth to gather, and found none. 002 EXO 016 028 And the Lord said to Moses, How long are you unwilling to listen to my commands and my law? 002 EXO 016 029 See, for the Lord has given you this day [as] the sabbath, therefore he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: you shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day. 002 EXO 016 030 And the people kept sabbath on the seventh day. 002 EXO 016 031 And the children of Israel called the name of it Man; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey. 002 EXO 016 032 And Moses said, This [is] the thing which the Lord has commanded, Fill an homer with manna, to be laid up for your generations; that they may see the bread which you ate in the wilderness, when the Lord led you forth out of the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 016 033 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a golden pot, and cast into it one full homer of manna; and you shall lay it up before God, to be kept for your generations, 002 EXO 016 034 as the Lord commanded Moses: and Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept. 002 EXO 016 035 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to the land they ate the manna, until they came to the region of Phoenicia. 002 EXO 016 036 Now the homer was the tenth part of three measures. 002 EXO 017 001 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wilderness of Sin, according to their encampments, by the word of the Lord; and they encamped in Raphidin: and there was no water for the people to drink. 002 EXO 017 002 And the people reviled Moses, saying, Give us water, that we may drink; and Moses said to them, Why do you revile me, and why tempt you the Lord? 002 EXO 017 003 And the people thirsted there for water, and there the people murmured against Moses, saying, Why is this? have you brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 002 EXO 017 004 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? yet a little while and they will stone me. 002 EXO 017 005 And the Lord said to Moses, Go before this people, and take to yourself of the elders of the people; and the rod with which you struck the river, take in your hand, and you shall go. 002 EXO 017 006 Behold, I stand there before you [come], on the rock in Choreb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out from it, and the people shall drink. And Moses did so before the sons of Israel. 002 EXO 017 007 And he called the name of that place, Temptation, and Reviling, because of the reviling of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not? 002 EXO 017 008 And Amalec came and fought with Israel in Raphidin. 002 EXO 017 009 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose out for yourself mighty men, and go forth and set the army in array against Amalec to-morrow; and, behold, I [shall] stand on the top of the hill, and the rod of God [will be] in my hand. 002 EXO 017 010 And Joshua did as Moses said to him, and he went out and set the army in array against Amalec, and Moses and Aaron and Or went up to the top of the hill. 002 EXO 017 011 And it came to pass, when Moses lifted up his hands, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands, Amalec prevailed. 002 EXO 017 012 But the hands of Moses were heavy, and they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aaron and Or supported his hands one on this side and the other on that, and the hands of Moses were supported till the going down of the sun. 002 EXO 017 013 And Joshua routed Amalec and all his people with the slaughter of the sword. 002 EXO 017 014 And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and speak [this] in the ears of Joshua; for I will utterly blot out the memorial of Amalec from under heaven. 002 EXO 017 015 And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge. 002 EXO 017 016 For with a secret hand the Lord wages war upon Amalec to all generations. 002 EXO 018 001 And Jothor the priest of Madiam, the father-in-law of Moses, heard of all that the Lord did to his people Israel; for the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt. 002 EXO 018 002 And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, took Sepphora the wife of Moses after she had been sent away, 002 EXO 018 003 and her two sons: the name of the one was Gersam, [his father] saying, I was a sojourner in a strange land; — 002 EXO 018 004 and the name of the second Eliezer, saying, For the God of my father [is] my helper, and he has rescued me out of the hand of Pharao. 002 EXO 018 005 And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, and his sons and his wife, went forth to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped on the mount of God. 002 EXO 018 006 And it was told Moses, saying, Behold, your father-in-law Jothor is coming to you, and your wife and two sons with him. 002 EXO 018 007 And Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and did him reverence, and kissed him, and they embraced each other, and he brought them into the tent. 002 EXO 018 008 And Moses related to his father-in-law all things that the Lord did to Pharao and all the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the labor that had befallen them in the way, and that the Lord had rescued them out of the hand of Pharao, and out of the hand of the Egyptians. 002 EXO 018 009 And Jothor was amazed at all the good things which the Lord did to them, forasmuch as he rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharao. 002 EXO 018 010 And Jothor said, Blessed be the Lord, because he has rescued them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharao. 002 EXO 018 011 Now know I that the Lord is great above all gods, because of this, wherein they attacked them. 002 EXO 018 012 And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses took whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God. 002 EXO 018 013 And it came to pass after the morrow that Moses sat to judge the people, and all the people stood by Moses from morning till evening. 002 EXO 018 014 And Jothor having seen all that [Moses] did to the people, says, What is this that you do to the people? therefore sit you alone, and all the people stand by you from morning till evening? 002 EXO 018 015 And Moses says to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to seek judgment from God. 002 EXO 018 016 For whenever there is a dispute among them, and they come to me, I give judgment upon each, and I teach them the ordinances of God and his law. 002 EXO 018 017 And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, You do not this thing rightly, 002 EXO 018 018 you will wear away with intolerable weariness, both those and all this people which is with you: this thing is hard, you will not be able to endure it yourself alone. 002 EXO 018 019 Now then listen to me, and I will advise you, and God shall be with you: be you to the people in the things pertaining to God, and you shall bring their matters to God. 002 EXO 018 020 And you shall testify to them the ordinances of God and his law, and you shall show to them the ways in which they shall walk, and the works which they shall do. 002 EXO 018 021 And do you look out for yourself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens. 002 EXO 018 022 And they shall judge the people at all times, and the too burdensome matter they shall bring to you, but they shall judge the smaller cases; so they shall relieve you and help you. 002 EXO 018 023 If you will do this thing, God shall strengthen you, and you shall be able to attend, and all this people shall come with peace into their own place. 002 EXO 018 024 And Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did whatever he said to him. 002 EXO 018 025 And Moses chose out able men out of all Israel, and he made them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties and captains of tens over the people. 002 EXO 018 026 And they judged the people at all times; and every too burdensome matter they brought to Moses, but every light matter they judged themselves. 002 EXO 018 027 And Moses dismissed his father-in-law, and he returned to his own land. 002 EXO 019 001 And in the third month of the departure of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, on the same day, they came into the wilderness of Sina. 002 EXO 019 002 And they departed from Raphidin, and came into the wilderness of Sina, and there Israel encamped before the mountain. 002 EXO 019 003 And Moses went up to the mount of God, and God called him out of the mountain, saying, These things shall you say to the house of Jacob, and you shall report them to the children of Israel. 002 EXO 019 004 You have seen all that I have done to the Egyptians, and I took you up as upon eagles' wings, and I brought you near to myself. 002 EXO 019 005 And now if you will indeed hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is mine. 002 EXO 019 006 And you shall be to me a royal priesthood and a holy nation: these words shall you speak to the children of Israel. 002 EXO 019 007 And Moses came and called the elders of the people, and he set before them all these words, which God appointed them. 002 EXO 019 008 And all the people answered with one accord, and said, All things that God has spoken, we will do and listen to: and Moses reported these words to God. 002 EXO 019 009 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold! I come to you in a pillar of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to you, and may believe you for ever: and Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord. 002 EXO 019 010 And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and solemnly charge the people, and sanctify them today and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments. 002 EXO 019 011 And let them be ready against the third day, for on the third day the Lord will descend upon mount Sina before all the people. 002 EXO 019 012 And you shall separate the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves that you go not up into the mountain, nor touch any part of it: every one that touches the mountain shall surely die. 002 EXO 019 013 A hand shall not touch it, for [every one that touches] shall be stoned with stones or shot through with a dart, whether beast or whether man, it shall not live: when the voices and trumpets and cloud depart from off the mountain, they shall come up on the mountain. 002 EXO 019 014 And Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and sanctified them, and they washed their clothes. 002 EXO 019 015 And he said to the people, Be ready: for three days come not near to a woman. 002 EXO 019 016 And it came to pass on the third day, as the morning drew near, there were voices and lightnings and a dark cloud on mount Sina: the voice of the trumpet sounded loud, and all the people in the camp trembled. 002 EXO 019 017 And Moses led the people forth out of the camp to meet God, and they stood by under the camp. 002 EXO 019 018 The mount of Sina was altogether on a smoke, because God had descended upon it in fire; and the smoke went up as the smoke of a furnace, and the people were exceedingly amazed. 002 EXO 019 019 And the sounds of the trumpet were waxing very much louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice. 002 EXO 019 020 And the Lord came down upon mount Sina on the top of the mountain; and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. 002 EXO 019 021 And God spoke to Moses, saying, Go down, and solemnly charge the people, lest at any time they draw near to God to gaze, and a multitude of them fall. 002 EXO 019 022 And let the priests that draw near to the Lord God sanctify themselves, destroy some of them. 002 EXO 019 023 And Moses said to God, The people will not be able to approach to the mount of Sina, for you have solemnly charged us, saying, Set bounds to the mountain and sanctify it. 002 EXO 019 024 And the Lord said to him, Go, descend, and come up you and Aaron with you; but let not the priests and the people force their way to come up to God, lest the Lord destroy some of them. 002 EXO 019 025 And Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them. 002 EXO 020 001 And the Lord spoke all these words, saying: 002 EXO 020 002 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 002 EXO 020 003 You shall have no other gods beside me. 002 EXO 020 004 You shall not make to yourself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth. 002 EXO 020 005 You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me, 002 EXO 020 006 and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands [of them], and on them that keep my commandments. 002 EXO 020 007 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord your God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain. 002 EXO 020 008 Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. 002 EXO 020 009 Six days you shall labor, and shall perform all your work. 002 EXO 020 010 But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord your God; on it you shall do no work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your servant nor your maidservant, your ox nor your ass, nor any cattle of your, nor the stranger that sojourns with you. 002 EXO 020 011 For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it. 002 EXO 020 012 Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you. 002 EXO 020 013 You shall not commit adultery. 002 EXO 020 014 You shall not steal. 002 EXO 020 015 You shall not kill. 002 EXO 020 016 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 002 EXO 020 017 You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; you shall not covet your neighbor's house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to your neighbor. 002 EXO 020 018 And all the people perceived the thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off, 002 EXO 020 019 and said to Moses, Speak you to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die. 002 EXO 020 020 And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that you sin not. 002 EXO 020 021 And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was. 002 EXO 020 022 And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and you shall report it to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven. 002 EXO 020 023 You shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold you shall not make to yourselves. 002 EXO 020 024 You shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it you shall sacrifice your whole burnt offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to you and bless you. 002 EXO 020 025 And if you will make to me an altar of stones, you shall not build them hewn [stones]; for you have lifted up your tool upon them, and they are defiled. 002 EXO 020 026 You shall not go up to my altar by steps, that you may not uncover your nakedness upon it. 002 EXO 021 001 And these [are] the ordinances which you shall set before them. 002 EXO 021 002 If you buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve you, and in the seventh year he shall go forth free for nothing. 002 EXO 021 003 If he should have come in alone, he shall also go forth alone; and if his wife should have gone in together with him, his wife also shall go out. 002 EXO 021 004 Moreover, if his master give him a wife, and she have [born] him sons or daughters, the wife and the children shall be his master's; and he shall go forth alone. 002 EXO 021 005 And if the servant should answer and say, I love my master and wife and children, I will not go away free; 002 EXO 021 006 his master shall bring him to the judgment-seat of God, and then shall he bring him to the door, —to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him for ever. 002 EXO 021 007 And if any one sell his daughter as a domestic, she shall not depart as the maidservants depart. 002 EXO 021 008 If she be not pleasing to her master, after she has betrothed herself to him, he shall let her go free; but he is not at liberty to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has trifled with her. 002 EXO 021 009 And if he should have betrothed her to his son, he shall do to her according to the right of daughters. 002 EXO 021 010 And if he take another to himself, he shall not deprive her of necessaries and her apparel, and her companionship [with him]. 002 EXO 021 011 And if he will not do these three things to her, she shall go out free without money. 002 EXO 021 012 And if any man strike another and he die, let him be certainly put to death. 002 EXO 021 013 But as for him that did it not willingly, but God delivered him into his hands, I will give you a place whither the slayer may flee. 002 EXO 021 014 And if any one lie in wait for his neighbor to kill him by craft, and he go for refuge, you shall take him from my altar to put him to death. 002 EXO 021 015 Whoever smites his father or his mother, let him be certainly put to death. 002 EXO 021 016 He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die. 002 EXO 021 017 Whosoever shall steal one of the children of Israel, and prevail over him and sell him, and he be found with him, let him certainly die. 002 EXO 021 018 And if two men revile each other and strike the one the other with a stone or his fist, and he die not, but be laid upon his bed; 002 EXO 021 019 if the man arise and walk abroad on his staff, he that struck him shall be clear; only he shall pay for his loss of time, and for his healing. 002 EXO 021 020 And if a man strike his man-servant or his maidservant, with a rod, and [the party] die under his hands, he shall be surely punished. 002 EXO 021 021 But if [the servant] continue to live a day or two, let not [the master] be punished; for he is his money. 002 EXO 021 022 And if two men strive and strike a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman's husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation. 002 EXO 021 023 But if it be perfectly formed, he shall give life for life, 002 EXO 021 024 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 002 EXO 021 025 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 002 EXO 021 026 And if one strike the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his maidservant, and put it out, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake. 002 EXO 021 027 And if he should strike out the tooth of his man-servant, or the tooth of his maidservant, he shall send them away free for their tooth's sake. 002 EXO 021 028 And if a bull gore a man or woman and they die, the bull shall be stoned with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall be clear. 002 EXO 021 029 But if the bull should have been given to goring in former time, and men should have told his owner, and he have not removed him, but he should have slain a man or woman, the bull shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also. 002 EXO 021 030 And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him. 002 EXO 021 031 And if [the bull] gore a son or daughter, let them do to him according to this ordinance. 002 EXO 021 032 And if the bull gore a man-servant or maidservant, he shall pay to their master thirty silver didrachmas, and the bull shall be stoned. 002 EXO 021 033 And if any one open a pit or dig a cavity in stone, and cover it not, and an ox or an ass fall in there, 002 EXO 021 034 the owner of the pit shall make compensation; he shall give money to their owner, and the dead shall be his own. 002 EXO 021 035 And if any man's bull gore the bull of his neighbor, and it die, they shall sell the living bull and divide the money, and they shall divide the dead bull. 002 EXO 021 036 But if the bull be known to have been given to goring in time past, and they have testified to his owner, and he have not removed him, he shall repay bull for bull, but the dead shall be his own. 002 EXO 022 001 And if one steal an ox or a sheep, and kill it or sell it, he shall pay five calves for a calf, and four sheep for a sheep. 002 EXO 022 002 And if the thief be found in the breach [made by himself] and be struck and die, there shall not be blood shed for him. 002 EXO 022 003 But if the sun be risen upon him, he is guilty, he shall die instead; and if a thief have nothing, let him be sold in compensation for what he has stolen. 002 EXO 022 004 And if the thing stolen be left and be in his hand alive, whether ox or sheep, he shall restore them two-fold. 002 EXO 022 005 And if any one should feed down a field or a vineyard, and should send in his beast to feed down another field, he shall make compensation of his own field according to his produce; and if he shall have fed down the whole field, he shall pay for compensation the best of his own field and the best of his vineyard. 002 EXO 022 006 And if fire have gone forth and caught thorns, and should also set on fire threshing-floors or ears of corn or a field, he that kindled the fire shall make compensation. 002 EXO 022 007 And if any one give to his neighbor money or goods to keep, and they be stolen out of the man's house, if the thief be found he shall repay double. 002 EXO 022 008 But if the thief be not found, the master of the house shall come forward before God, and shall swear that surely he has not wrought wickedly in regard of any part of his neighbor's deposit, 002 EXO 022 009 according to every injury alleged, both concerning a calf, and an ass, and a sheep, and a garment, and every alleged loss, whatever in fact it may be, —the judgment of both shall proceed before God, and he that is convicted by God shall repay to his neighbor double. 002 EXO 022 010 And if any one give to his neighbor to keep a calf or sheep or any beast, and it be wounded or die or be taken, and no one know, 002 EXO 022 011 an oath of God shall be between both, [each swearing] that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbor's deposit; and so his master shall hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation. 002 EXO 022 012 And if it be stolen from him, he shall make compensation to the owner. 002 EXO 022 013 And if it be seized of beasts, he shall bring him to [witness] the prey, and he shall not make compensation. 002 EXO 022 014 And if any one borrow [ought] of his neighbor, and it be wounded or die or be carried away, and the owner of it be not with it, he shall make compensation. 002 EXO 022 015 But if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a hired thing, there shall be [a compensation] to him instead of his hire. 002 EXO 022 016 And if any one deceive a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her for a wife to himself. 002 EXO 022 017 And if her father positively refuse, and will not consent to give her to him for a wife, he shall pay compensation to her father according to the amount of the dowry of virgins. 002 EXO 022 018 You shall not save the lives of sorcerers. 002 EXO 022 019 Every one that lies with a beast you shall surely put to death. 002 EXO 022 020 He that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be destroyed by death. 002 EXO 022 021 And you shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 022 022 You shall hurt no widow or orphan. 002 EXO 022 023 And if you should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice. 002 EXO 022 024 And I will be very angry, and will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans. 002 EXO 022 025 And if you should lend money to your poor brother who is by you, you shall not be hard upon him you shall not exact usury of him. 002 EXO 022 026 And if you take your neighbor's garment for a pledge, you shall restore it to him before sunset. 002 EXO 022 027 For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; wherein shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to me, I will listen to him, for I am merciful. 002 EXO 022 028 You shall not revile the gods, nor speak ill of the ruler of your people. 002 EXO 022 029 You shall not keep back the first fruits of your threshing floor and press. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me. 002 EXO 022 030 So shall you do with your calf and your sheep and your ass; seven days shall it be under the mother, and the eighth day you shall give it to me. 002 EXO 022 031 And you shall be holy men to me; and you shall not eat flesh taken of beasts, you shall cast it to the dog. 002 EXO 023 001 You shall not receive a vain report: you shall not agree with the unjust [man] to become an unjust witness. 002 EXO 023 002 You shall not associate with the multitude for evil; you shall not join yourself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment. 002 EXO 023 003 And you shall not spare a poor man in judgment. 002 EXO 023 004 And if you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall turn them back and restore them to him. 002 EXO 023 005 And if you see your enemy's ass fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by it, but shall help to raise it with him. 002 EXO 023 006 You shall not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment. 002 EXO 023 007 You shall abstain from every unjust thing: you shall not kill the innocent and just, and you shall not justify the wicked for gifts. 002 EXO 023 008 And you shall not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words. 002 EXO 023 009 And you shall not afflict a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger; for you were yourselves strangers in the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 023 010 Six years you shall sow your land, and gather in the fruits of it. 002 EXO 023 011 But in the seventh year you shall let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of your nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shall you do to your vineyard and to your oliveyard. 002 EXO 023 012 Six days shall you do your works, and on the seventh day there shall be rest, that your ox and your ass may rest, and that the son of your maidservant and the stranger may be refreshed. 002 EXO 023 013 Observe all things whatever I have commanded you; and you shall make no mention of the name of other gods, neither shall they be heard out of your mouth. 002 EXO 023 014 Keep you a feast to me three times in the year. 002 EXO 023 015 Take heed to keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I charged you at the season of the month of new [corn], for in it you came out of Egypt: you shall not appear before me empty. 002 EXO 023 016 And you shall keep the feast of the harvest of first fruits of your labors, whatever you shall have sown in your field, and the feast of completion at the end of the year in the gathering in of your fruits out of your field. 002 EXO 023 017 Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord your God. 002 EXO 023 018 For when I shall have cast out the nations from before you, and shall have widened your borders, you shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, neither must the fat of my feast abide till the morning. 002 EXO 023 019 You shall bring the first-offerings of the first fruits of your land into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not seethe a lamb in its mother's milk. 002 EXO 023 020 And, behold, I send my angel before your face, that he may keep you in the way, that he may bring you into the land which I have prepared for you. 002 EXO 023 021 Take heed to yourself and listen to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to you, for my name is on him. 002 EXO 023 022 If you will indeed hear my voice, and if you will do all the things I shall charge you with, and keep my covenant, you shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations, for the whole earth is mine; and you shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation: these words shall you speak to the children of Israel, If you shall indeed hear my voice, and do all the things I shall tell you, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. 002 EXO 023 023 For my angel shall go as your leader, and shall bring you to the Amorite, and Chettite, and Pherezite, and Chananite, and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and I will destroy them. 002 EXO 023 024 You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them: you shall not do according to their works, but shall utterly destroy them, and break to pieces their pillars. 002 EXO 023 025 And you shall serve the Lord your God, and I will bless your bread and your wine and your water, and I will turn away sickness from you. 002 EXO 023 026 There shall not be on your land one that is impotent or barren. I will surely fulfil the number of your days. 002 EXO 023 027 And I will send terror before you, and I will strike with amazement all the nations to which you shall come, and I will make all your enemies to flee. 002 EXO 023 028 And I will send hornets before you, and you shall cast out the Amorites and the Evites, and the Chananites and the Chettites from you. 002 EXO 023 029 I will not cast them out in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against you. 002 EXO 023 030 By little [and little] I will cast them out from before you, until you shall be increased and inherit the earth. 002 EXO 023 031 And I will set your borders from the Red Sea, to the sea of the Phylistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from you. 002 EXO 023 032 You shall make no covenant with them and their gods. 002 EXO 023 033 And they shall not dwell in your land, lest they cause you to sin against me; for if you should serve their gods, these will be an offense to you. 002 EXO 024 001 And to Moses he said, Go up to the Lord, you and Aaron and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they shall worship the Lord from a distance. 002 EXO 024 002 And Moses alone shall draw near to God; and they shall not draw near, and the people shall not come up with them. 002 EXO 024 003 And Moses went in and related to the people all the words of God and the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, All the words which the Lord has spoken, we will do and be obedient. 002 EXO 024 004 And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and [set up] twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel. 002 EXO 024 005 And he sent forth the young men of the children of Israel, and they offered whole burnt offerings, and they sacrificed young calves as a peace-offering to God. 002 EXO 024 006 And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar. 002 EXO 024 007 And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the ears of the people, and they said, All things whatever the Lord has spoken we will do and listen therein. 002 EXO 024 008 And Moses took the blood and sprinkled it upon the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has made with you concerning all these words. 002 EXO 024 009 And Moses went up, and Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and seventy of the elders of Israel. 002 EXO 024 010 And they saw the place where the God of Israel stood; and under his feet was as it were a work of sapphire slabs, and as it were the appearance of the firmament of heaven in its purity. 002 EXO 024 011 And of the chosen ones of Israel there was not even one missing, and they appeared in the place of God, and did eat and drink. 002 EXO 024 012 And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me into the mountain, and be there; and I will give you the tables of stone, the law and the commandments, which I have written to give them laws. 002 EXO 024 013 And Moses rose up and Joshua his attendant, and they went up into the mount of God. 002 EXO 024 014 And to the elders they said, Rest there till we return to you; and behold, Aaron and Or are with you: if any man have a cause to be tried, let them go to them. 002 EXO 024 015 And Moses and Joshua went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 002 EXO 024 016 And the glory of God came down upon the mount Sina, and the cloud covered it six days; and the Lord called Moses on the seventh day out of the midst of the cloud. 002 EXO 024 017 And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was as burning fire on the top of the mountain, before the children of Israel. 002 EXO 024 018 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up to the mountain, and was there in the mountain forty days and forty nights. 002 EXO 025 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 025 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and take first fruits of all, who may be disposed in their heart to give; and you shall take my first fruits. 002 EXO 025 003 And this is the offering which you shall take of them; gold and silver and brass, 002 EXO 025 004 and blue, and purple, and double scarlet, and fine spun linen, and goats' hair, 002 EXO 025 005 and rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins, and incorruptible wood, 002 EXO 025 006 and oil for the light, incense for anointing oil, and for the composition of incense, 002 EXO 025 007 and sardius stones, and stones for the carved work of the breast-plate, and the full-length robe. 002 EXO 025 008 And you shall make me a sanctuary, and I will appear among you. 002 EXO 025 009 And you shall make for me according to all things which I show you in the mountain; even the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all its furniture: so shall you make it. 002 EXO 025 010 And you shall make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half. 002 EXO 025 011 And you shall gild it with pure gold, you shall gild it within and without; and you shall make for it golden wreaths twisted round about. 002 EXO 025 012 And you shall cast for it four golden rings, and shall put them on the four sides; two rings on the one side, and two rings on the other side. 002 EXO 025 013 And you shall make staves [of] incorruptible wood, and shall gild them with gold. 002 EXO 025 014 And you shall put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark with them. 002 EXO 025 015 The staves shall remain fixed in the rings of the ark. 002 EXO 025 016 And you shall put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give you. 002 EXO 025 017 And you shall make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half. 002 EXO 025 018 And you shall make two cherubs graven in gold, and you shall put them on both sides of the propitiatory. 002 EXO 025 019 They shall be made, one cherub on this side, and another cherub on the other side of the propitiatory; and you shall make the two cherubs on the two sides. 002 EXO 025 020 The cherubs shall stretch forth their wings above, overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings; and their faces shall be toward each other, the faces of the cherubs shall be toward the propitiatory. 002 EXO 025 021 And you shall set the propitiatory on the ark above, and you shall put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give you. 002 EXO 025 022 And I will make myself known to you from thence, and I will speak to you above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge you concerning the children of Israel. 002 EXO 025 023 And you shall make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half. 002 EXO 025 024 And you shall make for it golden wreaths twisted round about, and you shall make for it a crown of an hand-breadth round about. 002 EXO 025 025 And you shall make a twisted wreath for the crown round about. 002 EXO 025 026 And you shall make four golden rings; and you shall put the four rings upon the four parts of its feet under the crown. 002 EXO 025 027 And the rings shall be for bearings for the staves, that they may bear the table with them. 002 EXO 025 028 And you shall make the staves of incorruptible wood, and you shall gild them with pure gold; and the table shall be borne with them. 002 EXO 025 029 And you shall make its dishes and its censers, and its bowls, and its cups, with which you shall offer drink-offerings: of pure gold shall you make them. 002 EXO 025 030 And you shall set upon the table show bread before me continually. 002 EXO 025 031 And you shall make a candlestick of pure gold; you shall make the candlestick of graven work: its stem and its branches, and its bowls and its knops and its lilies shall be of one piece. 002 EXO 025 032 And six branches proceeding sideways, three branches of the candlestick from one side of it, and three branches of the candlestick from the other side. 002 EXO 025 033 And three bowls fashioned like almonds, on each branch a knop and a lily; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick, 002 EXO 025 034 and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds, in each branch knops and the flowers of the same. 002 EXO 025 035 A knop under two branches out of it, and a knop under four branches out of it; so to the six branches proceeding from the candlestick; and in the candlestick four bowls fashioned like almonds. 002 EXO 025 036 Let the knops and the branches be of one piece, altogether graven of one piece of pure gold. 002 EXO 025 037 And you shall make its seven lamps: and you shall set on [it] the lamps, and they shall shine from one front. 002 EXO 025 038 And you shall make its funnel and its snuff-dishes of pure gold. 002 EXO 025 039 All these articles [shall be] a talent of pure gold. 002 EXO 025 040 See, you shall make them according to the pattern showed you in the mount. 002 EXO 026 001 And you shall make the tabernacle, ten curtains of fine linen spun, and blue and purple, and scarlet spun [with] cherubs; you shall make them with work of a weaver. 002 EXO 026 002 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains. 002 EXO 026 003 And the five curtains shall be joined one to another, and [the other] five curtains shall be closely connected the one with the other. 002 EXO 026 004 And you shall make for them loops of blue on the edge of one curtain, on one side for the coupling, and so shall you make on the edge of the outer curtain for the second coupling. 002 EXO 026 005 Fifty loops shall you make for one curtain, and fifty loops shall you make on the part of the curtain answering to the coupling of the second, opposite [each other], corresponding to each other at each point. 002 EXO 026 006 And you shall make fifty golden rings; and you shall join the curtains to each other with the rings, and it shall be one tabernacle. 002 EXO 026 007 And you shall make for a covering of the tabernacle skins with the hair on, you shall make them eleven skins. 002 EXO 026 008 The length of one skin thirty cubits, and the breadth of one skin four cubits: there shall be the same measure to the eleven skins. 002 EXO 026 009 And you shall join the five skins together, and the six skins together; and you shall double the sixth skin in front of the tabernacle. 002 EXO 026 010 And you shall make fifty loops on the border of one skin, which is in the midst for the joinings; and you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the second skin that joins it. 002 EXO 026 011 And you shall make fifty brazen rings; and you shall join the rings by the loops, and you shall join the skins, and they shall be one. 002 EXO 026 012 And you shall fix at the end that which is over in the skins of the tabernacle; the half of the skin that is left shall you fold over, according to the overplus of the skins of the tabernacle; you shall fold it over behind the tabernacle. 002 EXO 026 013 A cubit on this side, and a cubit on that side of that which remains of the skins, of the length of the skins of the tabernacle: it shall be folding over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and that side, that it may cover it. 002 EXO 026 014 And you shall make for a covering of the tabernacle rams' skins dyed red, and blue skins as coverings above. 002 EXO 026 015 And you shall make the posts of the tabernacle of incorruptible wood. 002 EXO 026 016 Of ten cubits shall you make one post, and the breadth of one post of a cubit and a half. 002 EXO 026 017 Two joints shall you make in one post, answering the one to the other: so shall you do to all the posts of the tabernacle. 002 EXO 026 018 And you shall make posts to the tabernacle, twenty posts on the north side. 002 EXO 026 019 And you shall make to the twenty posts forty silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides. 002 EXO 026 020 And for the next side, toward the south, twenty posts, 002 EXO 026 021 and their forty silver sockets: two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post on both its sides. 002 EXO 026 022 And on the back of the tabernacle at the part which is toward the [west] you shall make six posts. 002 EXO 026 023 And you shall make two posts on the corners of the tabernacle behind. 002 EXO 026 024 And it shall be equal below, they shall be equal toward the same part from the heads to one joining; so shall you make to both the two corners, let them be equal. 002 EXO 026 025 And there shall be eight posts, and their sixteen silver sockets; two sockets to one post on both its sides, and two sockets to the other post. 002 EXO 026 026 And you shall make bars of incorruptible wood; five to one post on one side of the tabernacle, 002 EXO 026 027 and five bars to one post on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars to the hinder posts, on the side of the tabernacle toward the sea. 002 EXO 026 028 And let the bar in the middle between the posts go through from the one side to the other side. 002 EXO 026 029 And you shall gild the posts with gold; and you shall make golden rings, into which you shall introduce the bars, and you shall gild the bars with gold. 002 EXO 026 030 And you shall set up the tabernacle according to the pattern showed you in the mount. 002 EXO 026 031 And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet woven, and fine linen spun: you shall make it cherubs [in] woven work. 002 EXO 026 032 And you shall set it upon four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their tops [shall be] gold, and their four sockets [shall be] of silver. 002 EXO 026 033 And you shall put the veil on the posts, and you shall carry in there within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall make a separation for you between the holy and the holy of holies. 002 EXO 026 034 And you shall screen with the veil the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies. 002 EXO 026 035 And you shall set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle; and you shall put the table on the north side of the tabernacle. 002 EXO 026 036 And you shall make a screen for the door of the tabernacle of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet and fine linen spun, the work of the embroiderer. 002 EXO 026 037 And you shall make for the veil five posts, and you shall gild them with gold; and their chapiters shall be gold; and you shall cast for them five brazen sockets. 002 EXO 027 001 And you shall make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits. 002 EXO 027 002 And you shall make the horns on the four corners; the horns shall be of the same piece, and you shall overlay them with brass. 002 EXO 027 003 And you shall make a rim for the altar; and its covering and its cups, and its flesh hooks, and its fire-pan, and all its vessels shall you make of brass. 002 EXO 027 004 And you shall make for it a brazen grate with network; and you shall make for the grate four brazen rings under the four sides. 002 EXO 027 005 And you shall put them below under the grate of the altar, and the grate shall extend to the middle of the altar. 002 EXO 027 006 And you shall make for the altar staves of incorruptible wood, and you shall overlay them with brass. 002 EXO 027 007 And you shall put the staves into the rings; and let the staves be on the sides of the altar to carry it. 002 EXO 027 008 You shall make it hollow with boards: according to what was showed you in the mount, so you shall make it. 002 EXO 027 009 And you shall make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for one side. 002 EXO 027 010 And their pillars twenty, and twenty brazen sockets for them, and their rings and their clasps of silver. 002 EXO 027 011 Thus [shall there be] to the side toward the north curtains of a hundred cubits in length; and their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass, and the rings and the clasps of the pillars, and their sockets overlaid with silver. 002 EXO 027 012 And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten. 002 EXO 027 013 And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the south, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 002 EXO 027 014 And the height of the curtains [shall be] of fifty cubits for the one side [of the gate]; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 002 EXO 027 015 And [for] the second side the height of the curtains [shall be] of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 002 EXO 027 016 And a veil for the door of the court, the height [of it] of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the are of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four. 002 EXO 027 017 All the pillars of the court round about overlaid with silver, and their chapiters silver and their brass sockets. 002 EXO 027 018 And the length of the court [shall be] a hundred [cubits] on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass. 002 EXO 027 019 And all the furniture and all the instruments and the pins of the court [shall be] of brass. 002 EXO 027 020 And do you charge the children of Israel, and let them take for you refined pure olive-oil beaten to burn for light, that a lamp may burn continually 002 EXO 027 021 in the tabernacle of the testimony, without the veil that is before the [ark of the] covenant, shall Aaron and his sons burn it from evening until morning, before the Lord: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the children of Israel. 002 EXO 028 001 And do you take to yourself both Aaron your brother, and his sons, even [them] of the children of Israel; so that Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron, may minister to me. 002 EXO 028 002 And you shall make holy apparel for Aaron your brother, for honor and glory. 002 EXO 028 003 And speak you to all those who are wise in understanding, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception; and they shall make the holy apparel of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which [apparel] he shall minister to me as priest. 002 EXO 028 004 And these are the garments which they shall make: the breast-plate, and the shoulder-piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests. 002 EXO 028 005 And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. 002 EXO 028 006 And they shall make the shoulder-piece of fine linen spun, the woven work of the embroiderer. 002 EXO 028 007 It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined together, fastened on the two sides. 002 EXO 028 008 And the woven work of the shoulder-pieces which is upon it, shall be of one piece according to the work, of pure gold and blue and purple, and spun scarlet and fine twined linen. 002 EXO 028 009 And you shall take the two stones, the stones of emerald, and you shall grave on them the names of the children of Israel. 002 EXO 028 010 Six names on the first stone, and the other six names on the second stone, according to their births. 002 EXO 028 011 [It shall be] the work of the stone-engraver's are; as the graving of a seal you shall engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. 002 EXO 028 012 And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the shoulder-piece: they are memorial-stones for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel before the Lord on his two shoulders, a memorial for them. 002 EXO 028 013 And you shall make circlets of pure gold; 002 EXO 028 014 and you shall make two fringes of pure gold, variegated with flowers wreathen work; and you shall put the wreathen fringes on the circlets, fastening them on their shoulder-pieces in front. 002 EXO 028 015 And you shall make the oracle of judgment, the work of the embroiderer: in keeping with the ephod, you shall make it of gold, and blue and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun. 002 EXO 028 016 You shall make it square: it shall be double; of a span the length of it, and of a span the breadth. 002 EXO 028 017 And you shall interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, and emerald, the first row. 002 EXO 028 018 And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper. 002 EXO 028 019 And the third row, a ligure, an agate, an amethyst: 002 EXO 028 020 and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and a beryl, and an onyx stone, set round with gold, bound together with gold: let them be according to their row. 002 EXO 028 021 And let the stones of the names of the children of Israel be twelve according to their names, engravings as of seals: let them be for the twelve tribes each according to the name. 002 EXO 028 022 And you shall make on the oracle woven fringes, a chain-work of pure gold. 002 EXO 028 023 And Aaron shall take the names of the children of Israel, on the oracle of judgment on his breast; a memorial before God for him as he goes into the sanctuary. 002 EXO 028 024 And you shall put the fringes on the oracle of judgment; you shall put the wreaths on both sides of the oracle, 002 EXO 028 025 and you shall put the two circlets on both the shoulders of the ephod in front. 002 EXO 028 026 And you shall put the Manifestation and the Truth on the oracle of judgment; and it shall be on the breast of Aaron, when he goes into the holy place before the Lord; and Aaron shall bear the judgments of the children of Israel on his breast before the Lord continually. 002 EXO 028 027 And you shall make the full-length tunic all of blue. 002 EXO 028 028 And the opening of it shall be in the middle having a fringe round about the opening, the work of the weaver, woven together in the joining of the same piece that it might not be tore. 002 EXO 028 029 And under the fringe of the robe below you shall make as it were pomegranates of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun, under the fringe of the robe round about: golden pomegranates of the same shape, and bells round about between these. 002 EXO 028 030 A bell by the side of a golden pomegranate, and flower-work on the fringe of the robe round about. 002 EXO 028 031 And the sound of Aaron shall be audible when he ministers, as he goes into the sanctuary before the Lord, and has he goes out, that he die not. 002 EXO 028 032 And you shall make a plate [of] pure gold, and you shall grave on it [as] the graving of a signet, Holiness of the Lord. 002 EXO 028 033 And you shall put it on the spun blue cloth, and it shall be on the mitre: it shall be in the front of the mitre. 002 EXO 028 034 And it shall be on the forehead of Aaron; and Aaron shall bear away the sins of their holy things, all that the children of Israel shall sanctify of every gift of their holy things, and it shall be on the forehead of Aaron continually acceptable for them before the Lord. 002 EXO 028 035 And the fringes of the garments [shall be] of fine linen; and you shall make a tire of fine linen, and you shall make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer. 002 EXO 028 036 And for the sons of Aaron you shall make tunics and girdles, and you shall make for them tires for honor and glory. 002 EXO 028 037 And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, and you shall anoint them and fill their hands: and you shall sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office. 002 EXO 028 038 And you shall make for them linen drawers to cover the nakedness of their flesh; they shall reach from the loins to the thighs. 002 EXO 028 039 And Aaron shall have them, and his sons, whenever they enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when they shall advance to the altar of the sanctuary to minister, so they shall not bring sin upon themselves, lest they die: [it is] a perpetual statute for him, and for his seed after him. 002 EXO 029 001 And these are the things which you shall do to them: you shall sanctify them, so that they shall serve me in the priesthood; and you shall take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams; 002 EXO 029 002 and unleavened loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil: you shall make them [of] fine flour of wheat. 002 EXO 029 003 And you shall put them on one basket, and you shall offer them on the basket, and the young calf and the two rams. 002 EXO 029 004 And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and you shall wash them with water. 002 EXO 029 005 And having taken the garments, you shall put on Aaron your brother both the full-length robe and the ephod and the oracle; and you shall join for him the oracle to the ephod. 002 EXO 029 006 And you shall put the mitre on his head; and you shall put the plate, [even] the Holiness, on the mitre. 002 EXO 029 007 And you shall take of the anointing oil, and you shall pour it on his head, and shall anoint him, 002 EXO 029 008 and you shall bring his sons, and put garments on them. 002 EXO 029 009 And you shall gird them with the girdles, and put the tires upon them, and they shall have a priestly office to me for ever; and you shall fill the hands of Aaron and the hands of his sons. 002 EXO 029 010 And you shall bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the calf, before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. 002 EXO 029 011 And you shall kill the calf before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. 002 EXO 029 012 And you shall take of the blood of the calf, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, but all the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the foot of the altar. 002 EXO 029 013 And you shall take all the fat that is on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shall put them upon the altar. 002 EXO 029 014 But the flesh of the calf, and his skin, and his dung, shall you burn with fire without the camp; for it is an [offering on account] of sin. 002 EXO 029 015 And you shall take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. 002 EXO 029 016 And you shall kill it, and take the blood and pour it on the altar round about. 002 EXO 029 017 And you shall divide the ram by his several limbs, and you shall wash the inward parts and the feet with water, and you shall put them on the divided parts with the head. 002 EXO 029 018 And you shall offer the whole ram on the altar, a whole burnt offering to the Lord for a sweet smelling savor: it is an offering of incense to the Lord. 002 EXO 029 019 And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. 002 EXO 029 020 And you shall kill it, and take of the blood of it, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet. 002 EXO 029 021 And you shall take of the blood from the altar, and of the anointing oil; and you shall sprinkle it upon Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him; and he shall be sanctified and his apparel, and his sons and his sons' apparel with him: but the blood of the ram you shall pour round about upon the altar. 002 EXO 029 022 And you shall take from the ram its fat, both the fat that covers the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, for this is a consecration. 002 EXO 029 023 And one cake [made] with oil, and one cake from the basket of unleavened bread set forth before the Lord. 002 EXO 029 024 And you shall put them all on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and you shall separate them as a separate offering before the Lord. 002 EXO 029 025 And you shall take them from their hands, and shall offer them up on the altar of whole burnt offering for a sweet smelling savor before the Lord: it is an offering to the Lord. 002 EXO 029 026 And you shall take the breast from the ram of consecration which is Aaron's, and you shall separate it as a separate offering before the Lord, and it shall be to you for a portion. 002 EXO 029 027 And you shall sanctify the separated breast and the shoulder of removal which has been separated, and which has been removed from the ram of consecration, of the portion of Aaron and of [that of] his sons. 002 EXO 029 028 And it shall be a perpetual statute of the children of Israel to Aaron and his sons, for this is a separate offering; and it shall be a special offering from the children of Israel, from the peace-offerings of the children of Israel, a special offering to the Lord. 002 EXO 029 029 And the apparel of the sanctuary which is Aaron's shall be his son's after him, for them to be anointed in them, and to fill their hands. 002 EXO 029 030 The priest his successor from among his sons who shall go into the tabernacle of witness to minister in the holies, shall put them on seven days. 002 EXO 029 031 And you shall take the ram of consecration, and you shall boil the flesh in the holy place. 002 EXO 029 032 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the loaves in the basket, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. 002 EXO 029 033 They shall eat the offerings with which they were sanctified to fill their hands, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat of them, for they are holy. 002 EXO 029 034 And if [anything] be left of the flesh of the sacrifice of consecration and of the loaves until the morning, you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, for it is a holy thing. 002 EXO 029 035 And thus shall you do for Aaron and for his sons according to all things that I have commanded you; seven days shall you fill their hands. 002 EXO 029 036 And you shall sacrifice the calf of the sin-offering on the day of purification, and you shall purify the altar when you do perform consecration upon it, and you shall anoint it so as to sanctify it. 002 EXO 029 037 Seven days shall you purify the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy, every one that touches the altar shall be hallowed. 002 EXO 029 038 And these are the offerings which you shall offer upon the altar; two unblemished lambs of a year old daily on the altar continually, a constant offering. 002 EXO 029 039 One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the second lamb you shall offer in the evening. 002 EXO 029 040 And a tenth measure of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil, and a drink-offering the fourth part of a hin of wine for one lamb. 002 EXO 029 041 And you shall offer the second lamb in the evening, after the manner of the morning-offering, and according to the drink-offering of the morning lamb; you shall offer it an offering to the Lord for a sweet smelling savor, 002 EXO 029 042 a perpetual sacrifice throughout your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord; wherein I will be known to you from thence, so as to speak to you. 002 EXO 029 043 And I will there give orders to the children of Israel, and I will be sanctified in my glory. 002 EXO 029 044 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of testimony and the altar, and I will sanctify Aaron and his sons, to minister as priests to me. 002 EXO 029 045 And I will be called upon among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 002 EXO 029 046 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, to be called upon by them, and to be their God. 002 EXO 030 001 And you shall make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood. 002 EXO 030 002 And you shall make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece. 002 EXO 030 003 And you shall gild its grate with pure gold, and its sides round about, and its horns; and you shall make for it a wreathen border of gold roundabout. 002 EXO 030 004 And you shall make under its wreathen border two rings of pure gold; you shall make it to the two corners on the two sides, and they shall be bearings for the staves, so as to bear it with them. 002 EXO 030 005 And you shall make the staves of incorruptible wood, and shall gild them with gold. 002 EXO 030 006 And you shall set it before the veil that is over the ark of the testimonies, wherein I will make myself known to you from thence. 002 EXO 030 007 And Aaron shall burn upon it fine compound incense every morning; whenever he trims the lamps he shall burn incense upon it. 002 EXO 030 008 And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn incense upon it; a constant incense-offering always before the Lord for their generations. 002 EXO 030 009 And you shall not offer strange incense upon it, [nor] and offering made by fire, [nor] a sacrifice; and you shall not pour a drink-offering upon it. 002 EXO 030 010 And once in the year Aaron shall make atonement on its horns, he shall purge it with the blood of purification for their generations: it is most holy to the Lord. 002 EXO 030 011 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 030 012 If you take account of the children of Israel in the surveying of them, and they shall give every one a ransom for his soul to the Lord, then there shall not be among them a destruction in the visiting of them. 002 EXO 030 013 And this is what they shall give, as many as pass the survey, half a didrachm which is according to the didrachm of the sanctuary: twenty oboli [go to] the didrachm, but the half of the didrachm is the offering to the Lord. 002 EXO 030 014 Every one that passes the survey from twenty years old and upwards shall give the offering to the Lord. 002 EXO 030 015 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than the half didrachm in giving the offering to the Lord, to make atonement for your souls. 002 EXO 030 016 And you shall take the money of the offering from the children of Israel, and shall give it for the service of the tabernacle of testimony; and it shall be to the children of Israel a memorial before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls. 002 EXO 030 017 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 030 018 Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and you shall put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and you shall pour forth water into it. 002 EXO 030 019 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet with water from it. 002 EXO 030 020 Whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whenever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt offerings to the Lord. 002 EXO 030 021 They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whenever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not; and it shall be for them a perpetual statute, for him and his posterity after him. 002 EXO 030 022 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 030 023 Do you also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling calamus, 002 EXO 030 024 and of cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. 002 EXO 030 025 And you shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment [tempered] by the are of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. 002 EXO 030 026 And you shall anoint with it the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the tabernacle of witness, 002 EXO 030 027 and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense, 002 EXO 030 028 and the altar of whole burnt offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver. 002 EXO 030 029 And you shall sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: every one that touches them shall be hallowed. 002 EXO 030 030 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests. 002 EXO 030 031 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations. 002 EXO 030 032 On man's flesh it shall not be poured, and you shall not make [any] for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness to you. 002 EXO 030 033 Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people. 002 EXO 030 034 And the Lord said to Moses, Take for yourself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum, and transparent frankincense; there shall be an equal weight of each. 002 EXO 030 035 And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the are of a perfumer, a pure holy work. 002 EXO 030 036 And of these you shall beat some small, and you shall put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to you: it shall be to you a most holy incense. 002 EXO 030 037 You shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord. 002 EXO 030 038 Whosoever shall make any in like manner, so as to smell it, shall perish from his people. 002 EXO 031 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 031 002 Behold, I have called by name Beseleel the son of Urias the son of Or, of the tribe of Juda. 002 EXO 031 003 And I have filled him [with] a divine spirit of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, to invent in every work, 002 EXO 031 004 and to frame works, to labor in gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, 002 EXO 031 005 and works in stone, and for artificers' work in wood, to work at all works. 002 EXO 031 006 And I have appointed him and Eliab the [son] of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan, and to every one understanding in heart I have given understanding; and they shall make all things as many as I have appointed you, — 002 EXO 031 007 the tabernacle of witness, and the ark of the covenant, and the propitiatory that is upon it, and the furniture of the tabernacle, 002 EXO 031 008 and the altars, and the table and all its furniture, 002 EXO 031 009 and the pure candlestick and all its furniture, and the laver and its base, 002 EXO 031 010 and Aaron's robes of ministry, and the robes of his sons to minister to me as priests, 002 EXO 031 011 and the anointing oil and the compound incense of the sanctuary; according to all that I have commanded you shall they make them. 002 EXO 031 012 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 031 013 Do you also charge the children of Israel, saying, Take heed and keep my sabbaths; [for] they are a sign with me and among you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord that sanctifies you. 002 EXO 031 014 And you shall keep the sabbaths, because this is holy to the Lord for you; he that profanes it shall surely be put to death: every one who shall do a work on it, that soul shall be destroyed from the midst of his people. 002 EXO 031 015 Six days you shall do works, but the seventh day is the sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord; every one who shall do a work on the seventh day shall be put to death. 002 EXO 031 016 And the children of Israel shall keep the sabbaths, to observe them throughout their generations. 002 EXO 031 017 It is a perpetual covenant with me and the children of Israel, it is a perpetual sign with me; for in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and on the seventh day he ceased, and rested. 002 EXO 031 018 And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in mount Sina the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written [upon] with the finger of God. 002 EXO 032 001 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people combined against Aaron, and said to him, Arise and make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt—we do not know what is become of him. 002 EXO 032 002 And Aaron says to them, Take off the golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives and daughters, and bring them to me. 002 EXO 032 003 And all the people took off the golden ear-rings that were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. 002 EXO 032 004 And he received them at their hands, and formed them with a graving tool; and he made them a molten calf, and said, These [are] your gods, O Israel, which have brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 032 005 And Aaron having seen it built an altar before it, and Aaron made proclamation saying, To-morrow [is] a feast of the Lord. 002 EXO 032 006 And having risen early on the morrow, he offered whole burnt offerings, and offered a peace-offering; and the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 002 EXO 032 007 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Go quickly, descend hence, for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have transgressed; 002 EXO 032 008 they have quickly gone out of the way which you commanded; they have made for themselves a calf, and worshipped it, and sacrificed to it, and said, 002 EXO 032 009 These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 002 EXO 032 010 And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make you a great nation. 002 EXO 032 011 And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Therefore, O Lord, are you very angry with your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with your high arm? 002 EXO 032 012 [Take heed] lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from your wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of your people, 002 EXO 032 013 remembering Abraam and Isaac and Jacob your servants, to whom you have sworn by yourself, and have spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which you spoke of to give to them, so that they shall possess it for ever. 002 EXO 032 014 And the Lord was prevailed upon to preserve his people. 002 EXO 032 015 And Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tables of testimony were in his hands, tables of stone written on both their sides: they were written within and without. 002 EXO 032 016 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing the writing of God written on the tables. 002 EXO 032 017 And Joshua having heard the voice of the people crying, says to Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 002 EXO 032 018 And [Moses] says, It is not the voice of them that begin the battle, nor the voice of them that begin [the cry] of defeat, but the voice of them that begin [the banquet] of wine do I hear. 002 EXO 032 019 And when he drew near to the camp, he sees the calf and the dances; and Moses being very angry cast the two tables out of his hands, and broke them to pieces under the mountain. 002 EXO 032 020 And having taken the calf which they made, he consumed it with fire, and ground it very small, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel to drink it. 002 EXO 032 021 And Moses said to Aaron, What has this people done to you, that you have brought upon them a great sin? 002 EXO 032 022 And Aaron said to Moses, Be not angry, [my] lord, for you know the impetuosity of this people. 002 EXO 032 023 For they say to me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him. 002 EXO 032 024 And I said to them, If any one has golden ornaments, take them off; and they gave them me, and I cast them into the fire, and there came out this calf. 002 EXO 032 025 And when Moses saw that the people was scattered, —for Aaron [had] scattered them [so as to be] a rejoicing to their enemies, — 002 EXO 032 026 then stood Moses at the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord's side? let him come to me. Then all the sons of Levi came to him. 002 EXO 032 027 And he says to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Put every one his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and kill every one his brother, and every one his neighbor, and every one him that is nearest to him. 002 EXO 032 028 And the sons of Levi did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of the people in that day to the [number of] three thousand men. 002 EXO 032 029 And Moses said to them, You have filled your hands this day to the Lord each one on his son or on his brother, so that blessing should be given to you. 002 EXO 032 030 And it came to pass after the morrow [had begun], that Moses said to the people, You have sinned a great sin; and now I will go up to God, that I may make atonement for your sin. 002 EXO 032 031 And Moses returned to the Lord and said, I pray, O Lord, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves golden gods. 002 EXO 032 032 And now if you will forgive their sin, forgive [it]; and if not, blot me out of your book, which you have written. 002 EXO 032 033 And the Lord said to Moses, If any one has sinned against me, I will blot them out of my book. 002 EXO 032 034 And now go, descend, and lead this people into the place of which I spoke to you: behold, my angel shall go before your face; and in the day when I shall visit I will bring upon them their sin. 002 EXO 032 035 And the Lord struck the people for the making the calf, which Aaron made. 002 EXO 033 001 And the Lord said to Moses, Go forward, go up hence, you and your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, into the land which I swore to Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed. 002 EXO 033 002 And I will send at the same time my angel before your face, and he shall cast out the Amorite and the Chettite, and the Pherezite and Gergesite, and Evite, and Jebusite, and Chananite. 002 EXO 033 003 And I will bring you into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up with you, because you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you by the way. 002 EXO 033 004 And the people having heard this grievous saying, mourned in mourning apparel. 002 EXO 033 005 For the Lord said to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people; take heed lest I bring on you another plague, and destroy you: now then put off your glorious apparel, and [your] ornaments, and I will show you what I will do to you. 002 EXO 033 006 So the sons of Israel took off their ornaments and their array at the mount of Choreb. 002 EXO 033 007 And Moses took his tabernacle and pitched it without the camp, at a distance from the camp; and it was called the Tabernacle of Testimony: and it came to pass [that] every one that sought the Lord went forth to the tabernacle which was without the camp. 002 EXO 033 008 And whenever Moses went into the tabernacle without the camp, all the people stood every one watching by the doors of his tent; and when Moses departed, they took notice until he entered into the tabernacle. 002 EXO 033 009 And when Moses entered into the tabernacle, the pillar of the cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and [God] talked to Moses. 002 EXO 033 010 And all the people saw the pillar of the cloud standing by the door of the tabernacle, and all the people stood and worshipped every one at the door of his tent. 002 EXO 033 011 And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as if one should speak to his friend; and he retired into the camp: but his servant Joshua the son of Naue, a young man, departed not forth from the tabernacle. 002 EXO 033 012 And Moses said to the Lord, Behold! you say to me, Lead on this people; but you have not showed me whom you will send with me, but you have said to me, I know you above all, and you have favor with me. 002 EXO 033 013 If then I have found favor in your sight, reveal yourself to me, that I may evidently see you; that I may find favor in your sight, and that I may know that this great nation [is] your people. 002 EXO 033 014 And he says, I myself will go before you, and give you rest. 002 EXO 033 015 And he says to him, If you go not up with us yourself, bring me not up hence. 002 EXO 033 016 And how shall it be surely known, that both I and this people have found favor with you, except only if you go with us? So both I and your people shall be glorified beyond all the nations, as many as are upon the earth. 002 EXO 033 017 And the Lord said to Moses, I will also do for you this thing, which you have spoken; for you have found grace before me, and I know you above all. 002 EXO 033 018 And [Moses] says, Manifest yourself to me. 002 EXO 033 019 And [God] said, I will pass by before you with my glory, and I will call by my name, the Lord, before you; and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and will have pity on whom I will have pity. 002 EXO 033 020 And [God] said, You shall not be able to see my face; for no man shall see my face, and live. 002 EXO 033 021 And the Lord said, Behold, [there is] a place by me: you shall stand upon the rock; 002 EXO 033 022 and when my glory shall pass by, then I will put you into a hole of the rock; and I will cover you over with my hand, until I shall have passed by. 002 EXO 033 023 And I will remove my hand, and then shall you see my back parts; but my face shall not appear to you. 002 EXO 034 001 And the Lord said to Moses, Hew for yourself two tables of stone, as also the first were, and come up to me to the mountain; and I will write upon the tables the words, which were on the first tables, which you broke. 002 EXO 034 002 And be ready by the morning, and you shall go up to the mount Sina, and shall stand there for me on the top of the mountain. 002 EXO 034 003 And let no one go up with you, nor be seen in all the mountain; and let not the sheep and oxen feed near that mountain. 002 EXO 034 004 And [Moses] hewed two tables of stone, as also the first were; and Moses having arisen early, went up to the mount Sina, as the Lord appointed him; and Moses took the two tables of stone. 002 EXO 034 005 And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood near him there, and called by the name of the Lord. 002 EXO 034 006 And the Lord passed by before his face, and proclaimed, The Lord God, pitiful and merciful, longsuffering and very compassionate, and true, 002 EXO 034 007 and keeping justice and mercy for thousands, taking away iniquity, and unrighteousness, and sins; and he will not clear the guilty; bringing the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and to the children's children, to the third and fourth generation. 002 EXO 034 008 And Moses hasted, and bowed to the earth and worshipped; 002 EXO 034 009 and said, If I have found grace before you, let my Lord go with us; for the people is stiff-necked: and you shall take away our sins and our iniquities, and we will be your. 002 EXO 034 010 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I establish a covenant for you in the presence of all your people; I will do glorious things, which have not been done in all the earth, or in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the works of the Lord, that they are wonderful, which I will do for you. 002 EXO 034 011 Do you take heed to all things whatever I command you: behold, I cast out before your face the Amorite and the Chananite and the Pherezite, and the Chettite, and Evite, and Gergesite and Jebusite: 002 EXO 034 012 take heed to yourself, lest at any time you make a covenant with the dwellers on the land, into which you are entering, lest it be to you a stumbling block among you. 002 EXO 034 013 You shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their groves, and the graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire. 002 EXO 034 014 For you shall not worship strange gods, for the Lord God, a jealous name, is a jealous God; 002 EXO 034 015 lest at any time you make a covenant with the dwellers on the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and they call you, and you should eat of their feasts, 002 EXO 034 016 and you should take of their daughters to your sons, and you should give of your daughters to their sons; and your daughters should go a whoring after their gods, and your sons should go a whoring after their gods. 002 EXO 034 017 And you shall not make to yourself molten gods. 002 EXO 034 018 And you shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days shall you eat unleavened bread, as I have charged you, at the season in the month of new [corn]; for in the month of new [corn] you came out from Egypt. 002 EXO 034 019 The males [are] mine, everything that opens the womb; every firstborn of oxen, and [every] firstborn of sheep. 002 EXO 034 020 And the firstborn of an ass you shall redeem with a sheep, and if you will not redeem it you shall pay a price: every firstborn of your sons shall you redeem: you shall not appear before me empty. 002 EXO 034 021 Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: [there shall be] rest in seed time and harvest. 002 EXO 034 022 And you shall keep to me the feast of weeks, the beginning of wheat harvest; and the feast of ingathering in the middle of the year. 002 EXO 034 023 Three times in the year shall every male of your appear before the Lord the God of Israel. 002 EXO 034 024 For when I shall have cast out the nations before your face, and shall have enlarged your coasts, no one shall desire your land, whenever you may go up to appear before the Lord your God, three times in the year. 002 EXO 034 025 You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifices with leaven, neither shall the sacrifices of the feast of the passover remain till the morning. 002 EXO 034 026 The first fruits of your land shall you put into the house of the Lord your God: you shall not boil a lamb in his mother's milk. 002 EXO 034 027 And the Lord said to Moses, Write these words for yourself, for on these words I have established a covenant with you and with Israel. 002 EXO 034 028 And Moses was there before the Lord forty days, and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water; and he wrote upon the tables these words of the covenant, the ten sayings. 002 EXO 034 029 And when Moses went down from the mountain, [there were] the two tables in the hands of Moses, —as then he went down from the mountain, Moses knew not that the appearance of the skin of his face was glorified, when God spoke to him. 002 EXO 034 030 And Aaron and all the elders of Israel saw Moses, and the appearance of the skin of his face was made glorious, and they feared to approach him. 002 EXO 034 031 And Moses called them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the synagogue turned towards him, and Moses spoke to them. 002 EXO 034 032 And afterwards all the children of Israel came to him, and he commanded them all things, whatever the Lord had commanded him in the mount of Sina. 002 EXO 034 033 And when he ceased speaking to them, he put a veil on his face. 002 EXO 034 034 And whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak to him, he took off the veil till he went out, and he went forth and spoke to all the children of Israel whatever the Lord commanded him. 002 EXO 034 035 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that it was glorified; and Moses put the veil over his face, till he went in to speak with him. 002 EXO 035 001 And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said, These are the words which the Lord has spoken for [you] to do them. 002 EXO 035 002 Six days shall you perform works, but on the seventh day [shall be] rest—a holy sabbath—a rest for the Lord: every one that does work on it, let him die. 002 EXO 035 003 You shall not burn a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath-day; I [am] the Lord. 002 EXO 035 004 And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the Lord has appointed you, saying, 002 EXO 035 005 Take of yourselves an offering for the Lord: every one that engages in his heart shall bring the first fruits to the Lord; gold, silver, brass, 002 EXO 035 006 blue, purple, double scarlet spun, and fine linen spun, and goats' hair, 002 EXO 035 007 and rams' skins dyed red, and skins [dyed] blue, and incorruptible wood, 002 EXO 035 008 and sardine stones, and stones for engraving for the shoulder-piece and full-length robe. 002 EXO 035 009 And every man that is wise in heart among you, let him come and work all things whatever the Lord has commanded. 002 EXO 035 010 The tabernacle, and the cords, and the coverings, and the rings, and the bars, and the posts, 002 EXO 035 011 and the ark of the testimony, and its staves, and its propitiatory, and the veil, 002 EXO 035 012 and the curtains of the court, and its posts, 002 EXO 035 013 and the emerald stones, 002 EXO 035 014 and the incense, and the anointing oil, 002 EXO 035 015 and the table and all its furniture, 002 EXO 035 016 and the candlestick for the light and all its furniture, 002 EXO 035 017 and the altar and all its furniture; 002 EXO 035 018 and the holy garments of Aaron the priest, and the garments in which they shall do service; 002 EXO 035 019 and the garments of priesthood for the sons of Aaron and the anointing oil, and the compound incense. 002 EXO 035 020 And all the congregation of the children of Israel went out from Moses. And they brought, they whose heart prompted them, and they to whoever it seemed good in their mind, each and offering: 002 EXO 035 021 and they brought an offering to the Lord for all the works of the tabernacle of witness, and all its services, and for all the robes of the sanctuary. 002 EXO 035 022 And the men, even every one to whom it seemed good in his heart, brought from the women, [even] brought seals and ear-rings, and finger-rings, and necklaces, and bracelets, every article of gold. 002 EXO 035 023 And all as many as brought ornaments of gold to the Lord, and with whoever fine linen was found; and they brought skins [dyed] blue, and rams' skins dyed red. 002 EXO 035 024 And every one that offered an offering brought silver and brass, the offerings to the Lord; and [they] with whom was found incorruptible wood; and they brought [offerings] for all the works of the preparation. 002 EXO 035 025 And every woman skilled in her heart to spin with her hands, brought spun [articles], the blue, and purple, and scarlet and fine linen. 002 EXO 035 026 And all the women to whom it seemed good in their heart in their wisdom, spun the goats' hair. 002 EXO 035 027 And the rulers brought the emerald stones, and the stones for setting in the ephod, and the oracle, 002 EXO 035 028 and the compounds both for the anointing oil, and the composition of the incense. 002 EXO 035 029 And every man and woman whose mind inclined them to come in and do all the works as many as the Lord appointed them to do by Moses—[they] the children of Israel brought an offering to the Lord. 002 EXO 035 030 And Moses said to the children of Israel, Behold, God has called by name Beseleel the [son] of Urias the [son of] Or, of the tribe of Juda, 002 EXO 035 031 and has filled him with a divine spirit of wisdom and understanding, and knowledge of all things, 002 EXO 035 032 to labor skillfully in all works of cunning workmanship, to form the gold and the silver and the brass, 002 EXO 035 033 and to work in stone, and to fashion the wood, and to work in every work of wisdom. 002 EXO 035 034 And [God] gave improvement in understanding both to him, and to Eliab the [son] of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan. 002 EXO 035 035 And [God] filled them with wisdom, understanding [and] perception, to understand to work all the works of the sanctuary, and to weave the woven and embroidered work with scarlet and fine linen, to do all work of curious workmanship [and] embroidery. 002 EXO 036 001 And Beseleel wrought, and Eliab and every one wise in understanding, to whom was given wisdom and knowledge, to understand to do all the works according to the holy offices, according to all things which the Lord appointed. 002 EXO 036 002 And Moses called Beseleel and Eliab, and all that had wisdom, to whom God gave knowledge in [their] heart, and all who were freely willing to come forward to the works, to perform them. 002 EXO 036 003 And they received from Moses all the offerings, which the children of Israel brought for all the works of the sanctuary to do them; and they continued to receive the gifts brought, from those who brought them in the morning. 002 EXO 036 004 And there came all the wise men who wrought the works of the sanctuary, each according to his own work, which they wrought. 002 EXO 036 005 And one said to Moses, The people bring an abundance [too great] in proportion to all the works which the Lord has appointed [them] to do. 002 EXO 036 006 And Moses commanded, and proclaimed in the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman any longer labor for the offerings of the sanctuary; and the people were restrained from bringing any more. 002 EXO 036 007 And they had materials sufficient for making the furniture, and they left some besides. 002 EXO 036 008 And every wise one among those that wrought made the robes of the holy places, which belong to Aaron the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 036 009 And he made the ephod of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined. 002 EXO 036 010 And the plates were divided, the threads of gold, so as to interweave with the blue and purple, and with the spun scarlet, and the fine linen twined, they made it a woven work; 002 EXO 036 011 shoulder-pieces joined from both sides, a work woven by mutual twisting of the parts into one another. 002 EXO 036 012 They made it of the same material according to the making of it, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, as the Lord commanded Moses; 002 EXO 036 013 and they made the two emerald stones clasped together and set in gold, graven and cut after the cutting of a seal with the names of the children of Israel; 002 EXO 036 014 and he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, [as] stones of memorial of the children of Israel, as the Lord appointed Moses. 002 EXO 036 015 And they made the oracle, a work woven with embroidery, according to the work of the ephod, of gold, and blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined. 002 EXO 036 016 They made the oracle square [and] double, the length of a span, and the breadth of a span, —double. 002 EXO 036 017 And there was interwoven with it a woven work of four rows of stones, a series of stones, the first row, a sardius and topaz and emerald; 002 EXO 036 018 and the second row, a carbuncle and sapphire and jasper; 002 EXO 036 019 and the third row, a ligure and agate and amethyst; 002 EXO 036 020 and the fourth row a chrysolite and beryl and onyx set round about with gold, and fastened with gold. 002 EXO 036 021 And the stones were twelve according to the names of the children of Israel, graven according to their names like seals, each according to his own name for the twelve tribes. 002 EXO 036 022 And they made on the oracle turned wreaths, wreathen work, of pure gold, 002 EXO 036 023 and they made two golden circlets and two golden rings. 002 EXO 036 024 And they put the two golden rings on both the [upper] corners of the oracle; 002 EXO 036 025 and they put the golden wreaths on the rings on both sides of the oracle, and the two wreaths into the two couplings. 002 EXO 036 026 And they put them on the two circlets, and they put them on the shoulders of the ephod opposite [each other] in front. 002 EXO 036 027 And they made two golden rings, and put them on the two projections on the top of the oracle, and on the top of the hinder part of the ephod within. 002 EXO 036 028 And they made two golden rings, and put them on both the shoulders of the ephod under it, in front by the coupling above the connexion of the ephod. 002 EXO 036 029 And he fastened the oracle by the rings that were on it to the rings of the ephod, which were fastened with [a string] of blue, joined together with the woven work of the ephod; that the oracle should not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 036 030 And they made the tunic under the ephod, woven work, all of blue. 002 EXO 036 031 And the opening of the tunic in the midst woven closely together, the opening having a fringe round about, that it might not be tore. 002 EXO 036 032 And they made on the border of the tunic below pomegranates as of a flowering pomegranate tree, of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined. 002 EXO 036 033 And they made golden bells, and put the bells on the border of the tunic round about between the pomegranates: 002 EXO 036 034 a golden bell and a pomegranate on the border of the tunic round about, for the ministration, as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 036 035 And they made vestments of fine linen, a woven work, for Aaron and his sons, 002 EXO 036 036 and the tires of fine linen, and the mitre of fine linen, and the drawers of fine linen twined; 002 EXO 036 037 and their girdles of fine linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet spun, the work of an embroiderer, according as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 036 038 And they made the golden plate, a dedicated thing of the sanctuary, of pure gold; 002 EXO 036 039 and he wrote upon it graven letters [as] of a seal, Holiness to the Lord. 002 EXO 036 040 And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 037 001 And they made ten curtains for the tabernacle; 002 EXO 037 002 of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same [measure] was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits. 002 EXO 037 003 And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubs. 002 EXO 037 004 And they put it on four posts of incorruptible [wood] overlaid with gold; and their chapiters were gold, and their four sockets were silver. 002 EXO 037 005 And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs, 002 EXO 037 006 and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass. 002 EXO 037 007 And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred [cubits] every way, 002 EXO 037 008 and their posts twenty, and their sockets twenty; 002 EXO 037 009 and on the north side a hundred every way, and on the south side a hundred every way, and their posts twenty and their sockets twenty. 002 EXO 037 010 And on the west side curtains of fifty cubits, their posts ten and their sockets ten. 002 EXO 037 011 And on the east side curtains of fifty cubits of fifteen cubits behind, 002 EXO 037 012 and their pillars three, and their sockets three. 002 EXO 037 013 And at the second back on this side and on that by the gate of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three; 002 EXO 037 014 all the curtains of the tabernacle of fine linen twined. 002 EXO 037 015 And the sockets of their pillars of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the court overlaid with silver: 002 EXO 037 016 and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court; 002 EXO 037 017 and their pillars four, and their sockets four of brass, and their hooks of silver, and their chapiters overlaid with silver. 002 EXO 037 018 And all the pins of the court round about of brass, and they [were] overlaid with silver. 002 EXO 037 019 And this was the construction of the tabernacle of witness, accordingly as it was appointed to Moses; so that the public service should belong to the Levites, through Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 002 EXO 037 020 And Beseleel the son of Urias of the tribe of Juda, did as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 037 021 And Eliab the son of Achisamach of the tribe of Dan [was there], who was chief artificer in the woven works and needle-works and embroideries, in weaving with the scarlet and fine linen. 002 EXO 038 001 And Beseleel made the ark, 002 EXO 038 002 and overlaid it with pure gold within and without; 002 EXO 038 003 and he cast for it four golden rings, two on the one side, and two on the other, 002 EXO 038 004 wide [enough] for the staves, so that men should bear the ark with them. 002 EXO 038 005 And he made the propitiatory over the ark of pure gold, 002 EXO 038 006 and the two cherubs of gold; 002 EXO 038 007 one cherub on the one end of the propitiatory, and another cherub on the other end of the propitiatory, 002 EXO 038 008 overshadowing the propitiatory with their wings. 002 EXO 038 009 And he made the set table of pure gold, 002 EXO 038 010 and cast for it four rings: two on the one side and two on the other side, broad, so that [men] should lift it with the staves in them. 002 EXO 038 011 And he made the staves of the ark and of the table, and gilded them with gold. 002 EXO 038 012 And he made the furniture of the table, both the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the bowls with which he should offer drink-offerings, of gold. 002 EXO 038 013 And he made the candlestick which gives light, of gold; 002 EXO 038 014 the stem solid, and the branches from both its sides; 002 EXO 038 015 and blossoms proceeding from its branches, three on this side, and three on the other, made equal to each other. 002 EXO 038 016 And [as to] their lamps, which are on the ends, knops [proceeded] from them; and sockets proceeding from them, that the lamps might be upon them; and the seventh socket, on the top of the candlestick, on the summit above, entirely of solid gold. 002 EXO 038 017 And on the candlestick seven golden lamps, and its snuffers gold, and its funnels gold. 002 EXO 038 018 He overlaid the posts [with silver], and cast for each post golden rings, and gilded the bars with gold; and he gilded the posts of the veil with gold, and made the hooks of gold. 002 EXO 038 019 He made also the rings of the tabernacle of gold; and the rings of the court, and the rings for drawing out the veil above of brass. 002 EXO 038 020 He cast the silver chapiters of the tabernacle, and the brazen chapiters of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court; and he made silver hooks for the posts, he overlaid them with silver on the posts. 002 EXO 038 021 He made the pins of the tabernacle and the pins of the court of brass. 002 EXO 038 022 He made the brazen altar of the brazen censers, which belonged to the men engaged in sedition with the gathering of Core. 002 EXO 038 023 He made all the vessels of the altar and its grate, and its base, and its bowls, and the brazen flesh hooks. 002 EXO 038 024 He made an appendage for the altar of network under the grate, beneath it as far as the middle of it; and he fastened to it four brazen rings on the four parts of the appendage of the altar, wide [enough] for the bars, so as to bear the altar with them. 002 EXO 038 025 He made the holy anointing oil and the composition of the incense, the pure work of the perfumer. 002 EXO 038 026 He made the brazen laver, and the brazen base of it of the mirrors of the women that fasted, who fasted by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, in the day in which he set it up. 002 EXO 038 027 And he made the laver, that at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet: when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whenever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed at it, as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 039 001 All the gold that was employed for the works according to all the fabrication of the holy things, was of the gold of the offerings, twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and twenty shekels according to the holy shekel. 002 EXO 039 002 And the offering of silver from the men that were numbered of the congregation a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, one drachm apiece, even the half shekel, according to the holy shekel. 002 EXO 039 003 Every one that passed the survey from twenty years old and upwards to the [number of] six hundred thousand, and three thousand five hundred and fifty. 002 EXO 039 004 And the hundred talents of silver went to the casting of the hundred chapiters of the tabernacle, and to the chapiters of the veil; 002 EXO 039 005 a hundred chapiters to the hundred talents, a talent to a chapiter. 002 EXO 039 006 And the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he formed into hooks for the pillars, and he gilt their chapiters and adorned them. 002 EXO 039 007 And the brass of the offering [was] seventy talents, and a thousand five hundred shekels; 002 EXO 039 008 and they made of it the bases of the door of the tabernacle of witness, 002 EXO 039 009 and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court round about; 002 EXO 039 010 and the brazen appendage of the altar, and all the vessels of the altar, and all the instruments of the tabernacle of witness. 002 EXO 039 011 And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 002 EXO 039 012 And of the gold that remained of the offering they made vessels to minister with before the Lord. 002 EXO 039 013 And the blue that was left, and the purple, and the scarlet they made [into] garments of ministry for Aaron, so that he should minister with them in the sanctuary; 002 EXO 039 014 and they brought the garments to Moses, and the tabernacle, and its furniture, its bases and its bars and the posts; 002 EXO 039 015 and the ark of the covenant, and its bearers, and the altar and all its furniture. 002 EXO 039 016 And they made the anointing oil, and the incense of composition, and the pure candlestick, 002 EXO 039 017 and its lamps, lamps for burning, and oil for the light, 002 EXO 039 018 and the table of show bread, and all its furniture, and the show bread upon it, 002 EXO 039 019 and the garments of the sanctuary which belong to Aaron, and the garments of his sons, for the priestly ministry; 002 EXO 039 020 and the curtains of the court, and the posts, and the veil of the door of the tabernacle, and the gate of the court, 002 EXO 039 021 and all the vessels of the tabernacle and all its instruments: and the skins, even rams' skins dyed red, and the blue coverings, and the coverings of the other things, and the pins, and all the instruments for the works of the tabernacle of witness. 002 EXO 039 022 Whatsoever things the Lord appointed Moses, so did the children of Israel make all the furniture. 002 EXO 039 023 And Moses saw all the works; and they had done them all as the Lord commanded Moses, so had they made them; and Moses blessed them. 002 EXO 040 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 002 EXO 040 002 On the first day of the first month, at the new moon, you shall set up the tabernacle of witness, 002 EXO 040 003 and you shall place [in it] the ark of the testimony, and shall cover the ark with the veil, 002 EXO 040 004 and you shall bring in the table and shall set forth that which is to be set forth on it; and you shall bring in the candlestick and place its lamps on it. 002 EXO 040 005 And you shall place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and you shall put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness. 002 EXO 040 006 And you shall put the altar of burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and you shall set up the tabernacle round about, and you shall hallow all that belongs to it round about. 002 EXO 040 009 And you shall take the anointing oil, and shall anoint the tabernacle, and all things in it; and shall sanctify it, and all its furniture, and it shall be holy. 002 EXO 040 010 And you shall anoint the altar of burnt offerings, and all its furniture; and you shall hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy. 002 EXO 040 012 And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and you shall wash them with water. 002 EXO 040 013 And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments, and you shall anoint him, and you shall sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest. 002 EXO 040 014 And you shall bring up his sons, and shall put garments on them. 002 EXO 040 015 And you shall anoint them as you did anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations. 002 EXO 040 016 And Moses did all things whatever the Lord commanded him, so did he. 002 EXO 040 017 And it came to pass in the first month, in the second year after their going forth out of Egypt, at the new moon, that the tabernacle was set up. 002 EXO 040 018 And Moses set up the tabernacle, and put on the chapiters, and put the bars into their places, and set up the posts. 002 EXO 040 019 And he stretched out the curtains over the tabernacle, and put the veil of the tabernacle on it above as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 040 020 And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves by the sides of the ark. 002 EXO 040 021 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and put on [it] the covering of the veil, and covered the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 040 022 And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle. 002 EXO 040 023 And he put on it the show bread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 040 024 And he put the candlestick into the tabernacle of witness, on the side of the tabernacle toward the south. 002 EXO 040 025 And he put on it its lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 002 EXO 040 026 And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil; 002 EXO 040 027 and he burnt on it incense of composition, as the Lord commanded Moses. 002 EXO 040 029 And he put the altar of the burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle. 002 EXO 040 031 And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works. 002 EXO 040 034 And the cloud covered the tabernacle of witness, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord. 002 EXO 040 035 And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of testimony, because the cloud overshadowed it, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord. 002 EXO 040 036 And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, the children of Israel prepared to depart with their baggage. 002 EXO 040 037 And if the cloud went not up, they did not prepare to depart, till the day when the cloud went up. 002 EXO 040 038 For a cloud was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night before all Israel, in all their journeyings. # # BOOK 003 LEV Leviticus Leviticus 003 LEV 001 001 And the Lord called Moses again and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of witness, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, 003 LEV 001 002 If [any] man of you shall bring gifts to the Lord, you shall bring your gifts of the cattle and of the oxen and of the sheep. 003 LEV 001 003 If his gift be a whole burnt offering, he shall bring an unblemished male of the herd to the door of the tabernacle of witness, he shall bring it as acceptable before the Lord. 003 LEV 001 004 And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering as a thing acceptable for him, to make atonement for him. 003 LEV 001 005 And they shall kill the calf before the Lord; and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring the blood, and they shall pour the blood round about on the altar, which [is] at the doors of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 001 006 And having flayed the whole burnt offering, they shall divide it by its limbs. 003 LEV 001 007 And the sons of Aaron the priests shall put fire on the altar, and shall pile wood on the fire. 003 LEV 001 008 And the sons of Aaron the priests shall pile up the divided parts, and the head, and the fat on the wood on the fire, [the wood] which is on the altar. 003 LEV 001 009 And the entrails and the feet they shall wash in water, and the priests shall put all on the altar: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 001 010 And if his gift [be] of the sheep to the Lord, or of the lambs, or of the kids for whole burnt offerings, he shall bring it a male without blemish. 003 LEV 001 011 And he shall lay his hand on its head; and they shall kill it by the side of the altar, toward the north before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour its blood on the altar round about. 003 LEV 001 012 And they shall divide it by its limbs, and its head and its fat, and the priests shall pile them up on the wood which is on the fire, on the altar. 003 LEV 001 013 And they shall wash the entrails and the feet with water, and the priest shall bring all the [parts] and put them on the altar: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 001 014 And if he bring his gift, a burnt offering to the Lord, of birds, then shall he bring his gift of doves or pigeons. 003 LEV 001 015 And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and shall wring off its head; and the priest shall put it on the altar, and shall wring out the blood at the bottom of the altar. 003 LEV 001 016 And he shall take away the crop with the feathers, and shall cast it forth by the altar toward the east to the place of the ashes. 003 LEV 001 017 And he shall break it off from the wings and shall not separate it, and the priest shall put it on the altar on the wood which is on the fire: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a sweet smelling savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 002 001 And if a soul bring a gift, a sacrifice to the Lord, his gift shall be fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and shall put frankincense on it: it is a sacrifice. 003 LEV 002 002 And he shall bring it to the priests the sons of Aaron: and having taken from it a handful of the fine flour with the oil, and all its frankincense, then the priest shall put the memorial of it on the altar: [it is] a sacrifice, an odour of sweet savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 002 003 And the remainder of the sacrifice shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from the sacrifices of the Lord. 003 LEV 002 004 And if he bring as a gift a sacrifice baked from the oven, a gift to the Lord of fine flour, [he shall bring] unleavened bread kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil. 003 LEV 002 005 And if your gift [be] a sacrifice from a pan, it is fine flour mingled with oil, unleavened [offerings]. 003 LEV 002 006 And you shall break them into fragments and pour oil upon them: it is a sacrifice to the Lord. 003 LEV 002 007 And if your gift be a sacrifice from the hearth, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 003 LEV 002 008 And he shall offer the sacrifice which he shall make of these to the Lord, and shall bring it to the priest. 003 LEV 002 009 And the priest shall approach the altar, and shall take away from the sacrifice a memorial of it, and the priest shall place it on the altar: a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 002 010 And that which is left of the sacrifice [shall be] for Aaron and his sons, most holy from the burnt offerings of the Lord. 003 LEV 002 011 You shall not leaven any sacrifice which you shall bring to the Lord; for [as to] any leaven, or any honey, you shall not bring of it to offer a gift to the Lord. 003 LEV 002 012 You shall bring them in the way of fruits to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a sweet smelling savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 002 013 And every gift of your sacrifice shall be seasoned with salt; omit not the salt of the covenant of the Lord from your sacrifices: on every gift of yours you shall offer salt to the Lord your God. 003 LEV 002 014 And if you would offer a sacrifice of first fruits to the Lord, [it shall be] new grains ground [and] roasted for the Lord; so shall you bring the sacrifice of the first fruits. 003 LEV 002 015 And you shall pour oil upon it, and shall put frankincense on it: it is a sacrifice. 003 LEV 002 016 And the priest shall offer the memorial of it [taken] from the grains with the oil, and all its frankincense: it is a burnt offering to the Lord. 003 LEV 003 001 And if his gift to the Lord be a peace-offering, if he should bring it of the oxen, whether it be male or whether it be female, he shall bring it unblemished before the Lord. 003 LEV 003 002 And he shall lay his hands on the head of the gift, and shall kill it before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. And the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood on the altar of burnt offerings round about. 003 LEV 003 003 And they shall bring of the peace-offering a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, the fat covering the belly, and all the fat on the belly. 003 LEV 003 004 And the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them; he shall take away that which is on the thighs, and the caul above the liver together with the kidneys. 003 LEV 003 005 And the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer them on the altar on the burnt offering, on the wood which is on the fire upon the altar: [it is] a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 003 006 And if his gift be of the sheep, a peace-offering to the Lord, male or female, he shall bring it unblemished. 003 LEV 003 007 If he bring a lamb for his gift, he shall bring it before the Lord. 003 LEV 003 008 And he shall lay his hands on the head of his offering, and shall kill it by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about. 003 LEV 003 009 And he shall bring of the peace-offering a burnt sacrifice to the Lord: the fat and the hinder part unblemished he shall take away with the loins, and having taken away all the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly, 003 LEV 003 010 and both the kidneys and the fat that is upon them, [and] that which is on the thighs, and the caul which is on the liver with the kidneys, 003 LEV 003 011 the priest shall offer these on the altar: [it is] a sacrifice of sweet savor, a burnt offering to the Lord. 003 LEV 003 012 And if his offering be of the goats, then shall he bring it before the Lord. 003 LEV 003 013 And he shall lay his hands on its head; and they shall kill it before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about. 003 LEV 003 014 And he shall offer of it a burnt offering to the Lord, [even] the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly. 003 LEV 003 015 And both the kidneys, and all the fat that is upon them, that which is upon the thighs, and the caul of the liver with the kidneys, shall he take away. 003 LEV 003 016 And the priest shall offer it upon the altar: [it is] a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. All the fat [belongs] to the Lord. 003 LEV 003 017 [It is] a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your habitations; you shall eat no fat and no blood. 003 LEV 004 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 004 002 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin unwillingly before the Lord, in any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which he ought not to do, and shall do some of them; 003 LEV 004 003 if the anointed priest sin so as to cause the people to sin, then shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned, an unblemished calf of the herd to the Lord for his sin. 003 LEV 004 004 And he shall bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord, and he shall put his hand on the head of the calf before the Lord, and shall kill the calf in the presence of the Lord. 003 LEV 004 005 And the anointed priest who has been consecrated having received of the blood of the calf, shall then bring it into the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 004 006 And the priest shall dip his finger into the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, over against the holy veil. 003 LEV 004 007 And the priest shall put of the blood of the calf on the horns of the altar of the compound incense which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and all the blood of the calf shall he pour out by the foot of the altar of whole burnt offerings, which is by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 004 008 and all the fat of the calf of the sin-offering shall he take off from it; the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards, 003 LEV 004 009 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is on the thighs, and the caul that is on the liver with the kidneys, them shall he take away, 003 LEV 004 010 as he takes it away from the calf of the sacrifice of peace-offering, so shall the priest offer it on the altar of burnt offering. 003 LEV 004 011 And [they shall take] the skin of the calf, and all his flesh with the head and the extremities and the belly and the dung, 003 LEV 004 012 and they shall carry out the whole calf out of the camp into a clean place, where they pour out the ashes, and they shall consume it there on wood with fire: it shall be burnt on the ashes poured out. 003 LEV 004 013 And if the whole congregation of Israel trespass ignorantly, and a thing should escape the notice of the congregation, and they should do one thing forbidden of any of the commands of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and should transgress: 003 LEV 004 014 and the sin wherein they have sinned should become known to them, then shall the congregation bring an unblemished calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and they shall bring it to the doors of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 004 015 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the calf before the Lord, and they shall kill the calf before the Lord. 003 LEV 004 016 And the anointed priest shall bring in of the blood of the calf into the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 004 017 And the priest shall dip his finger into some of the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil of the sanctuary. 003 LEV 004 018 And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of the incense of composition, which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and he shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offerings, which is by the door of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 004 019 And he shall take away all the fat from it, and shall offer it up on the altar. 003 LEV 004 020 And he shall do to the calf as he did to the calf of the sin-offering, so shall it be done; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and the trespass shall be forgiven them. 003 LEV 004 021 And they shall carry forth the calf whole without the camp, and they shall burn the calf as they burnt the former calf: it is the sin-offering of the congregation. 003 LEV 004 022 And if a ruler sin, and break one of all the commands of the Lord his God, [doing the thing] which ought not to be done, unwillingly, and shall sin and trespass, 003 LEV 004 023 and his trespass wherein he has sinned, be known to him, then shall he offer for his gift a kid of the goats, a male without blemish. 003 LEV 004 024 And he shall lay his hand on the head of the kid, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the [victims for] whole burnt offerings before the Lord; it is a sin-offering. 003 LEV 004 025 And the priest shall put some of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offering; and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offerings. 003 LEV 004 026 And he shall offer up all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 003 LEV 004 027 And if a soul of the people of the land should sin unwillingly, in doing a thing [contrary to] any of the commandments of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and shall transgress, 003 LEV 004 028 and his sin should be known to him, wherein he has sinned, then shall he bring a kid of the goats, a female without blemish shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned. 003 LEV 004 029 And he shall lay his hand on the head of his sin-offering, and they shall kill the kid of the sin-offering in the place where they kill the [victims for] whole burnt offerings. 003 LEV 004 030 And the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offerings; and all its blood he shall pour forth by the foot of the altar. 003 LEV 004 031 And he shall take away all the fat, as the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offering, and the priest shall offer it on the altar for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and [his sin] shall be forgiven him. 003 LEV 004 032 And if he should offer a lamb for his sin-offering, he shall offer it a female without blemish. 003 LEV 004 033 And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin-offerings, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the [victims for] whole burnt offerings. 003 LEV 004 034 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offerings, and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offering. 003 LEV 004 035 And he shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the lamb of the sacrifice of peace-offering is taken away, and the priest shall put it on the altar for a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. 003 LEV 005 001 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and he is a witness or has seen or been conscious, if he do not report it, he shall bear his iniquity. 003 LEV 005 002 That soul which shall touch any unclean thing, or carcase, or [that which is] unclean being taken of beasts, or the dead bodies of abominable [reptiles] which are unclean, or carcases of unclean cattle, 003 LEV 005 003 or should touch the uncleanness of a man, or whatever kind, which he may touch and be defiled by, and it should have escaped him, but afterwards he should know, —then he shall have transgressed. 003 LEV 005 004 That unrighteous soul, which determines with his lips to do evil or to do good according to whatever a man may determine with an oath, and it shall have escaped his notice, and he shall [afterwards] know [it], and [so] he should sin in some one of these things: 003 LEV 005 005 —then shall he declare his sin in the tings wherein he has sinned by that sin. 003 LEV 005 006 And he shall bring for his transgressions against the Lord, for his sin which he has sinned, a ewe lamb of the flock, or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and his sin shall be forgiven him. 003 LEV 005 007 And if he can’t afford a sheep, he shall bring for his sin which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the Lord; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt offering. 003 LEV 005 008 And he shall bring them to the priest, and the priest shall bring the sin-offering first; and the priest shall pinch off the head from the neck, and shall not divide the body. 003 LEV 005 009 And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering on the side of the altar, but the rest of the blood he shall drop at the foot of the altar, for it is a sin-offering. 003 LEV 005 010 And he shall make the second a whole burnt offering, as it is fit; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin which he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. 003 LEV 005 011 And if he can’t afford a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then shall he bring as his gift for his sin, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering; he shall not pour oil upon it, nor shall he put frankincense upon it, because it is a sin-offering. 003 LEV 005 012 And he shall bring it to the priest; and the priest having taken a handful of it, shall lay the memorial of it on the altar of whole burnt offerings to the Lord; it is a sin-offering. 003 LEV 005 013 And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, which he has sinned in one of these things, and it shall be forgiven him; and that which is left shall be the priest's, as an offering of fine flour. 003 LEV 005 014 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 005 015 The soul which shall be really unconscious, and shall sin unwillingly in any of the holy things of the Lord, shall even bring to the Lord for his transgression, a ram of the flock without blemish, valued according to shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for his [transgression] wherein he transgressed. 003 LEV 005 016 And he shall make compensation for that wherein he has sinned in the holy things; and he shall add the fifth part to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of transgression, and [his sin] shall be forgiven him. 003 LEV 005 017 And the soul which shall sin, and do one thing [against] any of the commandments of the Lord, which it is not right to do, and has not known it, and shall have transgressed, and shall have contracted guilt, 003 LEV 005 018 he shall even bring a ram without blemish from the flock, [valued] at a price of silver for his transgression to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for his trespass of ignorance, wherein he ignorantly trespassed, and he knew it not; and it shall be forgiven him. 003 LEV 005 019 For he has surely been guilty of transgression before the Lord. 003 LEV 006 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 006 002 The soul which shall have sinned, and willfully overlooked the commandments of the Lord, and shall have dealt falsely in the affairs of his neighbor in the matter of a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning plunder, or has in anything wronged his neighbor, 003 LEV 006 003 or has found that which was lost, and shall have lied concerning it, and shall have sworn unjustly concerning [any] one of all the things, whatever a man may do, so as to sin hereby; 003 LEV 006 004 it shall come to pass, whenever he shall have sinned, and transgressed, that he shall restore the plunder which he has seized, or [redress] the injury which he has committed, or restore the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost article which he has found of any kind, about which he swore unjustly, he shall even restore it in full; and he shall add to it a fifth part besides; he shall restore it to him whose it is in the day in which he happens to be convicted. 003 LEV 006 005 And he shall bring to the Lord for his trespass, a ram of the flock, without blemish, of value to the amount of the thing in which he trespassed. 003 LEV 006 006 And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of all the things which he did and trespassed in it. 003 LEV 006 007 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 006 008 Charge Aaron and his sons, saying, 003 LEV 006 009 This [is] the law of whole burnt offering; this is the whole burnt offering in its burning on the altar all the night till the morning; and the fire of the altar shall burn on it, it shall not be put out. 003 LEV 006 010 And the priest shall put on the linen tunic, and he shall put the linen drawers on his body; and shall take away that which has been thoroughly burnt, which the fire shall have consumed, even the whole burnt offering from the altar, and he shall put it near the altar. 003 LEV 006 011 And he shall put off his robe, and put on another robe, and he shall take forth the offering that has been burnt without the camp into a clean place. 003 LEV 006 012 And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, and shall not be extinguished; and the priest shall burn on it wood every morning, and shall heap on it the whole burnt offering, and shall lay on it the fat of the peace-offering. 003 LEV 006 013 And the fire shall always burn on the altar; it shall not be extinguished. 003 LEV 006 014 This is the law of the sacrifice, which the sons of Aaron shall bring near before the Lord, before the altar. 003 LEV 006 015 And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the sacrifice with its oil, and with all its frankincense, which are upon the sacrifice; and he shall offer up on the altar a burnt offering as a sweet smelling savor, a memorial of it to the Lord. 003 LEV 006 016 And Aaron and his sons shall eat that which is left of it: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place, they shall eat it in the court of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 006 017 It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as a portion to them of the burnt offerings of the Lord: it is most holy, as the offering for sin, and as the offering for trespass. 003 LEV 006 018 Every male of the priests shall eat it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the burnt offerings of the Lord; whoever shall touch them shall be hallowed. 003 LEV 006 019 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 006 020 This is the gift of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord in the day in which you shall anoint him; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sacrifice continually, the half of it in the morning, and the half of it in the evening. 003 LEV 006 021 It shall be made with oil in a frying-pan; he shall offer it kneaded [and] in rolls, an offering of fragments, an offering of a sweet savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 006 022 The anointed priest who is in his place, [one] of his sons, shall offer it: it is a perpetual statute, it shall all be consumed. 003 LEV 006 023 And every sacrifice of a priest shall be thoroughly burnt, and shall not be eaten. 003 LEV 006 024 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 006 025 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering; —in the place where they kill the whole burnt offering, they shall kill the sin-offerings before the Lord: they are most holy. 003 LEV 006 026 The priest that offers it shall eat it: in a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 006 027 Every one that touches the flesh of it shall be holy, and on whoever’s garment any of its blood shall have been sprinkled, whoever shall have it sprinkled, shall be washed in the holy place. 003 LEV 006 028 And the earthen vessel, in whichever it shall have been sodden, shall be broken; and if it shall have been sodden in a brazen vessel, he shall scour it and wash it with water. 003 LEV 006 029 Every male among the priests shall eat it: it is most holy to the Lord. 003 LEV 006 030 And no offerings for sin, of whose blood there shall be brought any into the tabernacle of witness to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: they shall be burned with fire. 003 LEV 007 001 And this [is] the law of the ram for the trespass-offering; it is most holy. 003 LEV 007 002 In the place where they kill the whole burnt offering, they shall kill the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord, and he shall pour out the blood at the bottom of the altar round about. 003 LEV 007 003 And he shall offer all the fat from it; and the loins, and all the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 003 LEV 007 004 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, that which is upon the thighs, and the caul upon the liver with the kidney, he shall take them away. 003 LEV 007 005 And the priest shall offer them on the altar a burnt offering to the Lord; it is for trespass. 003 LEV 007 006 Every male of the priest shall eat them, in the holy place they shall eat them: they are most holy. 003 LEV 007 007 As the sin-offering, so also [is] the trespass-offering. There is one law of them; the priest who shall make atonement with it, his it shall be. 003 LEV 007 008 And [as for] the priest who offers a man's whole burnt offering, the skin of the whole burnt offering which he offers, shall be his. 003 LEV 007 009 And every sacrifice which shall be prepared in the oven, and every one which shall be prepared on the hearth, or on a frying-pan, it is the property of the priest that offers it; it shall be his. 003 LEV 007 010 And every sacrifice made up with oil, or not made up [with oil], shall belong to the sons of Aaron, an equal portion to each. 003 LEV 007 011 This [is] the law of the sacrifice of peace-offering, which they shall bring to the Lord. 003 LEV 007 012 If a man should offer it for praise, then shall he bring, for the sacrifice of praise, loaves of fine flour made up with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and fine flour kneaded with oil. 003 LEV 007 013 With leavened bread he shall offer his gifts, with the peace-offering of praise. 003 LEV 007 014 And he shall bring one of all his gifts, a separate offering to the Lord: it shall belong to the priest who pours forth the blood of the peace-offering. 003 LEV 007 015 And the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering of praise shall be his, and it shall be eaten in the day in which it is offered: they shall not leave of it till the morning. 003 LEV 007 016 And if it be a vow, or he offer his gift of his own will, on whatever day he shall offer his sacrifice, it shall be eaten, and on the morrow. 003 LEV 007 017 And that which is left of the flesh of the sacrifice till the third day, shall be consumed with fire. 003 LEV 007 018 And if he do at all eat of the flesh on the third day, it shall not be accepted for him that offers: it shall not be reckoned to him, it is pollution; and whatever soul shall eat of it, shall bear his iniquity. 003 LEV 007 019 And whatever flesh shall have touched any unclean thing, it shall not be eaten, it shall be consumed with fire; every one that is clean shall eat the flesh. 003 LEV 007 020 And whatever soul shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering which is the Lord's, and his uncleanness be upon him, that soul shall perish from his people. 003 LEV 007 021 And whatever soul shall touch any unclean thing, either of the uncleanness of a man, or of unclean quadrupeds, or any unclean abominable thing, and shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering, which is the Lord's, that soul shall perish from his people. 003 LEV 007 022 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 007 023 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat of oxen or sheep or goats. 003 LEV 007 024 And the fat of such animals as have died of themselves, or have been seized of beasts, may be employed for any work; but it shall not be eaten for food. 003 LEV 007 025 Every one that eats fat off the beasts, from which he will bring a burnt offering to the Lord—that soul shall perish from his people. 003 LEV 007 026 You shall eat no blood in all your habitations, either of beasts or of birds. 003 LEV 007 027 Every soul that shall eat blood, that soul shall perish from his people. 003 LEV 007 028 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 007 029 You shall also speak to the children of Israel, saying, He that offers a sacrifice of peace-offering, shall bring his gift to the Lord also from the sacrifice of peace-offering. 003 LEV 007 030 His hands shall bring the burnt offerings to the Lord; the fat which is on the breast and the lobe of the liver, he shall bring them, so as to set them for a gift before the Lord. 003 LEV 007 031 And the priest shall offer the fat upon the altar, and the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons, 003 LEV 007 032 and you shall give the right shoulder for a choice piece to the priest of your sacrifices of peace-offering. 003 LEV 007 033 He that offers the blood of the peace-offering, and the fat, of the sons of Aaron, his shall be the right shoulder for a portion. 003 LEV 007 034 For I have taken the wave-breast and shoulder of separation from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons, a perpetual ordinance [due] from the children of Israel. 003 LEV 007 035 This is the anointing of Aaron, and the anointing of his sons, [their portion] of the burnt offerings of the Lord, in the day in which he brought them forward to minister as priests to the Lord; 003 LEV 007 036 as the Lord commanded to give to them in the day in which he anointed them of the sons of Israel, a perpetual statute through their generations. 003 LEV 007 037 This [is] the law of the whole burnt offerings, and of sacrifice, and of sin-offering, and of offering for transgression, and of the sacrifice of consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offering; 003 LEV 007 038 as the Lord commanded Moses in the mount Sina, in the day in which he commanded the children of Israel to offer their gifts before the Lord in the wilderness of Sina. 003 LEV 008 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 008 002 Take Aaron and his sons, and his robes and the anointing oil, and the calf for the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, 003 LEV 008 003 and assemble the whole congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 008 004 And Moses did as the Lord appointed him, and he assembled the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 008 005 And Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded you to do. 003 LEV 008 006 And Moses brought near Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water, 003 LEV 008 007 and put on him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the tunic, and put on him the ephod; 003 LEV 008 008 and girded him [with a girdle] according to the make of the ephod, and clasped him closely with it: and put upon it the oracle, and put upon the oracle the Manifestation and the Truth. 003 LEV 008 009 And he put the mitre on his head, and put upon the mitre in front the golden plate, the most holy thing, as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 008 010 And Moses took of the anointing oil, 003 LEV 008 011 and sprinkled of it seven times on the altar; and anointed the altar, and hallowed it, and all things on it, and the laver, and its foot, and sanctified them; and anointed the tabernacle and all its furniture, and hallowed it. 003 LEV 008 012 And Moses poured of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron; and he anointed him and sanctified him. 003 LEV 008 013 And Moses brought the sons of Aaron near, and put on them coast and girded them with girdles, and put on them bonnets, as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 008 014 And Moses brought near the calf for the sin-offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the calf of the sin-offering. 003 LEV 008 015 And he killed it; and Moses took of the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger; and he purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement upon it. 003 LEV 008 016 And Moses took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the lobe on the liver, and both the kidneys, and the fat that was upon them, and Moses offered them on the altar. 003 LEV 008 017 But the calf, and his hide, and his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 008 018 And Moses brought near the ram for a whole burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. And Moses killed the ram: and Moses poured the blood on the altar round about. 003 LEV 008 019 And he divided the ram by its limbs, and Moses offered the head, and the limbs, and the fat; and he washed the belly and the feet with water. 003 LEV 008 020 And Moses offered up the whole ram on the altar: it is a whole burnt offering for a sweet smelling savor; it is a burnt offering to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 008 021 And Moses brought the second ram, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, and [he] killed him; 003 LEV 008 022 and Moses took of his blood, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. 003 LEV 008 023 And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron; and Moses put of the blood on the tips of their right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet, and Moses poured out the blood on the altar round about. 003 LEV 008 024 And he took the fat, and the rump, and the fat on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder. 003 LEV 008 025 And from the basket of consecration, which was before the Lord, he also took one unleavened loaf, and one loaf made with oil, and one cake; and put [them] upon the fat, and the right shoulder: 003 LEV 008 026 and put them all on the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and offered them up for a wave-offering before the Lord. 003 LEV 008 027 And Moses took them at their hands, and Moses offered them on the altar, on the whole burnt offering of consecration, which is a smell of sweet savor: it is a burnt offering to the Lord. 003 LEV 008 028 And Moses took the breast, and separated it for a heave-offering before the Lord, from the ram of consecration; and it became Moses' portion, as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 008 029 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood that was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, and on his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him. 003 LEV 008 030 And he sanctified Aaron and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him. 003 LEV 008 031 And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh in the tent of the tabernacle of witness in the holy place; and there you shall eat it and the loaves in the basket of consecration, as it has been appointed me, [the Lord] saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat them. 003 LEV 008 032 And that which is left of the flesh and of the loaves burn you with fire. 003 LEV 008 033 And you shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of witness for seven days, until the day be fulfilled, the day of your consecration; for in seven days shall he consecrate you, 003 LEV 008 034 as he did in this day on which the Lord commanded me to do so, to make an atonement for you. 003 LEV 008 035 And you shall remain seven days at the door of the tabernacle of witness, day and night; you shall observe the ordinances of the Lord, that you die not; for so has the Lord God commanded me. 003 LEV 008 036 And Aaron and his sons performed all these commands which the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 009 001 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel, 003 LEV 009 002 and Moses said to Aaron, Take to yourself a young calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a whole burnt offering, unblemished, and offer them before the Lord. 003 LEV 009 003 And speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Take one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and a young calf, and a lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, spotless, 003 LEV 009 004 and a calf and a ram for a peace offering before the Lord, and fine flour mingled with oil, for today the Lord will appear among you. 003 LEV 009 005 And they took as Moses commanded them before the tabernacle of witness, and all the congregation drew near, and they stood before the Lord. 003 LEV 009 006 And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord has spoken; do [it], and the glory of the Lord shall appear among you. 003 LEV 009 007 And Moses said to Aaron, Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin-offering, and your whole burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for your house; and offer the gifts of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 009 008 And Aaron drew near to the altar, and killed the calf of his sin-offering. 003 LEV 009 009 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and he poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar. 003 LEV 009 010 And he offered up on the altar the fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver of the sin-offering, according as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 009 011 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire outside of the camp. 003 LEV 009 012 And he killed the whole burnt offering; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it on the altar round about. 003 LEV 009 013 And they brought the whole burnt offering, according to its pieces; them and the head he put upon the altar. 003 LEV 009 014 And he washed the belly and the feet with water, and he put them on the whole burnt offering on the altar. 003 LEV 009 015 And he brought the gift of the people, and took the goat of the sin-offering of the people, and killed it, and purified it as also the first. 003 LEV 009 016 And he brought the whole burnt offering, and offered it in due form. 003 LEV 009 017 And he brought the sacrifice and filled his hands with it, and laid it on the altar, besides the morning whole burnt offering. 003 LEV 009 018 And he killed the calf, and the ram of the sacrifice of peace-offering of the people; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it out on the altar round about. 003 LEV 009 019 And [he took] the fat of the calf, and the hind quarters of the ram, and the fat covering the belly, and the two kidneys, and the fat upon them, and the caul on the liver. 003 LEV 009 020 And he put the fat on the breasts, and offered the fat on the altar. 003 LEV 009 021 And Aaron separated the breast and the right shoulder as a choice-offering before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 009 022 And Aaron lifted up his hands on the people and blessed them; and after he had offered the sin-offering, and the whole burnt offerings, and the peace-offerings, he came down. 003 LEV 009 023 And Moses and Aaron entered into the tabernacle of witness. And they came out and blessed all the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 003 LEV 009 024 And fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured the offerings on the altar, both the whole burnt offerings and the fat; and all the people saw, and were amazed, and fell upon their faces. 003 LEV 010 001 And the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abiud, took each his censer, and put fire therein, and threw incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which the Lord did not command them, 003 LEV 010 002 and fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 003 LEV 010 003 And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw night to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked [in his heart]. 003 LEV 010 004 And Moses called Misadae, and Elisaphan, sons of Oziel, sons of the brother of Aaron's father, and said to them, Draw near and take your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. 003 LEV 010 005 And they came near and took them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses said. 003 LEV 010 006 And Moses said to Aaron, and Eleazar and Ithamar his sons that were left, You shall not make bare your heads, and you shall not tear your garments; that you die not, and [so] there should be wrath on all the congregation: but your brethren, [even] all the house of Israel, shall lament for the burning, with which they were burnt by the Lord. 003 LEV 010 007 And you shall not go forth from the door of the tabernacle of witness, that you die not; for the Lord's anointing oil [is] upon you: and they did according to the word of Moses. 003 LEV 010 008 And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, 003 LEV 010 009 You shall not drink wine nor strong drink, you and your sons with you, whenever you enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when you approach the altar, so shall you not die; [it is] a perpetual statute for your generations, 003 LEV 010 010 to distinguish between sacred and profane, and between clean and unclean, 003 LEV 010 011 and to teach the children of Israel all the statutes, which the Lord spoke to them by Moses. 003 LEV 010 012 And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who survived, Take the sacrifice that is left of the burnt offerings of the Lord, and you shall eat unleavened bread by the altar: it is most holy. 003 LEV 010 013 And you shall eat it in the holy place; for this is a statute for you and a statute for your sons, of the burnt offerings to the Lord; for so it has been commanded me. 003 LEV 010 014 And you shall eat the breast of separation, and the shoulder of the choice-offering in the holy place, you and your sons and your house with you; for it has been given as an ordinance for you and an ordinance for your sons, of the sacrifices of peace-offering of the children of Israel. 003 LEV 010 015 They shall bring the shoulder of the choice-offering, and the breast of the separation upon the burnt offerings of the fat, to separate for a separation before the Lord; and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for you and your sons and your daughters with you, as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 010 016 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, but it had been consumed by fire; and Moses was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron that were left, saying, 003 LEV 010 017 Why did you not eat the sin-offering in the holy place? for because it is most holy he has given you this to eat, that you might take away the sin of the congregation, and make atonement for them before the Lord. 003 LEV 010 018 For the blood of it was not brought into the holy place: you shall eat it within, before [the Lord], as the Lord commanded me. 003 LEV 010 019 And Aaron spoke to Moses, saying, If they have brought near today their sin-offerings, and their whole burnt offerings before the Lord, and these events have happened to me, and [yet] I should eat today of the sin-offerings, would it be pleasing to the Lord? 003 LEV 010 020 And Moses heard [it], and it pleased him. 003 LEV 011 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 003 LEV 011 002 Speak you to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which you shall eat of all beasts that are upon the earth. 003 LEV 011 003 Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud among beasts, these you shall eat. 003 LEV 011 004 But of these you shall not eat, of those that chew the cud, and of those that part the hoofs, and divide claws; the camel, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you. 003 LEV 011 005 And the rabbit, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you. 003 LEV 011 006 And the hare, because it does not chew the cud, and does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you. 003 LEV 011 007 And the swine, because this [animal] divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, and it does not chew the cud, is unclean to you. 003 LEV 011 008 You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall not touch their carcases; these are unclean to you. 003 LEV 011 009 And these [are] what you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all things that have fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, these you shall eat. 003 LEV 011 010 And all things which have not fins or scales in the water, or in the seas, and in the brooks, of all which the waters produce, and of every soul living in the water, are an abomination; and they shall be abominations to you. 003 LEV 011 011 You shall not eat of their flesh, and you shall abhor their carcases. 003 LEV 011 012 And all things that have not fins or scales of those that are in the waters, these are an abomination to you. 003 LEV 011 013 And these are the things which you shall abhor of birds, and they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle. 003 LEV 011 014 And the vulture, and the kite, and the like to it; 003 LEV 011 015 and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant, and the like to it: 003 LEV 011 016 and every raven, and the birds like it, and the hawk and his like, 003 LEV 011 017 and the night-raven and the cormorant and the stork, 003 LEV 011 018 and the red-bill, and the pelican, and swan, 003 LEV 011 019 and the heron, and the lapwing, and the like to it, and the hoopoe and the bat. 003 LEV 011 020 And all winged creatures that creep, which go upon four feet, are abominations to you. 003 LEV 011 021 But these you shall eat of the creeping winged animals, which go upon four feet, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth. 003 LEV 011 022 And these of them you shall eat: the caterpillar and his like, and the attacus and his like, and the cantharus and his like, and the locust and his like. 003 LEV 011 023 Every creeping thing from among the birds, which has four feet, is an abomination to you. 003 LEV 011 024 And by these you shall be defiled; every one that touches their carcases shall be unclean till the evening. 003 LEV 011 025 And every one that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till the evening. 003 LEV 011 026 And whichever among the beasts divides the hoof and makes claws, and does not chew the cud, shall be unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 011 027 And every one among all the wild beasts that moves upon its fore feet, which goes on all four, is unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 011 028 And he that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till evening: these are unclean to you. 003 LEV 011 029 And these [are] unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard, 003 LEV 011 030 the ferret, and the chameleon, and the evet, and the newt, and the mole. 003 LEV 011 031 These are unclean to you of all the reptiles which are on the earth; every one who touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 011 032 And on whatever one of their dead bodies shall fall it shall be unclean; whatever wooden vessel, or garment, or skin, or sack it may be, every vessel in which work should be done, shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean till evening; and [then] it shall be clean. 003 LEV 011 033 And every earthen vessel into which one of these things shall fall, whatever is inside it, shall be unclean, and it shall be broken. 003 LEV 011 034 And all food that is eaten, on which water shall come [from such a vessel], shall be unclean; and every beverage which is drunk in any [such] vessel, shall be unclean. 003 LEV 011 035 And every thing on which there shall fall of their dead bodies shall be unclean; ovens and stands for jars shall be broken down: these are unclean, and they shall be unclean to you. 003 LEV 011 036 Only [if the water be] of fountains of water, or a pool, or confluence of water, it shall be clean; but he that touches their carcases shall be unclean. 003 LEV 011 037 And if one of their carcases should fall upon any sowing seed which shall be sown, it shall be clean. 003 LEV 011 038 But if water be poured on any seed, and one of their dead bodies fall upon it, it is unclean to you. 003 LEV 011 039 And if one of the cattle die, which it is lawful for you to eat, he that touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 011 040 And he that eats of their carcases shall wash his garments, and be unclean till evening; and he that carries any of their carcases shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 011 041 And every reptile that creeps on the earth, this shall be an abomination to you; it shall not be eaten. 003 LEV 011 042 And every [animal] that creeps on its belly, and every one that goes on four [feet] continually, which abounds with feet among all the reptiles creeping upon the earth—you shall not eat it, for it is an abomination to you. 003 LEV 011 043 And you shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and you shall not be polluted with them, and you shall not be unclean by them. 003 LEV 011 044 For I am the Lord your God; and you shall be sanctified, and you shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and you shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping upon the earth. 003 LEV 011 045 For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; and you shall be holy, for I the Lord am holy. 003 LEV 011 046 This is the law concerning beasts and birds and every living creature moving in the water, and every living creature creeping on the earth; 003 LEV 011 047 to distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten. 003 LEV 012 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 012 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whatsoever woman shall have conceived and born a male child shall be unclean seven days, she shall be unclean according to the days of separation for her monthly courses. 003 LEV 012 003 And on the eighth day she shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin. 003 LEV 012 004 And for thirty-three days she shall continue in her unclean blood; she shall touch nothing holy, and shall not enter the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled. 003 LEV 012 005 But if she should have born a female child, then she shall be unclean twice seven days, according to the time of her monthly courses; and for sixty-six days shall she remain in her unclean blood. 003 LEV 012 006 And when the days of her purification shall have been fulfilled for a son or a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of a year old without blemish for a whole burnt offering, and a young pigeon or turtle-dove for a sin-offering to the door of the tabernacle of witness, to the priest. 003 LEV 012 007 And he shall present it before the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for her, and shall purge her from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who bears a male or a female. 003 LEV 012 008 And if she can’t afford a lamb, then shall she take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a whole burnt offering, and one for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be purified. 003 LEV 013 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 003 LEV 013 002 If any man should have in the skin of his flesh a bright clear spot, and there should be in the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests. 003 LEV 013 003 And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and [if] the hair in the spot be changed [to] white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean. 003 LEV 013 004 But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed [itself for] white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate [him that has] the spot seven days; 003 LEV 013 005 and the priest shall look on the spot the seventh day; and, behold, [if] the spot remains before him, [if] the spot has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall separate him the second time seven days. 003 LEV 013 006 And the priest shall look upon him the second time on the seventh day; and, behold, [if] the spot be dark, [and] the spot have not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a [mere] mark, and the man shall wash his garments and be clean. 003 LEV 013 007 But if the bright spot should have changed and spread in the skin, after the priest has seen him for the purpose of purifying him, then shall he appear the second time to the priest, 003 LEV 013 008 and the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, [if] the mark have spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. 003 LEV 013 009 And if a man have a plague of leprosy, then he shall come to the priest; 003 LEV 013 010 and the priest shall look, and, behold, if it is a white spot in the skin, and it has changed the hair to white, and [there be] some of the sound part of the quick flesh in the sore— 003 LEV 013 011 it is a leprosy waxing old in the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall separate him, because he is unclean. 003 LEV 013 012 And if the leprosy should have come out very evidently in the skin, and the leprosy should cover all the skin of the patient from the head to the feet, wherever the priest shall look; 003 LEV 013 013 then the priest shall look, and, behold, the leprosy has covered all the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague, because it has changed all to white, it is clean. 003 LEV 013 014 But on whatever day the quick flesh shall appear on him, he shall be pronounced unclean. 003 LEV 013 015 And the priest shall look upon the sound flesh, and the sound flesh shall prove him to be unclean; for it is unclean, it is a leprosy. 003 LEV 013 016 But if the sound flesh be restored and changed [to] white, then shall he come to the priest; 003 LEV 013 017 and the priest shall see [him], and, behold, [if] the plague is turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the patient clean: he is clean. 003 LEV 013 018 And if the flesh should have become an ulcer in his skin, and should be healed, 003 LEV 013 019 and there should be in the place of the ulcer a white sore, or [one] looking white and bright, or fiery, and it shall be seen by the priest; 003 LEV 013 020 then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance be beneath the skin, and its hair has changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is a leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer. 003 LEV 013 021 But if the priest look, and behold there is no white hair on it, and it be not below the skin of the flesh, and it be dark-colored; then the priest shall separate him seven days. 003 LEV 013 022 But if it manifestly spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy; it has broken out in the ulcer. 003 LEV 013 023 But if the bright spot should remain in its place and not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 003 LEV 013 024 And if the flesh be in his skin [in a state of] fiery inflammation, and there should be in his skin the part which is healed of the inflammation, bright, clear, and white, suffused with red or very white; 003 LEV 013 025 then the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, [if] the hair being white is changed to a bright color, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy. 003 LEV 013 026 But if the priest should look, and, behold, there is not in the bright spot any white hair, and it should not be lower than the skin, and it should be dark, then the priest shall separate him seven days. 003 LEV 013 027 And the priest shall look upon him on the seventh day; and if the spot be much spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer. 003 LEV 013 028 But if the bright spot remain stationary, and be not spread in the skin, but [the sore] should be dark, it is a scar of inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the mark of the inflammation. 003 LEV 013 029 And if a man or a woman have in them a plague of leprosy in the head or the beard; 003 LEV 013 030 then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, [if] the appearance of it be beneath the skin, and in it there be thin yellowish hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scurf, it is a leprosy of the head or a leprosy of the beard. 003 LEV 013 031 And if the priest should see the plague of the scurf, and, behold, the appearance of it be not beneath the skin, and there is no yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall set apart [him that has] the plague of the scurf seven days. 003 LEV 013 032 And the priest shall look at the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, [if] the scurf be not spread, and there be no yellowish hair on it, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow under the skin; 003 LEV 013 033 then the skin shall be shaven, but the scurf shall not be shaven; and the priest shall set aside the person having the scurf the second time for seven days. 003 LEV 013 034 And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and, behold, [if] the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man's being shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean. 003 LEV 013 035 But if the scurf be indeed spread in the skin after he has been purified, 003 LEV 013 036 then the priest shall look, and, behold, [if] the scurf be spread in the skin, the priest shall not examine concerning the yellow hair, for he is unclean. 003 LEV 013 037 But if the scurf remain before [him] in its place, and a dark hair should have arisen in it, the scurf is healed: he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 003 LEV 013 038 And if a man or woman should have in the skin of their flesh spots of a bright whiteness, 003 LEV 013 039 then the priest shall look; and, behold, there [being] bright spots of a bright whiteness in the skin of their flesh, it is a tetter; it burst forth in the skin of his flesh; he is clean. 003 LEV 013 040 And if any one's head should lose the hair, he is [only] bald, he is clean. 003 LEV 013 041 And if his head should lose the hair in front, he is forehead bald: he is clean. 003 LEV 013 042 And if there should be in his baldness of head, or his baldness of forehead, a white or fiery plague, it is leprosy in his baldness of head, or baldness of forehead. 003 LEV 013 043 And the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the appearance of the plague be white or inflamed in his baldness of head or baldness in front, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of his flesh, 003 LEV 013 044 he is a leprous man: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean, his plague is in his head. 003 LEV 013 045 And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be ungirt, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean. 003 LEV 013 046 All the days in which the plague shall be upon him, being unclean, he shall be [esteemed] unclean; he shall dwell apart, his place of sojourn shall be without the camp. 003 LEV 013 047 And if a garment have in it the plague of leprosy, a garment of wool, or a garment of flax, 003 LEV 013 048 either in the warp or in the woof, or in the linen, or in the woollen threads, or in a skin, or in any workmanship of skin, 003 LEV 013 049 and the plague be greenish or reddish in the skin, or in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and he shall show it to the priest. 003 LEV 013 050 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and the priest shall set apart [that which has] the plague seven days. 003 LEV 013 051 And the priest shall look upon the plague on the seventh day; and if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, in whatever things skins may be used in their workmanship, the plague is a confirmed leprosy; it is unclean. 003 LEV 013 052 He shall burn the garment, either the warp or woof in woollen garments or in flaxen, or in any utensil of skin, in which there may be the plague; because it is a confirmed leprosy; it shall be burnt with fire. 003 LEV 013 053 And if the priest should see, and the plague be not spread in the garments, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, 003 LEV 013 054 then the priest shall give directions, and [one] shall wash that on which there may have been the plague, and the priest shall set it aside a second time for seven days. 003 LEV 013 055 And the priest shall look upon it after the plague has been washed; and [if] this, even the plague, has not changed its appearance, and the plague does not spread, it is unclean; it shall be burnt with fire: it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof. 003 LEV 013 056 And if the priest should look, and the spot be dark after it has been washed, he shall tear it off from the garment, either from the warp or from the woof, or from the skin. 003 LEV 013 057 And if it should still appear in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it is a leprosy bursting forth: that wherein is the plague shall be burnt with fire. 003 LEV 013 058 And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any article of skin, which shall be washed, and the plague depart from it, shall also be washed again, and shall be clean. 003 LEV 013 059 This is the law of the plague of leprosy of a woollen or linen garment, either of the warp, or woof, or any leather article, to pronounce it clean or unclean. 003 LEV 014 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 014 002 This is the law of the leper: in whatever day he shall have been cleansed, then shall he be brought to the priest. 003 LEV 014 003 And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper. 003 LEV 014 004 And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop. 003 LEV 014 005 And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over an earthen vessel over running water. 003 LEV 014 006 And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water. 003 LEV 014 007 And he shall sprinkle seven times upon him that was cleansed of his leprosy, and he shall be clean; and he shall let go the living bird into the field. 003 LEV 014 008 and the man that has been cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off all his hair, and shall wash himself in water, and shall be clean; and after that he shall go into the camp, and shall remain out of his house seven days. 003 LEV 014 009 And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair, his head and his beard, and his eye-brows, even all his hair shall he shave; and he shall wash his garments, and wash his body with water, and shall be clean. 003 LEV 014 010 And on the eighth day he shall take two lambs without spot of a year old, and one ewe lamp without spot of a year old, and three-tenths of fine flour for sacrifice kneaded with oil, and one small cup of oil. 003 LEV 014 011 And the priest that cleanses shall present the man under purification, and these [offerings] before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 014 012 And the priest shall take one lamb, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and set them apart for a special offering before the Lord. 003 LEV 014 013 and they shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the whole burnt offerings, and the sin-offerings, in the holy places; for it is a sin-offering: as the trespass-offering, it belongs to the priest, it is most holy. 003 LEV 014 014 And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of the person under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. 003 LEV 014 015 And the priest shall take of the cup of oil, and shall pour it upon his own left hand. 003 LEV 014 016 And he shall dip with the finger of his right hand [into] some of the oil that is in his left hand, and he shall sprinkle with his finger seven times before the Lord. 003 LEV 014 017 And the remaining oil that is in his hand, the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him that is under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering. 003 LEV 014 018 And the remaining oil that is on the hand of the priest, the priest shall put on the head of the cleansed [leper], and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord. 003 LEV 014 019 And the priest shall sacrifice the sin-offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the person under purification [to cleanse him] from his sin, and afterwards the priest shall kill the whole burnt offering. 003 LEV 014 020 And the priest shall offer the whole burnt offering, and the sacrifice upon the altar before the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be cleansed. 003 LEV 014 021 And if he should be poor, and can’t afford so much, he shall take one lamb for his transgression for a separate-offering, so as to make propitiation for him, and a tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a sacrifice, and one cup of oil, 003 LEV 014 022 and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, as he can afford; and the one shall be for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering. 003 LEV 014 023 And he shall bring them on the eighth day, to purify him, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord. 003 LEV 014 024 And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and place them for a set-offering before the Lord. 003 LEV 014 025 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. 003 LEV 014 026 And the priest shall pour of the oil on his own left hand. 003 LEV 014 027 And the priest shall sprinkle with the finger of his right hand some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord. 003 LEV 014 028 And the priest shall put of the oil that is on his hand on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering. 003 LEV 014 029 And that which is left of the oil which is on the hand of the priest he shall put on the head of him that is purged, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord. 003 LEV 014 030 And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or of the young pigeons, as he can afford it, 003 LEV 014 031 the one for a sin-offering, the other for a whole burnt offering with the meat-offering, and the priest shall make an atonement before the Lord for him that is under purification. 003 LEV 014 032 This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, and who can’t afford the offerings for his purification. 003 LEV 014 033 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 003 LEV 014 034 Whenever you shall enter into the land of the Chananites, which I give you for a possession, and I shall put the plague of leprosy in the houses of the land of your possession; 003 LEV 014 035 then the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, saying, I have seen as it were a plague in the house. 003 LEV 014 036 And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and [thus] none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to examine the house. 003 LEV 014 037 And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, [if] the plague is in the walls of the house, [he will see] greenish or reddish cavities, and the appearance of them [will be] beneath the surface of the walls. 003 LEV 014 038 And the priest shall come out of the house to the door of the house, and the priest shall separate the house seven days. 003 LEV 014 039 And the priest shall return on the seventh day and view the house; and, behold, [if] the plague is spread in the walls of the house, 003 LEV 014 040 then the priest shall give orders, and they shall take away the stones in which the plague is, and shall cast them out of the city into an unclean place. 003 LEV 014 041 And they shall scrape the house within round about, and shall pour out the dust scraped off outside the city into an unclean place. 003 LEV 014 042 And they shall take other scraped stones, and put them in the place of the [former] stones, and they shall take other plaster and plaster the house. 003 LEV 014 043 And if the plague should return again, and break out in the house after they have taken away the stones and after the house is scraped, and after it has been plastered, 003 LEV 014 044 then the priest shall go in and see if the plague is spread in the house: it is a confirmed leprosy in the house, it is unclean. 003 LEV 014 045 And they shall take down the house, and its timbers and its stones, and they shall carry out all the mortar without the city into an unclean place. 003 LEV 014 046 And he that goes into the house at any time, during its separation, shall be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 014 047 And he that sleeps in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening; and he that eats in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 014 048 and if the priest shall arrive and enter and see, and behold the plague be not at all spread in the house after the house has been plastered, then the priest shall declare the house clean, because the plague is healed. 003 LEV 014 049 And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop. 003 LEV 014 050 And he shall kill one bird in an earthen vessel over running water. 003 LEV 014 051 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and the living bird; and shall dip it into the blood of the bird slain over running water, and with them he shall sprinkle the house seven times. 003 LEV 014 052 and he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the spun scarlet. 003 LEV 014 053 And he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the field, and shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean. 003 LEV 014 054 This [is] the law concerning every plague of leprosy and scurf, 003 LEV 014 055 and of the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, 003 LEV 014 056 and of a sore, and of a clear spot, and of a shining one, 003 LEV 014 057 and of declaring in what day it is unclean, and in what day it shall be purged: this [is] the law of the leprosy. 003 LEV 015 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 003 LEV 015 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whatever man shall have an issue out of his body, his issue is unclean. 003 LEV 015 003 And this [is] the law of his uncleanness; whoever has a gonorrhoea out of his body, this is his uncleanness in him by reason of the issue, by which, his body is affected through the issue: all the days of the issue of his body, by which his body is affected through the issue, there is his uncleanness. 003 LEV 015 004 Every bed on which he that has the issue shall happen to lie, is unclean; and every seat on which he that has the issue may happen to sit, shall be unclean. 003 LEV 015 005 And the man who shall touch his bed, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 015 006 And whoever sits on the seat on which he that has the issue may have sat, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 007 And he that touches the skin of him that has the issue, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 015 008 And if he that has the issue should spit upon one that is clean, [that person] shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 009 And every ass's saddle, on which the man with the issue shall have mounted, shall be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 015 010 And every one that touches whatever shall have been under him shall be unclean until evening; and he that takes them up shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 011 And whoever he that has the issue shall touch, if he have not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 012 And the earthen vessel which he that has the issue shall happen to touch, shall be broken; and a wooden vessel shall be washed with water, and shall be clean. 003 LEV 015 013 and if he that has the issue should be cleansed of his issue, then shall he number to himself seven days for his purification; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be clean. 003 LEV 015 014 And on the eighth day he shall take to himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he shall bring them before the Lord to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall give them to the priest. 003 LEV 015 015 And the priest shall offer them one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his issue. 003 LEV 015 016 And the man whose seed of copulation shall happen to go forth from him, shall then wash his whole body, and shall be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 017 And every garment, and every skin on which there shall be the seed of copulation shall both be washed with water, and be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 018 And a woman, if a man shall lie with her with seed of copulation—they shall both bathe themselves in water and shall be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 019 And the woman whoever shall have an issue of blood, when her issue shall be in her body, shall be seven days in her separation; every one that touches her shall be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 020 And every thing whereon she shall lie in her separation, shall be unclean; and whatever she shall sit upon, shall be unclean. 003 LEV 015 021 And whoever shall touch her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 022 and every one that touches any vessel on which she shall sit, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening. 003 LEV 015 023 And whether it be while she is on her bed, or on a seat which she may happen to sit upon when he touches her, he shall be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 015 024 And if any one shall lie with her, and her uncleanness be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he shall have lain shall be unclean. 003 LEV 015 025 And if a woman have an issue of blood many days, not in the time of her separation; if the blood should also flow after her separation, all the days of the issue of her uncleanness [shall be] as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. 003 LEV 015 026 And every bed on which she shall lie all the days of her flux shall be to her as the bed of her separation, and every seat whereon she shall sit shall be unclean according to the uncleanness of her separation. 003 LEV 015 027 Every one that touches it shall be unclean; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean till evening. 003 LEV 015 028 But if she shall be cleansed from her flux, then she shall number to herself seven days, and afterwards she shall be esteemed clean. 003 LEV 015 029 And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and shall bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 015 030 And the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean flux. 003 LEV 015 031 And you shall cause the children of Israel to beware of their uncleannesses; so they shall not die for their uncleanness, in polluting my tabernacle that is among them. 003 LEV 015 032 This is the law of the man who has an issue, and if one discharge seed of copulation, so that he should be polluted by it. 003 LEV 015 033 And [this is the law] for her that has the issue of blood in her separation, and as to the person who has an issue of seed, in his issue: [it is a law] for the male and the female, and for the man who shall have lain with her that is set apart. 003 LEV 016 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses after the two sons of Aaron died in bringing strange fire before the Lord, so they died. 003 LEV 016 002 And the Lord said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, and let him not come in at all times into the holy place within the veil before the propitiatory, which is upon the ark of the testimony, and he shall not die; for I will appear in a cloud on the propitiatory. 003 LEV 016 003 Thus shall Aaron enter into the holy place; with a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and [having] a ram for a whole burnt offering. 003 LEV 016 004 And he shall put on the consecrated linen tunic, and he shall have on his flesh the linen drawers, and shall gird himself with a linen girdle, and shall put on the linen cap, they are holy garments; and he shall bathe all his body in water, and shall put them on. 003 LEV 016 005 And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin-offering, and one lamb for a whole burnt offering. 003 LEV 016 006 And Aaron shall bring the calf for his own sin-offering, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house. 003 LEV 016 007 And he shall take the two goats, and place them before the Lord by the door of the tabernacle of witness. 003 LEV 016 008 and Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the Lord, and the other for the scape-goat. 003 LEV 016 009 And Aaron shall bring forward the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and shall offer him for a sin-offering. 003 LEV 016 010 and the goat upon which the lot of the scape-goat came, he shall present alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon him, so as to send him away as a scape-goat, and he shall send him into the wilderness. 003 LEV 016 011 And Aaron shall bring the calf for his sin, and he shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and he shall kill the calf for his sin-offering. 003 LEV 016 012 And he shall take his censer full of coals of fire off the altar, which is before the Lord; and he shall fill his hands with fine compound incense, and shall bring it within the veil. 003 LEV 016 013 And he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the smoke of the incense shall cover the mercy-seat over the tables of testimony, and he shall not die. 003 LEV 016 014 And he shall take of the blood of the calf, and sprinkle with his finger on the mercy-seat eastward: before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle seven times of the blood with his finger. 003 LEV 016 015 And he shall kill the goat for the sin-offering that is for the people, before the Lord; and he shall bring in of its blood within the veil, and shall do with its blood as he did with the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle its blood on the mercy-seat, in front of the mercy-seat. 003 LEV 016 016 and he shall make atonement for the sanctuary on account of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and for their trespasses in the matter of all their sins; and thus shall he do to the tabernacle of witness established among them in the midst of their uncleanness. 003 LEV 016 017 and there shall be no man in the tabernacle of witness, when he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, until he shall have come out; and he shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and for all the congregation of the children of Israel. 003 LEV 016 018 And he shall come forth to the altar that is before the Lord, and he shall make atonement upon it; and he shall take of the blood of the calf, and of the blood of the goat, and shall put it on the horns of the altar round about. 003 LEV 016 019 And he shall sprinkle some of the blood upon it seven times with his finger, and shall purge it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. 003 LEV 016 020 And he shall finish making atonement for the sanctuary and for the tabernacle of witness, and for the altar; and he shall make a cleansing for the priests, and he shall bring the living goat; 003 LEV 016 021 and Aaron shall lay his hands on the head of the live goat, and he shall declare over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their unrighteousness, and all their sins; and he shall lay them upon the head of the live goat, and shall send him by the hand of a ready man into the wilderness. 003 LEV 016 022 And the goat shall bear their unrighteousnesses upon him into a desert land; and Aaron shall send away the goat into the wilderness. 003 LEV 016 023 And Aaron shall enter into the tabernacle of witness, and shall put off the linen garment, which he had put on, as he entered into the holy place, and shall lay it by there. 003 LEV 016 024 And he shall bathe his body in water in the holy place, and shall put on his raiment, and shall go out and offer the whole burnt offering for himself and the whole burnt offering for the people: and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and for the people, as for the priests. 003 LEV 016 025 And he shall offer the fat for the sin-offering on the altar. 003 LEV 016 026 And he that sends forth the goat that has been set apart to be let go, shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards shall enter into the camp. 003 LEV 016 027 And the calf for the sin-offering, and the goat for the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, they shall carry forth out of the camp, and burn them with fire, even their skins and their flesh and their dung. 003 LEV 016 028 And he that burns them shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall enter into the camp. 003 LEV 016 029 And this shall be a perpetual statute for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls, and shall do no work, the native and the stranger who abides among you. 003 LEV 016 030 For in this day he shall make an atonement for you, to cleanse you from all your sins before the Lord, and you shall be purged. 003 LEV 016 031 This shall be to you a most holy sabbath, a rest, and you shall humble your souls; it is a perpetual ordinance. 003 LEV 016 032 The priest whoever they shall anoint shall make atonement, and whoever they shall consecrate to exercise the priestly office after his father; and he shall put on the linen robe, the holy garment. 003 LEV 016 033 And he shall make atonement for the most holy place, and the tabernacle of witness; and he shall make atonement for the altar, and for the priests; and he shall make atonement for all the congregation. 003 LEV 016 034 And this shall be to you a perpetual statute to make atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins: it shall be done once in the year, as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 017 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 017 002 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, This is the word which the Lord has commanded, saying, 003 LEV 017 003 Every man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers dwelling among you, who shall kill a calf, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or who shall kill it out of the camp, 003 LEV 017 004 and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to sacrifice it for a whole burnt offering or peace-offering to the Lord to be acceptable for a sweet smelling savor: and whoever shall kill it without, and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to offer it as a gift to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed to that man, he has shed blood; that soul shall be cut off from his people. 003 LEV 017 005 That the children of Israel may offer their sacrifices, all that they shall kill in the fields, and bring them to the Lord to the doors of the tabernacle of witness to the priest, and they shall sacrifice them as a peace-offering to the Lord. 003 LEV 017 006 And the priest shall pour the blood on the altar round about before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall offer the fat for a sweet smelling savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 017 007 And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to vain [gods] after which they go a whoring; it shall be a perpetual statute to you for your generations. 003 LEV 017 008 And you shall say to them, Whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the sons of the proselytes dwelling among you, shall offer a whole burnt offering or a sacrifice, 003 LEV 017 009 and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness to sacrifice it to the Lord, that man shall be destroyed from among his people. 003 LEV 017 010 And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers dwelling among you, shall eat any blood, I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will destroy it from its people. 003 LEV 017 011 For the life of flesh is its blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for its blood shall make atonement for the soul. 003 LEV 017 012 Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, and the stranger that abides among you shall not eat blood. 003 LEV 017 013 And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers dwelling among you shall take any animal in hunting, beast, or bird, which is eaten, then shall he pour out the blood, and cover it in the dust. 003 LEV 017 014 For the blood of all flesh is its life; and I said to the children of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood: every one that eats it shall be destroyed. 003 LEV 017 015 And every soul which eats that which has died of itself, or is taken of beasts, either among the natives or among the strangers, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening: then shall he be clean. 003 LEV 017 016 But if he do not wash his garments, and do not bathe his body in water, then shall he bear his iniquity. 003 LEV 018 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 018 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 018 003 You shall not do according to the devices of Egypt, in which you lived: and according to the devices of the land of Chanaan, into which I bring you, you shall not do; and you shall not walk in their ordinances. 003 LEV 018 004 You shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 018 005 So you shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 018 006 No man shall draw near to any of his near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I [am] the Lord. 003 LEV 018 007 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, for she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 003 LEV 018 008 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness. 003 LEV 018 009 The nakedness of your sister by your father or by your mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover. 003 LEV 018 010 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; because it is your nakedness. 003 LEV 018 011 You shall not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of your father's wife; she is your sister by the same father: you shall not uncover her nakedness. 003 LEV 018 012 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister, for she is near akin to your father. 003 LEV 018 013 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is near akin to your mother. 003 LEV 018 014 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, and you shall not go in to his wife; for she is your relation. 003 LEV 018 015 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 003 LEV 018 016 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness. 003 LEV 018 017 The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shall you not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter, shall you not take, to uncover their nakedness, for they are your kinswomen: it is impiety. 003 LEV 018 018 You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living. 003 LEV 018 019 And you shall not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness. 003 LEV 018 020 And you shall not lie with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her. 003 LEV 018 021 And you shall not give of your seed to serve a ruler; and you shall not profane my holy name; I [am] the Lord. 003 LEV 018 022 And you shall not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination. 003 LEV 018 023 Neither shall you lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connexion with it; for it is an abomination. 003 LEV 018 024 Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you, 003 LEV 018 025 and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it. 003 LEV 018 026 And you shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you: 003 LEV 018 027 (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled, ) 003 LEV 018 028 and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you. 003 LEV 018 029 For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their people. 003 LEV 018 030 And you shall keep mine ordinances, that you may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and you shall not be polluted in them; for I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 019 002 Speak to the congregation of the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, You shall be holy; for I the Lord your God [am] holy. 003 LEV 019 003 Let every one of you reverence his father and his mother; and you shall keep my sabbaths: I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 004 You shall not follow idols, and you shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 005 And if you will sacrifice a peace-offering to the Lord, you shall offer it acceptable from yourselves. 003 LEV 019 006 In what day soever you shall sacrifice it, it shall be eaten; and on the following day, and if any of it should be left till the third day, it shall be thoroughly burnt with fire. 003 LEV 019 007 And if it should be at all eaten on the third day, it is unfit for sacrifice: it shall not be accepted. 003 LEV 019 008 And he that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy things of the Lord; and the souls that eat it shall be destroyed from among their people. 003 LEV 019 009 And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not complete the reaping of your field with exactness, and you shall not gather that which falls from your reaping. 003 LEV 019 010 And you shall not go over the gathering of your vineyard, neither shall you gather the remaining grapes of your vineyard: you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 011 You shall not steal, you shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbor. 003 LEV 019 012 And you shall not swear unjustly by my name, and you shall not profane the holy name of your God: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 013 You shall not injure your neighbor, neither do you rob [him], neither shall the wages of your hireling remain with you until the morning. 003 LEV 019 014 You shall not revile the deaf, neither shall you put a stumbling block in the way of the blind; and you shall fear the Lord your God: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 015 You shall not act unjustly in judgment: you shall not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shall you judge your neighbor. 003 LEV 019 016 You shall not walk deceitfully among your people; you shall not rise up against the blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 017 You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbor, so you shall not bear sin on his account. 003 LEV 019 018 And your hand shall not avenge you; and you shall not be angry with the children of your people; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord. 003 LEV 019 019 You shall observe my law: you shall not let your cattle gender with one of a different kind, and you shall not sow your vineyard with diverse seed; and you shall not put upon yourself a mingled garment woven of two [materials]. 003 LEV 019 020 And if any one lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home-servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, [and] her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited [with punishment]; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty. 003 LEV 019 021 And he shall bring for his trespass to the Lord to the door of the tabernacle of witness, a ram for a trespass-offering. 003 LEV 019 022 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering, before the Lord, for the sin which he sinned; and the sin which he sinned shall be forgiven him. 003 LEV 019 023 And whenever you shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall plant any fruit tree, then shall you purge away its uncleanness; its fruit shall be three years uncleansed to you, it shall not be eaten. 003 LEV 019 024 And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a subject of praise to the Lord. 003 LEV 019 025 And in the fifth year you shall eat the fruit, its produce is an increase to you. I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 026 Eat not on the mountains, nor shall you employ auguries, nor divine by inspection of birds. 003 LEV 019 027 You shall not make a round cutting of the hair of your head, nor disfigure your beard. 003 LEV 019 028 And you shall not make cuttings in your body for a [dead] body, and you shall not inscribe on yourselves any marks. I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 029 You shall not profane your daughter to prostitute her; so the land shall not go a whoring, and the land be filled with iniquity. 003 LEV 019 030 You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuaries: I am the Lord. 003 LEV 019 031 You shall not attend to those who have in them divining spirits, nor attach yourselves to enchanters, to pollute yourselves with them: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 032 You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and shall fear your God: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 033 And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, you shall not afflict him. 003 LEV 019 034 The stranger that comes to you shall be among you as the native, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 019 035 You shall not act unrighteously in judgment, in measures and weights and scales. 003 LEV 019 036 There shall be among you just balances and just weights and just liquid measure. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 003 LEV 019 037 And you shall keep all my law and all my ordinances, and you shall do them: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 020 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 020 002 You shall also say to the children of Israel, If [there shall be] any of the children of Israel, or of those who have become proselytes in Israel, who shall give of his seed to Moloch, let him be surely put to death; the nation upon the land shall stone him with stones. 003 LEV 020 003 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given of his seed to Moloch, to defile my sanctuary, and profane the name of them that are consecrated to me. 003 LEV 020 004 And if the natives of the land should in anyway overlook that man in giving of his seed to Moloch, so as not to put him to death; 003 LEV 020 005 then will I set my face against that man and his family, and I will destroy him, and all who have been of one mind with him, so that he should go a whoring to the princes, from their people. 003 LEV 020 006 And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a whoring after them; I will set my face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people. 003 LEV 020 007 And you shall be holy, for I the Lord your God [am] holy. 003 LEV 020 008 And you shall observe my ordinances, and do them: I [am] the Lord that sanctifies you. 003 LEV 020 009 Every man who shall speak evil of his father or of his mother, let him die the death; has he spoken evil of his father or his mother? he shall be guilty. 003 LEV 020 010 Whatever man shall commit adultery with the wife of a man, or whoever shall commit adultery with the wife of his neighbor, let them die the death, the adulterer and the adulteress. 003 LEV 020 011 And if any one should lie with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness: let them both die the death, they are guilty. 003 LEV 020 012 And if any one should lie with his daughter-in-law, let them both be put to death; for they have wrought impiety, they are guilty. 003 LEV 020 013 And whoever shall lie with a male as with a woman, they have both wrought abomination; let them die the death, they are guilty. 003 LEV 020 014 Whosoever shall take a woman and her mother, it is iniquity: they shall burn him and them with fire; so there shall not be iniquity among you. 003 LEV 020 015 And whoever shall lie with a beast, let him die the death; and you shall kill the beast. 003 LEV 020 016 And whatever woman shall approach any beast, so as to have connexion with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast: let them die the death, they are guilty. 003 LEV 020 017 Whosoever shall take his sister by his father or by his mother, and shall see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness, it is a reproach: they shall be destroyed before the children of their family; he has uncovered his sister's nakedness, they shall bear their sin. 003 LEV 020 018 And whatever man shall lie with a woman that is set apart [for a flux], and shall uncover her nakedness, he has uncovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the flux of her blood: they shall both be destroyed from among their generation. 003 LEV 020 019 And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister, or of the sister of your mother; for that man has uncovered the nakedness of one near akin: they shall bear their iniquity. 003 LEV 020 020 Whosoever shall lie with his near kinswoman, has uncovered the nakedness of one near akin to him: they shall die childless. 003 LEV 020 021 Whoever shall take his brother's wife, it is uncleanness; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall die childless. 003 LEV 020 022 And keep you all my ordinances, and my judgments; and you shall do them, and the land shall not be aggrieved with you, into which I bring you to dwell upon it. 003 LEV 020 023 And walk you not in the customs of the nations which I drive out from before you; for they have done all these things, and I have abhorred them: 003 LEV 020 024 and I said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you for a possession, [even] a land flowing with milk and honey: I [am] the Lord your God, who have separated you from all people. 003 LEV 020 025 And you shall make a distinction between the clean and the unclean cattle, and between clean and unclean birds; and you shall not defile your souls with cattle, or with birds, or with any creeping things of the earth, which I have separated for you by reason of uncleanness. 003 LEV 020 026 And you shall be holy to me; because I the Lord your God [am] holy, who separated you from all nations, to be mine. 003 LEV 020 027 And [as for] a man or woman whoever of them shall have in them a divining spirit, or be an enchanter, let them both die the death: you shall stone them with stones, they are guilty. 003 LEV 021 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and you shall tell them [that] they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead, 003 LEV 021 002 but [they may mourn] for a relative who is very near to them, for a father and mother, and sons and daughters, for a brother, 003 LEV 021 003 and for a virgin sister that is near to one, that is not espoused to a man; for these one shall defile himself. 003 LEV 021 004 He shall not defile himself suddenly among his people to profane himself. 003 LEV 021 005 And you shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh. 003 LEV 021 006 They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God; for they offer the sacrifices of the Lord as the gifts of their God, and they shall be holy. 003 LEV 021 007 They shall not take a woman who is a harlot and profaned, or a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy to the Lord his God. 003 LEV 021 008 And you shall hallow him; he offers the gifts of the Lord your God: he shall be holy, for I the Lord that sanctify them [am] holy. 003 LEV 021 009 And if the daughter of a priest should be profaned to go a whoring, she profanes the name of her father: she shall be burnt with fire. 003 LEV 021 010 And the priest that is chief among his brethren, the oil having been poured upon the head of the anointed one, and he having been consecrated to put on the garments, shall not take the mitre off his head, and shall not rend his garments: 003 LEV 021 011 neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother. 003 LEV 021 012 And he shall not go forth out of the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the holy anointing oil of God [is] upon him: I [am] the Lord. 003 LEV 021 013 He shall take for a wife a virgin of his own tribe. 003 LEV 021 014 But a widow, or one that is put away, or profaned, or a harlot, these he shall not take; but he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own people. 003 LEV 021 015 And he shall not profane his seed among his people: I [am] the Lord that sanctifies him. 003 LEV 021 016 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 021 017 Say to Aaron, A man of your tribe throughout your generations, who shall have a blemish on him, shall not draw near to offer the gifts of his God. 003 LEV 021 018 No man who has a blemish on him shall draw near; a man blind, lame, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut, 003 LEV 021 019 a man who has a broken hand or a broken foot, 003 LEV 021 020 or humpbacked, or blear-eyed, or that has lost his eye-lashes, or a man who has a malignant ulcer, or tetter, or one that has lost a testicle. 003 LEV 021 021 Whoever of the seed of Aaron the priest has a blemish on him, shall not draw near to offer sacrifices to your God, because he has a blemish on him; he shall not draw near to offer the gifts of God. 003 LEV 021 022 The gifts of God [are] most holy, and he shall eat of the holy things. 003 LEV 021 023 Only he shall not approach the veil, and he shall not draw near to the altar, because he has a blemish; and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, for I am the Lord that sanctifies them. 003 LEV 021 024 And Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel. 003 LEV 022 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 022 002 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and let them take heed concerning the holy things of the children of Israel, so they shall not profane my holy name in any of the things which they consecrate to me: I [am] the Lord. 003 LEV 022 003 Say to them, Every man throughout your generations, whoever of all your seed shall approach to the holy things, whatever the children of Israel shall consecrate to the Lord, while his uncleanness is upon him, that soul shall be cut off from me: I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 022 004 And the man of the seed of Aaron the priest, if he should have leprosy or issue of the reins, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be cleansed; and he that touches any uncleanness of a dead body, or the man whose seed of copulation shall have gone out from him, 003 LEV 022 005 or whoever shall touch any unclean reptile, which will defile him, or [who shall touch] a man, whereby he shall defile him according to all his uncleanness: 003 LEV 022 006 whatever soul shall touch them shall be unclean until evening; he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water, 003 LEV 022 007 and the sun go down, and then he shall be clean; and then shall he eat of all the holy things, for they are his bread. 003 LEV 022 008 He shall not eat that which dies of itself, or is taken of beasts, so that he should be polluted by them: I [am] the Lord. 003 LEV 022 009 And they shall keep my ordinances, that they do not bear iniquity because of them, and die because of them, if they shall profane them: I [am] the Lord God that sanctifies them. 003 LEV 022 010 And no stranger shall eat the holy things: one that sojourns with a priest, or a hireling, shall not eat the holy things. 003 LEV 022 011 But if a priest should have a soul purchased for money, he shall eat of his bread; and they that are born in his house, they also shall eat of his bread. 003 LEV 022 012 And if the daughter of a priest should marry a stranger, she shall not eat of the offerings of the sanctuary. 003 LEV 022 013 And if the daughter of priest should be a widow, or put away, and have no seed, she shall return to her father's house, as in her youth: she shall eat of her father's bread, but no stranger shall eat of it. 003 LEV 022 014 And the man who shall ignorantly eat holy things, shall add the fifth part to it, and give the holy thing to the priest. 003 LEV 022 015 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord. 003 LEV 022 016 So should they bring upon themselves the iniquity of trespass in their eating their holy things: for I [am] the Lord that sanctifies them. 003 LEV 022 017 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 022 018 Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the congregation of Israel, and you shall say to them, Any man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that abide among them in Israel, who shall offer his gifts according to all their confession and according to all their choice, whatever they may bring to the Lord for whole burnt offerings— 003 LEV 022 019 your free will offerings [shall] be males without blemish of the herds, or of the sheep, or of the goats. 003 LEV 022 020 They shall not bring to the Lord anything that has a blemish in it, for it shall not be acceptable for you. 003 LEV 022 021 And whatever man shall offer a peace-offering to the Lord, discharging a vow, or in the way of free will offering, or an offering in your feasts, of the herds or of the sheep, it shall be without blemish for acceptance: there shall be no blemish in it. 003 LEV 022 022 One that is blind, or broken, or has its tongue cut out, or is troubled with warts, or has a malignant ulcer, or tetters, they shall not offer these to the Lord; neither shall you offer any of them for a burnt offering on the altar of the Lord. 003 LEV 022 023 And a calf or a sheep with the ears cut off, or that has lost its tail, you shall kill them for yourself; but they shall not be accepted for your vow. 003 LEV 022 024 That which has broken testicles, or is crushed or gelt or mutilated, —you shall not offer them to the Lord, neither shall you sacrifice them upon your land. 003 LEV 022 025 Neither shall you offer the gifts of your God of all these things by the hand of a stranger, because there is corruption in them, a blemish in them: these shall not be accepted for you. 003 LEV 022 026 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 022 027 As for a calf, or a sheep, or a goat, whenever it is born, then shall it be seven days under its mother; and on the eighth day and after they shall be accepted for sacrifices, a burnt offering to the Lord. 003 LEV 022 028 And a bullock and a ewe, it and its young, you shall not kill in one day. 003 LEV 022 029 And if you should offer a sacrifice, a vow of rejoicing to the Lord, you shall offer it so as to be accepted for you. 003 LEV 022 030 In that same day it shall be eaten; you shall not leave of the flesh till the morrow: I am the Lord. 003 LEV 022 031 And you shall keep my commandments and do them. 003 LEV 022 032 And you shall not profane the name of the Holy One, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the children of Israel. I [am] the Lord that sanctifies you, 003 LEV 022 033 who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I [am] the Lord. 003 LEV 023 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 023 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, The feasts of the Lord which you shall call holy assemblies, these are my feasts. 003 LEV 023 003 Six days shall you do works, but on the seventh day is the sabbath; a rest, a holy convocation to the Lord: you shall not do any work, it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings. 003 LEV 023 004 These [are] the feasts to the Lord, holy convocations, which you shall call in their seasons. 003 LEV 023 005 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evening times is the Lord's passover. 003 LEV 023 006 And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread. 003 LEV 023 007 And the first day shall be a holy convocation to you: you shall do no servile work. 003 LEV 023 008 And you shall offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord seven days; and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you: you shall do no servile work. 003 LEV 023 009 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 023 010 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you shall enter into the land which I give you, and reap the harvest of it, then shall you bring a sheaf, the first fruits of your harvest, to the priest; 003 LEV 023 011 and he shall lift up the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you. On the morrow of the first day the priest shall lift it up. 003 LEV 023 012 And you shall offer on the day on which you bring the sheaf, a lamb without blemish of a year old for a whole burnt offering to the Lord. 003 LEV 023 013 And its meat-offering two tenth portions of fine flour mingled with oil: it is a sacrifice to the Lord, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord, and its drink-offering the fourth part of a hin of wine. 003 LEV 023 014 And you shall not eat bread, or the new parched corn, until this same day, until you offer the sacrifices to your God: [it is] a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 003 LEV 023 015 And you shall number to yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day on which you shall offer the sheaf of the heave-offering, seven full weeks: 003 LEV 023 016 until the morrow after the last week you shall number fifty days, and shall bring a new meat-offering to the Lord. 003 LEV 023 017 You shall bring from your dwelling loaves, as a heave-offering, two loaves: they shall be of two tenth portions of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven of the first fruits to the Lord. 003 LEV 023 018 And you shall bring with the loaves seven unblemished lambs of a year old, and one calf of the herd, and two rams without blemish, and they shall be a whole burnt offering to the Lord: and their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings [shall be] a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 003 LEV 023 019 And they shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs of a year old for a peace-offering, with the loaves of the first fruits. 003 LEV 023 020 And the priest shall place them with the loaves of the first fruits an offering before the Lord with the two lambs, they shall be holy to the Lord; they shall belong to the priest that brings them. 003 LEV 023 021 And you shall call this day a convocation: it shall be holy to you; you shall do no servile work on it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations in all your habitations. 003 LEV 023 022 And when you shall reap the harvest of your land, you shall not fully reap the remainder of the harvest of your field when you reap, and you shall not gather that which falls from your reaping; you shall leave it for the poor and the stranger: I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 023 023 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 023 024 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a rest, a memorial of trumpets: it shall be to you a holy convocation. 003 LEV 023 025 You shall do no servile work, and you shall offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord. 003 LEV 023 026 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 023 027 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month is a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall humble your souls, and offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord. 003 LEV 023 028 You shall do no work on this self-same day: for this is a day of atonement for you, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. 003 LEV 023 029 Every soul that shall not be humbled in that day, shall be cut off from among its people. 003 LEV 023 030 And every soul which shall do work on that day, that soul shall be destroyed from among its people. 003 LEV 023 031 You shall do no manner of work: it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your habitations. 003 LEV 023 032 It shall be a holy sabbath to you; and you shall humble your souls, from the ninth day of the month: from evening to evening you shall keep your sabbaths. 003 LEV 023 033 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 023 034 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, there shall be a feast of tabernacles seven days to the Lord. 003 LEV 023 035 And on the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work. 003 LEV 023 036 Seven days shall you offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, and the eighth-day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord: it is a time of release, you shall do no servile work. 003 LEV 023 037 These [are] the feasts to the Lord, which you shall call holy convocations, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, whole burnt offerings and their meat-offerings, and their drink-offerings, that for each day on its day: 003 LEV 023 038 besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides your free will offerings, which you shall give to the Lord. 003 LEV 023 039 And on the fifteenth day of this seventh month, when you shall have completely gathered in the fruits of the earth, you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days; on the first day there shall be a rest, and on the eighth day a rest. 003 LEV 023 040 And on the first day you shall take goodly fruit of trees, and branches of palm trees, and thick boughs of trees, and willows, and branches of osiers from the brook, to rejoice before the Lord your God seven days in the year. 003 LEV 023 041 [It is] a perpetual statute for your generations: in the seventh month you shall keep it. 003 LEV 023 042 Seven days you shall dwell in tabernacles: every native in Israel shall dwell in tents, 003 LEV 023 043 that your posterity may see, that I made the children of Israel to dwell in tents, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 023 044 And Moses recounted the feasts of the Lord to the children of Israel. 003 LEV 024 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 024 002 Charge the children of Israel, and let them take for you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to burn a lamp continually, 003 LEV 024 003 outside the veil in the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall burn it from evening until morning before the Lord continually, a perpetual statute throughout your generations. 003 LEV 024 004 You shall burn the lamps on the pure lamp-stand before the Lord till the morrow. 003 LEV 024 005 And you shall take fine flour, and make of it twelve loaves; each loaf shall be of two tenth parts. 003 LEV 024 006 And you shall put them [in] two rows, each row [containing] six loaves, on the pure table before the Lord. 003 LEV 024 007 And you shall put on [each] row pure frankincense and salt; and [these things] shall be for loaves for a memorial, set forth before the Lord. 003 LEV 024 008 On the sabbath-day they shall be set forth before the Lord continually before the children of Israel, for an everlasting covenant. 003 LEV 024 009 And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat them in the holy place: for this is their most holy portion of the offerings made to the Lord, a perpetual statute. 003 LEV 024 010 And there went forth a son of an Israelitish woman, and he was son of an Egyptian man among the sons of Israel; and they fought in the camp, the son of the Israelitish woman, and a man who was an Israelite. 003 LEV 024 011 And the son of the Israelitish woman named THE NAME and curse; and they brought him to Moses: and his mother's name was Salomith, daughter of Dabri of the tribe of Dan. 003 LEV 024 012 And they put him in ward, to judge him by the command of the Lord. 003 LEV 024 013 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 024 014 Bring forth him that cursed outside the camp, and all who heard shall lay their hands upon his head, and all the congregation shall stone him. 003 LEV 024 015 And speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whosoever shall curse God shall bear his sin. 003 LEV 024 016 And he that names the name of the Lord, let him die the death: let all the congregation of Israel stone him with stones; whether he be a stranger or a native, let him die for naming the name of the Lord. 003 LEV 024 017 And whoever shall strike a man and he die, let him die the death. 003 LEV 024 018 And whoever shall strike a beast, and it shall die, let him render life for life. 003 LEV 024 019 And whoever shall inflict a blemish on his neighbor, as he has done to him, so shall it be done to himself in return; 003 LEV 024 020 bruise for bruise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as any one may inflict a blemish on a man, so shall it be rendered to him. 003 LEV 024 021 Whosoever shall strike a man, and he shall die, let him die the death. 003 LEV 024 022 There shall be one judgment for the stranger and the native, for I [am] the Lord your God. 003 LEV 024 023 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones: and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses. 003 LEV 025 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the mount Sina, saying, 003 LEV 025 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whenever you shall have entered into the land, which I give to you, then the land shall rest which I give to you, for its sabbaths to the Lord. 003 LEV 025 003 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vine, and gather in its fruit. 003 LEV 025 004 But in the seventh year [shall be] a sabbath, it shall be a rest to the land, a sabbath to the Lord: you shall not sow your field, and you shall not prune your vine. 003 LEV 025 005 And you shall not gather the spontaneous produce of your field, and you shall not gather fully the grapes of your dedication: it shall be a year of rest to the land. 003 LEV 025 006 And the sabbaths of the land shall be food for you, and for your man-servant, and for your maidservant, and your hireling, and the stranger that abides with you. 003 LEV 025 007 And for your cattle, and for the wild beats that are in your land, shall every fruit of it be for food. 003 LEV 025 008 And you shall reckon to yourself seven sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and they shall be to you seven weeks of years, nine and forty years. 003 LEV 025 009 In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall make a proclamation with the sound of a trumpet in all your land; on the day of atonement you shall make a proclamation with a trumpet in all your land. 003 LEV 025 010 And you shall sanctify the year, the fifties year, and you shall proclaim a release upon the land to all that inhabit it; it shall be given a year of release, a jubilee for you; and each one shall depart to his possession, and you shall go each to his family. 003 LEV 025 011 This is a jubilee of release, the year shall be to you the fifties year: you shall not sow, nor reap the produce that comes of itself from the land, neither shall you gather its dedicated fruits. 003 LEV 025 012 For it is a jubilee of release; it shall be holy to you, you shall eat its fruits off the fields. 003 LEV 025 013 In the year of the release [even] the jubilee of it, shall [each] one return to his possession. 003 LEV 025 014 And if you should sell a possession to your neighbor, or if you should buy of your neighbor, let not a man oppress his neighbor. 003 LEV 025 015 According to the number of years after the jubilee shall you buy of your neighbor, according to the number of years of the fruits shall he sell to you. 003 LEV 025 016 According as [there may be] a greater number of years he shall increase [the value of] his possession, and according as [there may be] a less number of years he shall lessen [the value of] his possession; for according to the number of his crops, so shall he sell to you. 003 LEV 025 017 Let not a man oppress his neighbor, and you shall fear the Lord your God: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 025 018 And you shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments; and do you observe them, and you shall keep them, and dwell securely in the land. 003 LEV 025 019 And the land shall yield her increase, and you shall eat to fullness, and shall dwell securely in it. 003 LEV 025 020 And if you should say, What shall we eat in this seventh year, if we do not sow nor gather in our fruits? 003 LEV 025 021 Then will I send my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and the land shall produce its fruits for three years. 003 LEV 025 022 And you shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old fruits till the ninth year: until its fruit come, you shall eat old fruits of the old. 003 LEV 025 023 And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is mine, because you are strangers and sojourners before me. 003 LEV 025 024 And in every land of your possession, you shall allow ransoms for the land. 003 LEV 025 025 And if your brother who is with you be poor, and should have sold [part] of his possession, and his kinsman who is near to him come, then he shall redeem the possession which his brother has sold. 003 LEV 025 026 And if one have no near kinsman, and he prosper with his hand, and he find sufficient money, [even] his ransom; 003 LEV 025 027 then shall he calculate the years of his sale, and he shall give what is due to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his possession. 003 LEV 025 028 But if his hand have not prospered sufficiently, so as that he should restore the money to him, then he that bought the possessions shall have them till the sixth year of the release; and it shall go out in the release, and the owner shall return to his possession. 003 LEV 025 029 And if any one should sell an inhabited house in a walled city, then there shall be the ransom of it, until [the time] is fulfilled: its time of ransom shall be a full year. 003 LEV 025 030 And if it be not ransomed until there be completed of its time a full year, the house which is in the walled city shall be surely confirmed to him that bought it, throughout his generations; and it shall not go out in the release. 003 LEV 025 031 But the houses in the villages which have not a wall round about them, shall be reckoned as the fields of the country: they shall always be redeemable, and they shall go out in the release. 003 LEV 025 032 And the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities in their possession, shall be always redeemable to the Levites. 003 LEV 025 033 And if any one shall redeem a house of the Levites, then shall their sale of the houses of their possession go out in the release; because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the children of Israel. 003 LEV 025 034 And the lands set apart for their cities shall not be sold, because this is their perpetual possession. 003 LEV 025 035 And if your brother who is with you become poor, and he fail in resources with you, you shall help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and your brother shall live with you. 003 LEV 025 036 You shall not receive from him interest, nor increase: and you shall fear your God: I [am] the Lord: and your brother shall live with you. 003 LEV 025 037 You shall not lend your money to him at interest, and you shall not lend your meat to him to be returned with increase. 003 LEV 025 038 I [am] the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Chanaan, so as to be your God. 003 LEV 025 039 And if your brother by you be lowered, and be sold to you, he shall not serve you with the servitude of a slave. 003 LEV 025 040 He shall be with you as a hireling or a sojourner, he shall work for you till the year of release: 003 LEV 025 041 and he shall go out in the release, and his children with him; and he shall go to his family, he shall hasten back to his patrimony. 003 LEV 025 042 Because these are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; such an one shall not be sold as a [common] servant. 003 LEV 025 043 You shall not oppress him with labor, and shall fear the Lord your God. 003 LEV 025 044 And whatever number of menservants and maidservants you shall have, you shall purchase male and female servants from the nations that are round about you. 003 LEV 025 045 And of the sons of the sojourners that are among you, of these you shall buy and of their relations, all that shall be in your lands; let them be to you for a possession. 003 LEV 025 046 And you shall distribute them to your children after you, and they shall be to you permanent possessions for ever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labors. 003 LEV 025 047 And if a stranger or sojourner with you wax rich, and your brother in distress be sold to the stranger or the sojourner that is with you, or to a proselyte by extraction; 003 LEV 025 048 after he is sold to him there shall be redemption for him, one of his brethren shall redeem him. 003 LEV 025 049 A brother of his father, or a son of his father's brother shall redeem him; or let one of his near kin of his tribe redeem him, and if he should be rich and redeem himself, 003 LEV 025 050 then shall he calculate with his purchaser from the year that he sold himself to him until the year of release: and the money of his purchase shall be as that of a hireling, he shall be with him from year to year. 003 LEV 025 051 And if any have a greater number of years [than enough], according to these he shall pay his ransom out of his purchase-money. 003 LEV 025 052 And if but a little time be left of the years to the year of release, then shall he reckon to him according to his years, and shall pay his ransom 003 LEV 025 053 as a hireling; he shall be with him from year to year; you shall not oppress him with labor before you. 003 LEV 025 054 And if he do not pay his ransom accordingly, he shall go out in the year of his release, he and his children with him. 003 LEV 025 055 For the children of Israel are my servants: they are my attendants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. 003 LEV 026 001 I [am] the Lord your God: you shall not make to yourselves gods made with hands, or graven; neither shall you rear up a pillar for yourselves, neither shall you set up a stone [for] an object in your land to worship it: I am the Lord your God. 003 LEV 026 002 You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuaries: I am the Lord. 003 LEV 026 003 If you will walk in my ordinances, and keep my commandments, and do them, 003 LEV 026 004 then will I give you the rain in its season, and the land shall produce its fruits, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 003 LEV 026 005 And your threshing time shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake your seed time; and you shall eat your bread to the full; and you shall dwell safely upon your land, and war shall not go through your land. 003 LEV 026 006 And I will give peace in your land, and you shall sleep, and none [shall] make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land, 003 LEV 026 007 and you shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you with slaughter. 003 LEV 026 008 And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase tens of thousands; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 003 LEV 026 009 And I will look upon you, and increase you, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. 003 LEV 026 010 And you shall eat that which is old and very old, and bring forth the old to make way for the new. 003 LEV 026 011 And I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you; 003 LEV 026 012 and I will walk among you, and be your God, and you shall be my people. 003 LEV 026 013 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you were slaves; and I broke the band of your yoke, and brought you forth openly. 003 LEV 026 014 But if you will not listen to me, nor obey these my ordinances, 003 LEV 026 015 but disobey them, and your soul should loathe my judgments, so that you should not keep all my commands, so as to break my covenant, 003 LEV 026 016 then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and [disease] that consumes your life; and you shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them. 003 LEV 026 017 And I will set my face against you, and you shall fall before your enemies, and they that hate you shall pursue you; and you shall flee, no one pursuing you. 003 LEV 026 018 And if you still refuse to listen to me, then will I chasten you yet more even seven times for your sins. 003 LEV 026 019 And I will break down the haughtiness of your pride; and I will make your heaven iron, and your earth as it were brass. 003 LEV 026 020 And your strength shall be in vain; and your land shall not yield its seed, and the tree of your field shall not yield its fruit. 003 LEV 026 021 And if after this you should walk perversely, and not be willing to obey me, I will further bring upon you seven plagues according to your sins. 003 LEV 026 022 And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate. 003 LEV 026 023 And if hereupon you are not corrected, but walk perversely towards me, 003 LEV 026 024 I also will walk with you with a perverse spirit, and I also will strike you seven times for your sins. 003 LEV 026 025 And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of [my] covenant, and you shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and you shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies. 003 LEV 026 026 When I afflict you with famine of bread, then ten women shall bake your loaves in one oven, and they shall render your loaves by weight; and you shall eat, and not be satisfied. 003 LEV 026 027 And if hereupon you will not obey me, but walk perversely towards me, 003 LEV 026 028 then will I walk with you with a froward mind, and I will chasten you sevenfold according to your sins. 003 LEV 026 029 And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat. 003 LEV 026 030 And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden [images] made with hands; and I will lay your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you. 003 LEV 026 031 And I will lay your cities waste, and I will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell the savor of your sacrifices. 003 LEV 026 032 And I will lay your land desolate, and your enemies who dwell in it shall wonder at it. 003 LEV 026 033 And I will scatter you among the nations, and the sword shall come upon you and consume you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities shall be desolate. 003 LEV 026 034 Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation. 003 LEV 026 035 And you shall be in the land of your enemies; then the land shall keep its sabbaths, and the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation: it shall keep sabbaths which it kept not among your sabbaths, when you lived in it. 003 LEV 026 036 And to those who are left of you I will bring bondage into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleeing from war, and shall fall when none pursues them. 003 LEV 026 037 And brother shall disregard brother as in war, when none pursues; and you shall not be able to withstand your enemies. 003 LEV 026 038 And you shall perish among the Gentiles, and the land of your enemies shall devour you. 003 LEV 026 039 And those who are left of you shall perish, because of their sins, and because of the sins of their fathers: in the land of their enemies shall they consume away. 003 LEV 026 040 And they shall confess their sins, and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed and neglected me, and that they have walked perversely before me, 003 LEV 026 041 and I walked with them with a perverse mind; and I will destroy them in the land of their enemies: then shall their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then shall they acquiesce in [the punishment of] their sins. 003 LEV 026 042 And I will remember the covenant of Jacob, and the covenant of Isaac, and the covenant of Abraam will I remember. 003 LEV 026 043 And I will remember the land, and the land shall be left of them; then the land shall enjoy her sabbaths, when it is deserted through them: and they shall accept [the punishment of] their iniquities, because they neglected my judgments, and in their soul loathed my ordinances. 003 LEV 026 044 And yet not even thus, while they were in the land of their enemies, did I overlook them, nor did I loathe them so as to consume them, to break my covenant made with them; for I am the Lord their God. 003 LEV 026 045 And I will remember their former covenant, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage before the nation, to be their God; I am the Lord. 003 LEV 026 046 These are my judgments and my ordinances, and the law which the Lord gave between himself and the children of Israel, in the mount Sina, by the hand of Moses. 003 LEV 027 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 003 LEV 027 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whosoever shall vow a vow as the valuation of his soul for the Lord, 003 LEV 027 003 the valuation of a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be his valuation shall be fifty didrachmas of silver by the standard of the sanctuary. 003 LEV 027 004 And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachmas. 003 LEV 027 005 And if it be from five years old to twenty, the valuation of a male shall be twenty didrachmas, and of a female ten didrachmas. 003 LEV 027 006 And from a month old to five years old, the valuation of a male shall be five didrachmas, and of a female, three didrachmas of silver. 003 LEV 027 007 And if from sixty year [old] and upward, if it be a male, his valuation shall be fifteen didrachmas of silver, and if a female, ten didrachmas. 003 LEV 027 008 And if the man be too poor for the valuation, he shall stand before the priest; and the priest shall value him: according to what the man who has vowed can afford, the priest shall value him. 003 LEV 027 009 And if it be from the cattle that are offered as a gift to the Lord, whoever shall offer one of these to the Lord, it shall be holy. 003 LEV 027 010 He shall not change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he do at all change it, a beast for a beast, it and the substitute shall be holy. 003 LEV 027 011 And if it be any unclean beast, of which none are offered as a gift to the Lord, he shall set the beast before the priest. 003 LEV 027 012 And the priest shall make a valuation between the good and the bad, and accordingly as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand. 003 LEV 027 013 And if [the worshipper] will at all redeem it, he shall add the fifth part to its value. 003 LEV 027 014 And whatever man shall consecrate his house as holy to the Lord, the priest shall make a valuation of it between the good and the bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand. 003 LEV 027 015 And if he that has sanctified it should redeem his house, he shall add to it the fifth part of the money of the valuation, and it shall be his. 003 LEV 027 016 And if a man should hallow to the Lord a part of the field of his possession, then the valuation shall be according to its seed, fifty didrachmas of silver for a homer of barley. 003 LEV 027 017 And if he should sanctify his field from the year of release, it shall stand according to his valuation. 003 LEV 027 018 And if he should sanctify his field in the latter time after the release, the priest shall reckon to him the money for the remaining years, until the [next] year of release, and it shall be deducted as an equivalent from his full valuation. 003 LEV 027 019 And if he that sanctified the field would redeem it, he shall add to its value the fifth part of the money, and it shall be his. 003 LEV 027 020 And if he do not redeem the field, but should sell the field to another man, he shall not after redeem it. 003 LEV 027 021 But the field shall be holy to the Lord after the release, as separated land; the priest shall have possession of it. 003 LEV 027 022 And if he should consecrate to the Lord of a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession, 003 LEV 027 023 the priest shall reckon to him the full valuation from the year of release, and he shall pay the valuation in that day [as] holy to the Lord. 003 LEV 027 024 And in the year of release the land shall be restored to the man of whom the other bought it, whose the possession of the land was. 003 LEV 027 025 And every valuation shall be by holy weights: the didrachm shall be twenty oboli. 003 LEV 027 026 And every firstborn which shall be produced among your cattle shall be the Lord's, and no man shall sanctify it: whether calf or sheep, it is the Lord's. 003 LEV 027 027 But if he should redeem an unclean beast, according to its valuation, then he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his; and if he redeem it not, it shall be sold according to its valuation. 003 LEV 027 028 And every dedicated thing which a man shall dedicate to the Lord of all that he has, whether man or beast, or of the field of his possession, he shall not sell it, nor redeem it: every devoted thing shall be most holy to the Lord. 003 LEV 027 029 And whatever shall be dedicated of men, shall not be ransomed, but shall be surely put to death. 003 LEV 027 030 Every tithe of the land, both of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of trees, is the Lord's, holy to the Lord. 003 LEV 027 031 And if a man should at all redeem his tithe, he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his. 003 LEV 027 032 And every tithe of oxen, and of sheep, and whatever may come in numbering under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord. 003 LEV 027 033 You shall not change a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if you should at all change it, its equivalent also shall be holy, it shall not be redeemed. 003 LEV 027 034 These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in mount Sina. # # BOOK 004 NUM Numbers Numbers 004 NUM 001 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, in the tabernacle of witness, on the first day of the second month, in the second year of their departure from the land of Egypt, saying, 004 NUM 001 002 Take the sum of all the congregation of Israel according to their kindred, according to the houses of their fathers' families, according to their number by their names, according to their heads: every male 004 NUM 001 003 from twenty years old and upwards, every one that goes forth in the forces of Israel, take account of them with their strength; you and Aaron take account of them. 004 NUM 001 004 And with you there shall be each one of the rulers according to the tribe of each: they shall be according to the houses of their families. 004 NUM 001 005 And these are the names of the men who shall be present with you; of the tribe of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sediur. 004 NUM 001 006 Of Symeon, Salamiel the son of Surisadai. 004 NUM 001 007 Of Juda, Naasson the son of Aminadab. 004 NUM 001 008 Of Issachar, Nathanael the son of Sogar. 004 NUM 001 009 Of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Chaelon. 004 NUM 001 010 Of the sons of Joseph, of Ephraim, Elisama the son of Emiud: of Manasses, Gamaliel the son of Phadasur. 004 NUM 001 011 Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gadeoni. 004 NUM 001 012 Of Dan, Achiezer the son of Amisadai. 004 NUM 001 013 Of Aser, Phagaiel the son of Echran. 004 NUM 001 014 Of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel. 004 NUM 001 015 Of Nephthali, Achire the son of Aenan. 004 NUM 001 016 These were famous men of the congregation, heads of the tribes according to their families: these are heads of thousands in Israel. 004 NUM 001 017 And Moses and Aaron took these men who were called by name. 004 NUM 001 018 And they assembled all the congregation on the first day of the month in the second year; and they registered them after their lineage, after their families, after the number of their names, from twenty years old and upwards, every male according to their number: 004 NUM 001 019 as the Lord commanded Moses, so they were numbered in the wilderness of Sina. 004 NUM 001 020 And the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their heads, were—all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that went out with the host— 004 NUM 001 021 the numbering of them of the tribe of Ruben, was forty-six thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 001 022 For the children of Symeon according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes out with the host, 004 NUM 001 023 the numbering of them of the tribe of Symeon, was fifty-nine thousand and three hundred. 004 NUM 001 024 For the sons of Juda according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes forth with the host, 004 NUM 001 025 the numbering of them of the tribe of Juda, was seventy-four thousand and six hundred. 004 NUM 001 026 For the sons of Issachar according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes forth with the host, 004 NUM 001 027 the numbering of them of the tribe of Issachar, was fifty-four thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 001 028 For the sons of Zabulon according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes out with the host, 004 NUM 001 029 the numbering of them of the tribe of Zabulon, was fifty-seven thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 001 030 For the sons of Joseph, the sons of Ephraim, according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes out with the host, 004 NUM 001 031 the numbering of them of the tribe of Ephraim, was forty thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 001 032 For the sons of Manasse according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes out with the host, 004 NUM 001 033 the numbering of them of the tribe of Manasse, was thirty-two thousand and two hundred. 004 NUM 001 034 For the sons of Benjamin according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes forth with the host, 004 NUM 001 035 the numbering of them of the tribe of Benjamin, was thirty-five thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 001 036 For the sons of Gad according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes forth with the host, 004 NUM 001 037 the numbering of them of the tribe of Gad, was forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 004 NUM 001 038 For the sons of Dan according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, all males from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes forth with the host, 004 NUM 001 039 the numbering of them of the tribe of Dan, was sixty and two thousand and seven hundred. 004 NUM 001 040 For the sons of Aser according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes forth with the host, 004 NUM 001 041 the numbering of them of the tribe of Aser, was forty and one thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 001 042 For the sons of Nephthali according to their kindred, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, every one who goes forth with the host, 004 NUM 001 043 the numbering of them of the tribe of Nephthali, was fifty-three thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 001 044 This is the numbering which Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel, being twelve men, conducted: there was a man for each tribe, they were according to the tribe of the houses of their family. 004 NUM 001 045 And the whole numbering of the children of Israel with their host from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes out to set himself in battle array in Israel, came to 004 NUM 001 046 six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 004 NUM 001 047 But the Levites of the tribe of their family were not counted among the children of Israel. 004 NUM 001 048 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 001 049 See, you shall not muster the tribe of Levi, and you shall not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel. 004 NUM 001 050 And do you set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle. 004 NUM 001 051 And in removing the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down, and in pitching the tabernacle they shall set it up: and let the stranger that advances [to touch it] die. 004 NUM 001 052 And the children of Israel shall encamp, every man in his own order, and every man according to his company, with their host. 004 NUM 001 053 But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness fronting it, and [so] there shall be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 001 054 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 004 NUM 002 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 004 NUM 002 002 Let the children of Israel encamp fronting [each other], every man keeping his own rank, according to [their] standards, according to the houses of their families; the children of Israel shall encamp round about the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 002 003 And they that encamp first toward the east [shall be] the order of the camp of Juda with their host, and the prince of the sons of Juda, Naasson the son of Aminadab. 004 NUM 002 004 His forces that were numbered, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred. 004 NUM 002 005 And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Issachar, and the prince of the sons of Issachar [shall be] Nathanael the son of Sogar. 004 NUM 002 006 His forces that were numbered, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 002 007 And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Zabulon, and the prince of the sons of Zabulon [shall be] Eliab the son of Chaelon. 004 NUM 002 008 His forces that were numbered, were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 002 009 All that were numbered of the camp of Juda were a hundred and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred: they shall move first with their forces. 004 NUM 002 010 [This is] the order of the camp of Ruben; their forces [shall be] toward the south, and the prince of the children of Ruben [shall be] Elisur the son of Sediur. 004 NUM 002 011 His forces that were numbered, were forty-six thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 002 012 And they that encamp next to him [shall be] of the tribe of Symeon, and the prince of the sons of Symeon [shall be] Salamiel the son of Surisadai. 004 NUM 002 013 His forces that were numbered, were fifty-nine thousand and three hundred. 004 NUM 002 014 And they that encamp next to them [shall be] the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel. 004 NUM 002 015 His forces that were numbered, were forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 004 NUM 002 016 All who were numbered of the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty: they with their forces shall proceed in the second place. 004 NUM 002 017 And [then] the tabernacle of witness shall be set forward, and the camp of the Levites [shall be] between the camps; as they shall encamp, so also shall they commence their march, each one next in order to his fellow according to their companies. 004 NUM 002 018 The station of the camp of Ephraim [shall be] westward with their forces, and the head of the children of Ephraim [shall be] Elisama the son of Emiud. 004 NUM 002 019 His forces that were numbered, are forty thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 002 020 And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Manasse, and the prince of the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. 004 NUM 002 021 His forces that were numbered, were thirty-two thousand and two hundred. 004 NUM 002 022 And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Benjamin, and the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gadeoni. 004 NUM 002 023 His forces that were numbered, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 002 024 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim, were one hundred and eight thousand and one hundred: they with their forces shall set out third. 004 NUM 002 025 The order of the camp of Dan [shall be] northward with their forces; and the prince of the sons of Dan, Achiezer the son of Amisadai. 004 NUM 002 026 His forces that were numbered, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred. 004 NUM 002 027 And they that encamp next to him [shall be] the tribe of Aser; and the prince of the sons of Aser, Phagiel the son of Echran. 004 NUM 002 028 His forces that were numbered, were forty-one thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 002 029 And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Nephthali; and the prince of the children of Nephthali, Achire son Aenan. 004 NUM 002 030 His forces that were numbered were fifty-three thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 002 031 All that were numbered of the camp of Dan, [were] a hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred: they shall set out last according to their order. 004 NUM 002 032 This [is] the numbering of the children of Israel according to the houses of their families: all the numbering of the camps with their forces, [was] six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. 004 NUM 002 033 But the Levites were not numbered with them, as the Lord commanded Moses. 004 NUM 002 034 And the children of Israel did all things that the Lord commanded Moses; thus they encamped in their order, and thus they began their march in succession each according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families. 004 NUM 003 001 And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sina. 004 NUM 003 002 And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar. 004 NUM 003 003 These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood. 004 NUM 003 004 And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office with Aaron their father. 004 NUM 003 005 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 003 006 Take the tribe of Levi, and you shall set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him, 004 NUM 003 007 and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle. 004 NUM 003 008 And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle. 004 NUM 003 009 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel. 004 NUM 003 010 And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die. 004 NUM 003 011 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 003 012 Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine. 004 NUM 003 013 For every firstborn [is] mine; in the day in which I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every firstborn in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be mine: I [am] the Lord. 004 NUM 003 014 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying, 004 NUM 003 015 Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number you them every male from a month old and upwards. 004 NUM 003 016 And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them. 004 NUM 003 017 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari. 004 NUM 003 018 And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei: 004 NUM 003 019 and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel: 004 NUM 003 020 and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families. 004 NUM 003 021 To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson. 004 NUM 003 022 The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a month old and upwards, their numbering [was] seven thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 003 023 And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle. 004 NUM 003 024 And the ruler of the household of the family of Gedson [was] Elisaph the son of Dael. 004 NUM 003 025 And the charge of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness [was] the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the tabernacle of witness, 004 NUM 003 026 and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works. 004 NUM 003 027 To Caath [belonged] one division, that of Amram, and another division, that of Issaar, and another division, that of Chebron, and another division, that of Oziel: these are the divisions of Caath, according to number. 004 NUM 003 028 Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things. 004 NUM 003 029 The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south. 004 NUM 003 030 And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Caath, [was] Elisaphan the son of Oziel. 004 NUM 003 031 And their charge [was] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works. 004 NUM 003 032 And the chief over the chief of the Levites, [was] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things. 004 NUM 003 033 To Merari [belonged] the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari. 004 NUM 003 034 The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, [was] six thousand and fifty. 004 NUM 003 035 And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards. 004 NUM 003 036 The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari [included] the chapiters of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all their furniture, and their works, 004 NUM 003 037 and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pins, and their cords. 004 NUM 003 038 They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east [shall be] Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die. 004 NUM 003 039 All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, [were] two and twenty thousand. 004 NUM 003 040 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every firstborn male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name. 004 NUM 003 041 And you shall take the Levites for me—I [am] the Lord—instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel. 004 NUM 003 042 And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every firstborn among the children of Israel. 004 NUM 003 043 And all the male firstborn in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three. 004 NUM 003 044 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 003 045 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine; I [am] the Lord. 004 NUM 003 046 And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the firstborn of the sons of Israel; 004 NUM 003 047 you shall even take five shekels a head; you shall take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel. 004 NUM 003 048 And you shall give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them. 004 NUM 003 049 And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites. 004 NUM 003 050 He took the silver from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel. 004 NUM 003 051 And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 004 NUM 004 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 004 NUM 004 002 Take the sum of the children of Caath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers' households; 004 NUM 004 003 from twenty-five years old and upward until fifty years, every one that goes in to minister, to do all the works in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 004 004 And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy. 004 NUM 004 005 And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move, and shall take down the shadowing veil, and shall cover with it the ark of the testimony. 004 NUM 004 006 And they shall put on it a cover, even a blue skin, and put on it above a garment all of blue, and shall put the staves through [the rings]. 004 NUM 004 007 And they shall put on the table set forth for show-bread a cloth all of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with which one offers drink-offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it. 004 NUM 004 008 And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staves into it. 004 NUM 004 009 And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister. 004 NUM 004 010 And they shall put it, and all its vessels, into a blue skin cover; and they shall put it on bearers. 004 NUM 004 011 And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its staves. 004 NUM 004 012 And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon staves. 004 NUM 004 013 And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple. 004 NUM 004 014 And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the fire-pans, and the flesh hooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its staves; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars. 004 NUM 004 015 And Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the holy things, and all the holy vessels, when the camp begins to move; and afterwards the sons of Caath shall go in to take up [the furniture]; but shall not touch the holy things, lest they die: these shall the sons of Caath bear in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 004 016 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer—the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offering and the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works. 004 NUM 004 017 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 004 NUM 004 018 You shall not destroy the family of Caath from the tribe out of the midst of the Levites. 004 NUM 004 019 This do you to them, and they shall live and not die, when they approach the holy of holies: Let Aaron and his sons advance, and they shall place them each in his post for bearing. 004 NUM 004 020 And [so] they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die. 004 NUM 004 021 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 004 022 Take the sum of the children of Gedson, and these according to the houses of their lineage, according to their families. 004 NUM 004 023 Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until the age of fifty, every one that goes in to minister, to do his business in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 004 024 This [is] the public service of the family of Gedson, to minister and to bear. 004 NUM 004 025 And they shall bear the skins of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of witness, and its veil, and the blue cover that was on it above, and the cover of the door of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 004 026 And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to. 004 NUM 004 027 According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gedson, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and you shall take account of them by name in all things borne by them. 004 NUM 004 028 This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 004 NUM 004 029 The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, take you the number of them. 004 NUM 004 030 Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until fifty years old, every one that goes in to perform the services of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 004 031 And these are the charges of the things borne by them according to all their works in the tabernacle of witness: they shall bear the chapiters of the tabernacle, and the bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the veil, and [there shall be] their sockets, and their pillars, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle. 004 NUM 004 032 And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and [there shall be] their sockets, and [they shall bear] the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take you their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them. 004 NUM 004 033 This is the ministration of the family of the sons of Merari in all their works in the tabernacle of witness, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 004 NUM 004 034 And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel took the number of the sons of Caath according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage; 004 NUM 004 035 from five and twenty years old and upwards to the age of fifty years, every one that goes in to minister and do service in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 004 036 And the numbering of them according to their families was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty. 004 NUM 004 037 This is the numbering of the family of Caath, every one that ministers in the tabernacle of witness, as Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. 004 NUM 004 038 And the sons of Gedson were numbered according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, 004 NUM 004 039 from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister and to do the services in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 004 040 And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, [was] two thousand six hundred and thirty. 004 NUM 004 041 This [is] the numbering of the family of the sons of Gedson, every one who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. 004 NUM 004 042 And also the family of the sons of Merari were numbered according to their divisions, according to the house of their fathers; 004 NUM 004 043 from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 004 044 And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, [was] three thousand and two hundred. 004 NUM 004 045 This [is] the numbering of the family of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. 004 NUM 004 046 All that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel numbered, [namely], the Levites, according to their families and according to the houses of their lineage, 004 NUM 004 047 from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to the service of the works, and the [charge of] the things that are carried in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 004 048 And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty. 004 NUM 004 049 He reviewed them by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses, appointing each man severally over their [respective] work, and over their burdens; and they were numbered, as the Lord commanded Moses. 004 NUM 005 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 005 002 Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has in issue of the reins, and every one who is unclean from a dead body. 004 NUM 005 003 Whether male or female, send them forth out of the camp; and they shall not defile their camps in which I dwell among them. 004 NUM 005 004 And the children of Israel did so, and sent them out of the camp: as the Lord said to Moses, so did the children of Israel. 004 NUM 005 005 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 005 006 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Every man or woman who shall commit any sin that is common to man, or if that soul shall in anyway have neglected the commandment and transgressed; 004 NUM 005 007 [that person] shall confess the sin which he has committed, and shall make satisfaction for his trespass: he [shall pay] the principal, and shall add to it the fifth part, and shall make restoration to him against whom he has trespassed. 004 NUM 005 008 But if a man have no near kinsman, so as to make satisfaction for his trespass to him, the trespass-offering paid to the Lord shall be for the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which he shall make atonement with it for him. 004 NUM 005 009 And every first fruits in all the sanctified things among the children of Israel, whatever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be for the priest himself. 004 NUM 005 010 And the hallowed things of every man shall be his; and whatever man shall give [any thing] to the priest, the gift shall be his. 004 NUM 005 011 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 005 012 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whosesoever wife shall transgress against him, and slight and despise him, 004 NUM 005 013 and [supposing] any one shall lie with her carnally, and the thing shall be hid from the eyes of her husband, and she should conceal it and be herself defiled, and there be no witness with her, and she should not be taken; 004 NUM 005 014 and there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled; or there should come upon him a spirit of jealousy, and he should be jealous of his wife, and she should not be defiled; 004 NUM 005 015 then shall the man bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring his gift for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley-meal: he shall not pour oil upon it, neither shall he put frankincense upon it; for it is a sacrifice of jealousy, a sacrifice of memorial, recalling sin to remembrance. 004 NUM 005 016 And the priest shall bring her, and cause her to stand before the Lord. 004 NUM 005 017 And the priest shall take pure running water in an earthen vessel, and he shall take of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle of witness, and the priest having taken it shall cast it into the water. 004 NUM 005 018 And the priest shall cause the woman to stand before the Lord, and shall uncover the head of the woman, and shall put into her hands the sacrifice of memorial, the sacrifice of jealousy; and in the hand of the priest shall be the water of this conviction that brings the curse. 004 NUM 005 019 And the priest shall adjure her, and shall say to the woman, If no one has lain with you, and if you have not transgressed so as to be polluted, being under the power of your husband, be free from this water of the conviction that causes the curse. 004 NUM 005 020 But if being a married woman you have transgressed, or been polluted, and any one has lain with you, beside your husband: 004 NUM 005 021 then the priest shall adjure the woman by the oaths of this curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, The Lord bring you into a curse and under an oath in the midst of your people, in that the Lord should cause your thigh to rot and your belly to swell; 004 NUM 005 022 and this water bringing the curse shall enter into your womb to cause your belly to swell, and your thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, So be it, So be it. 004 NUM 005 023 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and shall blot them out with the water of the conviction that brings the curse. 004 NUM 005 024 And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of the conviction that brings the curse; and the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her. 004 NUM 005 025 And the priest shall take from the hand of the woman the sacrifice of jealousy, and shall present the sacrifice before the Lord, and shall bring it to the altar. 004 NUM 005 026 And the priest shall take a handful of the sacrifice as a memorial of it, and shall offer it up upon the altar; and afterwards he shall cause the woman to drink the water. 004 NUM 005 027 And it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have altogether escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her; and she shall swell in her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be for a curse in the midst of her people. 004 NUM 005 028 But if the woman have not been polluted, and be clean, then shall she be guiltless and shall conceive seed. 004 NUM 005 029 This is the law of jealousy, wherein a married woman should happen to transgress, and be defiled; 004 NUM 005 030 or in the case of a man on whoever the spirit of jealousy should come, and he should be jealous of his wife, and he should place his wife before the Lord, and the priest shall execute towards her all this law. 004 NUM 005 031 Then the man shall be clear from sin, and that woman shall bear her sin. 004 NUM 006 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 006 002 speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, Whatsoever man or woman shall specially vow a vow to separate oneself with purity to the Lord, 004 NUM 006 003 he shall purely abstain from wine and strong drink; and he shall drink no vinegar of wine or vinegar of strong drink; and whatever is made of the grape he shall not drink; neither shall he eat fresh grapes or raisins, 004 NUM 006 004 all the days of his vow: he shall eat no one of all the things that come from the vine, wine from the grape-stones to the husk, 004 NUM 006 005 all the days of his separation: —a razor shall not come upon his head, until the days be fulfilled which he vowed to the Lord: he shall be holy, cherishing the long hair of the head, 004 NUM 006 006 all the days of his vow to the Lord: he shall not come near to any dead body, 004 NUM 006 007 to his father or his mother, or to his brother or his sister; he shall not defile himself for them, when they have died, because the vow of God is upon him on his head. 004 NUM 006 008 All the days of his vow he shall be holy to the Lord. 004 NUM 006 009 And if any one should die suddenly by him, immediately the head of his vow shall be defiled; and he shall shave his head in whatever day he shall be purified: on the seventh day he shall be shaved. 004 NUM 006 010 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the doors of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 006 011 And the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering; and the other for a whole burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him in the things wherein he sinned respecting the dead body, and he shall sanctify his head in that day, 004 NUM 006 012 in which he was consecrated to the Lord, [all] the days of his vow; and he shall bring a lamb of a year old for a trespass-offering; and the former days shall not be reckoned, because the head of his vow was polluted. 004 NUM 006 013 And this is the law of him that has vowed: in whatever day he shall have fulfilled the days of his vow, he shall himself bring his gift to the doors of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 006 014 And he shall bring his gift to the Lord; one he-lamb of a year old without blemish for a whole burnt offering, and one ewe-lamb of a year old without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for a peace-offering; 004 NUM 006 015 and a basket of unleavened bread of fine flour, [even] loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering. 004 NUM 006 016 And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his whole burnt offering. 004 NUM 006 017 And he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace-offering to the Lord with the basket of unleavened bread; and the priest shall offer its meat-offering and its drink-offering. 004 NUM 006 018 And he that has vowed shall shave the head of his consecration by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall put the hairs on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offering. 004 NUM 006 019 And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened loaf from the basket, and one unleavened cake, and shall put them on the hands of the votary after he has shaved off his 004 NUM 006 020 And the priest shall present them as an offering before the Lord; it shall be the holy portion for the priest beside the breast of the heave-offering and beside the shoulder of the wave-offering: and afterwards the votary shall drink wine. 004 NUM 006 021 This is the law of the votary who shall have vowed to the Lord his gift to the Lord, concerning his vow, besides what he may be able to afford according to the value of his vow, which he may have vowed according to the law of separation. 004 NUM 006 022 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 006 023 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them, 004 NUM 006 024 The Lord bless you and keep you; 004 NUM 006 025 the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and have mercy upon you; 004 NUM 006 026 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. 004 NUM 006 027 And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I the Lord will bless them. 004 NUM 007 001 And it came to pass in the day in which Moses finished the setting-up of the tabernacle, that he anointed it, and consecrated it, and all its furniture, and the altar and all its furniture, he even anointed them, and consecrated them. 004 NUM 007 002 And the princes of Israel brought [gifts], twelve princes of their fathers' houses: these were the heads of tribes, these are they that presided over the numbering. 004 NUM 007 003 And they brought their gift before the Lord, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen; a waggon from two princes, and a calf from each: and they brought them before the tabernacle. 004 NUM 007 004 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 007 005 Take of them, and they shall be for the works of the services of the tabernacle of witness: and you shall give them to the Levites, to each one according to his ministration. 004 NUM 007 006 And Moses took the waggons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites. 004 NUM 007 007 And he gave two waggons and four oxen to the sons of Gedson, according to their ministrations. 004 NUM 007 008 And four waggons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari according to their ministrations, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 004 NUM 007 009 But to the sons of Caath he gave them not, because they have the ministrations of the sacred things: they shall bear them on their shoulders. 004 NUM 007 010 And the rulers brought [gifts] for the dedication of the altar, in the day in which he anointed it, and the rulers brought their gifts before the altar. 004 NUM 007 011 And the Lord said to Moses, One chief each day, they shall offer their gifts a chief each day for the dedication of the altar. 004 NUM 007 012 And he that offered his gift on the first day, was Naasson the son of Aminadab, prince of the tribe of Juda. 004 NUM 007 013 And he brought his gift, one silver charger of a hundred and thirty shekels was its weight, one silver bowl, of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 014 One golden censer of ten shekels full of incense. 004 NUM 007 015 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering; 004 NUM 007 016 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 017 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Naasson the son of Aminadab. 004 NUM 007 018 On the second day Nathanael son of Sogar, the prince of the tribe of Issachar, brought [his offering]. 004 NUM 007 019 And he brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 020 One censer of ten golden shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 021 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 022 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 023 And for a sacrifice, a peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Nathanael the son of Sogar. 004 NUM 007 024 On the third day the prince of the sons of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Chaelon. 004 NUM 007 025 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 026 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 027 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 028 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 029 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Eliab the son of Chaelon. 004 NUM 007 030 On the fourth day Elisur the son of Sediur, the prince of the children of Ruben. 004 NUM 007 031 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 032 One golden censer of ten shekels full of incense. 004 NUM 007 033 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 034 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 035 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Elisur the son of Sediur. 004 NUM 007 036 On the fifth day the prince of the children of Symeon, Salamiel the son of Surisadai. 004 NUM 007 037 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 038 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 039 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 040 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 041 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Salamiel the son of Surisadai. 004 NUM 007 042 On the sixth day the prince of the sons of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel. 004 NUM 007 043 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat offering. 004 NUM 007 044 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 045 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 046 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 047 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Elisaph the son of Raguel. 004 NUM 007 048 On the seventh day the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elisama the son of Emiud. 004 NUM 007 049 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 050 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 051 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 052 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 053 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Elisama the son of Emiud. 004 NUM 007 054 On the eighth day the prince of the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. 004 NUM 007 055 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 056 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 057 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 058 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 059 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Gamaliel the son of Phadassur. 004 NUM 007 060 On the ninth day the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gadeoni. 004 NUM 007 061 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 062 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 063 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 064 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 065 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Abidan the son of Gadeoni. 004 NUM 007 066 On the tenth day the prince of the sons of Dan, Achiezer the son of Amisadai. 004 NUM 007 067 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 068 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 069 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 070 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 071 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old. This [was] the gift of Achiezer the son of Amisadai. 004 NUM 007 072 On the eleventh day the prince of the sons of Aser, Phageel the son of Echran. 004 NUM 007 073 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering. 004 NUM 007 074 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 075 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 076 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 077 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Phageel the son of Echran. 004 NUM 007 078 On the twelfth day the prince of the sons of Nephthali, Achire the son of Aenan. 004 NUM 007 079 [He brought] his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering. 004 NUM 007 080 One golden censer of ten shekels, full of incense. 004 NUM 007 081 One calf of the herd, one ram, one he-lamb of a year old for a whole burnt offering, 004 NUM 007 082 and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 083 And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this [was] the gift of Achire the son of Aenan. 004 NUM 007 084 This was the dedication of the altar in the day in which [Moses] anointed it, by the princes of the sons of Israel; twelve silver chargers, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden censers: 004 NUM 007 085 each charger of a hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl of seventy shekels: all the silver of the vessels [was] two thousand four hundred shekels, the shekels according to the holy shekel. 004 NUM 007 086 Twelve golden censers full of incense: all the gold of the shekels, a hundred and twenty shekels. 004 NUM 007 087 All the cattle for whole burnt offerings, twelve calves, twelve rams, twelve he-lambs of a year old, and their meat-offerings, and their drink-offerings: and twelve kids of the goats for sin-offering. 004 NUM 007 088 All the cattle for a sacrifice of peace-offering, twenty-four heifers, sixty rams, sixty he-goats of a year old, sixty ewe-lambs of a year old without blemish: this is the dedication of the altar, after that [Moses] consecrated [Aaron], and after he anointed him. 004 NUM 007 089 When Moses went into the tabernacle of witness to speak to God, then he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him from off the mercy-seat, which is upon the ark of the testimony, between the two cherubs; and he spoke to him. 004 NUM 008 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 008 002 Speak to Aaron, and you shall say to him, Whenever you shall set the lamps in order, the seven lamps shall give light opposite the candlestick. 004 NUM 008 003 And Aaron did so: on one side opposite the candlestick he lighted its lamps, as the Lord appointed Moses. 004 NUM 008 004 And this [is] the construction of the candlestick: [it is] solid, golden—its stem, and its lilies—all solid: according to the pattern which the Lord showed Moses, so he made the candlestick. 004 NUM 008 005 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 008 006 Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and you shall purify them. 004 NUM 008 007 And thus shall you perform their purification: you shall sprinkle them with water of purification, and a razor shall come upon the whole of their body, and they shall wash their garments, and shall be clean. 004 NUM 008 008 And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and you shall take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 008 009 And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and you shall assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel. 004 NUM 008 010 And you shall bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites. 004 NUM 008 011 And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord. 004 NUM 008 012 And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and you shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them. 004 NUM 008 013 And you shall set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and you shall give them as a gift before the Lord. 004 NUM 008 014 And you shall separate the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, and they shall be mine. 004 NUM 008 015 And afterwards the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and you shall purify them, and present them before the Lord. 004 NUM 008 016 For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel that open every womb. 004 NUM 008 017 For every firstborn among the children of Israel [is] mine, whether of man or beast: in the day in which I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them to myself. 004 NUM 008 018 And I took the Levites in the place of every firstborn among the children of Israel. 004 NUM 008 019 And I gave the Levites presented as a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness, and to make atonement for the children of Israel: thus there shall be none among the sons of Israel to draw near to the holy things. 004 NUM 008 020 And Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them. 004 NUM 008 021 So the Levites purified themselves and washed their garments; and Aaron presented them as a gift before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them. 004 NUM 008 022 And afterwards the Levites went in to minister in their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron, and before his sons; as the Lord appointed Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. 004 NUM 008 023 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 008 024 This is the [ordinance] for the Levites; From five and twenty years old and upward, they shall go in to minister in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 008 025 And from fifty years old [the Levites] shall cease from the ministry, and shall not work any longer. 004 NUM 008 026 And his brother shall serve in the tabernacle of witness to keep charges, but he shall not do works: so shall you do to the Levites in their charges. 004 NUM 009 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina in the second year after they had gone forth from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying, 004 NUM 009 002 Speak, and let the children of Israel keep the passover in its season. 004 NUM 009 003 On the fourteenth day of the first month at even, you shall keep it in its season; you shall keep it according to its law, and according to its ordinance. 004 NUM 009 004 And Moses ordered the children of Israel to sacrifice the passover, 004 NUM 009 005 on the fourteenth day of the first month in the wilderness of Sina, as the Lord appointed Moses, so the children of Israel did. 004 NUM 009 006 And there came men who were unclean by reason of a dead body, and they were not able to keep the passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. 004 NUM 009 007 And those men said to Moses, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: shall we therefore fail to offer the gift to the Lord in its season in the midst of the children of Israel? 004 NUM 009 008 And Moses said to them, stand there, and I will hear what charge the Lord will give concerning you. 004 NUM 009 009 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 009 010 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whatever man shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or on a journey far off, among you, or among your posterity; he shall then keep the passover to the Lord, 004 NUM 009 011 in the second month, on the fourteenth day; in the evening they shall offer it, with unleavened bread and bitter herbs shall they eat it. 004 NUM 009 012 They shall not leave of it until the morrow, and they shall not break a bone of it; they shall sacrifice it according to the ordinance of the passover. 004 NUM 009 013 And whatever man shall be clean, and is not far off on a journey, and shall fail to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people, because he has not offered the gift to the Lord in its season: that man shall bear his iniquity. 004 NUM 009 014 And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, and should keep the passover to the Lord, he shall keep it according to the law of the passover and according to its ordinance: there shall be one law for you, both for the stranger, and for the native of the land. 004 NUM 009 015 And in the day in which the tabernacle was pitched the cloud covered the tabernacle, the place of the testimony; and in the evening there was upon the tabernacle as the appearance of fire till the morning. 004 NUM 009 016 So it was continually: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 004 NUM 009 017 And when the cloud went up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel departed; and in whatever place the cloud rested, there the children of Israel encamped. 004 NUM 009 018 The children of Israel shall encamp by the command of the Lord, and by the command of the Lord they shall remove: all the days in which the cloud overshadows the tabernacle, the children of Israel shall encamp. And whenever the cloud shall be drawn over the tabernacle for many days, then the children of Israel shall keep the charge of God, and they shall not remove. 004 NUM 009 019 And it shall be, whenever the cloud overshadows the tabernacle a number of days, they shall encamp by the word of the Lord, and shall remove by the command of the Lord. 004 NUM 009 020 And it shall come to pass, whenever the cloud shall remain from the evening till the morning, and in the morning the cloud shall go up, then shall they remove by day or by night. 004 NUM 009 021 When the cloud continues a full month overshadowing the tabernacle, the children of Israel shall encamp, and shall not depart. 004 NUM 009 022 For they shall depart by the command of the Lord: - they kept the charge of the Lord by the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 004 NUM 010 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 010 002 Make to yourself two silver trumpets: you shall make them of beaten work; and they shall be to you for the purpose of calling the assembly, and of removing the camps. 004 NUM 010 003 And you shall sound with them, and all the congregation shall be gathered to the door of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 010 004 And if they shall sound with one, all the rulers even the princes of Israel shall come to you. 004 NUM 010 005 And you shall sound an alarm, and the camps pitched eastward shall begin to move. 004 NUM 010 006 And you shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and you shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched westward shall move forward; and you shall sound a fourth alarm, and they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure. 004 NUM 010 007 And whenever you shall gather the assembly, you shall sound, but not an alarm. 004 NUM 010 008 And the priests the sons of Aaron shall sound with the trumpets; and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations. 004 NUM 010 009 And if you shall go forth to war in your land against your enemies that are opposed to you, then shall you sound with the trumpets; and you shall be had in remembrance before the Lord, and you shall be saved from your enemies. 004 NUM 010 010 And in the days of your gladness, and in your feasts, and in your new moons, you shall sound with the trumpets at your whole burnt offerings, and at the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and there shall be a memorial for you before your God: I [am] the Lord your God. 004 NUM 010 011 And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud went up from the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 010 012 And the children of Israel set forward with their baggage in the wilderness of Sina; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Pharan. 004 NUM 010 013 And the first rank departed by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 004 NUM 010 014 And they first set in motion the order of the camp of the children of Juda with their host; and over their host [was] Naasson, son of Aminadab. 004 NUM 010 015 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, [was] Nathanael son of Sogar. 004 NUM 010 016 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, [was] Eliab the son of Chaelon. 004 NUM 010 017 And they shall take down the tabernacle, and the sons of Gedson shall set forward, and the sons of Merari, who bear the tabernacle. 004 NUM 010 018 And the order of the camp of Ruben set forward with their host; and over their host [was] Elisur the son of Sediur. 004 NUM 010 019 And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Symeon, [was] Salamiel son of Surisadai. 004 NUM 010 020 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad, [was] Elisaph the son of Raguel. 004 NUM 010 021 And the sons of Caath shall set forward bearing the holy things, and [the others] shall set up the tabernacle until they arrive. 004 NUM 010 022 And the order of the camp of Ephraim shall set forward with their forces; and over their forces [was] Elisama the son of Semiud. 004 NUM 010 023 And over the forces of the tribes of the sons of Manasse, [was] Gamaliel the [son] of Phadassur. 004 NUM 010 024 And over the forces of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, [was] Abidan the [son] of Gadeoni. 004 NUM 010 025 And the order of the camp of the sons of Dan shall set forward the last of all the camps, with their forces: and over their forces [was] Achiezer the [son] of Amisadai. 004 NUM 010 026 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Aser, [was] Phageel the son of Echran. 004 NUM 010 027 And over the forces of the tribe of the sons of Nephthali, [was] Achire the son of Aenan. 004 NUM 010 028 These [are] the armies of the children of Israel; and they set forward with their forces. 004 NUM 010 029 And Moses said to Obab the son of Raguel the Madianite, the father-in-law of Moses, We are going forward to the place concerning which the Lord said, This will I give to you: Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel. 004 NUM 010 030 And he said to him, I will not go, but [I will go] to my land and to my kindred. 004 NUM 010 031 And he said, Leave us not, because you have been with us in the wilderness, and you shall be an elder among us. 004 NUM 010 032 And it shall come to pass if you will go with us, it shall even come to pass that in whatever things the Lord shall do us good, we will also do you good. 004 NUM 010 033 And they departed from the mount of the Lord a three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them a three days' journey to provide rest for them. 004 NUM 010 034 And the cloud overshadowed them by day, when they departed from the camp. 004 NUM 010 035 And it came to pass when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Arise, O Lord, and let your enemies be scattered: let all that hate you flee. 004 NUM 010 036 And in the resting he said, Turn again, O Lord, the thousands [and] tens of thousands in Israel. 004 NUM 011 001 And the people murmured sinfully before the Lord; and the Lord heard [them] and was very angry; and fire was kindled among them from the Lord, and devoured a part of the camp. 004 NUM 011 002 And the people cried to Moses: and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched. 004 NUM 011 003 And the name of that place was called Burning; for a fire was kindled among them from the Lord. 004 NUM 011 004 And the mixed multitude among them lusted exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 004 NUM 011 005 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the garlic, and the onions. 004 NUM 011 006 But now our soul is dried up; our eyes [turn] to nothing but to the manna. 004 NUM 011 007 And the manna is as coriander seed, and the appearance of it the appearance of hoarfrost. 004 NUM 011 008 And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste [of] wafer made with oil. 004 NUM 011 009 And when the dew came upon the camp by night, the manna came down upon it. 004 NUM 011 010 And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses. 004 NUM 011 011 And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you afflicted your servant, and why have I not found grace in your sight, that you should lay the weight of this people upon me? 004 NUM 011 012 Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? that you say to me, Take them into your bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which you sware to their fathers? 004 NUM 011 013 Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 004 NUM 011 014 I shall not be able to bear this people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me. 004 NUM 011 015 And if you do thus to me, kill me utterly, if I have found favor with you, that I may not see my affliction. 004 NUM 011 016 And the Lord said to Moses, Gather me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you yourself know that they are the elders of the people, and their scribes; and you shall bring them to the tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with you. 004 NUM 011 017 And I will go down, and speak there with you; and I will take of the spirit that is upon you, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear together with you the burden of the people, and you shall not bear them alone. 004 NUM 011 018 And to the people you shall say, Purify yourselves for the morrow, and you shall eat flesh; for you wept before the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: and the Lord shall allow you to eat flesh, and you shall eat flesh. 004 NUM 011 019 You shall not eat one day, nor two, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days; 004 NUM 011 020 you shall eat for a full month, until [the flesh] come out at your nostrils; and it shall be nausea to you, because you disobeyed the Lord, who is among you, and wept before him, saying, What had we to do to come out of Egypt? 004 NUM 011 021 And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and you said, I will give them flesh to eat, and they shall eat a whole month. 004 NUM 011 022 Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and shall it suffice them? 004 NUM 011 023 And the Lord said to Moses, Shall not the hand of the Lord be fully sufficient? now shall you know whether my word shall come to pass to you or not. 004 NUM 011 024 And Moses went out, and spoke the words of the Lord to the people; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and he set them round about the tabernacle. 004 NUM 011 025 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men that were elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and ceased. 004 NUM 011 026 And there were two men left in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Modad; and the spirit rested upon them, and these were of the number of them that were enrolled, but they did not come to the tabernacle; and they prophesied in the camp. 004 NUM 011 027 And a young man ran and told Moses, and spoke, saying, Eldad and Modad prophesy in the camp. 004 NUM 011 028 And Joshua the son of Naue, who attended on Moses, the chosen one, said, [My] lord Moses, forbid them. 004 NUM 011 029 And Moses said to him, Are you jealous on my account? and would that all the Lord's people were prophets; whenever the Lord shall put his spirit upon them. 004 NUM 011 030 And Moses departed into the camp, himself and the elders of Israel. 004 NUM 011 031 And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails over from the sea; and it brought them down upon the camp a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on that side, round about the camp, as it were two cubits from the earth. 004 NUM 011 032 And the people rose up all the day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered quails; he that gathered least, gathered ten measures; and they refreshed themselves round about the camp. 004 NUM 011 033 The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was angry with the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague. 004 NUM 011 034 And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted. 004 NUM 011 035 The people departed from the Graves of Lust to Aseroth; and the people halted at Aseroth. 004 NUM 012 001 And Mariam and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Ethiopian woman whom Moses took; for he had taken an Ethiopian woman. 004 NUM 012 002 And they said, Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? has he not also spoken to us? and the Lord heard it. 004 NUM 012 003 And the man Moses was very meek beyond all the men that were upon the earth. 004 NUM 012 004 And the Lord said immediately to Moses and Aaron and Mariam, Come forth all three of you to the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 012 005 And the three came forth to the tabernacle of witness; and the Lord descended in a pillar of a cloud, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and Mariam were called; and both came forth. 004 NUM 012 006 And he said to them, Hear my words: If there should be of you a prophet to the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and in sleep will I speak to him. 004 NUM 012 007 My servant Moses [is] not so; he is faithful in all my house. 004 NUM 012 008 I will speak to him mouth to mouth apparently, and not in dark speeches; and he has seen the glory of the Lord; and why were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? 004 NUM 012 009 And the great anger of the Lord [was] upon them, and he departed. 004 NUM 012 010 And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, [white] as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she [was] leprous. 004 NUM 012 011 And Aaron said to Moses, I beseech you, my lord, do not lay sin upon us, for we were ignorant wherein we sinned. 004 NUM 012 012 Let her not be as it were like death, as an abortion coming out of his mother's womb, when [the disease] devours the half of the flesh. 004 NUM 012 013 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech you, heal her. 004 NUM 012 014 And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had only spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days? let her be set apart seven days without the camp, and afterwards she shall come in. 004 NUM 012 015 And Mariam was separated without the camp seven days; and the people moved not forward till Mariam was cleansed. 004 NUM 012 016 And afterwards the people set forth from Aseroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan. 004 NUM 013 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 013 002 Send for you men, and let them spy the land of the Chananites, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession; one man for a tribe, you shall send them away according to their families, every one of them a prince. 004 NUM 013 003 And Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Pharan by the word of the Lord; all these [were] the princes of the sons of Israel. 004 NUM 013 004 And these [are] their names: of the tribe of Ruben, Samuel the son of Zachur. 004 NUM 013 005 Of the tribe of Symeon, Saphat the son of Suri. 004 NUM 013 006 Of the tribe of Judah, Chaleb the son of Jephonne. 004 NUM 013 007 Of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal the son of Joseph. 004 NUM 013 008 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause the son of Naue. 004 NUM 013 009 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu. 004 NUM 013 010 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel the son of Sudi. 004 NUM 013 011 Of the tribe of Joseph of the sons of Manasse, Gaddi the son of Susi. 004 NUM 013 012 Of the tribe of Dan, Amiel the son of Gamali. 004 NUM 013 013 Of the tribe of Aser, Sathur the son of Michael. 004 NUM 013 014 Of the tribe of Nephthali, Nabi the son of Sabi. 004 NUM 013 015 Of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel the son of Macchi. 004 NUM 013 016 These [are] the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses called Ause the son of Naue, Joshua. 004 NUM 013 017 And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Chanaan, and said to them, Go up by this wilderness; and you shall go up to the mountain, 004 NUM 013 018 and you shall see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells on it, whether it is strong or weak, or [whether] they are few or many. 004 NUM 013 019 And what the land is on which they dwell, [whether] it is good or bad; and what the cities are wherein these dwell, whether they dwell in walled [cities] or unwalled. 004 NUM 013 020 And what the land is, whether rich or poor; whether there are trees in it or no: and you shall persevere and take of the fruits of the land: and the days [were] the days of spring, the forerunners of the grape. 004 NUM 013 021 And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Aemath. 004 NUM 013 022 And they went up by the wilderness, and departed as far as Chebron; and there [was] Achiman, and Sessi, and Thelami, the progeny of Enach. Now Chebron was built seven years before Tanin of Egypt. 004 NUM 013 023 And they came to the valley of the cluster and surveyed it; and they cut down thence a bough and one cluster of grapes upon it, and bore it on staves, and [they took] of the pomegranates and the figs. 004 NUM 013 024 And they called that place, The valley of the cluster, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence. 004 NUM 013 025 And they returned from thence, having surveyed the land, after forty days. 004 NUM 013 026 And they proceeded and came to Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Pharan Cades; and they brought word to them and to all the congregation, and they showed the fruit of the land: 004 NUM 013 027 and they reported to him, and said, We came into the land into which you sent us, a land flowing with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. 004 NUM 013 028 Only the nation that dwells upon it is bold, and they have very great and strong walled towns, and we saw there the children of Enach. 004 NUM 013 029 And Amalec dwells in the land toward the south: and the Chettite and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwells in the hill country: and the Chananite dwells by the sea, and by the river Jordan. 004 NUM 013 030 And Chaleb stayed the people from speaking before Moses, and said to him, Nay, but we will go up by all means, and will inherit it, for we shall surely prevail against them. 004 NUM 013 031 But the men that went up together with him said, We will not go up, for we shall not by any means be able to go up against the nation, for it is much stronger than we. 004 NUM 013 032 And they brought a horror of that land which they surveyed upon the children of Israel, saying, The land which we passed by to survey it, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of extraordinary stature. 004 NUM 013 033 And there we saw the giants; and we were before them as locusts, yes even so were we before them. 004 NUM 014 001 And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried; and the people wept all that night. 004 NUM 014 002 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them, 004 NUM 014 003 Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt. 004 NUM 014 004 And they said one to another, Let us make a ruler, and return into Egypt. 004 NUM 014 005 And Moses and Aaron fell upon their face before all the congregation of the children of Israel. 004 NUM 014 006 But Joshua the [son] of Naue, and Chaleb the [son] of Jephonne, of [the number of] them that spied out the land, tore their garments, 004 NUM 014 007 and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good. 004 NUM 014 008 If the Lord choose us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey. 004 NUM 014 009 Only depart not from the Lord; and fear you not the people of the land, for they are meat for us; for the season [of prosperity] is departed from them, but the Lord [is] among us: fear them not. 004 NUM 014 010 And all the congregation bade stone them with stones; and the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud on the tabernacle of witness to all the children of Israel. 004 NUM 014 011 And the Lord said to Moses, How long does this people provoke me? and how long do they refuse to believe me for all the signs which I have wrought among them? 004 NUM 014 012 I will strike them with death, and destroy them; and I will make of you and of your father's house a great nation, and much greater than this. 004 NUM 014 013 And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for you have brought up this people from them by your might. 004 NUM 014 014 Moreover all the dwellers upon this land have heard that you are Lord in the midst of this people, who, O Lord, are seen [by them] face to face, and your cloud rests upon them, and you go before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire. 004 NUM 014 015 And [if] you shall destroy this nation as one man; then all the nations that have heard your name shall speak, saying, 004 NUM 014 016 Because the Lord could not bring this people into the land which he sware to them, he has overthrown them in the wilderness. 004 NUM 014 017 And now, O Lord, let your strength be exalted, as you spoke, saying, 004 NUM 014 018 The Lord [is] longsuffering and merciful, and true, removing transgressions and iniquities and sins, and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation. 004 NUM 014 019 Forgive this people their sin according to your great mercy, as you were favourable to them from Egypt until now. 004 NUM 014 020 And the Lord said to Moses, I am gracious to them according to your word. 004 NUM 014 021 But [as] I live and my name is living, so the glory of the Lord shall fill all the earth. 004 NUM 014 022 For all the men who see my glory, and the signs which I wrought in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this tenth time, and have not listened to my voice, 004 NUM 014 023 surely they shall not see the land, which I sware to their fathers; but their children which are with me here, as many as know not good or evil, every inexperienced youth, to them will I give the land; but none who have provoked me shall see it. 004 NUM 014 024 But my servant Chaleb, because there was another spirit in him, and he followed me, I will bring him into the land into which he entered, and his seed shall inherit it. 004 NUM 014 025 But Amalec and the Chananite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn and depart for the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea. 004 NUM 014 026 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 004 NUM 014 027 How long [shall I endure] this wicked congregation? I have heard their murmurings against me, [even] the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they have murmured concerning you. 004 NUM 014 028 Say to them, [As] I live, says the Lord: surely as you spoke into my ears, so will I do to you. 004 NUM 014 029 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all those of you that were reviewed, and those of you that were numbered from twenty years old and upward, all that murmured against me, 004 NUM 014 030 you shall not enter into the land for which I stretched out my hand to establish you upon it; except only Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the [son] of Naue. 004 NUM 014 031 And your little ones, who you said should be a prey, them will I bring into the land; and they shall inherit the land, which you rejected. 004 NUM 014 032 And your carcases shall fall in this wilderness. 004 NUM 014 033 And your sons shall be fed in the wilderness forty years, and they shall bear your fornication, until your carcases be consumed in the wilderness. 004 NUM 014 034 According to the number of the days during which you spied the land, forty days, a day for a year, you shall bear your sins forty years, and you shall know my fierce anger. 004 NUM 014 035 I the Lord have spoken, Surely will I do thus to this evil congregation that has risen up together against me: in this wilderness they shall be utterly consumed, and there they shall die. 004 NUM 014 036 And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who came and murmured against it to the assembly so as to bring out evil words concerning the land, — 004 NUM 014 037 the men that spoke evil reports against the land, even died of the plague before the Lord. 004 NUM 014 038 And Joshua the son of Naue and Chaleb the son of Jephonne [still] lived of those men that went to spy out the land. 004 NUM 014 039 And Moses spoke these words to all the children of Israel; and the people mourned exceedingly. 004 NUM 014 040 And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we that are here will go up to the place of which the Lord has spoken, because we have sinned. 004 NUM 014 041 And Moses said, Why do you transgress the word of the Lord? you shall not prosper. 004 NUM 014 042 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall you fall before the face of your enemies. 004 NUM 014 043 For Amalec and the Chananite [are] there before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have disobeyed the Lord and turned aside, and the Lord will not be among you. 004 NUM 014 044 And having forced their passage, they went up to the top of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the Lord and Moses stirred not out of the camp. 004 NUM 014 045 And Amalec and the Chananite that lived in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them to Herman; and they returned to the camp. 004 NUM 015 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 015 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you are come into the land of your habitation, which I give to you, 004 NUM 015 003 and you will offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, a whole burnt offering or a meat-offering to perform a vow, or a free-will offering, or to offer in your feasts a sacrifice of sweet savor to the Lord, whether of the herd or the flock: 004 NUM 015 004 then he that offers his gift to the Lord shall bring a meat-offering of fine flour, a tenth part of an ephah mingled with oil, even with the fourth part of a hin. 004 NUM 015 005 And for a drink-offering you shall offer the fourth part of a hin on the whole burnt offering, or on the meat-offering: for every lamb you shall offer so much, as a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 004 NUM 015 006 And for a ram, when you offer it as a whole burnt offering or as a sacrifice, you shall prepare as a meat-offering two tenths of fine flour mingled with oil, the third part of a hin. 004 NUM 015 007 And you shall offer for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord wine for a drink-offering, the third part of a hin. 004 NUM 015 008 And if you sacrifice [a bullock] from the herd for a whole burnt offering or for a sacrifice, to perform a vow or a peace-offering to the Lord, 004 NUM 015 009 then [the worshipper] shall offer upon the calf a meat-offering, three tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, [even] the half of a hin. 004 NUM 015 010 And wine for a drink-offering the half of a hin, a sacrifice for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 004 NUM 015 011 Thus shall you do to one calf or to one ram, or to one lamb of the sheep or kid of the goats. 004 NUM 015 012 According to the number of what you shall offer, so shall you do to each one, according to their number. 004 NUM 015 013 Every native of the country shall do thus to offer such things as sacrifices for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 004 NUM 015 014 And if there should be a stranger among you in your land, or one who should be born to you among your generations, and he will offer a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord—as you do, so the [whole] congregation shall offer to the Lord. 004 NUM 015 015 There shall be one law for you and for the strangers dwelling among you, a perpetual law for your generations: as you [are], so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 004 NUM 015 016 There shall be one law and one ordinance for you, and for the stranger that abides among you. 004 NUM 015 017 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 015 018 Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you are entering into the land, into which I bring you, 004 NUM 015 019 then it shall come to pass, when you shall eat of the bread of the land, you shall separate a wave-offering, a special offering to the Lord, the first fruits of your dough. 004 NUM 015 020 You shall offer your bread a heave-offering: as a heave-offering from the threshing floor, so shall you separate it, 004 NUM 015 021 even the first fruits of your dough, and you shall give the Lord a heave-offering throughout your generations. 004 NUM 015 022 But whenever you shall transgress, and not perform all these commands, which the Lord spoke to Moses; 004 NUM 015 023 as the Lord appointed you by the hand of Moses, from the day which the Lord appointed you and forward throughout your generations, 004 NUM 015 024 then it shall come to pass, if a trespass be committed unwillingly, unknown to the congregation, then shall all the congregation offer a calf of the herd without blemish for a whole burnt offering of sweet savor to the Lord, and its meat-offering and its drink-offering according to the ordinance, and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 015 025 And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and [the trespass] shall be forgiven them, because it is involuntary; and they have brought their gift, a burnt offering to the Lord for their trespass before the Lord, even for their involuntary sins. 004 NUM 015 026 And it shall be forgiven as respects all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that is dwelling among you, because [it is] involuntary to all the people. 004 NUM 015 027 And if one soul sin unwillingly, he shall bring one she-goat of a year old for a sin-offering. 004 NUM 015 028 And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that committed the trespass unwillingly, and that sinned unwillingly before the Lord, to make atonement for him. 004 NUM 015 029 There shall be one law for the native among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that abides among them, whoever shall commit a trespass unwillingly. 004 NUM 015 030 And whatever soul either of the natives or of the strangers shall do any thing with a presumptuous hand, he will provoke God; that soul shall be cut off from his people, 004 NUM 015 031 for he has set at nothing the word of the Lord and broken his commands: that soul shall be utterly destroyed, his sin [is] upon him. 004 NUM 015 032 And the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath-day. 004 NUM 015 033 And they who found him gathering sticks on the sabbath-day brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel. 004 NUM 015 034 And they placed him in custody, for they did not determine what they should do to him. 004 NUM 015 035 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Let the man be by all means put to death: [do you] all the congregation, stone him with stones. 004 NUM 015 036 And all the congregation brought him forth out of the camp; and all the congregation stoned him with stones outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses. 004 NUM 015 037 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 015 038 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall tell them; and let them make for themselves fringes upon the borders of their garments throughout their generations: and you shall put upon the fringes of the borders a lace of blue. 004 NUM 015 039 And it shall be on your fringes, and you shall look on them, and you shall remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them: and you shall not turn back after your imaginations, and after [the sight of your] eyes in the things after which you go a whoring; 004 NUM 015 040 that you may remember and perform all my commands, and you shall be holy to your God. 004 NUM 015 041 I [am] the Lord your God that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I [am] the Lord your God. 004 NUM 016 001 And Core the son of Isaar the son of Caath the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiron, sons of Eliab, and Aun the son of Phaleth the son of Ruben, spoke; 004 NUM 016 002 and rose up before Moses, and two hundred and fifty men of the sons of Israel, chiefs of the assembly, chosen councillors, and men of renown. 004 NUM 016 003 They rose up against Moses and Aaron, and said, Let it be enough for you that all the congregation [are] holy, and the Lord [is] among them; and why do you set up yourselves against the congregation of the Lord? 004 NUM 016 004 And when Moses heard it, he fell on his face. 004 NUM 016 005 And he spoke to Core and all his assembly, saying, God has visited and known those that are his and who are holy, and has brought them to himself; and whom he has chosen for himself, he has brought to himself. 004 NUM 016 006 This do you: take to yourselves censers, Core and all his company; 004 NUM 016 007 and put fire on them, and put incense on them before the Lord to-morrow; and it shall come to pass that the man whom the Lord has chosen, he shall be holy: let it be enough for you, you sons of Levi. 004 NUM 016 008 And Moses said to Core, Listen to me, you sons of Levi. 004 NUM 016 009 Is it a little thing for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to himself to minister in the services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the tabernacle to minister for them? 004 NUM 016 010 And he has brought you near and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you, and do you seek to be priests also? 004 NUM 016 011 Thus [it is with] you and all your congregation which is gathered together against God: and who is Aaron, that you murmur against him? 004 NUM 016 012 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron sons of Eliab; and they said, We will not go up. 004 NUM 016 013 Is it a little thing that you have brought us up to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, [and] that you altogether rule over us? 004 NUM 016 014 You are a prince, and have you brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, and have you given us an inheritance of land and vineyards? would you have put out the eyes of those men? we will not go up. 004 NUM 016 015 And Moses was exceeding indignant, and said to the Lord, Do you take no heed to their sacrifice: I have not taken away the desire of any one of them, neither have I hurt any one of them. 004 NUM 016 016 And Moses said to Core, Sanctify your company, and be ready before the Lord, you and Aaron and they, to-morrow. 004 NUM 016 017 And take each man his censer, and you shall put incense upon them, and shall bring each one his censer before the Lord, two hundred and fifty censers, and you and Aaron shall bring each his censer. 004 NUM 016 018 And each man took his censer, and they put on them fire, and laid incense on them; and Moses and Aaron stood by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 016 019 And Core raised up against them all his company by the door of the tabernacle of witness; and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation. 004 NUM 016 020 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 004 NUM 016 021 Separate your selves from the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once. 004 NUM 016 022 And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of spirits and of all flesh, if one man has sinned, [shall] the wrath of the Lord [be] upon the whole congregation? 004 NUM 016 023 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 016 024 Speak to the congregation, saying, Depart from the company of Core round about. 004 NUM 016 025 And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiron, and all the elders of Israel went with him. 004 NUM 016 026 And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Separate yourselves from the tents of these stubborn men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, lest you be consumed with them in all their sin. 004 NUM 016 027 And they stood aloof from the tent of Core round about; and Dathan and Abiron went forth and stood by the doors of their tents, and their wives and their children and their store. 004 NUM 016 028 And Moses said, Hereby shall you know that the Lord has sent me to perform all these works, that [I have] not [done them] of myself. 004 NUM 016 029 If these men shall die according to the death of all men, if also their visitation shall be according to the visitation of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. 004 NUM 016 030 But if the Lord shall show by a wonder, and the earth shall open her mouth and swallow them up, and their houses, and their tents, and all that belongs to them, and they shall go down alive into Hades, then you shall know that these men have provoked the Lord. 004 NUM 016 031 And when he ceased speaking all these words, the ground clave asunder beneath them. 004 NUM 016 032 And the ground opened, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that were with Core, and their cattle. 004 NUM 016 033 And they went down and all that they had, alive into Hades; and the ground covered them, and they perished from the midst of the congregation. 004 NUM 016 034 And all Israel round about them fled from the sound of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up [also]. 004 NUM 016 035 And fire went forth from the Lord, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. 004 NUM 016 036 And the Lord said to Moses, 004 NUM 016 037 and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, Take up the brazen censers out of the midst of the men that have been burnt, and scatter the strange fire yonder, for they have sanctified the censers 004 NUM 016 038 of these sinners against their own souls, and do you make them beaten plates a covering to the altar, because they were brought before the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of Israel. 004 NUM 016 039 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest took the brazen censers, which the men who had been burnt brought near, and they put them as a covering on the altar: 004 NUM 016 040 a memorial to the children of Israel that no stranger might draw near, who is not of the seed of Aaron, to offer incense before the Lord; so he shall not be as Core and as they that conspired with him, as the Lord spoke to him by the hand of Moses. 004 NUM 016 041 And the children of Israel murmured the next day against Moses and Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the Lord. 004 NUM 016 042 And it came to pass when the congregation combined against Moses and Aaron, that they ran impetuously to the tabernacle of witness; and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 004 NUM 016 043 And Moses and Aaron went in, in front of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 016 044 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 004 NUM 016 045 Depart out of the midst of this congregation, and I will consume them at once: and they fell upon their faces. 004 NUM 016 046 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put on it fire from the altar, and put incense on it, and carry it away quickly into the camp, and make atonement for them; for wrath is gone forth from the presence of the Lord, it has begun to destroy the people. 004 NUM 016 047 And Aaron took as Moses spoke to him, and ran among the congregation, for already the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. 004 NUM 016 048 And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased. 004 NUM 016 049 And they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died on account of Core. 004 NUM 016 050 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and the plague ceased. 004 NUM 017 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 017 002 Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods of them, according to the houses of their families, a rod from all their princes, according to the houses of their families, twelve rods, and write the name of each on his rod. 004 NUM 017 003 And write the name of Aaron on the rod of Levi; for it is one rod [for each]: they shall give [them] according to the tribe of the house of their families. 004 NUM 017 004 And you shall put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to you. 004 NUM 017 005 And it shall be, the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall blossom; and I will remove from me the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you. 004 NUM 017 006 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their chiefs gave him a rod [each], for one chief a rod, according to the house of their families, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron [was] in the midst of the rods. 004 NUM 017 007 And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 017 008 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi blossomed, and put forth a bud, and bloomed blossoms and produced almonds. 004 NUM 017 009 And Moses brought forth all the rods from before the Lord to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each one took his rod. 004 NUM 017 010 And the Lord said to Moses, Lay up the rod of Aaron before the testimonies to be kept as a sign for the children of the disobedient; and let their murmuring cease from me, and they shall not die. 004 NUM 017 011 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 004 NUM 017 012 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed. 004 NUM 017 013 Every one that touches the tabernacle of the Lord, dies: shall we die utterly? 004 NUM 018 001 And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying, You and your sons and your father's house shall bear the sins of the holy things, and you and your sons shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 004 NUM 018 002 And take to yourself your brethren the tribe of Levi, the family of your father, and let them be joined to you, and let them minister to you; and you and your sons with you [shall minister] before the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 018 003 And they shall keep your charges, and the charges of the tabernacle; only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they and you shall not die. 004 NUM 018 004 And they shall be joined to you, and shall keep the charges of the tabernacle of witness, in all the services of the tabernacle; and a stranger shall not approach to you. 004 NUM 018 005 And you shall keep the charges of the holy things, and the charges of the altar, and [so] there shall not be anger among the children of Israel. 004 NUM 018 006 And I have taken your brethren the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, a present given to the Lord, to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 018 007 And you and your sons after you shall keep up your priestly ministration, according to the whole manner of the altar, and that which is within the veil; and you shall minister in the services as the office of your priesthood; and the stranger that comes near shall die. 004 NUM 018 008 And the Lord said to Aaron, And, behold, I have given you the charge of the first fruits of all things consecrated to me by the children of Israel; and I have given them to you as an honor, and to your sons after you for a perpetual ordinance. 004 NUM 018 009 And let this be to you from all the holy things that are consecrated [to me, even] the burnt offerings, from all their gifts, and from all their sacrifices, and from every trespass-offering of theirs, and from all their sin-offerings, whatever things they give to me of all their holy things, they shall be your and your sons'. 004 NUM 018 010 In the most holy place shall you eat them; every male shall eat them, you and your sons: they shall be holy to you. 004 NUM 018 011 And this shall be to you of the first fruits of their gifts, of all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; to you have I given them and to your sons and your daughters with you, a perpetual ordinance; every clean person in your house shall eat them. 004 NUM 018 012 Every first-offering of oil, and every first-offering of wine, their first fruits of corn, whatever they may give to the Lord, to you have I given them. 004 NUM 018 013 All the first fruits that are in their land, whatever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be your: every clean person in your house shall eat them. 004 NUM 018 014 Every devoted thing among the children of Israel shall be your. 004 NUM 018 015 And every thing that opens the womb of all flesh, whatever they bring to the Lord, whether man or beast, shall be your: only the firstborn of men shall be surely redeemed, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean cattle. 004 NUM 018 016 And the redemption of them [shall be] from a month old; their valuation of five shekels—it is twenty oboli according to the holy shekel. 004 NUM 018 017 But you shall not redeem the firstborn of calves and the firstborn of sheep and the firstborn of goats; they are holy: and you shall pour their blood upon the altar, and you shall offer the fat as a burnt offering for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 004 NUM 018 018 And the flesh shall be your, as also the breast of the wave-offering and as the right shoulder, it shall be your. 004 NUM 018 019 Every special offering of the holy things, whatever the children of Israel shall specially offer to the Lord, I have given to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you, a perpetual ordinance: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord, for you and your seed after you. 004 NUM 018 020 And the Lord said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them; for I [am] your portion and your inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel. 004 NUM 018 021 And, behold, I have given to the sons of Levi every tithe in Israel for an inheritance for their services, whenever they perform ministry in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 018 022 And the children of Israel shall no more draw near to the tabernacle of witness to incur fatal guilt. 004 NUM 018 023 And the Levite himself shall perform the service of the tabernacle of witness; and they shall bear their iniquities, it is a perpetual statute throughout their generations; and in the midst of the children of Israel they shall not receive an inheritance. 004 NUM 018 024 Because I have given as a distinct portion to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the children of Israel, whatever they shall offer to the Lord; therefore I said to them, In the midst of the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 004 NUM 018 025 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 018 026 You shall also speak to the Levites, and shall say to them, If you take the tithe from the children of Israel, which I have given you from them for an inheritance, then shall you separate from it a heave-offering to the Lord, a tenth of the tenth. 004 NUM 018 027 And your heave-offerings shall be reckoned to you as corn from the floor, and an offering from the wine-press. 004 NUM 018 028 So shall you also separate them from all the offerings of the Lord out of all your tithes, whatever you shall receive from the children of Israel; and you shall give of them an offering to the Lord to Aaron the priest. 004 NUM 018 029 Of all your gifts you shall offer an offering to the Lord, and of every first-fruit the consecrated part from it. 004 NUM 018 030 And you shall say to them, When you shall offer the first fruits from it, then shall it be reckoned to the Levites as produce from the threshing floor, and as produce from the wine-press. 004 NUM 018 031 And you shall eat it in any place, you and your families; for this is your reward for your services in the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 018 032 And you shall not bear sin by reason of it, for you shall have offered an offering of first fruits from it, and you shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you die not. 004 NUM 019 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 004 NUM 019 002 This is the constitution of the law, as the Lord has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and let them take for you a red heifer without spot, which has no spot on her, and on which no yoke has been put. 004 NUM 019 003 And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest; and they shall bring her out of the camp into a clean place, and shall kill her before his face. 004 NUM 019 004 And Eleazar shall take of her blood, and sprinkle of her blood seven times in front of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 019 005 And they shall burn her to ashes before him; and her skin and her flesh and her blood, with her dung, shall be consumed. 004 NUM 019 006 And the priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet wool, and they shall cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 004 NUM 019 007 And the priest shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall go into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean till evening. 004 NUM 019 008 And he that burns her shall wash his garments, and bathe his body, and shall be unclean till evening. 004 NUM 019 009 And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up in a clean place outside the camp; and they shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel to keep: it is the water of sprinkling, a purification. 004 NUM 019 010 And he that gathers up the ashes of the heifer shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute for the children of Israel and for the strangers joined to them. 004 NUM 019 011 He that touches the dead body of any man, shall be unclean seven days. 004 NUM 019 012 He shall be purified on the third day and the seventh day, and shall be clean; but if he be not purged on the third day and the seventh day, he shall not be clean. 004 NUM 019 013 Every one that touches the carcase of the person of a man, if he should have died, and [the other] not have been purified, has defiled the tabernacle of the Lord: that soul shall be cut off from Israel, because the water of sprinkling has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. 004 NUM 019 014 And this [is] the law; if a man die in a house, every one that goes into the house, and all things in the house, shall be unclean seven days. 004 NUM 019 015 And every open vessel which has not a covering bound upon it, shall be unclean. 004 NUM 019 016 And every one who shall touch a man slain by violence, or a corpse, or human bone, or sepulchre, shall be unclean seven days. 004 NUM 019 017 And they shall take for the unclean of the burnt ashes of purification, and they shall pour upon them running water into a vessel. 004 NUM 019 018 And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it into the water, and sprinkle it upon the house, and the furniture, and all the souls that are therein, and upon him that touched the human bone, or the slain man, or the corpse, or the tomb. 004 NUM 019 019 And the clean man shall sprinkle [the water] on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day, and on the seventh day he shall purify himself; and [the other] shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening. 004 NUM 019 020 And whatever man shall be defiled and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation, because he has defiled the holy things of the Lord, because the water of sprinkling has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. 004 NUM 019 021 And it shall be to you a perpetual statute; and he that sprinkles the water of sprinkling shall wash his garments; and he that touches the water of sprinkling shall be unclean until evening. 004 NUM 019 022 And whatever the unclean man shall touch shall be unclean, and the soul that touches it shall be unclean till evening. 004 NUM 020 001 And the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Sin, in the first month, and the people abode in Cades; and Mariam died there, and was buried there. 004 NUM 020 002 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron. 004 NUM 020 003 And the people reviled Moses, saying, Would we had died in the destruction of our brethren before the Lord! 004 NUM 020 004 And therefore have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, to kill us and our cattle? 004 NUM 020 005 And therefore [is] this? You have brought us up out of Egypt, that we should come into this evil place; a place where there is no sowing, neither figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates, neither is there water to drink. 004 NUM 020 006 And Moses and Aaron went from before the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of witness, and they fell upon their faces; and the glory of the Lord appeared to them. 004 NUM 020 007 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 020 008 Take your rod, and call the assembly, you and Aaron your brother, and speak you to the rock before them, and it shall give forth its waters; and you shall bring forth for them water out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their cattle. 004 NUM 020 009 And Moses took his rod which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded. 004 NUM 020 010 And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and said to them, Hear me, you disobedient ones; must we bring you water out of this rock? 004 NUM 020 011 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and much water came forth, and the congregation drank, and their cattle. 004 NUM 020 012 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you have not believed me to sanctify me before the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 004 NUM 020 013 This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel spoke insolently before the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. 004 NUM 020 014 And Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says your brother Israel; You know all the distress that has come upon us. 004 NUM 020 015 And [how] our fathers went down into Egypt, and we sojourned in Egypt many days, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers. 004 NUM 020 016 And we cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in the city of Cades, at the extremity of your coasts. 004 NUM 020 017 We will pass through your land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of your cistern: we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed your borders. 004 NUM 020 018 And Edom said to him, You shall not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet you in war. 004 NUM 020 019 And the children of Israel say to him, We will pass by the mountain; and if I and my cattle drink of your water, I will pay you: but it is no matter of importance, we will go by the mountain. 004 NUM 020 020 And he said, You shall not pass through me; and Edom went forth to meet him with a great host, and a mighty hand. 004 NUM 020 021 So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned away from him. 004 NUM 020 022 And they departed from Cades; and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Or. 004 NUM 020 023 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Or, on the borders of the land of Edom, saying, 004 NUM 020 024 Let Aaron be added to his people; for you shall certainly not go into the land which I have given the children of Israel, because you provoked me at the water of strife. 004 NUM 020 025 Take Aaron, and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to the mount Or before all the congregation; 004 NUM 020 026 and take Aaron's apparel from off him, and put it on Eleazar his son: and let Aaron die there and be added to [his people]. 004 NUM 020 027 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and took him up to mount Or, before all the congregation. 004 NUM 020 028 And he took Aaron's garments off him, and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron died on the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. 004 NUM 020 029 And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead: and they wept for Aaron thirty days, [even] all the house of Israel. 004 NUM 021 001 And Arad the Chananitish king who lived by the wilderness, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharin; and he made war on Israel, and carried off some of them captives. 004 NUM 021 002 And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If you will deliver this people into my power, I will devote it and its cities [to you]. 004 NUM 021 003 And the Lord listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered the Chananite into his power; and [Israel] devoted him and his cities, and they called the name of that place Anathema. 004 NUM 021 004 And having departed from mount Or by the way [leading] to the Red Sea, they compassed the land of Edom, and the people lost courage by the way. 004 NUM 021 005 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast you brought us ought of Egypt to kill us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread. 004 NUM 021 006 And the Lord sent among the people deadly serpents, and they bit the people, and much people of the children of Israel died. 004 NUM 021 007 And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against you: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent from us. 004 NUM 021 008 And Moses prayed to the Lord for the people; and the Lord said to Moses, Make you a serpent, and put it on a signal-[staff]; and it shall come to pass that whenever a serpent shall bite a man, every one [so] bitten that looks upon it shall live. 004 NUM 021 009 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a signal-[staff]: and it came to pass that whenever a serpent bit a man, and he looked on the brazen serpent, he lived. 004 NUM 021 010 And the children of Israel departed, and encamped in Oboth. 004 NUM 021 011 And having departed from Oboth, they encamped in Achalgai, on the farther side in the wilderness, which is opposite Moab, toward the east. 004 NUM 021 012 And thence they departed, and encamped in the valley of Zared. 004 NUM 021 013 And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in the wilderness, [the country] which extends from the coasts of the Amorites; for Arnon is the borders of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 004 NUM 021 014 Therefore it is said in a book, A war of the Lord has set on fire Zoob, and the brooks of Arnon. 004 NUM 021 015 And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwell [there]; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab. 004 NUM 021 016 And thence [they came to] the well; this [is] the well of which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them water to drink. 004 NUM 021 017 Then Israel sang this song at the well, Begin [to sing] of the well; 004 NUM 021 018 the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sank it in the rock: and [they went] from the well to Manthanain, 004 NUM 021 019 and from Manthanain to Naaliel, and from Naaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to Janen, which is in the plain of Moab [as seen] from the top of the quarried [rock] that looks toward the wilderness. 004 NUM 021 020 And Moses sent ambassadors to Seon king of the Amorites, with peaceful words, saying, 004 NUM 021 021 We will pass through your land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to the field or to the vineyard. 004 NUM 021 022 We will not drink water out of your well; we will go by the king's highway, until we have past your boundaries. 004 NUM 021 023 And Seon did not allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Seon gathered all his people, and went out to set the battle in array against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jassa, and set the battle in array against Israel. 004 NUM 021 024 And Israel struck him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Amman. 004 NUM 021 025 And Israel took all their cities, and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Esebon, and in all cities belonging to it. 004 NUM 021 026 For Esebon is the city of Seon king of the Amorites; and he before fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to Arnon. 004 NUM 021 027 Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the city of Seon may be built and prepared. 004 NUM 021 028 For a fire has gone forth from Esebon, a flame from the city of Seon, and has consumed as far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of Arnon. 004 NUM 021 029 Woe to you, Moab; you are lost, you people of Chamos: their sons are sold for preservation, and their daughters are captives to Seon king of the Amorites. 004 NUM 021 030 And their seed shall perish [from] Esebon to Daebon; and their women have yet farther kindled a fire against Moab. 004 NUM 021 031 And Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites. 004 NUM 021 032 And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took it, and its villages, and cast out the Amorite that lived there. 004 NUM 021 033 And having returned, they went up the road thhebraismat leads to Basan; and Og the king of Basan went forth to meet them, and all his people to war to Edrain. 004 NUM 021 034 And the Lord said to Moses, Fear him not; for I have delivered him and all his people, and all his land, into your hands; and you shall do to him as you did to Seon king of the Amorites, who lived in Esebon. 004 NUM 021 035 And he struck him and his sons, and all his people, until he left none of his to be taken alive; and they inherited his land. 004 NUM 022 001 And the children of Israel departed, and encamped on the west of Moab by Jordan toward Jericho. 004 NUM 022 002 And when Balac son of Sepphor saw all that Israel did to the Amorite, 004 NUM 022 003 then Moab feared the people exceedingly because they were many; and Moab was grieved before the face of the children of Israel. 004 NUM 022 004 And Moab said to the elders of Madiam, Now shall this assembly lick up all that are round about us, as a calf would lick up the green [herbs] of the field: —and Balac son of Sepphor was king of Moab at that time. 004 NUM 022 005 And he sent ambassadors to Balaam the son of Beor, to Phathura, which is on a river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, a people is come out of Egypt, and behold it has covered the face of the earth, and it has encamped close to me. 004 NUM 022 006 And now come, curse me this people, for it is stronger than we; if we may be able to strike some of them, and I will cast them out of the land: for I know that whoever you do bless, they are blessed, and whoever you do curse, they are cursed. 004 NUM 022 007 And the elders of Moab went, and the elders of Madiam, and their divining [instruments were] in their hands; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balac. 004 NUM 022 008 And he said to them, Tarry here the night, and I will answer you the things which the Lord shall say to me; and the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam. 004 NUM 022 009 And God came to Balaam, and said to him, Who are these men with you? 004 NUM 022 010 And Balaam said to God, Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab, sent them to me, saying, 004 NUM 022 011 Behold, a people has come forth out of Egypt, and has covered the face of the land, and it has encamped near to me; and now come, curse it for me, if indeed I shall be able to strike it, and cast it out of the land. 004 NUM 022 012 And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them, neither shall you curse the people; for they are blessed. 004 NUM 022 013 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balac, Depart quickly to your lord; God does not permit me to go with you. 004 NUM 022 014 And the princes of Moab rose, and came to Balac, and said, Balaam will not come with us. 004 NUM 022 015 And Balac yet again sent more princes and more honorable than they. 004 NUM 022 016 And they came to Balaam, and they say to him, Thus says Balac the son of Sepphor: I beseech you, delay not to come to me. 004 NUM 022 017 For I will greatly honor you, and will do for you whatever you shall say; come then, curse me this people. 004 NUM 022 018 And Balaam answered and said to the princes of Balac, If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord God, to make it little or great in my mind. 004 NUM 022 019 And now do you also wait here this night, and I shall know what the Lord will yet say to me. 004 NUM 022 020 And God came to Balaam by night, and said to him, If these men are come to call you, rise and follow them; nevertheless the word which I shall speak to you, it shall you do. 004 NUM 022 021 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 004 NUM 022 022 And God was very angry because he went; and the angel of the Lord rose up to withstand him. Now he had mounted his ass, and his two servants were with him. 004 NUM 022 023 And when the ass saw the angel of God standing opposite in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, then the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field; and [Balaam] struck the ass with his staff to direct her in the way. 004 NUM 022 024 And the angel of the Lord stood in the avenues of the vines, a fence [being] on this side and a fence on that. 004 NUM 022 025 And when the ass saw the angel of God, she thrust herself against the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall, and he struck her again. 004 NUM 022 026 And the angel of the Lord went farther, and came and stood in a narrow place where it was impossible to turn to the right or the left. 004 NUM 022 027 And when the ass saw the angel of God, she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam was angry, and struck the ass with his staff. 004 NUM 022 028 And God opened the mouth of the ass, and she says to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me this third time? 004 NUM 022 029 And Balaam said to the ass, Because you have mocked me; and if I [had] had a sword in my hand, I would now have killed you. 004 NUM 022 030 And the ass says to Balaam, [Am] not I your ass on which you have ridden since your youth till this day? did I ever do thus to you, utterly disregarding [you]? and he said, No. 004 NUM 022 031 And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the angel of the Lord withstanding [him] in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and he stooped down and worshipped on his face. 004 NUM 022 032 And the angel of God said to him, Why have you struck your ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand you, for your way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time. 004 NUM 022 033 And if she had not turned out of the way, surely now, I should have slain you, and should have saved her alive. 004 NUM 022 034 And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing opposite in the way to meet [me]; and now if it shall not be pleasing to you [for me to go on], I will return. 004 NUM 022 035 And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men: nevertheless the word which I shall speak to you, that you shall take heed to speak. And Balaam went with the princes of Balac. 004 NUM 022 036 And when Balac heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him, to a city of Moab, which is on the borders of Arnon, which is on the [extreme] part of the borders. 004 NUM 022 037 And Balac said to Balaam, Did I not send to you to call you? why have you not come to me? shall I not indeed be able to honor you? 004 NUM 022 038 And Balaam said to Balac, Behold, I am now come to you: shall I be able to say anything? the word which God shall put into my mouth, that I shall speak. 004 NUM 022 039 And Balaam went with Balac, and they came to the cities of streets. 004 NUM 022 040 And Balac offered sheep and calves, and sent to Balaam and to his princes who were with him. 004 NUM 022 041 And it was morning; and Balac took Balaam, and brought him up to the pillar of Baal, and showed him thence a part of the people. 004 NUM 023 001 And Balaam said to Balac, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. 004 NUM 023 002 And Balac did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on [every] altar. 004 NUM 023 003 And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to you. And Balac stood by his sacrifice. 004 NUM 023 004 And Balaam went to enquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. 004 NUM 023 005 And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, you shall return to Balac, and thus shall you speak. 004 NUM 023 006 And he returned to him, and moreover he stood over his whole burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; and the Spirit of God came upon him. 004 NUM 023 007 And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel. 004 NUM 023 008 How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not? 004 NUM 023 009 For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 004 NUM 023 010 Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed. 004 NUM 023 011 And Balac said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I called you to curse my enemies, and behold you have greatly blessed [them]. 004 NUM 023 012 And Balaam said to Balac, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this? 004 NUM 023 013 And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where you shall not see the people, but only you shall see a part of them, and shall not see them all; and curse me them from thence. 004 NUM 023 014 And he took him to a high place of the field to the top of the quarried [rock], and he built there seven altars, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. 004 NUM 023 015 And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by your sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God. 004 NUM 023 016 And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, return to Balac, and thus shall you speak. 004 NUM 023 017 And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole burnt sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken? 004 NUM 023 018 And he took up his parable, and said, rise up, Balac, and hear; listen as a witness, you son of Sepphor. 004 NUM 023 019 God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep [to his word]? 004 NUM 023 020 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: I will bless, and not turn back. 004 NUM 023 021 There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God [is] with him, the glories of rulers [are] in him. 004 NUM 023 022 It was God who brought him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn. 004 NUM 023 023 For there is no divination in Jacob, nor enchantment in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel what God shall perform. 004 NUM 023 024 Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion's whelp, and shall exalt himself as a lion; he shall not lie down till he have eaten the prey, and he shall drink the blood of the slain. 004 NUM 023 025 And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all. 004 NUM 023 026 And Balaam answered and said to Balac, Spoke I not to you, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do? 004 NUM 023 027 And Balac said to Balaam, Come [and] I will remove you to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence. 004 NUM 023 028 And Balac took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extends to the wilderness. 004 NUM 023 029 And Balaam said to Balac, build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams. 004 NUM 023 030 And Balac did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on [every] altar. 004 NUM 024 001 And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness. 004 NUM 024 002 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. 004 NUM 024 003 And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says, 004 NUM 024 004 he says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened: 004 NUM 024 005 How goodly [are] your habitations, Jacob, and your tents, Israel! 004 NUM 024 006 as shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as cedars by the waters. 004 NUM 024 007 There shall come a man out of his seed, and he shall rule over many nations; and the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted, and his kingdom shall be increased. 004 NUM 024 008 God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy. 004 NUM 024 009 He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless you are blessed, and they that curse you are cursed. 004 NUM 024 010 And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemy, and behold you have decidedly blessed [him] this third time. 004 NUM 024 011 Now therefore flee to your place: I said, I will honor you, but now the Lord has deprived you of glory. 004 NUM 024 012 And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to your messengers also whom you sent to me, saying, 004 NUM 024 013 If Balac should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatever things God shall say, them will I speak. 004 NUM 024 014 And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise you of what this people shall do to your people in the last days. 004 NUM 024 015 And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says, 004 NUM 024 016 hearing the oracles of God, receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened. 004 NUM 024 017 I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth. 004 NUM 024 018 And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance [of Israel], and Israel wrought valiantly. 004 NUM 024 019 And [one] shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes. 004 NUM 024 020 And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec [is] the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish. 004 NUM 024 021 And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, your dwelling-place [is] strong; yet though you should put your nest in a rock, 004 NUM 024 022 and though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry you away captive. 004 NUM 024 023 And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall do these things? 004 NUM 024 024 And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the Hebrews, and they shall perish together. 004 NUM 024 025 And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balac went to his own home. 004 NUM 025 001 And Israel sojourned in Sattin, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab. 004 NUM 025 002 And they called them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols. 004 NUM 025 003 And Israel consecrated themselves to Beel-phegor; and the Lord was very angry with Israel. 004 NUM 025 004 And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the princes of the people, and make them examples [of judgment] for the Lord in the face of the sun, and the anger of the Lord shall be turned away from Israel. 004 NUM 025 005 And Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Slay you every one his friend that is consecrated to Beel-phegor. 004 NUM 025 006 And, behold, a man of the children of Israel came and brought his brother to a Madianitish woman before Moses, and before all the congregation of the children of Israel; and they were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of witness. 004 NUM 025 007 And Phinees the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, and rose out of the midst of the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand, 004 NUM 025 008 and went in after the Israelitish man into the chamber, and pierced them both through, both the Israelitish man, and the woman through her womb; and the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 004 NUM 025 009 And those that died in the plague were four and twenty thousand. 004 NUM 025 010 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 025 011 Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest has caused my wrath to cease from the children of Israel, when I was exceedingly jealous among them, and I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy. 004 NUM 025 012 Thus do you say [to him], Behold, I give him a covenant of peace: 004 NUM 025 013 and he and his seed after him shall have a perpetual covenant of priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel. 004 NUM 025 014 Now the name of the struck Israelitish man, who was struck with the Madianitish woman, [was] Zambri son of Salmon, prince of a house of the tribe of Symeon. 004 NUM 025 015 And the name of the Madianitish woman who was struck, [was] Chasbi, daughter of Sur, a prince of the nation of Ommoth: it is a chief house among the people of Madiam. 004 NUM 025 016 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 004 NUM 025 017 Plague the Madianites as enemies, and strike them, 004 NUM 025 018 for they are enemies to you by the treachery wherein they ensnare you through Phogor, and through Chasbi their sister, daughter of a prince of Madiam, who was struck in the day of the plague because of Phogor. 004 NUM 026 001 And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spoke to Moses and Eleazar the priest, saying, 004 NUM 026 002 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according to the houses of their lineage, every one that goes forth to battle in Israel. 004 NUM 026 003 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke in Araboth of Moab at the Jordan by Jericho, saying, 004 NUM 026 004 [This is the numbering] from twenty years old and upward as the Lord commanded Moses. And the sons of Israel that came out of Egypt [are as follows]: 004 NUM 026 005 Ruben [was] the firstborn of Israel: and the sons of Ruben, Enoch, and the family of Enoch; to Phallu belongs the family of the Phalluites. 004 NUM 026 006 To Asron, the family of Asroni: to Charmi, the family of Charmi. 004 NUM 026 007 These [are] the families of Ruben; and their numbering was forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 004 NUM 026 008 And the sons of Phallu [were] Eliab, — 004 NUM 026 009 and the sons of Eliab, Namuel, and Dathan, and Abiron: these [are] renowned men of the congregation; these are they that rose up against Moses and Aaron in the gathering of Core, in the rebellion against the Lord. 004 NUM 026 010 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them and Core, when their assembly perished, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign. 004 NUM 026 011 But the sons of Core died not. 004 NUM 026 012 And the sons of Symeon: —the family of the sons of Symeon: to Namuel, [belonged] the family of the Namuelites; to Jamin the family of the Jaminites; to Jachin the family of the Jachinites. 004 NUM 026 013 To Zara the family of the Zaraites; to Saul the family of the Saulites. 004 NUM 026 014 These [are] the families of Symeon according to their numbering, two and twenty thousand and two hundred. 004 NUM 026 015 And the sons of Juda, Er and Aunan; and Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan. 004 NUM 026 016 And these were the sons of Juda, according to their families: to Selom [belonged] the family of the Selonites; to Phares, the family of the Pharesites; to Zara, the family of the Zaraites. 004 NUM 026 017 And the sons of Phares were, to Asron, the family of the Asronites; to Jamun, the family of the Jamunites. 004 NUM 026 018 These [are] the families of Juda according to their numbering, seventy-six thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 026 019 And the sons of Issachar according to their families: to Thola, the family of the Tholaites; to Phua, the family of the Phuaites. 004 NUM 026 020 To Jasub, the family of the Jasubites; to Samram, the family of the Samramites. 004 NUM 026 021 These [are] the families of Issachar according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 026 022 The sons of Zabulon according to their families: to Sared, the family of the Saredites; to Allon, the family of the Allonites; to Allel, the family of the Allelites. 004 NUM 026 023 These [are] the families of Zabulon according to their numbering, sixty thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 026 024 The sons of Gad according to their families: to Saphon, the family of the Saphonites; to Angi, the family of the Angites; to Suni, the family of the Sunites; 004 NUM 026 025 to Azeni, the family of the Azenites; to Addi, the family of the Addites: 004 NUM 026 026 to Aroadi, the family of the Aroadites; to Ariel, the family of the Arielites. 004 NUM 026 027 These [are] the families of the children of Gad according to their numbering, forty-four thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 026 028 The sons of Aser according to their families; to Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; to Jesu, the family of the Jesusites; to Baria, the family of the Bariaites. 004 NUM 026 029 To Chober, the family of the Choberites; to Melchiel, the family of the Melchielites. 004 NUM 026 030 And the name of the daughter of Aser, Sara. 004 NUM 026 031 These [are] the families of Aser according to their numbering, forty-three thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 026 032 The sons of Joseph according to their families, Manasse and Ephraim. 004 NUM 026 033 The sons of Manasse. To Machir the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Galaad: to Galaad, the family of the Galaadites. 004 NUM 026 034 And these [are] the sons of Galaad; to Achiezer, the family of the Achiezerites; to Cheleg, the family of the Chelegites. 004 NUM 026 035 To Esriel, the family of the Esrielites; to Sychem, the family of the Sychemites. 004 NUM 026 036 To Symaer, the family of the Symaerites; and to Opher, the family of the Opherites. 004 NUM 026 037 And to Salpaad the son of Opher there were no sons, but daughters: and these [were] the names of the daughters of Salpaad; Mala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. 004 NUM 026 038 These [are] the families of Manasse according to their numbering, fifty-two thousand and seven hundred. 004 NUM 026 039 And these [are] the children of Ephraim; to Suthala, the family of the Suthalanites; to Tanach, the family of the Tanachites. 004 NUM 026 040 These [are] the sons of Suthala; to Eden, the family of the Edenites. 004 NUM 026 041 These [are] the families of Ephraim according to their numbering, thirty-two thousand and five hundred: these [are] the families of the children of Joseph according to their families. 004 NUM 026 042 The sons of Benjamin according to their families; to Bale, the family of the Balites; to Asyber, the family of the Asyberites; to Jachiran, the family of the Jachiranites. 004 NUM 026 043 To Sophan, the family of the Sophanites. 004 NUM 026 044 And the sons of Bale were Adar and Noeman; to Adar, the family of the Adarites; and to Noeman, the family of the Noemanites. 004 NUM 026 045 These [are] the sons of Benjamin by their families according to their numbering, thirty-five thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 026 046 And the sons of Dan according to their families; to Same, the family of the Sameites; these [are] the families of Dan according to their families. 004 NUM 026 047 All the families of Samei according to their numbering, sixty-four thousand and four hundred. 004 NUM 026 048 The sons of Nephthali according to their families; to Asiel, the family of the Asielites; to Gauni, the family of the Gaunites. 004 NUM 026 049 To Jeser, the family of the Jeserites; to Sellem, the family of the Sellemites. 004 NUM 026 050 These [are] the families of Nephthali, according to their numbering, forty thousand and three hundred. 004 NUM 026 051 This [is] the numbering of the children of Israel, six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 004 NUM 026 052 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 026 053 To these the land shall be divided, so that they may inherit according to the number of the names. 004 NUM 026 054 To the greater number you shall give the greater inheritance, and to the less number you shall give the less inheritance: to each one, as they have been numbered, shall their inheritance be given. 004 NUM 026 055 The land shall be divided to the names by lot, they shall inherit according to the tribes of their families. 004 NUM 026 056 You shall divide their inheritance by lot between the many and the few. 004 NUM 026 057 And the sons of Levi according to their families; to Gedson, the family of the Gedsonites; to Caath, the family of the Caathites; to Merari, the family of the Merarites. 004 NUM 026 058 These [are] the families of the sons of Levi; the family of the Lobenites, the family of the Chebronites, the family of the Coreites, and the family of the Musites; and Caath begot Amram. 004 NUM 026 059 And the name of his wife [was] Jochabed, daughter of Levi, who bore these to Levi in Egypt, and she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Mariam their sister. 004 NUM 026 060 And to Aaron were born both Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. 004 NUM 026 061 And Nadab and Abiud died when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sina. 004 NUM 026 062 And there were according to their numbering, twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because they have no inheritance in the midst of the children of Israel. 004 NUM 026 063 And this [is] the numbering of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in Araboth of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho. 004 NUM 026 064 And among these there was not a man numbered by Moses and Aaron, whom, [even] the children of Israel, they numbered in the wilderness of Sinai. 004 NUM 026 065 For the Lord said to them, They shall surely die in the wilderness; and there was not left even one of them, except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, and Joshua the [son] of Naue. 004 NUM 027 001 And the daughters of Salpaad the son of Opher, the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, of the tribe of Manasse, of the sons of Joseph, came near; and these were their names, Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa; 004 NUM 027 002 and they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and before all the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness, saying, 004 NUM 027 003 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the midst of the congregation that rebelled against the Lord in the gathering of Core; for he died for his own sin, and he had no sons. Let not the name of our father be blotted out of the midst of his people, because he has no son: give us an inheritance in the midst of our father's brethren. 004 NUM 027 004 And Moses brought their case before the Lord. 004 NUM 027 005 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 027 006 The daughters of Salpaad have spoken rightly: you shall surely give them a possession of inheritance in the midst of their father's brethren, and you shall assign their father's inheritance to them. 004 NUM 027 007 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, 004 NUM 027 008 If a man die, and have no son, you shall assign his inheritance to his daughter. 004 NUM 027 009 And if he have no daughter, you shall give his inheritance to his brother. 004 NUM 027 010 And if he have no brethren, you shall give his inheritance to his father's brother. 004 NUM 027 011 And if there be no brethren of his father, you shall give the inheritance to his nearest relation of his tribe, to inherit his possessions; and this shall be to the children of Israel an ordinance of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses. 004 NUM 027 012 And the Lord said to Moses, Go up to the mountain that is in the country beyond Jordan, this mount Nabau, and behold the land Chanaan, which I give to the sons of Israel for a possession. 004 NUM 027 013 And you shall see it, and you also shall be added to your people, as Aaron your brother was added [to them] in mount Or: 004 NUM 027 014 because you transgressed my commandment in the wilderness of Sin, when the congregation resisted [and refused] to sanctify me; you sanctified me not at the water before them. This is the water of Strife in Cades in the wilderness of Sin. 004 NUM 027 015 And Moses said to the Lord, 004 NUM 027 016 Let the Lord God of spirits and of all flesh look out for a man over this congregation, 004 NUM 027 017 who shall go out before them, and who shall come in before them, and who shall lead them out, and who shall bring them in; so the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep without a shepherd. 004 NUM 027 018 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take to yourself Joshua the son of Naue, a man who has the Spirit in him, and you shall lay your hands upon him. 004 NUM 027 019 And you shall set him before Eleazar the priest, and you shall give him a charge before all the congregation, and you shall give a charge concerning him before them. 004 NUM 027 020 And you shall put of your glory upon him, that the children of Israel may listen to him. 004 NUM 027 021 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, and they shall ask of him before the Lord the judgment of the Urim: they shall go forth at his word, and at his word they shall come in, he and the children of Israel with one accord, and all the congregation. 004 NUM 027 022 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation. 004 NUM 027 023 And he laid his hands on him, and appointed him as the Lord ordered Moses. 004 NUM 028 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 028 002 Charge the children of Israel, and you shall speak to them, saying, You shall observe to offer to me in my feasts my gifts, my presents, my burnt offerings for a sweet smelling savor. 004 NUM 028 003 And you shall say to them, These are the burnt offerings, all that you shall bring to the Lord; two lambs of a year old without blemish daily, for a whole burnt offering perpetually. 004 NUM 028 004 You shall offer one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the second lamb towards evening. 004 NUM 028 005 And you shall offer the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, with the fourth part of a hin. 004 NUM 028 006 [It is] a perpetual whole burnt offering, a sacrifice offered in the mount of Sina for a sweet smelling savor to the Lord. 004 NUM 028 007 And its drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin to each lamb; in the holy place shall you pour strong drink as a drink-offering to the Lord. 004 NUM 028 008 And the second lamb you shall offer toward evening; you shall offer it according to its meat-offering and according to its drink-offering for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. 004 NUM 028 009 And on the sabbath-day you shall offer two lambs of a year old without blemish, and two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering, and a drink-offering. 004 NUM 028 010 [It is] a whole burnt offering of the sabbaths on the sabbath days, besides the continued whole burnt offering, and its drink offering. 004 NUM 028 011 And at the new moons you shall bring a whole burnt offering to the Lord, two calves of the herd, and one ram, seven lambs of a year old without blemish. 004 NUM 028 012 Three tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil for one calf, and two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil for one ram. 004 NUM 028 013 A tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for each lamb, as a meat-offering, a sweet smelling savor, a burnt offering to the Lord. 004 NUM 028 014 Their drink-offering shall be the half of a hin for one calf; and the third of a hin for one ram; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for one lamb: this [is] the whole burnt offering monthly throughout the months of the year. 004 NUM 028 015 And [he shall offer] one kid of the goats for a sin-offering to the Lord; it shall be offered beside the continual whole burnt offering and its drink-offering. 004 NUM 028 016 And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, [is] the passover to the Lord. 004 NUM 028 017 And on the fifteenth day of this month [is] a feast; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 004 NUM 028 018 And the first day shall be to you a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work. 004 NUM 028 019 And you shall bring whole burnt offerings, a sacrifice to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old; they shall be to you without blemish. 004 NUM 028 020 And their meat-offering shall be fine flour mingled with oil; three tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one ram. 004 NUM 028 021 You shall offer a tenth for each lamb, for the seven lambs. 004 NUM 028 022 And [you shall offer] one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you. 004 NUM 028 023 Beside the perpetual whole burnt offering in the morning, which is a whole burnt sacrifice for a continuance, 004 NUM 028 024 these shall you thus offer daily for seven days, a gift, a sacrifice for a sweet smelling savor to the Lord; beside the continual whole burnt offering, you shall offer its drink-offering. 004 NUM 028 025 And the seventh day shall be to you a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work in it. 004 NUM 028 026 And on the day of the new corn, when you shall offer a new sacrifice [at the festival] of weeks to the Lord, there shall be to you a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, 004 NUM 028 027 and you shall bring whole burnt offerings for a sweet smelling savor to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs without blemish. 004 NUM 028 028 Their meat-offering [shall be] fine flour mingled with oil; there shall be three tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one ram. 004 NUM 028 029 A tenth for each lamb separately, for the seven lambs; and a kid of the goats, 004 NUM 028 030 for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; beside the perpetual whole burnt offering: and 004 NUM 028 031 you shall offer to me their meat-offering. They shall be to you unblemished, and you shall offer their drink-offerings. 004 NUM 029 001 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be to you a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work: it shall be to you a day of blowing the trumpets. 004 NUM 029 002 And you shall offer whole burnt offerings for a sweet savor to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old without blemish. 004 NUM 029 003 Their meat-offering shall be fine flour mingled with oil; three tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one ram: 004 NUM 029 004 a tenth deal for each several ram, for the seven lambs. 004 NUM 029 005 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you. 004 NUM 029 006 Beside the whole burnt offerings for the new moon, and their meat-offerings, and their drink-offerings, and their perpetual whole burnt offering; and their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings according to their ordinance for a sweet smelling savor to the Lord. 004 NUM 029 007 And on the tenth of this month there shall be to you a holy convocation; and you shall afflict your souls, and you shall do no work. 004 NUM 029 008 And you shall bring near whole burnt offerings for a sweet smelling savor to the Lord; burnt sacrifices to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old; they shall be to you without blemish. 004 NUM 029 009 Their meat-offering shall be fine flour mingled with oil; three tenth deals for one calf, and two tenth deals for one ram. 004 NUM 029 010 A tenth deal for each several lamb, for the seven lambs. 004 NUM 029 011 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; beside the sin-offering for atonement, and the continual whole burnt offering, its meat-offering, and its drink-offering according to its ordinance for a smell of sweet savor, a burnt sacrifice to the Lord. 004 NUM 029 012 And on the fifteenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work; and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord seven days. 004 NUM 029 013 And you shall bring near whole burnt offerings, a sacrifice for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord, on the first day thirteen calves of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old; they shall be without blemish. 004 NUM 029 014 their meat-offerings [shall be] fine flour mingled with oil; there shall be three tenth deals for one calf, for the thirteen calves; and two tenth deals for one ram, for the two rams. 004 NUM 029 015 A tenth deal for every lamb, for the fourteen lambs. 004 NUM 029 016 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside the continual whole burnt offering: there shall be their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings. 004 NUM 029 017 And on the second day twelve calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish. 004 NUM 029 018 Their meat-offering and their drink-offering shall be for the calves and the rams and the lambs according to their number, according to their ordinance. 004 NUM 029 019 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside the perpetual whole burnt offering; their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings. 004 NUM 029 020 On the third day eleven calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish. 004 NUM 029 021 Their meat-offering and their drink-offering shall be to the calves and to the rams and to the lambs according to their number, according to their ordinance. 004 NUM 029 022 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside the continual whole burnt offering; [there shall be] their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings. 004 NUM 029 023 On the fourth day ten calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without spot. 004 NUM 029 024 There shall be their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings to the calves and the rams and the lambs according to their number, according to their ordinance. 004 NUM 029 025 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside the continual whole burnt offering [there shall be] their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings. 004 NUM 029 026 On the fifth day nine calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without spot. 004 NUM 029 027 Their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings [shall be] to the calves and the rams and the lambs according to their number, according to their ordinance. 004 NUM 029 028 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside the perpetual whole burnt offering; [there shall be] their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings. 004 NUM 029 029 On the sixth day eight calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish. 004 NUM 029 030 There shall be their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings to the calves and rams and lambs according to their number, according to their ordinance. 004 NUM 029 031 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside the perpetual whole burnt offering; [there shall be] their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings. 004 NUM 029 032 On the seventh day seven calves, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish. 004 NUM 029 033 Their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings shall be to the calves and the rams and the lambs according to their number, according to their ordinance. 004 NUM 029 034 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside the continual whole burnt offering; [there shall be] their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings. 004 NUM 029 035 And on the eighth day there shall be to you a release: you shall do no servile work in it. 004 NUM 029 036 And you shall offer whole burnt offerings [as] sacrifices to the Lord, one calf, one ram, seven lambs of a year old without spot. 004 NUM 029 037 [There shall be] their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings for the calf and the ram and the lambs according to their number, according to their ordinance. 004 NUM 029 038 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside the continual whole burnt offering; [there shall be] their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings. 004 NUM 029 039 These [sacrifices] shall you offer to the Lord in your feasts, besides your vows; and [you shall offer] your free will offerings and your whole burnt offerings, and your meat-offerings and your drink-offerings, and your peace-offerings. 004 NUM 029 040 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded Moses. 004 NUM 030 001 And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the Lord has commanded. 004 NUM 030 002 Whatsoever man shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not break his word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do. 004 NUM 030 003 And if a woman shall vow a vow to the Lord, or bind herself with an obligation in her youth in her father's house; and her father should hear her vows and her obligations, wherewith she has bound her soul, and her father should hold his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand, 004 NUM 030 004 and all the obligations with which she has bound her soul, shall remain to her. 004 NUM 030 005 But if her father straitly forbid [her] in the day in which he shall hear all her vows and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul, they shall not stand; and the Lord shall hold her guiltless, because her father forbade her. 004 NUM 030 006 But if she should be indeed married, and her vows be upon her according to the utterance of her lips, [the obligations] which she has contracted upon her soul; 004 NUM 030 007 and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her in the day in which he should hear, then thus shall all her vows be binding, and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand. 004 NUM 030 008 But if her husband should straitly forbid [her] in the day in which he should hear her, none of her vows or obligations which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand, because her husband has disallowed her, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless. 004 NUM 030 009 And the vow of a widow and of her that is put away, whatever she shall bind upon her soul, shall stand to her. 004 NUM 030 010 And if her vow [be made] in the house of her husband, or the obligation upon her soul with an oath, 004 NUM 030 011 and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her, and not disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and all the obligations which she contracted against her soul, shall stand against her. 004 NUM 030 012 But if her husband should utterly cancel the vow in the day in which he shall hear it, none of the things which shall proceed out of her lips in her vows, and in the obligations [contracted] upon her soul, shall stand to her; her husband has cancelled them, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless. 004 NUM 030 013 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it. 004 NUM 030 014 But if he be wholly silent at her from day to day, then shall he bind upon her all her vows; and he shall confirm to her the obligations [which she has bound] upon herself, because he held his peace at her in the day in which he heard her. 004 NUM 030 015 And if her husband should in any wise cancel [them] after the day in which he heard [them], then he shall bear his iniquity. 004 NUM 030 016 These [are] the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and daughter in [her] youth in the house of [her] father. 004 NUM 031 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 031 002 Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterwards you shall be added to your people. 004 NUM 031 003 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of you, and set yourselves in array before the Lord against Madian, to inflict vengeance on Madian from the Lord. 004 NUM 031 004 Send a thousand of each tribe from all the tribes of the children of Israel to set themselves in array. 004 NUM 031 005 And they numbered of the thousands of Israel a thousand of [each] tribe, twelve thousands; [these were] armed for war. 004 NUM 031 006 And Moses sent them away a thousand of every tribe with their forces, and Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: and the holy instruments, and the signal trumpets [were] in their hands. 004 NUM 031 007 And they set themselves in array against Madian, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they killed every male. 004 NUM 031 008 And they killed the kings of Madian together with their slain [subjects]; even Evi and Rocon, and Sur, and Ur, and Roboc, five kings of Madian; and they killed with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their [other] slain. 004 NUM 031 009 And they made a prey of the women of Madian, and their store, and their cattle, and all their possessions: and they spoiled their forces. 004 NUM 031 010 And they burnt with fire all their cities in the places of their habitation and they burnt their villages with fire. 004 NUM 031 011 And they took all their plunder, and all their spoils, both man and beast. 004 NUM 031 012 And they brought to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to all the children of Israel, the captives, and the spoils, and the plunder, to the camp to Araboth Moab, which is at Jordan by Jericho. 004 NUM 031 013 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the rulers of the synagogue went forth out of the camp to meet them. 004 NUM 031 014 And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, the heads of thousands and the heads of hundreds who came from the battle-array. 004 NUM 031 015 And Moses said to them, Why have you saved every female alive? 004 NUM 031 016 For they were [the occasion] to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Phogor; and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord. 004 NUM 031 017 Now then kill every male in all the spoil, kill every woman, who has known the lying with man. 004 NUM 031 018 And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save you them alive. 004 NUM 031 019 And you shall encamp outside the [great] camp seven days; every one who has slain and who touches a dead body, shall be purified on the third day, and you and your captivity [shall purify yourselves] on the seventh day. 004 NUM 031 020 And you shall purify every garment and every leather utensil, and all furniture of goat skin, and every wooden vessel. 004 NUM 031 021 And Eleazar the priest said to the men of the host that came from the battle-array, This [is] the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses. 004 NUM 031 022 Beside the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and lead, and tin, 004 NUM 031 023 every thing that shall pass through the fire shall so be clean, nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of sanctification; and whatever will not pass through the fire shall pass through water. 004 NUM 031 024 And on the seventh day you shall wash your garments, and be clean; and afterwards you shall come into the camp. 004 NUM 031 025 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 031 026 Take the sum of the spoils of the captivity both of man and beast, you and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the families of the congregation. 004 NUM 031 027 And you shall divide the spoils between the warriors that went out to battle, and the whole congregation. 004 NUM 031 028 And you shall take a tribute for the Lord from the warriors that went out to battle; one soul out of five hundred, from the men, and from the cattle, even from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses; and you shall take from their half. 004 NUM 031 029 And you shall give [them] to Eleazar the priest [as] the first fruits of the Lord. 004 NUM 031 030 And from the half belonging to the children of Israel you shall take one in fifty from the men, and from the oxen, and from the sheep, and from the asses, and from all the cattle; and you shall give them to the Levites that keep the charges in the tabernacle of the Lord. 004 NUM 031 031 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. 004 NUM 031 032 And that which remained of the spoil which the warriors took, was—of the sheep, six hundred and seventy-five thousand: 004 NUM 031 033 and oxen, seventy-two thousand: 004 NUM 031 034 and asses, sixty-one thousand. 004 NUM 031 035 And persons of women who had not known lying with man, all the souls, thirty-two thousand. 004 NUM 031 036 And the half, [even] the portion of them that went out to war, from the number of the sheep, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 031 037 And the tribute to the Lord from the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five. 004 NUM 031 038 And the oxen, six and thirty thousand, and the tribute to the Lord seventy-two. 004 NUM 031 039 And asses, thirty thousand and five hundred, and the tribute to the Lord, sixty-one: 004 NUM 031 040 and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls. 004 NUM 031 041 And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave-offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses; 004 NUM 031 042 from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war. 004 NUM 031 043 And the half [taken] from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred. 004 NUM 031 044 And the oxen, thirty-six thousand; 004 NUM 031 045 asses, thirty thousand and five hundred; 004 NUM 031 046 and persons, sixteen thousand. 004 NUM 031 047 And Moses took of the half belonging to the children of Israel the fifties part, of men and of cattle, and he gave them to the Levites who keep the charges of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 004 NUM 031 048 And all those who were appointed to be officers of thousands of the host, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, approached Moses, and said to Moses, 004 NUM 031 049 Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war with us, and not one is missing. 004 NUM 031 050 And we have brought our gift to the Lord, [every] man who has found an article of gold, whether an armlet, or a chain, or a ring, or a bracelet, or a clasp for hair, to make atonement for us before the Lord. 004 NUM 031 051 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, even every wrought article. 004 NUM 031 052 And all the wrought gold, even the offering that they offered to the Lord, was sixteen thousand and seven hundred and fifty shekels from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds. 004 NUM 031 053 For the men of war took plunder every one for himself. 004 NUM 031 054 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and brought the vessels into the tabernacle of witness, a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord. 004 NUM 032 001 And the children of Ruben and the children of Gad had a multitude of cattle, very great; and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Galaad; and the place was a place for cattle: 004 NUM 032 002 and the children of Ruben and the children of Gad came, and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying, 004 NUM 032 003 Ataroth, and Daebon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabau, and Baean, 004 NUM 032 004 the land which the Lord has delivered up before the children of Israel, is pasture land, and your servants have cattle. 004 NUM 032 005 And they said, If we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and do not cause us to pass over Jordan. 004 NUM 032 006 And Moses said to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall you sit here? 004 NUM 032 007 And why do you pervert the minds of the children of Israel, that they should not cross over into the land, which the Lord gives them? 004 NUM 032 008 Did not your fathers thus, when I sent them from Cades Barne to spy out the land? 004 NUM 032 009 And they went up to the valley of the cluster, and spied the land, and turned aside the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land, which the Lord gave them. 004 NUM 032 010 And the Lord was very angry in that day, and sware, saying, 004 NUM 032 011 Surely these men who came up out of Egypt from twenty years old and upward, who know good and evil, shall not see the land which I sware [to give] to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, for they have not closely followed after me: 004 NUM 032 012 save Caleb the son of Jephonne, who was set apart, and Joshua the son of Naue, for they closely followed after the Lord. 004 NUM 032 013 And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and for forty years he caused them to wander in the wilderness, until all the generation which did evil in the sight of the Lord was extinct. 004 NUM 032 014 Behold, you are risen up in the room of your fathers, a combination of sinful men, to increase yet farther the fierce wrath of the Lord against Israel. 004 NUM 032 015 For you will turn away from him to desert him yet once more in the wilderness, and you will sin against this whole congregation. 004 NUM 032 016 And they came to him, and said, We will build here folds for our cattle, and cities for our possessions; 004 NUM 032 017 and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place; and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 004 NUM 032 018 We will not return to our houses till the children of Israel shall have been distributed, each to his own inheritance. 004 NUM 032 019 And we will not any longer inherit with them from the other side of Jordan and onwards, because we have our full inheritance on the side beyond Jordan eastward. 004 NUM 032 020 And Moses said to them, If you will do according to these words, if you will arm yourselves before the Lord for battle, 004 NUM 032 021 and every one of you will pass over Jordan fully armed before the Lord, until his enemy be destroyed from before his face, 004 NUM 032 022 and the land shall be subdued before the Lord, then afterwards you shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and as regards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before the Lord. 004 NUM 032 023 But if you will not do so, you will sin against the Lord; and you shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you. 004 NUM 032 024 And you shall build for yourselves cities for your store, and folds for your cattle; and you shall do that which proceeds out of your mouth. 004 NUM 032 025 And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as our lord commands. 004 NUM 032 026 Our store, and our wives, and all our cattle shall be in the cities of Galaad. 004 NUM 032 027 But your servants will go over all armed and set in order before the Lord to battle, as [our] lord says. 004 NUM 032 028 And Moses appointed to them [for judges] Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Naue, and the chiefs of the families of the tribes of Israel. 004 NUM 032 029 And Moses said to them, If the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad will pass over Jordan with you, every one armed for war before the Lord, and you shall subdue the land before you, then you shall give to them the land of Galaad for a possession. 004 NUM 032 030 But if they will not pass over armed with you to war before the Lord, then shall you cause to pass over their possessions and their wives and their cattle before you into the land of Chanaan, and they shall inherit with you in the land of Chanaan. 004 NUM 032 031 And the sons of Ruben and the sons of Gad answered, saying, Whatsoever the Lord says to his servants, that will we do. 004 NUM 032 032 We will go over armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan, and you shall give us our inheritance beyond Jordan. 004 NUM 032 033 And Moses gave to them, even to the sons of Gad and the sons of Ruben, and to the half tribe of Manasse of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and its cities with its coasts, the cities of the land round about. 004 NUM 032 034 And the sons of Gad built Daebon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 004 NUM 032 035 and Sophar, and Jazer, and they set them up, 004 NUM 032 036 and Namram, and Baetharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep. 004 NUM 032 037 And the sons of Ruben built Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham, 004 NUM 032 038 and Beelmeon, surrounded [with walls], and Sebama; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names. 004 NUM 032 039 And a son of Machir the son of Manasse went to Galaad, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who lived in it. 004 NUM 032 040 And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he lived there. 004 NUM 032 041 And Jair the [son] of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair. 004 NUM 032 042 And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name. 004 NUM 033 001 And these are the stages of the children of Israel, as they went out from the land of Egypt with their host by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 004 NUM 033 002 And Moses wrote their removals and their stages, by the word of the Lord: and these are the stages of their journeying. 004 NUM 033 003 They departed from Ramesses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the passover the children of Israel went forth with a high hand before all the Egyptians. 004 NUM 033 004 And the Egyptians buried those that died of them, even all that the Lord struck, every firstborn in the land of Egypt; also the Lord executed vengeance on their gods. 004 NUM 033 005 And the children of Israel departed from Ramesses, and encamped in Socchoth: 004 NUM 033 006 and they departed from Socchoth and encamped in Buthan, which is a part of the wilderness. 004 NUM 033 007 And they departed from Buthan and encamped at the mouth of Iroth, which is opposite Beel-sepphon, and encamped opposite Magdol. 004 NUM 033 008 And they departed from before Iroth, and crossed the middle of the sea into the wilderness; and they went a journey of three days through the wilderness, and encamped in Picriae. 004 NUM 033 009 And they departed from Picriae, and came to Aelim; and in Aelim [were] twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm-trees, and they encamped there by the water. 004 NUM 033 010 And they departed from Aelim, and encamped by the Red Sea. 004 NUM 033 011 And they departed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 004 NUM 033 012 And they departed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Raphaca. 004 NUM 033 013 And they departed from Raphaca, and encamped in Aelus. 004 NUM 033 014 And they departed from Aelus, and encamped in Raphidin; and there was no water there for the people to drink. 004 NUM 033 015 And they departed from Raphidin, and encamped in the wilderness of Sina. 004 NUM 033 016 And they departed from the wilderness of Sina, and encamped at the Graves of Lust. 004 NUM 033 017 And they departed from the Graves of Lust, and encamped in Aseroth. 004 NUM 033 018 And they departed from Aseroth, and encamped in Rathama. 004 NUM 033 019 And they departed from Rathama, and encamped in Remmon Phares. 004 NUM 033 020 And they departed from Remmon Phares, and encamped in Lebona. 004 NUM 033 021 And they departed from Lebona, and encamped in Ressan. 004 NUM 033 022 And they departed from Ressan, and encamped in Makellath. 004 NUM 033 023 And they departed from Makellath, and encamped in Saphar. 004 NUM 033 024 And they departed from Saphar, and encamped in Charadath. 004 NUM 033 025 And they departed from Charadath, and encamped in Makeloth. 004 NUM 033 026 And they departed from Makeloth, and encamped in Kataath. 004 NUM 033 027 And they departed from Kataath, and encamped in Tarath. 004 NUM 033 028 And they departed from Tarath, and encamped in Mathecca. 004 NUM 033 029 And they departed from Mathecca, and encamped in Selmona. 004 NUM 033 030 And they departed from Selmona, and encamped in Masuruth. 004 NUM 033 031 And they departed from Masuruth, and encamped in Banaea. 004 NUM 033 032 And they departed from Banaea, and encamped in the mountain Gadgad. 004 NUM 033 033 And they departed from the mountain Gadgad, and encamped in Etebatha. 004 NUM 033 034 And they departed from Etebatha, and encamped in Ebrona. 004 NUM 033 035 And they departed from Ebrona, and encamped in Gesion Gaber. 004 NUM 033 036 And they departed from Gesion Gaber, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin; and they departed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan; this is Cades. 004 NUM 033 037 And they departed from Cades, and encamped in mount Or near the land of Edom. 004 NUM 033 038 And Aaron the priest went up by the command of the Lord, and died there in the forties year of the departure of the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first [day] of the month. 004 NUM 033 039 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old, when he died in mount Or. 004 NUM 033 040 And Arad the Chananitish king (he too lived in the land of Chanaan) having heard when the children of Israel were entering [the land]— 004 NUM 033 041 then they departed from mount Or, and encamped in Selmona. 004 NUM 033 042 And they departed from Selmona, and encamped in Phino. 004 NUM 033 043 And they departed from Phino, and encamped in Oboth. 004 NUM 033 044 And they departed from Oboth, and encamped in Gai, on the other side [Jordan] on the borders of Moab. 004 NUM 033 045 And they departed from Gai, and encamped in Daebon Gad. 004 NUM 033 046 And they departed from Daebon Gad, and encamped in Gelmon Deblathaim. 004 NUM 033 047 And they departed from Gelmon Deblathaim, and encamped on the mountains of Abarim, over against Nabau. 004 NUM 033 048 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho. 004 NUM 033 049 And they encamped by Jordan between Aesimoth, as far as Belsa to the west of Moab. 004 NUM 033 050 And the Lord spoke to Moses at the west of Moab by Jordan at Jericho, saying, 004 NUM 033 051 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, You are to pass over Jordan into the land of Chanaan. 004 NUM 033 052 And you shall destroy all that dwell in the land before your face, and you shall abolish their high places, and all their molten images you shall destroy, and you shall demolish all their pillars. 004 NUM 033 053 And you shall destroy all the inhabitants of the land, and you shall dwell in it, for I have given their land to you for an inheritance. 004 NUM 033 054 And you shall inherit their land according to your tribes; to the greater number you shall give the larger possession, and to the smaller you shall give the less possession; to whatever [part] a man's name shall go forth [by lot], there shall be his [property]: you shall inherit according to the tribes of your families. 004 NUM 033 055 But if you will not destroy the dwellers in the land from before you, then it shall come to pass that whoever of them you shall leave shall be thorns in your eyes, and darts in your sides, and they shall be enemies to you on the land on which you shall dwell; 004 NUM 033 056 and it shall come to pass that as I had determined to do to them, so I will do to you. 004 NUM 034 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 034 002 Charge the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, You are entering into the land of Chanaan: it shall be to you for an inheritance, the land of Chanaan with its boundaries. 004 NUM 034 003 And your southern side shall be from the wilderness of Sin to the border of Edom, and your border southward shall extend on the side of the salt sea eastward. 004 NUM 034 004 And your border shall go round you from the south to the ascent of Acrabin, and shall proceed by Ennac, and the going forth of it shall be southward to Cades Barne, and it shall go forth to the village of Arad, and shall proceed by Asemona. 004 NUM 034 005 And the border shall compass from Asemona to the river of Egypt, and the sea shall be the termination. 004 NUM 034 006 And you shall have your border on the west, the great sea shall be the boundary: this shall be to you the border on the west. 004 NUM 034 007 And this shall be your northern border; from the great sea you shall measure to yourselves, by the side of the mountain. 004 NUM 034 008 And you shall measure to yourselves the mountain from mount [Hor] at the entering in to Emath, and the termination of it shall be the coasts of Saradac. 004 NUM 034 009 And the border shall go out to Dephrona, and its termination shall be at Arsenain; this shall be your border from the north. 004 NUM 034 010 And you shall measure to yourselves the eastern border from Arsenain to Sepphamar. 004 NUM 034 011 And the border shall go down from Sepphamar to Bela eastward to the fountains, and the border shall go down from Bela behind the sea Chenereth eastward. 004 NUM 034 012 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the termination shall be the salt sea; this shall be your land and its borders round about. 004 NUM 034 013 And Moses charged the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the land which you shall inherit by lot, even as the Lord commanded us to give it to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasse. 004 NUM 034 014 For the tribe of the children of Ruben, and the tribe of the children of Gad have received [their inheritance] according to their families; and the half-tribe of Manasse have received their inheritances. 004 NUM 034 015 Two tribes and half a tribe have received their inheritance beyond Jordan by Jericho from the south eastwards. 004 NUM 034 016 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 034 017 These [are] the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for an inheritance; Eleazar the priest and Joshua the [son] of Naue. 004 NUM 034 018 And you shall take one ruler from [each] tribe to divide the land to you by lot. 004 NUM 034 019 And these [are] the names of the men; of the tribe of Juda Chaleb the son of Jephonne. 004 NUM 034 020 Of the tribe of Symeon, Salamiel the son of Semiud. 004 NUM 034 021 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Eldad the son of Chaslon. 004 NUM 034 022 Of the tribe of Dan the prince [was] Bacchir the son of Egli. 004 NUM 034 023 Of the sons of Joseph of the tribe of the sons of Manasse, the prince was Aniel the son of Suphi. 004 NUM 034 024 Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince was Camuel the son of Sabathan. 004 NUM 034 025 Of the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Elisaphan the son of Pharnac. 004 NUM 034 026 Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was Phaltiel the son of Oza. 004 NUM 034 027 Of the tribe of the children of Aser, the prince was Achior the son of Selemi. 004 NUM 034 028 Of the tribe of Nephthali, the prince was Phadael the son of Jamiud. 004 NUM 034 029 These did the Lord command to distribute [the inheritances] to the children of Israel in the land of Chanaan. 004 NUM 035 001 And the Lord spoke to Moses to the west of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 004 NUM 035 002 Give orders to the children of Israel, and they shall give to the Levites cities to dwell in from the lot of their possession, and they shall give to the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about them. 004 NUM 035 003 And the cities shall be for them to dwell in, and their enclosures shall be for their cattle and all their beasts. 004 NUM 035 004 And the suburbs of the cities which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outwards two thousand cubits round about. 004 NUM 035 005 And you shall measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities [as described]. 004 NUM 035 006 And you shall give the cities to the Levites, the six cities of refuge which you shall give for the slayer to flee there, and in addition to these, forty-two cities. 004 NUM 035 007 You shall give to the Levites in all forty-eight cities, them and their suburbs. 004 NUM 035 008 And as for the cities which you shall give out of the possession of the children of Israel, from those [that have] much [you shall give] much, and from those that have less you shall give less: they shall give of their cities to the Levites each one according to his inheritance which they shall inherit. 004 NUM 035 009 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 004 NUM 035 010 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, You are to cross over Jordan into the land of Chanaan. 004 NUM 035 011 And you shall appoint to yourselves cities: they shall be to you cities of refuge for the slayer to flee to, every one who has killed another unintentionally. 004 NUM 035 012 And the cities shall be to you places of refuge from the avenger of blood, and the slayer shall not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment. 004 NUM 035 013 And the cities which you shall assign, [even] the six cities, shall be places of refuge for you. 004 NUM 035 014 You shall assign three cities on the other side of Jordan, and you shall assign three cities in the land of Chanaan. 004 NUM 035 015 It shall be a place of refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that sojourns among you; these cities shall be for a place of refuge, for every one to flee there who has killed a man unintentionally. 004 NUM 035 016 And if he should strike him with an iron instrument, and the man should die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death. 004 NUM 035 017 And if he should strike him with a stone [thrown] from his hand, whereby a man may die, and he [thus] die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death. 004 NUM 035 018 And if he should strike him with an instrument of wood from his hand, whereby he may die, and he [thus] die, he is a murderer; let the murderer by all means be put to death. 004 NUM 035 019 The avenger of blood himself shall kill the murderer: whenever he shall meet him he shall kill him. 004 NUM 035 020 And if he should thrust him through enmity, or cast any thing upon him from an ambuscade, and the man should die, 004 NUM 035 021 or if he have struck him with his hand through anger, and the man should die, let the man that struck him be put to death by all means, he is a murderer: let the murderer by all means be put to death: the avenger of blood shall kill the murderer when he meets him. 004 NUM 035 022 But if he should thrust him suddenly, not through enmity, or cast any thing upon him, not from an ambuscade, 004 NUM 035 023 or [strike him] with any stone, whereby a man may die, unawares, and it should fall upon him, and he should die, but he was not his enemy, nor sought to hurt him; 004 NUM 035 024 then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood, according to these judgments. 004 NUM 035 025 And the congregation shall rescue the slayer from the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he fled for refuge; and he shall dwell there till the death of the high-priest, whom they anointed with the holy oil. 004 NUM 035 026 But if the slayer should in any wise go out beyond the bounds of the city whither he fled for refuge, 004 NUM 035 027 and the avenger of blood should find him without the bounds of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood should kill the slayer, he is not guilty. 004 NUM 035 028 For he ought to have remained in the city of refuge till the high-priest died; and after the death of the high-priest the slayer shall return to the land of his possession. 004 NUM 035 029 And these things shall be to you for an ordinance of judgment throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 004 NUM 035 030 Whoever kills a man, you shall kill the murderer on the testimony of witnesses; and one witness shall not testify against a soul that he should die. 004 NUM 035 031 And you shall not accept ransoms for life from a murderer who is worthy of death, for he shall be surely put to death. 004 NUM 035 032 You shall not accept a ransom [to excuse] his fleeing to the city of refuge, so that he should again dwell in the land, until the death of the high-priest. 004 NUM 035 033 So shall you not pollute with murder the land in which you dwell; for this blood pollutes the land, and the land shall not be purged from the blood shed upon it, but by the blood of him that shed it. 004 NUM 035 034 And you shall not defile the land whereon you dwell, on which I dwell in the midst of you; for I am the Lord dwelling in the midst of the children of Israel. 004 NUM 036 001 And the heads of the tribe of the sons of Galaad the son of Machir the son of Manasse, of the tribe of the sons of Joseph, drew near, and spoke before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the heads of the houses of the families of the children of Israel: 004 NUM 036 002 and they said, The Lord commanded our lord to render the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord appointed our lord to give the inheritance of Salpaad our brother to his daughters. 004 NUM 036 003 And they will become wives in one of the tribes of the children of Israel; so their inheritance shall be taken away from the possession of our fathers, and shall be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which the women shall marry, and shall be taken away from the portion of our inheritance. 004 NUM 036 004 And if there shall be a release of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which the women marry, and their inheritance, shall be taken away from the inheritance of our family's tribe. 004 NUM 036 005 And Moses charged the children of Israel by the commandment of the Lord, saying, Thus says the tribe of the children of Joseph. 004 NUM 036 006 This [is] the thing which the Lord has appointed the daughters of Salpaad, saying, Let them marry where they please, only let them marry [men] of their father's tribe. 004 NUM 036 007 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel go about from tribe to tribe, for the children of Israel shall steadfastly continue each in the inheritance of his family's tribe. 004 NUM 036 008 And whatever daughter is heiress to a property of the tribes of the children Israel, [such] women shall be married each to one of her father's tribe, that the sons of Israel may each inherit the property of his father's tribe. 004 NUM 036 009 And the inheritance shall not go about from one tribe to another, but the children of Israel shall steadfastly continue each in his own inheritance. 004 NUM 036 010 As the Lord commanded Moses, so did they to the daughters of Salpaad. 004 NUM 036 011 So Thersa, and Egla, and Melcha, and Nua, and Malaa, the daughters of Salpaad, married their cousins; 004 NUM 036 012 they were married [to men] of the tribe of Manasse of the sons of Joseph; and their inheritance was attached to the tribe of their father's family. 004 NUM 036 013 These [are] the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, at the west of Moab, at Jordan by Jericho. # # BOOK 005 DEU Deuteronomy Deuteronomy 005 DEU 001 001 These [are] the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the desert towards the west near the Red Sea, between Pharan Tophol, and Lobon, and Aulon, and the gold works. 005 DEU 001 002 [It is] a journey of eleven days from Choreb to mount Seir as far as Cades Barne. 005 DEU 001 003 And it came to pass in the forties year, in the eleventh month, on the first [day] of the month, Moses spoke to all the children of Israel, according to all things which the Lord commanded him for them: 005 DEU 001 004 after he had struck Seon king of the Amorites who lived in Esebon, and Og the king of Basan who lived in Astaroth and in Edrain; 005 DEU 001 005 beyond Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to declare this law, saying, 005 DEU 001 006 The Lord your God spoke to us in Choreb, saying, Let it suffice you to have lived [so long] in this mountain. 005 DEU 001 007 Turn you and depart and enter into the mountain of the Amorites, and [go] to all that dwell near about Araba, to the mountain and the plain and to the south, and the land of the Chananites near the sea, and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. 005 DEU 001 008 Behold, [God] has delivered the land before you; go in and inherit the land, which I sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give it to them and to their seed after them. 005 DEU 001 009 And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I shall not be able by myself to bear you. 005 DEU 001 010 The Lord your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are today as the stars of heaven for multitude. 005 DEU 001 011 The Lord God of your fathers add to you a thousand-fold more than you are, and bless you as he has spoken to you. 005 DEU 001 012 How shall I alone be able to bear your labor, and your burden, and your gainsayings? 005 DEU 001 013 Take to yourselves wise and understanding and prudent men for your tribes, and I will set your leaders over you. 005 DEU 001 014 And you answered me and said, The thing which you have told us [is] good to do. 005 DEU 001 015 So I took of you wise and understanding and prudent men, and I set them to rule over you as rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, and rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens, and officers to your judges. 005 DEU 001 016 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [causes] between your brethren, and judge rightly between a man and [his] brother, and the stranger that is with him. 005 DEU 001 017 You shall not have respect to persons in judgment, you shall judge small and great equally; you shall not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God's; and whatever matter shall be too hard for you, you shall bring it to me, and I will hear it. 005 DEU 001 018 And I charged upon you at that time all the commands which you shall perform. 005 DEU 001 019 And we departed from Choreb, and went through all that great wilderness and terrible, which you saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite, as the Lord our God charged us, and we came as far as Cades Barne. 005 DEU 001 020 And I said to you, You have come as far as the mountain of the Amorite, which the Lord our God gives to you: 005 DEU 001 021 behold, the Lord your God has delivered to us the land before you: go up and inherit it as the Lord God of your fathers said to you; fear not, neither be afraid. 005 DEU 001 022 And you all came to me, and said, Let us send men before us, and let them go up to the land for us; and let them bring back to us a report of the way by which we shall go up, and of the cities into which we shall enter. 005 DEU 001 023 And the saying pleased me: and I took of you twelve men, one man of a tribe. 005 DEU 001 024 And they turned and went up to the mountain, and they came as far as the valley of the cluster, and surveyed it. 005 DEU 001 025 And they took in their hands of the fruit of the land, and brought it to you, and said, The land is good which the Lord our God gives us. 005 DEU 001 026 Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the words of the Lord our God. 005 DEU 001 027 And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us. 005 DEU 001 028 Whither do we go up? and your brethren drew away your heart, saying, [It is a] great nation and populous, and mightier than we; and [there are] cities great and walled up to heaven: moreover we saw there the sons of the giants. 005 DEU 001 029 And I said to you, Fear not, neither be you afraid of them; 005 DEU 001 030 the Lord your God who goes before your face, he shall fight against them together with you effectually, according to all that he wrought for you in the land of Egypt; 005 DEU 001 031 and in this wilderness which you saw, by the way of the mountain of the Amorite; how the Lord your God will bear you as a nursling, as if any man should nurse his child, through all the way which you have gone until you came to this place. 005 DEU 001 032 And in this matter you believed not the Lord our God, 005 DEU 001 033 who goes before you in the way to choose you a place, guiding you in fire by night, showing you the way by which you go, and a cloud by day. 005 DEU 001 034 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and being greatly provoked he sware, saying, 005 DEU 001 035 Not one of these men shall see this good land, which I sware to their fathers, 005 DEU 001 036 except Chaleb the son of Jephonne, he shall see it; and to him I will give the land on which he went up, and to his sons, because he attended to the things of the Lord. 005 DEU 001 037 And the Lord was angry with me for your sake, saying, Neither shall you by any means enter therein. 005 DEU 001 038 Joshua the son of Naue, who stands by you, he shall enter in there; do you strengthen him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 005 DEU 001 039 And every young child who this day knows not good or evil, —they shall enter therein, and to them I will give it, and they shall inherit it. 005 DEU 001 040 And you turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea. 005 DEU 001 041 And you answered and said, We have sinned before the Lord our God; we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God has commanded us: and having taken every one his weapons of war, and being gathered together, you went up to the mountain. 005 DEU 001 042 And the Lord said to me, Tell them, You shall not go up, neither shall you fight, for I am not with you; thus shall you not be destroyed before your enemies. 005 DEU 001 043 And I spoke to you, and you did not listen to me; and you transgressed the commandment of the Lord; and you forced your way and went up into the mountain. 005 DEU 001 044 And the Amorite who lived in that mountain came out to meet you, and pursued you as bees do, and wounded you from Seir to Herma. 005 DEU 001 045 And you sat down and wept before the Lord our God, and the Lord listened not to your voice, neither did he take heed to you. 005 DEU 001 046 And you lived in Cades many days, as many days as you lived [there]. 005 DEU 002 001 And we turned and departed into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord spoke to me, and we compassed mount Seir many days. 005 DEU 002 002 And the Lord said to me, 005 DEU 002 003 You have compassed this mount long enough; turn therefore toward the north. 005 DEU 002 004 And charge the people, saying, You are going through the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they shall fear you, and dread you greatly. 005 DEU 002 005 Do not engage in war against them, for I will not give you of their land even enough to set your foot upon, for I have given mount Seir to the children of Esau as an inheritance. 005 DEU 002 006 Buy food of them for money and eat, and you shall receive water of them by measure for money, and drink. 005 DEU 002 007 For the Lord our God has blessed you in every work of your hands. Consider how you went through that great and terrible wilderness: behold, the Lord your God [has been] with you forty years; you did not lack any thing. 005 DEU 002 008 And we passed by our brethren the children of Esau, who lived in Seir, by the way of Araba from Aelon and from Gesion Gaber; and we turned and passed by the way of the desert of Moab. 005 DEU 002 009 And the Lord said to me, Do not you quarrel with the Moabites, and do not engage in war with them; for I will not give you of their land for an inheritance, for I have given Aroer to the children of Lot to inherit. 005 DEU 002 010 Formerly the Ommin lived in it, a great and numerous nation and powerful, like the Enakim. 005 DEU 002 011 These also shall be accounted Raphain like the Enakim; and the Moabites call them Ommin. 005 DEU 002 012 And the Chorrhite lived in Seir before, and the sons of Esau destroyed them, and utterly consumed them from before them; and they lived in their place, as Israel did to the land of his inheritance, which the Lord gave to them. 005 DEU 002 013 Now then, arise you, [said I], and depart, and cross the valley of Zaret. 005 DEU 002 014 And the days in which we traveled from Cades Barne till we crossed the valley of Zaret, [were] thirty and eight years, until the whole generation of the men of war failed, dying out of the camp, as the Lord God sware to them. 005 DEU 002 015 And the hand of the Lord was upon them to destroy them out of the midst of the camp, until they were consumed. 005 DEU 002 016 And it came to pass when all the men of war dying out of the midst of the people had fallen, 005 DEU 002 017 that the Lord spoke to me, saying, 005 DEU 002 018 You shall pass over this day the borders of Moab to Aroer; 005 DEU 002 019 and you shall draw near to the children of Amman: do not quarrel with them, nor wage war with them; for I will not give you of the land of the children of Amman for an inheritance, because I have given it to the children of Lot for an inheritance. 005 DEU 002 020 It shall be accounted a land of Raphain, for the Raphain lived there before, and the Ammanites call them Zochommin. 005 DEU 002 021 A great nation and populous, and mightier than you, as also the Enakim: yet the Lord destroyed them from before them, and they inherited [their land], and they lived [there] instead of them until this day. 005 DEU 002 022 As they did to the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, even as they destroyed the Chorrhite from before them, and inherited their country, and lived [therein] instead of them until this day. 005 DEU 002 023 And the Evites who dwell in Asedoth to Gaza, and the Cappadocians who came out of Cappadocia, destroyed them, and lived in their room. 005 DEU 002 024 Now then arise and depart, and pass over the valley of Arnon: behold, I have delivered into your hands Seon the king of Esebon the Amorite, and his land: begin to inherit [it]: engage in war with him this day. 005 DEU 002 025 Begin to put your terror and your fear on the face of all the nations under heaven, who shall be troubled when they have heard your name, and shall be in anguish before you. 005 DEU 002 026 And I sent ambassadors from the wilderness of Kedamoth to Seon king of Esebon with peaceful words, saying, 005 DEU 002 027 I will pass through your land: I will go by the road, I will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 005 DEU 002 028 You shall give me food for money, and I will eat; and you shall give me water for money, and I will drink; I will only go through on my feet: 005 DEU 002 029 as the sons of Esau did to me, who lived in Seir, and the Moabites who lived in Aroer, until I shall have passed Jordan into the land which the Lord our God gives us. 005 DEU 002 030 And Seon king of Esebon would not that we should pass by him, because the Lord our God hardened his spirit, and made his heart stubborn, that he might be delivered into your hands, as on this day. 005 DEU 002 031 And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have begun to deliver before you Seon the king of Esebon the Amorite, and his land, and do you begin to inherit his land. 005 DEU 002 032 And Seon the king of Esebon came forth to meet us, he and all his people to war at Jassa. 005 DEU 002 033 And the Lord our God delivered him before our face, and we struck him, and his sons, and all his people. 005 DEU 002 034 And we took possession of all his cities at that time, and we utterly destroyed every city in succession, and their wives, and their children; we left no living prey. 005 DEU 002 035 Only we took the cattle captive, and took the spoil of the cities. 005 DEU 002 036 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the brook of Arnon, and the city which is in the valley, and as far as the mount of Galaad; there was not a city which escaped us: the Lord our God delivered all of them into our hands. 005 DEU 002 037 Only we did not draw near to the children of Amman, even all the parts bordering on the brook Jaboc, and the cities in the mountain country, as the Lord our God charged us. 005 DEU 003 001 And we turned and went by the way leading to Basan; and Og the king of Basan came out to meet us, he and all his people, to battle at Edraim. 005 DEU 003 002 And the Lord said to me, Fear him not, for I have delivered him, and all his people, and all his land, into your hands; and you shall do to him as you did to Seon king of the Amorites who lived in Esebon. 005 DEU 003 003 And the Lord our God delivered him into our hands, even Og the king of Basan, and all his people; and we struck him until we left none of his seed. 005 DEU 003 004 And we mastered all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; sixty cities, all the country round about Argob, belonging to king Og in Basan: 005 DEU 003 005 all strong cities, lofty walls, gates and bars; besides the very many cities of the Pherezites. 005 DEU 003 006 We utterly destroyed [them] as we dealt with Seon the king of Esebon, so we utterly destroyed every city in order, and the women and the children, 005 DEU 003 007 and all the cattle; and we took for a prey to ourselves the spoil of the cities. 005 DEU 003 008 And we took at that time the land out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, [extending] from the brook of Arnon even to Aermon. 005 DEU 003 009 The Phoenicians call Aermon Sanior, but the Amorite has called it Sanir. 005 DEU 003 010 All the cities of Misor, and all Galaad, and all Basan as far as Elcha and Edraim, cities of the kingdom of Og in Basan. 005 DEU 003 011 For only Og the king of Basan was left of the Raphain: behold, his bed [was] a bed of iron; behold, [it is] in the chief city of the children of Ammon; the length of it [is] nine cubits, and the breadth of it four cubits, according to the cubit of a man. 005 DEU 003 012 And we inherited that land at that time from Aroer, which is by the border of the torrent Arnon, and half the mount of Galaad; and I gave his cities to Ruben and to Gad. 005 DEU 003 013 And the rest of Galaad, and all Basan the kingdom of Og I gave to the half-tribe of Manasse, and all the country round about Argob, all that Basan; it shall be accounted the land of Raphain. 005 DEU 003 014 And Jair the son of Manasse took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Gargasi and Machathi: he called them by his name Basan Thavoth Jair until this day. 005 DEU 003 015 And to Machir I gave Galaad. 005 DEU 003 016 And to Ruben and to Gad I gave [the land] under Galaad as far as the brook of Arnon, the border between the brook and as far as Jaboc; the brook [is] the border to the children Amman. 005 DEU 003 017 And Araba and Jordan [are] the boundary of Machanareth, even to the sea of Araba, the salt sea under Asedoth Phasga eastward. 005 DEU 003 018 And I charged you at that time, saying, The Lord your God has given you this land by lot; arm yourselves, every one [that is] powerful, and go before your brethren the children of Israel. 005 DEU 003 019 Only your wives and your children and your cattle (I know that you have much cattle), let them dwell in your cities which I have given you; 005 DEU 003 020 until the Lord your God give your brethren rest, as also he has given to you, and they also shall inherit the land, which the Lord our God gives them on the other side of Jordan; then you shall return, each one to his inheritance which I have given you. 005 DEU 003 021 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all things, which the Lord our God did to these two kings: so shall the Lord our God do to all the kingdoms against which you cross over there. 005 DEU 003 022 You shall not be afraid of them, because the Lord our God himself shall fight for you. 005 DEU 003 023 And I implored the Lord at that time, saying, 005 DEU 003 024 Lord God, you have begun to show to your servant your strength, and your power, and your mighty hand, and your high arm: for what God is there in heaven or on the earth, who will do as you have done, and according to your might? 005 DEU 003 025 I will therefore go over and see this good land that is beyond Jordan, this good mountain and Antilibanus. 005 DEU 003 026 And the Lord because of you did not regard me, and listened not to me; and the Lord said to me, Let it suffice you, speak not of this matter to me any more. 005 DEU 003 027 Go up to the top of the quarried rock, and look with your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold [it] with your eyes, for you shall not go over this Jordan. 005 DEU 003 028 And charge Joshua, and strengthen him, and encourage him; for he shall go before the face of this people, and he shall give them the inheritance of all the land which you have seen. 005 DEU 003 029 And we abode in the valley near the house of Phogor. 005 DEU 004 001 And now, Israel, hear the ordinances and judgments, all that I teach you this day to do: that you may live, and be multiplied, and that you may go in and inherit the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you. 005 DEU 004 002 You shall not add to the word which I command you, and you shall not take from it: keep the commandments of the Lord our God, all that I command you this day. 005 DEU 004 003 Your eyes have seen all that the Lord our God did in [the case of] Beel-phegor; for every man that went after Beel-phegor, the Lord your God has utterly destroyed him from among you. 005 DEU 004 004 But you that kept close to the Lord your God are all alive today. 005 DEU 004 005 Behold, I have shown you ordinances and judgments as the Lord commanded me, that you should do so in the land into which you go to inherit it. 005 DEU 004 006 And you shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people. 005 DEU 004 007 For what manner of nation [is so] great, which has God so near to them as the Lord our God [is] in all things in whatever we may call upon him? 005 DEU 004 008 And what manner of nation [is so] great, which has righteous ordinances and judgments according to all this law, which I set before you this day? 005 DEU 004 009 Take heed to yourself, and keep your heart diligently: forget not any of the things, which your eyes have seen, and let them not depart from your heart all the days of your life; and you shall teach your sons and your sons' sons, 005 DEU 004 010 [even the things that happened in] the day in which you stood before the Lord our God in Choreb in the day of the assembly; for the Lord said to me, Gather the people to me, and let them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days which they live upon the earth, and they shall teach their sons. 005 DEU 004 011 And you drew near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: [there was] darkness, blackness, [and] tempest. 005 DEU 004 012 And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire a voice of words, which you heard: and you saw no likeness, only [you heard] a voice. 005 DEU 004 013 And he announced to you his covenant, which he commanded you to keep, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone. 005 DEU 004 014 And the Lord commanded me at that time, to teach you ordinances and judgments, that you should do them on the land, into which you go to inherit it. 005 DEU 004 015 And take good heed to your hearts, for you saw no similitude in the day in which the Lord spoke to you in Choreb in the mountain out of the midst of the fire: 005 DEU 004 016 lest you transgress, and make to yourselves a carved image, any kind of figure, the likeness of male or female, 005 DEU 004 017 the likeness of any beast of those that are on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird which flies under heaven, 005 DEU 004 018 the likeness of any reptile which creeps on the earth, the likeness of any fish of those which are in the waters under the earth; 005 DEU 004 019 and lest having looked up to the sky, and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars, and all the heavenly bodies, you should go astray and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord your God has distributed to all the nations under heaven. 005 DEU 004 020 But God took you, and led you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day. 005 DEU 004 021 And the Lord God was angry with me for the things said by you, and sware that I should not go over this Jordan, and that I should not enter into the land, which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance. 005 DEU 004 022 For I am to die in this land, and shall not pass over this Jordan; but you are to pass over, and shall inherit this good land. 005 DEU 004 023 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord our God, which he made with you, and you transgress, and make to yourselves a graven image of any of the things concerning which the Lord your God commanded you. 005 DEU 004 024 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. 005 DEU 004 025 And when you shall have begotten sons, and shall have sons' sons, and you shall have lived a long time on the land, and shall have transgressed, and made a graven image of any thing, and shall have done wickedly before the Lord your God to provoke him; 005 DEU 004 026 I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that you shall surely perish from off the land, into which you go across Jordan to inherit it there; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly cut off. 005 DEU 004 027 And the Lord shall scatter you among all nations, and you shall be left few in number among all the nations, among which the Lord shall bring you. 005 DEU 004 028 And you shall there serve other gods, the works of the hands of men, wood and stones, which can’t see, nor can they hear, nor eat, nor smell. 005 DEU 004 029 And there you shall seek the Lord your God, and you shall find him whenever you shall seek him with all your heart, and with all your soul in your affliction. 005 DEU 004 030 And all these things shall come upon you in the last days, and you shall turn to the Lord your God, and shall listen to his voice. 005 DEU 004 031 Because the Lord your God [is] a God of pity: he will not forsake you, nor destroy you; he will not forget the covenant of your fathers, which the Lord sware to them. 005 DEU 004 032 Ask of the former days which were before you, from the day when God created man upon the earth, and [beginning] at the [one] end of heaven to the other end of heaven, if there has happened any thing like to this great event, if such a thing has been heard: 005 DEU 004 033 if a nation have heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard and have lived; 005 DEU 004 034 if God has assayed to go and take to himself a nation out of the midst of [another] nation with trial, and with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt in your sight. 005 DEU 004 035 So that you should know that the Lord your God he is God, and there is none beside him. 005 DEU 004 036 His voice was made audible from heaven to instruct you, and he showed you upon the earth his great fire, and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 005 DEU 004 037 Because he loved your fathers, he also chose you their seed after them, and he brought you himself with his great strength out of Egypt, 005 DEU 004 038 to destroy nations great and stronger than you before your face, to bring you in, to give you their land to inherit, as you have it this day. 005 DEU 004 039 An you shall know this day, and shall consider in your heart, that the Lord your God he [is] God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath, and there is none else but he. 005 DEU 004 040 And keep you his commandments, and his ordinances, all that I command you this day; that it may be well with you, and with your sons after you, that you may be long-lived upon the earth, which the Lord your God gives you for ever. 005 DEU 004 041 Then Moses separated three cities beyond Jordan on the east, 005 DEU 004 042 that the slayer might flee there, who should have slain his neighbor unintentionally, and should not have hated him in times past, and he shall flee to one of these cities and live: 005 DEU 004 043 Bosor in the wilderness, in the plain country of Ruben, and Ramoth in Galaad [belonging to] Gad, and Gaulon in Basan [belonging to] Manasse. 005 DEU 004 044 This [is] the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. 005 DEU 004 045 These [are] the testimonies, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt: 005 DEU 004 046 on the other side of Jordan, in the valley near the house of Phogor, in the land of Seon king of the Amorites, who lived in Esebon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel struck when they came out of the land of Egypt. 005 DEU 004 047 And they inherited his land, and the land of Og king of Basan, two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan eastward. 005 DEU 004 048 From Aroer, which is on the border of the brook Arnon, even to the mount of Seon, which is Aermon. 005 DEU 004 049 All Araba beyond Jordan eastward under Asedoth hewn in the rock. 005 DEU 005 001 And Moses called all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the ordinances and judgments, all that I speak in your ears this day, and you shall learn them, and observe to do them. 005 DEU 005 002 The Lord your God made a covenant with you in Choreb. 005 DEU 005 003 The Lord did not make this covenant with your fathers, but with you: you are all here alive this day. 005 DEU 005 004 The Lord spoke to you face to face in the mountain out of the midst of the fire. 005 DEU 005 005 And I stood between the Lord and you at that time to report to you the words of the Lord, (because you were afraid before the fire, and you went not up to the mountain) saying, 005 DEU 005 006 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 005 DEU 005 007 You shall have no other gods before my face. 005 DEU 005 008 You shall not make to yourself an image, nor likeness of any thing, whatever things [are] in the heaven above, and whatever [are] in the earth beneath, and whatever [are] in the waters under the earth. 005 DEU 005 009 You shall not bow down to them, nor shall you serve them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous God, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me, 005 DEU 005 010 and doing mercifully to thousands of them that love me, and that keep my commandments. 005 DEU 005 011 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord your God will certainly not acquit him that takes his name in vain. 005 DEU 005 012 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord your God commanded you. 005 DEU 005 013 Six days you shall work, and you shall do all your works; 005 DEU 005 014 but on the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the Lord your God: you shall do in it no work, you, and your son, and your daughter, your man-servant, and your maidservant, your ox, and your ass, and all your cattle, and the stranger that sojourns in the midst of you; that your man-servant may rest, and your maid, and your ox, as well as you. 005 DEU 005 015 And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out thence with a mighty hand, and a high arm: therefore the Lord appointed you to keep the sabbath day and to sanctify it. 005 DEU 005 016 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you; that it may be well with you, and that you may live long upon the land, which the Lord your God gives you. 005 DEU 005 017 You shall not commit murder. 005 DEU 005 018 You shall not commit adultery. 005 DEU 005 019 You shall not steal. 005 DEU 005 020 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 005 DEU 005 021 You shall not covet your neighbor's wife; you shall not covet your neighbor's house, nor his field, nor his man-servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any beast of his, nor any thing that is your neighbor's. 005 DEU 005 022 These words the Lord spoke to all the assembly of you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire—[there was] darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice—and he added no more, and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and he gave them to me. 005 DEU 005 023 And it came to pass when you heard the voice out of the midst of the fire, for the mountain burned with fire, that you came to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders: 005 DEU 005 024 and you said, Behold, the Lord our God has shown us his glory, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: this day we have seen that God shall speak to man, and he shall live. 005 DEU 005 025 And now let us not die, for this great fire will consume us, if we shall hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, and we shall die. 005 DEU 005 026 For what flesh [is there] which has heard the voice of the living God, speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we [have heard], and shall live? 005 DEU 005 027 Do you draw near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say, and you shall speak to us all things whatever the Lord our God shall speak to you, and we will hear, and do. 005 DEU 005 028 And the Lord heard the voice of your words as you spoke to me; and the Lord said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, even all things that they have said to you. [They have] well [said] all that they have spoken. 005 DEU 005 029 O that there were such a heart in them, that they should fear me and keep my commands always, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever. 005 DEU 005 030 Go, say to them, Return you to your houses; 005 DEU 005 031 but stand you here with me, and I will tell you all the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which you shall teach them, and let them do so in the land which I give them for an inheritance. 005 DEU 005 032 And you shall take heed to do as the Lord your God commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, 005 DEU 005 033 according to all the way which the Lord your God commanded you to walk in it, that he may give you rest; and that it may be well with you, and you may prolong your days on the land which you shall inherit. 005 DEU 006 001 And these [are] the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgments, as many as the Lord our God gave commandment to teach you to do so in the land on which you enter to inherit it. 005 DEU 006 002 That you may fear the Lord your God, keep you all his ordinances, and his commandments, which I command you today, you, and your sons, and your sons' sons, all the days of your life, that you may live many days. 005 DEU 006 003 Hear, therefore, O Israel, and observe to do them, that it may be well with you, and that you may be greatly multiplied, as the Lord God of your fathers said that he would give you a land flowing with milk and honey: and these [are] the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord commanded the children of Israel in the wilderness, when they had gone forth from the land of Egypt. 005 DEU 006 004 Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord. 005 DEU 006 005 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your mind, and with all your soul, and all your strength. 005 DEU 006 006 And these words, all that I command you this day, shall be in your heart and in your soul. 005 DEU 006 007 And you shall teach them to your children, and you shall speak of them sitting in the house, and walking by the way, and lying down, and rising up. 005 DEU 006 008 And you shall fasten them for a sign upon your hand, and it shall be immoveable before your eyes. 005 DEU 006 009 And you shall write them on the lintels of your houses and of your gates. 005 DEU 006 010 And it shall come to pass when the Lord your God shall have brought you into the land which he sware to your fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and beautiful cities which you did not build, 005 DEU 006 011 houses full of all good things which you did not fill, wells dug in the rock which you did not dig, vineyards and olive yards which you did not plant, then having eaten and been filled, 005 DEU 006 012 beware lest you forget the Lord your God that brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 005 DEU 006 013 You shall fear the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve; and you shall cleave to him, and by his name you shall swear. 005 DEU 006 014 Go you not after other gods of the gods of the nations round about you; 005 DEU 006 015 for the Lord your God in the midst of you [is] a jealous God, lest the Lord your God be very angry with you, and destroy you from off the face of the earth. 005 DEU 006 016 You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in the temptation. 005 DEU 006 017 You shall by all means keep the commands of the Lord your God, the testimonies, and the ordinances, which he commanded you. 005 DEU 006 018 And you shall do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord your God, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and inherit the good land, which the Lord sware to your fathers, 005 DEU 006 019 to chase all your enemies from before your face, as the Lord said. 005 DEU 006 020 And it shall come to pass when your son shall ask you at a future time, saying, What are the testimonies, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which the Lord our God has commanded us? 005 DEU 006 021 Then shall you say to your son, We were slaves to Pharao in the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought us forth thence with a mighty hand, and with a high arm. 005 DEU 006 022 And the Lord wrought signs and great and grievous wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and on his house before us. 005 DEU 006 023 And he brought us out thence to give us this land, which he sware to give to our fathers. 005 DEU 006 024 And the Lord charged us to observe all these ordinances; to fear the Lord our God, that it may be well with us for ever, that we may live, as even today. 005 DEU 006 025 And there shall be mercy to us, if we take heed to keep all these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us. 005 DEU 007 001 And when the Lord your God shall bring you into the land, into which you go to possess it, and shall remove great nations from before you, the Chettite, and Gergesite, and Amorite, and Chananite, and Pherezite, and Evite, and Jebusite, seven nations [more] numerous and stronger than you, 005 DEU 007 002 and the Lord your God shall deliver them into your hands, then you shall strike them: you shall utterly destroy them: you shall not make a covenant with them, neither shall you pity them: 005 DEU 007 003 neither shall you contract marriages with them: you shall not give your daughter to his son, and you shall not take his daughter to your son. 005 DEU 007 004 For he will draw away your son from me, and he will serve other gods; and the Lord will be very angry with you, and will soon utterly destroy you. 005 DEU 007 005 But thus shall you do to them; you shall destroy their altars, and shall break down their pillars, and shall cut down their groves, and shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods. 005 DEU 007 006 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; and the Lord your God chose you to be to him a peculiar people beyond all nations that [are] upon the face of the earth. 005 DEU 007 007 It was not because you are more numerous than all [other] nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for you are fewer in number than all [other] nations. 005 DEU 007 008 But because the Lord loved you, and as keeping the oath which he sware to your fathers, the Lord brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt. 005 DEU 007 009 You shall know therefore, that the Lord your God, he [is] God, a faithful God, who keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him, and for those that keep his commandments to a thousand generations, 005 DEU 007 010 and who recompenses them that hate him to their face, to destroy them utterly; and will not be slack with them that hate him: he will recompense them to their face. 005 DEU 007 011 You shall keep therefore the commands, and the ordinances, and these judgments, which I command you this day to do. 005 DEU 007 012 And it shall come to pass when you shall have heard these ordinances, and shall have kept and done them, that the Lord your God shall keep for you the covenant and the mercy, which he sware to your fathers. 005 DEU 007 013 And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you; and he will bless the off-spring of your body, and the fruit of your land, your corn, and your wine, and your oil, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep, on the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to you. 005 DEU 007 014 You shall be blessed beyond all nations; there shall not be among you an impotent or barren one, or among your cattle. 005 DEU 007 015 And the Lord your God shall remove from you all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you have seen, and all that you have known, will he lay upon you; but he will lay them upon all that hate you. 005 DEU 007 016 And you shall eat all the spoils of the nations which the Lord your God gives you; your eye shall not spare them, and you shall not serve their gods; for this is an offense to you. 005 DEU 007 017 But if you should say in your heart, This nation [is] greater than I, how shall I be able to destroy them utterly? 005 DEU 007 018 you shall not fear them; you shall surely remember all that the Lord your God did to Pharao and to all the Egyptians: 005 DEU 007 019 the great temptations which your eyes have seen, those signs and great wonders, the strong hand, and the high arm; how the Lord your God brought you forth: so the Lord your God will do to all the nations, whom you fear in their presence. 005 DEU 007 020 And the Lord your God shall send against them the hornets, until they that are left and they that are hidden from you be utterly destroyed. 005 DEU 007 021 You shall not be wounded before them, because the Lord your God in the midst of you [is] a great and powerful God. 005 DEU 007 022 And the Lord your God shall consume these nations before you by little and little: you shall not be able to consume them speedily, lest the land become desert, and the wild beasts of the field be multiplied against you. 005 DEU 007 023 And the Lord your God shall deliver them into your hands, and you shall destroy them with a great destruction, until you shall have utterly destroyed them. 005 DEU 007 024 And he shall deliver their kings into your hands, and you shall destroy their name from that place; none shall stand up in opposition before you, until you shall have utterly destroyed them. 005 DEU 007 025 You shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods: you shall not covet [their] silver, neither shall you take to yourself gold from them, lest you should offend thereby, because it is an abomination to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 007 026 And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, so should you be an accursed thing like it; you shall utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing. 005 DEU 008 001 You shall observe to do all the commands which I charge you today, that you may live and be multiplied, and enter in and inherit the land, which the Lord your God sware [to give] to your fathers. 005 DEU 008 002 And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God led you in the wilderness, that he might afflict you, and try you, and that the things in your heart might be made manifest, whether you would keep his commandments or no. 005 DEU 008 003 And he afflicted you and straitened you with hunger, and fed you with manna, which your fathers knew not; that he might teach you that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live. 005 DEU 008 004 Your garments grew not old from off you, your shoes were not worn from off you, your feet were not [painfully] hardened, behold! these forty years. 005 DEU 008 005 And you shall know in your heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord your God will chasten you. 005 DEU 008 006 And you shall keep the commands of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. 005 DEU 008 007 For the Lord your God will bring you into a good and extensive land, where there are torrents of waters, and fountains of deep places issuing through the plains and through the mountains: 005 DEU 008 008 a land of wheat and barley, [wherein are] vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; 005 DEU 008 009 a land on which you shall not eat your bread with poverty, and you shall not lack any thing upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains you shall dig brass. 005 DEU 008 010 And you shall eat and be filled, and shall bless the Lord your God on the good land, which he has given you. 005 DEU 008 011 Take heed to yourself that you forget not the Lord your God, so as not to keep his commands, and his judgments, and ordinances, which I command you this day: 005 DEU 008 012 lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived in them; 005 DEU 008 013 and your oxen and your sheep are multiplied to you, and your silver and your gold are multiplied to you, and all your possessions are multiplied to you, 005 DEU 008 014 you should be exalted in heart, and forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage: 005 DEU 008 015 who brought you through that great and terrible wilderness, where [is] the biting serpent, and scorpion, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you a fountain of water out of the flinty rock: 005 DEU 008 016 who fed you with manna in the wilderness, which you knew not, and your fathers knew not; that he might afflict you, and thoroughly try you, and do you good in your latter days. 005 DEU 008 017 Lest you should say in your heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth. 005 DEU 008 018 But you shall remember the Lord your God, that he gives you strength to get wealth; even that he may establish his covenant, which the Lord sware to your fathers, as at this day. 005 DEU 008 019 And it shall come to pass if you do at all forget the Lord your God, and should go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall surely perish. 005 DEU 008 020 As also the other nations which the Lord God destroys before your face, so shall you perish, because you listened not to the voice of the Lord your God. 005 DEU 009 001 Hear, O Israel: You go this day across Jordan to inherit nations greater and stronger than yourselves, cities great and walled up to heaven; 005 DEU 009 002 a people great and many and tall, the sons of Enac, whom you know, and concerning whom you have heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Enac? 005 DEU 009 003 And you shall know today, that the Lord your God he shall go before your face: he is a consuming fire; he shall destroy them, and he shall turn them back before you, and shall destroy them quickly, as the Lord said to you. 005 DEU 009 004 Speak not in your heart, when the Lord your God has destroyed these nations before your face, saying, For my righteousness the Lord brought me in to inherit this good land. 005 DEU 009 005 Not for your righteousness, nor for the holiness of your heart, do you go in to inherit their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord will destroy them from before you, and that he may establish the covenant, which the Lord sware to our fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob. 005 DEU 009 006 And you shall know today, that [it is] not for your righteousnesses the Lord your God gives you this good land to inherit, for you are a stiff-necked people. 005 DEU 009 007 Remember, forget not, how much you provoked the Lord your God in the wilderness: from the day that you came forth out of Egypt, even till you came into this place, you continued to be disobedient toward the Lord. 005 DEU 009 008 Also in Choreb you provoked the Lord, and the Lord was angry with you to destroy you; 005 DEU 009 009 when I went up into the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant, which the Lord made with you, and I was in the mountain forty days and forty nights, I ate no bread and drank no water. 005 DEU 009 010 And the Lord gave me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God, and on them there had been written all the words which the Lord spoke to you in the mountain in the day of the assembly. 005 DEU 009 011 And it came to pass after forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant. 005 DEU 009 012 And the Lord said to me, Arise, go down quickly from hence, for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have transgressed; they have gone aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, and have made themselves a molten image. 005 DEU 009 013 And the Lord spoke to me, saying, I have spoken to you once and again, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people. 005 DEU 009 014 And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of you a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this. 005 DEU 009 015 And I turned and went down from the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to heaven; and the two tables of the testimonies [were] in my two hands. 005 DEU 009 016 And when I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made to yourselves a molten image, and had gone astray out of the way, which the Lord commanded you to keep; 005 DEU 009 017 then I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before you. 005 DEU 009 018 And I made my petition before the Lord as also at the first forty days and forty nights: I ate no bread and drank no water, on account of all your sins which you sinned in doing evil before the Lord God to provoke him. 005 DEU 009 019 And I was greatly terrified because of the wrath and anger, because the Lord was provoked with you utterly to destroy you; yet the Lord listened to me at this time also. 005 DEU 009 020 And he was angry with Aaron to destroy him utterly, and I prayed for Aaron also at that time. 005 DEU 009 021 And your sin which you had made, [even] the calf, I took, and burnt it with fire, and pounded it and ground it down till it became fine; and it became like dust, and I cast the dust into the brook that descended from the mountain. 005 DEU 009 022 Also in the burning, and in the temptation, and at the graves of lust, you provoked the Lord. 005 DEU 009 023 And when the Lord sent you forth from Cades Barne, saying, Go up and inherit the land which I give to you, then you disobeyed the word of the Lord your God, and believed him not, and listened not to his voice. 005 DEU 009 024 You were disobedient in the things relating to the Lord from the day in which he became known to you. 005 DEU 009 025 And I prayed before the Lord forty days and forty nights, the number that I prayed [before], for the Lord said that he would utterly destroy you. 005 DEU 009 026 And I prayed to God, and said, O Lord, King of gods, destroy not your people and your inheritance, whom you did redeem, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with your great power, and with your strong hand, and with your high arm. 005 DEU 009 027 Remember Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob your servants, to whom you sware by yourself: look not upon the hardness of heart of this people, and their impieties, and their sins. 005 DEU 009 028 Lest the inhabitants of the land whence you brought us out speak, saying, Because the Lord could not bring them into the land of which he spoke to them, and because he hated them, has he brought them forth to kill them in the wilderness. 005 DEU 009 029 And these [are] your people and your portion, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with your great strength, and with your mighty hand, and with your high arm. 005 DEU 010 001 At that time the Lord said to me, Hew for yourself two stone tables as the first, and come up to me into the mountain, and you shall make for yourself an ark of wood. 005 DEU 010 002 And you shall write upon the tables the words which were on the first tables which you did break, and you shall put them into the ark. 005 DEU 010 003 So I made an ark of boards of incorruptible wood, and I hewed tables of stone like the first, and I went up to the mountain, and the two tables were in my hand. 005 DEU 010 004 And he wrote upon the tables according to the first writing the ten commandments, which the Lord spoke to you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire, and the Lord gave them to me. 005 DEU 010 005 And I turned and came down from the mountain, and I put the tables into the ark which I had made; and there they were, as the Lord commanded me. 005 DEU 010 006 And the children of Israel departed from Beeroth of the sons of Jakim [to] Misadai: there Aaron died, and there he was buried, and Eleazar his son was priest in his stead. 005 DEU 010 007 Thence they departed to Gadgad; and from Gadgad to Etebatha, a land [wherein are] torrents of water. 005 DEU 010 008 At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand near before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name to this day. 005 DEU 010 009 Therefore the Levites have no part nor inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself [is] their inheritance, as he said to them. 005 DEU 010 010 And I remained in the mount forty days and forty nights: and the Lord heard me at that time also, and the Lord would not destroy you. 005 DEU 010 011 And the Lord said to me, Go, set out before this people, and let them go in and inherit the land, which I sware to their fathers to give to them. 005 DEU 010 012 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul; 005 DEU 010 013 to keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his ordinances, all that I charge you today, that it may be well with you? 005 DEU 010 014 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth and all things that are in it. 005 DEU 010 015 Only the Lord chose your fathers to love them, and he chose out their seed after them, [even] you, beyond all nations, as at this day. 005 DEU 010 016 Therefore you shall circumcise the hardness of your heart, and you shall not harden your neck. 005 DEU 010 017 For the Lord your God, he [is] God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great, and strong, and terrible God, who does not accept persons, nor will he by any means accept a bribe: 005 DEU 010 018 executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment. 005 DEU 010 019 And you shall love the stranger; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. 005 DEU 010 020 You shall fear the Lord your God, and serve him, and shall cleave to him, and shall swear by his name. 005 DEU 010 021 He [is] your boast, and he [is] your God, who has wrought in the midst of you these great and glorious things, which your eyes have seen. 005 DEU 010 022 With seventy souls your fathers went down into Egypt; but the Lord your God has made you as the stars of heaven in multitude. 005 DEU 011 001 Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and shall observe his appointments, and his ordinances, and his commandments, and his judgments, always. 005 DEU 011 002 And you shall know this day; for [I speak] not to your children, who know not and have not seen the discipline of the Lord your God, and his wonderful works, and his strong hand, and his high arm, 005 DEU 011 003 and his miracles, and his wonders, which he wrought in the midst of Egypt on Pharao king of Egypt, and all his land; 005 DEU 011 004 and what he did to the host of the Egyptians, and to their chariots, and their cavalry, and their host; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overwhelm the face of them as they pursued after you, and the Lord destroyed them until this day; 005 DEU 011 005 and all the things which he did to you in the wilderness until you came into this place; 005 DEU 011 006 and all the things that he did to Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab the son of Ruben, whom the earth opening her mouth swallowed up, and their houses, and their tents, and all their substance that was with them, in the midst of all Israel: 005 DEU 011 007 for your eyes have seen all the mighty works of the Lord, which he wrought among you today. 005 DEU 011 008 And you shall keep all his commandments, as many as I command you today, that you may live, and be multiplied, and that you may go in and inherit the land, into which you go across Jordan to inherit it: 005 DEU 011 009 that you may live long upon the land, which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey. 005 DEU 011 010 For the land into which you go to inherit it, is not as the land of Egypt, whence you came out, whenever they sow the seed, and water it with their feet, as a garden of herbs: 005 DEU 011 011 but the land into which you go to inherit it, is a land of mountains and plains; it shall drink water of the rain of heaven. 005 DEU 011 012 A land which the Lord your God surveys continually, the eyes of the Lord your God are upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. 005 DEU 011 013 Now if you will indeed listen to all the commands which I charge you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul, 005 DEU 011 014 then he shall give to your land the early and latter rain in its season, and you shall bring in your corn, and your wine, and your oil. 005 DEU 011 015 And he shall give food in your fields to your cattle; and when you have eaten and are full, 005 DEU 011 016 take heed to yourself that your heart be not puffed up, and you transgress, and serve other gods, and worship them: 005 DEU 011 017 and the Lord be angry with you, and restrain the heaven; and there shall not be rain, and the earth shall not yield its fruit, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land, which the Lord has given you. 005 DEU 011 018 And you shall store these words in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and it shall be fixed before your eyes. 005 DEU 011 019 And you shall teach them to your children, so as to speak about them when you sit in the house, and when you walk by the way, and when you sleep, and when you rise up. 005 DEU 011 020 And you shall write them on the lintels of your houses, and on your gates; 005 DEU 011 021 that your days may be long, and the days of your children, upon the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 005 DEU 011 022 And it shall come to pass that if you will indeed listen to all these commands, which I charge you to observe this day, to love the Lord our God, and to walk in all his ways, and to cleave close to him; 005 DEU 011 023 then the Lord shall cast out all these nations before you, and you shall inherit great nations and stronger than yourselves. 005 DEU 011 024 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be your; from the wilderness and Antilibanus, and from the great river, the river Euphrates, even as far as the west sea shall be your coasts. 005 DEU 011 025 No one shall stand before you; and the Lord your God will put the fear of you and the dread of you on the face of all the land, on which you shall tread, as he told you. 005 DEU 011 026 Behold, I set before you this day the blessing and the curse; 005 DEU 011 027 the blessing, if you listen to the commands of the Lord your God, all that I command you this day; 005 DEU 011 028 and the curse, if you do not listen to the commands of the Lord our God, as many as I command you this day, and you wander from the way which I have commanded you, having gone to serve other gods, which you know not. 005 DEU 011 029 And it shall come to pass when the Lord your God shall have brought you into the land into which you go over to inherit it, then you shall put blessing on mount Garizin, and the curse upon mount Gaebal. 005 DEU 011 030 Behold! are not these beyond Jordan, behind, westward in the land of Chanaan, which lies westward near Golgol, by the high oak? 005 DEU 011 031 For you are passing over Jordan, to go in and inherit the land, which the Lord our God gives you to inherit always, and you shall dwell in it. 005 DEU 011 032 And you shall take heed to do all his ordinances, and these judgments, as many as I set before you today. 005 DEU 012 001 And these [are] the ordinances and the judgments, which you shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you for an inheritance, all the days which you live upon the land. 005 DEU 012 002 You shall utterly destroy all the places in which they served their gods, whose [land] you inherit, on the high mountains and on the hills, and under the thick tree. 005 DEU 012 003 And you shall destroy their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their groves, and you shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods, and you shall abolish their name out of that place. 005 DEU 012 004 You shall not do so to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 012 005 But in the place which the Lord your God shall choose in one of your cities to name his name there, and to be called upon, you shall even seek [him] out and go there. 005 DEU 012 006 And you shall carry there your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your first fruits, and your vowed-offerings, and your free will offerings, and your offerings of thanksgiving, the firstborn of your herds, and of your flocks. 005 DEU 012 007 And you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in all the things on which you shall lay your hand, you and your houses, as the Lord your God has blessed you. 005 DEU 012 008 You shall not do altogether as we do here today, every man that which is pleasing in his own sight. 005 DEU 012 009 For hitherto you have not arrived at the rest and the inheritance, which the Lord our God gives you. 005 DEU 012 010 And you shall go over Jordan, and shall dwell in the land, which the Lord our God takes as an inheritance for you; and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and you shall dwell safely. 005 DEU 012 011 And there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose for his name to be called there, there shall you bring all things that I order you today; your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the first fruits of your hands, and every choice gift of yours, whatever you shall vow to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 012 012 And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants and your maidservants, and the Levite that is at your gates; because he has no portion or inheritance with you. 005 DEU 012 013 Take heed to yourself that you offer not your whole burnt offerings in any place which you shall see; 005 DEU 012 014 save in the place which the Lord your God shall choose, in one of your tribes, there shall you offer your whole burnt offerings, and there shall you do all things whatever I charge you this day. 005 DEU 012 015 But you shall kill according to all your desire, and shall eat flesh according to the blessing of the Lord your God, which he has given you in every city; the unclean that is within you and the clean shall eat it on equal terms, as the doe or the stag. 005 DEU 012 016 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the ground as water. 005 DEU 012 017 You shall not be able to eat in your cities the tithe of your corn, and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, and all [your] vows as many as you shall have vowed, and your thank-offerings, and the first fruits of your hands. 005 DEU 012 018 But before the Lord your God you shall eat it, in the place which the Lord your God shall choose for himself, you, and your son, and your daughter, your man-servant, and your maidservant, and the stranger that is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, on whatever you shall lay your hand. 005 DEU 012 019 Take heed to yourself that you do not desert the Levite all the time that you live upon the earth. 005 DEU 012 020 And if the Lord your God shall enlarge your borders, as he said to you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh; if your soul should desire to eat flesh, you shall eat flesh according to all the desire of your soul. 005 DEU 012 021 And if the place be far from you, which the Lord your God shall choose for himself, that his name be called upon it, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock which God shall have given you, even as I commanded you, and you shall eat in your cities according to the desire of your soul. 005 DEU 012 022 As the doe and the stag are eaten, so shall you eat it; the unclean in you and the clean shall eat it in like manner. 005 DEU 012 023 Take diligent heed that you eat no blood, for blood [is] the life of it; the life shall not be eaten with the flesh. 005 DEU 012 024 You shall not eat [it]; you shall pour it out on the ground as water. 005 DEU 012 025 You shall not eat it, that it may be well with you and with your sons after you, if you shall do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord your God. 005 DEU 012 026 But you shall take your holy things, if you have any, and your vowed-offerings, and come to the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name named upon it. 005 DEU 012 027 And you shall sacrifice your whole burnt offerings, you shall offer the flesh upon the altar of the Lord your God; but the blood of your sacrifices you shall pour out at the foot of the altar of the Lord your God, but the flesh you shall eat. 005 DEU 012 028 Beware and listen, and you shall do all the commands which I charge you, that it may be well with you and with your sons for ever, if you shall do that which is pleasing and good before the Lord your God. 005 DEU 012 029 And if the Lord your God shall utterly destroy the nations, to whom you go in there to inherit their land, from before you, and you shall inherit it, and dwell in their land; 005 DEU 012 030 take heed to yourself that you seek not to follow them after they are destroyed before you, saying, How do these nations act towards their gods? I will do likewise. 005 DEU 012 031 You shall not do so to your God; for they have sacrificed to their gods the abominations of the Lord which he hates, for they burn their sons and their daughters in fire to their gods. 005 DEU 012 032 Every word that I command you this day, it shall you observe to do: you shall not add to it, nor diminish from it. 005 DEU 013 001 And if there arise within you a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, 005 DEU 013 002 and the sign or the wonder come to pass which he spoke to you, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you know not; 005 DEU 013 003 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord your God tries you, to know whether you love your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 005 DEU 013 004 You shall follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and you shall hear his voice, and attach yourselves to him. 005 DEU 013 005 And that prophet or that dreamer of a dream, shall die; for he has spoken to make you err from the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, who redeemed you from bondage, to thrust you out of the way which the Lord your God commanded you to walk in: so shall you abolish the evil from among you. 005 DEU 013 006 And if your brother by your father or mother, or your son, or daughter, or your wife in your bosom, or friend who is equal to your own soul, entreat you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, 005 DEU 013 007 of the gods of the nations that are round about you, who are near you or at a distance from you, from one end of the earth to the other; 005 DEU 013 008 you shall not consent to him, neither shall you listen to him; and your eye shall not spare him, you shall feel no regret for him, neither shall you at all protect him: 005 DEU 013 009 you shall surely report concerning him, and your hands shall be upon him among the first to kill him, and the hands of all the people at the last. 005 DEU 013 010 And they shall stone him with stones, and he shall die, because he sought to draw you away from the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 005 DEU 013 011 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not again do according to this evil thing among you. 005 DEU 013 012 And if in one of your cities which the Lord God gives you to dwell therein, you shall hear men saying, 005 DEU 013 013 Evil men have gone out from you, and have caused all the inhabitants of their land to fall away, saying, Let us go and worship other gods, whom you knew not, 005 DEU 013 014 then you shall enquire and ask, and search diligently, and behold, [if] the thing is clearly true, and this abomination has taken place among you, 005 DEU 013 015 you shall utterly destroy all the dwellers in that land with the edge of the sword; you shall solemnly curse it, and all things in it. 005 DEU 013 016 And all its spoils you shall gather into its public ways, and you shall burn the city with fire, and all its spoils publicly before the Lord your God; and it shall be uninhabited for ever, it shall not be built again. 005 DEU 013 017 And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to your hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and show you mercy, and pity you, and multiply you, as he sware to your fathers; 005 DEU 013 018 if you will hear the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments, all that I charge you this day, to do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord your God. 005 DEU 014 001 You are the children of the Lord your God: you shall not make any baldness between you eyes for the dead. 005 DEU 014 002 For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord your God has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself of all the nations on the face of the earth. 005 DEU 014 003 You shall not eat any abominable thing. 005 DEU 014 004 These [are] the beasts which you shall eat; the calf of the herd, and lamb of the sheep, and kid of the goats; 005 DEU 014 005 the stag, and doe, and pygarg, and wild goat, and camelopard. 005 DEU 014 006 Every beast that divides the hoofs, and makes claws of two divisions, and that chews the cud among beasts, these you shall eat. 005 DEU 014 007 And these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, and of those that divide the hoofs, and make distinct claws; the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud, and do not divide the hoof, these are unclean to you. 005 DEU 014 008 And as for the swine, because he divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, yet he chews not the cud, he is unclean to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, you shall not touch their dead bodies. 005 DEU 014 009 And these you shall eat of all that are in the water, you shall eat all that have fins and scales. 005 DEU 014 010 And all that have not fins and scales you shall not eat; they are unclean to you. 005 DEU 014 011 You shall eat every clean bird. 005 DEU 014 012 And these of them you shall not eat; the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle, 005 DEU 014 013 and the vulture, and the kite and the like to it, 005 DEU 014 015 and the sparrow, and the owl, and the cormorant, 005 DEU 014 016 and the heron, and the swan, and the stork, 005 DEU 014 017 and the cormorant, and the hawk, and its like, and the hoopoe, and the raven, 005 DEU 014 018 and the pelican, and the diver and the like to it, and the red-bill and the bat. 005 DEU 014 019 All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; you shall not eat of them. 005 DEU 014 020 You shall eat every clean bird. 005 DEU 014 021 You shall eat nothing that dies of itself; it shall be given to the sojourner in your cities and he shall eat it, or you shall sell it to a stranger, because you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a lamb in his mother's milk. 005 DEU 014 022 You shall tithe a tenth of all the produce of your seed, the fruit of your field year by year. 005 DEU 014 023 And you shall eat it in the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there; you shall bring the tithe of your corn and of your wine, and of your oil, the firstborn of your herd and of your flock, that you may learn to fear the Lord your God always. 005 DEU 014 024 And if the journey be too far for you, and you are not able to bring them, because the place [is] far from you which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there, because the Lord your God will bless you; 005 DEU 014 025 then you shall sell them for money, and you shall take the money in your hands, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose. 005 DEU 014 026 And you shall give the money for whatever your soul shall desire, for oxen or for sheep, or for wine, or [you shall lay it out] on strong drink, or on whatever your soul may desire, and you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice and your house, 005 DEU 014 027 and the Levite that is in your cities, because he has not a portion or inheritance with you. 005 DEU 014 028 After three years you shall bring out all the tithes of your fruits, in that year you shall lay it up in your cities. 005 DEU 014 029 And the Levite shall come, because he has no part or lot with you, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which is in your cities; and they shall eat and be filled, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works which you shall do. 005 DEU 015 001 Every seven years you shall make a release. 005 DEU 015 002 And this [is] the ordinance of the release: you shall remit every private debt which your neighbor owes you, and you shall not ask payment of it from your brother; for it has been called a release to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 015 003 Of a stranger you shall ask again whatever he has of your, but to your brother you shall remit his debt to you. 005 DEU 015 004 For [thus] there shall not be a poor person in the midst of you, for the Lord your God will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you by inheritance, that you should inherit it. 005 DEU 015 005 And if you shall indeed listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep and do all these commandments, as many as I charge you this day, 005 DEU 015 006 (for the Lord your God has blessed you in the way of which he spoke to you, ) then you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you. 005 DEU 015 007 And if there shall be in the midst of you a poor [man] of your brethren in one of your cities in the land, which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, neither shall you by any means close up your hand from your brother who is in lack. 005 DEU 015 008 You shall surely open your hands to him, and shall lend to him as much as he wants according to his need. 005 DEU 015 009 Take heed to yourself that there be not a secret thing in your heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws near; and your eye shall be evil to your brother that is in lack, and you shall not give to him, and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in you. 005 DEU 015 010 You shall surely give to him, and you shall lend him as much as he wants, according as he is in need; and you shall not grudge in your heart as you give to him, because on this account the Lord your God will bless you in all your works, and in all things on which you shall lay your hand. 005 DEU 015 011 For the poor shall not fail off your land, therefore I charge you to do this thing, saying, You shall surely open your hands to your poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon your land. 005 DEU 015 012 And if your brother [or sister], a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, be sold to you, he shall serve you six years, and in the seventh year you shall send him out free from you. 005 DEU 015 013 And when you shall send him out free from you, you shall not send him out empty. 005 DEU 015 014 You shall give him provision for the way from your flock, and from your corn, and from your wine; as the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. 005 DEU 015 015 And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from thence; therefore I charge you to do this thing. 005 DEU 015 016 And if he should say to you, I will not go out from you, because he continues to love you and your house, because he is well with you; 005 DEU 015 017 then you shall take an awl, and bore his ear through to the door, and he shall be your servant for ever; and in like manner shall you do to your maidservant. 005 DEU 015 018 It shall not seem hard to you when they are sent out free from you, because [your servant] has served you six years according to the annual hire of a hireling; so the Lord your God shall bless you in all things whatever you may do. 005 DEU 015 019 Every firstborn that shall be born among your kine and your sheep, you shall sanctify the males to the Lord your God; you shall not work with your firstborn calf, and you shall not shear the firstborn of your sheep. 005 DEU 015 020 You shall eat it before the Lord year by year in the place which the Lord your God shall choose, you and your house. 005 DEU 015 021 And if there be in it a blemish, if it be lame or blind, an evil blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 015 022 You shall eat it in your cities; the unclean in you and the clean shall eat it in like manner, as the doe or the stag. 005 DEU 015 023 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the earth as water. 005 DEU 016 001 Observe the month of new [corn], and you shall sacrifice the passover to the Lord your God; because in the month of new corn you came out of Egypt by night. 005 DEU 016 002 And you shall sacrifice the passover to the Lord your God, sheep and oxen in the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called upon it. 005 DEU 016 003 You shall not eat leaven with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened [bread] with it, bread of affliction, because you came forth out of Egypt in haste; that you may remember the day of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. 005 DEU 016 004 Leaven shall not be seen with you in all your borders for seven days, and there shall not be left of the flesh which you shall sacrifice at even on the first day until the morning. 005 DEU 016 005 you shall not have power to sacrifice the passover in any of the cities, which the Lord your God gives you. 005 DEU 016 006 But in the place which the Lord your God shall choose, to have his name called there, you shall sacrifice the passover at even at the setting of the sun, at the time when you came out of Egypt. 005 DEU 016 007 And you shall boil and roast and eat it in the place, which the Lord your God shall choose; and you shall return in the morning, and go to your house. 005 DEU 016 008 Six days shall you eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a holiday, a feast to the Lord your God: you shall not do in it any work, save what must be done by any one. 005 DEU 016 009 Seven weeks shall you number to yourself; when you have begun [to put] the sickle to the corn, you shall begin to number seven weeks. 005 DEU 016 010 And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the Lord your God, accordingly as your hand has power in as many things as the Lord your God shall give you. 005 DEU 016 011 And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son, and your daughter, your man-servant and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow which dwells among you, in whatever place the Lord your God shall choose, that his name should be called there. 005 DEU 016 012 And you shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and you shall observe and do these commands. 005 DEU 016 013 You shall keep for yourself the feast of tabernacles seven days, when you gather in [your produce] from your corn-floor and your wine-press. 005 DEU 016 014 And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, your man-servant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow that is in your cities. 005 DEU 016 015 Seven days shall you keep a feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God shall choose for himself; and if the Lord your God shall bless you in all your fruits, and in every work of your hands, then you shall rejoice. 005 DEU 016 016 Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord shall choose in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: you shall not appear before the Lord your God empty. 005 DEU 016 017 Each one according to his ability, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which he has given you. 005 DEU 016 018 You shall make for yourself judges and officers in your cities, which the Lord your God gives you in [your] tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment: 005 DEU 016 019 they shall not wrest judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 005 DEU 016 020 You shall justly pursue justice, that you may live, and go in and inherit the land which the Lord your God gives you. 005 DEU 016 021 You shall not plant for yourself a grove; you shall not plant for yourself any tree near the altar of your God. 005 DEU 016 022 You shall not set up for yourself a pillar, which the Lord your God hates. 005 DEU 017 001 You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God a calf or a sheep, in which there is a blemish, [or] any evil thing; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 017 002 And if there should be found in any one of your cities, which the Lord your God gives you, a man or a woman who shall do that which is evil before the Lord your God, so as to transgress his covenant, 005 DEU 017 003 and they should go and serve other gods, and worship them, the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which he commanded you not to do, 005 DEU 017 004 and it be told you, and you shall have enquired diligently, and, behold, the thing really took place, this abomination has been done in Israel; 005 DEU 017 005 then shall you bring out that man, or that woman, and you shall stone them with stones, and they shall die. 005 DEU 017 006 He shall die on the testimony of two or three witnesses; a man who is put to death shall not be put to death for one witness. 005 DEU 017 007 And the hand of the witnesses shall be upon him among the first to put him to death, and the hand of the people at the last; so shall you remove the evil one from among yourselves. 005 DEU 017 008 And if a matter shall be too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, and between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, and between contradiction and contradiction, matters of judgment in your cities; 005 DEU 017 009 then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God shall choose, and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days, and they shall search out [the matter] and report the judgment to you. 005 DEU 017 010 And you shall act according to the thing which they shall report to you out of the place which the Lord your God shall choose, and you shall observe to do all whatever shall have been by law appointed to you. 005 DEU 017 011 You shall do according to the law and to the judgment which they shall declare to you: you shall not swerve to the right hand or to the left from any sentence which they shall report to you. 005 DEU 017 012 And the man whoever shall act in haughtiness, so as not to listen to the priest who stands to minister in the name of the Lord your God, or the judge who shall preside in those days, that man shall die, and you shall remove the evil one out of Israel. 005 DEU 017 013 And all the people shall hear and fear, and shall no more commit impiety. 005 DEU 017 014 And when you shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall inherit it and dwell in it, and shall say, I will set a ruler over me, as also the other nations round about me; 005 DEU 017 015 you shall surely set over you the ruler whom the Lord God shall choose: of your brethren you shall set over you a ruler; you shall not have power to set over you a stranger, because he is not your brother. 005 DEU 017 016 For he shall not multiply to himself horses, and he shall by no means turn the people back to Egypt, lest he should multiply to himself horses; for the Lord said, You shall not any more turn back by that way. 005 DEU 017 017 And he shall not multiply to himself wives, lest his heart turn away; and he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 005 DEU 017 018 And when he shall be established in his government, then shall he write for himself this repetition of the law into a book by the hands of the priests the Levites; 005 DEU 017 019 and it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord your God, and to keep all these commandments, and to observe these ordinances: 005 DEU 017 020 that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, that he depart not from the commandments on the right hand or on the left; that he and his sons may reign long in his dominion among the children of Israel. 005 DEU 018 001 The priests, the Levites, even the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; the burnt offerings of the Lord [are] their inheritance, they shall eat them. 005 DEU 018 002 And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord himself [is] his portion, as he said to him. 005 DEU 018 003 And this [is] the due of the priests in the things coming from the people from those who offer sacrifices, whether it be a calf or a sheep; and you shall give the shoulder to the priest, and the cheeks, and the great intestine: 005 DEU 018 004 and the first fruits of your corn, and of your wine, and of your oil; and you shall give to him the first fruits of the fleeces of your sheep: 005 DEU 018 005 because the Lord has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand before the Lord your God, to minister and bless in his name, himself and his sons among the children of Israel. 005 DEU 018 006 And if a Levite come from one of the cities of all the children of Israel, where he himself dwells, accordingly as his mind desires, to the place which he shall have chosen, 005 DEU 018 007 he shall minister to the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites, who stand there present before the Lord your God. 005 DEU 018 008 He shall eat an allotted portion, besides the sale of his hereditary property. 005 DEU 018 009 And when you shall have entered into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to do according to the abominations of those nations. 005 DEU 018 010 There shall not be found in you one who purges his son or his daughter with fire, one who uses divination, who deals with omens, and augury, 005 DEU 018 011 a sorcerer employing incantation, one who has in him a divining spirit, and observer of signs, questioning the dead. 005 DEU 018 012 For every one that does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God; for because of these abominations the Lord will destroy them from before your face. 005 DEU 018 013 You shall be perfect before the Lord your God. 005 DEU 018 014 For all these nations whose [land] you shall inherit, they will listen to omens and divinations; but the Lord your God has not permitted you so [to do]. 005 DEU 018 015 The Lord your God shall raise up to you a prophet of your brethren, like me; him shall you hear: 005 DEU 018 016 according to all things which you did desire of the Lord your God in Choreb in the day of the assembly, saying, We will not again hear the voice of the Lord your God, and we will not any more see this great fire, and [so] we shall not die. 005 DEU 018 017 And the Lord said to me, They have spoken rightly all that they have said to you. 005 DEU 018 018 I will raise up to them a prophet of their brethren, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them as I shall command him. 005 DEU 018 019 And whatever man shall not listen to whatever words that prophet shall speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him. 005 DEU 018 020 But the prophet whoever shall impiously speak in my name a word which I have not commanded him to speak, and whoever shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die. 005 DEU 018 021 But if you shall say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken? 005 DEU 018 022 Whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in the name of the Lord, and they shall not come true, and not come to pass, this [is] the thing which the Lord has not spoken; that prophet has spoken wickedly: you shall not spare him. 005 DEU 019 001 And when the Lord your God shall have destroyed the nations, which God gives you, [even] the land, and you shall inherit them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses, 005 DEU 019 002 you shall separate for yourself three cities in the midst of your land, which the Lord your God gives you. 005 DEU 019 003 Take a survey of your way, and you shall divide the coasts of your land, which the Lord your God apportions to you, into three parts, and there shall be there a refuge for every manslayer. 005 DEU 019 004 And this shall be the ordinance of the manslayer, who shall flee there, and shall live, whoever shall have struck his neighbor ignorantly, whereas he hated him not in times past. 005 DEU 019 005 And whoever shall enter with his neighbor into the thicket, to gather wood, if the hand of him that cuts wood with the axe should be violently shaken, and the axe head falling off from the handle should light on his neighbor, and he should die, he shall flee to one of these cities, and live. 005 DEU 019 006 Lest the avenger of blood pursue after the slayer, because his heart is hot, and overtake him, if the way be too long, and kill him, though there is to this man no sentence of death, because he hated him not in time past. 005 DEU 019 007 Therefore I charge you, saying, You shall separate for your self three cities. 005 DEU 019 008 And if the Lord shall enlarge your borders, as he sware to your fathers, and the Lord shall give to you all the land which he said he would give to your fathers; 005 DEU 019 009 if you shall listen to do all these commands, which I charge you this day, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways continually; you shall add for yourself yet three cities to these three. 005 DEU 019 010 So innocent blood shall not be spilt in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and there shall not be in you one guilty of blood. 005 DEU 019 011 But if there should be in you a man hating his neighbor, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and strike him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities, 005 DEU 019 012 then shall the elders of his city send, and take him thence, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the avengers of blood, and he shall die. 005 DEU 019 013 Your eye shall not spare him; so shall you purge innocent blood from Israel, and it shall be well with you. 005 DEU 019 014 You shall not move the landmarks of your neighbor, which your fathers set in the inheritance, in which you have obtained a share in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit. 005 DEU 019 015 One witness shall not stand to testify against a man for any iniquity, or for any fault, or for any sin which he may commit; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, shall every word be established. 005 DEU 019 016 And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him; 005 DEU 019 017 then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days. 005 DEU 019 018 And the judges shall make diligent inquiry, and, behold, [if] and unjust witness has borne unjust testimony; [and] has stood up against his brother; 005 DEU 019 019 then shall you do to him as he wickedly devised to do against his brother, and you shall remove the evil from yourselves. 005 DEU 019 020 And the rest shall hear and fear, and do no more according to this evil thing in the midst of you. 005 DEU 019 021 Your eye shall not spare him: [you shall exact] life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 005 DEU 020 001 And if you should go forth to war against your enemies, and should see horse, and rider, and a people more numerous than yourself; you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God [is] with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 005 DEU 020 002 And it shall come to pass whenever you shall draw near to battle, that the priest shall draw near and speak to the people, and shall say to them, 005 DEU 020 003 Hear, O Israel; you are going this day to battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint, fear not, neither be confounded, neither turn aside from their face. 005 DEU 020 004 For [it is] the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, [and] to save you. 005 DEU 020 005 And the scribes shall speak to the people, saying, What man [is] he that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the war, and another man dedicate it. 005 DEU 020 006 And what man [is] he that has planted a vineyard, and not been made merry with it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man be made merry with it. 005 DEU 020 007 And what man [is] he that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 005 DEU 020 008 And the scribes shall speak further to the people, and say, What man [is] he that fears and is cowardly in his heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest he make the heart of his brother fail, as his own. 005 DEU 020 009 And it shall come to pass when the scribes shall have ceased speaking to the people, that they shall appoint generals of the army to be leaders of the people. 005 DEU 020 010 And if you shall draw near to a city to overcome them by war, then call them out peaceably. 005 DEU 020 011 If then they should answer peaceably to you, and open to you, it shall be that all the people found in it shall be tributary and subject to you. 005 DEU 020 012 But if they will not listen to you, but wage war against you, you shall invest it; 005 DEU 020 013 until the Lord your God shall deliver it into your hands, and you shall strike every male of it with the edge of the sword: 005 DEU 020 014 except the women and the stuff: and all the cattle, and whatever shall be in the city, and all the plunder you shall take as spoil for yourself, and shall eat all the plunder of your enemies whom the Lord your God gives you. 005 DEU 020 015 Thus shall you do to all the cities that are very far off from you, not [being] of the cities of these nations which the Lord your God gives you to inherit their land. 005 DEU 020 016 [Of these] you shall not take any thing alive; 005 DEU 020 017 but you shall surely curse them, the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Gergesite; as the Lord your God commanded you: 005 DEU 020 018 that they may not teach you to do all their abominations, which they did to their gods, and [so] you should sin before the Lord your God. 005 DEU 020 019 And if you should besiege a city many days to prevail against it by war to take it, you shall not destroy its trees, by applying an iron tool to them, but you shall eat of it, and shall not cut it down: Is the tree that is in the field a man, to enter before you into the work of the siege? 005 DEU 020 020 But the tree which you know to be not fruit-bearing, this you shall destroy and cut down; and you shall construct a mound against the city, which makes war against you, until it be delivered up. 005 DEU 021 001 And if one be found slain with the sword in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, having fallen in the field, and they do not know who has struck [him]; 005 DEU 021 002 your elders and your judges shall come forth, and shall measure the distances of the cities round about the slain man: 005 DEU 021 003 and it shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not laboured, and which has not borne a yoke. 005 DEU 021 004 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer into a rough valley, which has not been tilled and is not sown, and they shall kill the heifer in the valley. 005 DEU 021 005 And the priests the Levites shall come, because the Lord God has chosen them to stand by him, and to bless in his name, and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be [decided]. 005 DEU 021 006 And all the elders of that city who draw near to the slain man shall wash their hands over the head of the heifer which was slain in the valley; 005 DEU 021 007 and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, and our eyes have not seen [it]. 005 DEU 021 008 Be merciful to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, O Lord, that innocent blood may not be charged on your people Israel: and the blood shall be atoned for to them. 005 DEU 021 009 And you shall take away innocent blood from among you, if you should do that which is good and pleasing before the Lord your God. 005 DEU 021 010 And if when you go out to war against your enemies, the Lord your God should deliver them into your hands, and you should take their spoil, 005 DEU 021 011 and should see among the spoil a woman beautiful in countenance, and should desire her, and take her to yourself for a wife, 005 DEU 021 012 and should bring her within your house: then shall you shave her head, and pare her nails; 005 DEU 021 013 and shall take away her garments of captivity from off her, and she shall abide in your house, and shall bewail her father and mother the days of a month; and afterwards you shall go in to her and dwell with her, and she shall be your wife. 005 DEU 021 014 And it shall be if you do not delight in her, you shall send her out free; and she shall not by any means be sold for money, you shall not treat her contemptuously, because you have humbled her. 005 DEU 021 015 And if a man have two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and both the loved and the hated should have born him [children], and the son of the hated should be firstborn; 005 DEU 021 016 then it shall be that whenever he shall divide by inheritance his goods to his sons, he shall not be able to give the right of the firstborn to the son of the loved one, having overlooked the son of the hated, which is the firstborn. 005 DEU 021 017 But he shall acknowledge the firstborn of the hated one to give to him double of all things which shall be found by him, because he is the first of his children, and to him belongs the birthright. 005 DEU 021 018 And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not listen to them; 005 DEU 021 019 then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place: 005 DEU 021 020 and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler and a drunkard. 005 DEU 021 021 And the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall die; and you shall remove the evil one from yourselves, and the rest shall hear and fear. 005 DEU 021 022 And if there be sin in any one, [and] the judgment of death [be upon him], and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree: 005 DEU 021 023 his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall by all means bury it in that day; for every one that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and you shall by no means defile the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance. 005 DEU 022 001 When you see the calf of your brother or his sheep wandering in the way, you shall not overlook them; you shall by all means turn them back to your brother, and you shall restore them to him. 005 DEU 022 002 And if your brother do not come near you, and you do not know him, you shall bring it into your house within; and it shall be with you until your brother shall seek them, and you shall restore them to him. 005 DEU 022 003 Thus shall you do to his ass, and thus shall you do to his garment, and thus shall you do to every thing that your brother has lost; whatever shall have been lost by him, and you shall have found, you shall not have power to overlook. 005 DEU 022 004 You shall not see the ass of your brother, or his calf, fallen in the way: you shall not overlook them, you shall surely help him to raise them up. 005 DEU 022 005 The apparel of a man shall not be on a woman, neither shall a man put on a woman's dress; for every one that does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 022 006 And if you should come upon a brood of birds before your face in the way or upon any tree, or upon the earth, young or eggs, and the mother be brooding on the young or the eggs, you shall not take the dam with the young ones. 005 DEU 022 007 You shall by all means let the mother go, but you shall take the young to yourself; that it may be well with you, and that you may live long. 005 DEU 022 008 If you should build a new house, then shall you make a parapet to your house; so you shall not bring blood-guiltiness upon your house, if one should in any wise fall from it. 005 DEU 022 009 You shall not sow your vineyard with diverse seed, lest the fruit be devoted, and whatever seed you may sow, with the fruit of your vineyard. 005 DEU 022 010 You shall not plow with an ox and an ass together. 005 DEU 022 011 You shall not wear a mingled [garment], woollen and linen together. 005 DEU 022 012 You shall make fringes on the four borders of your garments, with which soever you may be clothed. 005 DEU 022 013 And if any one should take a wife, and dwell with her, and hate her, 005 DEU 022 014 and attach to her reproachful words, and bring against her an evil name, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her I found not her tokens of virginity: 005 DEU 022 015 then the father and the mother of the damsel shall take and bring out the damsel's tokens of virginity to the elders of the city to the gate. 005 DEU 022 016 And the father of the damsel shall say to the elders, I gave this my daughter to this man for a wife; 005 DEU 022 017 and now he has hated her, and attaches reproachful words to her, saying, I have not found tokens of virginity with your daughter; and these [are] the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall unfold the garment before the elders of the city. 005 DEU 022 018 And the elders of that city shall take that man, and shall chastise him, 005 DEU 022 019 and shall fine him a hundred shekels, and shall give [them] to the father of the damsel, because he has brought forth an evil name against a virgin of Israel; and she shall be his wife: he shall never be able to put her away. 005 DEU 022 020 But if this report be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel; 005 DEU 022 021 then shall they bring out the damsel to the doors of her father's house, and shall stone her with stones, and she shall die; because she has wrought folly among the children of Israel, to defile the house of her father by whoring: so you shall remove the evil one from among you. 005 DEU 022 022 And if a man be found lying with a woman married to a man, you shall kill them both, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you remove the wicked one out of Israel. 005 DEU 022 023 And if there be a young damsel espoused to a man, and a man should have found her in the city and have lain with her; 005 DEU 022 024 you shall bring them both out to the gate of their city, and they shall be stoned with stones, and they shall die; the damsel, because she cried not in the city; and the man, because he humbled his neighbor's spouse: so shall you remove the evil one from yourselves. 005 DEU 022 025 But if a man find in the field a damsel that is betrothed, and he should force her and lie with her, you shall kill the man that lay with her only. 005 DEU 022 026 And the damsel has not [committed] a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbor, and kill him, so [is] this thing; 005 DEU 022 027 because he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to help her. 005 DEU 022 028 And if any one should find a young virgin who has not been betrothed, and should force [her] and lie with her, and be found, 005 DEU 022 029 the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the damsel fifty silver didrachmas, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he shall never be able to put her away. 005 DEU 022 030 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. 005 DEU 023 001 He that is fractured or mutilated in his private parts shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord. 005 DEU 023 002 [One born] of a harlot shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord. 005 DEU 023 003 The Ammanite and Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord, even until the tenth generation he shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord, even for ever: 005 DEU 023 004 because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when you went out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse you. 005 DEU 023 005 But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; and the Lord your God changed the curses into blessings, because the Lord your God loved you. 005 DEU 023 006 You shall not speak peaceably or profitably to them all your days for ever. 005 DEU 023 007 You shall not abhor an Edomite, because he is your brother; you shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a stranger in his land. 005 DEU 023 008 If sons be born to them, in the third generation they shall enter into the assembly of the Lord. 005 DEU 023 009 And if you should go forth to engage with your enemies, then you shall keep you from every wicked thing. 005 DEU 023 010 If there should be in you a man who is not clean by reason of his issue by night, then he shall go forth out of the camp, and he shall not enter into the camp. 005 DEU 023 011 And it shall come to pass toward evening he shall wash his body with water, and when the sun has gone down, he shall go into the camp. 005 DEU 023 012 And you shall have a place outside of the camp, and you shall go out there, 005 DEU 023 013 and you shall have a trowel on your girdle; and it shall come to pass when you would relieve yourself abroad, that you shall dig with it, and shall bring back the earth and cover your nuisance. 005 DEU 023 014 Because the Lord your God walks in your camp to deliver you, and to give up your enemy before your face; and your camp shall be holy, and there shall not appear in you a disgraceful thing, and [so] he shall turn away from you. 005 DEU 023 015 You shall not deliver a servant to his master, who [coming] from his master attaches himself to you. 005 DEU 023 016 He shall dwell with you, he shall dwell among you where he shall please; you shall not afflict him. 005 DEU 023 017 There shall not be a harlot of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a fornicator of the sons of Israel; there shall not be an idolatress of the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be an initiated person of the sons of Israel. 005 DEU 023 018 You shall not bring the hire of a harlot, nor the price of a dog into the house of the Lord your God, for any vow; because even both are an abomination to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 023 019 You shall not lend to your brother on usury of silver, or usury of meat, or usury of any thing which you may lend out. 005 DEU 023 020 You may lend on usury to a stranger, but to your brother you shall not lend on usury; that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works upon the land, into which you are entering to inherit it. 005 DEU 023 021 And if you will vow a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not delay to pay it; for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and [otherwise] it shall be sin in you. 005 DEU 023 022 But if you should be unwilling to vow, it is not sin in you. 005 DEU 023 023 You shall observe the words that proceed from between your lips; and as you have vowed a gift to the Lord God, [so] shall you do that which you have spoken with your mouth. 005 DEU 023 024 And if you should go into the corn field of your neighbor, then you may gather the ears with your hands; but you shall not put the sickle to your neighbor's corn. 005 DEU 023 025 And if you should go into the vineyard of your neighbor, you shall eat grapes sufficient to satisfy your desire; but you may not put them into a vessel. 005 DEU 024 001 And if any one should take a wife, and should dwell with her, then it shall come to pass if she should not have found favor before him, because he has found some unbecoming thing in her, that he shall write for her a bill of divorcement, and give it into her hands, and he shall send her away out of his house. 005 DEU 024 002 And [if] she should go away and be married to another man; 005 DEU 024 003 and the last husband should hate her, and write for her a bill of divorcement; and should give it into her hands, and send her away out of his house, and the last husband should die, who took her to himself for a wife; 005 DEU 024 004 the former husband who sent her away shall not be able to return and take her to himself for a wife, after she has been defiled; because it is an abomination before the Lord your God, and you shall not defile the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit. 005 DEU 024 005 And if any one should have recently taken a wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall any thing be laid upon him; he shall be free in his house; for one year he shall cheer his wife whom he has taken. 005 DEU 024 006 You shall not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge. 005 DEU 024 007 And if a man should be caught stealing one of his brethren of the children of Israel, and having overcome him he should sell him, that thief shall die; so shall you remove that evil one from yourselves. 005 DEU 024 008 Take heed to yourself in [regard of] the plague of leprosy: you shall take great heed to do according to all the law, which the priests the Levites shall report to you; take heed to do, as I have charged you. 005 DEU 024 009 Remember all that the Lord your God did to Mariam in the way, when you were going out of Egypt. 005 DEU 024 010 If your neighbor owe you a debt, any debt whatever, you shall not go into his house to take his pledge: 005 DEU 024 011 you shall stand without, and the man who is in your debt shall bring the pledge out to you. 005 DEU 024 012 And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge. 005 DEU 024 013 You shall surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless you; and it shall be mercy to you before the Lord your God. 005 DEU 024 014 You shall not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of your brethren, or of the strangers who are in your cities. 005 DEU 024 015 You shall pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against you to the Lord, and it shall be sin in you. 005 DEU 024 016 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, and the sons shall not be put to death for the fathers; every one shall be put to death for his own sin. 005 DEU 024 017 You shall not wrest the judgment of the stranger and the fatherless, and widow; you shall not take the widow's garment for a pledge. 005 DEU 024 018 And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you from thence; therefore I charge you to do this thing. 005 DEU 024 019 And when you shall have reaped corn in your field, and shall have forgotten a sheaf in your field, you shall not return to take it; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the works of your hands. 005 DEU 024 020 And if you should gather your olives, you shall not return to collect the remainder; it shall be for the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, and you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing. 005 DEU 024 021 And when soever you shall gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean what you have left; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow: 005 DEU 024 022 and you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this thing. 005 DEU 025 001 And if there should be a dispute between men, and they should come forward to judgment, and [the judges] judge, and justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked: 005 DEU 025 002 then it shall come to pass, if the unrighteous should be worthy of stripes, you shall lay him down before the judges, and they shall scourge him before them according to his iniquity. 005 DEU 025 003 And they shall scourge him with forty stripes in number, they shall not inflict more; for if you should scourge him [with] more stripes beyond these stripes, your brother will be disgraced before you. 005 DEU 025 004 You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn. 005 DEU 025 005 And if brethren should live together, and one of them should die, and should not have seed, the wife of the deceased shall not marry out [of the family] to a man not related: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and shall take her to himself for a wife, and shall dwell with her. 005 DEU 025 006 And it shall come to pass that the child which she shall bear, shall be named by the name of the deceased, and his name shall not be blotted out of Israel. 005 DEU 025 007 And if the man should not be willing to take his brother's wife, then shall the woman go up to the gate to the elders, and she shall say, My husband's brother will not raise up the name of his brother in Israel, my husband's brother has refused. 005 DEU 025 008 And the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him; and if he stand and say, I will not take her: 005 DEU 025 009 then his brother's wife shall come forward before the elders, and shall loose one shoe from off his foot, and shall spit in his face, and shall answer and say, Thus shall they do to the man who will not build his brother's house in Israel. 005 DEU 025 010 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has had his shoe loosed. 005 DEU 025 011 And if men should strive together, a man with his brother, and the wife of one of them should advance to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smites him, and she should stretch forth her hand, and take hold of his private parts; 005 DEU 025 012 you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not spare her. 005 DEU 025 013 You shall not have in your bag various weights, a great and a small. 005 DEU 025 014 You shall not have in your house various measures, a great and a small. 005 DEU 025 015 You shall have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that you may live long upon the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance. 005 DEU 025 016 For every one that does this [is] an abomination to the Lord your God, even every one that does injustice. 005 DEU 025 017 Remember what things Amalec did to you by the way, when you went forth out of the land of Egypt: 005 DEU 025 018 how he withstood you in the way, and harassed your rear, [even] those that were weary behind you, and you did hunger and was weary; and he did not fear God. 005 DEU 025 019 And it shall come to pass whenever the Lord your God shall have given you rest from all your enemies round about you, in the land which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, you shall blot out the name of Amalec from under heaven, and shall not forget [to do it]. 005 DEU 026 001 And it shall be when you shall have entered into the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit it, and you shall have inherited it, and you shall have lived upon it, 005 DEU 026 002 that you shall take of the first of the fruits of your land, which the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put them into a basket, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God shall choose to have his name called there. 005 DEU 026 003 And you shall come to the priest who shall be in those days, and you shall say to him, I testify this day to the Lord my God, that I am come into the land which the Lord sware to our fathers to give to us. 005 DEU 026 004 And the priest shall take the basket out of your hands, and shall set it before the altar of the Lord your God: 005 DEU 026 005 and he shall answer and say before the Lord your God, My father abandoned Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a small number, and became there a mighty nation and a great multitude. 005 DEU 026 006 And the Egyptians afflicted us, and humbled us, and imposed hard tasks on us: 005 DEU 026 007 and we cried to the Lord our God, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our humiliation, and our labor, and our affliction. 005 DEU 026 008 And the Lord brought us out of Egypt himself with his great strength, and his mighty hand, and his high arm, and with great visions, and with signs, and with wonders. 005 DEU 026 009 And he brought us into this place, and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 005 DEU 026 010 And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruits of the land, which you gave me, O Lord, a land flowing with milk and honey: and you shall leave it before the Lord your God, and you shall worship before the Lord your God; 005 DEU 026 011 and you shall rejoice in all the good [things], which the Lord your God has given you, [you] and your family, and the Levite, and the stranger that is within you. 005 DEU 026 012 And when you shall have completed all the tithings of your fruits in the third year, you shall give the second tenth to the Levite, and stranger, and fatherless, and widow; and they shall eat it in your cities, and be merry. 005 DEU 026 013 And you shall say before the Lord your God, I have fully collected the holy things out of my house, and I have given them to the Levite, and the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, according to all commands which you did command me: I did not transgress your command, and I did not forget it. 005 DEU 026 014 And in my distress I did not eat of them, I have not gathered of them for an unclean purpose, I have not given of them to the dead; I have listened to the voice of the Lord our God, I have done as you have commanded me. 005 DEU 026 015 Look down from your holy house, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land which you have given them, as you did swear to our fathers, to give to us a land flowing with milk and honey. 005 DEU 026 016 On this day the Lord your God charged you to keep all the ordinances and judgments; and you shall observe and do them, with all your heart, and with all your soul. 005 DEU 026 017 You have chosen God this day to be your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to observe his ordinances and judgments, and to listen to his voice. 005 DEU 026 018 And the Lord has chosen you this day that you should be to him a peculiar people, as he said, to keep his commands; 005 DEU 026 019 and that you should be above all nations, as he has made you renowned, and a boast, and glorious, that you should be a holy people to the Lord your God, as he has spoken. 005 DEU 027 001 And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded, saying, Keep all these commands, all that I command you this day. 005 DEU 027 002 And it shall come to pass in the day when you shall cross over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God gives you, that you shall set up for yourself great stones, and shall plaster them with plaster. 005 DEU 027 003 And you shall write on these stones all the words of this law, as soon as you have crossed Jordan, when you are entered into the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, according as the Lord God of your fathers said to you. 005 DEU 027 004 And it shall be as soon as you are gone over Jordan, you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, on mount Gaebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster. 005 DEU 027 005 And you shall build there an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not lift up iron upon it. 005 DEU 027 006 Of whole stones shall you build an altar to the Lord your God, and you shall offer upon it whole burnt offerings to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 027 007 And you shall there offer a peace-offering; and you shall eat and be filled, and rejoice before the Lord your God. 005 DEU 027 008 And you shall write upon the stones all this law very plainly. 005 DEU 027 009 And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Be silent and hear, O Israel; this day you are become a people to the Lord your God. 005 DEU 027 010 And you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and shall do all his commands, and his ordinances, as many as I command you this day. 005 DEU 027 011 And Moses charged the people on that day, saying, 005 DEU 027 012 These shall stand to bless the people on mount Garizin having gone over Jordan; Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. 005 DEU 027 013 And these shall stand for cursing on mount Gaebal; Ruben, Gad, and Aser, Zabulon, Dan, and Nephthali. 005 DEU 027 014 And the Levites shall answer and say to all Israel with a loud voice, 005 DEU 027 015 Cursed [is] the man whoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 016 Cursed is the man that dishonors his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 017 Cursed is he that removes his neighbor's landmarks: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 018 Cursed is he that makes the blind to wander in the way: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 019 Cursed is every one that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 020 Cursed is he that lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 021 Cursed is he that lies with any beast: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 022 Cursed is he that lies with his sister by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 023 Cursed is he that lies with his daughter-in-law: and all the people shall say, So be it. Cursed is he that lies with his wife's sister: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 024 Cursed is he that smites his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 025 Cursed is he whoever shall have taken a bribe to kill an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 027 026 Cursed is every man that continues not in all the words of this law to do them: and all the people shall say, So be it. 005 DEU 028 001 And it shall come to pass, if you will indeed hear the voice of the Lord your God, to observe and do all these commands, which I charge you this day, that the Lord your God shall set you on high above all the nations of the earth; 005 DEU 028 002 and all these blessings shall come upon you, and shall find you. If you will indeed hear the voice of the Lord your God, 005 DEU 028 003 blessed [shall] you [be] in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. 005 DEU 028 004 Blessed shall be the offspring of your body, and the fruits of your land, and the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep. 005 DEU 028 005 Blessed shall be your barns, and your stores. 005 DEU 028 006 Blessed shall you be in your coming in, and blessed shall you be in your going out. 005 DEU 028 007 The Lord deliver your enemies that withstand you utterly broken before your face: they shall come out against you one way, and they shall flee seven ways from before you. 005 DEU 028 008 The Lord send upon you his blessing in your barns, and on all on which you shall put your hand, in the land which the Lord your God gives you. 005 DEU 028 009 The Lord raise you up for himself a holy people, as he sware to your fathers; if you will hear the voice of the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways. 005 DEU 028 010 And all the nations of the earth shall see you, that the name of the Lord is called upon you, and they shall stand in awe of you. 005 DEU 028 011 And the Lord your God shall multiply you for good in the offspring of your body, and in the offspring of your cattle, and in the fruits of your land, on your land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to you. 005 DEU 028 012 May the Lord open to you his good treasure, the heaven, to give rain to your land in season: may he bless all the works of your hands: so shall you lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you. 005 DEU 028 013 The Lord your God make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall then be above and you shall not be below, if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, in all things that I charge you this day to observe. 005 DEU 028 014 You shall not turn aside from any of the commandments, which I charge you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 005 DEU 028 015 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to observe all his commandments, as many as I charge you this day, then all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you. 005 DEU 028 016 Cursed [shall] you [be] in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. 005 DEU 028 017 Cursed shall be your barns and your stores. 005 DEU 028 018 Cursed shall be the offspring of your body, and the fruits of your land, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep. 005 DEU 028 019 Cursed shall you be in your coming in, and cursed shall you be in your going out. 005 DEU 028 020 The Lord send upon you lack, and famine, and consumption of all things on which you shall put your hand, until he shall have utterly destroyed you, and until he shall have consumed you quickly because of your evil devices, because you have forsaken me. 005 DEU 028 021 The Lord cause the pestilence to cleave to you, until he shall have consumed you off the land into which you go to inherit it. 005 DEU 028 022 The Lord strike you with distress, and fever, and cold, and inflammation, and blighting, and paleness, and they shall pursue you until they have destroyed you. 005 DEU 028 023 And you shall have over your head a sky of brass, and the earth under you shall be iron. 005 DEU 028 024 The Lord your God make the rain of your land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed you, and until it shall have quickly consumed you. 005 DEU 028 025 The Lord give you up for slaughter before your enemies: you shall go out against them one way, and flee from their face seven ways; and you shall be a dispersion in all the kingdoms of the earth. 005 DEU 028 026 And your dead men shall be food to the birds of the sky, and to the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to scare them away. 005 DEU 028 027 The Lord strike you with the botch of Egypt in the seat, and with a malignant scab, and itch, so that you can not be healed. 005 DEU 028 028 The Lord strike you with insanity, and blindness, and astonishment of mind. 005 DEU 028 029 And you shall grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways; and then you shall be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper. 005 DEU 028 030 you shall take a wife, and another man shall have her; you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes of it. 005 DEU 028 031 Your calf [shall be] slain before you, and you shall not eat of it; your ass shall be violently taken away from you, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have no helper. 005 DEU 028 032 Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another nation, and your eyes wasting away shall look for them: your hand shall have no strength. 005 DEU 028 033 A nation which you know not shall eat the produce of your land, and all your labors; and you shall be injured and crushed always. 005 DEU 028 034 And you shall be distracted, because of the sights of your eyes which you shall see. 005 DEU 028 035 The Lord strike you with an evil sore, on the knees and the legs, so that you shall not be able to be healed from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head. 005 DEU 028 036 The Lord carry away you and your princes, whom you shall set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers know; and you shall there serve other gods, wood and stone. 005 DEU 028 037 An you shall be there for a wonder, and a parable, and a tale, among all the nations, to which the Lord your God shall carry you away. 005 DEU 028 038 You shall carry forth much seed into the field, and you shall bring in little, because the locust shall devour it. 005 DEU 028 039 You shall plant a vineyard, and dress it, and shall not drink the wine, neither shall you delight yourself with it, because the worm shall devour it. 005 DEU 028 040 You shall have olive trees in all your borders, and you shall not anoint you with oil, because your olive shall utterly cast [its fruit]. 005 DEU 028 041 You shall beget sons and daughters, and they shall not be [your], for they shall depart into captivity. 005 DEU 028 042 All your trees and the fruits of your land shall the blight consume. 005 DEU 028 043 The stranger that is within you shall get up very high, and you shall come down very low. 005 DEU 028 044 He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. 005 DEU 028 045 And all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and shall overtake you, until he shall have consumed you, and until he shall have destroyed you; because you did not listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commands, and his ordinances which he has commanded you. 005 DEU 028 046 And [these things] shall be signs in you, and wonders among your seed for ever; 005 DEU 028 047 because you did not serve the Lord your God with gladness and a good heart, because of the abundance of all things. 005 DEU 028 048 And you shall serve your enemies, which the Lord will send forth against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and you shall wear upon your neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed you. 005 DEU 028 049 The Lord shall bring upon you a nation from the extremity of the earth, like the swift flying of an eagle, a nation whose voice you shall not understand; 005 DEU 028 050 a nation bold in countenance, which shall not respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young. 005 DEU 028 051 And it shall eat up the young of your cattle, and the fruits of your land, so as not to leave to you corn, wine, oil, the herds of your oxen, and the flocks of your sheep, until it shall have destroyed you; 005 DEU 028 052 and have utterly crushed you in your cities, until the high and strong walls be destroyed, in which you trust, in all your land; and it shall afflict you in your cities, which he has given to you. 005 DEU 028 053 And you shall eat the fruit of your body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, all that he has given you, in your straitness and your affliction, with which your enemy shall afflict you. 005 DEU 028 054 He that is tender and very delicate within you shall look with an evil eye upon his brother, and the wife in his bosom, and the children that are left, which may have been left to him; 005 DEU 028 055 so as [not] to give to one of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eat, because of his having nothing left him in your straitness, and in your affliction, with which your enemies shall afflict you in all your cities. 005 DEU 028 056 And she that is tender and delicate among you, whose foot has not assayed to go upon the earth for delicacy and tenderness, shall look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and her son and her daughter, 005 DEU 028 057 and her offspring that comes out between her feet, and the child which she shall bear; for she shall eat them because of the lack of all things, secretly in your straitness, and in your affliction, with which your enemy shall afflict you in your cities. 005 DEU 028 058 If you will not listen to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord your God; 005 DEU 028 059 then the Lord shall magnify your plagues, and the plagues of your seed, great and wonderful plagues, and evil and dwelling diseases. 005 DEU 028 060 And he shall bring upon you all the evil pain of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cleave to you. 005 DEU 028 061 And the Lord shall bring upon you every sickness, and every plague that is not written, and every one that is written in the book of this law, until he shall have destroyed you. 005 DEU 028 062 And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of the sky in multitude; because you did not listen to the voice of the Lord your God. 005 DEU 028 063 And it shall come 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 destroy you; and you shall be quickly removed from the land, into which you go to inherit it. 005 DEU 028 064 And the Lord your God shall scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other; and you shall there serve other gods, wood and stone, which you have not known, nor your fathers. 005 DEU 028 065 Moreover among those nations he will not give you quiet, neither by any means shall the sole of your foot have rest; and the Lord shall give you there another and a misgiving heart, and failing eyes, and a wasting soul. 005 DEU 028 066 And your life shall be in suspense before your eyes; and you shall be afraid by day and by night, and you shall have no assurance of your life. 005 DEU 028 067 In the morning you shall say, Would it were evening! and in the evening you shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your heart with which you shall fear, and for the sights of your eyes which you shall see. 005 DEU 028 068 And the Lord shall bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said, You shall not see it again; and you shall be sold there to your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and none shall buy you. 005 DEU 029 001 These [are] the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Choreb. 005 DEU 029 002 And Moses called all the sons of Israel and said to them, You have seen all things that the Lord did in the land of Egypt before you to Pharao and his servants, and all his land; 005 DEU 029 003 the great temptations which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders. 005 DEU 029 004 Yet the Lord God has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, until this day. 005 DEU 029 005 And he led you forty years in the wilderness; your garments did not grow old, and your sandals were not worn away off your feet. 005 DEU 029 006 You did not eat bread, you did not drink wine or strong drink, that you might know that I [am] the Lord your God. 005 DEU 029 007 And you came as far as this place; and there came forth Seon king of Esebon, and Og king of Basan, to meet us in war. 005 DEU 029 008 And we struck them and took their land, and I gave it for an inheritance to Ruben and Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasse. 005 DEU 029 009 And you shall take heed to do all the words of this covenant, that you may understand all things that you shall do. 005 DEU 029 010 You all stand today before the Lord your God, the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, every man of Israel, 005 DEU 029 011 your wives, and your children, and the stranger who is in the midst of your camp, from your hewer of wood even to your drawer of water, 005 DEU 029 012 that you should enter into the covenant of the Lord your God and into his oaths, as many as the Lord your God appoints you this day; 005 DEU 029 013 that he may appoint you to himself for a people, and he shall be your God, as he said to you, and as he sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob. 005 DEU 029 014 And I do not appoint to you alone this covenant and this oath; 005 DEU 029 015 but to those also who are here with you today before the Lord your God, and to those who are not here with you today. 005 DEU 029 016 For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, how we came through the midst of the nations through whom you came. 005 DEU 029 017 And you saw their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which are among them. 005 DEU 029 018 Lest there be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart has turned aside from the Lord your God, having gone to serve the gods of these nations; lest there be in you a root springing up with gall and bitterness. 005 DEU 029 019 And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with [him]: 005 DEU 029 020 God shall by no means be willing to pardon him, but then the wrath of the Lord and his jealousy shall flame out against that man; and all the curses of this covenant shall attach themselves to him, which are written in this book, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven. 005 DEU 029 021 And the Lord shall separate that man for evil of all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in the book of this law. 005 DEU 029 022 And another generation shall say—even your sons who shall rise up after you, and the stranger who shall come from a land afar off, and shall see the plagues of that land and their diseases, which the Lord has sent upon it, 005 DEU 029 023 brimstone and burning salt, (the whole land shall not be sown, neither shall any green thing spring, nor rise upon it, as Sodom and Gomorrha were overthrown, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew in his wrath and anger: )— 005 DEU 029 024 and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what [is] this great fierceness of anger? 005 DEU 029 025 And [men] shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, the things which he appointed to their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt: 005 DEU 029 026 and they went and served other gods, which they knew not, neither did he assign [them] to them. 005 DEU 029 027 And the Lord was exceedingly angry with that land to bring upon it according to all the curses which are written in the book of this law. 005 DEU 029 028 And the Lord removed them from their land in anger, and wrath, and very great indignation, and cast them out into another land as at present. 005 DEU 029 029 The secret things [belong] to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed [belong] to us and to our children for ever, to do all the words of this law. 005 DEU 030 001 And it shall come to pass when all these things shall have come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before your face, and you shall call [them] to mind among all the nations, wherein the Lord shall have scattered you, 005 DEU 030 002 and shall return to the Lord your God, and shall listen to his voice, according to all things which I charge you this day, with all your heart, and with all your soul; 005 DEU 030 003 then the Lord shall heal your iniquities, and shall pity you, and shall again gather you out from all the nations, among which the Lord has scattered you. 005 DEU 030 004 If your dispersion be from one end of heaven to the other, thence will the Lord your God gather you, and thence will the Lord your God take you. 005 DEU 030 005 And the Lord your God shall bring you in from thence into the land which your fathers have inherited, and you shall inherit it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers. 005 DEU 030 006 And the Lord shall purge your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live. 005 DEU 030 007 And the Lord your God will put these curses upon your enemies, and upon those that hate you, who have persecuted you. 005 DEU 030 008 And you shall return and listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and shall keep his commands, all that I charge you this day. 005 DEU 030 009 And the Lord your God shall bless you in every work of your hands, in the offspring of your body, and in the offspring of your cattle, and in the fruits of your land, because the Lord your God will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers: 005 DEU 030 010 if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments, and his ordinances, and his judgments written in the book of this law, if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul. 005 DEU 030 011 For this command which I give you this day is not grievous, neither is it far from you. 005 DEU 030 012 It is not in heaven above, [as if there were one] saying, Who shall go up for us into heaven, and shall take it for us, and we will hear and do it? 005 DEU 030 013 Neither is it beyond the sea, saying, Who will go over for us to the other side of the sea, and take it for us, and make it audible to us, and we will do it? 005 DEU 030 014 The word is very near you, in your mouth, and in your heart, and in your hands to do it. 005 DEU 030 015 Behold, I have set before you this day life and death, good and evil. 005 DEU 030 016 If you will listen to the commands of the Lord your God, which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his ordinances, and his judgments; then you shall live, and shall be many in number, and the Lord your God shall bless you in all the land into which you go to inherit it. 005 DEU 030 017 But if your heart change, and you will not listen, and you shall go astray and worship other gods, and serve them, 005 DEU 030 018 I declare to you this day, that you shall utterly perish, and you shall by no means live long upon the land, into which you go over Jordan to inherit it. 005 DEU 030 019 I call both heaven and earth to witness this day against you, I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: choose you life, that you and your seed may live; 005 DEU 030 020 to love the Lord your God, to listen to his voice, and cleave to him; for this [is] your life, and the length of your days, that you should dwell upon the land, which the Lord sware to your fathers, Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them. 005 DEU 031 001 And Moses finished speaking all these words to all the children of Israel; 005 DEU 031 002 and said to them, I am this day a hundred and twenty years [old]; I shall not be able any longer to come in or go out; and the Lord said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan. 005 DEU 031 003 The Lord your God who goes before you, he shall destroy these nations before you, and you shall inherit them: and [it shall be] Joshua that goes before your face, as the Lord has spoken. 005 DEU 031 004 And the Lord your God shall do to them as he did to Seon and Og the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, and to their land, as he destroyed them. 005 DEU 031 005 And the Lord has delivered them to you; and you shall do to them, as I charged you. 005 DEU 031 006 Be courageous and strong, fear not, neither be cowardly neither be afraid before them; for [it is] the Lord your God that advances with you in the midst of you, neither will he by any means forsake you, nor desert you. 005 DEU 031 007 And Moses called Joshua, and said to him before all Israel, Be courageous and strong; for you shall go in before this people into the land which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, and you shall give it to them for an inheritance. 005 DEU 031 008 And the Lord that goes with you shall not forsake you nor abandon you; fear not, neither be afraid. 005 DEU 031 009 And Moses wrote the words of this law in a book, and gave it to the priests the sons of Levi who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the sons of Israel. 005 DEU 031 010 And Moses charged them in that day, saying, After seven years, in the time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 005 DEU 031 011 when all Israel come together to appear before the Lord your God, in the place which the Lord shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their ears, 005 DEU 031 012 having assembled the people, the men, and the women, and the children, and the stranger that is in your cities, that they may hear, and that they may learn to fear the Lord your God; and they shall listen to do all the words of this law. 005 DEU 031 013 And their sons who have not known shall hear, and shall learn to fear the Lord your God all the days that they live upon the land, into which you go over Jordan to inherit it. 005 DEU 031 014 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, the days of your death are at hand; call Joshua, and stand you by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and I will give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went to the tabernacle of testimony, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony. 005 DEU 031 015 And the Lord descended in a cloud, and stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony; and the pillar of the cloud stood by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony. 005 DEU 031 016 And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will arise and go a whoring after the strange gods of the land, into which they are entering: and they will forsake me, and break my covenant, which I made with them. 005 DEU 031 017 And I will be very angry with them in that day, and I will leave them and turn my face away from them, and they shall be devoured; and many evils and afflictions shall come upon them; and they shall say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have come upon me. 005 DEU 031 018 And I will surely turn away my face from them in that day, because of all their evil doings which they have done, because they turned aside after strange gods. 005 DEU 031 019 And now write the words of this song, and teach it to the children of Israel, and you shall put it into their mouth, that this song may witness for me among the children of Israel to their face. 005 DEU 031 020 For I will bring them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers, to give to them a land flowing with milk and honey: and they shall eat and be filled and satisfy [themselves]; then will they turn aside after other gods, and serve them, and they will provoke me, and break my covenant. 005 DEU 031 021 And this song shall stand up to witness against them; for they shall not forget it out of their mouth, or out of the mouth of their seed; for I know their wickedness, what they are doing here this day, before I have brought them into the good land, which I sware to their fathers. 005 DEU 031 022 And Moses wrote this song in that day, and taught it to the children of Israel. 005 DEU 031 023 And he charged Joshua, and said, Be courageous and strong, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land, which the Lord sware to them, and he shall be with you. 005 DEU 031 024 And when Moses finished writing all the words of this law in a book, even to the end, 005 DEU 031 025 then he charged the Levites who bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying, 005 DEU 031 026 Take the book of this law, and you shall put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; and it shall be there among you for a testimony. 005 DEU 031 027 For I know your provocation, and your stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, you have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall you not also be so after my death? 005 DEU 031 028 Gather together to me the heads of your tribes, and your elders, and your judges, and your officers, that I may speak in their ears all these words; and I call both heaven and earth to witness against them. 005 DEU 031 029 For I know that after my death you will utterly transgress, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you; and evils shall come upon you in the latter days, because you will do evil before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of your hands. And Moses spoke all the words of this song even to the end, in the ears of the whole assembly. 005 DEU 032 001 Attend, O heaven, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words out of my mouth. 005 DEU 032 002 Let my speech be looked for as the rain, and my words come down as dew, as the shower upon the herbage, and as snow upon the grass. 005 DEU 032 003 For I have called on the name of the Lord: assign you greatness to our God. 005 DEU 032 004 [As for God], his works [are] true, and all his ways [are] judgment: God [is] faithful, and there is no unrighteousness [in him]; just and holy [is] the Lord. 005 DEU 032 005 They have sinned, not [pleasing] him; spotted children, a froward and perverse generation. 005 DEU 032 006 Do you thus recompense the Lord? [is the] people thus foolish and unwise? did not he himself your father purchase you, and make you, and form you? 005 DEU 032 007 Remember the days of old, consider the years for past ages: ask your father, and he shall relate to you, your elders, and they shall tell you. 005 DEU 032 008 When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the nations according to the number of the angels of God. 005 DEU 032 009 And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, Israel was the line of his inheritance. 005 DEU 032 010 He maintained him in the wilderness, in burning thirst and a dry land: he led him about and instructed him, and kept him as the apple of an eye. 005 DEU 032 011 As an eagle would watch over his brood, and yearns over his young, receives them having spread his wings, and takes them up on his back: 005 DEU 032 012 the Lord alone led them, there was no strange god with them. 005 DEU 032 013 He brought them up on the strength of the land; he fed them with the fruits of the fields; they sucked honey out of the rock, and oil out of the solid rock. 005 DEU 032 014 Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, with the fat of lambs and rams, of calves and kids, with fat of kidneys of wheat; and he drank wine, the blood of the grape. 005 DEU 032 015 So Jacob ate and was filled, and the beloved one kicked; he grew fat, he became thick and broad: then he forsook the God that made him, and departed from God his Saviour. 005 DEU 032 016 They provoked me to anger with strange gods; with their abominations they bitterly angered me. 005 DEU 032 017 They sacrificed to devils, and not to God; to gods whom they knew not: new and fresh [gods] came in, whom their fathers knew not. 005 DEU 032 018 You have forsaken God that begot you, and forgotten God who feeds you. 005 DEU 032 019 And the Lord saw, and was jealous; and was provoked by the anger of his sons and daughters, 005 DEU 032 020 and said, I will turn away my face from them, and will show what shall happen to them in the last days; for it is a perverse generation, sons in whom is no faith. 005 DEU 032 021 They have provoked me to jealousy with [that which is] not God, they have exasperated me with their idols; and I will provoke them to jealousy with them that are no nation, I will anger them with a nation void of understanding. 005 DEU 032 022 For a fire has been kindled out of my wrath, it shall burn to hell below; it shall devour the land, and the fruits of it; it shall set on fire the foundations of the mountains. 005 DEU 032 023 I will gather evils upon them, and will fight with my weapons against them. 005 DEU 032 024 [They shall be] consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds, and there shall be irremediable destruction: I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts, with the rage of [serpents] creeping on the ground. 005 DEU 032 025 Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, and terror [shall issue] out of the secret chambers; the young man shall perish with the virgin, the suckling with him who has grown old. 005 DEU 032 026 I said, I will scatter them, and I will cause their memorial to cease from among men. 005 DEU 032 027 Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long, lest their enemies should combine against them; lest they should say, Our own high arm, and not the Lord, has done all these things. 005 DEU 032 028 It is a nation that has lost counsel, neither is there understanding in them. 005 DEU 032 029 They had not sense to understand: let them reserve these things against the time to come. 005 DEU 032 030 How should one pursue a thousand, and two rout tens of thousands, if God had not sold them, and the Lord delivered them up? 005 DEU 032 031 For their gods are not as our God, but our enemies [are] void of understanding. 005 DEU 032 032 For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and their vine-branch of Gomorrha: their grape [is] a grape of gall, their cluster [is] one of bitterness. 005 DEU 032 033 Their wine [is] the rage of serpents, and the incurable rage of asps. 005 DEU 032 034 Behold! are not these things stored up by me, and sealed among my treasures? 005 DEU 032 035 In the day of vengeance I will recompense, whenever their foot shall be tripped up; for the day of their destruction [is] near to them, and the judgments at hand are close upon you. 005 DEU 032 036 For the Lord shall judge his people, and shall be comforted over his servants; for he saw that they were utterly weakened, and failed in the hostile invasion, and were become feeble: 005 DEU 032 037 and the Lord said, Where are their gods on whom they trusted? 005 DEU 032 038 the fat of whose sacrifices you ate, and you drank the wine of their drink-offerings? let them arise and help you, and be your protectors. 005 DEU 032 039 Behold, behold that I am [he], and there is no god beside me: I kill, and I will make to live: I will strike, and I will heal; and there is none who shall deliver out of my hands. 005 DEU 032 040 For I will lift up my hand to heaven, and swear by my right hand, and I will say, I live for ever. 005 DEU 032 041 For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand shall take hold of judgment; and I will render judgment to my enemies, and will recompense them that hate me. 005 DEU 032 042 I will make my weapons drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, [it shall glut itself] with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity of the heads of [their] enemies that rule over them. 005 DEU 032 043 Rejoice, you heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; rejoice you Gentiles, with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him; and the Lord shall purge the land of his people. 005 DEU 032 044 And Moses wrote this song in that day, and taught it to the children of Israel; and Moses went in and spoke all the words of this law in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the [son] of Naue. 005 DEU 032 045 And Moses finished speaking to all Israel. 005 DEU 032 046 And he said to them, Take heed with your heart to all these words, which I testify to you this day, which you shall command your sons, to observe and do all the words of this law. 005 DEU 032 047 For this [is] no vain word to you; for it [is] your life, and because of this word you shall live long upon the land, into which you go over Jordan to inherit it. 005 DEU 032 048 And the Lord spoke to Moses in this day, saying, 005 DEU 032 049 Go up to the mount Abarim, this mountain Nabau which is in the land of Moab over against Jericho, and behold the land of Chanaan, which I give to the sons of Israel: 005 DEU 032 050 and die in the mount whither you go up, and be added to your people; as Aaron your brother died in mount Or, and was added to his people. 005 DEU 032 051 Because you disobeyed my word among the children of Israel, at the waters of strife of Cades in the wilderness of Sin; because you sanctified me not among the sons of Israel. 005 DEU 032 052 You shall see the land before [you], but you shall not enter into it. 005 DEU 033 001 And this [is] the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 005 DEU 033 002 And he said, The Lord is come from Sina, and has appeared from Seir to us, and has hasted out of the mount of Pharan, with the ten thousands of Cades; on his right hand [were] his angels with him. 005 DEU 033 003 And he spared his people, and all his sanctified ones [are] under your hands; and they are under you; and he received of his words 005 DEU 033 004 the law which Moses charged us, an inheritance to the assemblies of Jacob. 005 DEU 033 005 And he shall be prince with the beloved one, when the princes of the people are gathered together with the tribes of Israel. 005 DEU 033 006 Let Ruben live, and not die; and let him be many in number. 005 DEU 033 007 And this [is the blessing] of Juda; Hear, Lord, the voice of Juda, and do you visit his people: his hands shall contend for him, and you shall be a help from his enemies. 005 DEU 033 008 And to Levi he said, Give to Levi his manifestations, and his truth to the holy man, whom they tempted in the temptation; they reviled him at the water of strife. 005 DEU 033 009 Who says to his father and mother, I have not seen you; and he knew not his brethren, and he refused to know his sons: he kept your oracles, and observed your covenant. 005 DEU 033 010 They shall declare your ordinances to Jacob, and your law to Israel: they shall place incense in [the time of] your wrath continually upon your altar. 005 DEU 033 011 Bless, Lord, his strength, and accept the works of his hands; break the loins of his enemies that have risen up against him, and let not them that hate him rise up. 005 DEU 033 012 And to Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in confidence, and God overshadows him always, and he rested between his shoulders. 005 DEU 033 013 And to Joseph he said, His land [is] of the blessing of the Lord, of the seasons of sky and dew, and of the deeps of wells below, 005 DEU 033 014 and of the fruits of the changes of the sun in season, and of the produce of the months, 005 DEU 033 015 from the top of the ancient mountains, and from the top of the everlasting hills, 005 DEU 033 016 and of the fullness of the land in season: and let the things pleasing to him that lived in the bush come on the head of Joseph, and on the crown [of him who was] glorified above his brethren. 005 DEU 033 017 His beauty [is as] the firstling of his bull, his horns [are] the horns of a unicorn; with them he shall thrust the nations at once, even from the end of the earth: these [are] the ten thousands of Ephraim, and these [are] the thousands of Manasse. 005 DEU 033 018 And to Zabulon he said, Rejoice, Zabulon, in your going out, and Issachar in his tents. 005 DEU 033 019 They shall utterly destroy the nations, and you shall call [men] there, and there offer the sacrifice of righteousness; for the wealth of the sea shall suckle you, and so shall the marts of them that dwell by the sea-coast. 005 DEU 033 020 And to Gad he said, Blessed [be] he that enlarges Gad: as a lion he rested, having broken the arm and the ruler. 005 DEU 033 021 And he saw his first fruits, that there the land of the princes gathered with the chiefs of the people was divided; the Lord wrought righteousness, and his judgment with Israel. 005 DEU 033 022 And to Dan he said, Dan [is] a lion's whelp, and shall leap out of Basan. 005 DEU 033 023 And to Nephthali he said, Nephthali [has] the fulness of good things; and let him be filled with blessing from the Lord: he shall inherit the west and the south. 005 DEU 033 024 And to Aser he said, Aser [is] blessed with children; and he shall be acceptable to his brethren: he shall dip his foot in oil. 005 DEU 033 025 His sandal shall be iron and brass; as your days, so [shall be] your strength. 005 DEU 033 026 There is not [any such] as the God of the beloved; he who rides upon the heaven [is] your helper, and the magnificent One of the firmament. 005 DEU 033 027 And the rule of God shall protect you, and [that] under the strength of the everlasting arms; and he shall cast forth the enemy from before your face, saying, Perish. 005 DEU 033 028 And Israel shall dwell in confidence alone on the land of Jacob, with corn and wine; and the sky [shall be] misty with dew upon you. 005 DEU 033 029 Blessed [are] you, O Israel; who [is] like to you, O people saved by the Lord? your helper shall hold his shield over you, and [his] sword [is] your boast; and your enemies shall speak falsely to you, and you shall tread upon their neck. 005 DEU 034 001 And Moses went up from Araboth Moab to the mount of Nabau, to the top of Phasga, which is before Jericho; and the Lord showed him all the mount of Galaad to Dan, and all the land of Nephthali, 005 DEU 034 002 and all the land of Ephraim and Manasse, and all the land of Juda to the farthest sea; 005 DEU 034 003 and the wilderness, and the country round about Jericho, the city of palm-trees, to Segor. 005 DEU 034 004 And the Lord said to Moses, This [is] the land of which I sware to Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your seed will I give it: and I have showed it to your eyes, but you shall not go in there. 005 DEU 034 005 So Moses the servant of the Lord died in the land of Moab by the word of the Lord. 005 DEU 034 006 And they buried him in Gai near the house of Phogor; and no one has seen his sepulchre to this day. 005 DEU 034 007 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old at his death; his eyes were not dimmed, nor were his natural powers destroyed. 005 DEU 034 008 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in Araboth of Moab at Jordan near Jericho thirty days; and the days of the sad mourning for Moses were completed. 005 DEU 034 009 And Joshua the son of Naue was filled with the spirit of knowledge, for Moses had laid his hands upon him; and the children of Israel listened to him; and they did as the Lord commanded Moses. 005 DEU 034 010 And there rose up no more a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, 005 DEU 034 011 in all the signs and wonders, which the Lord sent him to work in Egypt on Pharao, and his servants, and all his land; 005 DEU 034 012 the great wonders, and the mighty hand which Moses displayed before all Israel. # # BOOK 006 JOS Joshua Joshua 006 JOS 001 001 And it came to pass after the death of Moses, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Naue, the minister of Moses, saying, 006 JOS 001 002 Moses my servant is dead; now then arise, go over Jordan, you and all this people, into the land, which I give them. 006 JOS 001 003 Every spot on which you shall tread I will give it to you, as I said to Moses. 006 JOS 001 004 The wilderness and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the extremity of the sea; your costs shall be from the setting of the sun. 006 JOS 001 005 Not a man shall stand against you all the days of your life; and as I was with Moses, so will I also be with you, and I will not fail you, or neglect you. 006 JOS 001 006 Be strong and 'quit yourself like a man, for you shall divide the land to this people, which I sware to give to your fathers. 006 JOS 001 007 Be strong, therefore, and quit yourself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded you; and you shall not turn therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that you may be wise in whatever you may do. 006 JOS 001 008 And the book of this law shall not depart out of your mouth, and you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may know how to do all the things that are written [in it]; then shall you prosper, and make your ways prosperous, and then shall you be wise. 006 JOS 001 009 Behold! I have commanded you; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord your God is with you in all places whither you go. 006 JOS 001 010 And Joshua commanded the scribes of the people, saying, 006 JOS 001 011 Go into the midst of the camp of the people, and command the people, saying, Prepare provisions; for yet three days and you shall go over this Jordan, entering in to take possession of the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives to you. 006 JOS 001 012 And to Ruben, and to Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasse, Joshua said, 006 JOS 001 013 Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, the Lord your God has caused you to rest, and has given you this land. 006 JOS 001 014 Let your wives and your children and your cattle dwell in the land, which he has given you; and you shall go over well armed before your brethren, every one of you who is strong; and you shall fight on their side; 006 JOS 001 015 until the Lord your God shall have given your brethren rest, as also to you, and they also shall have inherited the land, which the Lord your God gives them; then you shall depart each one to his inheritance, which Moses gave you beyond Jordan eastward. 006 JOS 001 016 And they answered Joshua and said, We will do all things which you command us, and we will go to every place whither you shall send us. 006 JOS 001 017 Whereinsoever we listened to Moses we will listen to you; only let the Lord our God be with you, as he was with Moses. 006 JOS 001 018 And whoever shall disobey you, and whoever shall not listen to your words as you shall command him, let him die; but be you strong and courageous. 006 JOS 002 001 And Joshua the son of Naue sent out of Sattin two young men to spy [the land], saying, Go up and view the land and Jericho: and the two young men went and entered into Jericho; and they entered into the house of a harlot, whose name [was] Raab, and lodged there. 006 JOS 002 002 An it was reported to the king of Jericho, saying, Men of the sons of Israel have come in hither to spy the land. 006 JOS 002 003 And the king of Jericho sent and spoke to Raab, saying, Bring out the men that entered into your house this night; for they are come to spy out the land. 006 JOS 002 004 And the woman took the two men and hid them; and she spoke to the messengers, saying, The men came in to me, 006 JOS 002 005 but when the gate was shut in the evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if you may overtake them. 006 JOS 002 006 But she [had] brought them up upon the house, and hid them in the flax-stalks that were spread by her on the house. 006 JOS 002 007 And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut. 006 JOS 002 008 And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house; 006 JOS 002 009 and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us. 006 JOS 002 010 For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before you, when you came out of the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. 006 JOS 002 011 And when we heard it we were amazed in our heart, and there was no longer any spirit in any of us because of you, for the Lord your god [is] God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath. 006 JOS 002 012 And now swear to me by the Lord God; since I deal mercifully with you, so do you also deal mercifully with the house of my father: 006 JOS 002 013 and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brethren, and all my house, and all that they have, and you shall rescue my soul from death. 006 JOS 002 014 And the men said to her, Our life for yours [even] to death: and she said, When the Lord shall have delivered the city to you, you shall deal mercifully and truly with me. 006 JOS 002 015 And she let them down by the window; 006 JOS 002 016 and she said to them, Depart into the hill-country, lest the pursuers meet you, and you shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterwards you shall depart on your way. 006 JOS 002 017 And the men said to her, We are clear of this your oath. 006 JOS 002 018 Behold, we shall enter into a part of the city, and you shall set a sign; you shall bind this scarlet cord in the window, by which you have let us down, and you shall bring in to yourself, into your house, your father, and your mother, and your brethren, and all the family of your father. 006 JOS 002 019 And it shall come to pass that whoever shall go outside the door of your house, his guilt shall be upon him, and we shall be quit of this your oath; and we will be responsible for all that shall be found with you in your house. 006 JOS 002 020 But if any one should injure us, or betray these our matters, we shall be quit of this your oath. 006 JOS 002 021 And she said to them, Let it be according to your word; and she sent them out, and they departed. 006 JOS 002 022 And they came to the hill-country, and remained there three days; and the pursuers searched all the roads, and found them not. 006 JOS 002 023 And the two young men returned, and came down out of the mountain; and they went over to Joshua the son of Naue, and told him all things that had happened to them. 006 JOS 002 024 And they said to Joshua, The Lord has delivered all the land into our power, and all the inhabitants of that land tremble because of us. 006 JOS 003 001 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and departed from Sattin; and they came as far as Jordan, and lodged there before they crossed over. 006 JOS 003 002 And it came to pass after three days, [that] the scribes went through the camp; 006 JOS 003 003 and they charged the people, saying, When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord our God, and our priests and the Levites bearing it, you shall depart from your places, and you shall go after it. 006 JOS 003 004 But let there be a distance between you and it; you shall stand as much as two thousand cubits [from it]. Do not draw near to it, that you may know the way which you are to go; for you have not gone the way before. 006 JOS 003 005 And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. 006 JOS 003 006 And Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and go before the people: and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and went before the people. 006 JOS 003 007 And the Lord said to Joshua, This day do I begin to exalt you before all the children of Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I also be with you. 006 JOS 003 008 And now charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, As soon as you shall enter on a part of the water of Jordan, then you shall stand in Jordan. 006 JOS 003 009 And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and listen to the word of the Lord our God. 006 JOS 003 010 Hereby you shall know that the living God [is] among you, and will utterly destroy from before our face the Chananite, and the Chettite and Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Amorite, and the Gergesite, and the Jebusite. 006 JOS 003 011 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over Jordan. 006 JOS 003 012 Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of Israel, one of each tribe. 006 JOS 003 013 And it shall come to pass, when the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth rest in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan [below] shall fail, and the water coming down from above shall stop. 006 JOS 003 014 And the people removed from their tents to cross over Jordan, and the priests bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord before the people. 006 JOS 003 015 And when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord entered upon Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were dipped in part of the water of Jordan; (now Jordan overflowed all its banks about the time of wheat harvest: ) 006 JOS 003 016 then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as the region of Kariathiarim, and the lower part came down to the sea of Araba, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho. 006 JOS 003 017 And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry land in the midst of Jordan; and all the children of Israel went through on dry land, until all the people had completely gone over Jordan. 006 JOS 004 001 And when the people had completely passed over Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 006 JOS 004 002 Take men from the people, one of each tribe, 006 JOS 004 003 and charge them; and you shall take out of the midst of Jordan twelve fit stones, and having carried them across together with yourselves, place them in your camp, where you shall encamp for the night. 006 JOS 004 004 And Joshua having called twelve men of distinction among the children of Israel, one of each tribe, 006 JOS 004 005 said to them, Advance before me in the presence of the Lord into the midst of Jordan, and each having taken up a stone from thence, let him carry it on his shoulders, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel: 006 JOS 004 006 that these may be to you continually for an appointed sign, that when your son asks you in future, saying, What are these stones to us? 006 JOS 004 007 then you may explain to your son, saying, The river Jordan was dried up from before the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it passed it: and these stones shall be for a memorial for you for the children of Israel for ever. 006 JOS 004 008 And the children of Israel did so, as the Lord commanded Joshua; and they took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, (as the Lord commanded Joshua, when the children of Israel had completely passed over, ) and carried these stones with them into the camp, and laid them down there. 006 JOS 004 009 And Joshua set also other twelve stones in Jordan itself, in the place that was under the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and there they are to this day. 006 JOS 004 010 And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood in Jordan, until Joshua [had] finished all that the Lord commanded him to report to the people; and the people hasted and passed over. 006 JOS 004 011 And it came to pass when all the people had passed over, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord passed over, and the stones before them. 006 JOS 004 012 And the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses commanded them. 006 JOS 004 013 Forty thousand armed for battle went over before the Lord to war, to the city of Jericho. 006 JOS 004 014 In that day the Lord magnified Joshua before all the people of Israel; and they feared him, as [they did] Moses, as long as he lived. 006 JOS 004 015 And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 006 JOS 004 016 Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan. 006 JOS 004 017 And Joshua charged the priests, saying, Go up out of Jordan. 006 JOS 004 018 And it came to pass when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were gone up out of Jordan, and set their feet upon the land, [that] the water of Jordan returned impetuously to its place, and went as before over all its banks. 006 JOS 004 019 And the people went up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month; and the children of Israel encamped in Galgala in the region eastward from Jericho. 006 JOS 004 020 And Joshua set these twelve stones which he took out of Jordan, in Galgala, 006 JOS 004 021 saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones? 006 JOS 004 022 Tell your sons, that Israel went over this Jordan on dry land, 006 JOS 004 023 when the Lord our God had dried up the water of Jordan from before them, until they had passed over; as the Lord our God did to the Red Sea, which the Lord our God dried up from before us, until we passed over. 006 JOS 004 024 That all the nations of the earth might know, that the power of the Lord is mighty, and that you might worship the Lord our God in every work. 006 JOS 005 001 And it came to pass when the kings of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phoenicia by the sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children of Israel when they passed over, that their hearts failed, and they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them because of the children of Israel. 006 JOS 005 002 And about this time the Lord said to Joshua, Make you stone knives of sharp stone, and sit down and circumcise the children of Israel the second time. 006 JOS 005 003 And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the “Hill of Foreskins.” 006 JOS 005 004 And [this is] the way in which Joshua purified the children of Israel; as many as were born in the way, and as many as were uncircumcised of them that came out of Egypt, 006 JOS 005 005 all these Joshua circumcised; for forty and two years Israel wondered in the wilderness of Mabdaris— 006 JOS 005 006 Therefore most of the fighting men that came out of the land of Egypt, were uncircumcised, who disobeyed the commands of God; concerning whom also he determined that they should not see the land, which the Lord sware to give to their fathers, [even] a land flowing with milk and honey. 006 JOS 005 007 And in their place he raised up their sons, whom Joshua circumcised, because they were uncircumcised, having been born by the way. 006 JOS 005 008 And when they had been circumcised they rested continuing there in the camp till they were healed. 006 JOS 005 009 And the Lord said to Joshua the son of Naue, On this day have I removed the reproach of Egypt from you: and he called the name of that place Galgala. 006 JOS 005 010 And the children of Israel kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, to the westward of Jericho on the opposite side of the Jordan in the plain. 006 JOS 005 011 And they ate of the grain of the earth unleavened and new [corn]. 006 JOS 005 012 In this day the manna failed, after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna: and they took the fruits of the land of the Phoenicians in that year. 006 JOS 005 013 And it came to pass when Joshua was in Jericho, that he looked up with his eyes and saw a man standing before him, and [there was] a drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua drew near and said to him, Are you for us or on the side of our enemies? 006 JOS 005 014 And he said to him, I am now come, the chief captain of the host of the Lord. And Joshua fell on his face upon the earth, and said to him, Lord, what command you your servant? 006 JOS 005 015 And the captain of the Lord's host said to Joshua, Loose your shoe off your feet, for the place whereon you now stand is holy. 006 JOS 006 001 Now Jericho was closely shut up and besieged, and none went out of it, and none came in. 006 JOS 006 002 And the Lord said to Joshua, Behold, I deliver Jericho into your power, and its king in it, [and its] mighty men. 006 JOS 006 003 And do you set the men of war round about it. 006 JOS 006 004 And it shall be [that] when you shall sound with the trumpet, all the people shall shout together. 006 JOS 006 005 And when they have shouted, the walls of the city shall fall of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into the city. 006 JOS 006 006 And Joshua the [son] of Naue went in to the priests, and spoke to them, saying, 006 JOS 006 007 And let seven priests having seven sacred trumpets proceed thus before the Lord, and let them sound loudly; and let the ark of the covenant of the Lord follow. 006 JOS 006 008 Charge the people to go round, and encompass the city; and let your men of war pass on armed before the Lord. 006 JOS 006 009 And let the men of war proceed before, and the priests bringing up the rear behind the ark of the covenant of the Lord [proceed] sounding the trumpets. 006 JOS 006 010 And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Cry not out, nor let any one hear your voice, until he himself declare to you the time to cry out, and then you shall cry out. 006 JOS 006 011 And the ark of the covenant of God having gone round immediately returned into the camp, and lodged there. 006 JOS 006 012 And on the second day Joshua rose up in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 006 JOS 006 013 And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets went on before the Lord; and afterwards the men of war went on, and the remainder of the multitude went after the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 006 JOS 006 014 And all the rest of the multitude compassed the city six times from within a short distance, and went back again into the camp; this they did six days. 006 JOS 006 015 And on the seventh day they rose up early, and compassed the city on that day seven times. 006 JOS 006 016 And it came to pass at the seventh circuit the priests blew the trumpets; and Joshua said to the children of Israel, Shout, for the Lord has given you the city. 006 JOS 006 017 And the city shall be devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do you save Raab the harlot, and all things in her house. 006 JOS 006 018 But keep yourselves strictly from the accursed thing, lest you set your mind upon and take of the accursed thing, and you make the camp of the children of Israel and accursed thing, and destroy us. 006 JOS 006 019 And all the silver, or gold, or brass, or iron, shall be holy to the Lord; it shall be carried into the treasury of the Lord. 006 JOS 006 020 And the priests sounded with the trumpets: and when the people heard the trumpets, all the people shouted at once with a loud and strong shout; and all the wall fell round about, and all the people went up into the city: 006 JOS 006 021 and Joshua devoted it to destruction, and all things that were in the city, man and woman, young man and old, and calf and ass, with the edge of the sword. 006 JOS 006 022 And Joshua said to the two young men who had acted a spies, Go into the house of the woman, and bring her out thence, and all that she has. 006 JOS 006 023 And the two young men who had spied out the city entered into the house of the woman, and brought out Raab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and her kindred, and all that she had; and they set her without the camp of Israel. 006 JOS 006 024 And the city was burnt with fire with all things that were in it; only of the silver, and gold, and brass, and iron, they gave to be brought into the treasury of the Lord. 006 JOS 006 025 And Joshua saved alive Raab the harlot, and all the house of her father, and caused her to dwell in Israel until this day, because she hid the spies which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 006 JOS 006 026 And Joshua adjured [them] on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed [be] the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his firstborn, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Baethel; he laid the foundation in Abiron his firstborn, and set up the gates of it in his youngest surviving son. 006 JOS 006 027 And the Lord was with Joshua, and his name was in all the land. 006 JOS 007 001 But the children of Israel committed a great trespass, and purloined [part] of the accursed thing; and Achar the son of Charmi, the son of Zambri, the son of Zara, of the tribe of Juda, took of the accursed thing; and the Lord was very angry with the children of Israel. 006 JOS 007 002 And Joshua sent men to Gai, which is by Baethel, saying, Spy out Gai: and the men went up and spied Gai. 006 JOS 007 003 And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up there the whole people, for [the enemy] are few. 006 JOS 007 004 And there went up about three thousand men, and they fled from before the men of Gai. 006 JOS 007 005 And the men of Gai killed of them to the number of thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water. 006 JOS 007 006 And Joshua tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on their heads. 006 JOS 007 007 And Joshua said, I pray, Lord, therefore has your servant brought this people over Jordan to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? would we had remained and settled ourselves beyond Jordan. 006 JOS 007 008 And what shall I say since Israel has turned his back before his enemy? 006 JOS 007 009 And when the Chananite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what will you do [for] your great name? 006 JOS 007 010 And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why have you fallen upon your face? 006 JOS 007 011 The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store. 006 JOS 007 012 And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless you remove the cursed thing from yourselves. 006 JOS 007 013 Rise, sanctify the people and tell them to sanctify themselves for the morrow: thus says the Lord God of Israel, The accursed thing is among you; you shall not be able to stand before your enemies, until you shall have removed the cursed thing from among you. 006 JOS 007 014 And you shall all be gathered together by your tribes in the morning, and it shall come to pass that the tribe which the Lord shall show, you shall bring by families; and the family which the Lord shall show, you shall bring by households; and the household which the Lord shall show, you shall bring man by man. 006 JOS 007 015 And the man who shall be pointed out, shall be burnt with fire, and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and has wrought wickedness in Israel. 006 JOS 007 016 And Joshua rose up early, and brought the people by their tribes; and the tribe of Juda was pointed out. 006 JOS 007 017 And it was brought by their families, and family of the Zaraites was pointed out. 006 JOS 007 018 And it was brought man by man, and Achar the son of Zambri the son of Zara was pointed out. 006 JOS 007 019 And Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession; and tell me what you have done, and hide it not from me. 006 JOS 007 020 And Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done: 006 JOS 007 021 I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachmas of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachmas, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them. 006 JOS 007 022 And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent into the camp; and these things were hidden in his tent, and the silver under them. 006 JOS 007 023 And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them before the Lord. 006 JOS 007 024 And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people [were] with him; and he brought them to Emec Achor. 006 JOS 007 025 And Joshua said to Achar, Why have you destroyed us? the Lord destroy you as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones. 006 JOS 007 026 And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called the place Emecachor until this day. 006 JOS 008 001 And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, nor be timorous: take with you all the men of war, and arise, go up to Gai; behold, I have given into your hands the king of Gai, and his land. 006 JOS 008 002 And you shall do to Gai, as you did to Jericho and its king; and you shall take to yourself the spoil of its cattle; set now for yourself an ambush for the city behind. 006 JOS 008 003 And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Gai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night. 006 JOS 008 004 And he charged them, saying, Do you lie in ambush behind the city: do not go far from the city, and you shall all be ready. 006 JOS 008 005 Land I and all with me will draw near to the city: and it shall come to pass when the inhabitants of Gai shall come forth to meet us, as before, that we will flee from before them. 006 JOS 008 006 And when they shall come out after us, we will draw them away from the city; and they will say, These men flee from before us, as also before. 006 JOS 008 007 And you shall rise up out of the ambuscade, and go into the city. 006 JOS 008 008 You shall do according to this word, behold! I have commanded you. 006 JOS 008 009 And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Baethel and Gai, westward of Gai. 006 JOS 008 010 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people; and he went up, he and the elders before the people to Gai. 006 JOS 008 011 And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward. 006 JOS 008 012 And the ambuscade [was] on the west side of the city. 006 JOS 008 014 And it came to pass when the king of Gai saw [it], he hasted and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people [that were] with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade [formed] against him behind the city. 006 JOS 008 015 And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them. 006 JOS 008 016 And they pursued after the children of Israel, and they themselves went to a distance from the city. 006 JOS 008 017 There was no one left in Gai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. 006 JOS 008 018 And the Lord said to Joshua, Stretch forth your hand with the spear that is in your hand toward the city, for I have delivered it into your hands; and the liers in wait shall rise up quickly out of their place. 006 JOS 008 019 And Joshua stretched out his hand [and] his spear toward the city, and the ambuscade rose up quickly out of their place; and they came forth when he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and burnt the city with fire. 006 JOS 008 020 And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way. 006 JOS 008 021 And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and struck the men of Gai. 006 JOS 008 022 And these came forth out of the city to meet them; and they were in the midst of the army, some [being] on this side, and some on that; and they struck them until there was not left of them one who survived and escaped. 006 JOS 008 023 And they took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to Joshua. 006 JOS 008 024 And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them [even] to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and struck it with the edge of the sword. 006 JOS 008 025 And they that fell in that day, men and women, were twelve thousand: [they killed] all the inhabitants of Gai. 006 JOS 008 027 Beside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua. 006 JOS 008 028 And Joshua burnt the city with fire: he made it an uninhabited heap for ever, [even] to this day. 006 JOS 008 029 And he hanged the king of Gai on a gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day. 006 JOS 008 030 Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord God of Israel in mount Gaebal, 006 JOS 008 031 as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, on which iron had not been lifted up; and he offered there whole burnt offerings to the Lord, and a peace-offering. 006 JOS 008 032 And Joshua wrote upon the stones a copy of the law, even the law of Moses, before the children of Israel. 006 JOS 008 033 And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other before the ark; and the priests and the Levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native were there, who were half of them near mount Garizin, and half near mount Gaebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people. 006 JOS 008 034 And afterwards Joshua read accordingly all the words of this law, the blessings and the curses, according to all things written in the law of Moses. 006 JOS 008 035 There was not a word of all that Moses charged Joshua, which Joshua read not in the ears of all the assembly of the children of Israel, the men, and the women, and the children, and the strangers that joined themselves to Israel. 006 JOS 009 001 And when the kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, who were in the mountain country, and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and those who were near Antilibanus, and the Chettites, and the Chananites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Amorites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites, heard [of it], 006 JOS 009 002 they came all together at the same time to make war against Joshua and Israel. 006 JOS 009 003 And the inhabitants of Gabaon heard of all that the Lord did to Jericho and Gai. 006 JOS 009 004 And they also wrought craftily, and they went and made provision and prepared themselves; and having taken old sacks on their shoulders, and old and tore and patched bottles of wine, 006 JOS 009 005 and the upper part of their shoes and their sandals old and clouted on their feet, and their garments old upon them—and the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy and corrupt. 006 JOS 009 006 And they came to Joshua into the camp of Israel to Galgala, and said to Joshua and Israel, We are come from a far land: now then make a covenant with us. 006 JOS 009 007 And the children of Israel said to the Chorrhaean, Peradventure you dwell among us; and how should I make a covenant with you? 006 JOS 009 008 And they said to Joshua, We are your servants: and Joshua said to them, Whence are you, and whence have you come? 006 JOS 009 009 And they said, Your servants are come from a very far country in the name of the Lord your God: for we have heard his name, and all that he did in Egypt, 006 JOS 009 010 and all that he did to the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, who lived in Astaroth and in Edrain. 006 JOS 009 011 And our elders and all that inhabit our land when they heard spoke to us, saying, Take to yourselves provision for the way, and go to meet them; and you shall say to them, We are your servants, and now make a covenant with us. 006 JOS 009 012 These [are] the loaves—we took them hot for our journey on the day on which we came out to come to you; and now they are dried and become mouldy. 006 JOS 009 013 And these [are] the skins of wine which we filled when new, and they are tore; and our garments and our shoes are worn out because of the very long journey. 006 JOS 009 014 And the chiefs took of their provision, and asked not [counsel of] the Lord. 006 JOS 009 015 And Joshua made peace with them, and they made a covenant with them to preserve them; and the princes of the congregation sware to them. 006 JOS 009 016 And it came to pass three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were near neighbors, and that they lived among them. 006 JOS 009 017 And the children of Israel departed and came to their cities; and their cities [were] Gabaon, and Kephira, and Berot, and the cities of Jarin. 006 JOS 009 018 Land the children of Israel fought not with them, because all the princes sware to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes. 006 JOS 009 019 And the princes said to all the congregation: We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, and now we shall not be able to touch them. 006 JOS 009 020 This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them. 006 JOS 009 021 They shall live, and shall be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes said to them. 006 JOS 009 022 And Joshua called them together and said to them, Why have you deceived me, saying, We live very far from you; whereas you are fellow-countrymen of those who dwell among us? 006 JOS 009 023 And now you are cursed: there shall not fail of you a slave, or a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water to me and my God. 006 JOS 009 024 And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord your God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that lived on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives because of you, and [therefore] we did this thing. 006 JOS 009 025 And now, behold, we [are] in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems [good] to you. 006 JOS 009 026 And they did so to them; and Joshua rescued them in that day out of the hands of the children of Israel, and they did not kill them. 006 JOS 009 027 And Joshua made them in that day hewers of wood and drawers of water to the whole congregation, and for the altar of God: therefore the inhabitants of Gabaon became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar of God until this day, even for the place which the Lord should choose. 006 JOS 010 001 And when Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Gai, and had destroyed it, as he did to Jericho and its king, even so they did to Gai and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gabaon had gone over to Joshua and Israel; 006 JOS 010 002 then they were greatly terrified by them, for [the king] knew that Gabaon [was] a great city, as one of the chief cities, and all its men [were] mighty. 006 JOS 010 003 So Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem sent to Elam king of Hebron, and to Phidon king of Jerimuth, and to Jephtha king of Lachis, and to Dabin king of Odollam, saying, 006 JOS 010 004 Come up hither to me, and help me, and let us take Gabaon; for the Gabaonites have gone over to Joshua and to the children of Israel. 006 JOS 010 005 And the five kings of the Jebusites went up, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam, they and all their people; and encamped around Gabaon, and besieged it. 006 JOS 010 006 And the inhabitants of Gabaon sent to Joshua into the camp to Galgala, saying, Slack not your hands from your servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue us; for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together against us. 006 JOS 010 007 And Joshua went up from Galgala, he and all the people of war with him, every one mighty in strength. 006 JOS 010 008 And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear them not, for I have delivered them into your hands; there shall not one of them be left before you. 006 JOS 010 009 And when Joshua came suddenly upon them, he [had] advanced all the night out of Galgala. 006 JOS 010 010 And the Lord struck them with terror before the children of Israel; and the Lord destroyed them with a great slaughter at Gabaon; and they pursued them by the way of the going up of Oronin, and they struck them to Azeca and to Makeda. 006 JOS 010 011 And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword in the battle. 006 JOS 010 012 Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite into the power of Israel, when he destroyed them in Gabaon, and they were destroyed from before the children of Israel: and Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and the moon over against the valley of Aelon. 006 JOS 010 013 And the sun and the moon stood still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of one day. 006 JOS 010 014 And there was not such a day either before or after, so that God should listen to a man, because the Lord fought on the side of Israel. 006 JOS 010 016 And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave that is in Makeda. 006 JOS 010 017 And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hid in the cave that is in Makeda. 006 JOS 010 018 And Joshua said, Roll stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men to watch over them. 006 JOS 010 019 But do not you stand, but pursue after your enemies, and attack the rear of them, and do not suffer them to enter into their cities; for the Lord our God has delivered them into our hands. 006 JOS 010 020 And it came to pass when Joshua and all Israel ceased destroying them utterly with a very great slaughter, that they that escaped took refuge in the strong cities. 006 JOS 010 021 And all the people returned safe to Joshua to Makeda; and no one of the children of Israel murmured with his tongue. 006 JOS 010 022 And Joshua said, Open the cave, and bring out these five kings out of the cave. 006 JOS 010 023 And they brought out the five kings out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam. 006 JOS 010 024 And when they brought them out to Joshua, then Joshua called together all Israel, and the chiefs of the army that went with him, saying to them, Come forward and set your feet on their necks; and they came and set their feet on their necks. 006 JOS 010 025 And Joshua said to them, Do not fear them, neither be cowardly; be courageous and strong, for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies, against whom you fight. 006 JOS 010 026 And Joshua killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they hung upon the trees until the evening. 006 JOS 010 027 And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they [had] fled for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, [which remain] till this day. 006 JOS 010 028 And they took Makeda on that day, and killed the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and they utterly destroyed every living thing that was in it; and there was none left in it that was preserved and had escaped; and they did to the king of Makeda, as they did to the king of Jericho. 006 JOS 010 029 And Joshua and all Israel with him departed out of Makeda to Lebna, and besieged Lebna. 006 JOS 010 030 And the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel: and they took it, and its king, and killed the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and every thing breathing in it; and there was not left in it any that survived and escaped; and they did to its king, as they did to the king of Jericho. 006 JOS 010 031 And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lebna to Lachis, and he encamped about it, and besieged it. 006 JOS 010 032 And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna. 006 JOS 010 033 Then Elam the king of Gazer went up to help Lachis; and Joshua struck him and his people with the edge of the sword, until there was not left to him one that was preserved and escaped. 006 JOS 010 034 And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lachis to Odollam, and he besieged it and took it. 006 JOS 010 035 And the Lord delivered it into the hand of Israel; and he took it on that day, and killed the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and killed every thing breathing in it, as they did to Lachis. 006 JOS 010 036 And Joshua and all Israel with him departed to Chebron, and encamped about it. 006 JOS 010 037 And he struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the living creatures that were in it; there was no one preserved: they destroyed it and all things in it, as they did to Odollam. 006 JOS 010 038 And Joshua and all Israel returned to Dabir; and they encamped about it; 006 JOS 010 039 and they took it, and its king, and its villages: and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and they destroyed it, and every thing breathing in it; and they did not leave in it any one that was preserved: as they did to Chebron and her king, so they did to Dabir and her king. 006 JOS 010 040 And Joshua struck all the land of the hill country, and Nageb and the plain country, and Asedoth, and her kings, they did not leave of them one that was saved: and they utterly destroyed every thing that had the breath of life, as the Lord God of Israel commanded, 006 JOS 010 041 from Cades Barne to Gaza, all Gosom, as far as Gabaon. 006 JOS 010 042 And Joshua struck, once for all, all their kings, and their land, because the Lord God of Israel fought on the side of Israel. 006 JOS 011 001 And when Jabis the king of Asor heard, he sent to Jobab king of Maron, and to the king of Symoon, and to the king of Aziph, 006 JOS 011 002 and to the kings who were by the great Sidon, to the hill country and to Araba opposite Keneroth, and to the plain, and to Phenaeddor, 006 JOS 011 003 and to the Chananites on the coast eastward, and to the Amorites on the coast, and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites in the mountain, and the Evites, and those dwelling under [mount] Aermon in the land Massyma. 006 JOS 011 004 And they and their kings with them went forth, as the sand of the sea in multitude, and horses, and very many chariots. 006 JOS 011 005 And all the kings assembled in person, and came to the same place, and encamped at the waters of Maron to war with Israel. 006 JOS 011 006 And the Lord said to Joshua, Be not afraid of them, for to-morrow [at] this time I will put them to flight before Israel: you shall hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire 006 JOS 011 007 And Joshua and all the men of war came upon them at the water of Maron suddenly; and they attacked them in the hill country. 006 JOS 011 008 And the Lord delivered them into the power of Israel; and they struck them and pursued them to great Sidon, and to Maseron, and to the plains of Massoch eastward; and they destroyed them till there was not one of them left that survived. 006 JOS 011 009 And Joshua did to them, as the Lord commanded him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire. 006 JOS 011 010 And Joshua returned at that time, and took Asor and her king; now Asor in former time was the chief of these kingdoms. 006 JOS 011 011 And they killed with the sword all that breathed in it, and utterly destroyed them all, and there was no living thing left in it; and they burnt Asor with fire. 006 JOS 011 012 And Joshua took all the cities of the kingdoms, and their kings, and killed them with the edge of the sword; and utterly killed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. 006 JOS 011 013 But all the walled cities Israel burnt not; but Israel burnt Asor only. 006 JOS 011 014 And the children of Israel took all its spoils to themselves; and they killed all the men with the edge of the sword, until he destroyed them; they left not one of them breathing. 006 JOS 011 015 As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, even so Moses commanded Joshua; and so Joshua did, he transgressed no precept of all that Moses commanded him. 006 JOS 011 016 And Joshua took all the hill country, and all the land of Nageb, and all the land of Gosom, and the plain country, and that toward the west, and the mountain of Israel and the low country by the mountain; 006 JOS 011 017 from the mountain of Chelcha, and that which goes up to Seir, and as far as Balagad, and the plains of Libanus, under mount Aermon; and he took all their kings, and destroyed, and killed them. 006 JOS 011 018 And for many days Joshua waged war with these kings. 006 JOS 011 019 And there was no city which Israel took not; they took all in war. 006 JOS 011 020 For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts to go forth to war against Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that mercy should not be granted to them, but that they should be utterly destroyed, as the Lord said to Moses. 006 JOS 011 021 And Joshua came at that time, and utterly destroyed the Enakim out of the hill country, from Chebron and from Dabir, and from Anaboth, and from all the race of Israel, and from all the mountain of Juda with their cities; and Joshua utterly destroyed them. 006 JOS 011 022 There was not [any one] left of the Enakim by the children of Israel, only there was left of them in Gaza, and in Gath, and in Aseldo. 006 JOS 011 023 And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased from war. 006 JOS 012 001 And these [are] the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel killed, and inherited their land beyond Jordan from the east, from the valley of Arnon to the mount of Aermon, and all the land of Araba on the east. 006 JOS 012 002 Seon king of the Amorites, who lived in Esebon, ruling from Arnon, which is in the valley, on the side of the valley, and half of Galaad as far as Jaboc, the borders of the children of Ammon. 006 JOS 012 003 And Araba as far as the sea of Chenereth eastward, and as far as the sea of Araba; the salt sea eastward [by] the way to Asimoth, from Thaeman under Asedoth Phasga. 006 JOS 012 004 And Og king of Basan, who lived in Astaroth and in Edrain, was left of the giants 006 JOS 012 005 ruling from mount Aermon and from Secchai, and [over] all the land of Basan to the borders of Gergesi, and Machi, and the half of Galaad of the borders of Seon king of Esebon. 006 JOS 012 006 Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel struck them; and Moses gave them by way of inheritance to Ruben, and Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasse. 006 JOS 012 007 And these [are] the kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua and the children of Israel killed beyond Jordan by the sea of Balagad in the plain of Libanus, and as far as the mountain of Chelcha, as men go up to Seir: and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel to inherit according to their portion; 006 JOS 012 008 in the mountain, and in the plain, and in Araba, and in Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and Nageb; the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite. 006 JOS 012 009 The king of Jericho, and the king of Gai, which is near Baethel; 006 JOS 012 010 the king of Jerusalem, the king of Chebron, 006 JOS 012 011 the king of Jerimuth, the king of Lachis; 006 JOS 012 012 the king of Aelam, the king of Gazer; 006 JOS 012 013 the king of Dabir, the king of Gader: 006 JOS 012 014 the king of Hermath, the king of Ader; 006 JOS 012 015 the king of Lebna, the king of Odollam, 006 JOS 012 016 the king of Elath, 006 JOS 012 017 the king of Taphut, the king of Opher, 006 JOS 012 018 the king of Ophec of Aroc, 006 JOS 012 019 the king of Asom, 006 JOS 012 020 the king of Symoon, the king of Mambroth, the king of Aziph, 006 JOS 012 021 the king of Cades, the king of Zachac, 006 JOS 012 022 the king of Maredoth, the king of Jecom of Chermel, 006 JOS 012 023 the king of Odollam [belonging to] Phennealdor, the king of Gei of Galilee: 006 JOS 012 024 the king of Thersa: all these [were] twenty-nine kings. 006 JOS 013 001 And Joshua [was] old and very advanced in years; and the Lord said to Joshua, You are advanced in years, and there is much land left to inherit. 006 JOS 013 002 And this [is] the land that is left: the borders of the Phylistines, the Gesirite, and the Chananite, 006 JOS 013 003 from the wilderness before Egypt, as far as the borders of Accaron on the left of the Chananites [the land] is reckoned to the five principalities of the Phylistines, to the inhabitant of Gaza, and of Azotus, and of Ascalon, and of Geth, and of Accaron, and to the Evite; 006 JOS 013 004 from Thaeman even to all the land of Chanaan before Gaza, and the Sidonians as far as Aphec, as far as the borders of the Amorites. 006 JOS 013 005 And all the land of Galiath of the Phylistines, and all Libanus eastward from Galgal, under the mountain Aermon as far as the entering in of Emath; 006 JOS 013 006 every one that inhabits the hill country from Libanus as far as Masereth Memphomaim. All the Sidonians, I will destroy them from before Israel; but do you give them by inheritance to Israel, as I charged you. 006 JOS 013 007 And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasse. 006 JOS 013 008 From Jordan to the great sea westward you shall give it [them]: the great sea shall be the boundary. [But] to the two tribes and to the half tribe of Manasse, to Ruben and to Gad Moses gave [an inheritance] beyond Jordan: Moses the servant of the Lord gave [it] to them eastward, 006 JOS 013 009 from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook of Arnon, and the city in the midst of the valley, and all Misor from Maedaban. 006 JOS 013 010 All the cities of Seon king of the Amorites, who reigned from Esebon to the coasts of the children of Ammon; 006 JOS 013 011 and the region of Galaad, and the borders of the Gesirites and the Machatites, the whole mount of Aermon, and all the land of Basan to Acha. 006 JOS 013 012 All the kingdom of Og in the region of Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and in Edrain: he was left of the giants; and Moses struck him, and destroyed him. 006 JOS 013 013 But the children of Israel destroyed not the Gesirite and the Machatite and the Chananite; and the king of the Gesiri and the Machatite lived among the children of Israel until this day. 006 JOS 013 014 Only no inheritance was given to the tribe of Levi: the Lord God of Israel, he [is] their inheritance, as the Lord said to them; and this [is] the division which Moses made to the children of Israel in Araboth Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho. 006 JOS 013 015 And Moses gave the land to the tribe of Ruben according to their families. 006 JOS 013 016 And their borders were from Aroer, which is opposite the brook of Arnon, and [theirs is] the city that is in the valley of Arnon; and all Misor, 006 JOS 013 017 to Esebon, and all the cities in Misor, and Daebon, and Baemon-Baal, and the house of Meelboth; 006 JOS 013 018 and Basan, and Bakedmoth, and Maephaad, 006 JOS 013 019 and Kariathaim, and Sebama, and Serada, and Sion in mount Enab; 006 JOS 013 020 and Baethphogor, and Asedoth Phasga, and Baetthasinoth, 006 JOS 013 021 and all the cities of Misor, and all the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, whom Moses struck, even him and the princes of Madian, and Evi, and Roboc, and Sur, and Ur, and Robe prince of the spoils of Sion, and the inhabitants of Sion. 006 JOS 013 022 And Balaam the son of Baeor the prophet they killed in the battle. 006 JOS 013 023 And the borders of Ruben were—[even] Jordan [was the] boundary; this [is] the inheritance of the children of Ruben according to their families, [these were] their cities and their villages. 006 JOS 013 024 And Moses gave inheritance to the sons of Gad according to their families. 006 JOS 013 025 And their borders were Jazer, all the cities of Galaad, and half the land of the children of Ammon to Araba, which is before Arad. 006 JOS 013 026 And from Esebon to Araboth by Massepha, and Botanim, and Maan to the borders of Daebon, 006 JOS 013 027 and Enadom, and Othargai, and Baenthanabra, and Soccotha, and Saphan, and the rest of the kingdom of Sean king of Esebon: and Jordan shall be the boundary as far as part of the sea of Chenereth beyond Jordan eastward. 006 JOS 013 028 This [is] the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families and according to their cities: according to their families they will turn their backs before their enemies, because their cities and their villages were according to their families. 006 JOS 013 029 And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasse according to their families. 006 JOS 013 030 And their borders were from Maan, and all the kingdom of Basan, and all the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in the region of Basan, sixty cities: 006 JOS 013 031 and the half of Galaad, and in Astaroth, and in Edrain, royal cities of Og in the land of Basan, [Moses gave] to the sons of Machir the sons of Manasse, even to the half-tribe sons of Machir the sons of Manasse, according to their families. 006 JOS 013 032 These [are] they whom Moses caused to inherit beyond Jordan in Araboth Moab, beyond Jordan by Jericho eastward. 006 JOS 014 001 And these [are] they of the children of Israel that received their inheritance in the land of Chanaan, to whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the [son] of Naue, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, gave inheritance. 006 JOS 014 002 They inherited according to their lots, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Joshua to the nine tribes and the half tribe, on the other side of Jordan. 006 JOS 014 003 But to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them. 006 JOS 014 004 For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasse and Ephraim; and there was none inheritance in the land given to the Levites, only cities to dwell in, and their suburbs separated for the cattle, and their cattle. 006 JOS 014 005 As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel; and they divided the land. 006 JOS 014 006 And the children of Juda came to Joshua in Galgal, and Chaleb the [son] of Jephone the Kenezite said to him, You know the word that the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and you in Cades Barne. 006 JOS 014 007 For I was forty years old when Moses the servant of God sent me out of Cades Barne to spy out the land; and I returned him an answer according to his mind. 006 JOS 014 008 My brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I applied my self to follow the Lord my God. 006 JOS 014 009 And Moses sware on that day, saying, The land on which you are gone up, it shall be your inheritance and your children's for ever, because you have applied yourself to follow the Lord our God. 006 JOS 014 010 And now the Lord has kept me alive as he said: this [is] the forty-fifth year since the Lord spoke that word to Moses; and Israel journeyed in the wilderness; and now, behold, I [am] this day eighty-five years old. 006 JOS 014 011 I am still strong this day, as when the Lord sent me: just so strong am I now to go out and to come in for war. 006 JOS 014 012 And now I ask of you this mountain, as the Lord said in that day; for you heard this word on that day; and now the Enakim are there, cities great and strong: if then the Lord should be with me, I will utterly destroy them, as the Lord said to me. 006 JOS 014 013 And Joshua blessed him, and gave Chebron to Chaleb the son of Jephone the son of Kenez for an inheritance. 006 JOS 014 014 Therefore Chebron became the inheritance of Chaleb the [son] of Jephone the Kenezite until this day, because he followed the commandment of the Lord God of Israel. 006 JOS 014 015 And the name of Chebron before was the city Argob, it [is] the metropolis of the Enakim: and the land rested from war. 006 JOS 015 001 And the borders of the tribe of Juda according to their families were from the borders of Idumea from the wilderness of sin, as far as Cades southward. 006 JOS 015 002 And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the high country that extends southward. 006 JOS 015 003 And they proceed before the ascent of Acrabin, and go out round Sena, and go up from the south to Cades Barne; and go out to Asoron, and proceed up to Sarada, and go out by the way that is west of Cades. 006 JOS 015 004 And they go out to Selmona, and issue at the valley of Egypt; and the termination of its boundaries shall be at the sea: these are their boundaries southward. 006 JOS 015 005 And their boundaries eastward [are] all the salt sea as far as Jordan; and their borders from the north, and from the border of the sea, and from part of Jordan— 006 JOS 015 006 the borders go up to Baethaglaam, and they go along from the north to Baetharaba, and the borders go on up to the stone of Baeon the son of Ruben. 006 JOS 015 007 And the borders continue on to the fourth part of the valley of Achor, and go down to Galgal, which is before the approach of Adammin, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel. 006 JOS 015 008 And the borders go up to the valley of Ennom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the valley of Ennom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Raphain northward. 006 JOS 015 009 And the border [going forth] from the top of the mountain terminates at the fountain of the water of Naphtho, and terminates at mount Ephron; and the border will lead to Baal; this is the city of Jarim. 006 JOS 015 010 And the border will go round from Baal to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Assar behind the city of Jarin northwards; this is Chaslon: and it will come down to the city of Sun, and will go on to the south. 006 JOS 015 011 And the border terminates behind Accaron northward, and the borders will terminate at Socchoth, and the borders will go on to the south, and will terminate at Lebna, and the issue of the borders will be at the sea; and their borders [shall be] toward the sea, the great sea shall be the boundary. 006 JOS 015 012 These [are] the borders of the children of Juda round about according to their families. 006 JOS 015 013 And to Chaleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda by the command of God; and Joshua gave him the city of Arboc the metropolis of Enac; this is Chebron. 006 JOS 015 014 And Chaleb the son of Jephone destroyed thence the three sons of Enac, Susi, and Tholami, and Achima. 006 JOS 015 015 And Chaleb went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; and the name of Dabir before was the city of Letters. 006 JOS 015 016 And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the city of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Ascha to wife. 006 JOS 015 017 And Gothoniel the son of Chenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and he gave him Ascha his daughter to wife. 006 JOS 015 018 And it came to pass as she went out that she counselled him, saying, I will ask of my father a field; and she cried from off her ass; and Chaleb said to her, What is it? 006 JOS 015 019 And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for you have set me in the land of Nageb; give me Botthanis: and he gave her Gonaethla the upper, and Gonaethla the lower. 006 JOS 015 020 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Juda. 006 JOS 015 021 And their cities were cities belonging to the tribe of the children of Juda on the borders of Edom by the wilderness, and Baeseleel, and Ara, and Asor, 006 JOS 015 022 and Icam, and Regma, and Aruel, 006 JOS 015 023 and Cades, and Asorionain, and Maenam, 006 JOS 015 024 and Balmaenan, and their villages, 006 JOS 015 025 and the cities of Aseron, this [is] Asor, 006 JOS 015 026 and Sen, and Salmaa, and Molada, 006 JOS 015 027 and Seri, and Baephalath, 006 JOS 015 028 and Cholaseola, and Beersabee; and their villages, and their hamlets, 006 JOS 015 029 Bala and Bacoc, and Asom, 006 JOS 015 030 and Elboudad, and Baethel, and Herma, 006 JOS 015 031 and Sekelac, and Macharim, and Sethennac, 006 JOS 015 032 and Labos, and Sale, and Eromoth; twenty-nine cities, and their villages. 006 JOS 015 033 In the plain country Astaol, and Raa, and Assa, 006 JOS 015 034 and Ramen, and Tano, and Iluthoth, and Maeani, 006 JOS 015 035 and Jermuth, and Odollam, and Membra, and Saocho, and Jazeca. 006 JOS 015 036 And Sacarim and Gadera, and its villages; fourteen cities, and their villages; 006 JOS 015 037 Senna, and Adasan, and Magadalgad, 006 JOS 015 038 and Dalad, and Maspha, and Jachareel, 006 JOS 015 039 and Basedoth, and Ideadalea; 006 JOS 015 040 and Chabra, and Maches, and Maachos, 006 JOS 015 041 and Geddor, and Bagadiel, and Noman, and Machedan: sixteen cities, and their villages; 006 JOS 015 042 Lebna, and Ithac, and Anoch, 006 JOS 015 043 and Jana, and Nasib, 006 JOS 015 044 and Keilam, and Akiezi, and Kezib, and Bathesar, and Aelom: ten cities, and their villages; 006 JOS 015 045 Accaron and her villages, and their hamlets: 006 JOS 015 046 from Accaron, Gemna, and all the cities that are near Asedoth; and their villages. 006 JOS 015 047 Asiedoth, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary. 006 JOS 015 048 And in the hill country Samir, and Jether, and Socha, 006 JOS 015 049 and Renna and the city of Letters, this [is] Dabir; 006 JOS 015 050 and Anon, and Es, and Man, and Aesam, 006 JOS 015 051 and Gosom, and Chalu, and Channa, and Gelom: eleven cities, and their villages; 006 JOS 015 052 Aerem, and Remna, and Soma, 006 JOS 015 053 and Jemain, and Baethachu, and Phacua, 006 JOS 015 054 and Euma, and the city Arboc, this is Chebron, and Soraith: nine cities and their villages: 006 JOS 015 055 Maor, and Chermel, and Ozib, and Itan, 006 JOS 015 056 and Jariel, and Aricam, and Zacanaim, 006 JOS 015 057 and Gabaa, and Thamnatha; nine cities, and their villages; 006 JOS 015 058 Aelua, and Bethsur, and Geddon, 006 JOS 015 059 and Magaroth, and Baethanam, and Thecum; six cities, and their villages; Theco, and Ephratha, this is Baethleem, and Phagor, and Aetan, and Culon, and Tatam, and Thobes, and Carem, and Galem, and Thether, and Manocho: eleven cities, and their villages, 006 JOS 015 060 Cariathbaal, this [is] the city of Jarim, and Sotheba: two cities, and their villages: 006 JOS 015 061 and Baddargeis, and Tharabaam, and Aenon; 006 JOS 015 062 and Aeochioza, and Naphlazon, and the cities of Sadon, and Ancades; seven cities, and their villages. 006 JOS 015 063 And the Jebusite lived in Jerusalem, and the children of Juda could not destroy them; and the Jebusites lived in Jerusalem to this day. 006 JOS 016 001 And the borders of the children of Joseph were from Jordan by Jericho eastward; and they will go up from Jericho to the hill country, to the wilderness, to Baethel Luza. 006 JOS 016 002 And they will go out to Baethel, and will proceed to the borders of Achatarothi. 006 JOS 016 003 And they will go across to the sea to the borders of Aptalim, as far as the borders of Baethoron the lower, and the going forth of them shall be to the sea. 006 JOS 016 004 And the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasse, took their inheritance. 006 JOS 016 005 And the borders of the children of Ephraim were according to their families, and the borders of their inheritance were eastward to Ataroth, and Eroc as far as Baethoron the upper, and Gazara. 006 JOS 016 006 And the borders will proceed to the sea to Icasmon north of Therma; they will go round eastward to Thenasa, and Selles, and will pass on eastward to Janoca, 006 JOS 016 007 and to Macho, and Ataroth, and [these are] their villages; and they will come to Jericho, and will issue at Jordan. 006 JOS 016 008 And the borders will proceed from Tapho to the sea to Chelcana; and their termination will be at the sea; this [is] the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim according to their families. 006 JOS 016 009 And the cities separated to the sons of Ephraim [were] in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasse, all the cities and their villages. 006 JOS 016 010 And Ephraim did not destroy the Chananite who lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in Ephraim until this day, until Pharao the king of Egypt went up and took it, and burnt it with fire; and the Chananites, and Pherezites, and the dwellers in Gaza they destroyed, and Pharao gave them for a dowry to his daughter. 006 JOS 017 001 And the borders of the tribe of the children of Manasse, (for he [was] the firstborn of Joseph, ) [assigned] to Machir the firstborn of Manasse the father of Galaad, for he was a warrior, [were] in the land of Galaad and of Basan. 006 JOS 017 002 And there was [land] assigned to the other sons of Manasse according to their families; to the sons of Jezi, and to the sons of Kelez, and to the sons of Jeziel, and to the sons of Sychem, and to the sons of Symarim, and to the sons of Opher: these [are] the males according to their families. 006 JOS 017 003 And Salpaad the sons of Opher had no sons but daughters: and these [are] the names of the daughters of Salpaad; Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa. 006 JOS 017 004 And they stood before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua, and before the rulers, saying, God gave a charge by the hand of Moses, to give us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren: so there was given to them by the command of the Lord an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 006 JOS 017 005 And their lot fell [to them] from Anassa, and [to the] plain of Labec of the land of Galaad, which is beyond Jordan. 006 JOS 017 006 For the daughters of the sons of Manasse inherited a portion in the midst of their brethren, and the land of Galaad was assigned to the remainder of the sons of Manasse. 006 JOS 017 007 And the borders of the sons of Manasse were Delanath, which is before the sons of Anath, and it proceeds to the borders [even] to Jamin and Jassib to the fountain of Thaphthoth. 006 JOS 017 008 It shall belong to Manasse, and Thapheth on the borders of Manasse [shall belong] to the sons of Ephraim. 006 JOS 017 009 And the borders shall go down to the valley of Carana southward by the valley of Jariel, ([there is] a turpentine tree [belonging] to Ephraim between [that and] the city of Manasse: ) and the borders of Manasse [are] northward to the brook; and the sea shall be its termination. 006 JOS 017 010 Southward [the land belongs] to Ephraim, and northward to Manasse; and the sea shall be their cost; and northward they shall border upon Aseb, and eastward upon Issachar. 006 JOS 017 011 And Manasses shall have in [the portion of] Issachar and Aser Baethsan and their villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, and its villages, and the inhabitants of Mageddo, and its villages, and the third part of Mapheta, and its villages. 006 JOS 017 012 And the sons of Manasse were not able to destroy these cities; and the Chananite began to dwell in that land. 006 JOS 017 013 And it came to pass that when the children of Israel were strong, they made the Chananites subject, but they did not utterly destroy them. 006 JOS 017 014 And the sons of Joseph answered Joshua, saying, Therefore have you caused us to inherit one inheritance, and one line? whereas I am a great people, and God has blessed me. 006 JOS 017 015 And Joshua said to them, If you be a great people, go up to the forest, and clear [the land] for yourself, If mount Ephraim be too little for you. 006 JOS 017 016 And they said, The mount of Ephraim does not please us, and the Chananite dwelling in it in Baethsan, and in its villages, [and] in the valley of Jezrael, has choice cavalry and iron. 006 JOS 017 017 And Joshua said to the sons of Joseph, If you are a great people, and have great strength, you shall not have [only] one inheritance. 006 JOS 017 018 For you shall have the wood, for there is a wood, and you shall clear it, and [the land] shall be your; even when you shall have utterly destroyed the Chananite, for he has chosen cavalry; yet you are stronger than he. 006 JOS 018 001 And all the congregation of the children of Israel were assembled at Selo, and there they pitched the tabernacle of witness; and the land was subdued by them. 006 JOS 018 002 And the sons of Israel remained, [even] those who [had] not received their inheritance, seven tribes. 006 JOS 018 003 And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will you be slack to inherit the land, which the Lord our God has given you? 006 JOS 018 004 Appoint of yourselves three men of each tribe, and let them rise up and go through the land, and let them describe it before me, as it will be proper to divide it. 006 JOS 018 005 And they came to him: and he divided to them seven portions, [saying], Juda shall stand to them a border southward, and the sons of Joseph shall stand to them northward. 006 JOS 018 006 And do you divide the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, and I will give you a lot before the Lord our God. 006 JOS 018 007 For the sons of Levi have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord [is] his portion; and Gad, and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasse, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them. 006 JOS 018 008 And the men rose up and went; and Joshua charged the men who went to explore the land, saying, Go and explore the land, and come to me, and I will bring you forth a lot here before the Lord in Selo. 006 JOS 018 009 And they went, and explored the land: and they viewed it, and described it according to the cities, seven parts in a book, and brought [the book] to Joshua. 006 JOS 018 010 And Joshua cast the lot for them in Selo before the Lord. 006 JOS 018 011 And the lot of the tribe of Benjamin came forth first according to their families: and the borders of their lot came forth between the children of Juda and the children of Joseph. 006 JOS 018 012 And their borders were northward: the borders shall go up from Jordan behind Jericho northward, and shall go up to the mountain westward, and the issue of it shall be Baethon of Mabdara. 006 JOS 018 013 And the borders will go forth thence to Luz, behind Luz, from the south of it; this is Baethel: and the borders shall go down to Maatarob Orech, to the hill country, which is southward of Baethoron the lower. 006 JOS 018 014 And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Baethoron southward, and its termination shall be at Cariath-Baal, this is Cariath-Jarin, a city of the children of Juda; this is the part toward the west. 006 JOS 018 015 And the south side on the part of Cariath-Baal; and the borders shall go across to Gasin, to the fountain of the water of Naphtho. 006 JOS 018 016 And the borders shall extend down on one side, this is in front of the forest of Sonnam, which is on the side of Emec Raphain northward, and it shall come down to Gaeenna behind Jebusai southward: it shall come down to the fountain of Rogel. 006 JOS 018 017 And [the borders] shall go across to the fountain of Baethsamys: 006 JOS 018 018 and shall proceed to Galiloth, which is in front by the going up of Aethamin; and they shall come down to the stone of Baeon of the sons of Ruben; and shall pass over behind Baetharaba northward, and shall go down to the borders behind the sea northward. 006 JOS 018 019 And the termination of the borders shall be at the creek of the salt sea northward to the side of Jordan southward: these are their southern borders. 006 JOS 018 020 And Jordan shall be their boundary on the east: this [is] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, these [are] their borders round about according to their families. 006 JOS 018 021 And the cities of the children of Benjamin according to their families [were] Jericho, and Bethagaeo, and the Amecasis, 006 JOS 018 022 and Baethabara, and Sara, and Besana, 006 JOS 018 023 and Aeein, and Phara, and Ephratha, 006 JOS 018 024 and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their villages: 006 JOS 018 025 Gabaon, and Rama, and Beerotha; 006 JOS 018 026 and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke; 006 JOS 018 027 and Phira, and Caphan, and Nacan, and Selecan, and Thareela, 006 JOS 018 028 and Jebus (this is Jerusalem); and Gabaoth, Jarim, thirteen cities, and their villages; this [is] the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families. 006 JOS 019 001 And the second lot came out for the children of Symeon; and their inheritance was in the midst of the lots of the children of Juda. 006 JOS 019 002 And their lot was Beersabee, and Samaa, and Caladam, 006 JOS 019 003 and Arsola, and Bola, and Jason, 006 JOS 019 004 and Erthula, and Bula, and Herma, 006 JOS 019 005 and Sikelac, and Baethmachereb, and Sarsusin, 006 JOS 019 006 and Batharoth, and their fields, thirteen cities, and their villages. 006 JOS 019 007 Eremmon, and Thalcha, and Jether, and Asan; four cities and their villages, 006 JOS 019 008 round about their cities as far as Balec as [men] go to Bameth southward: this [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Symeon according to their families. 006 JOS 019 009 The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Symeon [was a part] of the lot of Juda, for the portion of the children of Juda was greater than theirs; and the children of Symeon inherited in the midst of their lot. 006 JOS 019 010 And the third lot came out to Zabulon according to their families: the bounds of their inheritance shall be—Esedekgola shall be their border, 006 JOS 019 011 the sea and Magelda, and it shall reach to Baetharaba in the valley, which is opposite Jekman. 006 JOS 019 012 And the border returned from Sedduc in a contrary direction eastward from Baethsamys, to the borders of Chaselothaith, and shall pass on to Dabiroth, and shall proceed upward to Phangai. 006 JOS 019 013 And thence it shall come round in the opposite direction eastward to Gebere to the city of Catasem, and shall go on to Remmonaa Matharaoza. 006 JOS 019 014 And the borders shall come round northward to Amoth, and their going out shall be at Gaephael, 006 JOS 019 015 and Catanath, and Nabaal, and Symoon, and Jericho, and Baethman. 006 JOS 019 016 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon according to their families, [these] cities and their villages. 006 JOS 019 017 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar. 006 JOS 019 018 And their borders were Jazel, and Chasaloth, and Sunam, 006 JOS 019 019 and Agin, and Siona, and Reeroth, 006 JOS 019 020 and Anachereth, and Dabiron, and Kison, and Rebes, 006 JOS 019 021 and Remmas, and Jeon, and Tomman, and Aemarec, and Bersaphes. 006 JOS 019 022 And the boundaries shall border upon Gaethbor, and upon Salim westward, and Baethsamys; and the extremity of his bounds shall be Jordan. 006 JOS 019 023 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. 006 JOS 019 024 And the fifth lot came out to Aser according to their families. 006 JOS 019 025 And their borders were Exeleketh, and Aleph, and Baethok, and Keaph, 006 JOS 019 026 and Elimelech, and Amiel, and Maasa, and the lot will border on Carmel westward, and on Sion, and Labanath. 006 JOS 019 027 And it will return westward from Baethegeneth, and will join Zabulon and Ekgai, and Phthaeel northwards, and the borders will come to Saphthaebaethme, and Inael, and will go on to Chobamasomel, 006 JOS 019 028 and Elbon, and Raab, and Ememaon, and Canthan to great Sidon. 006 JOS 019 029 And the borders shall turn back to Rama, and to the fountain of Masphassat, and the Tyrians; and the borders shall return to Jasiph, and their going forth shall be the sea, and Apoleb, and Echozob, 006 JOS 019 030 and Archob, and Aphec, and Raau. 006 JOS 019 031 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Aser according to their families, the cities and their villages. 006 JOS 019 032 And the sixth lot came out to Nephthali. 006 JOS 019 033 And their borders were Moolam, and Mola, and Besemiin, and Arme, and Naboc, and Jephthamai, as far as Dodam; and their goings out were Jordan. 006 JOS 019 034 And the coasts will return westward by Athabor, and will go out thence to Jacana, and will border on Zabulon southward, and Aser will join [it] westward, and Jordan eastward. 006 JOS 019 035 And the walled cities of the Tyrians, Tyre, and Omathadaketh, and Kenereth, 006 JOS 019 036 and Armaith, and Areal, and Asor, 006 JOS 019 037 and Cades, and Assari, and the well of Asor; 006 JOS 019 038 and Keroe, and Megalaarim, and Baetthame, and Thessamys. 006 JOS 019 039 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Nephthali. 006 JOS 019 040 And the seventh lot came out to Dan. 006 JOS 019 041 And their borders were Sarath, and Asa, and the cities of Sammaus, 006 JOS 019 042 and Salamin, and Ammon, and Silatha, 006 JOS 019 043 and Elon, and Thamnatha, and Accaron; 006 JOS 019 044 and Alcatha, and Begethon, and Gebeelan, 006 JOS 019 045 and Azor, and Banaebacat, and Gethremmon. 006 JOS 019 046 And westward of Hieracon the border [was] near to Joppa. 006 JOS 019 047 This [is] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their families, these [are] their cities and their villages: and the children of Dan did not drive out the Amorite who afflicted them in the mountain; and the Amorite would not suffer them to come down into the valley, but they forcibly took from them the border of their portion. 006 JOS 019 048 And the sons of Dan went and fought against Lachis, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword; and they lived in it, and called the name of it Lasendan: and the Amorite continued to dwell in Edom and in Salamin: and the hand of Ephraim prevailed against them, and they became tribute to them. 006 JOS 019 049 And they proceeded to take possession of the land according to their borders, and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Naue among them, 006 JOS 019 050 by the command of God, and they gave him the city which he asked for, Thamnasarach, which is in the mount of Ephraim; and he built the city, and lived in it. 006 JOS 019 051 These [are] the divisions which Eleazar the priest divided by lot, and Joshua the [son] of Naue, and the heads of families among the tribes of Israel, according to the lots, in Selo before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and they went to take possession of the land. 006 JOS 020 001 And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying, 006 JOS 020 002 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge, [of] which I spoke to you by Moses. 006 JOS 020 003 [Even] a refuge to the slayer who has struck a man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment. 006 JOS 020 004 And Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of Juda. 006 JOS 020 005 And beyond Jordan he appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Ruben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse. 006 JOS 020 006 These [were] the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger dwelling among them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee there, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment. 006 JOS 021 001 And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the [son] of Naue, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel. 006 JOS 021 002 And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our cattle. 006 JOS 021 003 So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities and the country round. 006 JOS 021 004 And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin. 006 JOS 021 005 And to the sons of Caath that were left were [given by] lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasse. 006 JOS 021 006 And the sons of Gedson had thirteen cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the half tribe of Manasse in Basan. 006 JOS 021 007 And the sons of Merari according to their families had by lot twelve cities, out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon. 006 JOS 021 008 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot. 006 JOS 021 009 And the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, and [part] of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities, and they were assigned 006 JOS 021 010 to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these. 006 JOS 021 011 And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain [country] of Juda, and the suburbs round it. 006 JOS 021 012 But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession. 006 JOS 021 013 And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it; 006 JOS 021 014 and Aelom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs; 006 JOS 021 015 and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs; 006 JOS 021 016 and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes. 006 JOS 021 017 And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs; 006 JOS 021 018 and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities. 006 JOS 021 019 All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen. 006 JOS 021 020 And to the families, [even] the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Caath, there was [given] their priests' city, 006 JOS 021 021 out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer's city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs; 006 JOS 021 022 and Baethoron and its suburbs: four cities: 006 JOS 021 023 and the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs: 006 JOS 021 024 and Aelon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities. 006 JOS 021 025 And out of the half tribe of Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities. 006 JOS 021 026 In all [were given] ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to them, to the families of the sons of Caath that remained. 006 JOS 021 027 And [Joshua gave] to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasse cities set apart for the slayers, Gaulon in the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs; two cities. 006 JOS 021 028 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and its suburbs; 006 JOS 021 029 and Remmath and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities. 006 JOS 021 030 And out of the tribe of Aser, Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and its suburbs; 006 JOS 021 031 and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities. 006 JOS 021 032 And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities. 006 JOS 021 033 All the cities of Gedson according to their families [were] thirteen cities. 006 JOS 021 034 And to the family of the sons of Merari the Levites that remained, [he gave] out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan and its suburbs; and Cades and its suburbs, 006 JOS 021 035 and Sella and its suburbs: three cities. 006 JOS 021 036 And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs; and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities. 006 JOS 021 037 And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad, and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs; and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities [were] four in all. 006 JOS 021 040 All [these] cities [were given] to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the tribe of Levi; and their limits were the twelve cities. 006 JOS 021 041 All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, [were] forty-eight cities, 006 JOS 021 042 and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities: and Joshua ceased dividing the land by their borders: and the children of Israel gave a portion to Joshua because of the commandment of the Lord: they gave him the city which he asked: they gave him Thamnasachar in mount Ephraim; and Joshua built the city, and lived in it: and Joshua took the knives of stone, wherewith he circumcised the children of Israel that were born in the desert by the way, and put them in Thamnasachar. 006 JOS 021 043 So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and lived in it. 006 JOS 021 044 And the Lord gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers: not one of all their enemies maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands. 006 JOS 021 045 There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass. 006 JOS 022 001 Then Joshua called together the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse, 006 JOS 022 002 and said to them, You have heard all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and you have listened to my voice in all that he commanded you. 006 JOS 022 003 You have not deserted your brethren these many days: until this day you have kept the commandment of the Lord your God. 006 JOS 022 004 And now the Lord our God has given our brethren rest, as he told them: now then return and depart to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the other side Jordan. 006 JOS 022 005 But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul. 006 JOS 022 006 And Joshua blessed them, and dismissed them; and they went to their homes. 006 JOS 022 007 And to [one] half the tribe of Manasse Moses gave a portion in the land of Basan, and to [the other] half Joshua gave a portion with his brethren on the other side of Jordan westward: and when Joshua sent them away to their homes, then he blessed them. 006 JOS 022 008 And they departed with much wealth to their houses, and they divided the spoil of their enemies with their brethren; very much cattle, and silver, and gold, and iron, and much raiment. 006 JOS 022 009 So the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse, departed from the children of Israel in Selo in the land of Chanaan, to go away into Galaad, into the land of their possession, which they inherited by the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. 006 JOS 022 010 And they came to Galaad of Jordan, which is in the land of Chanaan: and the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to look at. 006 JOS 022 011 And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse have built an altar at the borders of the land of Chanaan at Galaad of Jordan, on the opposite side to the children of Israel. 006 JOS 022 012 And all the children of Israel gathered together to Selo, so as to go up and fight against them. 006 JOS 022 013 And the children of Israel sent to the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and to the sons of the half tribe of Manasse into the land of Galaad, both Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, 006 JOS 022 014 and ten of the chiefs with him; [there was] one chief of every household out of all the tribes of Israel; (the heads of families are the captains of thousands in Israel.) 006 JOS 022 015 And they came to the sons of Ruben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasse into the land of Galaad; and they spoke to them, saying, 006 JOS 022 016 Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, What [is] this transgression that you have transgressed before the God of Israel, to turn away today from the Lord, in that you have built for yourselves an altar, so that you should be apostates from the Lord? 006 JOS 022 017 Is the sin of Phogor too little for you, whereas we have not been cleansed from it until this day, though there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord? 006 JOS 022 018 And you have this day revolted from the Lord; and it shall come to pass if you revolt this day from the Lord, that to-morrow there shall be wrath upon all Israel. 006 JOS 022 019 And now if the land of your possession [be too] little, cross over to the land of the possession of the Lord, where the tabernacle of the Lord dwells, and receive you an inheritance among us; and do not become apostates from God, neither do you apostatize from the Lord, because of your having built an altar apart from the altar of the Lord our God. 006 JOS 022 020 Behold! did not Achar the [son] of Zara commit a trespass [taking] of the accursed thing, and there was wrath on the whole congregation of Israel? and he himself died alone in his own sin. 006 JOS 022 021 And the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse answered, and spoke to the captains of the thousands of Israel, saying, 006 JOS 022 022 God [even] God is the Lord, and God [even] God himself knows, and Israel he shall know; if we have transgressed before the Lord by apostasy, let him not deliver us this day. 006 JOS 022 023 And if we have built to ourselves an altar, so as to apostatize from the Lord our God, so as to offer upon it a sacrifice of whole burnt offerings, so as to offer upon it a sacrifice of peace-offering, —the Lord shall require it. 006 JOS 022 024 But we have done this for the sake of precaution [concerning this] thing, saying, Lest hereafter your sons should say to our sons, What have you to do with the Lord God of Israel? 006 JOS 022 025 Whereas the Lord has set boundaries between us and you, even Jordan, and you have no portion in the Lord: so your sons shall alienate our sons, that they should not worship the Lord. 006 JOS 022 026 And we gave orders to do thus, to build this altar, not for burnt offerings, nor for meat-offerings; 006 JOS 022 027 but that this may be a witness between you and us, and between our posterity after us, that we may do service to the Lord before him, with our burnt offerings and our meat-offerings and our peace-offerings: so your sons shall not say to our sons, hereafter, You have no portion in the Lord. 006 JOS 022 028 And we said, If ever it should come to pass that they should speak [so] to us, or to our posterity hereafter; then shall they say, Behold the likeness of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for the sake of burnt offerings, nor for the sake of meat-offerings, but it is a witness between you and us, and between our sons. 006 JOS 022 029 Far be it from us therefore that we should turn away from the Lord this day so as to apostatize from the Lord, so as that we should build an altar for burnt offerings, and for peace-offerings, besides the altar of the Lord which is before his tabernacle. 006 JOS 022 030 And Phinees the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation of Israel who were with him heard the words which the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse spoke; and it pleased them. 006 JOS 022 031 And Phinees the priest said to the sons of Ruben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half of the tribe of Manasse, To-day we know that the Lord [is] with us, because you have not trespassed grievously against the Lord, and because you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord. 006 JOS 022 032 So Phinees the priest and the princes departed from the children of Ruben, and from the children of Gad, and from the half tribe of Manasse out of Galaad into the land of Chanaan to the children of Israel; and reported the words to them. 006 JOS 022 033 And it pleased the children of Israel; and they spoke to the children of Israel, and blessed the God of the children of Israel, and told them to go up no more to war against the others to destroy the land of the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse: so they lived upon it. 006 JOS 022 034 And Joshua gave a name to the altar of the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse; and said, It is a testimony in the midst of them, that the Lord is their God. 006 JOS 023 001 And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in years. 006 JOS 023 002 And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years. 006 JOS 023 003 And you have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; [for it] is the Lord your God who has fought for you. 006 JOS 023 004 See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and [some] I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward. 006 JOS 023 005 And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and you shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you. 006 JOS 023 006 Do you therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not to the right hand or to the left; 006 JOS 023 007 that you go not in among these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named among you, neither shall you serve them, neither shall you bow down to them. 006 JOS 023 008 But you shall cleave to the Lord our God, as you have done until this day. 006 JOS 023 009 And the Lord shall destroy them before you, [even] great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day. 006 JOS 023 010 One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us. 006 JOS 023 011 And take you great heed to love the Lord our God. 006 JOS 023 012 For if you shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you, 006 JOS 023 013 know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until you be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you. 006 JOS 023 014 But I hasten to go the way [of death], as all that are upon the earth also [do]: and you know in your heart and in your soul, that not one word has fallen [to the ground] of all the words which the Lord our God has spoken respecting all that concerns us; there has not one of them failed. 006 JOS 023 015 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon us which the Lord God will bring upon you all the evil things, until he shall have destroyed you from off this good land, which the Lord has given you, 006 JOS 023 016 when you transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them. 006 JOS 024 001 And Joshua gathered all the tribe of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God. 006 JOS 024 002 And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, [even] Thara, the father of Abraam and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods. 006 JOS 024 003 And I took your father Abraam from the other side of the river, and I guided him through all the land, and I multiplied his seed; 006 JOS 024 004 and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them. 006 JOS 024 005 And I struck Egypt with the wonders that I wrought among them. 006 JOS 024 006 And afterwards [God] brought out our fathers from Egypt, and you entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into the Red Sea. 006 JOS 024 007 And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and you were in the wilderness many days. 006 JOS 024 008 And he brought us into the land of the Amorites that lived beyond Jordan, and the Lord delivered them into our hands; and you inherited their land, and utterly destroyed them from before you. 006 JOS 024 009 And Balac, king of Moab, son of Sepphor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us. 006 JOS 024 010 But the Lord your God would not destroy you; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them [to us]. 006 JOS 024 011 And you crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands. 006 JOS 024 012 And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, [even] twelve kings of the Amorites, not with your sword, nor with your bow. 006 JOS 024 013 And he gave you a land on which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you were settled in them; and you eat [of] vineyards and olive yards which you did not plant. 006 JOS 024 014 And now fear the Lord, and serve him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord. 006 JOS 024 015 But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom you dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy. 006 JOS 024 016 And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods. 006 JOS 024 017 The Lord our God, he is God; he brought up us and our fathers from Egypt, and kept us in all the way wherein we walked, and among all the nations through whom we passed. 006 JOS 024 018 And the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yes, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God. 006 JOS 024 019 And Joshua said to the people, Indeed you will not be able to serve the Lord, for God is holy; and he being jealous will not forgive your sins and your transgressions. 006 JOS 024 020 Whenever you shall forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then he shall come upon you and afflict you, and consume you, because he has done you good. 006 JOS 024 021 And the people said to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord. 006 JOS 024 022 And Joshua said to the people, You [are] witnesses against yourselves, that you have chosen the Lord to serve him. 006 JOS 024 023 And now take away the strange gods that are among you, and set your heart right toward the Lord God of Israel. 006 JOS 024 024 And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will listen to his voice. 006 JOS 024 025 So Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and gave them a law and an ordinance in Selo before the tabernacle of the God of Israel. 006 JOS 024 026 And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the oak before the Lord. 006 JOS 024 027 And Joshua said to the people, Behold, this stone shall be among you for a witness, for it has heard all the words that have been spoken to it by the Lord; for he has spoken to you this day; and this [stone] shall be among you for a witness in the last days, whenever you shall deal falsely with the Lord my God. 006 JOS 024 028 And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place. 006 JOS 024 029 And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Naue the servant of the Lord died, [at the age] of a hundred and ten years. 006 JOS 024 030 And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Thamnasarach in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Galaad: there they put with him into the tomb in which they buried him, the knives of stone with which he circumcised the children of Israel in Galgala, when he brought them out of Egypt, as the Lord appointed them; and there they are to this day. 006 JOS 024 031 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he wrought for Israel. 006 JOS 024 032 And the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried [them] in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who lived in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion. 006 JOS 024 033 And it came to pass afterwards that Eleazar the high-priest the son of Aaron died, and was buried in Gabaar of Phinees his son, which he gave him in mount Ephraim. In that day the children of Israel took the ark of God, and carried it about among them; and Phinees exercised the priest's office in the room of Eleazar his father till he died, and he was buried in his own place Gabaar: but the children of Israel departed every one to their place, and to their own city: and the children of Israel worshipped Astarte, and Astaroth, and the gods of the nations round about them; and the Lord delivered them into the hands of Eglom king of Moab and he ruled over them eighteen years. # # BOOK 007 JDG Judges Judges 007 JDG 001 001 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them? 007 JDG 001 002 And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 007 JDG 001 003 And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with you into your lot: and Symeon went with him. 007 JDG 001 004 And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they struck them in Bezek to [the number of] ten thousand men. 007 JDG 001 005 And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they struck the Chananite and the Pherezite. 007 JDG 001 006 And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 007 JDG 001 007 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 007 JDG 001 008 And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire. 007 JDG 001 009 And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country. 007 JDG 001 010 And Judas went to the Chananite who lived in Chebron; and Chebron came out against him; [and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher: ] and they struck Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac. 007 JDG 001 011 And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters. 007 JDG 001 012 And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall strike the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife. 007 JDG 001 013 And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife. 007 JDG 001 014 And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, You have sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, What is your request? 007 JDG 001 015 And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray you, a blessing, for you have sent me forth into a south land, and you shall give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper [springs] and the ransom of the low [springs]. 007 JDG 001 016 And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they lived with the people. 007 JDG 001 017 And Judas went with Symeon his brother, and struck the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema. 007 JDG 001 018 But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, [nor] Azotus nor the lands around it. 007 JDG 001 019 And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented them. 007 JDG 001 020 And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac. 007 JDG 001 021 But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the Jebusite who lived in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite lived with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day. 007 JDG 001 022 And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them. 007 JDG 001 023 And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza. 007 JDG 001 024 And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Show us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with you. 007 JDG 001 025 And he showed them the way into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family. 007 JDG 001 026 And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this [is] its name until this day. 007 JDG 001 027 And Manasse did not drive out [the inhabitants of] Baethsan, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land. 007 JDG 001 028 And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out. 007 JDG 001 029 And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that lived in Gazer; and the Chananite lived in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary. 007 JDG 001 030 And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite lived in the midst of them, and became tributary to them. 007 JDG 001 031 And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and [that people] became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo. 007 JDG 001 032 And Aser lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out. 007 JDG 001 033 And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali lived in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them. 007 JDG 001 034 And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley. 007 JDG 001 035 And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which [are] bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them. 007 JDG 001 036 And the border of the Amorite [was] from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards. 007 JDG 002 001 And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the [place of] weeping, and to Baethel, and to the house of Israel, and said to them, Thus says the Lord, I brought you up out of Egypt, and I brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant that I have made with you. 007 JDG 002 002 And you shall make no covenant with them that dwell in this land, neither shall you worship their gods; but you shall destroy their graven images, you shall pull down their altars: but you listened not to my voice, for you did these things. 007 JDG 002 003 And I said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be for a distress to you, and their gods shall be to you for an offense. 007 JDG 002 004 And it came to pass when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 007 JDG 002 005 And they named the name of that place Weepings; and they sacrificed there to the Lord. 007 JDG 002 006 And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his inheritance, to inherit the land. 007 JDG 002 007 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived many days with Joshua, as many as knew all the great work of the Lord, what things he had wrought in Israel. 007 JDG 002 008 And Joshua the son of Naue, the servant of the Lord, died, a hundred and ten years old. 007 JDG 002 009 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, in Thamnathares, in mount Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaas. 007 JDG 002 010 And all that generation were laid to their fathers: and another generation rose up after them, who knew not the Lord, nor yet the work which he wrought in Israel. 007 JDG 002 011 And the children of Israel wrought evil before the Lord, and served Baalim. 007 JDG 002 012 And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and walked after other gods, of the gods of the nations round about them; and they worshipped them. 007 JDG 002 013 And they provoked the Lord, and forsook him, and served Baal and the Astartes. 007 JDG 002 014 And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and he gave them into the hands of the spoilers, and they spoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, and they could not any longer resist their enemies, 007 JDG 002 015 among whoever they went; and the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord spoke, and as the Lord sware to them; and he greatly afflicted them. 007 JDG 002 016 And the Lord raised up judges, and the Lord save them out of the hands of them that spoiled them: and yet they listened not to the judges, 007 JDG 002 017 for they went a whoring after other gods, and worshipped them; and they turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked to listen to the words of the Lord; they did not so. 007 JDG 002 018 And because the Lord raised them up judges, so the Lord was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved at their groaning by reason of them that besieged them and afflicted them. 007 JDG 002 019 And it came to pass when the judge died, that they went back, and again corrupted [themselves] worse than their fathers to go after other gods to serve them an to worship them: they abandoned not their devices nor their stubborn ways. 007 JDG 002 020 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and said, Forasmuch as this nation has forsaken my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not listened to my voice, 007 JDG 002 021 therefore I will not any more cast out a man of the nations before their face, which Joshua the son of Naue left in the land. And [the Lord] left [them], 007 JDG 002 022 to prove Israel with them, whether they would keep the way of the Lord, to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or no. 007 JDG 002 023 So the Lord will leave these nations, so as not to cast them out suddenly; and he delivered them not into the hand of Joshua. 007 JDG 003 001 And these [are] the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of Chanaan. 007 JDG 003 002 Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not. 007 JDG 003 003 The five lordships of the Phylistines, and every Chananite, and the Sidonian, and the Evite who lived in Libanus from the mount of Aermon to Laboemath. 007 JDG 003 004 And [this] was done in order to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commands of the Lord, which he charged their fathers by the hand of Moses. 007 JDG 003 005 And the children of Israel lived in the midst of the Chananite, and the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite. 007 JDG 003 006 And they took their daughters for wives to themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 007 JDG 003 007 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves. 007 JDG 003 008 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers: and the children of Israel served Chusarsathaim eight years. 007 JDG 003 009 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and the Lord raised up a savior to Israel, and he saved them, Gothoniel the son of Kenez, the brother of Chaleb younger than himself. 007 JDG 003 010 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war against Chusarsathaim: and the Lord delivered into his hand Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers, and his hand prevailed against Chusarsathaim. 007 JDG 003 011 And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died. 007 JDG 003 012 And the children of Israel continued to do evil before the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglom king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil before the Lord. 007 JDG 003 013 And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and went and struck Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm-trees. 007 JDG 003 014 And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years. 007 JDG 003 015 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and he raised up to them a savior, Aod the son of Gera a son of Jemeni, a man who used both hands alike: and the children of Israel sent gifts by his hand to Eglom king of Moab. 007 JDG 003 016 And Aod made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh. 007 JDG 003 017 And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom [was] a very handsome man. 007 JDG 003 018 And it came to pass when [Aod] had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts. 007 JDG 003 019 And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod said, I have a secret errand to you, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him. 007 JDG 003 020 And Aod went in to him; and he sat in his own upper summer chamber quite alone; and Aod said, I have a message from God to you, O king: and Eglom rose up from his throne near him. 007 JDG 003 021 And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly; 007 JDG 003 022 and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly. 007 JDG 003 023 And Aod went out to the porch, and passed out by the appointed [guards], and shut the doors of the chamber upon him, and locked [them]. 007 JDG 003 024 And he went out: and Eglom's servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber [were] locked; and they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer-chamber? 007 JDG 003 025 And they waited till they were ashamed, and, behold, there was no one that opened the doors of the upper chamber; and they took the key, and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead upon the earth. 007 JDG 003 026 And Aod escaped while they were in a tumult, and no one paid attention to him; and he passed the quarries, and escaped to Setirotha. 007 JDG 003 027 And it came to pass when Aod came into the land of Israel, that he blew the horn in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came down with him from the mountain, and he [was] before them. 007 JDG 003 028 And he said to them, Come down after me, for the Lord God has delivered our enemies, even Moab, into our hand; and they went down after him, and seized on the fords of Jordan before Moab, and he did not suffer a man to pass over. 007 JDG 003 029 And they struck Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every [lusty] person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped. 007 JDG 003 030 So Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel, and the land had rest eighty years; and Aod judged them till he died. 007 JDG 003 031 And after him rose up Samegar the son of Dinach, and struck the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a plowshare [such as is drawn by] oxen; and he too delivered Israel. 007 JDG 004 001 And the children of Israel continued to do evil against the Lord; and Aod was dead. 007 JDG 004 002 And the Lord sold the children of Israel into the hand of Jabin king of Chanaan, who ruled in Asor; and the chief of his host was Sisara, and he lived in Arisoth of the Gentiles. 007 JDG 004 003 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, because he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed Israel twenty years. 007 JDG 004 004 And Debbora, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, —she judged Israel at that time. 007 JDG 004 005 And she sat under the palm tree of Debbora between Rama and Baethel in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgment. 007 JDG 004 006 And Debbora sent and called Barac the son of Abineem out of Cades Nephthali, and she said to him, Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded you? and you shall depart to mount Thabor, and shall take with yourself ten thousand men of the sons of Nephthali and of the sons of Zabulon. 007 JDG 004 007 And I will bring to you to the torrent of Kison Sisara the captain of the host of Jabin, and his chariots, and his multitude, and I will deliver them into your hands. 007 JDG 004 008 And Barac said to her, If you will go with me, I will go; and if you will not go, I will not go; for I know not the day on which the Lord prospers his messenger with me. 007 JDG 004 009 And she said, I will surely go with you; but know that your honor shall not attend on the expedition on which you go, for the Lord shall sell Sisara into the hands of a women: and Debbora arose, and went with Barac out of Cades. 007 JDG 004 010 And Barac called Zabulon and Nephthali out of Cades, and there went up at his feet ten thousand men, and Debbora went up with him. 007 JDG 004 011 And Chaber the Kenite had removed from Caina, from the sons of Jobab the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent by the oak of the covetous ones, which is near Kedes. 007 JDG 004 012 And it was told Sisara that Barac the son of Abineem was gone up to mount Thabor. 007 JDG 004 013 And Sisara summoned all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron and all the people with him, from Arisoth of the Gentiles to the brook of Kison. 007 JDG 004 014 And Debbora said to Barac, Rise up, for this [is] the day on which the Lord has delivered Sisara into your hand, for the Lord shall go forth before you: and Barac went down from mount Thabor, and ten thousand men after him. 007 JDG 004 015 And the Lord discomfited Sisara, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barac: and Sisara descended from off his chariot, and fled on his feet. 007 JDG 004 016 And Barac pursued after the chariots and after the army, into Arisoth of the Gentiles; and the whole army of Sisara fell by the edge of the sword, there was not one left. 007 JDG 004 017 And Sisara fled on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Chaber the Kenite his friend: for there was peace between Jabin king of Asor and the house of Chaber the Kenite. 007 JDG 004 018 And Jael went, out to meet Sisara, and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me, fear not: and he turned aside to her into the tent; and she covered him with a mantle. 007 JDG 004 019 And Sisara said to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty: and she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him. 007 JDG 004 020 And Sisara said to her, Stand now by the door of the tent, and it shall come to pass if any man come to you, and ask of you, and say, Is there [any] man here? then you shall say, There is not. 007 JDG 004 021 And Jael the wife of Chaber took a pin of the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him, and fastened the pin in his temple, and it went through to the earth, and he fainted away, and darkness fell upon him and he died. 007 JDG 004 022 And, behold, Barac [was] pursuing Sisara: and Jael went out to meet him, and he said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek: and he went in to her; and, behold, Sisara was fallen dead, and the pin [was] in his temple. 007 JDG 004 023 So God routed Jabin king of Chanaan in that day before the children of Israel. 007 JDG 004 024 And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin king of Chanaan, until they utterly destroyed Jabin king of Chanaan. 007 JDG 005 001 And Debbora and Barac son of Abineem sang in that day, saying, 007 JDG 005 002 A revelation was made in Israel when the people were made willing: Praise you the Lord. 007 JDG 005 003 Hear, you kings, and listen, rulers: I will sing, it is I [who will sing] to the Lord, it is I, I will sing a psalm to the Lord the god of Israel. 007 JDG 005 004 O Lord, in your going forth on Seir, when you went forth out of the land of Edom, the earth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, and the clouds dropped water. 007 JDG 005 005 The mountains were shaken before the face of the Lord Eloi, this Sina before the face of the Lord God of Israel. 007 JDG 005 006 In the days of Samegar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, they deserted the ways, and went in by-ways; they went in crooked paths. 007 JDG 005 007 The mighty men in Israel failed, they failed until Debbora arose, until she arose a mother in Israel. 007 JDG 005 008 They chose new gods; then the cities of rulers fought; there was not a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel. 007 JDG 005 009 My heart [inclines] to the orders given in Israel; you that are willing among the people, bless the Lord. 007 JDG 005 010 You that mount a she-ass at noon-day, you that sit on the judgment-seat, and walk by the roads of them that sit in judgment by the way; declare 007 JDG 005 011 [you that are delivered] from the noise of disturbers among the drawers of water; there shall they relate righteous acts: O Lord, increase righteous acts in Israel: then the people of the Lord went down to the cities. 007 JDG 005 012 Awake, awake, Debbora; awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barac, and lead your captivity captive, son of Abineem. 007 JDG 005 013 Then went down the remnant to the strong, the people of the Lord went down for him among the mighty ones from me. 007 JDG 005 014 Ephraim rooted them out in Amalec, behind you was Benjamin among your people: the inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, and from Zabulon came they that draw with the scribe's pen of record. 007 JDG 005 015 And princess in Issachar were with Debbora and Barac, thus she sent Barac on his feet in the valleys into the portions of Ruben; great [pangs] reached to the heart. 007 JDG 005 016 Why did they sit between the sheepfolds to hear the bleating of flocks for the divisions of Ruben? [there were] great searchings of heart. 007 JDG 005 017 Galaad [is] on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents; and why does Dan remain in ships? Aser sat down on the sea-coasts, and he will tabernacle at his ports. 007 JDG 005 018 The people Zabulon exposed their soul to death, and Nephthali came to the high places of their land. 007 JDG 005 019 Kings set themselves in array, then the kings of Chanaan fought in Thanaach at the water of Mageddo; they took no gift of money. 007 JDG 005 020 The stars from heaven set themselves in array, they set themselves [to fight] with Sisara out of their paths. 007 JDG 005 021 The brook of Kison swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kison: my mighty soul will trample him down. 007 JDG 005 022 When the hoofs of the horse were entangled, his mighty ones earnestly hasted 007 JDG 005 023 to curse Meroz: Curse you [it], said the angel of the Lord; cursed [is] every one that dwells in it, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to his help among the mighty. 007 JDG 005 024 Blessed among women be Jael wife of Chaber the Kenite; let her be blessed above women in tents. 007 JDG 005 025 He asked for water, she gave him milk in a dish; she brought butter of princes. 007 JDG 005 026 She stretched forth her left hand to the nail, and her right to the hand workman's hammer, and she struck Sisara with it, she nailed through his head and struck him; she nailed through his temples. 007 JDG 005 027 He rolled down between her feet; he fell and lay between her feet; he bowed and fell: where he bowed, there he fell dead. 007 JDG 005 028 The mother of Sisara looked down through the window out of the loophole, [saying], Why was his chariot ashamed? why did the wheels of his chariots wait? 007 JDG 005 029 Her wise ladies answered her, and she returned answers to herself, [saying], 007 JDG 005 030 Will they not find him dividing the spoil? he will surely be gracious to every man: [there are] spoils of dyed garments for Sisara, spoils of various dyed garments, dyed embroidered garments, they [are] the spoils for his neck. 007 JDG 005 031 Thus let all your enemies perish, O Lord: and they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength. And the land had rest forty years. 007 JDG 006 001 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Madiam seven years. 007 JDG 006 002 And the hand of Madiam prevailed against Israel: and the children of Israel made for themselves because of Madiam the caves in the mountains, and the dens, and the holes in the rocks. 007 JDG 006 003 And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Madiam and Amalec went up, and the children of the east went up together with them. 007 JDG 006 004 And they encamped against them, and destroyed their fruits until they came to Gaza; and they left not the support of life in the land of Israel, not even ox or ass among the herds. 007 JDG 006 005 For they and their stock came up, and their tents were with them, as the locust in multitude, and there was no number to them and their camels; and they came to the land of Israel, and laid it waste. 007 JDG 006 006 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Madiam. 007 JDG 006 007 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord because of Madiam. 007 JDG 006 008 And the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I am he that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I brought you up out of the house of your bondage. 007 JDG 006 009 And I delivered you out of the hand of Egypt, and out of the hand of all that afflicted you, and I cast them out before you; and I gave you their land. 007 JDG 006 010 And I said to you, I [am] the Lord your God: you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but you listened not to my voice. 007 JDG 006 011 And an angel of the Lord came, and sat down under the fir tree, which was in Ephratha in the land of Joas father of Esdri; and Gedeon his son [was] threshing wheat in a wine-press in order to escape from the face of Madiam. 007 JDG 006 012 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord [is] with you, you mighty in strength. 007 JDG 006 013 And Gedeon said to him, [Be gracious] with me, my Lord: but if the Lord is with us, why have these evils found us? and where are all his miracles, which our fathers have related to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? and now he has cast us out, and given us into the hand of Madiam. 007 JDG 006 014 And the angel of the Lord turned to him, and said, Go in this your strength, and you shall save Israel out of the hand of Madiam: behold, I have sent you. 007 JDG 006 015 And Gedeon said to him, [Be gracious] with me, my Lord: whereby shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is weakened in Manasse, and I am the least in my father's house. 007 JDG 006 016 And the angel of the Lord said to him, The Lord shall be with you, and you shall strike Madiam as one man. 007 JDG 006 017 And Gedeon said to him, If now I have found mercy in your eyes, and you will do this day for me all that you have spoken of with me, 007 JDG 006 018 depart not hence until I come to you, and I will bring forth an offering and offer it before you: and he said, I will remain until you return. 007 JDG 006 019 And Gedeon went in, and prepared a kid of the goats, and an ephah of fine flour unleavened; and he put the flesh in the basket, and poured the broth into the pot, and brought them forth to him under the turpentine tree, and drew near. 007 JDG 006 020 And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and put them on that rock, and pour out the broth close by: and he did so. 007 JDG 006 021 And the angel of the Lord stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; and fire came up out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened bread, and the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight. 007 JDG 006 022 And Gedeon saw that he was an angel of the Lord; and Gedeon said, Ah, ah, Lord my God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face. 007 JDG 006 023 And the Lord said to him, Peace be to you, fear not, you shall not die. 007 JDG 006 024 And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it The peace of the Lord, until this day, as it is still inEphratha of the father of Esdri. 007 JDG 006 025 And it came to pass in that night, that the Lord said to him, Take the young bullock which your father has, even the second bullock of seven years old, and you shall destroy the altar of Baal which your father has, and the grove which is by itthou shall destroy. 007 JDG 006 026 And you shall build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this Maozi in the ordering[it], and you shall take the second bullock, and shall offer up whole burnt offerings with the wood of the grove, which you shall destroy. 007 JDG 006 027 And Gedeon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord spoke to him: and it came to pass, as he feared the house of his father and the men of the city if he should do it by day, that he did it by night. 007 JDG 006 028 And the men of the city rose up early in the morning; and behold, the altar of Baal had been demolished, and the grove by it had been destroyed; and they saw the second bullock, which Gedeon offered on the altar that had been built. 007 JDG 006 029 And a man said to his neighbor, Who has done this thing? and they enquired and searched, and learned that Gedeon the son of Joas had done this thing. 007 JDG 006 030 And the men of the city said to Joas, Bring out your son, and let him die, because he has destroyed the altar of Baal, and because he has destroyed the grove that is by it. 007 JDG 006 031 And Gedeon the son of Joas said to all the men who rose up against him, Do you now plead for Baal, or will you save him? whoever will plead for him, let him be slain this morning: if he be a god let him plead for himself, [because] one has thrown down his altar. 007 JDG 006 032 And he called it in that day Jerobaal, saying, Let Baal plead thereby, because his altar has been thrown down. 007 JDG 006 033 And all Madiam, and Amalek, and the sons of the east gathered themselves together, and encamped in the valley of Jezrael. 007 JDG 006 034 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gedeon, and he blew with the horn, and Abiezer came to help after him. 007 JDG 006 035 And [Gedeon] sent messengers into all Manasse, and into Aser, and into Zabulon, and into Nephthali; and he went up to meet them. 007 JDG 006 036 And Gedeon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, 007 JDG 006 037 behold, I put the fleece of wool in the threshing floor: if there be dew on the fleece only, and drought on all the ground, I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said. 007 JDG 006 038 And it was so: and he rose up early in the morning, and wrung the fleece, and dew dropped from the fleece, a bowl full of water. 007 JDG 006 039 And Gedeon said to God, Let not, I pray you, your anger be kindled with me, and I will speak yet once; I will even yet make one trial more with the fleece: let now the drought be upon the fleece only, and let there be dew on all the ground. 007 JDG 006 040 And God did so in that night; and there was drought on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew. 007 JDG 007 001 And Jerobaal rose early, the same is Gedeon, and all the people with him, and encamped at the fountain of Arad; and the camp of Madiam was to the north of him, [reaching] from Gabaathamorai, in the valley. 007 JDG 007 002 And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people with you [are] many, so that I may not deliver Madiam into their hand, lest at any time Israel boast against me, saying, My hand has saved me. 007 JDG 007 003 And now speak in the ears of the people, saying, Who [is] afraid and fearful? let him turn and depart from mount Galaad: and there returned of the people twenty-two thousand, and ten thousand were left. 007 JDG 007 004 And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people is yet numerous; bring them down to the water, and I will purge them there for you: and it shall come to pass that of whoever I shall say to you, This one shall go with you, [even] he shall go with you; and of whoever I shall say to you, This one shall not go with you, [even] he shall not go with you. 007 JDG 007 005 And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gedeon, Whosoever shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, you shall set him apart, and [also] whoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink. 007 JDG 007 006 And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink water. 007 JDG 007 007 And the Lord said to Gedeon, I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped, and I will give Madiam into your hand; and all the [rest of the] people shall go every one to his place. 007 JDG 007 008 And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their horns; and he sent away every man of Israel each to his tent, and he strengthened the three hundred; and the army of Madiam were beneath him in the valley. 007 JDG 007 009 And it came to pass in that night that the Lord said to him, Arise, go down into the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand. 007 JDG 007 010 And if you are afraid to go down, go down you and your servant Phara into the camp. 007 JDG 007 011 And you shall hear what they shall say, and afterwards your hands shall be strong, and you shall go down into the camp: and he went down and Phara his servant to the extremity of the [companies of] fifty, which were in the camp. 007 JDG 007 012 And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east [were] scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude. 007 JDG 007 013 And Gedeon came, and behold a man [was] relating to his neighbor a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Madiam, and it came as far as a tent, and struck it, and it fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell. 007 JDG 007 014 And his neighbor answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gedeon, son of Joas, a man of Israel: God has delivered Madiam and all the host into his hand. 007 JDG 007 015 And it came to pass when Gedeon heard the account of the dream and the interpretation of it, that he worshipped the Lord, and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Rise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Madiam into our hand. 007 JDG 007 016 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put horns in the hands of all, and empty pitchers, and torches in the pitchers: 007 JDG 007 017 and he said to them, You shall look at me, and so shall you do; and behold, I will go into the beginning of the host, and it shall come to pass [that] as I do, so shall you do. 007 JDG 007 018 And I will sound with the horn, and all you with me shall sound with the horn round about the whole camp, and you shall say, For the Lord and Gedeon. 007 JDG 007 019 And Gedeon and the hundred men that were with him came to the extremity of the army in the beginning of the middle watch; and they completely roused the guards, and sounded with the horns, and they broke the pitchers that were in their hands, 007 JDG 007 020 and the three companies sounded with the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and in their right hands their horns to sound with; and they cried out, A sword for the Lord and for Gedeon. 007 JDG 007 021 And [every] man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and sounded [an alarm], and fled. 007 JDG 007 022 And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set [every] man's sword in all the host against his neighbor. 007 JDG 007 023 And the host fled as far as Bethseed Tagaragatha Abel-meula to Tabath; and the men of Israel from Nephthali, and from Aser, and from all Manasse, came to help, and followed after Madiam. 007 JDG 007 024 And Gedeon sent messengers into all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Madiam, and take to yourselves the water as far as Baethera and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water before hand to Baethera and Jordan. 007 JDG 007 025 And they took the princess of Madiam, even Oreb and Zeb; and they killed Oreb in Sur Oreb, and they killed Zeb in Jakephzeph; and they pursued Madiam, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon from beyond Jordan. 007 JDG 008 001 And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What [is] this [that] you have done to us, in that you did not call us when you went to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply. 007 JDG 008 002 And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? [is] not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? 007 JDG 008 003 The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word. 007 JDG 008 004 And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing. 007 JDG 008 005 And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam. 007 JDG 008 006 And the princes of Socchoth said, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your host? 007 JDG 008 007 And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim. 007 JDG 008 008 And he went up thence to Phanuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Phanuel answered him as the men of Socchoth [had] answered him. 007 JDG 008 009 And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower. 007 JDG 008 010 And Zebee and Salmana [were] in Carcar, and their host [was] with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left of all the host of the aliens; and they that fell [were] a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword. 007 JDG 008 011 And Gedeon went up by the way of them that lived in tents, eastward of Nabai and Jegebal; and he struck the host, and the host was secure. 007 JDG 008 012 And Zebee and Salmana fled; and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Madiam, Zebee and Salmana, and discomfited all the army. 007 JDG 008 013 And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the battle, down from the battle of Ares. 007 JDG 008 014 And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men. 007 JDG 008 015 And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom you reproached me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men that are faint? 007 JDG 008 016 And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city. 007 JDG 008 017 And he overthrew the tower of Phanuel, and killed the men of the city. 007 JDG 008 018 And he said to Zebee and Salmana, Where [are] the men whom you killed in Thabor? and they said, As you, so [were] they, according to the likeness of the son of a king. 007 JDG 008 019 And Gedeon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: [as] the Lord lives, if you had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you. 007 JDG 008 020 And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise and kill them; but the lad drew not his sword, for he was afraid, for he was yet very young. 007 JDG 008 021 And Zebee and Salmana said, Rise you and fall upon us, for your power [is] as that of a man; and Gedeon arose, and killed Zebee and Salmana: and he took the round ornaments that were on the necks of their camels. 007 JDG 008 022 And the men of Israel said to Gedeon, Rule, [my] lord, over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son; for you have saved us out of the hand of Madiam. 007 JDG 008 023 And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; the Lord shall rule over you. 007 JDG 008 024 And Gedeon said to them, I will make a request of you, and do you give me every man an earring out of his spoils: for they had golden earrings, for they were Ismaelites. 007 JDG 008 025 And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils. 007 JDG 008 026 And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Madiam, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels. 007 JDG 008 027 And Gedeon made an ephod of it, an set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went there a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling block to Gedeon and his house. 007 JDG 008 028 And Madiam, was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head any more; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gedeon. 007 JDG 008 029 And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house. 007 JDG 008 030 And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives. 007 JDG 008 031 And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech. 007 JDG 008 032 And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city, and he was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri. 007 JDG 008 033 And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god. 007 JDG 008 034 And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about. 007 JDG 008 035 And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal, (the same is Gedeon) according to all the good which he did to Israel. 007 JDG 009 001 And Abimelech son of Jerobaal went to Sychem to his mother's brethren; and he spoke to them and to all the kindred of the house of his mother's father, saying, 007 JDG 009 002 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Sychem, saying, Which [is] better for you, that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerobaal, should reign over you, or that one man should reign over you? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh. 007 JDG 009 003 And his mother's brethren spoke concerning him in the ears of all the men of Sychem all these words; and their heart turned after Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother. 007 JDG 009 004 And they gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain and cowardly men, and they went after him. 007 JDG 009 005 And he went to the house of his father to Ephratha, and killed his brethren the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men upon one stone; but Joatham the youngest son of Jerobaal was left, for he hid himself. 007 JDG 009 006 And all the men of Sicima, and all the house of Bethmaalo, were gathered together, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of Sedition, which was at Sicima. 007 JDG 009 007 And it was reported to Joatham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Garizin, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, you men of Sicima, and God shall hear you. 007 JDG 009 008 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive, Reign over us. 007 JDG 009 009 But the olives said to them, Shall I leave my fatness, with which men shall glorify God, and go to be promoted over the trees? 007 JDG 009 010 And the trees said to the fig tree, Come, reign over us. 007 JDG 009 011 But the fig tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness an my good fruits, and go to be promoted over the trees? 007 JDG 009 012 And the trees said to the vine, Come, reign over us. 007 JDG 009 013 And the vine said to them, Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men, and go to be promoted over the trees? 007 JDG 009 014 Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come you and [reign] over us. 007 JDG 009 015 And the bramble said to the trees, If you in truth anoint me to reign over you, come, stand under my shadow; and if not, let fire come out from me and devour the cedars of Libanus. 007 JDG 009 016 And now, if you have done it in truth and integrity, and have made Abimelech king, and if you have wrought well with Jerobaal, and with his house, and if you have done to him according to the reward of his hand, 007 JDG 009 017 as my father fought for you, and put his life in jeopardy, and delivered you out of the hand of Madiam; 007 JDG 009 018 and you are risen up this day against the house of my father, and have slain his sons, being seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his bondwoman king over the men of Sicima, because he is your brother: 007 JDG 009 019 if then you have done truly and faithfully with Jerobaal, and with his house this day, rejoice you in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice over you: 007 JDG 009 020 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Sicima, and the house of Bethmaalo; and let fire come out from the men of Sicima and from the house of Bethmaalo, and devour Abimelech. 007 JDG 009 021 And Joatham fled, and ran away, and went as far as Baeer, and lived there out of the way of his brother Abimelech. 007 JDG 009 022 And Abimelech reigned over Israel three years. 007 JDG 009 023 And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Sicima; and the men of Sicima dealt treacherously with the house of Abimelech: 007 JDG 009 024 to bring the injury done to the seventy sons of Jerobaal, and to lay their blood upon their brother Abimelech, who killed them, and upon the men of Sicima, because they strengthened his hands to kill his brethren. 007 JDG 009 025 And the men of Sicima set liers in wait against him on the top of the mountains, and robbed every one who passed by them on the way; and it was reported to the king Abimelech. 007 JDG 009 026 And Gaal son of Jobel came, and his brethren, and passed by Sicima, and the men of Sicima trusted in him. 007 JDG 009 027 And they went out into the field, and gathered their grapes, and trod them, and made merry; and they brought [the grapes] into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. 007 JDG 009 028 And Gaal the son of Jobel said, Who is Abimelech, and who is the son of Sychem, that we should serve him? [Is he] not the son of Jerobaal, and [is] not Zebul his steward, his servant with the son of Emmor the father of Sychem? and why should we serve him? 007 JDG 009 029 And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech, and I would say to him, Multiply your host, and come out. 007 JDG 009 030 And Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Jobel, and he was very angry. 007 JDG 009 031 And he sent messengers to Abimelech secretly, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Jobel and his brethren are come to Sychem; and behold, they have besieged the city against you. 007 JDG 009 032 And now rise up by night, you and the people with you, and lay wait in the field. 007 JDG 009 033 And it shall come to pass in the morning at sunrising, you shall rise up early and draw toward the city; and behold, he and the people with him will come forth against you, and you shall do to him according to your power. 007 JDG 009 034 And Abimelech and all the people with him rose up by night, and formed an ambuscade against Sychem in four companies. 007 JDG 009 035 And Gaal the son of Jobel went forth, and stood by the door of the gate of the city: and Abimelech and the people with him rose up from the ambuscade. 007 JDG 009 036 And Gaal the son of Jobel saw the people, and said to Zebul, Behold, a people comes down from the top of the mountains: and Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as men. 007 JDG 009 037 And Gaal continued to speak and said, Behold, a people comes down westward from the part bordering on the middle of the land, and another company comes by the way of Helon Maonenim. 007 JDG 009 038 And Zebul said to him, And where is your mouth as you spoke, Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? [Is] not this the people whom you despised? go forth now, and set the battle in array against him. 007 JDG 009 039 And Gaal went forth before the men of Sychem, and set the battle in array against Abimelech. 007 JDG 009 040 And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled from before him; and many fell down slain as far as the door of the gate. 007 JDG 009 041 And Abimelech entered into Arema, and Zebul cast out Gaal and his brethren, so that they should not dwell in Sychem. 007 JDG 009 042 And it came to pass on the second day that the people went out into the field, and [one] brought word to Abimelech. 007 JDG 009 043 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and formed an ambush in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people went forth out of the city, and he rose up against them, and struck them. 007 JDG 009 044 And Abimelech and the chiefs of companies that were with him rushed forward, and stood by the door of the gate of the city; and the two [other] companies rushed forward upon all that were in the field, and struck them. 007 JDG 009 045 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and took the city, and killed the people that were in it, and destroyed the city, and sowed it with salt. 007 JDG 009 046 And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the gathering of Baethel-berith. 007 JDG 009 047 And it was reported to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Sychem were gathered together. 007 JDG 009 048 And Abimelech went up to the mount of Selmon, and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch of a tree, and took it, and laid it on his shoulders; and said to the people that were with him, What you see me doing, do quickly as I. 007 JDG 009 049 And they cut down likewise even every man a branch, and went after Abimelech, and laid them against the place of gathering, and burnt the place of gathering over them with fire; and they died, even all the men of the tower of Sicima, about a thousand men and women. 007 JDG 009 050 And Abimelech went out of Baethel-berith, and encamped against Thebes, and took it. 007 JDG 009 051 And there was a strong tower in the midst of the city; and there all the men and the women of the city fled, and shut [the door] without them, and went up on the roof of the tower. 007 JDG 009 052 And Abimelech drew near to the tower, and they besieged it; and Abimelech drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. 007 JDG 009 053 And a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull. 007 JDG 009 054 And he cried out quickly to the young man his armor-bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword, and kill me, lest at any time they should say, A woman killed him: and his young man thrust him through and he died. 007 JDG 009 055 And the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead; and they went each to his place. 007 JDG 009 056 So God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he wrought against his father, in slaying his seventy brethren. 007 JDG 009 057 And all the wickedness of the men of Sychem God requited upon their head; and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them. 007 JDG 010 001 And after Abimelech Thola the son of Phua rose up to save Israel, [being] the son of his father's brother, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Samir in mount Ephraim. 007 JDG 010 002 And he judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Samir. 007 JDG 010 003 And after him arose Jair of Galaad, and he judged Israel twenty-two years. 007 JDG 010 004 And he had thirty-two sons riding on thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair's towns until this day in the land of Galaad. 007 JDG 010 005 And Jair died, and was buried in Rhamnon. 007 JDG 010 006 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Astaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Phylistines; and they forsook the Lord, and did not serve him. 007 JDG 010 007 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hands of the Phylistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon. 007 JDG 010 008 And they afflicted and bruised the children of Israel at that time eighteen years, all the children of Israel beyond Jordan in the land of the Amorite in Galaad. 007 JDG 010 009 And the children of Ammon went over Jordan to fight with Juda, and Benjamin, and with Ephraim; and the children of Israel were greatly afflicted. 007 JDG 010 010 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, saying, We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken God, and served Baalim. 007 JDG 010 011 And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Did I not [save you] from Egypt and from the Amorite, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Phylistines, 007 JDG 010 012 and from the Sidonians, and Amalec, and Madiam, who afflicted you? and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand? 007 JDG 010 013 Yet you forsook me and served other gods; therefore I will not save you any more. 007 JDG 010 014 Go, and cry to the gods whom you have chosen to yourselves, and let them save you in the time of your affliction. 007 JDG 010 015 And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We have sinned: do you to us according to all [that is] good in your eyes; only deliver us this day. 007 JDG 010 016 And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and his soul was pained for the trouble of Israel. 007 JDG 010 017 And the children of Ammon went up, and encamped in Galaad; and the children of Israel were gathered together and encamped on the hill. 007 JDG 010 018 And the people the princes of Galaad said every man to his neighbor, Who [is] he that shall begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall even be head over all that dwell in Galaad. 007 JDG 011 001 And Jephthae the Galaadite [was] a mighty man; and he [was] the son of a harlot, who bore Jephthae to Galaad. 007 JDG 011 002 And the wife of Galaad bore him sons; and the sons of his wife grew up, and they cast out Jephthae, and said to him, You shall not inherit in the house of our father, for you are the son of a concubine. 007 JDG 011 003 And Jephthae fled from the face of his brethren, and lived in the land of Tob; and vain men gathered to Jephthae, and went out with him. 007 JDG 011 004 And it came to pass when the children of Ammon prepared to fight with Israel, 007 JDG 011 005 that the elders of Galaad went to fetch Jephthae from the land of Tob. 007 JDG 011 006 And they said to Jephthae, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon. 007 JDG 011 007 And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, Did you not hate me, and cast me out of my father's house, and banish me from you? and therefore are you come to me now when you lack me? 007 JDG 011 008 And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, Therefore have we now turned to you, that you should go with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Galaad. 007 JDG 011 009 And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, If you turn me back to fight with the children of Ammon, and the Lord should deliver them before me, then will I be your head. 007 JDG 011 010 And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, The Lord be witness between us, if we shall not do according to your word. 007 JDG 011 011 And Jephthae went with the elders of Galaad, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthae spoke all his words before the Lord in Massepha. 007 JDG 011 012 And Jephthae sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have I to do with you, that you have come against me to fight in my land? 007 JDG 011 013 And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthae, Because Israel took my land when he went up out of Egypt, from Arnon to Jaboc, and to Jordan: now then return them peaceably and I will depart. 007 JDG 011 014 And Jephthae again sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, 007 JDG 011 015 and said to him, Thus says Jephthae, Israel took not the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon; 007 JDG 011 016 for in their going up out of Egypt Israel went in the wilderness as far as the sea of Siph, and came to Cades. 007 JDG 011 017 And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, I will pass, if it please you, by your land: and the king of Edom complied not: and [Israel] also sent to the king of Moab, and he did not consent; and Israel sojourned in Cades. 007 JDG 011 018 And [they] journeyed in the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab: and they came by the east of the land of Moab, an encamped in the country beyond Arnon, and came not within the borders of Moab, for Arnon [is] the border of Moab. 007 JDG 011 019 And Israel sent messengers to Seon king of the Amorite, king of Esbon, and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, by your land to our place. 007 JDG 011 020 And Seon did not trust Israel to pass by his coast; and Seon gathered all his people, and they encamped at Jasa; and he set the battle in array against Israel. 007 JDG 011 021 And the Lord God of Israel delivered Seon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck him; and Israel inherited all the land of the Amorite who lived in that land, 007 JDG 011 022 from Arnon and to Jaboc, and from the wilderness to Jordan. 007 JDG 011 023 And now the Lord God of Israel has removed the Amorite from before his people Israel, and shall you inherit his [land]? 007 JDG 011 024 Will you not inherit those possessions which Chamos your god shall cause you to inherit; and shall not we inherit the [land of] all those whom the Lord our God has removed from before you? 007 JDG 011 025 And now are you any better than Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab? did he indeed fight with Israel, or indeed make war with him, 007 JDG 011 026 when [Israel] lived in Esebon and in its coasts, and in the land of Aroer and in its coasts, and in all the cities by Jordan, three hundred years? and therefore did you not recover them in that time? 007 JDG 011 027 And now I have not sinned against you, but you wrong me in preparing war against me: may the Lord the Judge judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. 007 JDG 011 028 But the king of the children of Ammon listened not to the words of Jephthae, which he sent to him. 007 JDG 011 029 And the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthae, and he passed over Galaad, and Manasse, and passed by the watch-tower of Galaad to the other side of the children of Ammon. 007 JDG 011 030 And Jephthae vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, 007 JDG 011 031 then it shall come to pass that whoever shall first come out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, he shall be the Lord's: I will offer him up for a whole burnt offering. 007 JDG 011 032 And Jephthae advanced to meet the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hand. 007 JDG 011 033 And he struck them from Aroer till [one] comes to Arnon, in number twenty cities, and as far as Ebelcharmim, with a very great destruction: and the children of Ammon were straitened before the children of Israel. 007 JDG 011 034 And Jephthae came to Massepha to his house; and behold, his daughter came forth to meet him with timbrels and dances; and she was his only child, he had not another son or daughter. 007 JDG 011 035 And it came to pass when he saw her, that he tore his garments, and said, Ah, ah, my daughter, you have indeed troubled me, and you were the cause of my trouble; and I have opened my mouth against you to the Lord, and I shall not be able to return from it. 007 JDG 011 036 And she said to him, Father, have you opened your mouth to the Lord? Do to me accordingly as [the word] went out of your mouth, in that the Lord has wrought vengeance for you on your enemies of the children of Ammon. 007 JDG 011 037 And she said to her father, Let my father now do this thing: let me alone for two months, and I will go up and down on the mountains, and I will bewail my virginity, I and my companions. 007 JDG 011 038 And he said, Go: and he sent her away for two months; and she went, and her companions, and she bewailed her virginity on the mountains. 007 JDG 011 039 And it came to pass at the end of the two months that she returned to her father; and he performed upon her his vow which he vowed; and she knew no man: 007 JDG 011 040 and it was an ordinance in Israel, [That] the daughters of Israel went from year to year to bewail the daughter of Jephthae the Galaadite for four days in a year. 007 JDG 012 001 And the men of Ephraim assembled [themselves], and passed on to the north, and said to Jephthae, Therefore did you go over to fight with the children of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? we will burn your house over you with fire. 007 JDG 012 002 And Jephthae said to them, I and my people and the children of Ammon were very much engaged in war; and I called for you, and you did not save me out of their hand. 007 JDG 012 003 And I saw that you were no helper, and I put my life in my hand, and passed on to the sons of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand: and therefore are you come up against me this day to fight with me? 007 JDG 012 004 And Jephthae gathered all the men of Galaad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Galaad struck Ephraim, because they that were escaped of Ephraim said, You [are] of Galaad in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasse. 007 JDG 012 005 And Galaad took the fords of Jordan before Ephraim; and they that escaped of Ephraim said to them, Let us go over: and the men of Galaad said, Are you an Ephrathite? and he said, No. 007 JDG 012 006 Then they said to him, Say now Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and killed him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand. 007 JDG 012 007 And Jephthae judged Israel six years; and Jephthae the Galaadite died, and was buried in his city Galaad. 007 JDG 012 008 And after him Abaissan of Bethleem judged Israel. 007 JDG 012 009 And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent forth; and he brought in thirty daughters for his sons from without; and he judged Israel seven years. 007 JDG 012 010 And Abaissan died, and was buried in Bethleem. 007 JDG 012 011 And after him Aelom of Zabulon judged Israel ten years. 007 JDG 012 012 And Aelom of Zabulon died, and was buried in Aelom in the land of Zabulon. 007 JDG 012 013 And after him Abdon the son of Ellel, the Pharathonite, judged Israel. 007 JDG 012 014 And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, that rode upon seventy colts: and he judged Israel eight years. 007 JDG 012 015 And Abdon the son of Ellel, the Pharathonite, died, and was buried in Pharathon in the land of Ephraim in the mount of Amalec. 007 JDG 013 001 And the children of Israel yet again committed iniquity before the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phylistines forty years. 007 JDG 013 002 And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoe, and his wife was barren, and bore not. 007 JDG 013 003 And an angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have not born; yet you shall conceive a son. 007 JDG 013 004 And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; 007 JDG 013 005 for behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and there shall come no razor upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines. 007 JDG 013 006 And the woman went in, and spoke to her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance [was as] of an angel of God, very dreadful; and I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell me his name. 007 JDG 013 007 And he said to me, Behold, you are with child, and shall bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb until the day of his death. 007 JDG 013 008 And Manoe prayed to the Lord and said, I pray you, O Lord my lord, [concerning] the man of God whom you sent; let him now come to us once more, and teach us what we shall do to the child about to be born. 007 JDG 013 009 And the Lord heard the voice of Manoe, and the angel of God came yet again to the woman; and she sat in the field, and Manoe her husband was not with her. 007 JDG 013 010 And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in [the other] day to me has appeared to me. 007 JDG 013 011 And Manoe arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? and the angel said, I [am]. 007 JDG 013 012 And Manoe said, Now shall [your] word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him? 007 JDG 013 013 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware. 007 JDG 013 014 She shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe. 007 JDG 013 015 And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain you here, and prepare before you a kid of the goats. 007 JDG 013 016 And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, If you should detain me, I will not eat of your bread; and if you would offer a whole burnt offering, to the Lord you shall offer it: for Manoe knew not that he [was] an angel of the Lord. 007 JDG 013 017 And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What [is] your name, that [when] your word shall come to pass, we may glorify you? 007 JDG 013 018 And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful? 007 JDG 013 019 And Manoe took a kid of the goats and its meat-offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and [the angel] wrought a distinct work, and Manoe and his wife were looking on. 007 JDG 013 020 And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoe and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face to the earth. 007 JDG 013 021 And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this [was] an angel of the Lord. 007 JDG 013 022 And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. 007 JDG 013 023 But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received of our hand a whole burnt offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shown us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things 007 JDG 013 024 And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. 007 JDG 013 025 And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol. 007 JDG 014 001 And Sampson went down to Thamnatha, and saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines. 007 JDG 014 002 And he went up and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Phylistines; and now take her to me for a wife. 007 JDG 014 003 And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of your brethren, and [is there not] a woman of all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Sampson said to his father, Take her for me, for she [is] right in my eyes. 007 JDG 014 004 And his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought to be revenged on the Philistines: and at that time the Philistines lorded it over Israel. 007 JDG 014 005 And Sampson and his father and his mother went down to Thamnatha, and he came to the vineyard of Thamnatha; and behold, a young lion roared in meeting him. 007 JDG 014 006 And the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he crushed him as he would have crushed a kid of the goats, and there was nothing in his hands: and he told not his father and his mother what he had done. 007 JDG 014 007 And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson. 007 JDG 014 008 And after some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey [were] in the mouth of the lion. 007 JDG 014 009 And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion. 007 JDG 014 010 And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do. 007 JDG 014 011 And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him. 007 JDG 014 012 And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if you will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will you give thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment. 007 JDG 014 013 And if you can’t tell it me, you shall give me thirty napkins and thirty changes of apparel: and they said to him, Propound your riddle, and we will hear it. 007 JDG 014 014 And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, and sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days. 007 JDG 014 015 And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Sampson, Deceive now your husband, and let him tell you the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's house with fire: did you invite us to do us violence? 007 JDG 014 016 And Sampson's wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me, and love me not; for the riddle which you have propounded to the children of my people you have not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to you? 007 JDG 014 017 And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people. 007 JDG 014 018 And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have known my riddle. 007 JDG 014 019 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ascalon, and destroyed of the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Sampson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father. 007 JDG 014 020 And the wife of Sampson was [given] to one of his friends, with whom he was on terms of friendship. 007 JDG 015 001 And it came to pass after a time, in the days of wheat harvest, that Sampson visited his wife with a kid, and said, I will go in to my wife even into the chamber: but her father did not suffer him to go in. 007 JDG 015 002 And her father spoke, saying, I said that you did surely hate her, and I gave her to one of your friends: [is] not her younger sister better than she? let her be to you instead of her. 007 JDG 015 003 And Sampson said to them, Even for once am I guiltless with regard to the Philistines, in that I do mischief among them. 007 JDG 015 004 And Sampson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch between two tails, and fastened it. 007 JDG 015 005 And he set fire to the torches, and sent [the foxes] into the corn of the Philistines; and every thing was burnt from the threshing floor to the standing corn, and even to the vineyard and olives. 007 JDG 015 006 And the Philistines said, Who [has done] these things? and they said, Sampson the son-in-law of the Thamnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to one of his friends; and the Philistines went up, and burnt her and her father's house with fire. 007 JDG 015 007 And Sampson said to them, Though you may have dealt thus with her, verily I will be avenged of you, and afterwards I will cease. 007 JDG 015 008 And he struck them leg on thigh [with] a great overthrow; and went down and lived in a cave of the rock Etam. 007 JDG 015 009 And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Juda, and spread themselves abroad in Lechi. 007 JDG 015 010 And the men of Juda said, Why are you come up against us? and the Philistines said, We are come up to bind Sampson, and to do to him as he has done to us. 007 JDG 015 011 And the three thousand men of Juda went down to the hole of the rock Etam, and they said to Sampson, Know you not that the Philistines rule over us? and what [is] this [that] you have done to us? and Sampson said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them. 007 JDG 015 012 And they said to him, We are come down to bind you to deliver you into the hand of the Philistines: and Sampson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall upon me yourselves. 007 JDG 015 013 And they spoke to him, saying, Nay, but we will only bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand, and will by no means kill you: and they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him from that rock. 007 JDG 015 014 And they came to Lechi: and the Philistines shouted, and ran to meet him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as tow which is burnt with fire; and his bonds were consumed from off his hands. 007 JDG 015 015 And he found the jaw-bone of an ass that had been cast away, and he put forth his hand and took it, and struck with it a thousand men. 007 JDG 015 016 And Sampson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, for with the jaw-bone of an ass I have struck a thousand men. 007 JDG 015 017 And it came to pass when he ceased speaking, that he cast the jaw-bone out of his hand; and he called that place the Lifting of the jaw-bone. 007 JDG 015 018 And he was very thirsty, and wept before the Lord, and said, You have been well pleased to grant this great deliverance by the hand of your servant, and new shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? 007 JDG 015 019 And God broke open a hollow place in the jaw, and there came thence water, and he drank; and his spirit returned and he revived: therefore the name of the fountain was called 'The well of the invoker,' which is in Lechi, until this day. 007 JDG 015 020 And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. 007 JDG 016 001 And Sampson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her. 007 JDG 016 002 And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, Sampson is come here: and they compassed him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and they were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait till the dawn appear, and we will kill him. 007 JDG 016 003 And Sampson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Chebron, and laid them there. 007 JDG 016 004 And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in Alsorech, and her name [was] Dalida. 007 JDG 016 005 And the princess of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see wherein his great strength [is], and wherewith we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give you each eleven hundred [pieces] of silver. 007 JDG 016 006 And Dalida said to Sampson, Tell me, I pray you, wherein [is] your great strength, and wherewith you shall be bound that you may be humbled. 007 JDG 016 007 And Sampson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men. 007 JDG 016 008 And the princess of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them. 007 JDG 016 009 And the liers in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, the Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he broke the cords as if any one should break a thread of tow when it has touched the fire, and his strength was not known. 007 JDG 016 010 And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, you have cheated me, and told me lies; now then tell me wherewith you shall be bound. 007 JDG 016 011 And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes with which work has not been done, then shall I be weak, and shall be as another man. 007 JDG 016 012 And Dalida took new ropes, and bound him with them, and the liers in wait came out of the chamber, and she said, The Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he broke them off his arms like a thread. 007 JDG 016 013 And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, you have deceived me, and told me lies; tell me, I entreat you, wherewith you may be bound: and he said to her, If you should weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and should fasten them with the pin into the wall, then shall I be weak as another man. 007 JDG 016 014 And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall, and she said, The Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall. 007 JDG 016 015 And Dalida said to Sampson, How say you, I love you, when your heart is not with me? this third time you have deceived me, and have not told me wherein [is] your great strength. 007 JDG 016 016 And it came to pass as she pressed him sore with her words continually, and straitened him, that his spirit failed almost to death. 007 JDG 016 017 Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy [one] of God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all [other] men. 007 JDG 016 018 And Dalida saw that he told her all his heart, and she sent and called the princess of the Philistines, saying, Come up yet this once; for he has told me all his heart. And the chiefs of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands. 007 JDG 016 019 And Dalida made Sampson sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him. 007 JDG 016 020 And Dalida said, The Philistines [are] upon you, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord was departed from him. 007 JDG 016 021 And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground in the prison-house. 007 JDG 016 022 And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven. 007 JDG 016 023 And the chiefs of the Philistines met to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to make merry; and they said, God has given into our hand our enemy Sampson. 007 JDG 016 024 And the people saw him, and sang praises to their god; for our god, [said they], has delivered into our hand our enemy, who wasted our land, and who multiplied our slain. 007 JDG 016 025 And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison-house, and let him play before us: and they called Sampson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they struck him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars. 007 JDG 016 026 And Sampson said to the young man that held his hand, Suffer me to feel the pillars on which the house [rests], and I will stay myself upon them. 007 JDG 016 027 And the house [was] full of men and woman, and there were all the chiefs of the Philistines, and on the roof [were] about three thousand men and woman looking at the sports of Sampson. 007 JDG 016 028 And Sampson wept before the Lord, and said, O Lord, my lord, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, O God, yet this once, and I will requite one recompense to the Philistines for my two eyes. 007 JDG 016 029 And Sampson took hold of the two pillars of the house on which the house stood, and leaned on them, and laid hold of one with his right hand, and the other with his left. 007 JDG 016 030 And Sampson said, Let my wife perish with the Philistines: and he bowed himself mightily; and the house fell upon the princes, and upon all the people that were in it: and the dead whom Sampson killed in his death were more than those whom he killed in his life. 007 JDG 016 031 And his brethren and his father's house went down, and they took him; and they went up and buried him between Saraa and Esthaol in the sepulchre of his father Manoe; and he judged Israel twenty years. 007 JDG 017 001 And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias. 007 JDG 017 002 And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which you took of yourself, and [about which] you cursed me, and spoke in my ears, behold, the silver [is] with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed [be] my son of the Lord. 007 JDG 017 003 And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten [image], and now I will restore it to you. 007 JDG 017 004 But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias. 007 JDG 017 005 And the house of Michaias [was] to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest. 007 JDG 017 006 And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 007 JDG 017 007 And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he [was] a Levite, and he was sojourning there. 007 JDG 017 008 And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey. 007 JDG 017 009 And Michaias said to him, Whence come you? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find. 007 JDG 017 010 And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give you ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and your living. 007 JDG 017 011 And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons. 007 JDG 017 012 And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias. 007 JDG 017 013 And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest. 007 JDG 018 001 In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of Dan sought for itself an inheritance to inhabit, because no inheritance had fallen to it until that day in the midst of the tribes of the children of Israel. 007 JDG 018 002 And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Saraa and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Michaias and they lodged there, 007 JDG 018 003 in the house of Michaias, and they recognized the voice of the young man the Levite, and turned in there; and said to him, Who brought you in hither? and what do you in this place? and what have you here? 007 JDG 018 004 And he said to them, Thus and thus did Michaias to me, and he hired me, and I became his priest. 007 JDG 018 005 And they said to him, Enquire now of God, and we shall know whether our way will prosper, on which we are going. 007 JDG 018 006 And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way in which you go, [is] before the Lord. 007 JDG 018 007 And the five men went on, and came to Laisa; and they saw the people in the midst of it dwelling securely, at ease as [is] the manner of the Sidonians, and there is no one perverting or shaming a matter in the land, no heir extorting treasures; and they are far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with any one. 007 JDG 018 008 And the five men came to their brethren to Saraa and Esthaol, and said to their brethren, Why sit you here [idle]? 007 JDG 018 009 And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, [it is] very good, yet you are still: delay not to go, an to enter in to possess the land. 007 JDG 018 010 And whenever you shall go, you shall come in upon a people secure, and the land [is] extensive, for God has given it into your hand; a place where there is no lack of anything that the earth affords. 007 JDG 018 011 And there departed thence of the families of Dan, from Saraa and from Esthaol, six hundred men, girded with weapons of war. 007 JDG 018 012 And they went up, and encamped in Cariathiarim in Juda; therefore it was called in that place the camp of Dan, until this day: behold, [it is] behind Cariathiarim. 007 JDG 018 013 And they went on thence to the mount of Ephraim, and came to the house of Michaias. 007 JDG 018 014 And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laisa answered, and said to their brethren, You know that there is in this place an ephod, and theraphin, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what you shall do. 007 JDG 018 015 And they turned aside there, and went into the house of the young man, the Levite, [even] into the house of Michaias, and asked him how he was. 007 JDG 018 016 And the six hundred men of the sons of Dan who were girded with their weapons of war stood by the door of the gate. 007 JDG 018 017 And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and entered into the house of Michaias, and the priest stood. 007 JDG 018 018 And they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the theraphin, and the molten image; and the priest said to them, What are you doing? 007 JDG 018 019 And they said to him, Be silent, lay your hand upon your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: [is it] better for you to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel? 007 JDG 018 020 And the heart of the priest was glad, and he took the ephod, and the theraphin, and the graven image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people. 007 JDG 018 021 So they turned and departed, and put their children and their property and their baggage before them. 007 JDG 018 022 They went some distance from the house of Michaias, and, behold, Michaias and the men in the houses near Michaias' house, cried out, and overtook the children of Dan. 007 JDG 018 023 And the children of Dan turned their face, and said to Michaias, What is the matter with you that you have cried out? 007 JDG 018 024 And Michaias said, Because you have taken my graven image which I made, and my priest, and are gone; and what have I remaining? and what [is] this [that] you say to me, Why cry you? 007 JDG 018 025 And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon you, and take away your life, and the lives of your house. 007 JDG 018 026 And the children of Dan went their way; and Michaias saw that they were stronger than himself, and he returned to his house. 007 JDG 018 027 And the children of Dan took what Michaias had made, and the priest that he had, and they came to Laisa, to a people quiet and secure; and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. 007 JDG 018 028 And there was no deliverer, because [the city] is far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with men, and it [is] in the valley of the house of Raab; and they built the city, and lived in it. 007 JDG 018 029 And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and the name of the city was Ulamais before. 007 JDG 018 030 And the children of Dan set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gerson son of Manasse, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan till the time of the carrying away of the nation. 007 JDG 018 031 And they set up for themselves the graven image which Michaias made, all the days that the house of God was in Selom; and it was so in those days [that] there was no king in Israel. 007 JDG 019 001 And there was a Levite sojourning in the sides of mount Ephraim, and he took to himself a concubine from Bethleem Juda. 007 JDG 019 002 And his concubine departed from him, and went away from him to the house of her father to Bethleem Juda, and she was there four months. 007 JDG 019 003 And her husband rose up, and went after her to speak kindly to her, to recover her to himself; and he had his young man with him, and a pair of asses; and she brought him into the house of her father; and the father of the damsel saw him, and was well pleased to meet him. 007 JDG 019 004 And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there. 007 JDG 019 005 And it came to pass on the fourth day that they rose early, and he stood up to depart; and the father of the damsel said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterwards you shall go. 007 JDG 019 006 So they two sat down together and ate and drank: and the father of the damsel said to her husband, Tarry now the night, and let your heart be merry. 007 JDG 019 007 And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law constrained him, and he stayed and lodged there. 007 JDG 019 008 And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the father of the damsel said, Strengthen now your heart, and quit yourself as a soldier till the day decline; and the two ate. 007 JDG 019 009 And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man; but his father-in-law the father of the damsel said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, an let your heart rejoice; and you shall rise early to-morrow for your journey, and you shall go to your habitation. 007 JDG 019 010 But the man would not lodge there, but he arose and departed, and came to the part opposite Jebus, (this is Jerusalem, ) and [there was] with him a pair of asses saddled, and his concubine [was] with him. 007 JDG 019 011 And they came as far as Jebus: and the day had far advanced, and the young man said to his master, Come, I pray you, and let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites, and let us lodge in it. 007 JDG 019 012 And his master said to him, We will not turn aside to a strange city, where there is not one of the children of Israel, but we will pass on as far as Gabaa. 007 JDG 019 013 And he said to his young man, Come, and let us draw near to one of the places, and we will lodge in Gabaa or in Rama. 007 JDG 019 014 And they passed by and went on, and the sun went down upon them near to Gabaa, which is in Benjamin. 007 JDG 019 015 And they turned aside thence to go in to lodge in Gabaa; and they went in, and sat down in the street of the city, and there was no one who conducted them into a house to lodge. 007 JDG 019 016 And behold, an old man came out of the field from his work in the evening; and the man was of mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gabaa, and the men of the place [were] sons of Benjamin. 007 JDG 019 017 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw a traveller in the street of the city; and the old man said to him, Whither go you, and whence come you? 007 JDG 019 018 And he said to him, We are passing by from Bethleem Juda to the sides of mount Ephraim: I am from thence, and I went as far as Bethleem Juda, and I am going home, and there is no man to take me into his house. 007 JDG 019 019 Yet is there straw and food for our asses, and bread and wine for me and my handmaid and the young man with your servants; there is no lack of anything. 007 JDG 019 020 And the old man said, Peace [be] to you; only be every lack of your upon me, only do you by no means lodge in the street. 007 JDG 019 021 And he brought him into his house, and made room for his asses; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank. 007 JDG 019 022 And they [were] comforting their heart, when, behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, compassed the house, knocking at the door: and they spoke to the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him. 007 JDG 019 023 And the master of the house came out to them, and said, Nay, brethren, do not you wrong, I pray you, after this man has come into my house; do not you this folly. 007 JDG 019 024 Behold my daughter a virgin, and the man's concubine: I will bring them out, and humble you them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes; but to this man do not this folly. 007 JDG 019 025 But the men would not consent to listen to him; so the man laid hold of his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all night till the morning, and let her go when the morning dawned. 007 JDG 019 026 And the woman came toward morning, and fell down at the door of the house where her husband was, until it was light. 007 JDG 019 027 And her husband rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went forth to go on his journey; and, behold, the woman his concubine had fallen down by the doors of the house, and her hands were on the threshold. 007 JDG 019 028 And he said to her, Rise, and let us go; and she answered not, for she was dead: and he took her upon his ass, and went to his place. 007 JDG 019 029 And he took his sword, and laid hold of his concubine, and divided her into twelve parts, and sent them to every coast of Israel. 007 JDG 019 030 And it was so, that every one who saw it said, [Such a day] as this has not happened nor has been seen from the day of the going up of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt until this day: take you counsel concerning it, and speak. 007 JDG 020 001 And all the children of Israel went out, and all the congregation was gathered as one man, from Dan even to Bersabee, and in the land of Galaad, to the Lord at Massepha. 007 JDG 020 002 And all the tribes of Israel stood before the Lord in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. 007 JDG 020 003 And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Massepha: and the children of Israel came and said, Tell us, where did this wickedness take place? 007 JDG 020 004 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I and my concubine went to Gabaa of Benjamin to lodge. 007 JDG 020 005 And the men of Gabaa rose up against me, and compassed the house by night against me; they wished to kill me, and they have humbled my concubine, and she is dead. 007 JDG 020 006 And I laid hold of my concubine, and divided her in pieces, and sent [the parts] into every coast of the inheritance of the children of Israel; for they have wrought lewdness and abomination in Israel. 007 JDG 020 007 Behold, all you [are] children of Israel; and consider and take counsel here among yourselves. 007 JDG 020 008 And all the people rose up as one man, saying, No one of us shall return to his tent, and no one of us shall return to his house. 007 JDG 020 009 And now this [is] the thing which shall be done in Gabaa; we will go up against it by lot. 007 JDG 020 010 Moreover we will take ten men for a hundred for all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred for a thousand, and a thousand for ten thousand, to take provision, to cause them to come to Gabaa of Benjamin, to do to it according to all the abomination, which they wrought in Israel. 007 JDG 020 011 And all the men of Israel were gathered to the city as one man. 007 JDG 020 012 And the tribes of Israel sent men through the whole tribe of Benjamin, saying, What [is] this wickedness that has been wrought among you? 007 JDG 020 013 Now then give up the men the sons of transgressors that are in Gabaa, and we will put them to death, and purge out wickedness from Israel: but the children of Benjamin consented not to listen to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. 007 JDG 020 014 And the children of Benjamin were gathered from their cities to Gabaa, to go forth to fight with the children of Israel. 007 JDG 020 015 And the children of Benjamin from their cities were numbered in that day, twenty-three thousand, [every] man drawing a sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men of all the people, able to use both hands alike; 007 JDG 020 016 All these could sling with stones at a hair, and not miss. 007 JDG 020 017 And the men of Israel, exclusive of Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these [were] men of war. 007 JDG 020 018 And they arose and went up to Baethel, and enquired of God: and the children of Israel said, Who shall go up for us first to fight with the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Juda shall go up first as leader. 007 JDG 020 019 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gabaa. 007 JDG 020 020 And they went out, all the men of Israel, to fight with Benjamin, and engaged with them at Gabaa. 007 JDG 020 021 And the sons of Benjamin went forth from Gabaa, and they destroyed in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men down to the ground. 007 JDG 020 022 And the men of Israel strengthened themselves, and again engaged in battle in the place where they had engaged on the first day. 007 JDG 020 023 And the children of Israel went up, and wept before the Lord till evening, and enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we again draw near to battle with our brethren the children of Benjamin? and the Lord said, Go up against them. 007 JDG 020 024 And the children of Israel advanced against the children of Benjamin on the second day. 007 JDG 020 025 And the children of Benjamin went forth to meet them from Gabaa on the second day, and destroyed of the children of Israel yet further eighteen thousand men down to the ground: all these drew sword. 007 JDG 020 026 And the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came to Baethel; and they wept, and sat there before the Lord; and they fasted on that day until evening, and offered whole burnt offerings and perfect sacrifices, before the Lord, 007 JDG 020 027 for the ark of the Lord God [was] there in those days, 007 JDG 020 028 and Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron stood before it in those days; and the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we yet again go forth to fight with our brethren the sons of Benjamin? and the Lord said, Go up, to-morrow I will give them into your hands. 007 JDG 020 029 And the children of Israel set an ambush against Gabaa round about [it]. 007 JDG 020 030 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and arrayed themselves against Gabaa as before. 007 JDG 020 031 And the children of Benjamin went out to meet the people, and were all drawn out of the city, and began to strike and kill the people as before in the roads, whereof one goes up to Baethel, and one to Gabaa in the field, about thirty men of Israel. 007 JDG 020 032 And the children of Benjamin said, They fall before us as at the first: but the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them out from the city into the roads; and they did so. 007 JDG 020 033 And all the men rose up out of their places, and engaged in Baal Thamar; and the liers in wait of Israel advanced from their place from Maraagabe. 007 JDG 020 034 And there came over against Gabaa ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel; and the fight [was] severe; and they knew not that evil was coming upon them. 007 JDG 020 035 And the Lord struck Benjamin before the children of Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin in that day a hundred and twenty-five thousand men: all these drew sword. 007 JDG 020 036 And the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; and the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted in the ambuscade which they had prepared against Gabaa. 007 JDG 020 037 And when they retreated, then the liers in wait rose up, and they moved toward Gabaa, and the whole ambush came forth, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword. 007 JDG 020 038 And the children of Israel had a signal of battle with the liers in wait, that they should send up a signal of smoke from the city. 007 JDG 020 039 And the children of Israel saw that the liers in wait had seized Gabaa, and they stood in line of battle; and Benjamin began to strike down wounded ones among the men of Israel about thirty men; for they said, Surely they fall again before us, as in the first battle. 007 JDG 020 040 And the signal went up increasingly over the city as a pillar of smoke; and Benjamin looked behind him, and behold the destruction of the city went up to heaven. 007 JDG 020 041 And the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin hasted, because they saw that evil had come upon them. 007 JDG 020 042 And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them. 007 JDG 020 043 And they cut down Benjamin, and pursued him from Nua closely till they came opposite Gabaa on the east. 007 JDG 020 044 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these [were] men of might. 007 JDG 020 045 And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Remmon; and the children of Israel picked off of them five thousand men; and the children of Israel went down after them as far as Gedan, and they struck of them two thousand men. 007 JDG 020 046 And all that fell of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew sword in that day: all these were men of might. 007 JDG 020 047 And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Remmon, even [six] hundred men; and they sojourned four months in the rock of Remmon. 007 JDG 020 048 And the children of Israel returned to the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword from the city of Methla, even to the cattle, and every thing that was found in all the cities: and they burnt with fire the cities they found. 007 JDG 021 001 Now the children of Israel swore in Massephath, saying, No man of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife. 007 JDG 021 002 And the people came to Baethel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping; 007 JDG 021 003 and said, Therefore, O Lord God of Israel, has this come to pass, that today one tribe should be counted [as missing] from Israel? 007 JDG 021 004 And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose up early, and built there an altar, and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace offerings. 007 JDG 021 005 And the children of Israel said, Who of all the tribes of Israel, went not up in the congregation to the Lord? for there was a great oath concerning those who went not up to the Lord to Massephath, saying, He shall surely be put to death. 007 JDG 021 006 And the children of Israel relented toward Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day one tribe is cut off from Israel. 007 JDG 021 007 What shall we do for wives for the rest that remain? whereas we have sworn by the Lord, not to give them of our daughters for wives. 007 JDG 021 008 And they said, What one [man is there] of the tribes of Israel, who went not up to the Lord to Massephath? and, behold, no man came to the camp from Jabis Galaad to the assembly. 007 JDG 021 009 And the people were numbered, and there was not there a man from the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad. 007 JDG 021 010 And the congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the strongest, and they charged them, saying, Go you and strike the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad with the edge of the sword. 007 JDG 021 011 And this shall you do: every male and every woman that has known the lying with man you shall devote [to destruction], but the virgins you shall save alive: and they did so. 007 JDG 021 012 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Selom in the land of Chanaan. 007 JDG 021 013 And all the congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin in the rock Remmon, and invited them to [make] peace. 007 JDG 021 014 And Benjamin returned to the children of Israel at that time, and the children of Israel gave them the women whom they [had] save alive of the daughters of Jabis Galaad; and they were content. 007 JDG 021 015 And the people relented for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. 007 JDG 021 016 And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin. 007 JDG 021 017 And they said, [There must be] an inheritance of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and [so] a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel. 007 JDG 021 018 For we shall not be able to give them wives of our daughters, because we swore among the children of Israel, saying, Cursed [is] he that gives a wife to Benjamin. 007 JDG 021 019 And they said, Behold! now [there is] a feast of the Lord from year to year in Selom, which is on the north of Baethel, eastward on the way that goes up from Baethel to Sychem, and from the south of Lebona. 007 JDG 021 020 And they charged the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; 007 JDG 021 021 and you shall see; and behold! if there come out the daughters of the inhabitants of Selom to dance in dances, then shall you go out of the vineyards and seize for yourselves every man a wife of the daughters of Selom, and go you into the land of Benjamin. 007 JDG 021 022 And it shall come to pass, when their fathers or their brethren come to dispute with us, that we will say to them, Grant them freely to us, for we have not taken every man his wife in the battle: because you did not give to them according to the occasion, you transgressed. 007 JDG 021 023 And the children of Benjamin did so; and they took wives according to their number from the dancers whom they seized: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them. 007 JDG 021 024 And the children of Israel went thence at that time every man to his tribe and his kindred; and they went thence every man to his inheritance. 007 JDG 021 025 And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own sight. # # BOOK 008 RUT Ruth Ruth 008 RUT 001 001 And it came to pass when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a man went from Bethleem Juda to sojourn in the land of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 008 RUT 001 002 And the man's name [was] Elimelech, and his wife's name Noemin, and the names of his two sons Maalon and Chelaion, Ephrathites of Bethleem of Juda: and they came to the land of Moab, and remained there. 008 RUT 001 003 And Elimelech the husband of Noemin died; and she was left, and her two sons. 008 RUT 001 004 And they took to themselves wives, women of Moab; the name of the one [was] Orpha, and the name of the second Ruth; and they lived there about ten years. 008 RUT 001 005 And both Maalon and Chelaion died also; and the woman was left of her husband and her two sons. 008 RUT 001 006 And she rose up and her two daughters-in-law, and they returned out of the country of Moab, for she heard in the country of Moab that the Lord [had] visited his people to give them bread. 008 RUT 001 007 And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her: and they went by the way to return to the land of Juda. 008 RUT 001 008 And Noemin said to her daughter-in-law, Go now, return each to the house of her mother: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me. 008 RUT 001 009 The Lord grant you that you may find rest each of you in the house of her husband: and she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 008 RUT 001 010 And they said to her, We will return with you to your people. 008 RUT 001 011 And Noemin said, Return now, my daughters; and why do you go with me? have I yet sons in my womb to be your husbands? 008 RUT 001 012 Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons; 008 RUT 001 013 would you wait for them till they should be grown? or would you refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me. 008 RUT 001 014 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her. 008 RUT 001 015 And Noemin said to Ruth, Behold, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; turn now you also after your sister-in-law. 008 RUT 001 016 And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave you, or to return from following you; for wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people [shall be] my people, and your God my God. 008 RUT 001 017 And wherever you die, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, [if I leave you], for death [only] shall divide between me and you. 008 RUT 001 018 And Noemin seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her any more. 008 RUT 001 019 And they went both of them until they came to Bethleem: and it came to pass, when they arrived at Bethleem, that all the city rang with them, and they said, Is this Noemin? 008 RUT 001 020 And she said to them, Nay, do not call me Noemin; call me 'Bitter,' for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me. 008 RUT 001 021 I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty: and why call you me Noemin, whereas the Lord has humbled me and the Mighty One has afflicted me? 008 RUT 001 022 So Noemin and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, returned from the country of Moab; and they came to Bethleem in the beginning of barley harvest. 008 RUT 002 001 And Noemin had [a friend] an acquaintance of her husband, and the man [was] a mighty man of the kindred of Elimelech, and his name [was] Booz. 008 RUT 002 002 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Noemin, Let me go now to the field, and I will glean among the ears behind the man with whoever I shall find favor: and she said to her, Go, daughter. 008 RUT 002 003 And she went; and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and she happened by chance to come on a portion of the land of Booz, of the kindred of Elimelech. 008 RUT 002 004 And, behold, Booz came from Bethleem, and said to the reapers, The Lord [be] with you: and they said to him, The Lord bless you. 008 RUT 002 005 And Booz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose [is] this damsel? 008 RUT 002 006 And his servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel who returned with Noemin out of the land of Moab. 008 RUT 002 007 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers: and she came and stood from morning till evening, and rested not [even] a little in the field. 008 RUT 002 008 And Booz said to Ruth, Hast you not heard, [my] daughter? go not to glean in another field; and depart not you hence, join yourself here with my damsels. 008 RUT 002 009 [Let] your eyes [be] on the field where [my men] shall reap, and you shall go after them: behold, I have charged the young men not to touch you: and when you shall thirst, then you shall go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men shall have drawn. 008 RUT 002 010 And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in your eyes, that you should take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger? 008 RUT 002 011 And Booz answered and said to her, It has fully been told me how you have dealt with your mother-in-law after the death of your husband; and how you did leave your father and your mother, and the land of your birth, and came to a people whom you knew not before. 008 RUT 002 012 The Lord recompense your work; may a full reward be given you of the Lord God of Israel, to whom you have come to trust under his wings. 008 RUT 002 013 And she said, Let me find grace in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, and behold, I shall be as one of your servants. 008 RUT 002 014 And Booz said to her, Now [it is] time to eat; come here, and you shall eat of the bread, and you shall dip your morsel in the vinegar: and Ruth sat by the side of the reapers: and Booz handed her meal, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left. 008 RUT 002 015 And she rose up to glean; and Booz charged his young men, saying, Let her even glean among the sheaves, and reproach her not. 008 RUT 002 016 And do you by all means carry it for her, and you shall surely let fall for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and rebuke her not. 008 RUT 002 017 So she gleaned in the field till evening, and beat out that she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barely. 008 RUT 002 018 And she took [it] up, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and Ruth brought forth and gave to her the food which she had left from what she had been satisfied with. 008 RUT 002 019 And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today, and where have you wrought? blessed be he that took notice of you. And Ruth told her mother-in-law where she [had] wrought, and said, The name of the man with whom I wrought today [is] Booz. 008 RUT 002 020 And Noemin said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of the Lord, because he has not failed in his mercy with the living and with the dead: and Noemin said to her, The man is near akin to us, he is one of our relations. 008 RUT 002 021 And Ruth said to her mother-in-law, Yes, he said also to me, Keep close to my damsels, until the men shall have finished all my reaping. 008 RUT 002 022 And Noemin said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, [It is] well, daughter, that you went out with his damsels; thus they shall not meet you in another field. 008 RUT 002 023 And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. 008 RUT 003 001 And she lodged with her mother-in-law: and Noemin her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? 008 RUT 003 002 And now [is] not Booz our kinsman, with whose damsels you were? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor. 008 RUT 003 003 But do you wash, and anoint yourself, and put your raiment upon you, and go up to the threshing floor: do not discover yourself to the man until he has done eating and drinking. 008 RUT 003 004 And it shall come to pass when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he lies down, and shall come and lift up the covering of his feet, and shall lie down; and he shall tell you what you shall do. 008 RUT 003 005 And Ruth said to her, All that you shall say, I will do. 008 RUT 003 006 And she went down to the threshing floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law enjoined her. 008 RUT 003 007 And Booz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he came to lie down by the side of the heap of corn; and she came secretly, and lifted up the covering of his feet. 008 RUT 003 008 And it came to pass at midnight that the man was amazed, and troubled, and behold, a woman lay at his feet. 008 RUT 003 009 And he said, Who are you? and she said, I am your handmaid Ruth; spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid, for you are a near relation. 008 RUT 003 010 And Booz said, Blessed [be] you of the Lord God, [my] daughter, for you have made your latter kindness greater than the former, in that you follow not after young men, whether [any be] poor or rich. 008 RUT 003 011 And now fear not, my daughter, whatever you shall say I will do to you; for all the tribe of my people knows that you are a virtuous woman. 008 RUT 003 012 And now I am truly akin to you; nevertheless there is a kinsman nearer than I. 008 RUT 003 013 Lodge [here] for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will do the part of a kinsman to you, well—let him do it: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, I will do the kinsman's part to you, [as] the Lord lives; lie down till the morning. 008 RUT 003 014 And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before a man could know his neighbor; and Booz said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. 008 RUT 003 015 And he said to her, Bring the apron that is upon you: and she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and put them upon her, and she went into the city. 008 RUT 003 016 And Ruth went in to her mother-in-law, and she said to her, [My] daughter! and [Ruth] told her all that the man had done to her. 008 RUT 003 017 And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother-in-law. 008 RUT 003 018 And she said, Sit still, [my] daughter, until you shall know how the matter will fall out; for the man will not rest until the matter be accomplished this day. 008 RUT 004 001 And Booz went up to the gate, and sat there; and behold, the relative passed by, of whom Booz spoke: and Booz said to him, Turn aside, sit down here, such a one: and he turned aside and sat down. 008 RUT 004 002 And Booz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you here; and they sat down. 008 RUT 004 003 And Booz said to the relative, [The matter regards] the portion of the field which was our brother Elimelech's which was given to Noemin, now returning out of the land of Moab; 008 RUT 004 004 and I said, I will inform you, saying, Buy it before those that sit, and before the elders of my people: if you will redeem it, redeem it, but if you will not redeem it, tell me, and I shall know; for there is no one beside you to do the office of a kinsman, and I am after you: and he said, I am [here], I will redeem it. 008 RUT 004 005 And Booz said, In the day of your buying the field of the hand of Noemin and of Ruth the Moabitess the wife of the deceased, you must also buy her, so as to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 008 RUT 004 006 And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance; do you redeem my right for yourself, for I shall not be able to redeem [it]. 008 RUT 004 007 And this [was] in former time the ordinance in Israel for redemption, and for a bargain, to confirm every word: A man loosed his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor that redeemed his right; and this was a testimony in Israel. 008 RUT 004 008 And the kinsman said to Booz, Buy my right for yourself: and he took off his shoe and gave it to him. 008 RUT 004 009 And Booz said to the elders and to all the people, You [are] this day witnesses, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that belonged to Chelaion and Maalon, of the hand of Noemin. 008 RUT 004 010 Moreover I have bought for myself for a wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Maalon, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; so the name of the dead shall not be destroyed from among his brethren, and from the tribe of his people: you [are] this day witnesses. 008 RUT 004 011 And all the people who were in the gate said, [We are] witnesses: and the elders said, The Lord make your wife who goes into your house, as Rachel and as Lia, who both [together] built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name [to you] in Bethleem. 008 RUT 004 012 And let your house be as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give you of this handmaid. 008 RUT 004 013 And Booz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her; and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son. 008 RUT 004 014 And the woman said to Noemin, Blessed [is] the Lord, who has not suffered a redeemer to fail you this day, even to make your name famous in Israel. 008 RUT 004 015 And he shall be to you a restorer of your soul, and one to cherish your old age; for your daughter-in-law which has loved you, who is better to you than seven sons, has born him. 008 RUT 004 016 And Noemin took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse to it. 008 RUT 004 017 And the neighbors gave it a name, saying, A son has been born to Noemin; and they called his name Obed; this [is] the father of Jessae the father of David. 008 RUT 004 018 And these [are] the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esrom: 008 RUT 004 019 Esrom begot Aram; and Aram begot Aminadab. 008 RUT 004 020 And Aminadab begot Naasson; and Naasson begot Salmon. 008 RUT 004 021 And Salmon begot Booz; and Booz begot Obed. 008 RUT 004 022 And Obed begot Jessae; and Jessae begot David. # # BOOK 009 1SA 1 Samuel Kings I 009 1SA 001 001 There was a man of Armathaim Sipha, of mount Ephraim, and his name [was] Helkana, a son of Jeremeel the son of Elias the son of Thoke, in Nasib Ephraim. 009 1SA 001 002 And he [had] two wives; the name of the one [was] Anna, and the name of the second Phennana. And Phennana had children, but Anna had no child. 009 1SA 001 003 And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Armathaim, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Selom: and [there were] Heli and his two sons Ophni and Phinees, the priests of the Lord. 009 1SA 001 004 And the day came, and Helkana sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Phennana and her children. 009 1SA 001 005 And to Anna he gave a prime portion, because she had no child, only Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord [had] closed her womb. 009 1SA 001 006 For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child. 009 1SA 001 007 So she did year by year, in going up to the house of the Lord; and she was dispirited, and wept, and did not eat. 009 1SA 001 008 And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here [am] I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails you that you weep? and why do you not eat? and why does your heart strike you? [am] I not better to you than ten children? 009 1SA 001 009 And Anna rose up after they had eaten in Selom, and stood before the Lord: and Heli the priest [was] on a seat by the threshold of the temple of the Lord. 009 1SA 001 010 And she [was] very much grieved in spirit, and prayed to the Lord, and wept abundantly. 009 1SA 001 011 And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if you welt indeed look upon the humiliation of your handmaid, and remember me, and give to your handmaid a boy, then will I indeed dedicate him to you till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor shall come upon his head. 009 1SA 001 012 And it came to pass, while she was long praying before the Lord, that Heli the priest marked her mouth. 009 1SA 001 013 And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman. 009 1SA 001 014 And the servant of Heli said to her, How long will you be drunken? take away your wine from you, and go out from the presence of the Lord. 009 1SA 001 015 And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, [I live] in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord. 009 1SA 001 016 Count not your handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued [my prayer] until now. 009 1SA 001 017 And Heli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give you all your petition, which you have asked of him. 009 1SA 001 018 And she said, Your handmaid has found favor in your eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad. 009 1SA 001 019 And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Helkana went into his house at Armathaim, and knew his wife Anna; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived. 009 1SA 001 020 And it came to pass when the time was come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth. 009 1SA 001 021 And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land. 009 1SA 001 022 But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, [I will not go up] until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually. 009 1SA 001 023 And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in your eyes, abide still until you shall have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of your mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him. 009 1SA 001 024 And she went up with him to Selom with a calf of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them. 009 1SA 001 025 And they brought him before the Lord; and his father killed his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and killed the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to Heli. 009 1SA 001 026 And she said, I pray you, my lord, as your soul lives, I [am] the woman that stood in your presence with you while praying to the Lord. 009 1SA 001 027 For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him. 009 1SA 001 028 And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said, 009 1SA 002 001 My heart is established in the Lord, my horn is exalted in my God; my mouth is enlarged over my enemies, I have rejoiced in your salvation. 009 1SA 002 002 For there is none holy as the Lord, and there is none righteous as our God; there is none holy besides you. 009 1SA 002 003 Boast not, and utter not high things; let not high-sounding words come out of your mouth, for the Lord [is] a God of knowledge, and God prepares his own designs. 009 1SA 002 004 The bow of the mighty has waxed feeble, and the weak have girded themselves with strength. 009 1SA 002 005 They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has waxed feeble. 009 1SA 002 006 The Lord kills and makes alive; he brings down to the grave, and brings up. 009 1SA 002 007 The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up. 009 1SA 002 008 He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory: 009 1SA 002 009 granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength can’t man prevail. 009 1SA 002 010 The Lord will weaken his adversary; the Lord [is] holy. Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth; but let him that boasts boast in this, to understand and know the Lord, and to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: he will judge the extremities of the earth, and he gives strength to our kings, and will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left him there before the Lord, 009 1SA 002 011 and departed to Armathaim: and the child ministered in the presence of the Lord before Heli the priest. 009 1SA 002 012 And the sons of Heli the priest [were] evil sons, not knowing the Lord. 009 1SA 002 013 And the priest's claim from every one of the people that sacrificed [was this: ] the servant of the priest came when the flesh was in seething, and a flesh-hook of three teeth [was] in his hand. 009 1SA 002 014 And he struck it into the great caldron, or into the brazen vessel, or into the pot, and whatever came up with the flesh-hook, the priest took for himself: so they did to all Israel that came to sacrifice to the Lord in Selom. 009 1SA 002 015 And before the fat was burnt for a sweet savor, the servant of the priest would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and I will by no means take of you sodden flesh out of the caldron. 009 1SA 002 016 And [if] the man that sacrificed said, First let the fat be burned, as it is fit, and take for yourself of all things which your soul desires: then he would say, Nay, for you shall give it me now; and if not I will take it by force. 009 1SA 002 017 So the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for they set at nothing the offering of the Lord. 009 1SA 002 018 And Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girded with a linen ephod. 009 1SA 002 019 And his mother made him a little doublet, and brought it to him from year to year, in her going up in company with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 009 1SA 002 020 And Heli blessed Helcana and his wife, saying The Lord recompense to you seed of this woman, in return for the loan which you have lent to the Lord: and the man returned to his place. 009 1SA 002 021 And the Lord visited Anna, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord. 009 1SA 002 022 And Heli [was] very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel. 009 1SA 002 023 And he said to them, Why do you according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord? 009 1SA 002 024 Nay [my] sons, for the report which I hear [is] not good; do not so, for the reports which I hear [are] not good, so that the people do not serve God. 009 1SA 002 025 If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for him to the Lord; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? But they listened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would by all means destroy them. 009 1SA 002 026 And the child Samuel advanced, and was in favor with God and with men. 009 1SA 002 027 And a man of God came to Heli, and said, Thus says the Lord, I plainly revealed myself to the house of your father, when they were servants in Egypt to the house of Pharao. 009 1SA 002 028 And I chose the house of your father out of all the tribes of Israel to minister to me in the priest's office, to go up to my altar, and to burn incense, and to wear an ephod. And I gave to the house of your father all the offerings by fire of the children of Israel for food. 009 1SA 002 029 And therefore have you looked upon my incense-offering and my meat-offering with a shameless eye, and have honored your sons above me, so that they should bless themselves with the first fruits of every sacrifice of Israel before me? 009 1SA 002 030 Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Your house and the house of your father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honor them that honor me, and he that sets me at nothing shall be despised. 009 1SA 002 031 Behold, the days come when I will destroy your seed and the seed of your father's house. 009 1SA 002 032 And you shall not have an old man in my house for ever. 009 1SA 002 033 And [if] I do not destroy a man of your from my altar, [it shall be] that his eyes may fail and his soul may perish; and every one that remains in your house shall fall by the sword of men. 009 1SA 002 034 And this which shall come upon your two sons Ophni and Phinees shall be a sign to you; in one day they shall both die. 009 1SA 002 035 And I will raise up to myself a faithful priest, who shall do all that is in my heart and in my soul; and I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before my Christ for ever. 009 1SA 002 036 And it shall come to pass that he that survives in your house, shall come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, saying, Put me into one of your priest's offices to eat bread. 009 1SA 003 001 And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision. 009 1SA 003 002 And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see. 009 1SA 003 003 And the lamp of God [was burning] before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where [was] the ark of God. 009 1SA 003 004 And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, [here am] I. 009 1SA 003 005 And he ran to Heli, and said, [Here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I did not call you; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep. 009 1SA 003 006 And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold [here am] I, for you did call me: and he said, I called you not; return, go to sleep. 009 1SA 003 007 And [it was] before Samuel knew the Lord, and [before] the word of the Lord was revealed to him. 009 1SA 003 008 And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I [am here], for you did call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord [had] called the child. 009 1SA 003 009 And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call you, that you shall say, Speak for your servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place. 009 1SA 003 010 And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for your servant hears. 009 1SA 003 011 And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle. 009 1SA 003 012 In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end. 009 1SA 003 013 And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them. 009 1SA 003 014 And [it shall] not [go on] so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever. 009 1SA 003 015 And Samuel slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell [Heli] the vision. 009 1SA 003 016 And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, [my] son; and he said, Behold, [here am] I. 009 1SA 003 017 And he said, What [was] the word that was spoken to you? I pray you hide it not from me: may God do these things to you, and more also, if you hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to you in your ears. 009 1SA 003 018 And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He [is] the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight. 009 1SA 003 019 And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground. 009 1SA 003 020 And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel [was] faithful as a prophet to the Lord. 009 1SA 003 021 And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli [was] very old, and his sons kept advancing [in wickedness], and their way [was] evil before the Lord. 009 1SA 004 001 And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered themselves together against Israel to war; and Israel went out to meet them and encamped at Abenezer, and the Philistines encamped in Aphec. 009 1SA 004 002 And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were struck in the battle in the field four thousand men. 009 1SA 004 003 And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the ark of our God out of Selom, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it shall save us from the hand of our enemies. 009 1SA 004 004 And the people sent to Selom, and they take thence the ark of the Lord who dwells between the cherubs: and both the sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, [were] with the ark. 009 1SA 004 005 And it came to pass when the ark of the Lord entered into the camp, that all Israel cried out with a loud voice, and the earth resounded. 009 1SA 004 006 And the Philistines heard the cry, and the Philistines said, What [is] this great cry in the camp of the Hebrews: and they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp. 009 1SA 004 007 And the Philistines feared, and said, These are the Gods that are come to them into the camp. 009 1SA 004 008 Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us today for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these [are] the Gods that struck Egypt with every plague, and in the wilderness. 009 1SA 004 009 Strengthen yourselves and behave yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you may not serve the Hebrews as they have served us, but be you men and fight with them. 009 1SA 004 010 And they fought with them; and the men of Israel fall, and they fled every man to his ten; and there was a very great slaughter; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand fighting men. 009 1SA 004 011 And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Heli, Ophni, and Phinees, died. 009 1SA 004 012 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Selom on that day: and his clothes [were] tore, and earth [was] upon his head. 009 1SA 004 013 And he came, an behold, Heli was upon the seat by the gate looking along the way, for his heart was greatly alarmed for the ark of God: and the man entered into the city to bring tidings; and the city cried out. 009 1SA 004 014 And Heli heard the sound of the cry, and said, What [is] the voice of this cry? and the men hasted and went in, and reported to Heli. 009 1SA 004 015 Now Heli [was] ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not. 009 1SA 004 016 And Heli said to them that stood round about him, What [is] the voice of this sound? And the man hasted and advanced to Heli, and said to him, I am he that is come out of the camp, and I have fled from the battle today: and Heli said, What [is] the even, [my] son? 009 1SA 004 017 And they young man answered and said, The men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and there was a great slaughter among the people, and both your sons are dead, and the ark of God is taken. 009 1SA 004 018 And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from the seat backward near the gate, and his back was broken, and he died, for [he was] an old man and heavy: and he judged Israel twenty years. 009 1SA 004 019 And his daughter-in-law the wife of Phinees [was] with child, [about] to bring forth; and she heard the tidings, that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead; and she wept and was delivered, for her pains came upon her. 009 1SA 004 020 And in her time she was at the point of death; and the women that stood by her, said to her, Fear not, for you have born a son: but she answered not, and her heart did not regard it. 009 1SA 004 021 And she called the child Uaebarchaboth, because of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law, and because of her husband. 009 1SA 004 022 And they said, The glory of Israel is departed, forasmuch as the ark of the Lord is taken. 009 1SA 005 001 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Abenezer to Azotus. 009 1SA 005 002 And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 009 1SA 005 003 And the people of Azotus rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians, and he plagued them, and he struck them in their secret parts, Azotus and her coasts. 009 1SA 005 004 And it came to pass when they rose early in the morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off each before the threshold, and both the wrists of his hands had fallen on the floor of the porch; only the stump of Dagon was left. 009 1SA 005 005 Therefore the priests of Dagon, and every one that enters into the house of Dagon, do not tread upon the threshold of the house of Dagon in Azotus until this day, for they step over. 009 1SA 005 006 And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon Azotus, and he brought evil upon them, and it burst out upon them into the ships, and mice sprang up in the midst of their country, and there was a great and indiscriminate mortality in the city. 009 1SA 005 007 And the men of Azotus saw that [it was] so, and they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand [is] heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god. 009 1SA 005 008 And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines to them, and say, What shall we do to the ark of the God of Israel? and the Gittites say, Let the ark of God come over to us; and the ark of the God of Israel came to Geth. 009 1SA 005 009 And it came to pass after it went about to Geth, that the hand of the Lord comes upon the city, a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city small and great, and struck them in their secret parts: and the Gittites made to themselves images of tumors. 009 1SA 005 010 And they send away the ark of God to Ascalon; and it came to pass when the ark of God went into Ascalon, that the men of Ascalon cried out, saying, Why have you brought back the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people? 009 1SA 005 011 And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it lodge in its place; and let it not kill us and our people. 009 1SA 005 012 For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of the God of Israel entered there; and those, who lived and died not were struck with tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven. 009 1SA 006 001 And the ark was seven months in the country of the Philistines, and their land brought forth swarms of mice. 009 1SA 006 002 And the Philistines call their priests, and their prophets, and their enchanters, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? teach us wherewith we shall send it away to its place. 009 1SA 006 003 And they said, If you send away the ark of the covenant of the Lord God of Israel, do not on any account send it away empty, but by all means render to it an offering for the plague; and then shall you be healed, and an atonement shall be made for you: should not his hand be [thus] stayed from off you? 009 1SA 006 004 And they say, What [is] the offering for the plague [which] we shall return to it? and they said, 009 1SA 006 005 According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden tumors, for the plague was on you, and on your rulers, and on the people; and golden mice, the likeness of the mice that destroy your land: and you shall give glory to the Lord, that he may lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. 009 1SA 006 006 And why do you harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts? [was it] not [so] when he mocked them, [that] they let the people go, and they departed? 009 1SA 006 007 And now take wood and make a new wagon, and take two cows, that have calved for the first time, without their calves; and do you yoke the cows to the wagon, and lead away the calves from behind them home. 009 1SA 006 008 And you shall take the ark and put it on the wagon; and you shall restore to it the golden articles for the trespass-offering in a coffer by the side of it: and you shall let it go, and sent it away, and you shall depart. 009 1SA 006 009 And you shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Baethsamys, he has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that his hand has not touched us, but this [is a] chance [which] has happened to us. 009 1SA 006 010 And the Philistines did so; and they took two cows that had calved for the first time, and yoked them to the waggon, and shut up their calves at home. 009 1SA 006 011 And they set the ark of the Lord, and the coffer, and the golden mice, on the waggon. 009 1SA 006 012 And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Baethsamys, they went along one track; and laboured, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Baethsamys. 009 1SA 006 013 And the men of Baethsamys were reaping the wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark of the Lord, and rejoiced to meet it. 009 1SA 006 014 And the waggon entered into the field of Osee, which was in Baethsamys, and they set there by it a great stone; and they split the wood of the waggon, and offered up the cows for a whole burnt offering to the Lord. 009 1SA 006 015 And the Levites brought up the ark of the Lord, and the coffer with it, and the golden articles upon it, and placed them on the great stone, and the men of Baethsamys offered whole burnt offerings and meat offerings on that day to the Lord. 009 1SA 006 016 And the five lords of the Philistines saw, and returned to Ascalon in that day. 009 1SA 006 017 And these [are] the golden tumors which the lords of the Philistines gave as a trespass-offering to the Lord; for Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one. 009 1SA 006 018 And the golden mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines, belonging to the five lords, from the fenced city to the village of the Pherezite, and to the great stone, on which they placed the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that was in the field of Osee the Baethsamysite. 009 1SA 006 019 And the sons of Jechonias were not pleased with the men of Baethsamys, because they saw the ark of the Lord; and [the Lord] struck among them seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned, because the Lord had inflicted on the people, a very great plague. 009 1SA 006 020 And the men of Baethsamys said, Who shall be able to pass before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall the ark of the Lord go up from us? 009 1SA 006 021 And they send messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, go down and take it home to yourselves. 009 1SA 007 001 And the men of Cariathiarim come, and bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord: and they bring it into the house of Aminadab in the hill; and they sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 009 1SA 007 002 And it came to pass from the time that the ark was in Cariathiarim, the days were multiplied, and [the time] was twenty years; and all the house of Israel looked after the Lord. 009 1SA 007 003 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do with all your heart return to the Lord, take away the strange gods from the midst of you, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to [serve] the Lord, and serve him only; and he shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines. 009 1SA 007 004 And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Astaroth, and served the Lord only. 009 1SA 007 005 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to the Lord. 009 1SA 007 006 And they were gathered together to Massephath, and they drew water, and poured it out upon the earth before the Lord. And they fasted on that day, and said, We have sinned before the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Massephath. 009 1SA 007 007 And the Philistines heard that all the children of Israel were gathered together to Massephath: and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel: and the children of Israel heard, and they feared before the Philistines. 009 1SA 007 008 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry to the Lord your God for us, and he shall save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 009 1SA 007 009 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it up as a whole burnt offering with all the people to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him. 009 1SA 007 010 And Samuel was offering the whole burnt offering; and the Philistines drew near to war against Israel; and the Lord thundered with a mighty sound in that day upon the Philistines, and they were confounded and overthrown before Israel. 009 1SA 007 011 And the men of Israel went forth out of Massephath, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them to the parts under Baethchor. 009 1SA 007 012 And Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Massephath and the old [city]; and he called the name of it Abenezer, stone of the helper; and he said, Hitherto has the Lord helped us. 009 1SA 007 013 So the Lord humbled the Philistines, and they did not anymore come into the border of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 009 1SA 007 014 And the cities which the Philistines took from the children of Israel were restored; and they restored them to Israel from Ascalon to Azob: and they took the coast of Israel out of the hand of the Philistines; and there was peace between Israel and the Amorite. 009 1SA 007 015 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 009 1SA 007 016 And he went year by year, and went round Baethel, and Galgala, and Massephath; and he judged Israel in all these consecrated places. 009 1SA 007 017 And his return was to Armathaim, because there was his house; and there he judged Israel, and built there an altar to the Lord. 009 1SA 008 001 And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. 009 1SA 008 002 And these [are] the names of his sons; Joel the firstborn, and the name of the second Abia, judges in Bersabee. 009 1SA 008 003 And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments. 009 1SA 008 004 And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel, 009 1SA 008 005 and they said to him, Behold, you are grown old, and your sons walk not in your way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations [have]. 009 1SA 008 006 And the thing [was] evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the Lord. 009 1SA 008 007 And the Lord said to Samuel, Hear the voice of the people, in whatever they shall say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from reigning over them. 009 1SA 008 008 According to all their doings which they have done to me, from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day, even [as] they have deserted me, and served other gods, so they do also to you. 009 1SA 008 009 And now listen to their voice; only you shall solemnly testify to them, and you shall describe to them the manner of the king who shall reign over them. 009 1SA 008 010 And Samuel spoke every word of the Lord to the people who asked of him a king. 009 1SA 008 011 And he said, This shall be the manner of the king that shall rule over you: he shall take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and among his horsemen, and running before his chariots, 009 1SA 008 012 and [his manner shall be] to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots. 009 1SA 008 013 And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and cooks, and bakers. 009 1SA 008 014 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your good olive yards, and give them to his servants. 009 1SA 008 015 And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give [it] to his eunuchs, and to his servants. 009 1SA 008 016 And he will take your servants, and your handmaids, and your good herds and your asses, and will take the tenth of them for his works. 009 1SA 008 017 And he will tithe your flocks; and you shall be his servants. 009 1SA 008 018 And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen to yourselves, and the Lord shall not hear you in those days, because you have chosen to yourselves a king. 009 1SA 008 019 But the people would not listen to Samuel; and they said to him, Nay, but there shall be a king over us. 009 1SA 008 020 An we also will be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and shall go out before us, and fight our battles. 009 1SA 008 021 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and spoke them in the ears of the Lord. 009 1SA 008 022 And the Lord said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and appoint them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let each man depart to his city. 009 1SA 009 001 And [there was] a man of the sons of Benjamin, and his name [was] Kis, the son of Abiel, the son of Jared, the son of Bachir, the son of Aphec, the son of a Benjamite, a man of might. 009 1SA 009 002 And this man [had] a son, and his name was Saul, of great stature, a goodly man; and there was not among the sons of Israel a goodlier than he, high above all the people from his shoulders and upward. 009 1SA 009 003 And the asses of Kis the father of Saul were lost; and Kis said to Saul his son, Take with you one of the young men, and arise you, and go seek the asses. 009 1SA 009 004 And they went through mount Ephraim, and they went through the land of Selcha, and found them not: and they passed through the land of Segalim, and they were not there: and they passed through the land of Jamin, and found them not. 009 1SA 009 005 And when they came to Siph, then Saul said to his young man that was with him, Come and let us return, lest my father leave the asses, and take care for us. 009 1SA 009 006 And the young man said to him, Behold now, [there is] a man of God in this city, and the man [is] of high repute; all that he shall speak will surely come to pass: now then let us go, that he may tell us our way on which we have set out. 009 1SA 009 007 And Saul said to his young man that was with him, Behold, then, we will go; but what shall we bring the man of God? for the loaves are spent out of our vessels, and we have nothing more with us that belongs to us to bring to the man of God. 009 1SA 009 008 And the young man answered Saul again, and said, Behold, there is found in my hand a fourth part of a shekel of silver; and you shall give it to the man of God, and he shall tell us our way. 009 1SA 009 009 Now before time in Israel every one in going to enquire of God said, Come and let us go to the seer; for the people beforetime called the prophet, the seer. 009 1SA 009 010 And Saul said to his servant, Well said, come and let us go: and they went to the city where the man of God was. 009 1SA 009 011 As they went up the ascent to the city, they find damsels come out to draw water, and they say to them, Is the seer here? 009 1SA 009 012 And the virgins answered them, and they say to them, He is: behold, [he is] before you: now he is coming to the city, because of the day, for today [there is] a sacrifice for the people in Bama. 009 1SA 009 013 As soon as you shall enter into the city, so shall you find him in the city, before he goes up to Bama to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes in, for he blesses the sacrifice, and afterwards the guests eat; now then go up, for you shall find him because of the holiday. 009 1SA 009 014 And they go up to the city; and as they were entering into the midst of the city, behold, Samuel came out to meet them, to go up to Bama. 009 1SA 009 015 And the Lord uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before Saul came to him, saying, 009 1SA 009 016 At this time to-morrow I will send to you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel, and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon the humiliation of my people, for their cry is come to me. 009 1SA 009 017 And Samuel looked upon Saul, and the Lord answered him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to you, this one shall rule over my people. 009 1SA 009 018 And Saul drew near to Samuel into the midst of the city, and said, Tell me now which [is] the house of the seer? 009 1SA 009 019 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am he: go up before me to Bama, and eat with me today, and I will send you away in the morning, and I will tell you all that is in your heart. 009 1SA 009 020 And concerning your asses that have been lost now these three days, care not for them, for they are found. And to whom does the excellency of Israel belong? does it not to you and to your father's house? 009 1SA 009 021 And Saul answered and said, Am not I the son of a Benjamite, the least tribe of the people of Israel? and of the least family of the whole tribe of Benjamin? and why have you spoken to me according to this word? 009 1SA 009 022 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them to the inn, and set them there a place among the chief of those that were called, about seventy men. 009 1SA 009 023 And Samuel said to the cook, Give me the portion which I gave you, which I told you to set by you. 009 1SA 009 024 Now the cook [had] boiled the shoulder, and he set it before Saul; and Samuel said to Saul, Behold that which is left: set before you, an eat; for it is set you for a testimony in preference to the others; take [of it]: and Saul ate with Samuel on that day. 009 1SA 009 025 And he went down from Bama into the city; and they prepared a lodging for Saul on the roof, and he lay down. 009 1SA 009 026 An it came to pass when the morning dawned, that Samuel called Saul on the roof, saying, Rise up, and I will dismiss you. And Saul arose, and he and Samuel went out. 009 1SA 009 027 As they went down to a part of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Speak to the young man, and let him pass on before us; and do you stand as today, and listen to the word of God. 009 1SA 010 001 And Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured [it] on his head, and kissed him, and said to him, Has not the Lord anointed you for a ruler over his people, over Israel? and you shall rule among the people of the Lord, and you shall save them out of the hand of their enemies; and this [shall be] the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you for a ruler over his inheritance. 009 1SA 010 002 [As soon] as you shall have departed this day from me, you shall find two men by the burial-place of Rachel on the mount of Benjamin, exulting greatly; and they shall say to you, The asses are found which you went to seek; and, behold, your father has given up the matter of the asses, and he is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 009 1SA 010 003 And you shall depart thence, and shall go beyond that as far as the oak of Thabor, and you shall find there three men going up to God to Baethel, one bearing three kids, and another bearing three vessels of bread, and another bearing a bottle of wine. 009 1SA 010 004 And they shall ask you how you do, and shall give you two presents of bread, and you shall receive them of their hand. 009 1SA 010 005 And afterward you shall go to the hill of God, where is the encampment of the Philistines; there [is] Nasib the Philistine: an it shall come to pass when you shall have entered into the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the Bama; and before them will be lutes, and a drum, and a pipe, and a harp, and they shall prophesy. 009 1SA 010 006 And the Spirit of the Lord shall come upon you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man. 009 1SA 010 007 And it shall come to pass when these signs shall come upon you, —[then] do you whatever your hand shall find, because God [is] with you. 009 1SA 010 008 And you shall go down in front of Galgal, and behold, I come down to you to offer a whole burnt offering and peace-offerings: seven days shall you wait until I shall come to you, and I will make known to you what you shall do. 009 1SA 010 009 And it came to pass when he turned his back to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass in that day. 009 1SA 010 010 And he comes thence to the hill, and behold a band of prophets opposite to him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied in the midst of them. 009 1SA 010 011 And all that had known him before came, and saw, and behold, he [was] in the midst of the prophets: and the people said every one to his neighbor, What [is] this that has happened to the son of Kis? [is] Saul also among the prophets? 009 1SA 010 012 And one of them answered and said, And who [is] his father? and therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also among the prophets? 009 1SA 010 013 And he ceased prophesying, and comes to the hill. 009 1SA 010 014 And his kinsman said to him and to his servant, Whither went you? and they said, To seek the asses; and we saw that they were lost, and we went in to Samuel. 009 1SA 010 015 And his kinsman said to Saul, Tell me, I pray you, What did Samuel say to you? 009 1SA 010 016 And Saul said to his kinsman, he verily told me that the asses were found. But the matter of the kingdom he told him not. 009 1SA 010 017 And Samuel summoned all the people before the Lord to Massephath. 009 1SA 010 018 And he said to the children of Israel, Thus has the Lord God of Israel spoken, saying, I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and out of all the kingdoms that afflicted you. 009 1SA 010 019 And you have this day rejected God, who is himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions; and you said, Nay, but you shall set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families. 009 1SA 010 020 And Samuel brought near all the tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin is taken by lot. 009 1SA 010 021 And he brings near the tribe of Benjamin by families, and the family of Mattari is taken by lot: and they bring near the family of Mattari, man by man, and Saul the son of Kis is taken; and he sought him, but he was not found. 009 1SA 010 022 And Samuel asked yet again of the Lord, Will the man come here? and the Lord said, Behold, he is hid among the stuff. 009 1SA 010 023 And he ran and took him thence, and he set him in the midst of the people; and he was higher than all the people by his shoulders and upwards. 009 1SA 010 024 And Samuel said to all the people, Have you seen whom the Lord has chosen to himself, that there is none like to him among you all? And all the people took notice, and said, Let the king live! 009 1SA 010 025 And Samuel told the people the manner of the king, and wrote it in a book, and set it before the Lord: and Samuel sent away all the people, and each went to his place. 009 1SA 010 026 And Saul departed to his house to Gabaa; and there went with Saul mighty men whose hearts God had touched. 009 1SA 010 027 But evil men said, Who [is] this man [that] shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts. 009 1SA 011 001 And it came to pass about a month after this, that Naas the Ammanite went up, and encamped against Jabis Galaad: and all the men of Jabis said to Naas the Ammanite, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you. 009 1SA 011 002 Naas the Ammanite said to them, On these terms will I make a covenant with you, that I should put out all your right eyes, and I will lay a reproach upon Israel. 009 1SA 011 003 And the men of Jabis say to him, Allow us seven days, and we will send messengers into all the coasts of Israel: if there should be no one to deliver us, we will come out to you. 009 1SA 011 004 And the messengers came to Gabaa to Saul, and they speak the words into the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 009 1SA 011 005 And, behold, Saul came after the early morning out of the field: and Saul said, Why does the people week? and they tell him the words of the men of Jabis. 009 1SA 011 006 And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled against them. 009 1SA 011 007 And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they came out to battle as one man. 009 1SA 011 008 And he reviews them at Bezec in Bama, every man of Israel six hundred thousand, and the men of Juda seventy thousand. 009 1SA 011 009 And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall you say to the men of Jabis, To-morrow you shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabis, and they rejoiced. 009 1SA 011 010 And the men of Jabis said to Naas the Ammanite, To-morrow we will come forth to you, and you shall do to us what seems good in your sight. 009 1SA 011 011 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Saul divided the people into three companies, and they go into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they struck the children of Ammon until the day was hot; at it came to pass that those who were left were scattered, and there were not left among them two together. 009 1SA 011 012 And the people said to Samuel, Who has said that Saul shall not reign over us? Give up the men, and we will put them to death. 009 1SA 011 013 And Saul said, No man shall die this day, for today the Lord has wrought deliverance in Israel. 009 1SA 011 014 And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go to Galgala, and there renew the kingdom. 009 1SA 011 015 And all the people went to Galgala, and Samuel anointed Saul there to be king before the Lord in Galgala, and there he offered meat-offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord: and Samuel and all Israel rejoiced exceedingly. 009 1SA 012 001 And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all things that you have said to me, and I have set a king over you. 009 1SA 012 002 And now, behold, the king goes before you; and I am grown old and shall rest; and, behold, my sons [are] among you; and, behold, I have gone about before you from my youth to this day. 009 1SA 012 003 Behold, [here am] I, answer against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose calf have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom of you have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even [to] a sandal? bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you. 009 1SA 012 004 And they said to Samuel, You have not injured us, and you have not oppressed us; and you have not afflicted us, and you have not taken anything from any one's hand. 009 1SA 012 005 And Samuel said to the people, The Lord [is] witness among you, and his anointed [is] witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand: and they said, [He is] witness. 009 1SA 012 006 And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, The Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron [is] witness, who brought our fathers up out of Egypt. 009 1SA 012 007 And now stand still, and I will judge you before the Lord; and I will relate to you all the righteousness of the Lord, the things which he has wrought among you and your fathers. 009 1SA 012 008 When Jacob and his sons went into Egypt, and Egypt humbled them, then our fathers cried to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron; and they brought our fathers out of Egypt, and he made them to dwell in this place. 009 1SA 012 009 And they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hands of Sisara captain of the host of Jabis king of Asor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab; and he fought with them. 009 1SA 012 010 And they cried to the Lord, and said, We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and the groves: and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you. 009 1SA 012 011 And he sent Jerobaal, and Barac, and Jephthae, and Samuel, and rescued us out of the hand of our enemies round about, and you lived in security. 009 1SA 012 012 And you saw that Naas king of the children of Ammon came against you, and you said, Nay, none but a king shall reign over us; whereas the Lord our God [is] our king. 009 1SA 012 013 And now behold the king whom you have chosen; and behold, the Lord has set a king over you. 009 1SA 012 014 If you should fear the Lord, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not resist the mouth of the Lord, and you and your king that reigns over you should follow the Lord, [well]. 009 1SA 012 015 But if you should not listen to the voice of the Lord, and you should resist the mouth of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be upon you and upon your king. 009 1SA 012 016 And now stand still, and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. 009 1SA 012 017 [Is it] not wheat harvest today? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; and know you and see, that your wickedness [is] great which you have wrought before the Lord, having asked for yourselves a king. 009 1SA 012 018 And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day; and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel. 009 1SA 012 019 And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, and let us not die; for we have added to all our sins this iniquity, in asking for us a king. 009 1SA 012 020 And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: you have [indeed] wrought all this iniquity; only turn not from following the Lord, and serve the Lord with all your heart. 009 1SA 012 021 And turn not aside after the [gods] that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver [you], because they are nothing. 009 1SA 012 022 For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name's sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people. 009 1SA 012 023 And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will serve the Lord, and show you the good and the right way. 009 1SA 012 024 Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with all your heart, for you see what great things he has wrought with you. 009 1SA 012 025 But if you continue to do evil, then shall you and your king be consumed. 009 1SA 013 001 And Saul chooses for himself three thousand men of the men of Israel: and there were with Saul two thousand who were in Machmas, and in mount Baethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and he sent the rest of the people every man to his tent. 009 1SA 013 003 And Jonathan struck Nasib the Philistine that lived in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have despised [us]. 009 1SA 013 004 And all Israel heard say, Saul has struck Nasib the Philistine; now Israel had been put to shame before the Philistines; and the children of Israel went up after Saul in Galgala. 009 1SA 013 005 And the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Machmas, opposite Baethoron southward. 009 1SA 013 006 And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw near, and the people hid themselves in caves, and sheepfolds, and rocks, and ditches, and pits. 009 1SA 013 007 And they that went over went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Galaad: and Saul was yet in Galgala, and all the people followed after him in amazement. 009 1SA 013 008 And he continued seven days for the appointed testimony, as Samuel told him, and Samuel came not to Galgala, and his people were dispersed from him. 009 1SA 013 009 And Saul said, Bring hither [victims], that I may offer whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and he offered the whole burnt offering. 009 1SA 013 010 And it came to pass when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him, [and] to bless him. 009 1SA 013 011 And Samuel said, What have you done? and Saul said, Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and you was not present as you purposed according to the set time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered to Machmas. 009 1SA 013 012 Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Galgala, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole burnt offering. 009 1SA 013 013 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; for you have not kept my command, which the Lord commanded you, as now the Lord would have confirmed your kingdom over Israel for ever. 009 1SA 013 014 But now your kingdom shall not stand to you, and the Lord shall seek for himself a man after his own heart; and the Lord shall appoint him to be a ruler over his people, because you have not kept all that the Lord commanded you. 009 1SA 013 015 And Samuel arose, and departed from Galgala, and the remnant of the people went after Saul to meet [him] after the men of war, when they had come out of Galgala to Gabaa of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men. 009 1SA 013 016 And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, halted in Gabaa, of Benjamin; and they wept: and the Philistines had encamped in Machmas. 009 1SA 013 017 And men came forth to destroy out of the land of the Philistines in three companies; one company turning by the way of Gophera toward the land of Sogal, 009 1SA 013 018 and another company turning the way of Baethoron, and another company turning by the way of Gabae that turns aside to Gai of Sabim. 009 1SA 013 019 And there was not found a smith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves sword or spear. 009 1SA 013 020 And all Israel went down to the Land of the Philistines to forge every one his reaping-hook and his tool, and every one his axe and his sickle. 009 1SA 013 021 And it was near the time of vintage: and their tools were [valued at] three shekels for a plowshare, and there was the same rate for the axe and the sickle. 009 1SA 013 022 And it came to pass in the days of the war of Machmas, that there was not a sword or spear found in the hand of all the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and Jonathan his son was there found. 009 1SA 013 023 And there went out some from the camp of the Philistines to the place beyond Machmas. 009 1SA 014 001 And when a certain day arrived, Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to Messab of the Philistines that is on the other side yonder; but he told not his father. 009 1SA 014 002 And Saul sat on the top of the hill under the pomegranate tree that is in Magdon, and there were with him about six hundred men. 009 1SA 014 003 And Achia son of Achitob, the brother of Jochabed the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, [was] the priest of God in Selom wearing an ephod: and the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 009 1SA 014 004 And in the midst of the passage whereby Jonathan sought to pass over to the encampment of the Philistines, there was both a sharp rock on this side, and a sharp rock on the other side: the name of the one [was] Bases, and the name of the other Senna. 009 1SA 014 005 The one way [was] northward to one coming to Machmas, and the other way [was] southward to one coming to Gabae. 009 1SA 014 006 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, let us go over to Messab of these uncircumcised, if [perhaps] the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few. 009 1SA 014 007 And his armor-bearer said to him, Do all that your heart inclines toward: behold, I [am] with you, my heart [is] as your heart. 009 1SA 014 008 And Jonathan said, Behold, we will go over to the men, and will come down suddenly upon them. 009 1SA 014 009 If they should say thus to us, Stand aloof there until we shall send you word; then we will stand still by ourselves, and will not go up against them. 009 1SA 014 010 [But] if they should say thus to us, Come up to us; then will we go up, for the Lord has delivered them into our hands; this [shall be] a sign to us. 009 1SA 014 011 And they both went in to Messab of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of their Caves, where they had hidden themselves. 009 1SA 014 012 And the men of Messab answered Jonathan and his armor-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing: and Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, Come up after me, for the Lord has delivered them into the hands of Israel. 009 1SA 014 013 And Jonathan went up on his hands and feet, and his armor-bearer with him; and they looked on the face of Jonathan, and he struck them, and his armor-bearer did strike [them] after him. 009 1SA 014 014 And the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor-bearer effected was twenty men, with darts and slings, and pebbles of the field. 009 1SA 014 015 And there was dismay in the camp, and in the field; and all the people in Messab, and the spoilers were amazed; and they would not act, and the land was terror-struck, and there was dismay from the lord. 009 1SA 014 016 And the watchmen of Saul saw in Gabaa of Benjamin, and, behold, the army was thrown into confusion on every side. 009 1SA 014 017 And Saul said to the people with him, Number yourselves now, and see who has gone out from you: and they numbered themselves, and behold, Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not found. 009 1SA 014 018 And Saul said to Achia, Bring the ephod; for he wore the ephod in that day before Israel. 009 1SA 014 019 And it came to pass while Saul was speaking to the priest, that the sound in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase greatly; and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hands. 009 1SA 014 020 And Saul went up and all the people that were with him, and they come to the battle: and, behold, [every] man's sword was against his neighbor, a very great confusion. 009 1SA 014 021 And the servants who had been before with the Philistines, who had gone up to the army, turned themselves also to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 009 1SA 014 022 And all the Israelites who were hidden in mount Ephraim heard also that the Philistines fled; and they also gather themselves after them to battle: and the Lord saved Israel in that day; and the war passed through Bamoth; and all the people with Saul were about ten thousand men. 009 1SA 014 023 And the battle extended itself to every city in the mount Ephraim. 009 1SA 014 024 And Saul committed a great trespass of ignorance in that day, and he lays a curse on the people, saying, Cursed [is] the man who shall eat bread before the evening; so I will avenge myself on my enemy: and none of the people tasted bread, though all the land was dining. 009 1SA 014 025 And Jaal was a wood abounding in swarms of bees on the face of the ground. 009 1SA 014 026 And the people went into the place of the bees, and, behold, they continued speaking; and, behold, there was none that put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath of the Lord. 009 1SA 014 027 And Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he reached forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, an dipped it into the honeycomb, and returned his hand to his mouth, and his eyes recovered their sight. 009 1SA 014 028 And one of the people answered and said, Your father solemnly adjured the people, saying, Cursed [is] the man who shall eat bread today. And the people were very faint, 009 1SA 014 029 and Jonathan knew it, and said, My father has destroyed the land: see how my eyes have received sight [now] that I have tasted a little of this honey. 009 1SA 014 030 Surely if the people had this day eaten freely of the spoils of their enemies which they found, the slaughter among the Philistines would have been greater. 009 1SA 014 031 And on that day he struck some of the Philistines in Machmas; and the people were very weary. 009 1SA 014 032 And the people turned to the spoil; and the people took flocks, and herds, and calves, and killed them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood. 009 1SA 014 033 And it was reported to Saul, saying, The people have sinned against the Lord, eating with the blood: and Saul said, Out of Getthaim roll a great stone to me hither. 009 1SA 014 034 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them to bring hither every one his calf, and every one his sheep: and let them kill it on this [stone] and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood: and the people brought each one that which was in his hand, and they killed [them] there. 009 1SA 014 035 And Saul built an altar there to the Lord: this was the first altar that Saul built to the Lord. 009 1SA 014 036 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines this night, and let us plunder among them till the day break, and let us not leave a man among them. And they said, Do all that is good in your sight: and the priest said, let us draw near hither to God. 009 1SA 014 037 And Saul enquired of God, If I go down after the Philistines, will you deliver them into the hands of Israel? And he answered him not in that day. 009 1SA 014 038 And Saul said, Bring hither all the chiefs of Israel, and know and see by whom this sin has been committed this day. 009 1SA 014 039 For as the Lord lives who has saved Israel, if answer should be against my son Jonathan, he shall surely die. And there was no one that answered out of all the people. 009 1SA 014 040 And he said to all the men of Israel, You shall be under subjection, and I an Jonathan my son will be under subjection: and the people said to Saul, Do that which is good in your sight. 009 1SA 014 041 And Saul said, O Lord God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant this day? [is] the iniquity in me, or in Jonathan my son? Lord God of Israel, give clear [manifestations]; and if [the lot] should declare this, give, I pray you, to your people of Israel, give, I pray, holiness. And Jonathan and Saul are taken, and the people escaped. 009 1SA 014 042 And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and my son Jonathan: whoever the Lord shall cause to be taken by lot, let him die: and the people said to Saul, This thing is not [to be done]: and Saul prevailed against the people, and they cast [lots] between him and Jonathan his son, and Jonathan is taken by lot. 009 1SA 014 043 And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done: and Jonathan told him, and said, I did indeed taste a little honey, with the end of my staff that was in my hand, and, behold! I [am to] die. 009 1SA 014 044 And Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, you shall surely die today. 009 1SA 014 045 And the people said to Saul, Shall he that has wrought this great salvation in Israel be put to death this day? [As] the Lord lives, there shall not fall to the ground one of the hairs of his head; for the people of God have wrought successfully this day. And the people prayed for Jonathan in that day, and he died not. 009 1SA 014 046 And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines departed to their place. 009 1SA 014 047 And Saul received the kingdom, by lot he inherits the office [of ruling] over Israel: and he fought against all his enemies round about, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against the children of Edom, and against Baethaeor, and against the king of Suba, and against the Philistines: wherever he turned, he was victorious. 009 1SA 014 048 And he wrought valiantly, and struck Amalec, and rescued Israel out of the hand of them that trampled on him. 009 1SA 014 049 And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Jessiu, and Melchisa: and [these were] the names of his two daughters, the name of the firstborn Merob, and the name of the second Melchol. 009 1SA 014 050 And the name of his wife was Achinoom, the daughter of Achimaa: and the name of his captain of the host was Abenner, the son of Ner, son of a kinsman of Saul. 009 1SA 014 051 And Kis [was] the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abenezer, [was] son of Jamin, son of Abiel. 009 1SA 014 052 And the war was vehement against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man, and any valiant man, then he took them to himself. 009 1SA 015 001 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint you king over Israel: and now hear the voice of the Lord. 009 1SA 015 002 Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalec did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt. 009 1SA 015 003 And now go, and you shall strike Amalec and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and you shall not save anything of him alive, but you shall utterly destroy him: and you shall devote him and all his to [destruction], and you shall spare nothing belonging to him; and you shall kill both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass. 009 1SA 015 004 And Saul summoned the people, and he numbered them in Galgala, four hundred thousand regular troops, and Juda thirty thousand regular troops. 009 1SA 015 005 And Saul came to the cities of Amalec, and laid wait in the valley. 009 1SA 015 006 And Saul said to the Kinite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I put you with them; for you dealt mercifully with the children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kinite departed from the midst of Amalec. 009 1SA 015 007 And Saul struck Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt. 009 1SA 015 008 And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he killed all the people and Hierim with the edge of the sword. 009 1SA 015 009 And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse thing they destroyed. 009 1SA 015 010 And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 009 1SA 015 011 I have repented that I have made Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not kept my word. And Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord all night. 009 1SA 015 012 And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help for himself: and he turned his chariot, and came down to Galgala to Saul; and, behold, he was offering up a whole burnt offering to the Lord, the chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalec. 009 1SA 015 013 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed [are] you of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said. 009 1SA 015 014 And Samuel said, What then [is] the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear? 009 1SA 015 015 And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalec, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord your God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed. 009 1SA 015 016 And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the Lord has said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on. 009 1SA 015 017 And Samuel said to Saul, Are you not little in his eyes, [though] a leader of one of the tribes of Israel? and [yet] the Lord anointed you to be king over Israel. 009 1SA 015 018 And the Lord sent you on a journey, and said to you, Go, and utterly destroy: you shall kill the sinners against me, [even] the Amalekites; and you shall war against them until you have consumed them. 009 1SA 015 019 And why did not you listen to the voice of the Lord, but did haste to fasten upon the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord? 009 1SA 015 020 And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people: yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me, and I brought Agag the king of Amalec, and I destroyed Amalec. 009 1SA 015 021 But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds [out] of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Galgal. 009 1SA 015 022 And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience [is] better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams. 009 1SA 015 023 For sin is [as] divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject you from being king over Israel. 009 1SA 015 024 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and your direction; for I feared the people, and I listened to their voice. 009 1SA 015 025 And now remove, I pray you, my sin, and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God. 009 1SA 015 026 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject you from being king over Israel. 009 1SA 015 027 And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the skirt of his garment, and tore it. 009 1SA 015 028 And Samuel said to him, The Lord has tore your kingdom from Israel out of your hand this day, and will give it to your neighbor who is better than you. 009 1SA 015 029 And Israel shall be divided to two: and [God] will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent. 009 1SA 015 030 And Saul said, I have sinned; yet honor me, I pray you, before the elders of Israel, and before my people; and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord your God. 009 1SA 015 031 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped the Lord. 009 1SA 015 032 And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalec: and Agag came to him trembling; and Agag said Is death thus bitter? 009 1SA 015 033 And Samuel said to Agag, As your sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall your mother be made childless among women: and Samuel killed Agag before the Lord in Galgal. 009 1SA 015 034 And Samuel departed to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house at Gabaa. 009 1SA 015 035 And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. 009 1SA 016 001 And the Lord said to Samuel, How long do you mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and come, I will send you to Jessae, to Bethleem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me. 009 1SA 016 002 And Samuel said, How can I go? whereas Saul will hear of it, and kill me: and the Lord said, Take a heifer in your hand and you shall say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. 009 1SA 016 003 And you shall call Jessae to the sacrifice, and I will make known to you what you shall do; and you shall anoint him whom I shall mention to you. 009 1SA 016 004 And Samuel did all that the Lord told him; and he came to Bethleem: and the elders of the city were amazed at meeting him, and said, Do you come peaceably, you Seer? 009 1SA 016 005 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and rejoice with me this day: and he sanctified Jessae and his sons, and he called them to the sacrifice. 009 1SA 016 006 And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed [is] before him. 009 1SA 016 007 But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. 009 1SA 016 008 And Jessae called Aminadab, and he passed before Samuel: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one. 009 1SA 016 009 And Jessae caused Sama to pass by: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one. 009 1SA 016 010 And Jessae caused his seven sons to pass before Samuel: and Samuel said, the Lord has not chosen these. 009 1SA 016 011 And Samuel said to Jessae, Hast you no more sons? And Jessae said, [There is] yet a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jessae, Send and fetch him for we may not sit down till he comes. 009 1SA 016 012 And he sent and fetched him: and he was ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and very goodly to behold. And the Lord said to Samuel, Arise, and anoint David, for he is good. 009 1SA 016 013 And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward: and Samuel arose, and departed to Armathaim. 009 1SA 016 014 And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. 009 1SA 016 015 And Saul's servants said to him, Behold now, and evil spirit from the Lord torments you. 009 1SA 016 016 Let now your servants speak before you, and let them seek for our lord a man skilled to play on the harp; and it shall come to pass when an evil spirit comes upon you and he shall play on his harp, that you shall be well, and he shall refresh you. 009 1SA 016 017 And Saul said to his servants, Look now out for me a skillful player, and bring him to me. 009 1SA 016 018 And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessae the Bethleemite, and he understands playing [on the harp], and the man [is] prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man [is] handsome, and the Lord [is] with him. 009 1SA 016 019 And Saul sent messengers to Jessae, saying, Send to me your son David who is with your flock. 009 1SA 016 020 And Jessae took a homer of bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul. 009 1SA 016 021 And David went in to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor-bearer. 009 1SA 016 022 And Saul sent to Jessae, saying, Let David, I pray you, stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes. 009 1SA 016 023 And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and [it was] well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him. 009 1SA 017 001 And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judaea, and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca Ephermen. 009 1SA 017 002 And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 009 1SA 017 003 And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them. 009 1SA 017 004 And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath, by name, out of Geth, his height [was] four cubits and a span. 009 1SA 017 005 And [he had] a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armor; and the weight of his breastplate [was] five thousand shekels of brass and iron. 009 1SA 017 006 And greaves of grass [were] upon his legs, and a brazen target [was] between his shoulders. 009 1SA 017 007 And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam, and the spear's head [was formed] of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armor-bearer went before him. 009 1SA 017 008 And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and you Hebrews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me. 009 1SA 017 009 And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall strike me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and strike him, you shall be our servants, and serve us. 009 1SA 017 010 And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat. 009 1SA 017 011 And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed, and greatly terrified. 009 1SA 017 012 [And David son of an Ephrathite said, this Eplarathite was of Bethleem Juda, and his name was Jessae, and he had eight sons. And the man passed for an old man among men in the days of Saul. ] 009 1SA 017 013 [And the three elder sons of Jessae went and followed Saul to the war, and the ] [names of his sons that went to the war were, Eliab his first-born, and his second Aminadab, and his third son Samma. ] 009 1SA 017 014 [And David himself ] [was the younger son, and the three elder followed Saul. ] 009 1SA 017 015 [And David departed and returned from Saul, ] [to feed his father’s sheep in Bethleem; ] 009 1SA 017 016 [And the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and stood up forty days. ] 009 1SA 017 017 [And Jessae said to David, Take now to your brethren an ephah of this meal, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp and give them to your brothers. ] 009 1SA 017 018 [And you shall carry to the captain of the thousand ] [these ten cheeses of milk, and you shall see how your brethren fare, and learn what they lack. ] 009 1SA 017 019 [And Saul himself and all the men of Israel were in the valley of the Oak, warring with the Philistines. ] 009 1SA 017 020 [And David rose early in the morning, and left the sheep to a keeper, and took and went as Jessae commanded him, and he came to the trench and to the army as it was going out to fight, and they shouted for the battle. ] 009 1SA 017 021 [And Israel and the Philistines formed their lines one opposite the other. ] 009 1SA 017 022 [And David deposited his burden in the hand of a keeper, and ran to the line, and went and asked his brethren how they Were. ] 009 1SA 017 023 [And while he was speaking with them, behold the Amessaean advanced, Goliath by name, the Philistine of Geth, of the armies of the Philistines, and he spoke ] [as before, and David heard. ] 009 1SA 017 024 [And all the men of Israel when they saw the man fled from before him, and they were greatly terrified. ] 009 1SA 017 025 [And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that comes up? for he has reproached Israel and has come up; and it shall be that the man who shall strike him, the king shall enrich him with great wealth and shall give him his daughter, and shall make his father’s house free in Israel. ] 009 1SA 017 026 [and David spoke to the men who stood with him saying, Shall it indeed be done thus to the man who shall strike that Philistine, and take away reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has defied the army of the living God? ] 009 1SA 017 027 [And the people spoke to him according to this Word, saying Thus shall it be done to the man Who shall strike him. ] 009 1SA 017 028 [And Eliab his elder brother heard as he spoke to the men, and Eliab was very angry with David and said, Why have you thus come down, and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the naughtiness of your heart, for you are come down to see the battle. ] 009 1SA 017 029 [And David said what have I done now? ] [Have I no business here? ] 009 1SA 017 030 [And he turned from him towards another, and he spoke after the same manner; and the people answered him ] [after the former manner. ] 009 1SA 017 031 [And the Words which David spoke were heard and were reported ] [to Saul. And he took him to himself. ] 009 1SA 017 032 And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray you, the heart of my lord be dejected within him: your servant will go, and fight with this Philistine. 009 1SA 017 033 And Saul said to David, You will not in anyway be able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are a mere youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 009 1SA 017 034 And David said to Saul, Your servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock, 009 1SA 017 035 then I went forth after him, and struck him, and drew [the spoil] out of his mouth: and as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his throat, and struck him, and killed him. 009 1SA 017 036 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and strike him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? For who [is] this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God? 009 1SA 017 037 The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord shall be with you. 009 1SA 017 038 And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and [put] his brazen helmet on his head. 009 1SA 017 039 And he girded David with his sword over his coat: and he made trial walking [with them] once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved [them]: so they remove them from him. 009 1SA 017 040 And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd's scrip which he had for his store, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine. 009 1SA 017 041 And the Philistine advanced and drew near to David, and a man bearing his shield went before him, and the Philistine looked on. 009 1SA 017 042 And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, with a fair countenance. 009 1SA 017 043 And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that you come against me with a staff and stones? [and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog.] And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 009 1SA 017 044 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth. 009 1SA 017 045 And David said to the Philistine, You come to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to you in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which you have defied 009 1SA 017 046 this day. And the Lord shall deliver you this day into my hand; and I will kill you, and take away your head from off you, and will give your limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God in Israel. 009 1SA 017 047 And all this assembly shall know that the Lord delivers not by sword or spear, for the battle [is] the Lord's, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands. 009 1SA 017 048 And the Philistine arose and went to meet David. 009 1SA 017 049 And David stretched out his hand to his scrip, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone penetrated through the helmet into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the ground. 009 1SA 017 050 [So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him, and there was no sword in the hand of David. ] 009 1SA 017 051 And David ran, and stood upon him, and took his sword, and killed him, and cut off his head: and the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, and they fled. 009 1SA 017 052 And the men of Israel and Juda arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to Geth, and as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the gates, both to Geth, and to Accaron. 009 1SA 017 053 And the men of Israel returned from pursuing after the Philistines, and they destroyed their camp. 009 1SA 017 054 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. 009 1SA 017 055 And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abener the captain of the host, Whose son is this youth? and Abener said, As your sould lives, O King, I know not. 009 1SA 017 056 And the king said, Do you ask whose son this youth is. 009 1SA 017 057 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abener took him and brought him before Saul, and the head of the Philistine was in his hand. 009 1SA 017 058 And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? and David said, The son of your servant Jessae the Bethleemite. 009 1SA 018 001 [And it came to pass when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David and David loved him ] [as his own soul. ] 009 1SA 018 002 [And Saul took him in that day, and did not suffer him to return to his father's house. ] 009 1SA 018 003 [And Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul. ] 009 1SA 018 004 [And Jonathan stripped himself of his ] [upper garment, and gave it to David, and his mantle and all he had upon him, even to his sword and to his bow, and to his girdle. ] 009 1SA 018 005 [And David went out withersoever Saul sent him, and ] [acted wisely, and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul. ] 009 1SA 018 006 And there came out women in dances to meet David out of all the cities of Israel, with timbrels, and with rejoicing, and with cymbals. 009 1SA 018 007 And the women began [the strain], and said, Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 009 1SA 018 008 And it seemed evil in the eyes of Saul concerning this matter, and he said, To David they have given ten thousands, and to me they have given thousands. [And what more can he have but the kingdom? ] 009 1SA 018 009 [And Saul eyed David from that day and onward. ] 009 1SA 018 010 [And it came to pass on the morrow that an evil spirit from God fell upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David was playing on the harp with his hand, according to his daily custom. And Saul’s spear was in his hand. ] 009 1SA 018 011 [And Saul took his spear and said, I will strike David even to the wall. But David escaped twice from his presence. ] 009 1SA 018 012 And Saul was alarmed on account of David. 009 1SA 018 013 And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people. 009 1SA 018 014 And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him. 009 1SA 018 015 And Saul saw that he was very wise, and he was afraid of him. 009 1SA 018 016 And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people. 009 1SA 018 017 [And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merob, I will give her to you to Wife, only be you to me a mighty man and fight the wars of the Lord. And Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him. ] 009 1SA 018 018 [And David said to Saul, Who am I, and What is the life of my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son—in-law? ] 009 1SA 018 019 [But it came to pass at the time when Merob Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Israel the Mothulathite to wife. ] 009 1SA 018 020 And Melchol the daughter of Saul loved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes. 009 1SA 018 021 And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul. 009 1SA 018 022 And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak you privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you, and do you becomes the king's son-in-law. 009 1SA 018 023 And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, [Is it] a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? Whereas I [am] an humble man, an not honorable? 009 1SA 018 024 And the servants of Saul reported to him according to these words, which David spoke. 009 1SA 018 025 And Saul said, Thus shall you speak to David, The king wants no gift but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the kings enemies. Now Saul thought to cast him into the hands of the Philistines. 009 1SA 018 026 And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king. 009 1SA 018 027 And David arose, and went, he and his men, and struck among the Philistines a hundred men: and he brought their foreskins, and he becomes the king's son-in-law, and [Saul] gives him Melchol his daughter to wife. 009 1SA 018 028 And Saul saw that the Lord [was] with David, and [that] all Israel loved him. 009 1SA 018 029 And he was yet more afraid of David. 009 1SA 018 030 [And the chief of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass that from the suficiency of their expedition David acted Wisely above all the servants of Saul; and his name was honored exceedingly. ] 009 1SA 019 001 And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to kill David. 009 1SA 019 002 And Jonathan, Saul's son, loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill you: take heed to yourself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide yourself, and dwell in secret. 009 1SA 019 003 And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where you shall be, and I will speak concerning you to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell you. 009 1SA 019 004 And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against your servant David, for he has not sinned against you, and his deeds [are] very good. 009 1SA 019 005 And he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoined: why then do you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause? 009 1SA 019 006 And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, [As] the Lord lives, he shall not die. 009 1SA 019 007 And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times. 009 1SA 019 008 And there was again war against Saul; and David did valiantly, and fought against the Philistines, and struck them with a very great slaughter, and they fled from before him. 009 1SA 019 009 And an evil spirit from God was upon Saul, and he was resting in his house, and a spear [was] in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands. 009 1SA 019 010 And Saul sought to strike David with the spear; and David withdrew [suddenly] from the presence of Saul; and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped. 009 1SA 019 011 And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to kill him in the morning; and Melchol David's wife told him, saying, Unless you save your life this night, to-morrow you shall be slain. 009 1SA 019 012 So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped. 009 1SA 019 013 And Melchol took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes. 009 1SA 019 014 And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick. 009 1SA 019 015 And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may kill him. 009 1SA 019 016 And the messengers come, and, behold, the images [were] on the bed, and the goat's liver at his head. 009 1SA 019 017 And Saul said to Melchol, Why have you thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to depart, and he has escaped? and Melchol said to Saul, He said, let me go, and if not, I will kill you. 009 1SA 019 018 So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Armathaim, and tells him all that Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and lived in Navath in Rama. 009 1SA 019 019 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] in Navath in Rama. 009 1SA 019 020 And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets, and Samuel stood [as] appointed over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesy. 009 1SA 019 021 And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied: and Saul sent again a third set of messengers, and they also prophesied. 009 1SA 019 022 And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Armathaim, and he comes as far as the well of the threshing floor that is in Sephi; and he asked and said, Where [are] Samuel and David? And they said, Behold, in Navath in Rama. 009 1SA 019 023 And he went thence to Navath in Rama: and there came the Spirit of God upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath in Rama. 009 1SA 019 024 And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, [Is] Saul also among the prophets? 009 1SA 020 001 And David fled from Navath in Rama, and comes into the presence of Jonathan; and he said, What have I done, and what [is] my fault, and wherein have I sinned before your father, that he seeks my life? 009 1SA 020 002 And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from you: you shall not die: behold, my father will not do any thing great or small without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? This thing is not [so]. 009 1SA 020 003 And David answered Jonathan, and said, Your father knows surely that I have found grace in your sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent: but [as] the Lord lives and your soul lives, as I said, [the space] is filled up between me and death. 009 1SA 020 004 And Jonathan said to David, What does your soul desire, and what shall I do for you. 009 1SA 020 005 And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow [is] the new moon, and I shall not on any account sit down to eat, but you shall let me go, and I will hide in the plain till the evening. 009 1SA 020 006 And if your father do in anyway enquire for me, then shall you say, David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethleem his city, for [there is] there, a yearly sacrifice for all the family. 009 1SA 020 007 If he shall say thus, Well, — [all is] safe for your servant: but if he shall answer harshly to you, know that evil is determined by him. 009 1SA 020 008 And you shall deal mercifully with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with yourself: and if there is iniquity in your servant, kill me yourself; but why do you thus bring me to your father? 009 1SA 020 009 And Jonathan said, That be far from you: for if I surely know that evil is determined by my father to come upon you, although it should not be against your cities, I will tell you. 009 1SA 020 010 And David said to Jonathan, Who can tell me if your father should answer roughly? 009 1SA 020 011 And Jonathan said to David, Go, and abide in the field. And they went out both into the field. 009 1SA 020 012 And Jonathan said to David, the Lord God of Israel knows that I will sound my father as I have an opportunity, three several times, and, behold, [if good] should be determined concerning David, and I do not send to you to the field, 009 1SA 020 013 God do so to Jonathan and more also: as I shall [also] report the evil to you, and make it known to you, and I will let you go; and you shall depart in peace, and the Lord shall be with you, as he was with my father. 009 1SA 020 014 And if indeed I continue to live, then shall you deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die, 009 1SA 020 015 you shall not withdraw your mercy from my house for ever: and if you do not, when the Lord cuts off the enemies of David each from the face of the earth, 009 1SA 020 016 [should it happen] that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David. 009 1SA 020 017 And Jonathan swore yet again to David, because he loved the soul of him that loved him. 009 1SA 020 018 And Jonathan said, To-morrow [is] the new moon, and you will be enquired for, because your seat will be observed as vacant. 009 1SA 020 019 And you shall stay three days, and watch an opportunity, and shall come to your place where you may hide yourself in the day of your business, and you shall wait by that stone Ezel. 009 1SA 020 020 And I will shoot three arrows, aiming them at a mark. 009 1SA 020 021 And behold, I [will] send a lad, saying, Go find me the arrow. 009 1SA 020 022 If I should expressly say to the lad, The arrow [is] here, and on this side of you, take it; [then] come, for it is well with you, and there is no reason [for fear, as] the Lord lives: [but] if I should say thus to the young man, The arrow [is] on that side of you, and beyond; go, for the Lord has sent you away. 009 1SA 020 023 And as for the word which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord [is] witness between me and you for ever. 009 1SA 020 024 So David hides himself in the field, and the [new] month arrives, and the king comes to the table to eat. 009 1SA 020 025 And he sat upon his seat as in former times, even on his seat by the wall, and he went before Jonathan; and Abenner sat on one side of Saul, and the place of David was empty. 009 1SA 020 026 And Saul said nothing on that day, for he said, It seems to have fallen out that he is not clean, because he has not purified himself. 009 1SA 020 027 And it came to pass on the morrow, on the second day of the month, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jessae attended both yesterday and today at the table? 009 1SA 020 028 And Jonathan answered Saul, and said to him, David asked leave of me to go as far as Bethleem his city; 009 1SA 020 029 and he said, Let me go, I pray you, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and my brethren have sent for me; and now, if I have found grace in your eyes, I will even go over and see my brethren: therefore he is not present at the table of the king. 009 1SA 020 030 And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, You son of traitorous damsels! for do I not know that you are an accomplice with the son of Jessae to your same, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? 009 1SA 020 031 For so long as the son of Jessae lives upon the earth, your kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he shall surely die. 009 1SA 020 032 And Jonathan answered Saul, Why is he to die? What has he done? 009 1SA 020 033 And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to kill him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to kill David. 009 1SA 020 034 And Jonathan sprang up from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second [day] of the month, for he grieved bitterly for David, because his father determined [on mischief] against him. 009 1SA 020 035 And morning came, and Jonathan went out to the field, as he appointed [to do] for a signal to David, and a little boy [was] with him. 009 1SA 020 036 And he said to the boy, Run, find me the arrows which I shoot: and the boy ran, and [Jonathan] shot an arrow, and sent it beyond [him]. 009 1SA 020 037 And the boy came to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan shot; and Jonathan cried out after the lad, and said, The arrow [is] on that side of you and beyond you. 009 1SA 020 038 And Jonathan cried out after his boy, saying, Make all speed, and stay not. And Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and brought the arrows to his master. 009 1SA 020 039 And the boy knew nothing, only Jonathan and David [knew]. 009 1SA 020 040 And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to his boy, Go, enter into the city. 009 1SA 020 041 And when the lad went in, then David arose from the south, and fell upon his face, and did obeisance to him three times, and they kissed each other, and wept for each other, for a great while. 009 1SA 020 042 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, and as we have both sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be witness between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever—[even so let it be]. And David arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city. 009 1SA 021 001 And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him, and said to him, Why [are] you alone, and nobody with you? 009 1SA 021 002 And David said to the priest, The king gave me a command today, and said to me, Let no one know the matter on which I send you, an concerning which I have charged you: and I have charged my servants [to be] in the place that is called, The faithfulness of God, Phellani Maemoni. 009 1SA 021 003 And now if there are under your hand five loaves, give into my hand what is ready. 009 1SA 021 004 And the priest answered David, and said, There are no common loaves under my hand, for I have none but holy loaves: if the young men have been kept at least from women, then they shall eat [them]. 009 1SA 021 005 And David answered the priest, and said to him, Yes, we have been kept from women for three days: when I came forth for the journey all the young men were purified; but this expedition is unclean, therefore it shall be sanctified this day because of my weapons. 009 1SA 021 006 So Abimelech the priest gave him the show bread; for there were no loaves there, but only the presence loaves which had been removed from the presence of the Lord, in order that hot bread should be set on, on the day on which he took them. 009 1SA 021 007 And there was there on that day one of Saul's servants detained before the Lord, and his name [was] Doec the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul. 009 1SA 021 008 And David said to Abimelech, See if there is here under your hand spear or sword, for I have not brought in my hand my sword or my weapons, for the word of the king was urgent. 009 1SA 021 009 And the priest said, Behold the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck in the valley of Ela; and it is wrapt in a cloth: if you will take it, take it for yourself, for there is no other except it here. And David said, Behold, there is none like it; give it me. 009 1SA 021 010 And he gave it him; and David arose, and fled in that day from he presence of Saul: and David came to Anchus king of Geth. 009 1SA 021 011 And the servants of Anchus said to him, [Is] not this David the king of the land? Did not the dancing women begin the son to him, saying, Saul has struck his thousand, and David his ten thousands? 009 1SA 021 012 And David laid up the words in his heart, and was greatly afraid of Anchus king of Geth. 009 1SA 021 013 And he changed his appearance before him, and feigned himself a false character in that day; and drummed upon the doors of the city, and used extravagant gestures with his hands, and fell against the doors of the gate, and his spittle ran down upon his beard. 009 1SA 021 014 And Anchus said to his servants, Behold! you see the man [is] mad: why have you brought him in to me? 009 1SA 021 015 [Am] I in lack of madmen, that you have brought him in to me to play the madman? He shall not come into the house. 009 1SA 022 001 And David departed thence, and escaped; and he comes to the cave of Odollam, and his brethren hear, and the house of his father, and they go down to him there. 009 1SA 022 002 And there gathered to him every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was troubled in mind; and he was a leader over them, and there were with him about four hundred men. 009 1SA 022 003 And David departed thence to Massephath of Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let, I pray you, my father and my mother be with you, until I know what God will do to me. 009 1SA 022 004 And he persuaded the King of Moab, and they dwell with him continually, while David was in the hold. 009 1SA 022 005 And Gad the prophet said to David, Dwell not in the hold: go, and you shall enter the land of Juda. So David went, and came and lived in the city of Saric. 009 1SA 022 006 And Saul heard that David was discovered, and his men with him: now Saul lived in the hill below the field that is in Rama, and his spear [was] in his hand, and all his servants stood near him. 009 1SA 022 007 And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, you sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessae indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands? 009 1SA 022 008 That you are conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jessae, and there is no one of you that is sorry for me, or informs me, that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as [it is] this day? 009 1SA 022 009 And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jessae as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest. 009 1SA 022 010 And [the priest] enquired of God for him, and gave him provision, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. 009 1SA 022 011 And the king sent to call Abimelech son of Achitob and all his father's sons, the priests that were in Nomba; and they all came to the king. 009 1SA 022 012 And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Achitob. And he said, Behold! I [am here], speak, [my] lord. 009 1SA 022 013 And Saul said to him, Why have you and the son of Jessae conspired against me, that you should give him bread and a sword, and should enquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as [he is] this day? 009 1SA 022 014 And he answered the king, and said, And who [is] there among all your servants faithful as David, and [he is] a son-in-law of the king, and [he is] executor of all your commands, and [is] honorable in your house? 009 1SA 022 015 Have I begun today to enquire of God for him? By no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against you whole of my father's house; for your servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small. 009 1SA 022 016 And king Saul said, You shall surely die, Abimelech, you, and all your father's house. 009 1SA 022 017 And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw near and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand [is] with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priest of the Lord. 009 1SA 022 018 And the king said to Doec, Turn you, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and killed the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod. 009 1SA 022 019 And he struck Nomba the city of the priest with the edge of the sword, both man, and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep. 009 1SA 022 020 And one son of Abimelech son of Achitob escapes, and his name [was] Abiathar, and he fled after David. 009 1SA 022 021 And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain all the priests of the Lord. 009 1SA 022 022 And David said to Abiathar, I knew it in that day, that Doec the Syrian would surely tell Saul: I am guilty of the death of the house of your father. 009 1SA 022 023 Dwell with me; fear not, for wherever I shall seek a place [of safety] for my life, I will also seek a place for your life, for you are safely guarded [while] with me. 009 1SA 023 001 And it was told David, saying, behold, the Philistines war in Keila, and they rob, they trample on the threshing-floors. 009 1SA 023 002 And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the Lord said, Go, and you shall strike these Philistines, and shall save Keila. 009 1SA 023 003 And the men of David said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judea; and how shall it be if we go to Keila? Shall we go after the spoils of the Philistines? 009 1SA 023 004 And David enquired yet again of the Lord; and the Lord answered him, and said to him, Arise and go down to Keila, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hands. 009 1SA 023 005 So David and his men with him went to Keila, and fought with the Philistines; and they fled from before him, and he carried off their cattle, and struck them with a great slaughter, and David rescued the inhabitants of Keila. 009 1SA 023 006 And it came to pass when Abiathar the son of Achimelech fled to David, that he went down with David to Keila, having and ephod in his hand. 009 1SA 023 007 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keila: and Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars. 009 1SA 023 008 And Saul charged all the people to go down to war to Keila, to besiege David and his men. 009 1SA 023 009 And David knew that Saul spoke openly of mischief against him: and David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod of the Lord. 009 1SA 023 010 And David said, Lord God of Israel, your servant has indeed heard, that Saul seeks to come against Keila to destroy the city on my account. 009 1SA 023 011 Will [the place] be shut up? And now will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell your servant. 009 1SA 023 012 And the Lord said, It will be shut up. 009 1SA 023 013 And David arose, and the men with him, in number about four hundred, and they went forth from Keila, and went wherever they could go: and it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keila, and he forbore to come. 009 1SA 023 014 And he lived in Maserem in the wilderness, in the narrow [passes]; and lived in the wilderness in mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands. 009 1SA 023 015 And David perceived that Saul went forth to seek David; and David was in the dry mountain in the New Ziph. 009 1SA 023 016 And Jonathan son of Saul rose, and went to David to Caene, and strengthened his hands in the Lord. 009 1SA 023 017 And he said to him, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be second to you; and Saul my father knows it. 009 1SA 023 018 So they both made a covenant before the Lord; and David lived in Caene, and Jonathan went to his home. 009 1SA 023 019 And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessaemon? 009 1SA 023 020 And now [according to] all the king's desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king. 009 1SA 023 021 And Saul said to them, Blessed [be] you of the Lord, for you have been grieved on my account. 009 1SA 023 022 Go, I pray you, and make preparations yet, and notice his place where his foot shall be, quickly, in that place which you spoke of, lest by any means he should deal craftily. 009 1SA 023 023 Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Juda. 009 1SA 023 024 And the Ziphites arose, and went before Saul: and David and his men [were] in the wilderness of Maon, westward, to the right of Jessaemon. 009 1SA 023 025 And Saul and his men went to seek him: and they brought word to David, and he went down to the rock that was in the wilderness of Maon: and Saul heard, and followed after David to the wilderness of Maon. 009 1SA 023 026 And Saul and his men go on one side of the mountain, and David and his men are on the other side of the mountain: and David was hiding himself to escape from Saul: and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, in order to take them. 009 1SA 023 027 And there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come here, for the Philistines have invaded the land. 009 1SA 023 028 So Saul returned from following after David, and went to meet the Philistines: therefore that place was called The divided Rock. 009 1SA 023 029 And David rose up from thence, and lived in the narrow passes of Engaddi. 009 1SA 024 001 And it came to pass when Saul returned from pursuing after the Philistines, that it was reported to him, saying, David [is] in the wilderness of Engaddi. 009 1SA 024 002 And he took with him three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of Saddaeem. 009 1SA 024 003 And he came to the flocks of sheep that were by the way, and there was a cave there; and Saul went in to make preparation, and David and his men were sitting in the inner part of the cave. 009 1SA 024 004 And the men of David said to him, Behold, this [is] the day of which the Lord spoke to you, that he would deliver your enemy into your hands; and you shall do to him as [it is] good in your sight. So David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul's garment secretly. 009 1SA 024 005 And it came to pass after this that David's heart struck him, because he had cut off the skirt of his garment. 009 1SA 024 006 And David said to his men, The Lord forbid it me, that I should do this ting to my lord the anointed of the Lord, to lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord. 009 1SA 024 007 So David persuaded his men by [his] words, and did not suffer them to arise and kill Saul: and Saul arose and went his way. 009 1SA 024 008 And David rose up [and went] after him out of the cave: and David cried after Saul, saying, [My] lord, [O] king! and Saul looked behind him, and David bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance to him. 009 1SA 024 009 And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to the words of the people, saying, Behold, David seeks your life? 009 1SA 024 010 Behold, your eyes have seen this day how that the Lord has delivered you this day into my hands in the cave; and I would not kill you, but spared you, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed. 009 1SA 024 011 And behold, the skirt of your mantle [is] in my hand, I cut off the skirt, and did not kill you: know then and see today, there is no evil in my hand, nor impiety, nor rebellion; and I have not sinned against you, yet you lay snares for my soul to take it. 009 1SA 024 012 The Lord judge between me and you, and the Lord requite you on yourself: but my hand shall not be upon you. 009 1SA 024 013 As the old proverb says, Transgression will proceed from the wicked ones: but my hand shall not be upon you. 009 1SA 024 014 And now after whom do you come forth, O king of Israel? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog, and after a flea? 009 1SA 024 015 The Lord be judge and umpire between me and you, the Lord look upon and judge my cause, and rescue me out of your hand. 009 1SA 024 016 And it came to pass when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, [Is] this your voice, Son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 009 1SA 024 017 And Saul said to David, You [are] more righteous that I, for you have recompensed me good, but I have recompensed you evil. 009 1SA 024 018 And you have told me today what good you have done me, how the Lord shut me up into your hands today, and you did not kill me. 009 1SA 024 019 And if any one should find his enemy in distress, and should send him forth in a good way, then the Lord will reward him good, as you has done this day. 009 1SA 024 020 And now, behold, I know that you shall surely reign, and the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand. 009 1SA 024 021 Now then swear to me by the Lord, that you will not destroy my seed after me, that you will not blot out my name from the house of my father. 009 1SA 024 022 So David swore to Saul: and Saul departed to his place, and David and his men went up to the strong-hold of Messera. 009 1SA 025 001 And Samuel died, and all Israel assembled, and bewailed him, and they bury him in his house in Armathaim: and David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Maon. 009 1SA 025 002 And there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and [he was] a very great man; and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand she-goats: and he happened to be shearing his flock in Carmel. 009 1SA 025 003 And the man's name [was] Nabal, and his wife's name [was] Abigaia: and his wife [was] of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man [was] harsh, and evil in his doings, and the man [was] churlish. 009 1SA 025 004 And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal the Carmelite was shearing his sheep. 009 1SA 025 005 And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is. 009 1SA 025 006 And thus shall you say, May you and your house seasonably prosper, and all your be in prosperity. 009 1SA 025 007 And now, behold, I have heard that your shepherds who were with is in the wilderness are shearing your sheep, and we hindered them not, neither did we demand any thing from them all the time they were in Carmel. 009 1SA 025 008 Ask your servants, and they will tell you. Let then your servants find grace in your eyes, for we are come on a good day; give we pray you, whatever your hand may find, to your son David. 009 1SA 025 009 So the servants come and speak these words to Nabal, according to all these words in the name of David. 009 1SA 025 010 And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jessae? Now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master. 009 1SA 025 011 And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are? 009 1SA 025 012 So the servants of David turned back, and returned, and came and reported to David according to these words. 009 1SA 025 013 And David said to his men, Gird on every man his sword. And they went up after David, about four hundred men: and two hundred abode with the stuff. 009 1SA 025 014 And one of the servants reported to Abigaia the wife of Nabal, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our lord; but he turned away from them. 009 1SA 025 015 And the men were very good to us; they did not hinder us, neither did they demand from us any thing all the days that we were with them. 009 1SA 025 016 And when we were in the field, they were as a wall round about us, both by night and by day, all the days that we were with them feeding the flock. 009 1SA 025 017 And now do you consider, and see what you will do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he [is] a vile character, and one can’t speak to him. 009 1SA 025 018 And Abigaia hasted, and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five ephahs of fine flour, and one homer of dried grapes, and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them upon asses. 009 1SA 025 019 And she said to her servants, Go on before me, and behold I come after you: but she told not her husband. 009 1SA 025 020 And it came to pass when she had mounted her ass and was going down by the covert of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down to meet her, and she met them. 009 1SA 025 021 And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking anything of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good. 009 1SA 025 022 So God do to David and more also, if I leave one male of all that belong to Nabal until the morning. 009 1SA 025 023 And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted and alighted from her ass; and she felt before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, [bowing] to the ground 009 1SA 025 024 [even] to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray you, your servant speak in your ears, and hear you the words of your servant. 009 1SA 025 025 Let not my lord, I pray you, take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I your handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom you did send. 009 1SA 025 026 And now, my lord, [as] the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood, and from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal. 009 1SA 025 027 And now accept this token of goodwill, which your servant has brought to my lord, and you shall give it to the servants that wait on my lord. 009 1SA 025 028 Remove, I pray you, the trespass of your servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in you. 009 1SA 025 029 And [if] a man shall rise up persecuting you and seeking your life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and you shall whirl the life of your enemies [as] in the midst of a sling. 009 1SA 025 030 And it shall be when the Lord shall have wrought for my lord all the good things he has spoken concerning you, and shall appoint you to be ruler over Israel; 009 1SA 025 031 then this shall not be an abomination and offense to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and you shall remember your handmaid to do her good. 009 1SA 025 032 And David said to Abigaia, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this very day to meet me: 009 1SA 025 033 and blessed [be] your conduct, and blessed [be] you, who have hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself. 009 1SA 025 034 But surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing you harm, if you had not hasted and come to meet me, then I said, There shall [surely] not be left to Nabal till the morning one male. 009 1SA 025 035 And David took of her hand all that she brought to him, and said to her, Go in peace to your house: see, I have listened to your voice, and accepted your petition. 009 1SA 025 036 And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in this house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal [was] merry within him, and he [was] very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light. 009 1SA 025 037 And it came to pass in the morning, when Nabal recovered from his wine, his wife told him these words; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 009 1SA 025 038 And it came to pass after about ten days, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died. 009 1SA 025 039 And David heard it and said, Blessed [be] the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a wife. 009 1SA 025 040 So the servants of David came to Abigaia to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to himself for a wife. 009 1SA 025 041 And she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, your servant [is] for an handmaid to wash the feet of your servants. 009 1SA 025 042 And Abigaia arose, and mounted her ass, and five damsels followed her: and she went after the servants of David, and became his wife. 009 1SA 025 043 And David took Achinaam out of Jezrael, and they were both his wives. 009 1SA 025 044 And Saul gave Melchol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Amis who was of Romma. 009 1SA 026 001 And the Ziphites come out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, David hides himself with us in the hill Echela, opposite Jessemon. 009 1SA 026 002 And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him [went] three thousand men chosen out of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. 009 1SA 026 003 And Saul encamped in the hill of Echela in front of Jessemon, by the way, and David lived in the wilderness: and David saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. 009 1SA 026 004 And David sent spies, and ascertained that Saul was come prepared out of Keila. 009 1SA 026 005 And David arose secretly, and goes into the place where Saul was sleeping, and there [was] Abenner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul was sleeping in a chariot, and the people had encamped along round about him. 009 1SA 026 006 And David answered and spoke to Abimelech the Chettite, and to Abessa the son Saruia the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go in with me to Saul into the camp? And Abessa said, I will go in with you. 009 1SA 026 007 So David and Abessa go in among the people by night: and behold, Saul was fast asleep in the chariot, and his spear was stuck in the ground near his head, and Abenner and his people slept round about him. 009 1SA 026 008 And Abessa said to David, The Lord has this day shut up your enemy into your hands, and now I will strike him to the earth with the spear to the ground once [for all], and I will not strike him again. 009 1SA 026 009 And David said to Abessa, Do not lay him low, for who shall lift up his hand against the anointed of the Lord, and be guiltless? 009 1SA 026 010 And David said, [As] the Lord lives, if the Lord strike him not, or his day come and he die, or he go down to battle and be added [to his fathers, do not so]. 009 1SA 026 011 The Lord forbid it me that I should lift up my hand against the anointed of the Lord: and now take, I pray you, the spear from his bolster, and the pitcher of water, and let us return home. 009 1SA 026 012 So David took the spear, and the pitcher of water from his bolster, and they went home: and there was no one that saw, and no one that knew, and there was no one that awoke, all being asleep, for a stupor from the Lord had fallen upon them. 009 1SA 026 013 So David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, and [there was] a good distance between them. 009 1SA 026 014 And David called to the people, and spoke to Abenner, saying, Will you not answer, Abenner? and Abenner answered and said, Who are you that call? 009 1SA 026 015 And David said to Abenner, [Are] not you a man? and who [is] like you in Israel? Why then do you not guard your lord the king? for one out of the people went in to destroy your lord the king. 009 1SA 026 016 And this thing [is] not good which you have done. [As] the Lord lives, you are worthy of death, you who guard your lord the king, the anointed of the Lord: and now behold, I pray you, the spear of the king, and the cruse of water: where are the articles that should be at his head? 009 1SA 026 017 And Saul recognized the voice of David, and said, [Is] this your voice, son David? and David said, I [am] your servant, [my] lord, O king. 009 1SA 026 018 And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for in what have I sinned? and what unrighteousness has been found in me? 009 1SA 026 019 And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs you up against me, let your offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they [are] cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other Gods. 009 1SA 026 020 And now let not my blood fall to the ground before the Lord, for the king of Israel has come forth to seek your life, as the night hawk pursues [its prey] in the mountains. 009 1SA 026 021 And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt you, because my life was precious in your eyes; and today I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly. 009 1SA 026 022 And David answered and said, Behold, the spear of the king: let one of the servants come over and take it. 009 1SA 026 023 And the Lord shall recompense each according to his righteousness and his truth, since the Lord delivered you this day into my hands, and I would not lift my hand against the Lord's anointed. 009 1SA 026 024 And, behold, as your life has been precious this very day in my eyes, so let my life be precious before the Lord, and may he protect me, and deliver me out of all affliction. 009 1SA 026 025 And Saul said to David, Blessed [be] you, [my] son; and you shall surely do valiantly, and surely prevail. And David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. 009 1SA 027 001 And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered [for death] into the hands of Saul; and there is no good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me through every coast of Israel: so I shall escape out of his hand. 009 1SA 027 002 So David arose, and the six hundred men that were with him, and he went to Anchus, son Ammach, king of Geth. 009 1SA 027 003 And David lived with Anchus, he and his men, each with his family; and David and both his wives, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 009 1SA 027 004 And it was told Saul that David had fled to Geth; and he no longer sought after him. 009 1SA 027 005 And David said to Anchus, If now your servant has found grace in your eyes, let them give me, I pray you, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does your servant dwell with you in a royal city? 009 1SA 027 006 And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into possession of the king of Judea to this day. 009 1SA 027 007 And the number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was four months. 009 1SA 027 008 And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified [cities] even to the land of Egypt. 009 1SA 027 009 And he struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Anchus. 009 1SA 027 010 And Anchus said to David, On whom have you made an attack today? And David said to Anchus, On the south of Judea, and on the south of Jesmega, and on the south of the Kenezite. 009 1SA 027 011 And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying, Lest they carry a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner all the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines. 009 1SA 027 012 So David had the full confidence of Anchus, who said, He is thoroughly disgraced among his people in Israel and he shall be my servant for ever. 009 1SA 028 001 And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered themselves together with their armies to go out to fight with Israel; and Anchus said to David, Know surely, that you shall go forth to battle with me, [you], and your men. 009 1SA 028 002 And David said to Anchus, Thus now you shall know what your servant will do. And Anchus said to David, So will I make you captain of my body-guard continually. 009 1SA 028 003 And Samuel died, and all Israel lamented for him, and they bury him in his city, in Armathaim. And Saul had removed those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. 009 1SA 028 004 And the Philistines assemble themselves, and come and encamp in Sonam: and Saul gathers all the men of Israel, and they encamp in Gelbue. 009 1SA 028 005 And Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, and he was alarmed, and his heart was greatly dismayed. 009 1SA 028 006 And Saul enquired of the Lord; and the Lord answered him not by dreams, nor by manifestations, nor by prophets. 009 1SA 028 007 Then Saul said to his servants, Seek for me a woman who has in her a divining spirit, and I will go to her, and enquire of her: and his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman who has in her a divining spirit at Aendor. 009 1SA 028 008 And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he goes, and two men with him, and they come to the woman by night; and he said to her, Divine to me, I pray you, by the divining spirit within you, and bring up to me him whom I shall name to you. 009 1SA 028 009 And the woman said to him, Behold now, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards from the land, and why do you spread a snare for my life to destroy it? 009 1SA 028 010 And Saul swore to her, and said, [As] the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon you on this account. 009 1SA 028 011 And the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to you? and he said, Bring up to me Samuel. 009 1SA 028 012 And the woman saw Samuel, and cried out with a loud voice: and the woman said to Saul, Why have you deceived me? for you are Saul. 009 1SA 028 013 And the king said to her, Fear not; tell me whom you has seen. And the woman said to him, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. 009 1SA 028 014 And he said to her, What did you perceive? and she said to him, An upright man ascending out of the earth, and he [was] clothed with a mantle. And Saul knew that this was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the earth, and did obeisance to him. 009 1SA 028 015 And Samuel said, Why have you troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer hearkens to me either by the hand of the prophets or by dreams: and now I have called you to tell me what I shall do. 009 1SA 028 016 And Samuel said, Why asked you me, whereas the Lord has departed from you, and taken part with your neighbor? 009 1SA 028 017 And the Lord has done to you, as the Lord spoke by me; and the Lord will rend your kingdom out of your hand, and will give it to your neighbor David. 009 1SA 028 018 because you did not listen to the voice of the Lord, and did not execute his fierce anger upon Amalec, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day. 009 1SA 028 019 And the Lord shall deliver Israel with you into the hands of the Philistines, and to-morrow you and your sons with you shall fall, and the Lord shall deliver the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines. 009 1SA 028 020 And Saul instantly fell at his full length upon the earth, and was greatly afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no longer any strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all that day, and all that night. 009 1SA 028 021 And the woman went in to Saul, and saw that he was greatly disquieted, and said to him, Behold now, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have heard the words which you has spoken to me. 009 1SA 028 022 And now listen, I pray you, to the voice of your handmaid, and I will set before you a morsel of bread, and eat, and you shall be strengthened, for you will be going on your way. 009 1SA 028 023 But he would not eat; so his servants and the woman constrained him, and he listened to their voice, and rose up from the earth, and sat upon a bench. 009 1SA 028 024 And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hasted and killed it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes. 009 1SA 028 025 And she brought [the meat] before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate, and rose up, and departed that night. 009 1SA 029 001 And the Philistines gather all their armies to Aphec, and Israel encamped in Aendor, which is in Jezrael. 009 1SA 029 002 And the lords of the Philistines went on by hundreds and thousands, and David and his men went on in the rear with Anchus. 009 1SA 029 003 And the lords of the Philistines said, Who [are] these that pass by? And Anchus said to the captains of the Philistines, [Is] not this David the servant of Saul king of Israel? He has been with us some time, even this second year, and I have not found any fault in him from the day that he attached himself to me even until this day. 009 1SA 029 004 And the captains of the Philistines were displeased at him, and they say to him, Send the man away, and let him return to his place, where you did set him; and let him not come with us to the war, and let him not be a traitor in the camp: and wherewith will he be reconciled to his master? Will it not be with the heads of those men? 009 1SA 029 005 [Is] not this David whom they celebrated in dances, saying, Saul has struck his thousands, and David his ten thousands? 009 1SA 029 006 And Anchus called David, and said to him, [As] the Lord lives, you [are] right and approved in my eyes, and [so is] your going out and your coming in with me in the army, and I have not found [any] evil to charge against you from the day that you came to me until this day: but you are not approved in the eyes of the lords. 009 1SA 029 007 Now then return and go in peace, thus you shall not do evil in the sight of the lords of the Philistines. 009 1SA 029 008 And David said to Anchus, What have I done to you? and what have you found in your servant from the [first] day that I was before you even until this day, that I should not come and war against the enemies of the lord my king? 009 1SA 029 009 And Anchus answered David, I know that you [are] good in my eyes, but the lords of the Philistines say, He shall not come with us to the war. 009 1SA 029 010 Now then rise up early in the morning, you and the servants of your lord that are come with you, and go to the place where I appointed you, and entertain no evil thought in your heart, for you [are] good in my sight: and rise early for your journey when it is light, and depart. 009 1SA 029 011 So David arose early, he and his men, to depart and guard the land of the Philistines: and the Philistines went up to Jezrael to battle. 009 1SA 030 001 And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Sekelac on the third day, that Amalec had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Sekelac, and struck Sekelac, and burnt it with fire. 009 1SA 030 002 And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they killed neither man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way. 009 1SA 030 003 And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were carried captive. 009 1SA 030 004 And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep. 009 1SA 030 005 And both the wives of David were carried captive, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 009 1SA 030 006 And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. 009 1SA 030 007 And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech, Bring near the ephod. 009 1SA 030 008 And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? and he said to him, Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them, and you shall surely rescue [the captives]. 009 1SA 030 009 So David went, he an the six hundred men with him, an they come as far as the brook Bosor, and the superfluous ones stopped. 009 1SA 030 010 And he pursued them with four hundred men; and there remained behind two hundred men, who tarried on the other side of the brook Bosor. 009 1SA 030 011 And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water. 009 1SA 030 012 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights. 009 1SA 030 013 And David said to him, Whose are you? and whence are you? and the young man the Egyptian said, I am the servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because I was taken ill three days ago. 009 1SA 030 014 And we made an incursion on the south of the Chelethite, and on the parts of Judea, and on the south of Chelub, and we burnt Sekelac with fire. 009 1SA 030 015 And David said to him, Will you bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear now to me by God, that you will not kill me, and that you will not deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down upon this troop. 009 1SA 030 016 So be brought him down there, and behold, they [were] scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by [reason of] all the great spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda. 009 1SA 030 017 And David came upon them, and struck them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled. 009 1SA 030 018 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives. 009 1SA 030 019 And nothing was lacking to them of great or small, either of the spoils, or the sons and daughters, or anything that they had taken of theirs; and David recovered all. 009 1SA 030 020 And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These [are] the spoils of David. 009 1SA 030 021 And David comes to the two hundred men who were left behind that they should not follow after David, and he had caused them to remain by the brook of Bosor; and they came forth to meet David, and to meet his people with him: and David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did. 009 1SA 030 022 Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return. 009 1SA 030 023 And David said, You shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered [the enemy] to us, and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against u. 009 1SA 030 024 And who will listen to these your words? for they are not inferior to us; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage; they shall share alike. 009 1SA 030 025 And it came to pass from that day forward, that it became an ordinance and a custom in Israel until this day. 009 1SA 030 026 And David came to Sekelac, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Juda, and to his friends, saying, Behold [some] of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord; 009 1SA 030 027 to those in Baethsur, and to those in Rama of the south, and to those in Gethor. 009 1SA 030 028 And to those in Aroer, and to those in Ammadi, and to those in Saphi, and to those in Esthie, 009 1SA 030 029 and to those in Geth, and to those in Cimath, and to those in Saphec, and to those in Themath, and to those in Carmel, and to those in the cities of Jeremeel, and to those in the cities of the Kenezite; 009 1SA 030 030 and to those in Jerimuth, and to those in Bersabee, and to those in Nombe, 009 1SA 030 031 and to those in Chebron, and to all the places which David and his men had passed through. 009 1SA 031 001 And the Philistines fought with Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and they fall down wounded in the mountain in Gelbue. 009 1SA 031 002 And the Philistines press closely on Saul and his sons, and the Philistines strike Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisa son of Saul. 009 1SA 031 003 And the battle prevails against Saul, and the shooters with arrows, even the archers find him, and he was wounded under the ribs. 009 1SA 031 004 And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and pierce me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and pierce me through, and mock me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly: so Saul took his sword and fell upon it. 009 1SA 031 005 And his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he fell also himself upon his sword, and died with him. 009 1SA 031 006 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, in that day together. 009 1SA 031 007 And the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those beyond Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead; and they leave their cities and flee: and the Philistines come and dwell in them. 009 1SA 031 008 And it came to pass on the morrow that the Philistines come to strip the dead, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on the mountains of Gelbue. 009 1SA 031 009 And they turned him, and stripped off his armor, and sent it into the land of the Philistines, sending round glad tidings to their idols and to the people. 009 1SA 031 010 And they set up his armor at the temple of Astarte, and they fastened his body on the wall of Baethsam. 009 1SA 031 011 And the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad hear what the Philistines did to Saul. 009 1SA 031 012 And they rose up, [even] every man of might, and marched all night, and took the body of Saul and the body of Jonathan his son from the wall of Baethsam; and they bring them to Jabis, and burn them there. 009 1SA 031 013 And they take their bones, and bury them in the field that is in Jabis, and fast seven days. # # BOOK 010 2SA 2 Samuel Kings II 010 2SA 001 001 And it came to pass after Saul was dead, that David returned from striking Amalec, and David abode two days in Sekelac. 010 2SA 001 002 And it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came from the camp, from the people of Saul, and his garments were tore, and earth [was] upon his head: and it came to pass when he went in to David, that he fell upon the earth, and did obeisance to him. 010 2SA 001 003 And David said to him, Whence come you? and he said to him, I have escaped out of the camp of Israel. 010 2SA 001 004 And David said to him, What [is] the matter? tell me. And he said, The people fled out of the battle, and many of the people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead. 010 2SA 001 005 And David said to the young man who brought him the tidings, How know you that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? 010 2SA 001 006 And the young man that brought the tidings, said to him, I happened accidentally to be upon mount Gelbue; and, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear, and, behold, the chariots and captains of horse pressed hard upon him. 010 2SA 001 007 And he looked behind him, and saw me, and called me; and I said, Behold, [here am] I. 010 2SA 001 008 And he said to me, Who are you? and I said, I am an Amalekite. 010 2SA 001 009 And he said to me, Stand, I pray you, over me, and kill me, for a dreadful darkness has come upon me, for all my life [is] in me. 010 2SA 001 010 So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew he would not live after he was fallen; and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was upon his arm, and I have brought them hither to my lord. 010 2SA 001 011 And David laid hold of his garments, and tore them; and all the men who were with him tore their garments. 010 2SA 001 012 And they lamented, and wept, and fasted till evening, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Juda, and for the house of Israel, because they were struck with the sword. 010 2SA 001 013 And David said to the young man who brought the tidings to him, Whence are you? and he said, I am the son of an Amalekite sojourner. 010 2SA 001 014 And David said to him, How was it you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord? 010 2SA 001 015 And David called one of his young men, and said, Go and fall upon him: and he struck him, and he died. 010 2SA 001 016 And David said to him, Your blood [be] upon your own head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord. 010 2SA 001 017 And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son. 010 2SA 001 018 And he gave orders to teach it the sons of Juda: behold, it is written in the book of Right. 010 2SA 001 019 Set up a pillar, O Israel, for the slain that died upon your high places: how are the mighty fallen! 010 2SA 001 020 Tell it not in Geth, and tell it not as glad tidings in the streets of Ascalon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. 010 2SA 001 021 You mountains of Gelbue, let not dew no rain descend upon you, nor fields of first fruits [be upon you], for there the shield of the mighty ones has been grievously assailed; the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil. 010 2SA 001 022 From the blood of the slain, and from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan returned not empty; and the sword of Saul turned not back empty. 010 2SA 001 023 Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the beautiful, were not divided: comely [were they] in their life, and in their death they were not divided: [they were] swifter than eagles, and they were stronger than lions. 010 2SA 001 024 Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you with scarlet together with your adorning, who added golden ornaments to your apparel. 010 2SA 001 025 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, even the slain ones upon your high places! 010 2SA 001 026 I am grieved for you, my brother Jonathan; you were very lovely to me; your love to me was wonderful beyond the love of women. 010 2SA 001 027 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! 010 2SA 002 001 And it came to pass after this that David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? and the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? and he said, To Chebron. 010 2SA 002 002 And David went up there to Chebron, [he] and both his wives, Achinaam the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite, 010 2SA 002 003 and the men that were with him, every one and his family; and they lived in the cities of Chebron. 010 2SA 002 004 And the men of Judea come, and anoint David there to reign over the house of Juda; and they reported to David, saying, The men of Jabis of the country of Galaad have buried Saul. 010 2SA 002 005 And David sent messengers to the rulers of Jabis of the country of Galaad, and David said to them, Blessed be you of the Lord, because you have wrought this mercy toward your lord, even toward Saul the anointed of the Lord, and you have buried him and Jonathan his son. 010 2SA 002 006 And now may the Lord deal in mercy and truth towards you: and I also will requite towards you this good deed, because you have done this. 010 2SA 002 007 And now let your hands be made strong, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and moreover the house of Juda have anointed me to be king over them. 010 2SA 002 008 But Abenner, the son of Ner, the commander-in-chief of Saul's army, took Jebosthe son of Saul, and brought him up from the camp to Manaem 010 2SA 002 009 and made him king over the land of Galaad, and over Thasiri, and over Jezrael, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 010 2SA 002 010 Jebosthe, Saul's son [was] forty years old, when he reigned over Israel; and he reigned two years, but not over the house of Juda, who followed David. 010 2SA 002 011 And the days which David reigned in Chebron over the house of Juda were seven years and six months. 010 2SA 002 012 And Abenner the son of Ner went forth, and the servants of Jebosthe the son of Saul, from Manaem to Gabaon. 010 2SA 002 013 And Joab the son of Saruia, and the servants of David, went forth from Chebron, and met them at the fountain of Gabaon, at the same place: and these sat down by the fountain on this side, and those by the fountain on that side. 010 2SA 002 014 And Abenner said to Joab, Let now the young men arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. 010 2SA 002 015 And there arose and passed over by number twelve of the children of Benjamin, belonging to Jebosthe the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 010 2SA 002 016 And they seized every one the head of his neighbor with his hand, and his sword [was thrust] into the side of his neighbor, and they fall down together: and the name of that place was called The portion of the treacherous ones, which is in Gabaon. 010 2SA 002 017 And the battle was very severe on that day; and Abenner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David. 010 2SA 002 018 And there were there the three sons of Saruia, Joab, and Abessa, and Asael: and Asael was swift in his feet as a roe in the field. 010 2SA 002 019 And Asael followed after Abenner, and turned not to go to the right hand or to the left from following Abenner. 010 2SA 002 020 And Abenner looked behind him, and said, Are you Asael himself? and he said, I am. 010 2SA 002 021 And Abenner said to him, Turn you to the right hand or to the left, and lay hold for yourself on one of the young men, and take to yourself his armor: but Asel would not turn back from following him. 010 2SA 002 022 And Abenner said yet again to Asael, Stand aloof from me, lest I strike you to the ground? and how should I lift up my face to Joab? 010 2SA 002 023 And what does this mean? return to Joab your brother? But he would not stand aloof; and Abenner smites him with the hinder end of the spear on the loins, and the spear went out behind him, and he falls there and dies on the spot: and it came to pass that every one that came to the place where Asael fell and died, stood still. 010 2SA 002 024 And Joab and Abessa pursued after Abenner, and the sun went down: and they went as far as the hill of Amman, which is in the front of Gai, by the desert way of Gabaon. 010 2SA 002 025 And the children of Benjamin who followed Abenner gather themselves together, and they formed themselves into one body, and stood on the top of a hill. 010 2SA 002 026 And Abenner called Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour perpetually? know you not that it will be bitter at last? How long then will you refuse to tell the people to turn from following our brethren? 010 2SA 002 027 And Joab said, As the Lord lives, if you had not spoken, even from the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. 010 2SA 002 028 And Joab sounded the trumpet, and all the people departed, and did not pursue after Israel, and did not fight any longer. 010 2SA 002 029 And Abenner and his men departed at evening, [and went] all that night, and crossed over Jordan, and went along the whole adjacent [country], and they come to the camp. 010 2SA 002 030 And Joab returned from following Abenner, and he assembled all the people, and there were missing of the people of David, nineteen men, and Asael. 010 2SA 002 031 And the servants of David struck of the children of Benjamin, of the men of Abenner, three hundred and sixty men belonging to him. 010 2SA 002 032 And they take up Asael, and bury him in the tomb of his father in Bethleem. And Joab and the men with him went all the night, and the morning rose upon them in Chebron. 010 2SA 003 001 And there was war for a long time between the house of Saul and the house of David; and the house of David grew continually stronger; but the house of Saul grew continually weaker. 010 2SA 003 002 And sons were born to David in Chebron: and his firstborn was Ammon the son of Achinoom the Jezraelitess. 010 2SA 003 003 And his second son [was] Daluia, the son of Abigaia the Carmelitess; and the third, Abessalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tholmi the king of Gessir. 010 2SA 003 004 And the fourth [was] Ornia, the son of Aggith, and the fifth [was] Saphatia, the son of Abital. 010 2SA 003 005 And the sixth [was] Jetheraam, the son of Aegal the wife of David. These were born to David in Chebron. 010 2SA 003 006 And it came to pass while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abenner was governing the house of Saul. 010 2SA 003 007 And Saul had a concubine, Respha, the daughter of Jol; and Jebosthe the son of Saul said to Abenner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine? 010 2SA 003 008 And Abenner was very angry with Jebosthe for this saying; and Abenner said to him, Am I a dog's head? I have this day wrought kindness with the house of Saul your father, and with his brethren and friends, and have not gone over to the house of David, and do you this day seek a charge against me concerning injury to a woman? 010 2SA 003 009 God do thus and more also to Abenner, if as the Lord swore to David, so do I not to him this day; 010 2SA 003 010 to take away the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to raise up the throne of David over Israel and over Juda from Dan to Bersabee. 010 2SA 003 011 And Jebosthe could not any longer answer Abenner a word, because he feared him. 010 2SA 003 012 And Abenner sent messengers to David to Thaelam where he was, immediately, saying, Make your covenant with me, and, behold, my hand [is] with you to bring back to you all the house of Israel. 010 2SA 003 013 And David said, With a good will I will make with you a covenant: only I demand one condition of you, saying, You shall not see my face, unless you bring Melchol the daughter of Saul, when you come to see my face. 010 2SA 003 014 And David sent messengers to Jebosthe the son of Saul, saying, Restore me my wife Melchol, whom I took for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 010 2SA 003 015 And Jebosthe sent, and took her from her husband, [even] from Phaltiel the son of Selle. 010 2SA 003 016 And her husband went with her weeping behind her as far as Barakim. And Abenner said to him, Go, return; and he returned. 010 2SA 003 017 And Abenner spoke to the elders of Israel, saying, In former days you sought David to reign over you; 010 2SA 003 018 and now perform [it]: for the Lord has spoken concerning David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save Israel out of the hand of all their enemies. 010 2SA 003 019 And Abenner spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abenner went to speak in the ears of David at Chebron, all that seemed good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of the house of Benjamin. 010 2SA 003 020 And Abenner came to David to Chebron, and with him twenty men: and David made for Abenner and his men with him a banquet of wine. 010 2SA 003 021 And Abenner said to David, I will arise now, and go, and gather to my lord the king all Israel; and I will make with him a covenant, and you shall reign over all whom your soul desires. And David sent away Abenner, and he departed in peace. 010 2SA 003 022 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab arrived from their expedition, and they brought much spoil with them: and Abenner was not with David in Chebron, because he had sent him away, and he had departed in peace. 010 2SA 003 023 And Joab and all his army came, and it was reported to Joab, saying, Abenner the son of Ner is come to David, and David has let him go, and he has departed in peace. 010 2SA 003 024 And Joab went in to the king, and said, What [is] this [that] you have done? behold, Abenner came to you; and why have you let him go, and he has departed in peace? 010 2SA 003 025 Know you not the mischief of Abenner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all things that you do? 010 2SA 003 026 And Joab returned from David, and sent messengers to Abenner after [him]; and they bring him back from the well of Seiram: but David knew [it] not. 010 2SA 003 027 And he brought back Abenner to Chebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he struck him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asael the brother of Joab. 010 2SA 003 028 And David heard [of it] afterwards, and said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord even for ever of the blood of Abenner the son of Ner. 010 2SA 003 029 Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be lacking of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread. 010 2SA 003 030 For Joab and Abessa his brother laid wait continually for Abenner, because he killed Asael their brother at Gabaon in the battle. 010 2SA 003 031 And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abenner. And king David followed the bier. 010 2SA 003 032 And they bury Abenner in Chebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at his tomb, and all the people wept for Abenner. 010 2SA 003 033 And the king mourned over Abenner, and said, Shall Abenner die according to the death of Nabal? 010 2SA 003 034 Your hands were not bound, and your feet [were] not [put] in fetters: [one] brought [you] not near as Nabal; you did fall before children of iniquity. 010 2SA 003 035 And all the people assembled to weep for him. And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day: and David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I eat bread or any thing else before the sun goes down. 010 2SA 003 036 And all the people took notice, and all things that the king did before the people were pleasing in their sight. 010 2SA 003 037 So all the people and all Israel perceived in that day, that it was not of the king to kill Abenner the son of Ner. 010 2SA 003 038 And the king said to his servants, Know you not that a great prince is this day fallen in Israel? 010 2SA 003 039 And that I am this day a [mere] kinsman [of his], and [as it were] a subject; but these men the sons of Saruia are too hard for me: the Lord reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness. 010 2SA 004 001 And Jebosthe the son of Saul heard that Abenner the son of Ner had died in Chebron; and his hands were paralyzed, and all the men of Israel grew faint. 010 2SA 004 002 And Jebosthe the son of Saul had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one [was] Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Remmon the Berothite of the children of Benjamin; for Beroth was reckoned to the children of Benjamin. 010 2SA 004 003 And the Berothites ran away to Gethaim, and were sojourners there until this day. 010 2SA 004 004 And Jonathan Saul's son [had] a son lame of his feet, five years old, and he was [in the way] when the news of Saul and Jonathan his son came from Jezrael, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass as he hasted and retreated, that he fell, and was lamed. And his name [was] Memphibosthe. 010 2SA 004 005 And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon. 010 2SA 004 006 And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baana went privily into the house: 010 2SA 004 007 And Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they strike him, and kill him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road. 010 2SA 004 008 And they brought the head of Jebosthe to David to Chebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Jebosthe the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the Lord has executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as [it is] this day: even on Saul your enemy, and on his seed. 010 2SA 004 009 And David answered and Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them, [As] the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all affliction; 010 2SA 004 010 he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing glad tidings before me: but I seized him and killed him in Sekelac, to whom I ought, [as he thought], to have given a reward for his tidings. 010 2SA 004 011 And now evil men have slain a righteous men in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth. 010 2SA 004 012 And David commanded his young men, and they kill them, and cut off their hands and their feet; and they hung them up at the fountain in Chebron: and they buried the head of Jebosthe in the tomb of Abenezer the son of Ner. 010 2SA 005 001 And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Chebron, and they said to him, Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh. 010 2SA 005 002 And heretofore Saul being king over us, you was he that did lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be for a leader to my people Israel. 010 2SA 005 003 And all the elders of Israel come to the king to Chebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chebron before the Lord; and they anoint David king over all Israel. 010 2SA 005 004 David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 010 2SA 005 005 Seven years and six months he reigned in Chebron over Juda, and thirty-three years he reigned over all Israel and Juda in Jerusalem. 010 2SA 005 006 And David and his men, departed to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite that inhabited the land: and it was said to David, You shall not come in hither: for the blind and the lame withstood him, saying, David shall not come in hither. 010 2SA 005 007 And David took first the hold of Sion: this [is] the city of David. 010 2SA 005 008 And David said on that day, Every one that smites the Jebusite, let him attack with the dagger both the lame and the blind, and those that hate the soul of David. Therefore they say, The lame and the blind shall not enter into the house of the Lord. 010 2SA 005 009 And David lived in the hold, and it was called the city of David, and he built the city itself round about from the citadel, and [he built] his own house. 010 2SA 005 010 And David advanced and became great, and the Lord Almighty [was] with him. 010 2SA 005 011 And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar wood, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David. 010 2SA 005 012 And David knew that the Lord had prepared him to be king over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted for the sake of his people Israel. 010 2SA 005 013 And David took again wives and concubines out of Jerusalem, after he came from Chebron: and David had still more sons and daughters born to him. 010 2SA 005 014 And these [are] the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem; Sammus, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon. 010 2SA 005 015 And Ebear, and Elisue, and Naphec, and Jephies. 010 2SA 005 016 And Elisama, and Elidae, and Eliphalath, Samae, Jessibath, Nathan, Galamaan, Jebaar, Theesus, Eliphalat, Naged, Naphec, Janathan, Leasamys, Baalimath, Eliphaath. 010 2SA 005 017 And the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel; and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the strong hold. 010 2SA 005 018 And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants. 010 2SA 005 019 And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hands? and the Lord said to David, Go up, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands. 010 2SA 005 020 And David came from Upper Breaches, and struck the Philistines there: and David said, The Lord has destroyed the hostile Philistines before me, as water is dispersed; therefore the name of that place was called Over Breaches. 010 2SA 005 021 And they leave there their gods, and David and his men with him took them. 010 2SA 005 022 And the Philistines came up yet again, and assembled in the valley of Giants. 010 2SA 005 023 And David enquired of the Lord: and the Lord said, You shall not go up to meet them: turn from them, and you shall meet them near the place of weeping. 010 2SA 005 024 And it shall come to pass when you hear the sound of a clashing together from the grove of weeping, then you shall go down to them, for then the Lord shall go forth before you to make havoc in the battle with the Philistines. 010 2SA 005 025 And David did as the Lord commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Gabaon as far as the land of Gazera. 010 2SA 006 001 And David again gathered all the young men of Israel, about seventy thousand. 010 2SA 006 002 And David arose, and went, he and all the people that were with him, and some of the rulers of Juda, on an expedition [to a distant place], to bring back thence the ark of God, on which the name of the Lord of Host who dwells between the cherubs upon it is called. 010 2SA 006 003 And they put the ark of the Lord on a new waggon, and took it out of the house of Aminadab who lived on the hill, and Oza and his brethren the sons of Aminadab drove the waggon with the ark. 010 2SA 006 004 And his brethren went before the ark. 010 2SA 006 005 And David and the children of Israel [were] playing before the Lord on well-tuned instruments mightily, and with songs, and with harps, and with lutes, and with drums, and with cymbals, and with pipes. 010 2SA 006 006 And they come as far as the threshing floor of Nachor: and Oza reached forth his hand to the ark of God to keep it steady, and took hold of it; for the ox shook it out of its place. 010 2SA 006 007 And the Lord was very angry with Oza; and God struck him there: and he died there by the ark of the Lord before God. 010 2SA 006 008 And David was dispirited because the Lord made a breach upon Oza; and that place was called the breach of Oza until this day. 010 2SA 006 009 And David feared the Lord in that day, saying, How shall the ark of the Lord come in to me? 010 2SA 006 010 And David would not bring in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to himself into the city of David: and David turned it aside into the house of Abeddara the Gethite. 010 2SA 006 011 And the ark of the Lord lodged in the house of Abeddara the Gethite three months, and the Lord blessed all the house of Abeddara, and all his possessions. 010 2SA 006 012 And it was reported to king David, saying, The Lord has blessed the house of Abeddara, and all that he has, because of the ark of the Lord. And David went, and brought up the Ark of the Lord from the house of Abeddara to the city of David with gladness. 010 2SA 006 013 And there were with him bearing the ark seven bands, and for a sacrifice a calf and lambs. 010 2SA 006 014 And David sounded with well-tuned instruments before the Lord, and David [was] clothed with a fine long robe. 010 2SA 006 015 And David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet. 010 2SA 006 016 And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the city of David, that Melchol the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. 010 2SA 006 017 And they bring the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle which David pitched for it: and David offered whole burnt offerings before the Lord, [and] peace-offerings. 010 2SA 006 018 And David made an end of offering the whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings, and blessed the people in the name of the Lord of Hosts. 010 2SA 006 019 And he distributed to all the people, even to all the host of Israel from Dan to Bersabee, both men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a joint of meat, and a cake from the frying-pan: and all the people departed every one to his home. 010 2SA 006 020 And David returned to bless his house. And Melchol the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and saluted him, and said, How was the king of Israel glorified today, who was today uncovered in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the dancers wantonly uncovers himself! 010 2SA 006 021 And David said to Melchol, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed [be] the Lord who chose me before your father, and before all his house, to make me head over his people, even over Israel: therefore I will play, and dance before the Lord. 010 2SA 006 022 And I will again uncover myself thus, and I will be vile in your eyes, and with the maidservants by whom you said that I was not had in honor. 010 2SA 006 023 And Melchol the daughter of Saul had no child till the day of her death. 010 2SA 007 001 And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him an inheritance on every side [free] from all his enemies round about him; 010 2SA 007 002 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent. 010 2SA 007 003 And Nathan said to the king, Go and do all that [is] in your heart, for the Lord [is] with you. 010 2SA 007 004 And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, 010 2SA 007 005 Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, You shall not build me a house for me to dwell in. 010 2SA 007 006 For I have not lived in a house from the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt to this day, but I have been walking in a lodge and in a tent, 010 2SA 007 007 wherever I went with all Israel. Have I ever spoken to any of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to tend my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of Cedar? 010 2SA 007 008 And now thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took you from the sheep-cote, that you should be a prince over my people, over Israel. 010 2SA 007 009 And I was with you wherever you went, and I destroyed all your enemies before you, and I made you renowned according to the renown of the great ones on the earth. 010 2SA 007 010 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell by themselves, and shall be no more distressed; and the son of iniquity shall no more afflict them, as he [has done] from the beginning, 010 2SA 007 011 from the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give you rest from all your enemies, and the Lord will tell you that you shall build a house to him. 010 2SA 007 012 And it shall come to pass when your days shall have been fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, even your own issue, and I will establish his kingdom. 010 2SA 007 013 He shall build for me a house to my name, and I will set up his throne even for ever. 010 2SA 007 014 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when he happens to transgress, then will I chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men. 010 2SA 007 015 But my mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from those whom I removed from my presence. 010 2SA 007 016 And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom for ever before me, and his throne shall be set up for ever. 010 2SA 007 017 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. 010 2SA 007 018 And king David came in, and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord, my Lord, and what [is] my house, that you have loved me hitherto? 010 2SA 007 019 Whereas I was very little before you, O Lord, my Lord, yet you spoke concerning the house of your servant for a long time to [to come]. And [is] this the law of man, O Lord, my Lord? 010 2SA 007 020 And what shall David yet say to you? and now you know your servant, O Lord, my Lord. 010 2SA 007 021 And you have wrought for your servant's sake, and according to your heart you have wrought all this greatness, to make it known to your servant, 010 2SA 007 022 that he may magnify you, O my Lord; for there is no one like you, and there is no God, but you among all of whom we have heard with our ears. 010 2SA 007 023 And what other nation in the earth [is] as your people Israel? whereas God was his guide, to redeem for himself a people to make you a name, to do mightily and nobly, so that you should cast out nations an [their] tabernacles from the presence of your people, whom you did redeem for yourself out of Egypt? 010 2SA 007 024 And you has prepared for yourself your people Israel to be a people for ever, and you, Lord, are become their God. 010 2SA 007 025 And now, O my Lord, the Almighty Lord God of Israel, confirm the word for ever which you have spoken concerning your servant and his house: and now as you have said, 010 2SA 007 026 Let your name be magnified for ever. 010 2SA 007 027 Almighty Lord God of Israel, you have uncovered the ear of your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore your servant has found [in] his heart to pray this prayer to you. 010 2SA 007 028 And now, O Lord my Lord, you are God; and your words will be true, and you have spoken these good things concerning your servant. 010 2SA 007 029 And now begin and bless the house of your servant, that it may continue for ever before you; for you, O Lord, my Lord, have spoken, and the house of your servant shall be blessed with your blessing so as to continue for ever. 010 2SA 008 001 And it came to pass after this, that David struck the Philistines, and put them to flight, and David took the tribute from out of the hand of the Philistines. 010 2SA 008 002 And David struck Moab, and measured them out with lines, having laid them down on the ground: and there were two lines for slaying, and two lines he kept alive: and Moab became servants to David, yielding tribute. 010 2SA 008 003 And David struck Adraazar the son of Raab king of Suba, as he went to extend his power to the river Euphrates. 010 2SA 008 004 And David took a thousand of his chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all his chariot [horses], and he reserved to himself a hundred chariots. 010 2SA 008 005 And Syria of Damascus comes to help Adraazar king of Suba, and David struck twenty-two thousand men belonging to the Syrian. 010 2SA 008 006 And David placed a garrison in Syria near Damascus, and the Syrians became servants and tributaries to David: and the Lord preserved David wherever he went. 010 2SA 008 007 And David took the golden bracelets which were on the servants of Adraazar king of Suba, and brought them to Jerusalem. And Susakim king of Egypt took them, when he went up to Jerusalem in the days of Roboam son of Solomon. 010 2SA 008 008 And king David took from Metebac, and from the choice cities of Adraazar, very much brass: with that Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the lavers, and all the furniture. 010 2SA 008 009 And You the king of Hemath heard that David had struck all the host of Adraazar. 010 2SA 008 010 And You sent Jedduram his son to king David, to ask him of his welfare, and to congratulate him on his fighting against Adraazar and striking him, for he was an enemy to Adraazar: and in his hands were vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass. 010 2SA 008 011 And these king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and with the gold which he consecrated out of all the cities which he conquered, 010 2SA 008 012 out of Idumea, and out of Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec, and from the spoils of Adraazar son of Raab king of Suba. 010 2SA 008 013 And David made [himself] a name: and when he returned he struck Idumea in Gebelem to [the number of] eighteen thousand. 010 2SA 008 014 And he set garrisons in Idumea, even in all Idumea: and all the Idumeans were servants to the king. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went. 010 2SA 008 015 And David reigned over all Israel: and David wrought judgment and justice over all his people. 010 2SA 008 016 And Joab the son of Saruia [was] over the host; and Josaphat the son of Achilud [was keeper] of the records. 010 2SA 008 017 And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, [were] priests; and Sasa [was] the scribe, 010 2SA 008 018 and Banaeas son of Jodae [was] councillor, and the Chelethite and the Phelethite, and the sons of David, were princes of the court. 010 2SA 009 001 And David said, Is there yet any one left in the house of Saul, that I may deal kindly with him for Jonathan's sake? 010 2SA 009 002 And there was a servant of the house of Saul, and his name was Siba: and they call him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Siba? and he said, I [am] your servant. 010 2SA 009 003 And the king said, Is there yet a man left of the house of Saul, that I may act towards him with the mercy of God? and Siba said to the king, There is yet a son of Jonathan, lame [of] his feet. 010 2SA 009 004 And the king said, Where [is] he? and Siba said to the king, Behold, [he is] in the house of Machir the son of Amiel of Lodabar. 010 2SA 009 005 And king David went, and took him out of the house of Machir the son Amiel of Lodabar. 010 2SA 009 006 And Memphibosthe the son of Jonathan the son of Saul comes to the king David, and he fell upon his face and did obeisance to him: and David said to him, Memphibosthe: and he said, Behold your servant. 010 2SA 009 007 And David said to him, Fear not, for I will surely deal mercifully with you for the sake of Jonathan your father, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul the father of your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually. 010 2SA 009 008 And Memphibosthe did obeisance, and said, Who am I your servant, that you have looked upon a dead dog like me? 010 2SA 009 009 And the king called Siba the servant of Saul, and said to him, All that belonged to Saul and to all his house have I given to the son of your lord. 010 2SA 009 010 And you, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land for him; and you shall bring in bread to the son of your lord, and he shall eat bread: and Memphibosthe the son of your lord shall eat bread continually at my table. Now Siba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 010 2SA 009 011 And Siba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will your servant do. And Memphibosthe did eat at the table of David, as one of the sons of the king. 010 2SA 009 012 And Memphibosthe had a little son, and his name [was] Micha: and all the household of Siba [were] servants to Memphibosthe. 010 2SA 009 013 And Memphibosthe lived in Jerusalem, for he continually ate at the table of the king; and he was lame in both his feet. 010 2SA 010 001 And it came to pass after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Annon his son reigned in his stead. 010 2SA 010 002 And David said, I will show mercy to Annon the son of Naas, as his father dealt mercifully with me. And David sent to comfort him concerning his father by the hand of his servants; and the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon. 010 2SA 010 003 And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Annon their lord, [Is it] to honor your father before you that David has sent comforters to you? Has not David rather sent his servants to you that they should search the city, and spy it out and examine it? 010 2SA 010 004 And Annon took the servants of David, and shaved their beards, and cut off their garments in the midst as far as their haunches, and sent them away. 010 2SA 010 005 And they brought David word concerning the men; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonored: and the king said, Remain in Jericho till your beards have grown, and [then] you shall return. 010 2SA 010 006 And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed; and the children of Ammon sent, and hired the Syrians of Baethraam, and the Syrians of Suba, and Roob, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Amalec with a thousand men, and Istob with twelve thousand men. 010 2SA 010 007 And David heard, and sent Joab and all his host, [even] the mighty men. 010 2SA 010 008 And the children of Ammon went forth, and set the battle in array by the door of the gate: [those] of Syria, Suba, and Roob, and Istob, and Amalec, being by themselves in the field. 010 2SA 010 009 And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him from that which was opposed in front and from behind, and he chose out [some] of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against Syria. 010 2SA 010 010 And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abessa his brother, and they set the battle in array opposite to the children of Ammon. 010 2SA 010 011 And he said, If Syria be too strong for me, then shall you help me: and if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then will we be ready to help you. 010 2SA 010 012 Be you courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the sake of the cities of our God, and the Lord shall do that which is good in his eyes. 010 2SA 010 013 And Joab and his people with him advanced to battle against Syria, and they fled from before him. 010 2SA 010 014 And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, and they fled from before Abessa, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 010 2SA 010 015 And the Syrians saw that they were worsted before Israel, and they gathered themselves together. 010 2SA 010 016 And Adraazar sent and gathered the Syrians from the other side of the river Chalamak, and they came to Aelam; and Sobac the captain of the host of Adraazar [was] at their head. 010 2SA 010 017 And it was reported to David, and he gathered all Israel, and went over Jordan, and came to Aelam: and the Syrians set the battle in array against David, and fought with him. 010 2SA 010 018 And Syria fled from before Israel, and David destroyed of Syria seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and he struck Sobac the captain of his host, and he died there. 010 2SA 010 019 And all the kings the servants of Adraazar saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, and they went over to Israel, and served them: and Syria was afraid to help the children of Ammon any more. 010 2SA 011 001 And it came to pass when the time o the year for kings going out [to battle] had come round, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbath: but David remained at Jerusalem. 010 2SA 011 002 And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 010 2SA 011 003 And David sent and enquired about the woman: and [one] said, [Is] not this Bersabee the daughter of Eliab, the wife of Urias the Chettite? 010 2SA 011 004 And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house. 010 2SA 011 005 And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child. 010 2SA 011 006 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Urias the Chettite; and Joab sent Urias to David. 010 2SA 011 007 And Urias arrived and went in to him, and David asked him how Joab was, and how the people were, and how the war went on. 010 2SA 011 008 And David said to Urias, Go to your house, and wash your feet: and Urias departed from the house of the king, and a portion [of meat] from the king followed him. 010 2SA 011 009 And Urias slept at the door of the king with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 010 2SA 011 010 And they brought David word, saying, Urias has not gone down to his house. And David said to Urias, Are you not come from a journey? why have you not gone down to your house? 010 2SA 011 011 And Urias said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Juda dwell in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; and shall I go into my house to eat and drink, and lie with my wife? how [should I do this? as] your soul lives, I will not do this thing. 010 2SA 011 012 And David said to Urias, Remain here today also, and to-morrow I will let you go. So Urias remained in Jerusalem that day and the day following. 010 2SA 011 013 And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 010 2SA 011 014 And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Urias. 010 2SA 011 015 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Urias in front of the severe [part] of the fight, and retreat from behind him, so shall he be wounded and die. 010 2SA 011 016 And it came to pass while Joab was watching against the city, that he set Urias in a place where he knew that valiant men were. 010 2SA 011 017 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and some of the people of the servants of David fell, and Urias the Chettite died also. 010 2SA 011 018 And Joab sent, and reported to David all the events of the war, so as to tell them to the king. 010 2SA 011 019 And he charged the messenger, saying, When you have finished reporting all the events of the war to the king, 010 2SA 011 020 then it shall come to pass if the anger of the king shall arise, and he shall say to you, Why did you draw near to the city to fight? knew you not that they would shoot from off the wall? 010 2SA 011 021 Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerobaal son of Ner? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from above the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did you draw near to the wall? then you shall say, Your servant Urias the Chettite is also dead. 010 2SA 011 022 And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did you draw near to the wall to fight? knew you not that you would be wounded from off the wall? Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did you draw near to the wall? 010 2SA 011 023 And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and they came out against us into the field, and we came upon them even to the door of the gate. 010 2SA 011 024 And the archers shot at your servants from off the wall, and some of the king's servants died, and your servant Urias the Chettite is dead also. 010 2SA 011 025 And David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Let not the matter be grievous in your eyes, for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another: strengthen your array against the city, and destroy it, and strengthen him. 010 2SA 011 026 And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband. 010 2SA 011 027 And the time of mourning expired, and David sent and took her into his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son: but the thing which David did was evil in the eyes of the Lord. 010 2SA 012 001 And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David; and he went in to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor. 010 2SA 012 002 And the rich [man] had very many flocks and herds. 010 2SA 012 003 But the poor [man had] only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; an it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter. 010 2SA 012 004 And a traveller came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveller that came to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him. 010 2SA 012 005 And David was greatly moved with anger against the man; and David said to Nathan, [As] the Lord lives, the man that did this thing shall surely die. 010 2SA 012 006 And he shall restore the lamb sevenfold, because he has not spared. 010 2SA 012 007 And Nathan said to David, You are the man that has done this. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I anointed you to be king over Israel, and I rescued you out the hand of Saul; 010 2SA 012 008 and I gave you the house of your lord, and the wives of your lord into your bosom, and I gave to you the house of Israel and Juda; and if that had been little, I would have given you yet more. 010 2SA 012 009 Why have you set at nothing the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his eyes? you have slain Urias the Chettite with the sword, and you have taken his wife to be your wife, and you have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 010 2SA 012 010 Now therefore the sword shall not depart from your house for ever, because you has set me at nothing, and you have taken the wife of Urias the Chettite, to be your wife. 010 2SA 012 011 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against you evil out of your house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and will give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 010 2SA 012 012 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and before the sun. 010 2SA 012 013 And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, And the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die. 010 2SA 012 014 Only because you have given great occasion of provocation to the enemies of the Lord by this thing, your son also that is born to you shall surely die. 010 2SA 012 015 And Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord struck the child, which the wife of Urias the Chettite bore to David, and it was ill. 010 2SA 012 016 And David enquired of God concerning the child, and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground. 010 2SA 012 017 And the elders of his house arose [and went] to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not [rise], nor did he eat bread with them. 010 2SA 012 018 And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive we spoke to him, and he listened not to our voice; and you should we tell him that the child is dead?—so would he do [himself] harm. 010 2SA 012 019 And David understood that his servants were whispering, and David perceived that the child was dead: and David said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is dead. 010 2SA 012 020 Then David rose up from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his raiment, and went into the house of God, and worshipped him; and went into his own house, and called for bread to eat, and they set bread before him and he ate. 010 2SA 012 021 And his servants said to him, What [is] this thing that you have done concerning the child? while it was yet living you did fast, and weep, and watch: and when the child was dead you did rise up, and did eat bread, and drink. 010 2SA 012 022 And David said, While the child yet lived, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who knows if the Lord will pity me, and the child live? 010 2SA 012 023 But now it is dead, why should I fast thus? shall I be able to bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 010 2SA 012 024 And David comforted Bersabee his wife, and he went in to her, and lay with her; and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his named Solomon, and the Lord loved him. 010 2SA 012 025 And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jeddedi, for the Lord's sake. 010 2SA 012 026 And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. 010 2SA 012 027 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbath, and taken the city of waters. 010 2SA 012 028 And now gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, an take it beforehand; lest I take the city first, and my name be called upon it. 010 2SA 012 029 And David gathered all the people, and went to Rabbath, and fought against it, and took it. 010 2SA 012 030 And he took the crown of Molchom their king from off his head, and the weight of it was a talent of gold, with precious stones, and it was upon the head of David; and he carried forth very much spoil of the city. 010 2SA 012 031 And he brought forth the people that were in it, and put them under the saw, and under iron harrows, and axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. 010 2SA 013 001 And it happened after this that Abessalom the son of David had a very beautiful sister, and her name [was] Themar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 010 2SA 013 002 And Amnon was distressed even to sickness, because of Themar his sister; for she was a virgin, and it seemed very difficult for Amnon to do anything to her. 010 2SA 013 003 And Amnon had a friend, and his name [was] Jonadab, the son of Samaa the brother of David: and Jonadab [was] a very cunning man. 010 2SA 013 004 And he said to him, What ails you that you are thus weak? O son of the king, morning by morning? will you not tell me? and Ammon said, I love Themar the sister of my brother Abessalom. 010 2SA 013 005 And Jonadab said to him, Lie upon your bed, and make yourself sick, and your father shall come in to see you; and you shall say to him, Let, I pray you, Themar my sister come, and feed me with morsels, and let her prepare food before my eyes, that I may see and eat at her hands. 010 2SA 013 006 So Ammon lay down, and made himself sick; and the king came in to see him: and Amnon said to the king, Let, I pray you, my sister Themar come to me, and make a couple of cakes in my sight, and I will eat them at her hand. 010 2SA 013 007 And David sent to Themar to the house, saying, Go now to your brother's house, and dress him food. 010 2SA 013 008 And Themar went to the house of her brother Amnon, and he [was] lying down: and she took the dough and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. 010 2SA 013 009 And she took the frying pan and poured them out before him, but he would not eat. And Amnon said, Send out every man from about me. And they removed every man from about him. 010 2SA 013 010 And Amnon said to Themar, Bring in the food into the closet, and I will eat of your hand. And Themar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to her brother Amnon into the chamber. 010 2SA 013 011 And she brought [them] to him to eat, and he caught hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister. 010 2SA 013 012 And she said to him, Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it ought not to be so done in Israel; do not this folly. 010 2SA 013 013 And I, whither shall I remove my reproach? and you shall be as one of the fools in Israel. And now, speak, I pray you, to the king, for surely he will not keep me from you. 010 2SA 013 014 But Amnon would not listen to her voice; and he prevailed against her, and humbled her, and lay with her. 010 2SA 013 015 Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her, for the last wickedness was greater than the first: and Amnon said to her, Rise, and be gone. 010 2SA 013 016 And Themar spoke to him concerning this great mischief, greater, [said she], than the other that you did me, to send me away: but Amnon would not listen to her voice. 010 2SA 013 017 And he called his servant who had charge of the house, and said to him, Put now this [woman] out from me, and shut the door after her. 010 2SA 013 018 And she had on her a variegated robe, for so were the king's daughters that were virgins attired in their apparel: and his servant led her forth, and shut the door after her. 010 2SA 013 019 And Themar took ashes, and put them on her head; and she tore the variegated garment that was upon her: and she laid her hands on her head, and went crying continually. 010 2SA 013 020 And Abessalom her brother said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? now then, my sister, be silent, for he is your brother: be not careful to mention this matter. So Themar lived as a widow in the house of her brother Abessalom. 010 2SA 013 021 And king David heard of all these things, and was very angry; but he did not grieve the spirit of his son Amnon, because be loved him, for he was his firstborn. 010 2SA 013 022 And Abessalom spoke not to Amnon, good or bad, because Abessalom hated Amnon, on account of his humbling his sister Themar. 010 2SA 013 023 And it came to pass at the end of two whole years, that they were shearing [sheep] for Abessalom in Belasor near Ephraim: and Abessalom invited all the king's sons. 010 2SA 013 024 And Abessalom came to the king, and said, Behold, your servant has a sheep-shearing; let now the king and his servants go with your servant. 010 2SA 013 025 And the king said to Abessalom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, and let us not be burdensome to you. And he pressed him; but he would not go, but blessed him. 010 2SA 013 026 And Abessalom said to him, And if not, let I pray you, my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you? 010 2SA 013 027 And Abessalom pressed him, and he sent with him Amnon and all the king's sons; and Abessalom made a banquet like the banquet of the king. 010 2SA 013 028 And Abessalom charged his servants, saying, Mark when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Strike Amnon, and kill him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant. 010 2SA 013 029 And the servants of Abessalom did to Amnon as Abessalom commanded them: and all the sons of the king rose up, and they mounted every man his mule, and fled. 010 2SA 013 030 And it came to pass, when they were in the way, that a report came to David, saying, Abessalom has slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 010 2SA 013 031 Then the king arose, and tore his garments, and lay upon the ground: and all his servants that were standing round him tore their garments. 010 2SA 013 032 And Jonadab the son of Samaa brother of David, answered and said, Let not my Lord the king say that he has slain all the young men the sons of the king, for Amnon only of them all is dead; for he was appointed [to death] by the mouth of Abessalom from the day that he humbled his sister Themar. 010 2SA 013 033 And now let not my lord the king take the matter to heart, saying, All the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only of them is dead. 010 2SA 013 034 And Abessalom escaped: and the young man the watchman, lifted up his eyes, and looked; and, behold, much people went in the way behind him from the side of the mountain in the descent: and the watchman came and told the king, and said, I have seen men by the way of Oronen, by the side of the mountain. 010 2SA 013 035 And Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king's sons are present: according to the word of your servant, so has it happened. 010 2SA 013 036 And it came to pass when he had finished speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voices and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept with a very great weeping. 010 2SA 013 037 But Abessalom fled, and went to Tholmi son of Emiud the king of Gedsur to the land of Chamaachad: and king David mourned for his son continually. 010 2SA 013 038 So Abessalom fled, and departed to Gedsur, and was there three years. 010 2SA 013 039 And king David ceased to go out after Abessalom, for he was comforted concerning Amnon, touching his death. 010 2SA 014 001 And Joab the son of Saruia knew that the heart of the king was toward Abessalom. 010 2SA 014 002 And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray you, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint you not with oil, and you shall be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days. 010 2SA 014 003 And you shall go to the king, and speak to him according to this word. And Joab put the words in her mouth. 010 2SA 014 004 So the woman of Thecoe went in to the king and fell upon her face to the earth, and did him obeisance, and said, Help, O king, help. 010 2SA 014 005 And the king said to her, What is the matter with you? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead. 010 2SA 014 006 And moreover your handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one struck the other his brother, and killed him. 010 2SA 014 007 And behold the whole family rose up against your handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that struck his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he killed, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband remnant or name on the face of the earth. 010 2SA 014 008 And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to your house, and I will give commandment concerning you. 010 2SA 014 009 And the woman of Thecoe said to the king, On me, my lord, O king, and on my father's house [be] the iniquity, and the king and his throne [be] guiltless. 010 2SA 014 010 And the king said, Who was it that spoke to you? you shall even bring him to me, and [one] shall not touch him any more. 010 2SA 014 011 And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, [As] the lord lives, not a hair of your son shall fall to the ground. 010 2SA 014 012 And the woman said, Let now your servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on. 010 2SA 014 013 And the woman said, Why have you devised this thing against the people of God? or [is] this word out of the king's mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished? 010 2SA 014 014 For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast. 010 2SA 014 015 And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, [the reason is] that the people will see me, and your handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if perhaps the king will perform the request of his handmaid; 010 2SA 014 016 for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God. 010 2SA 014 017 And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious, —[well]: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord your God shall be with you. 010 2SA 014 018 And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray you, the matter which I ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak. 010 2SA 014 019 And the king said, [Is] not the hand of Joab in all this matter with you? and the woman said to the king, [As] your soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid. 010 2SA 014 020 In order that this form of speech might come about [it was] that your servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as [is] the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. 010 2SA 014 021 And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done to you according to this your word: go, bring back the young man Abessalom. 010 2SA 014 022 And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant. 010 2SA 014 023 And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to Jerusalem. 010 2SA 014 024 And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Abessalom returned to his house, and saw not the king's face. 010 2SA 014 025 And there was not a man in Israel so very comely as Abessalom: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. 010 2SA 014 026 And when he polled his head, (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew, heavy upon him, ) even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel. 010 2SA 014 027 And there were born to Abessalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Themar: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Roboam son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abia. 010 2SA 014 028 And Abessalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king's face. 010 2SA 014 029 And Abessalom sent to Joab to bring him in to the king, and he would not come to him: and he sent to him the second time, and he would not come. 010 2SA 014 030 And Abessalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab's portion in the field [is] next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Abessalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes tore, and they said to him, The servants of Abessalom have set the field on fire. 010 2SA 014 031 And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire? 010 2SA 014 032 And Abessalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come hither, and I will send you to the king, saying, Why did I come out of Gedsur? it would have been better for me to have remained there: and now, behold, I have not seen the face of the king; but if there is iniquity in me, then put me to death. 010 2SA 014 033 And Joab went in to the king, and brought him word: and he called Abessalom, and he went in to the king, and did him obeisance, and fell upon his face to the ground, even in the presence of the king; and the king kissed Abessalom. 010 2SA 015 001 And it came to pass after this that Abessalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 010 2SA 015 002 And Abessalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Abessalom cried to him, and said to him, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel. 010 2SA 015 003 And Abessalom said to him, See, your affairs [are] right and clear, yet you have no one [appointed] of the king to hear you. 010 2SA 015 004 And Abessalom said, O that one would make me a judge in the land; then every man who had a dispute or a cause would come to me, and I would judge him! 010 2SA 015 005 And it came to pass when a man came near to do him obeisance, that he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. 010 2SA 015 006 And Abessalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Abessalom gained the hearts of the men of Israel. 010 2SA 015 007 And it came to pass after forty years, that Abessalom said to his father, I will go now, and pay my vows, which I vowed to the Lord in Chebron. 010 2SA 015 008 For your servant vowed a vow when I lived at Gedsur in Syria, saying, If the Lord should indeed restore me to Jerusalem, then will I serve the Lord. 010 2SA 015 009 And the king said to him, Go in peace. And he arose and went to Chebron. 010 2SA 015 010 And Abessalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When you hear the sound of the trumpet, then shall you say, Abessalom is become king in Chebron. 010 2SA 015 011 And there went with Abessalom two hundred chosen men from Jerusalem; and they went in their simplicity, and knew not anything. 010 2SA 015 012 And Abessalom sent to Achitophel the Theconite, the counsellor of David, from his city, from Gola, where he was sacrificing: and there was a strong conspiracy; and the people with Abessalom were increasingly numerous. 010 2SA 015 013 And there came a messenger to David, saying, the heart of the men of Israel is gone after Abessalom. 010 2SA 015 014 And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise, and let us flee, for we have no refuge from Abessalom: make haste and go, lest he overtake us speedily, and bring evil upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword. 010 2SA 015 015 And the king's servants said to the king, In all things which our lord the king chooses, behold [we are] your servants. 010 2SA 015 016 And the king and all his house went out on foot: and the king left ten women of his concubines to keep the house. 010 2SA 015 017 And the king and all his servants went out on foot; and abode in a distant house. 010 2SA 015 018 And all his servants passed on by his side, and every Chelethite, and every Phelethite, and they stood by the olive tree in the wilderness: and all the people marched near him, and all his court, and all the men of might, and all the men of war, six hundred: and they were present at his side: and every Chelethite, and every Phelethite, and all the six hundred Gittites that came on foot out of Geth, and they went on before the king. 010 2SA 015 019 And the king said to Ethi, the Gittite, Why do you also go with us? return, and dwell with the king, for you are a stranger, and you has come forth as a sojourner out of your place. 010 2SA 015 020 Whereas you came yesterday, shall I today cause you to travel with us, and shall you [thus] change your place? you did come forth yesterday, and today shall I set you in motion to go along with us? I indeed will go wherever I may go: return then, and cause your brethren to return with you, and may the Lord deal mercifully and truly with you. 010 2SA 015 021 And Ethi answered the king and said, [As] the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, in the place wherever my lord shall be, whether it be for death or life, there shall your servant be. 010 2SA 015 022 And the king said to Ethi, Come and pass over with me. So Ethi the Gittite and the king passed over, and all his servants, and all the multitude with him. 010 2SA 015 023 And all the country wept with a loud voice. And all the people passed by over the brook of Kedron; and the king crossed the brook Kedron: and all the people and the king passed on toward the way of the wilderness. 010 2SA 015 024 And behold also Sadoc, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Baethar: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had passed out of the city. 010 2SA 015 025 And the king said to Sadoc, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I should find favor in the eyes of the Lord, then will he bring me back, and he will show me it and its beauty. 010 2SA 015 026 But if he should say thus, I have no pleasure in you; behold, [here] I am, let him do to me according to that which is good in his eyes. 010 2SA 015 027 And the king said to Sadoc the priest, Behold, you shall return to the city in peace, and Achimaas your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons with you. 010 2SA 015 028 Behold, I continue in arms in Araboth of the desert, until there come tidings from you to report to me. 010 2SA 015 029 So Sadoc and Abiathar brought back the ark of the Lord to Jerusalem, and it continued there. 010 2SA 015 030 And David went up by the ascent of [the mount of] Olives, ascending and weeping, and had his head covered, and went barefooted: and all the people that were with him covered [every] man his head; and they went up, ascending and weeping. 010 2SA 015 031 And it was reported to David, saying, Achitophel also [is] among the conspirators with Abessalom. And David said, O Lord my God, disconcert, I pray you, the counsel of Achitophel. 010 2SA 015 032 And David came as far as Ros, where he worshipped God: and behold, Chusi the chief friend of David came out to meet him, having tore his garment, and earth [was] upon his head. 010 2SA 015 033 And David said to him, If you should go over with me, then will you be a burden to me; 010 2SA 015 034 but if you shall return to the city, and shall say to Abessalom, Your brethren are passed over, and the king your father is passed over after me: and now I am your servant, O king, suffer me to live: at one time even of late I was the servant of your father, and now I [am] your humble servant—so shall you disconcert for me, the counsel of Achitophel. 010 2SA 015 035 And, behold, [there are] there with you Sadoc and Abiathar the priests; and it shall be that every word that you shall hear of the house of the king, you shall report it to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests. 010 2SA 015 036 Behold, [there are] there with them their two sons, Achimaas the son of Sadoc, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar; and by them you shall report to me every word which you shall hear. 010 2SA 015 037 So Chusi the friend of David went into the city, and Abessalom was lately gone into Jerusalem. 010 2SA 016 001 And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Siba the servant of Memphibosthe [came] to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred [bunches of] raisins, and a hundred [cakes of] dates, and bottle of wine. 010 2SA 016 002 And the king said to Siba, What meanest you by these? and Siba, said, The asses [are] for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates [are] for the young men to eat, and the wine [is] for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink. 010 2SA 016 003 And the king said, And where [is] the son of your master? and Siba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father. 010 2SA 016 004 And the king said to Siba, Behold, all Memphibosthe's property [is] your. And Siba did obeisance and said, My lord, O king, let me find grace in your eyes. 010 2SA 016 005 And king David came to Baurim; and, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, and his name [was] Semei the son of Gera. He came forth and cursed as he went, 010 2SA 016 006 and cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on the right and left hand of the king. 010 2SA 016 007 And thus Semei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, you bloody man, and man of sin. 010 2SA 016 008 The Lord has returned upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, because you have reigned in his stead; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Abessalom your son: and, behold, you [are taken] in your mischief, because you [are] a bloody man. 010 2SA 016 009 And Abessa the son of Saruia said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over now and take off his head. 010 2SA 016 010 And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Saruia? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why have you done thus? 010 2SA 016 011 And David said to Abessa and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him. 010 2SA 016 012 If by any means the Lord may look on my affliction, thus shall he return me good for his cursing this day. 010 2SA 016 013 And David and all the men with him went on the way: and Semei went by the side of the hill next to him, cursing as he went, and casting stones at him, and sprinkling him with dirt. 010 2SA 016 014 And the king, and all the people with him, came away and refreshed themselves there. 010 2SA 016 015 And Abessalom and all the men of Israel went into Jerusalem, and Achitophel with him. 010 2SA 016 016 And it came to pass when Chusi the chief friend of David came to Abessalom, that Chusi said to Abessalom, Let the king live. 010 2SA 016 017 And Abessalom said to Chusi, [Is] this your kindness to your friend? why went you not forth with your friend? 010 2SA 016 018 And Chusi said to Abessalom, Nay, but following whom the Lord, and this people, and all Israel have chosen, —his will I be, and with him I will dwell. 010 2SA 016 019 And again, whom shall I serve? should I not in the presence of his son? As I served in the sight of your father, so will I be in your presence. 010 2SA 016 020 And Abessalom said to Achitophel, Deliberate among yourselves concerning what we should do. 010 2SA 016 021 And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Go in to your father's concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that you have dishonored your father; and the hands of all that are with you shall be strengthened. 010 2SA 016 022 And they pitched a tent for Abessalom on the roof, and Abessalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. 010 2SA 016 023 And the counsel of Achitophel, which he counselled in former days, [was] as if one should enquire of the word of God: so [was] all the counsel of Achitophel both to David and also to Abessalom. 010 2SA 017 001 And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Let me now choose out for myself twelve thousand men, and I will arise and follow after David this night: 010 2SA 017 002 and I will come upon him when he [is] weary and weak-handed, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will strike the king only of all. 010 2SA 017 003 And I will bring back all the people to you, as a bride returns to her husband: only you seek the life of one man, and all the people shall have peace. 010 2SA 017 004 And the saying [was] right in the eyes of Abessalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel. 010 2SA 017 005 And Abessalom said, Call now also Chusi the Arachite, and let us hear what [is] in his mouth, even in his also. 010 2SA 017 006 And Chusi went in to Abessalom, and Abessalom spoke to him, saying, After this manner spoke Achitophel: shall we do according to his word? but if not, do you speak. 010 2SA 017 007 And Chusi said to Abessalom, This counsel which Achitophel has counselled this one time [is] not good. 010 2SA 017 008 And Chusi said, You know your father and his men, that they are very mighty, and bitter in their spirit, as a bereaved bear in the field, [and as a wild boar in the plain]: and your father [is] a man of war, and will not give the people rest. 010 2SA 017 009 For, behold, he is now hidden in one of the hills or in some [other] place: and it shall come to pass when he falls upon them at the beginning, that [some one] will certainly hear, and say, There has been a slaughter among the people that follow after Abessalom. 010 2SA 017 010 Then even he [that is] strong, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, —it shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that your father [is] mighty, and they that are with him [are] mighty men. 010 2SA 017 011 For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to you from Dan even to Bersabee, as the sand that is upon the sea-shore for multitude: and that your presence go in the midst of them. 010 2SA 017 012 And we will come upon him in one of the places where we shall find him, and we will encamp against him, as the dew falls upon the earth; and we will not leave of him and of his men so much as one. 010 2SA 017 013 And if he shall have taken refuge with his army in a city, then shall all Israel take ropes to that city, and we will draw it even into the river, that there may not be left there even a stone. 010 2SA 017 014 And Abessalom, and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chusi the Arachite [is] better than the counsel of Achitophel. For the Lord ordained to disconcert the good counsel of Achitophel, that the Lord might bring all evil upon Abessalom. 010 2SA 017 015 And Chusi the Arachite said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus Achitophel counselled Abessalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled. 010 2SA 017 016 And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: even go and make haste, lest [one] swallow up the king, and all the people with him. 010 2SA 017 017 And Jonathan and Achimaas stood by the well of Rogel, and a maidservant went and reported to them, and they go and tell king David; for they might not be seen to enter into the city. 010 2SA 017 018 But a young man saw them and told Abessalom: and the two went quickly, and entered into the house of a man in Baurim; and he had a well in his court, and they went down into it. 010 2SA 017 019 And a woman took a covering, and spread it over the mouth of the well, and spread out ground corn upon it to dry, and the thing was not known. 010 2SA 017 020 And the servants of Abessalom came to the woman into the house, and said, Where [are] Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman said to them, They are gone a little way beyond the water. And they sought and found them not, and returned to Jerusalem. 010 2SA 017 021 And it came to pass after they were gone, that they came up out of the pit, and went on their way; and reported to king David, and said to David, Arise you and go quickly over the water, for thus has Achitophel counselled concerning you. 010 2SA 017 022 And David rose up and all the people with him, and they passed over Jordan till the morning light; there was not one missing who did not pass over Jordan. 010 2SA 017 023 And Achitophel saw that his counsel was not followed, and he saddled his ass, and rose and departed to his house into his city; and he gave orders to his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 010 2SA 017 024 And David passed over to Manaim: and Abessalom crossed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. 010 2SA 017 025 And Abessalom appointed Amessai in the room of Joab over the host. And Amessai was the son of a man whose name was Jether of Jezrael: he went in to Abigaia the daughter of Naas, the sister of Saruia the mother of Joab. 010 2SA 017 026 And all Israel and Abessalom encamped in the land of Galaad. 010 2SA 017 027 And it came to pass when David came to Manaim, that Uesbi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Amiel of Lodabar, and Berzelli the Galaadite of Rogellim, 010 2SA 017 028 brought ten embroidered beds, (with double coverings, ) and ten caldrons, and earthenware, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and meal, and beans, and pulse, 010 2SA 017 029 and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for [one] said, The people [is] faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness. 010 2SA 018 001 And David numbered the people with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds. 010 2SA 018 002 And David sent away the people, the third part under the hand of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Abessa the son of Saruia, the brother of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Ethi the Gittite. And David said to the people, I also will surely go out with you. 010 2SA 018 003 And they said, You shall not go out: for if we should indeed flee, they will not care for us; and if half of us should die, they will not mind us; for you [are] as ten thousand of us: and now [it is] well that you shall be to us an aid to help us in the city. 010 2SA 018 004 And the king said to them, Whatsoever shall seem good in your eyes I will do. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands. 010 2SA 018 005 And the king commanded Joab and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Spare for my sake the young man Abessalom. And all the people heard the king charging all the commanders concerning Abessalom. 010 2SA 018 006 And all the people went out into the wood against Israel; and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim. 010 2SA 018 007 And the people of Israel fell down there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter in that day, [even] twenty thousand men. 010 2SA 018 008 And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day. 010 2SA 018 009 And Abessalom went to meet the servants of David: and Abessalom was mounted on his mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head was entangled in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth; and the mule passed on from under him. 010 2SA 018 010 And a man saw it, and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Abessalom hanging in an oak. 010 2SA 018 011 And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, you did see him: why did you not strike him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten [pieces] of silver, and a girdle. 010 2SA 018 012 And the man said to Joab, Were I even to receive a thousand shekels of silver, I would not lift my hand against the king's son; for in our ears the king charged you and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Take care of the young man Abessalom for me, 010 2SA 018 013 so as to do no harm to his life: and nothing of the matter will be concealed from the king, and you will set yourself against me. 010 2SA 018 014 And Joab said, I will begin this; I will not thus remain with you. And Joab took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abessalom, while he was yet alive in the heart of the oak. 010 2SA 018 015 And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed Abessalom, and struck him and killed him. 010 2SA 018 016 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab spared the people. 010 2SA 018 017 And he took Abessalom, and cast him into a great cavern in the wood, into a deep pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every man to his tent. 010 2SA 018 018 Now Abessalom while yet alive had taken and set up for himself the pillar near which he was taken, and set it up so as to have the pillar in the king's dale; for he said he had no son to keep his name in remembrance: and he called the pillar, Abessalom's hand, until this day. 010 2SA 018 019 And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said, Let me run now and carry glad tidings to the king, for the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies. 010 2SA 018 020 And Joab said to him, You [shall] not [be] a messenger of glad tidings this day; you shall bear them another day; but on this day you shall bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. 010 2SA 018 021 And Joab said to Chusi, Go, report to the king all that you have seen. And Chusi did obeisance to Joab, and went out. 010 2SA 018 022 And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said again to Joab, Nay, let me also run after Chusi. And Joab said, Why would you thus run, my son? attend, you have no tidings for profit if you go. 010 2SA 018 023 And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi. 010 2SA 018 024 And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up on the top of the gate of the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone before him. 010 2SA 018 025 And the watchman cried out, and reported to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, [there are] good tidings in his mouth. And the man came and drew near. 010 2SA 018 026 And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman cried at the gate, and said, And look, another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings glad tidings. 010 2SA 018 027 And the watchman said, I see the running of the first as the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said, He [is] a good man, and will come to [report] glad tidings. 010 2SA 018 028 And Achimaas cried out and said to the king, Peace. And he did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground, and said, Blessed [be] the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hands against my lord the king. 010 2SA 018 029 And the king said, [Is] the young man Abessalom safe? and Achimaas said, I saw a great multitude [at the time] of Joab's sending the king's servant and your servant, and I knew not what was there. 010 2SA 018 030 And the king said, Turn aside, stand still here. And he turned aside, and stood. 010 2SA 018 031 And, behold, Chusi came up, and said to the king, Let my lord the king hear glad tidings, for the Lord has avenged you this day upon all them that rose up against you. 010 2SA 018 032 And the king said to Chusi, Is it well with the young man Abessalom? and Chusi said, Let the enemies of my lord the king, and all whoever have risen up against him for evil, be as that young man. 010 2SA 018 033 And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, My son Abessalom, my son, my son Abessalom; would God I had died for you, [even] I [had died] for you, Abessalom, my son, my son! 010 2SA 019 001 And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Abessalom. 010 2SA 019 002 And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son. 010 2SA 019 003 And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as people steal away when they are ashamed as they flee in the battle. 010 2SA 019 004 And the king hid his face: and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Abessalom! Abessalom my son! 010 2SA 019 005 And Joab went in to the king, into the house, and said, You have this day shamed the faces of all your servants that have delivered you this day, and [have saved] the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and of your concubines, 010 2SA 019 006 forasmuch as you love them that hate you, and hate them that love you; and you have this day declared, that your princes and your servants are nothing [in your sight]: for I know this day, that if Abessalom were alive, [and] all of us dead today, then it would have been right in your sight. 010 2SA 019 007 And now arise, and go forth, and speak comfortably to your servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless you will go forth today, there shall not a man remain with you this night: and know for yourself, this thing [will] indeed [be] evil to you beyond all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now. 010 2SA 019 008 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate: and all the people reported, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people went in before the king to the gate; for Israel had fled every man to his tent. 010 2SA 019 009 And all the people disputed among all the tribes of Israel, saying, King David delivered us from all our enemies, and he rescued us from the hand of the Philistines: and now he has fled from the land, and from his kingdom, and from Abessalom. 010 2SA 019 010 And Abessalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle: and now why are you silent about bringing back the king? And the word of all Israel came to the king. 010 2SA 019 011 And king David sent to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Why are you the last to bring back the king to his house? whereas the word of all Israel is come to the king to his house. 010 2SA 019 012 You [are] my brethren, you [are] my bones and my flesh: why are you the last to bring back the king to his house? 010 2SA 019 013 And you shall say to Amessai, [Are] you not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if you shall not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. 010 2SA 019 014 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Juda as that of one man; and they sent to the king, saying, Return you, and all your servants. 010 2SA 019 015 And the king returned, and came as far as Jordan. And the men of Juda came to Galgala on their way to meet the king, to cause the king to pass over Jordan. 010 2SA 019 016 And Semei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Baurim, hasted and went down with the men of Juda to meet king David. 010 2SA 019 017 And a thousand men of Benjamin [were] with him, and Siba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons with him, and his twenty servants with him: and they went directly down to Jordan before the king, 010 2SA 019 018 and they performed the service of bringing the king over; and there went over a ferry-boat to remove the household of the king, and to do that which was right in his eyes. And Semei the son of Gera fell on his face before the king, as he went over Jordan; 010 2SA 019 019 and said to the king, Let not my lord now impute iniquity, and remember not all the iniquity of your servant in the day in which my lord went out from Jerusalem, so that the king should mind it. 010 2SA 019 020 For your servant knows that I have sinned: and, behold, I am come today before all Israel and the house of Joseph, to go down and meet my lord the king. 010 2SA 019 021 And Abessai the son of Saruia answered and said, Shall not Semei therefore be put to death, because he cursed the Lord's anointed? 010 2SA 019 022 And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Saruia, that you as it were lie in wait against me this day? today no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel. 010 2SA 019 023 And the king said to Semei, You shall not die: and the king swore to him. 010 2SA 019 024 And Memphibosthe the son of Saul's son went down to meet the king, and had not dressed his feet, nor pared his nails, nor shaved himself, neither had he washed his garments, from the day that the king departed, until the day when he arrived in peace. 010 2SA 019 025 And it came to pass when he went into Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Memphibosthe? 010 2SA 019 026 And Memphibosthe said to him, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and go with the king; for your servant [is] lame. 010 2SA 019 027 And he has dealt deceitfully with your servant to my lord the king: but my lord the king [is] as an angel of God, and do you that which is good in your eyes. 010 2SA 019 028 For all the house of my father were but as dead men before my lord the king; yet you have set your servant among them that eat at your table: and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king? 010 2SA 019 029 And the king said to him, Why speak you any longer of your matters? I have said, You and Siba shall divide the land. 010 2SA 019 030 And Memphibosthe said to the king, Yes, let him take all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house. 010 2SA 019 031 And Berzelli the Galaadite came down from Rogellim, and crossed over Jordan with the king, that he might conduct the king over Jordan. 010 2SA 019 032 And Berzelli was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had maintained the king when he lived in Manaim; for he was a very great man. 010 2SA 019 033 And the king said to Berzelli, You shall go over with me, and I will nourish your old age with me in Jerusalem. 010 2SA 019 034 And Berzelli said to the king, How many [are] the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? 010 2SA 019 035 I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can your servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and therefore shall your servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king? 010 2SA 019 036 Your servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why does the king return me this recompense? 010 2SA 019 037 Let, I pray you, your servant remain, and I will die in my city, by the tomb of my father and of my mother. And, behold, your servant Chamaam shall go over with my lord the king; and do you to him as it seems good in your eyes. 010 2SA 019 038 And the king said, Let Chamaam go over with me, and I will do to him what is good in my sight; and whatever you shall choose at my hand, I will do for you. 010 2SA 019 039 And all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Berzelli, and blessed him; and he returned to his place. 010 2SA 019 040 And the king went over to Galgala, and Chamaam went over with him: and all the men of Juda went over with the king, and also half the people of Israel. 010 2SA 019 041 And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen you away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over Jordan, and all the men of David with him? 010 2SA 019 042 And all the men of Juda answered the men of Israel, and said, Because the king is near of kin to us: and why were you thus angry concerning this matter? have we indeed eaten of the king's food? or has he given us a gift, or has he sent us a portion? 010 2SA 019 043 And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have you thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel. 010 2SA 020 001 And there was a transgressor [so] called there, and his name was Sabee, a Benjamite, the son of Bochori: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we [any] inheritance in the son of Jessae: to your tents, O Israel, every one. 010 2SA 020 002 And all the men of Israel went up from following David after Sabee the son of Bochori: but the men of Juda adhered to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. 010 2SA 020 003 And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death. 010 2SA 020 004 And the king said to Amessai, Call to me the men of Juda for three days, and do you be present here. 010 2SA 020 005 And Amessai went to call Juda, and delayed beyond the time which David appointed him. 010 2SA 020 006 And David said to Amessai, Now shall Sabee the son of Bochori do us more harm than Abessalom: now then take you with you the servants of your lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes. 010 2SA 020 007 And there went out after him Amessai and the men of Joab, and the Cherethites, and the Phelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sabee the son of Bochori. 010 2SA 020 008 And they [were] by the great stone that is in Gabaon: and Amessai went in before them: and Joab had upon him a military cloak over his apparel, and over it he was girded with a dagger fastened upon his loins in its scabbard: and the dagger came out, it even came out and fell. 010 2SA 020 009 And Joab said to Amessai, Are you in health, [my] brother? and the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amessai to kiss him. 010 2SA 020 010 And Amessai observed not the dagger that was in the hand of Joab: and Joab struck him with it on the loins, and his bowels were shed out upon the ground, and he did not repeat the blow, and he died: and Joab and Abessai his brother pursued after Sabee the son of Bochori. 010 2SA 020 011 And there stood over him one of the servants of Joab, and said, Who [is] he that is for Joab, and who [is] on the side of David following Joab? 010 2SA 020 012 And Amessai [was] weltering in blood in the midst of the way. And a man saw that all the people stood still; and he removed Amessai out of the path into a field, and he cast a garment upon him, because he saw every one that came to him standing still. 010 2SA 020 013 And when he was quickly removed from the road, every man of Israel passed after Joab to pursue after Sabee the son of Bochori. 010 2SA 020 014 And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmacha; and all in Charri too were assembled, and followed after him. 010 2SA 020 015 And they came and besieged him in Abel and Phermacha: and they raised a mound against the city and it stood close to the wall; and all the people with Joab proposed to throw down the wall. 010 2SA 020 016 And a wise woman cried from the wall, and said, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, to Joab, Draw near hither, and I will speak to him. 010 2SA 020 017 And he drew near to her, and the woman said to him, Are you Joab? and he said, I [am]. And she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid; and Joab said, I do hear. 010 2SA 020 018 And she spoke, saying, Of old time they said thus, Surely one was asked in Abel, and Dan, whether the faithful in Israel failed in what they purposed; they will surely ask in Abel, even in like manner, whether they have failed. 010 2SA 020 019 I am a peaceful one of the strong ones in Israel; but you seek to destroy a city and a mother city in Israel: why do you seek to ruin the inheritance of the Lord? 010 2SA 020 020 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should ruin or destroy. 010 2SA 020 021 Is not the case thus, that a man of mount Ephraim, Sabee, son of Bochori by name, has even lifted up his hand against king David? Give him only to me, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall. 010 2SA 020 022 And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom; and they took off the head of Sabee the son of Bochori; and took it away and threw it to Joab: and he blew the trumpet, and the people separated from the city away from him, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king. 010 2SA 020 023 And Joab [was] over all the forces of Israel: and Banaias the son of Jodae [was] over the Cherethites and over the Phelethites. 010 2SA 020 024 And Adoniram [was] over the tribute: and Josaphath the son of Achiluth [was] recorder. 010 2SA 020 025 And Susa [was] scribe: and Sadoc and Abiathar [were] priests. 010 2SA 020 026 Moreover Iras the [son of] Iarin was priest to David. 010 2SA 021 001 And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, [There is] guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he killed the Gabaonites. 010 2SA 021 002 And King David called the Gabaonites, and said to them; —(now the Gabaonites are not the children of Israel, but [are] of the remnant of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to strike them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Juda.) 010 2SA 021 003 And David said to the Gabaonites, What shall I do to you? and wherewithal shall I make atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the Lord? 010 2SA 021 004 And the Gabaonites said to him, We have no [question about] silver or gold with Saul and with his house; and there is no man for us to put to death in Israel. 010 2SA 021 005 And he said, What say you? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel. 010 2SA 021 006 Let one give us seven men of his sons, and let us hang them up in the sun to the Lord in Gabaon of Saul, as chosen out for the Lord. And the king said, I will give [them]. 010 2SA 021 007 But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 010 2SA 021 008 And the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Hermonoi and Memphibosthe, and the five sons of Michol daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Esdriel son of Berzelli the Moulathite. 010 2SA 021 009 And he gave them into the hand of the Gabaonites, and they hanged them up to the sun in the mountain before the lord: and they fell, even the seven together: moreover they were put to death in the days of harvest at the commencement, in the beginning of barley harvest. 010 2SA 021 010 And Respha the daughter of Aia took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 010 2SA 021 011 And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done, [and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.] 010 2SA 021 012 And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the street of Baethsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines struck Saul in Gelbue. 010 2SA 021 013 And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged. 010 2SA 021 014 And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulchre of Cis his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God listened to [the prayers of] the land. 010 2SA 021 015 And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went. 010 2SA 021 016 And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear [was] three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girded with a club, even he thought to strike David. 010 2SA 021 017 And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore, saying, You shall not any longer go out with us to battle, and you shall not quench the lamp of Israel. 010 2SA 021 018 And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite killed Seph of the progeny of Rapha. 010 2SA 021 019 And there was a battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of Ariorgim the Bethleemite killed Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear [was] as a weaver's beam. 010 2SA 021 020 And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet [were] six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha. 010 2SA 021 021 And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, struck him. 010 2SA 021 022 These four were born descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 010 2SA 022 001 And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul. 010 2SA 022 002 And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, 010 2SA 022 003 my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: [he is] my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; you shall save me from the unjust man. 010 2SA 022 004 I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies. 010 2SA 022 005 For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me: 010 2SA 022 006 the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me. 010 2SA 022 007 When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come into his ears. 010 2SA 022 008 And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was angry with them. 010 2SA 022 009 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it. 010 2SA 022 010 And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet. 010 2SA 022 011 And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind. 010 2SA 022 012 And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air. 010 2SA 022 013 At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled. 010 2SA 022 014 The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice. 010 2SA 022 015 And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them. 010 2SA 022 016 And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger. 010 2SA 022 017 He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters. 010 2SA 022 018 He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I. 010 2SA 022 019 The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay. 010 2SA 022 020 And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me. 010 2SA 022 021 And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me. 010 2SA 022 022 Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God. 010 2SA 022 023 For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them. 010 2SA 022 024 And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity. 010 2SA 022 025 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight. 010 2SA 022 026 With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect, 010 2SA 022 027 and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward. 010 2SA 022 028 And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty. 010 2SA 022 029 For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness. 010 2SA 022 030 For by you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall. 010 2SA 022 031 As for the Mighty One, his way [is] blameless: the word of the Lord [is] strong [and] tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him. 010 2SA 022 032 Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God? 010 2SA 022 033 [It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault. 010 2SA 022 034 He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places. 010 2SA 022 035 He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm. 010 2SA 022 036 And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me, 010 2SA 022 037 so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter. 010 2SA 022 038 I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them. 010 2SA 022 039 And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet. 010 2SA 022 040 And you shall strengthen me with power for the war; you shall cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me. 010 2SA 022 041 And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them. 010 2SA 022 042 They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them. 010 2SA 022 043 And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets. 010 2SA 022 044 And you shall deliver me from the striving of the peoples, you shall keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me. 010 2SA 022 045 The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard. 010 2SA 022 046 The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places. 010 2SA 022 047 The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted. 010 2SA 022 048 The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me, 010 2SA 022 049 and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the violent man. 010 2SA 022 050 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name. 010 2SA 022 051 He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever. 010 2SA 023 001 And these [are] the last words of David. Faithful [is] David the son of Jessae, and faithful the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, and beautiful [are] the psalms of Israel. 010 2SA 023 002 The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word [was] upon my tongue. 010 2SA 023 003 The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among men, How will you strengthen the fear of the anointed? 010 2SA 023 004 And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth. 010 2SA 023 005 For my house [is] not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire [is], that the wicked should not flourish. 010 2SA 023 006 All these [are] as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken with the hand, 010 2SA 023 007 and a man shall not labor among them; and [one shall have] that which is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, an he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame. 010 2SA 023 008 These [are] the names of the mighty men of David: Jebosthe the Chananite is a captain of the third [part]: Adinon the Asonite, he drew his sword against eight hundred soldiers at once. 010 2SA 023 009 And after him Eleanan the son of his uncle, son of Dudi who was among the three mighty men with David; and when he defied the Philistines they were gathered there to war, and the men of Israel went up. 010 2SA 023 010 He arose an struck the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people rested behind him only to strip [the slain]. 010 2SA 023 011 And after him Samaia the son of Asa the Arachite: and the Philistines were gathered to Theria; and there was there a portion of ground full of lentiles; and the people fled before the Philistines. 010 2SA 023 012 And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and struck the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance. 010 2SA 023 013 And three out of the thirty went down, and came to Cason to David, to the cave of Odollam; and [there was] an army of the Philistines, and they encamped in the valley of Raphain. 010 2SA 023 014 And David [was] then in the strong hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then in Bethleem. 010 2SA 023 015 And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the well that is in Bethleem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines [was] then in Bethleem. 010 2SA 023 016 And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem in the gate: and they took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord. 010 2SA 023 017 And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, that I should drink of the blood of the men who went at [the risk of] their lives: and he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. 010 2SA 023 018 And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he [was] chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he killed; and he had a name among three. 010 2SA 023 019 Of those three [he was] most honorable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached not to the [first] three. 010 2SA 023 020 And Banaeas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in [mighty] deeds, from Cabeseel, and he struck the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and struck a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day. 010 2SA 023 021 He struck an Egyptian, a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian [was] a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear. 010 2SA 023 022 These things did Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he had a name among the three mighty men. 010 2SA 023 023 He was honorable among the [second] three, but he reached not to the [first] three: and David made him his reporter. And these [are] the names of King David's mighty men. 010 2SA 023 024 Asael Joab's brother; he [was] among the thirty. Eleanan son of Dudi his uncle in Bethleem. 010 2SA 023 025 Saema the Rudaean. 010 2SA 023 026 Selles the Kelothite: Iras the son of Isca the Thecoite. 010 2SA 023 027 Abiezer the Anothite, of the sons of the Anothite. 010 2SA 023 028 Ellon the Aoite; Noere the Netophatite. 010 2SA 023 029 Esthai the son of Riba of Gabaeth, son of Benjamin the Ephrathite; Asmoth the Bardiamite; Emasu the Salabonite: 010 2SA 023 030 Adroi of the brooks. 010 2SA 023 031 Gadabiel son of the Arabothaeite. 010 2SA 023 032 the sons of Asan, Jonathan; 010 2SA 023 033 Samnan the Arodite; Amnan the son of Arai the Saraurite. 010 2SA 023 034 Aliphaleth the son of Asbites, the son of the Machachachite; Eliab the son of Achitophel the Gelonite. 010 2SA 023 035 Asarai the Carmelite the son of Uraeoerchi. 010 2SA 023 036 Gaal the son of Nathana. The son of much valour, [the son] of Galaaddi. Elie the Ammanite. 010 2SA 023 037 Gelore the Bethorite, armor-bearer to Joab, son of Saruia. 010 2SA 023 038 Iras the Ethirite. Gerab the Ethenite. 010 2SA 023 039 Urias the Chettite: thirty-seven in all. 010 2SA 024 001 And the Lord caused his anger to burn forth again in Israel, and [Satan] stirred up David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Juda. 010 2SA 024 002 And the king said to Joab commander of the host, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel and Juda, from Dan even to Bersabee, and number the people, and I will know the number of the people. 010 2SA 024 003 And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people a hundred-fold as many as they are, and [may] the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing? 010 2SA 024 004 Nevertheless the word of the king prevailed against Joab an the captains of the host: And Joab and the captains of the host went out before the king to number the people of Israel. 010 2SA 024 005 And they went over Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right of the city which is in the midst of the valley of Gad and Eliezer. 010 2SA 024 006 And they came to Galaad, and into the land of Thabason, which is Adasai, and they came to Danidan and Udan, and compassed Sidon. 010 2SA 024 007 And they came to Mapsar of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Evite and the Chananite: and they came by the South of Juda to Bersabee. 010 2SA 024 008 And they compassed the whole land; and they arrived at Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 010 2SA 024 009 And Joab gave in the number of the census of the people to the king: and Israel consisted of eight hundred thousand men of might that drew sword; and the men of Juda, five hundred thousand fighting men. 010 2SA 024 010 And the heart of David struck him after he had numbered the people; and David said to the Lord, I have sinned grievously, O Lord, [in] what I have now done: remove, I pray you, the iniquity of your servant, for I have been exceedingly foolish. 010 2SA 024 011 And David rose early in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, the seer, saying, Go, and speak to David, saying, 010 2SA 024 012 Thus says the Lord, I bring [one of] three things upon you: now choose you one of them, and I will do [it] to you. 010 2SA 024 013 And Gad went in to David, and told him, and said to him, Choose [one of these things] to befall you, whether there shall come upon you [for] three years famine in your land; or that you should flee three months before your enemies, and they should pursue you; or that there should be [for] three days mortality in your land. Now then decide, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 010 2SA 024 014 And David said to Gad, On every side I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions [are] very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man. 010 2SA 024 015 So David chose for himself the mortality: and [they were] the days of wheat harvest; and the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from morning till noon, and the plague began among the people; and there died of the people from Dan even to Bersabee seventy thousand men. 010 2SA 024 016 And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, [It is] enough now, withhold your hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite. 010 2SA 024 017 And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel striking the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let your hand, I pray you, be upon me, and upon my father's house. 010 2SA 024 018 And Gad came to David in that day, and said to him, Go up, and set up to the Lord and altar in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite. 010 2SA 024 019 And David went up according to the word of Gad, as the Lord commanded him. 010 2SA 024 020 And Orna looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on before him: and Orna went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the earth. 010 2SA 024 021 And Orna said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of you the threshing floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord that the plague may be restrained from off the people. 010 2SA 024 022 And Orna said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer to the Lord that which is good in his eyes: behold, [here are] oxen for a whole burnt offering, and the wheels and furniture of the oxen for wood. 010 2SA 024 023 Orna gave all to the king: and Orna said to the king, The Lord your God bless you. 010 2SA 024 024 And the king said to Orna, Nay, but I will surely buy it of you at a fair price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God a whole burnt offering for nothing. So David purchased the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 010 2SA 024 025 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards, for it was little at first. And the Lord listened to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. # # BOOK 011 1KI 1 Kings Kings III 011 1KI 001 001 And king David [was] old and advanced in days, and they covered him with clothes, and he was not warmed. 011 1KI 001 002 And his servants said, Let them seek for the king a young virgin, and she shall wait on the king, and cherish him, and lie with him, and my lord the king shall be warmed. 011 1KI 001 003 So they sought for a fair damsel out of all the coasts of Israel; and they found Abisag the Somanite, and they brought her to the king. 011 1KI 001 004 And the damsel was extremely beautiful, and she cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not. 011 1KI 001 005 And Adonias the son of Aggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 011 1KI 001 006 And his father never at any time checked him, saying, Why have you done [thus]? and he was also very handsome in appearance, and his mother bore him after Abessalom. 011 1KI 001 007 And he conferred with Joab the son of Saruia, and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed after Adonias. 011 1KI 001 008 But Sadoc the priest, and Banaeas the son of Jodae, and Nathan the prophet, and Semei, and Resi, and the mighty men of David, did not follow Adonias. 011 1KI 001 009 And Adonias sacrificed sheep and calves and lambs by the stone of Zoelethi, which was near Rogel: and he called all his brethren, and all the adult [men] of Juda, servants of the king. 011 1KI 001 010 But Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas, and the mighty [men], and Solomon his brother, he did not call. 011 1KI 001 011 And Nathan spoke to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast you not heard that Adonias the son of Aggith reigns, and our lord David knows it not? 011 1KI 001 012 And now come, let me, I pray, give you counsel, and you shall rescue your life, and the life of your son Solomon. 011 1KI 001 013 Haste, and go in to king David, and you shall speak to him, saying, Hast not you, my lord, O king, sworn to your handmaid, saying, Your son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then does Adonias reign? 011 1KI 001 014 And behold, while you are still speaking there with the king, I also will come in after you, and will confirm your words. 011 1KI 001 015 So Bersabee went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old, and Abisag the Somanite was ministering to the king. 011 1KI 001 016 And Bersabee bowed, and did obeisance to the king; and the king said, What is your request? 011 1KI 001 017 And she said, My lord, you did swear by the Lord your God to your handmaid, saying, Your son Solomon shall reign after me, and shall sit upon my throne. 011 1KI 001 018 And now, behold, Adonias reigns, and you, my lord, O king, know [it] not. 011 1KI 001 019 And he has sacrificed calves and lambs and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander-in-chief of the host; but Solomon your servant he has not called. 011 1KI 001 020 And you, my lord, O king, —the eyes of all Israel [are] upon you, to tell them who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him. 011 1KI 001 021 And it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son shall be offenders. 011 1KI 001 022 And behold, while she was yet talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came. And it was reported to the king, 011 1KI 001 023 Behold, Nathan the prophet [is here]: and he came in to the king's presence, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground. 011 1KI 001 024 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, did you say, Adonias shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? 011 1KI 001 025 For he has gone down today, and has sacrificed calves and lambs and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king's sons, and the chiefs of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they said, [Long] live king Adonias. 011 1KI 001 026 But he has not invited me your servant, and Sadoc the priest, and Banaeas the son of Jodae, and Solomon your servant. 011 1KI 001 027 Has this matter happened by the authority of my lord the king, and have you not made known to your servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him? 011 1KI 001 028 And king David answered and said, Call me Bersabee: and she came in before the king, and stood before him. 011 1KI 001 029 And the king swore, and said, [As] the Lord lives who redeemed my soul out of all affliction, 011 1KI 001 030 as I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day. 011 1KI 001 031 And Bersabee bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. 011 1KI 001 032 And king David said, Call me Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas the son of Jodae: and they came in before the king. 011 1KI 001 033 And the king said to them, Take the servants of your lord with you, and mount my son Solomon upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gion. 011 1KI 001 034 And there let Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him to be king over Israel, and do you sound the trumpet, and you shall say, Let king Solomon live. 011 1KI 001 035 And he shall sit upon my throne, and reign in my stead: and I have given charge that he should be for a prince over Israel and Juda. 011 1KI 001 036 And Banaeas the son of Jodae answered the king and said, So let it be: may the Lord God of my lord the king confirm [it]. 011 1KI 001 037 As the Lord was with my lord the king, so let him be with Solomon, and let him exalt his throne beyond the throne of my lord king David. 011 1KI 001 038 And Sadoc the priest went down, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas son of Jodae, and the Cherethite, and the Phelethite, and they mounted Solomon upon the mule of king David, and led him away to Gion. 011 1KI 001 039 And Sadoc the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon, and blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Let king Solomon live. 011 1KI 001 040 And all the people went up after him, and they danced in choirs, and rejoiced with great joy, and the earth quaked with their voice. 011 1KI 001 041 And Adonias and all his guests heard, and they had [just] left off eating: and Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, and said, What [means] the voice of the city in tumult? 011 1KI 001 042 While he was yet speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came in: and Adonias said, Come in, for you are a mighty man, and [you come] to bring glad tidings. 011 1KI 001 043 And Jonathan answered and said, Verily our lord king David has made Solomon king: 011 1KI 001 044 and the king has sent with him Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas the son of Jodae, and the Cherethite, and the Phelethite, and they have mounted him on the king's mule; 011 1KI 001 045 and Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him in Gion, and have gone up thence rejoicing, and the city resounded: this [is] the sound which you have heard. 011 1KI 001 046 And Solomon is seated upon the throne of the kingdom. 011 1KI 001 047 And the servants of the king have gone in to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne; and the king worshipped upon his bed. 011 1KI 001 048 Moreover thus said the king, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who has this day appointed one of my seed sitting on my throne, and my eyes see it. 011 1KI 001 049 And all the guests of Adonias were dismayed, and every man went his way. 011 1KI 001 050 And Adonias feared because of Solomon, and arose, and departed, and laid hold on the horns of the altar. 011 1KI 001 051 And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonias fears king Solomon, and holds the horns of the altar, saying, Let Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not kill his servant with the sword. 011 1KI 001 052 And Solomon said, If he should be a valiant man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die. 011 1KI 001 053 And king Solomon sent, and they brought him away from the altar; and he went in and did obeisance to king Solomon: and Solomon said to him, Go to your house. 011 1KI 002 001 And the days of David drew near that he should die: and he addressed his son Solomon, saying, I go the way of all the earth: 011 1KI 002 002 but be you strong, and show yourself a man; 011 1KI 002 003 and keep the charge of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, to keep the commandments and the ordinances and the judgments which are written in the law of Moses; that you may understand what you shall do in all things that I command you: 011 1KI 002 004 that the Lord may confirm his word which he spoke, saying, If your children shall take heed to their way to walk before me in truth with all their heart, [I promise you], saying, there shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel. 011 1KI 002 005 Moreover you know all that Joab the son of Saruia did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abenner the son of Ner, and to Amessai the son of Jether, that he killed them, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put innocent blood on his girdle that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot. 011 1KI 002 006 Therefore you shall deal [with him] according to your wisdom, and you shall not bring down his grey hairs in peace to the grave. 011 1KI 002 007 But you shall deal kindly with the sons of Berzelli the Galaadite, and they shall be among those that eat at your table; for thus they drew near to me when I fled from the face of your brother Abessalom. 011 1KI 002 008 And, behold, [there is] with you Semei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Baurim: and he cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went into the camp; and he came down to Jordan to meet me, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword. 011 1KI 002 009 But you shall by no means hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man, and will know what you shall do to him, and shall bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave. 011 1KI 002 010 And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 011 1KI 002 011 And the days which David reigned over Israel [were] forty years; he reigned seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 011 1KI 002 012 And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was established greatly. 011 1KI 002 013 And Adonias the son of Aggith came in to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, and did obeisance to her: and she said, Do you enter peaceably? and he said, Peaceably: 011 1KI 002 014 I have business with you. And she said to him, Say on. 011 1KI 002 015 And he said to her, You know that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel turned their face toward me for a king; but the kingdom was turned [from me] and became my brother's: for it was [appointed] to him from the Lord. 011 1KI 002 016 And now I make one request of you, do not turn away your face. And Bersabee said to him, Speak [on]. 011 1KI 002 017 And he said to her, Speak, I pray you, to king Solomon, for he will not turn away his face from you, and let him give me Abisag the Somanite for a wife. 011 1KI 002 018 And Bersabee said, Well; I will speak for you to the king. 011 1KI 002 019 And Bersabee went in to king Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonias; and the king rose up to meet her, and kissed her, and sat on the throne, and a throne was set for the mother of the king, and she sat on his right hand. 011 1KI 002 020 And she said to him, I ask of you one little request; turn not away my face from you. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, and I will not reject you. 011 1KI 002 021 And she said, Let, I pray you, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias your brother to wife. 011 1KI 002 022 And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why have you asked Abisag for Adonias? ask for him the kingdom also; for he [is] my elder brother, and he has for his companion Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Saruia the commander-in-chief. 011 1KI 002 023 And king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, [if it be not] that Adonias has spoken this word against his own life. 011 1KI 002 024 And now [as] the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and he has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonias be put to death. 011 1KI 002 025 So king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he killed him, and Adonias died in that day. 011 1KI 002 026 And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Depart you quickly to Anathoth to your farm, for you are worthy of death this day; but I will not kill you, because you have borne the ark of the covenant of the Lord before my father, and because you was afflicted in all things wherein my father was afflicted. 011 1KI 002 027 And Solomon removed Abiathar from being a priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Heli in Selom. 011 1KI 002 028 And the report came to Joab son of Saruia; for Joab had turned after Adonias, and he went not after Solomon: and Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold of the horns of the altar. 011 1KI 002 029 And it was told Solomon, saying, Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and behold! he has hold of the horns of the altar. And king Solomon sent to Joab, saying, What ails you, that you have fled to the altar? and Joab said, Because I was afraid of you, and fled for refuge to the Lord. And Solomon sent Banaeas son of Jodae, saying, Go and kill him, and bury him. 011 1KI 002 030 And Banaeas son of Jodae came to Joab to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And Joab said, I will not come forth, for I will die here. And Banaeas son of Jodae returned and spoke to the king, saying, Thus has Joab spoken, and thus has he answered me. 011 1KI 002 031 And the king said to him, Go, and do to him as he has spoken, and kill him: and you shall bury him, and you shall remove this day the blood which he shed without cause, from me and from the house of my father. 011 1KI 002 032 And the Lord has returned upon his own head the blood of his unrighteousness, inasmuch as he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself, and killed them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, [even] Abenner the son of Ner the commander-in-chief of Israel, and Amessa the son of Jether the commander-in-chief of Juda. 011 1KI 002 033 And their blood is returned upon his head, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but to David, and his seed, and his house, and his throne, may there be peace for ever from the Lord. 011 1KI 002 034 So Banaeas son of Jodae went up, and attacked him, and killed him, and buried him in his house in the wilderness. 011 1KI 002 035 And the king appointed Banaeas son of Jodae in his place over the host; and the kingdom was established in Jerusalem; and [as for] Sadoc the priest, the king appointed him to be high priest in the room of Abiathar. And Solomon son of David reigned over Israel and Juda in Jerusalem: and the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and largeness of heart, as the sand by the sea-shore. 011 1KI 003 001 And the wisdom of Solomon abounded exceedingly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt: and he took the daughter of Pharao, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord first, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. In seven years he made and finished [them]. And Solomon had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eight thousand hewers of stone in the mountain: and Solomon made the sea, and the bases, and the great lavers, and the pillars, and the fountain of the court, and the brazen sea— and he built the citadel as a defence above it, he made a breach in the wall of the city of David: thus the daughter of Pharao went up out of the city of David to her house which he built for her. Then he built the citadel: and Solomon offered up three whole burnt offerings in the year, and peace-offerings on the altar which he built to the Lord, and he burnt incense before the Lord, and finished the house. And these are the chief persons who presided over the works of Solomon; three thousand and six hundred masters of the people that wrought the works. And he burit Assur, and Magdo, and Gazer, and upper Baethoron, and Ballath: only after he had built the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about, afterwards he built these cities. And when David was yet living, he charged Solomon, saying, Behold, there is with you Semei the son of Gera, of the seed of Benjamin out of Chebron: he cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went into the camp; and he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, He shall not be slain with the sword. But now do not you hold him guiltless, for you are a man of understanding, and you will know what you shall do to him, and you shall bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave. And the king called Semei, and said to him, Build you a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and you shall not go out thence any whither. And it shall come to pass in the day that you shall go forth and cross over the brook Kedron, know assuredly that you shall certainly die: your blood shall be upon your head. And the king caused him to swear in that day. And Semei said to the king, Good [is] the word that you have spoken, my lord O king: thus will your servant do. And Semei lived in Jerusalem three years. And it came to pass after the three years, that two servants of Semei ran away to Anchus son of Maacha king of Geth: and it was told Semei, saying, Behold, your servants [are] in Geth. And Semei rose up, and saddled his ass, and went to Geth to Anchus to seek out his servants: and Semei went, and brought his servants out of Geth. And it was told Solomon, saying, Semei is gone out of Jerusalem to Geth, and has brought back his servants. And the king sent and called Semei, and said to him, Did I not adjure you by the Lord, and testify to you, saying, In whatever day you shall go out of Jerusalem, and go to the right or left, know certainly that you shall assuredly die? And why have you not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded you? And the king said to Semei, You know all your mischief which your heart knows, which you did to David my father: and the Lord has recompensed your mischief on your [own] head. And king Solomon [is] blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever. And Solomon commanded Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he went forth and killed him. And king Solomon was very prudent and wise: and Juda and Israel [were] very many, as the sand which is by the sea for multitude, eating, and drinking, and rejoicing: and Solomon was chief in all the kingdoms, and they brought gifts, and served Solomon all the days of his life. And Solomon began to open the domains of Libanus, and he built Thermae in the wilderness. And this was the daily provision of Solomon, thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of ground meal, ten choice calves, and twenty oxen from the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and does, and choice fed birds. For he ruled in all the country on this side the river, from Raphi to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the river: and he was at peace on all sides round about; and Juda and Israel lived safely, every one under his vine and under his fig tree, eating and drinand feasting, from Dan even to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon. And these [were] the princes of Solomon; Azariu son of Sadoc the priest, and Orniu son of Nathan chief of the officers, and he went to his house; and Suba the scribe, and Basa son of Achithalam recorder, and Abi son of Joab commander-in-chief, and Achire son of Edrai [was] over the levies, and Banaeas son of Jodae over the household and over the brick work, and Cachur the son of Nathan [was] counsellor. And Solomon had forty thousand brood mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horses. And he reigned over all the kings from the river and to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt: so Solomon the son of David reigned over Israel and Juda in Jerusalem. 011 1KI 003 002 Nevertheless the people burnt incense on the high places, because a house had not yet been built to the Lord. 011 1KI 003 003 And Solomon loved the Lord, [so as] to walk in the ordinances of David his father; only he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. 011 1KI 003 004 And he arose and went to Gabaon to sacrifice there, for that [was] the highest place, and great: Solomon offered a whole burnt offering of a thousand [victims] on the altar in Gabaon. 011 1KI 003 005 And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and the Lord said to Solomon, Ask some petition for yourself. 011 1KI 003 006 And Solomon said, You have dealt very mercifully with your servant David my father according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you, and you have kept for him this great mercy, to set his son upon his throne, as [it is] this day. 011 1KI 003 007 And now, O Lord my God, you have appointed your servant in the room of David my father; and I am a little child, and know not my going out an my coming in. 011 1KI 003 008 But your servant [is] in the midst of your people, whom you have chosen, a great people, which as this day can’t be numbered. 011 1KI 003 009 You shall give therefore to your servant a heart to hear and to judge your people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this your great people? 011 1KI 003 010 And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing. 011 1KI 003 011 And the Lord said to him, Because you have asked this thing of me, and have not asked for yourself long life, and have not asked wealth, nor have asked the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment; 011 1KI 003 012 behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given you an understanding and wise heart: there has not been [any one] like you before you, and after you there shall not arise one like you. 011 1KI 003 013 And I have given you what you have not asked, wealth and glory, so that there has not been any one like you among kings. 011 1KI 003 014 And if you will walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David your father walked, then will I multiply your days. 011 1KI 003 015 And Solomon awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream: and he arose and came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Sion: and he offered whole burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants. 011 1KI 003 016 Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him. 011 1KI 003 017 And the one woman said, Hear me, [my] lord; I and this woman lived in one house, and we were delivered in the house. 011 1KI 003 018 And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered: and we [were] together; and there was no one with us besides our two selves in the house. 011 1KI 003 019 And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. 011 1KI 003 020 and she arose in the middle of the night, and took my son from my arms, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. 011 1KI 003 021 and I arose in the morning to suckle my son, and he was dead: and, behold, I considered him in the morning, and, behold, it was not my son whom I bore. 011 1KI 003 022 And the other woman said, No, but the living [is] my son, and the dead [is] your son. So they spoke before the king. 011 1KI 003 023 and the king said to them, You say, This [is] my son, [even] the living [one], and this woman's son [is] the dead one: and you say, No, but the living [is] my son, and the dead [is] your son. 011 1KI 003 024 And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 011 1KI 003 025 And the king said, Divide the live child, the suckling, in two; and give half of it to one, and half of it to the other. 011 1KI 003 026 And the woman whose the living child was, answered and said to the king, (for her bowels yearned over her son) and she said, I pray you, [my] lord, give her the child, and in nowise kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide [it]. 011 1KI 003 027 Then the king answered and said, Give the child to her that said, 'Give it to her, and by no means kill it:' she [is] its mother. 011 1KI 003 028 and all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to execute judgment. 011 1KI 004 001 And king Solomon reigned over Israel. 011 1KI 004 002 And these [are] the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc. 011 1KI 004 003 Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud, recorder. 011 1KI 004 004 And Banaeas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc and Abiathar [were] priests. 011 1KI 004 005 And Ornia the son of Nathan [was] over the officers; and Zabuth son of Nathan [was] the king's friend. 011 1KI 004 006 And Achisar was steward, and Eliac the [chief] steward; and Eliab the son of Saph [was] over the family: and Adoniram the son of Audon over the tribute. 011 1KI 004 007 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one's turn came to supply for a month in the year. 011 1KI 004 008 And these [were] their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one. 011 1KI 004 009 The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Baethsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one. 011 1KI 004 010 The son of Esdi in Araboth; his [was] Socho, and all the land of Opher. 011 1KI 004 011 All Nephthador [belonged to] the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one. 011 1KI 004 012 Bana son of Achiluth [had] Ithaanach, and Mageddo, and [his was] the whole house of San which was by Sesathan below Esrae, and from Bethsan as far as Sabelmaula, as far as Maeber Lucam, one. 011 1KI 004 013 The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him [fell] the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one. 011 1KI 004 014 Achinadab son of Saddo, [had] Maanaim. 011 1KI 004 015 Achimaas [was] in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one. 011 1KI 004 016 Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one, 011 1KI 004 017 Josaphat son of Phuasud [was] in Issachar. 011 1KI 004 018 Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin. 011 1KI 004 019 Gaber son of Adai in the land of Gad, [the land] of Seon king of Esebon, and of Og king of Basan, and one officer in the land of Juda. 011 1KI 004 020 And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and [they execute] every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing. 011 1KI 004 021 And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge. 011 1KI 004 022 And these [were] the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal, 011 1KI 004 023 and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does. 011 1KI 004 024 For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about. 011 1KI 004 029 And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore. 011 1KI 004 030 And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt. 011 1KI 004 031 And he was wiser than all [other] men: and he was wiser than Gaethan the Zarite, and [than] Aenan, and [than] Chalcad and Darala the son of Mal. 011 1KI 004 032 And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand. 011 1KI 004 033 And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes. 011 1KI 004 034 And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and [ambassadors] from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his wisdom. And Solomon took to himself the daughter of Pharao to wife, and brought her into the city of David until he had finished the house of the Lord, and his own house, and the wall of Jerusalem. Then went up Pharao the king of Egypt, and took Gazer, and burnt it and the Chananite dwelling in Mergab; and Pharao gave them as a dowry to his daughter the wife of Solomon: and Solomon rebuilt Gazer. 011 1KI 005 001 And Chiram king of Tyre sent his servants to anoint Solomon in the room of David his father, because Chiram always loved David. 011 1KI 005 002 And Solomon sent to Chiram, saying, 011 1KI 005 003 You knew my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 011 1KI 005 004 And now the Lord my God has given me rest round about; there is no one plotting against [me], and there is no evil trespass [against me]. 011 1KI 005 005 And, behold, I intend to build a house to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord God spoke to my father David, saying, Your son whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house to my name. 011 1KI 005 006 And now command, and let [men] cut wood for me out of Libanus: and, behold, my servants [shall be] with your servants, and I will give you the wages of your service, according to all that you shall say, because you know that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians. 011 1KI 005 007 And it came to pass, as soon as Chiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] God today, who has given to David a wise son over this numerous people. 011 1KI 005 008 And he sent to Solomon, saying, I have listened concerning all that you have sent to me for: I will do all your will: [as for] timber of cedar and fir, 011 1KI 005 009 my servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea: I will form them [into] rafts, [and bring them] to the place which you shall send to me [about]; and I will land them there, and you shall take [them] up: and you shall do my will, in giving bread to my household. 011 1KI 005 010 So Chiram gave to Solomon cedars, and fir trees, and all his desire. 011 1KI 005 011 And Solomon gave to Chiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his house, and twenty thousand baths of beaten oil thus Solomon gave to Chiram yearly. 011 1KI 005 012 And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon as he promised him; and there was peace between Chiram and Solomon, and they made a covenant between them. 011 1KI 005 013 And the king raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men. 011 1KI 005 014 And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand taking turn every month: they were a month in Libanus and two months at home: and Adoniram [was] over the levy. 011 1KI 005 015 And Solomon had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain; 011 1KI 005 016 besides the rulers that were appointed over the works of Solomon, [there were] three thousand six hundred masters who wrought in the works. 011 1KI 005 017 [And the king commanded and they ] [brought great stones, precious stones for the foundation of the house, and unhewn stones. ] 011 1KI 005 018 And they prepared the stones and the timber [during] three years. 011 1KI 006 001 And it came to pass in the four hundred and forties year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of the reign of king Solomon over Israel, that the king commanded that they should take great [and] costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones. And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed [the stones], and laid them [for a foundation]. In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month. In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this [is] the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement. 011 1KI 006 002 And the house which the king built to the Lord [was] forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height five and twenty cubits. 011 1KI 006 003 And the porch in front of the temple—twenty cubits [was] its length according to the breadth of the house in front of the house: and he built the house, and finished it. 011 1KI 006 004 And he made to the house secret windows inclining inward. 011 1KI 006 005 And against the wall of the house he set chambers round about the temple and the ark. 011 1KI 006 006 The under side [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [part] six, and the third [was] seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the house. 011 1KI 006 007 And the house was built in the construction of it with rough hewn stones: and there was not heard in the house in the building of it hammer or axe, or any iron tool. 011 1KI 006 008 And the porch of the under side [was] below the right wing of the house, and [there was] a winding ascent into the middle [chamber], and from the middle to the third story. 011 1KI 006 009 So he built the house and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house with cedars. 011 1KI 006 010 And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards. 011 1KI 006 015 And he framed the walls of the house within with cedar boards, from the floor of the house and on to the inner walls and to the beams: he lined the parts enclosed with boards within, and compassed the inward parts of the house with planks of fir. 011 1KI 006 016 And he built the twenty cubits from the top of the wall, one side from the floor to the beams, and he made it from the oracle to the most holy place. 011 1KI 006 017 And the temple was forty cubits [in extent], 011 1KI 006 019 in front of the oracle in the midst of the house within, [in order] to put there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 011 1KI 006 020 The length [was] twenty cubits, and the breadth [was] twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar in front of the oracle, and covered it with gold. 011 1KI 006 021 And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished [gilding] the whole house. 011 1KI 006 023 And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size. 011 1KI 006 024 And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five cubits; ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing. 011 1KI 006 025 Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure. 011 1KI 006 026 And the height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] with the second cherub. 011 1KI 006 027 And both the cherubs [were] in the midst of the innermost part of the house; and they spread out their wings, and one wing touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings in the midst of the house touched each other. 011 1KI 006 028 And he covered the cherubs with gold. 011 1KI 006 029 He graved all the walls of the house round about with the graving of cherubs, and [he sculptured] palm trees within and without [the house]. 011 1KI 006 030 And he covered the floor of the house within and without with gold. 011 1KI 006 031 And for the door-way of the oracle he made doors of juniper wood, [there were] porches in a four-fold way. 011 1KI 006 034 In both the doors [were] planks of fir; the one door had two leaves and their hinges, and the other door had two leaves and turned [on hinges], 011 1KI 006 035 being carved with cherubs, and [there were] palm-trees and open flower-leaves, and it [was] overlaid with gold gilt upon the engraving. 011 1KI 006 036 And he built the inner court, three rows of hewn stones, and a row of wrought cedar round about, and he made the curtain of the court of the porch of the house that was in front of the temple. 011 1KI 007 001 And Solomon built a house for himself in thirteen years. 011 1KI 007 002 And he built the house with the wood of Libanus; its length [was] a hundred cubits, and its breadth [was] fifty cubits, and its height [was] of thirty cubits, and [it was made] with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had side-pieces of cedar. 011 1KI 007 003 And he formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars [was each] row forty and five, 011 1KI 007 004 and [there were] three chambers, and space against space in three rows. 011 1KI 007 005 And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers [were] square, and from door to door [was a correspondence] in three rows. 011 1KI 007 006 And [he made] the porch of the pillars, [they were] fifty [cubits] long and fifty broad, the porch joining them in front; and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] in front of the house by the porches. 011 1KI 007 007 And [there was] the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment. 011 1KI 007 008 And their house where he would dwell, [had] one court communicating with these according to this work; and [he built] the house for the daughter of Pharao whom Solomon had taken, according to this porch. 011 1KI 007 009 All these [were] of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the top, and outward to the great court, 011 1KI 007 010 founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits [long]. 011 1KI 007 011 And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars. 011 1KI 007 012 [There were] three rows of hewn [stones] round about the great hall, and a row of sculptured cedar. 011 1KI 007 013 And king Solomon sent, and took Chiram out of Tyre, 011 1KI 007 014 the son of a widow woman; and he [was] of the tribe of Nephthalim, and his father [was] a Tyrian; a worker in brass, and accomplished in are and skill and knowledge to work every work in brass: and he was brought in to king Solomon, and he wrought all the works. 011 1KI 007 015 And he cast the two pillars for the porch of the house: eighteen cubits [was] the height of [each] pillar, and a circumference of fourteen cubits encompassed it, even the thickness of the pillar: the flutings [were] four fingers [wide], and thus [was] the other pillar [formed]. 011 1KI 007 016 And he made two molten chapiters to put on the heads of the pillars: five cubits [was] the height of one chapiter, and five cubits [was] the height of the other chapiter. 011 1KI 007 017 And he made two ornaments of network to cover the chapiters of the pillars; even a net for one chapiter, and a net for the other chapiter. 011 1KI 007 018 And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, formed with network, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed [the ornaments] for the second chapiter. And he set up the pillars of the porch of the temple: and he set up the one pillar, and called its name Jachum: and he set up the second pillar, and called its name Boloz. 011 1KI 007 019 And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits, 011 1KI 007 020 and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition [equal to] the chamber in width. 011 1KI 007 023 And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was completely circular round about: its height [was] five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits. 011 1KI 007 024 And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round; 011 1KI 007 025 And [there were] twelve oxen under the sea: three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts [were] inward, and the sea [was] above upon them. 011 1KI 007 026 and its rim [was] as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it [was] a span. 011 1KI 007 027 And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits [was] the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height [was] six cubits. 011 1KI 007 028 And this work of the bases [was] formed with a border the them, and [there was] a border between the ledges. 011 1KI 007 029 And upon their borders between the projection [were] lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below [were] the places of lions and oxen, hanging work. 011 1KI 007 030 And [there were] four brazen wheels to one base; and [there were] brazen bases, and their four sides [answering to them], side pieces under the bases. 011 1KI 007 031 And [there were] axles in the wheels under the base. 011 1KI 007 032 And the height of one wheel [was] a cubit and a half. 011 1KI 007 033 And the work of the wheels [was] as the work of chariot wheels: their axles, and their felloes, and [the rest of] their work, [were] all molten. 011 1KI 007 034 The four side pieces were at the four corners of each base; its shoulders [were formed] of the base. 011 1KI 007 035 And on the top of the base half a cubit [was] the size of it, [there was] a circle on the top of the base, and [there was] the top of its spaces and its borders: and it was open at the top of its spaces. 011 1KI 007 036 And its borders [were] cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright, each [was] joined in front [and] within and round about. 011 1KI 007 037 According to the same form he made all the ten bases, [even] one order and one measure to all. 011 1KI 007 038 And he made ten brazen lavers, each laver containing forty baths, [and] measuring four cubits, each laver [placed] on a several base throughout the ten bases. 011 1KI 007 039 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and the sea was placed on the right side of the house eastward in the direction of the south. 011 1KI 007 040 And Chiram made the caldrons, and the pans, and the bowls; and Chiram finished making all the works that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the Lord: 011 1KI 007 041 two pillars and the wreathen works of the pillars on the heads of the two pillars; and the two networks to cover both the wreathen works of the flutings that were upon the pillars. 011 1KI 007 042 The four hundred pomegranates for both the networks, two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases belonging to both pillars. 011 1KI 007 043 And the ten bases, and the ten lavers upon the bases. 011 1KI 007 044 And one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea. 011 1KI 007 045 And the caldrons, and pans, and bowls, and all the furniture, which Chiram made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord: and [there were] eight and forty pillars of the house of the king and of the house of the Lord: all the works of the king which Chiram made were entirely of brass. 011 1KI 007 047 There was no reckoning of the brass of which he made all these works, from the very great abundance, there was no end of the weight of the brass. In the country round about Jordan did he cast them, in the clay land between Socchoth and Sira. 011 1KI 007 048 And king Solomon took the furniture which [Chiram] made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of show bread. 011 1KI 007 049 And [he put] the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, [being] of pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the snuffers of gold. 011 1KI 007 050 And [there were made] the porches, and the nails, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the golden censers, of pure gold: and the panels of the doors of the innermost part of the house, [even] the holy of holies, and the golden doors of the temple. 011 1KI 007 051 So the work of the house of the Lord which Solomon wrought was finished; and Solomon brought in the holy things of David his father, and all the holy things of Solomon; he put the silver, and the gold, and the furniture, into the treasures of the house of the Lord. And Solomon built a house for himself in thirteen years. And he built the house with the wood of Libanus; its length [was] a hundred cubits, and its breadth [was] fifty cubits, and its height [was] of thirty cubits, and [it was made] with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had side-pieces of cedar. And he formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars [was each] row forty and five, and [there were] three chambers, and space against space in three rows. And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers [were] square, and from door to door [was a correspondence] in three rows. And [he made] the porch of the pillars, [they were] fifty [cubits] long and fifty broad, the porch joining them in front; and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] in front of the house by the porches. And [there was] the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment. And their house where he would dwell, [had] one court communicating with these according to this work; and [he built] the house for the daughter of Pharao whom Solomon had taken, according to this porch. All these [were] of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the top, and outward to the great court, founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits [long]. And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars. [There were] three rows of hewn [stones] round about the great hall, and a row of sculptured cedar: and Solomon finished all his house. 011 1KI 008 001 And it came to pass when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and his own house after twenty years, then king Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel in Sion, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, this is Sion, 011 1KI 008 002 in the month of Athanin. 011 1KI 008 003 And the priests took up the ark, 011 1KI 008 004 and the tabernacle of testimony, and the holy furniture that was in the tabernacle of testimony. 011 1KI 008 005 And the king and all Israel [were occupied] before the ark, sacrificing sheep [and] oxen, without number. 011 1KI 008 006 And the priests bring in the ark into its place, into the oracle of the house, even into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs. 011 1KI 008 007 For the cherubs spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above. 011 1KI 008 008 And the holy staves projected, and the ends of the holy staves appeared out of the holy places in front of the oracle, and were not seen without. 011 1KI 008 009 There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Moses put [there] in Choreb, which [tables] the Lord made [as a covenant] with the children of Israel in their going forth from the land of Egypt. 011 1KI 008 010 And it came to pass when the priests departed out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house. 011 1KI 008 011 And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, because the glory of the Lord filled the house. 011 1KI 008 014 And the king turned his face, and the king blessed all Israel, (and the whole assembly of Israel stood: ) 011 1KI 008 015 and he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel today, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and has fulfilled it with his hands, saying, 011 1KI 008 016 From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in [any] one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel. 011 1KI 008 017 And it was in the heart of my father to build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel. 011 1KI 008 018 And the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it came into your heart to build a house to my name, you did well that it came upon your heart. 011 1KI 008 019 Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son that has proceeded out of your bowels, he shall build the house to my name. 011 1KI 008 020 And the Lord has confirmed the word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the place of my father David, and I have sat down on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and I have built the house to the name of the Lord God of Israel. 011 1KI 008 021 And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which the Lord made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 011 1KI 008 022 And Solomon stood up in front of the altar before all the congregation of Israel; and he spread out his hands toward heaven: 011 1KI 008 023 and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above and on the earth beneath, keeping covenant and mercy with your servant who walks before you with all his heart; 011 1KI 008 024 which you have kept toward your servant David my father: for you have spoken by your mouth and you have fulfilled it with your hands, as [at] this day. 011 1KI 008 025 And now, O Lord God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father, [the promises] which you have spoken to him, saying, There shall not be taken from you a man sitting before me on the throne of Israel, provided only your children shall take heed to their ways, to walk before me as you have walked before me. 011 1KI 008 026 And now, O Lord God of Israel, let, I pray you, your word to David my father be confirmed. 011 1KI 008 027 But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of heavens will not suffice you, how much less even this house which I have built to your name? 011 1KI 008 028 Yet, O Lord God of Israel, you shall look upon my petition, to hear the prayer which your servant prays to you in your presence this day, 011 1KI 008 029 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place which you said, My name shall be there, to hear the prayer which your servant prays at this place day and night. 011 1KI 008 030 And you shall listen to the prayer of your servant, and of your people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place; and you shall hear in your dwelling-place in heaven, and you shall do and be gracious. 011 1KI 008 031 Whatsoever trespasses any [one] shall commit against his neighbor, —and if he shall take upon him an oath so that he should swear, and he shall come and make confession before your altar in this house, 011 1KI 008 032 then shall you hear from heaven, and do, and you shall judge your people Israel, that the wicked should be condemned, to recompense his way upon his head; and to justify the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness. 011 1KI 008 033 When your people Israel falls before enemies, because they shall sin against you, and they shall return and confess to your name, and they shall pray and supplicate in this house, 011 1KI 008 034 then shall you hear from heaven, and be gracious to the sins of your people Israel, and you shall restore them to the land which you gave to their fathers. 011 1KI 008 035 When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against you, and the shall pray toward this place, and they shall make confession to your name, and shall turn from their sins when you shall have humbled them, 011 1KI 008 036 then you shall hear from heaven, and be merciful to the sins of your servant and of your people Israel; for you shall show them the good way to walk in it, and you shall give rain upon the earth which you have given to your people for an inheritance. 011 1KI 008 037 If there should be famine, if there should be death, because there should be blasting, locust, or if there be mildew, and if their enemy oppress them in [any] one of their cities, [with regard to] every calamity, every trouble, 011 1KI 008 038 every prayer, every supplication whatever shall be made by any man, as they shall know each the plague of his heart, and shall spread abroad his hands to this house, 011 1KI 008 039 then shall you listen from heaven, out of your established dwelling-place, and shall be merciful, and shall do, and recompense to [every] man according to his ways, as you shall know his heart, for you alone know the heart of all the children of men: 011 1KI 008 040 that they may fear you all the days that they live upon the land, which you have given to our fathers. 011 1KI 008 041 And for the stranger who is not of your people, 011 1KI 008 042 when they shall come and pray toward this place, 011 1KI 008 043 then shall you hear [them] from heaven, out of your established dwelling-place, and you shall do according to all that the stranger shall call upon you for, that all the nations may know your name, and fear you, as [do] your people Israel, and may know that your name has been called on this house which I have builded. 011 1KI 008 044 [If it be] that your people shall go forth to war against their enemies in the way by which you shall turn them, and pray in the name of the Lord toward the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built to your name, 011 1KI 008 045 then shall you hear from heaven their supplication and their prayer, and shall execute judgment for them. 011 1KI 008 046 [If it be] that they shall sin against you, (for there is not a man who will not sin, ) and you shall bring them and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take [them] captive shall carry [them] to a land far or near, 011 1KI 008 047 and they shall turn their hearts in the land whither they have been carried captives, and turn in the land of their sojourning, and supplicate you, saying, We have sinned, we have done unjustly, we have transgressed, 011 1KI 008 048 and they shall turn to you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies whither you have carried them captives, and shall pray to you toward their land which you have given to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built to your name: 011 1KI 008 049 then shall you hear from heaven your established dwelling-place, 011 1KI 008 050 and you shall be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against you, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against you, and you shall cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them: 011 1KI 008 051 for [they are] your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron. 011 1KI 008 052 And let your eyes and your ears be opened to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them in all things for which they shall call upon you. 011 1KI 008 053 Because you have set them apart for an inheritance to yourself out of all the nations of the earth, as you spoke by the hand of your servant Moses, when you brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, O Lord God.—Then spoke Solomon concerning the house, when he had finished building it—He manifested the sun in the heaven: the Lord said he would dwell in darkness: build you my house, a beautiful house for yourself to dwell in anew. Behold, is not this written in the book of the song? 011 1KI 008 054 And it came to pass when Solomon had finished praying to the Lord all this prayer and supplication, that he rose up from before the altar of the Lord, [after] having knelt upon his knees, and his hands [were] spread out towards heaven. 011 1KI 008 055 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 011 1KI 008 056 Blessed [be] the Lord this day, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he said: there has not failed one word among all his good words which he spoke by the hand of his servant Moses. 011 1KI 008 057 May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not desert us nor turn from us, 011 1KI 008 058 that he may turn our hearts toward him to walk in all his ways, and to keep all his commandments, and his ordinances which he commanded our fathers. 011 1KI 008 059 And let these words, which I have prayed before the Lord our God, [be] near to the Lord our God day and night, to maintain the cause of your servant, and the cause of your people Israel for ever. 011 1KI 008 060 that all the nations of the earth may know that the Lord God, he [is] God, and there is none beside. 011 1KI 008 061 And let our hearts be perfect toward the Lord our God, to walk also holily in his ordinances, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. 011 1KI 008 062 And the king and all the children of Israel offered sacrifice before the Lord. 011 1KI 008 063 And king Solomon offered for the sacrifices of peace-offering which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord. 011 1KI 008 064 In that day the king consecrated the middle of the court in the front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered the whole burnt offering, and the sacrifices, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which was before the Lord [was too] little to bear the whole burnt offering and the sacrifices of peace-offerings. 011 1KI 008 065 And Solomon kept the feast in that day, and all Israel with him, even a great assembly from the entering in of Hemath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God in the house which he built, eating and drinking, and rejoicing before the Lord our God seven days. 011 1KI 008 066 And on the eighth day he sent away the people: and they blessed the king, and each departed to his tabernacle rejoicing, and [their] heart [was] glad because of the good things which the Lord had done to his servant David, and to Israel his people. 011 1KI 009 001 And it came to pass when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the work of Solomon, whatever he wished to perform, 011 1KI 009 002 that the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he appeared in Gabaon. 011 1KI 009 003 And the Lord said to him, I have heard the voice of your prayer, and your supplication which you made before me: I have done for you according to all your prayer: I have hallowed this house which you have built to put my name there for ever, and mine eyes and my heart shall be there always. 011 1KI 009 004 And if you will walk before me as David your father walked, in holiness of heart and uprightness, and so as to do according to all that I commanded him, and shall keep my ordinances and my commandments: 011 1KI 009 005 then will I establish the throne of your kingdom in Israel for ever, as I spoke to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to rule in Israel. 011 1KI 009 006 But if you or your children do in any wise revolt from me, and do not keep my commandments and my ordinances, which Moses set before you, and you go and serve other gods, and worship them: 011 1KI 009 007 then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a desolation and a byword to all nations. 011 1KI 009 008 And this house, which is high, shall be [so that] every one that passes by it shall be amazed, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Therefore has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house? 011 1KI 009 009 And [men] shall say, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought out their fathers from Egypt, out of the house of bondage, and they attached themselves to strange gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore the Lord has brought this evil upon them. Then Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharao out of the city of David into his house which he built for himself in those days. 011 1KI 009 010 [During] twenty years in which Solomon was building the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, 011 1KI 009 011 Chiram king of Tyre helped Solomon with cedar wood, and fir wood, and with gold, and all that he wished for: then the king gave Chiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 011 1KI 009 012 So Chiram departed from Tyre, and went into Galilee to see the cities which Solomon gave to him; and they pleased him not. And he said, 011 1KI 009 013 What [are] these cities which you have given me, brother? And he called them Boundary until this day. 011 1KI 009 014 And Chiram brought to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, 011 1KI 009 026 even that for which king Solomon built a ship in Gasion Gaber near Aelath on the shore of the extremity of the sea in the land of Edom. 011 1KI 009 027 And Chiram sent in the ship together with the servants of Solomon servants of his own, mariners to row, men acquainted with the sea. 011 1KI 009 028 And they came to Sophira, and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. 011 1KI 010 001 And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles. 011 1KI 010 002 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train; and [there came] camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart. 011 1KI 010 003 And Solomon answered all her questions: and there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her. 011 1KI 010 004 And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built, 011 1KI 010 005 and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cupbearers, and his whole burnt offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed. 011 1KI 010 006 And she said to king Solomon, [It was] a true report which I heard in my land of your words and your wisdom. 011 1KI 010 007 But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: you have exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land. 011 1KI 010 008 Blessed [are] your wives, blessed [are] these your servants who stand before you continually, who hear all your wisdom. 011 1KI 010 009 Blessed be the Lord your God, who has taken pleasure in you, to set you upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish [him] for ever; and he has made you king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes. 011 1KI 010 010 And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon. 011 1KI 010 011 And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones. 011 1KI 010 012 And the king made the hewn timber [into] buttresses of the house of the Lord and the king's house, and lyres and harps for singers: such hewn timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this day. 011 1KI 010 013 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants. 011 1KI 010 014 And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold. 011 1KI 010 015 Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the [country] beyond [the river], and of the princess of the land. 011 1KI 010 016 And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear. 011 1KI 010 017 And three hundred shields of beaten gold: and three pounds of gold were in one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 011 1KI 010 018 And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold. 011 1KI 010 019 The throne [had] six steps, and calves in bold relief to the throne behind it, and side-pieces on either hand of the place of the seat, and two lions standing by the side-pieces, 011 1KI 010 020 and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any [other] kingdom. 011 1KI 010 021 And all the vessels made by Solomon [were] of gold, and the lavers [were] golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon. 011 1KI 010 022 For Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram: one ship came to the king every three years out of Tharsis, [laden with] gold and silver, and wrought stones, and hewn stones. This was the arrangement of the provision which king Solomon fetched to build the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, and the wall of Jerusalem, and the citadel; to fortify the city of David, and Assur, and Magdal, and Gazer, and Baethoron the upper, and Jethermath, and all the cities of the chariots, and all the cities of the horsemen, and the fortification of Solomon which he purposed to build in Jerusalem and in all the land, so that none of the people should rule over him that was left of the Chettite and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Chananite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Gergesite, who were not of the children of Israel, their descendants who had been left with him in the land, whom the children of Israel could not utterly destroy; and Solomon made them tributaries until this day. But of the children of Israel Solomon made nothing; for they were the warriors, and his servants and rulers, and captains of the third order, and the captains of his chariots, and his horsemen. 011 1KI 010 023 And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom. 011 1KI 010 024 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord [had] put into his heart. 011 1KI 010 025 And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 011 1KI 010 026 And Solomon had four thousand mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he put them in the cities of his chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem: and he ruled over all the kings from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt. 011 1KI 010 027 And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude. 011 1KI 010 028 And the goings forth of Solomon's horsemen [was] also out of Egypt, and the king's merchants [were] of Thecue; and they received them out of Thecue at a price. 011 1KI 010 029 And that which proceeded out of Egypt went up [thus, even] a chariot for a hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for fifty [shekels] of silver: and thus for all the kings of the Chettians, and the kings of Syria, they came out by sea. 011 1KI 011 001 And king Solomon was a lover of women. And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines. And he took strange women, as well as the daughter of Pharao, Moabitish, Ammanitish women, Syrians and Idumeans, Chettites, and Amorites; 011 1KI 011 002 of the nations concerning whom the Lord forbade the children of Israel, [saying], You shall not go in to them, and they shall not come in to you, lest they turn away your hearts after their idols: Solomon clave to these in love. 011 1KI 011 004 And it came to pass in the time of the old age of Solomon, that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as [was] the heart of David his father. And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods. Then Solomon built a high place to Chamos the idol of Moab, and to their king the idol of the children of Ammon, 011 1KI 011 005 and to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians. 011 1KI 011 006 And thus he acted towards all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their idols. And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he went not after the Lord, as David his father. 011 1KI 011 009 And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because he turned away his heart from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared twice to him, 011 1KI 011 010 and charged him concerning this matter, by no means to go after other gods, but to take heed to do what the Lord God commanded him; neither was his heart perfect with the Lord, according to the heart of David his father. 011 1KI 011 011 And the Lord said to Solomon, Because it has been thus with you, and you have not kept my commandments and my ordinances which I commanded you, I will surely rend your kingdom out of your hand, and give it to your servant. 011 1KI 011 012 Only in your days I will not do it for David your father's sake: [but] I will take it out of the hand of your son. 011 1KI 011 013 Only I will not take away the whole kingdom: I will give one tribe to your son for David my servant's sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen. 011 1KI 011 014 And the Lord raised up an enemy to Solomon, Ader the Idumaean, and Esrom son of Eliadae who [lived] in Raama, [and] Adadezer king of Suba his master; (and men gathered to him, and he was head of the conspiracy, and he seized on Damasec, ) and they were adversaries to Israel all the days of Solomon: and Ader the Idumaean [was] of the seed royal in Idumaea. 011 1KI 011 015 And it happened, that while David was utterly destroying Edom, while Joab captain of the host was going to bury the dead, when they killed every male in Idumaea; 011 1KI 011 016 (for Joab and all Israel abode there six months in Idumaea, until he utterly destroyed every male in Idumaea; ) 011 1KI 011 017 that Ader ran away, he and all the Idumaeans of the servants of his father with him; and they went into Egypt; and Ader [was then] a little child. 011 1KI 011 018 And there rise up men out of the city of Madiam, and they come to Pharan, and take men with them, and come to Pharao king of Egypt: and Ader went in to Pharao, and he gave him a house, and appointed him provision. 011 1KI 011 019 And Ader found great favor in the sight of Pharao, and he gave him his wife's sister in marriage, the elder sister of Thekemina. 011 1KI 011 020 And the sister of Thekemina bore to him, [even] to Ader, Ganebath her son; and Thekemina brought him up in the midst of the sons of Pharao, and Ganebath was in the midst of the sons of Pharao. 011 1KI 011 021 And Ader heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead; and Ader said to Pharao, Let me go, and I will return to my country. 011 1KI 011 022 And Pharao said to Ader, What lack you with me? that behold! you seek to depart to your country? and Ader said to him, By all means let me go. 011 1KI 011 023 So Ader returned to his country; this [is] the mischief which Ader did, and he was a bitter enemy of Israel, and he reigned in the land of Edom. 011 1KI 011 026 And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, the Ephrathite of Sarira, the son of a widow, [was] servant of Solomon. 011 1KI 011 027 And this [was] the occasion of his lifting up [his] hands against king Solomon: now king Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification of the city of David his father. 011 1KI 011 028 And the man Jeroboam was very strong; and Solomon saw the young man that he was active, and he set him over the levies of the house of Joseph. 011 1KI 011 029 And it came to pass at that time, that Jeroboam went forth from Jerusalem, and Achia the Selonite the prophet found him in the way, and caused him to turn aside out of the way: and Achia was clad with a new garment, and they two [were] alone in the field. 011 1KI 011 030 And Achia laid hold of his new garment that was upon him, and tore it [into] twelve pieces: 011 1KI 011 031 and he said to Jeroboam, Take to yourself ten pieces, for thus says the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give you ten tribes. 011 1KI 011 032 Yet he shall have two tribes, for my servant David's sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. 011 1KI 011 033 Because he forsook me, and sacrificed to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos, and to the idols of Moab, and to their king the abomination of the children of Ammon, and he walked not in my ways, to do that which was right before me, as David his father [did]. 011 1KI 011 034 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, (for I will certainly resist him all the days of his life, ) for David my servant's sake, whom I have chosen. 011 1KI 011 035 But I will take the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and give you ten tribes. 011 1KI 011 036 But to his son I will give the two [remaining] tribes, that my servant David may have an establishment continually before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there. 011 1KI 011 037 And I will take you, and you shall reign as your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel. 011 1KI 011 038 And it shall come to pass, if you will keep all the commandments that I shall give you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right before me, to keep my ordinances and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built to David. 011 1KI 011 040 And Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam: but he arose and fled into Egypt, to Susakim king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until Solomon died. 011 1KI 011 041 And the rest of the history of Solomon, and all that he did, and all his wisdom, behold are not these things written in the book of the life of Solomon? 011 1KI 011 042 And the days [during] which Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel [were] forty years. 011 1KI 011 043 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father. And it came to pass when Jeroboam son of Nabat heard [of it], even while he was yet in Egypt as he fled from the face of Solomon and lived in Egypt, he straightway comes into his own city, into the land of Sarira in the mount of Ephraim. And king Solomon slept with his fathers, and Roboam his son reigned in his stead. 011 1KI 012 001 And king Roboam goes to Sikima; for all Israel were coming to Sikima to make him king. 011 1KI 012 003 And the people spoke to king Roboam, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy; 011 1KI 012 004 but do you now lighten somewhat of the hard service of your father, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you. 011 1KI 012 005 And he said to them, Depart for three days, and return to me. And they departed. 011 1KI 012 006 And the king referred [the matter] to the elders, who stood before Solomon his father while he was yet living, saying, How do you advise that I should answer this people? 011 1KI 012 007 And they spoke to him, saying, If you will this day be a servant to this people, and will serve them, and will speak to them good words, then will they be your servants continually. 011 1KI 012 008 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they gave him, and consulted with the young men who were brought up with him, who stood in his presence. 011 1KI 012 009 And he said to them, What counsel do you give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which your father has put upon us? 011 1KI 012 010 And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you say to this people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and do you now lighten it from off us: thus shall say to them, My little [finger shall be] thicker than my father's loins. 011 1KI 012 011 And whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 011 1KI 012 012 And all Israel came to king Roboam on the third day, as the king spoke to them, saying, Return to me on the third day. 011 1KI 012 013 And the king answered the people harshly; and Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counselled him. 011 1KI 012 014 And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 011 1KI 012 015 And the king listened not to the people, because the change was from the Lord, that he might establish his word which he spoke by Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat. 011 1KI 012 016 And all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessae. Depart, O Israel, to your tents: now feed your own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents. 011 1KI 012 018 And the king sent Adoniram who was over the tribute; and they stoned him with stones, and he died: and king Roboam made haste to rise to flee to Jerusalem. 011 1KI 012 019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day. 011 1KI 012 020 And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned out of Egypt, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and they made him king over Israel: and none followed the house of David except the tribe of Juda and Benjamin only. 011 1KI 012 021 And Roboam went into Jerusalem, and he assembled the congregation of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and twenty thousand young men, warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to recover the kingdom to Roboam the son of Solomon. 011 1KI 012 022 And the word of the Lord came to Samaia the man of God, saying, 011 1KI 012 023 Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 011 1KI 012 024 Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up, neither shall you fight with your brethren the sons of Israel: return each man to his own home; for this thing is from me; and they listened to the word of the Lord, and they ceased from going up, according to the word of the Lord. So king Solomon sleeps with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Roboam his son reigned in his stead in Jerusalem, being sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twelve years I Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Naanan, daughter of Ana son of Naas king of the children of Ammon. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked not in the way of David his father. And there was a man of mount Ephraim, a servant to Solomon, and his name was Jeroboam: and the name of his mother was Sarira, a harlot: and Solomon made him head of the levies of the house of Joseph: and he built for Solomon Sarira in mount Ephraim; and he had three hundred chariots of horses: he built the citadel with the levies of the house of Ephraim; he fortified the city of David, and aspired to the kingdom, And Solomon sought to kill him; and he was afraid, and escaped to Susakim king of Egypt, and was with him until Solomon died. And Jeroboam heard in Egypt that Solomon was dead: and he spoke in the ears of Susakim king of Egypt, saying, Let me go, and I will depart into my land: and Susakim said to him, Ask and request, and I will grant it you. And Susakim gave to Jeroboam Ano the oldest sister of Thekemina his wife: she was great among the daughters of the king, and she bore to Jerobaom Abia his son: and Jeroboam said to Susakim, Let me indeed go, and I will depart. And Jeroboam departed out of Egypt, and came into the land of Saria that was in mount Ephraim, and there the whole in mount Ephraim, and there the whole tribe of Ephraim assembles, and Jeroboam built a fortress there. And his young child was sick with a very severe sickness; and Jeroboam went to enquire concerning the child: and he said to Ano his wife, Arise, go, enquire of God concerning the child, whether he shall recover from his sickness. Now there was a man in Selom, an his name [was] Achia: and he was sixty years old, and the word of the Lord was with him. And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, and take in your hand loaves for the man of God, and cakes for his children, and grapes, and a pot of honey. And the woman arose, and took in her hand bread, and two cakes, and grapes, and a pot of honey, for Achia: and the man [was] old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. And she arose, up from Sarira and went; and it came to pass when she had come into the city to Achia the Selonite, that Achia said to his servant, Go out now to meet Ano the wife of Jeroboam, and you shall say to her, Come in, and stand not [still]: for thus says the Lord, I send grievous tidings to you. And Ano went in to the man of God; and Achia said to her, Why have you brought me bread and grapes, and cakes, and a pot of honey? Thus says the Lord, Behold, you shall depart from me, and it shall come to pass when you have entered into the city, [even] into Sarira, that your maidens shall come out to meet you, and shall say to you, The child is dead: for thus says the Lord, Behold, I will destroy every male of Jeroboam, and there shall be the dead of Jeroboam in the city, [them] the dogs shall eat, and him that eat, and he shall lament for the child, saying, [Woe is me], Lord! For there has been found in him some good thing touching the Lord. And the woman departed, when she heard this: and it came to pass as she entered into Sarira, that the child died; and there came forth a wailing to meet [her]. And Jeroboam went to Sikima in mount Ephraim, and assembled there the tribes of Israel; and Roboam the son of Solomon went up there. And the word of the Lord came to Samaias son of Enlami, saying, Take to yourself a new garment which has not gone into the water, and rend it into twelve pieces; and you shall five some to Jeroboam, and shall say to him, thus says the Lord, Take to yourself ten pieces to cover you: and Jeroboam took [them]: and Samaias said, Thus says the Lord concerning the ten tribes of Israel. And the people said to Roboam the son of Solomon, Your father make his yoke heavy upon us, and made the meat of his table heavy; and now you shall lighten them upon us, and we will serve you. And Roboam said to the people, Wait three days, and I will return you an answer: and Roboam said, Bring in to me the elders, and I will take counsel with them what I shall answer to the people on the third day, So Roboam spoke in their ears, as the people sent to him to [say]: and the elders of the people said, Thus the people have spoken to you. And Roboam rejected their counsel, and it pleased him not: and he sent and brought in those who had been brought up with him; and he said to them, Thus and thus has the people sent to me to say: and they that had been brought up with him said, Thus shall you speak to the people saying, My little [finger] shall be thicker than my father's loins; my father scourged you with whips, but I will rule you with scorpions. And the saying pleased Roboam, and he answered the people as the young men, they that were brought up with him, counselled him: and all the people spoke as one man, every one to his neighbor, and they cried out all together, saying, We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Jessae: to they tents, O Israel, every one; for this man is not for a prince or a ruler over us. And all the people was dispersed from Sikima, and they departed every one to his tent: and Roboam strengthened him self and departed, and mounted his chariot, and entered into Jerusalem: and there follow him the whole tribe of Juda, and the whole tribe of Benjamin. And it came to pass at the beginning of the year, that Roboam gathered all the men of Juda and Benjamin, and went up to fight with Jeroboam at Sikima. And the word of the Lord came to Sameas the man of God, saying, Speak to Roboam king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up, neither shall you fight with your brethren the sons of Israel: return every man to his house, for this thing is from me. And they listened to the word of the Lord, and forbore to go up, according to the word of the Lord. 011 1KI 012 025 And Jeroboam built Sikima in mount Ephraim and lived in it, and went forth thence and built Phanuel. 011 1KI 012 026 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Behold, now the kingdom will return to the house of David. 011 1KI 012 027 If this people shall go up to offer sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of the people will return to the Lord, and to their master, to Roboam king of Juda, and they will kill me. 011 1KI 012 028 And the king took counsel, and went, and made two golden heifers, and said to the people, Let it suffice you to have gone [hitherto] to Jerusalem: behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. 011 1KI 012 029 And he put one in Bethel, and he put the other in Dan. 011 1KI 012 030 And this thing became a sin; and the people went before one as far as Dan, and left the house of the Lord. 011 1KI 012 031 And he made houses on the high places, and made priests of any part of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi. 011 1KI 012 032 And Jeroboam appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, according to the feast in the land of Juda; 011 1KI 012 033 and went up to the altar which he made in Baethel to sacrifice to the heifers which he made, and he placed in Baethel the priests of the high places which he had made. And he went up to the altar which he had made, on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, at the feast which he devised out of his own heart; and he made a feast to the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to sacrifice. 011 1KI 013 001 And behold, there came a man of God out of Juda by the word of the Lord to Baethel, and Jeroboam stood at the altar to sacrifice. 011 1KI 013 002 And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus says the Lord, Behold, a son is [to be] born to the house of David, Josias by name; and he shall offer upon you the priests of the high places, [even] of them that sacrifice upon you, and [he] shall burn men's bones upon you. 011 1KI 013 003 And in that day one shall give a sign, saying, This [is] the word which the Lord has spoken, saying, Behold, the altar is tore, and the fatness upon it shall be poured out. 011 1KI 013 004 And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the words of the man of God who called on the altar that was in Baethel, that the king stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Take hold of him. And, behold, his hand, which he stretched forth against him, withered, and he could not draw it back to himself. 011 1KI 013 005 And the altar was tore, and the fatness was poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God gave by the word of the Lord. 011 1KI 013 006 And king Jeroboam said to the man of God, Intreat the Lord your God, and let my hand be restored to me. And the man of God entreated the Lord, and he restored the king's hand to him, and it became as before. 011 1KI 013 007 And the king said to the man of God, Enter with me into the house, and dine, and I will give you a gift. 011 1KI 013 008 And the man of God said to the king, If you should give me the half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by [his] word, saying, 011 1KI 013 009 Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which you came. 011 1KI 013 010 So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way by which he came to Baethel. 011 1KI 013 011 And there lived an old prophet in Baethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God did on that day in Baethel, and the words which he spoke to the king: and they turned the face of their father. 011 1KI 013 012 And their father spoke to them, saying, Which way went he? and his sons show him the way by which the man of God who came out of Juda went up. 011 1KI 013 013 And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass: and they saddled him the ass, and he mounted it, 011 1KI 013 014 and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came out of Juda? And he said to him, I [am]. 011 1KI 013 015 And he said to him, Come with me, and eat bread. 011 1KI 013 016 And he said, I shall not by any means be able to return with you, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place. 011 1KI 013 017 For thus the Lord commanded me by word, saying, Eat not bread there, and drink not water, and return not there by the way by which you came. 011 1KI 013 018 And he said to him, I also am a prophet as you [are]; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back to you into your house, and let him eat bread and drink water: but he lied to him. 011 1KI 013 019 And he brought him back, and he ate bread and drank water in his house. 011 1KI 013 020 And it came to pass while they were sitting at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back; 011 1KI 013 021 and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Juda, saying, Thus says the Lord, Because you have resisted the word of the Lord, and have not kept the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you, 011 1KI 013 022 but have returned, and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he spoke to you, saying, You shall not eat bread, and shall not drink water; [therefore] your body shall in nowise enter into the sepulchre of your fathers. 011 1KI 013 023 And it came to pass after he had eaten bread and drunk water, that he saddled the ass for him, and he turned and departed. 011 1KI 013 024 And a lion found him in the way, and killed him; and his body was cast out in the way, and the ass was standing by it, and the lion [also] was standing by the body. 011 1KI 013 025 And, behold, men [were] passing by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion was standing near the carcase: and they went in and spoke [of it] in the city where the old prophet lived. 011 1KI 013 026 And [the prophet] that turned him back out of the way heard, and said, This is the man of God who rebelled against the word of the Lord. 011 1KI 013 027 [And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass, and they saddled it. ] 011 1KI 013 028 And he went and found the body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion were standing by the body: and the lion had not devoured the body of the man of God, and had not torn the ass. 011 1KI 013 029 And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on his ass; and the prophet brought him back to his city, to bury him in his own tomb, 011 1KI 013 030 and they bewailed him, [saying], Alas, brother. 011 1KI 013 031 And it came to pass after he had lamented him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, Whenever I die, bury me in this tomb wherein the man of God is buried; lay me by his bones, that my bones may be preserved with his bones. 011 1KI 013 032 For the word will surely come to pass which he spoke by the word of the Lord against the altar in Baethel, and against the high houses in Samaria. 011 1KI 013 033 And after this Jeroboam turned not from his sin, but he turned and made of part of the people priests of the [high places]: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became a priest for the high places. 011 1KI 013 034 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to its destruction and its removal from the face of the earth. 011 1KI 014 021 And Roboam son of Solomon ruled over Juda. Roboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in the city Jerusalem, which the Lord chose to put his name there out of all the tribes of Israel: and his mother's name [was] Naama the Ammonitess. 011 1KI 014 022 And Roboam did evil in the sight of the Lord; and he provoked him in all the things which their fathers did in their sins which they sinned. 011 1KI 014 023 And they built for themselves high places, and pillars, and [planted] groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree. 011 1KI 014 024 And there was a conspiracy in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord removed from before the children of Israel. 011 1KI 014 025 And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Susakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; 011 1KI 014 026 and took all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and the golden spears which David took out of the hand of the sons of Adrazaar king of Suba, and brought them into Jerusalem, even all that he took, [and] the golden shields which Solomon had made, [and carried them away into Egypt.] 011 1KI 014 027 And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them; and the chiefs of the golden shields which Solomon had made, and the chiefs of the body guard, who kept the gate of the house of the king, were placed in charge over them. 011 1KI 014 028 And it came to pass when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the body guard took them up, and fixed them in the chamber of the body guard. 011 1KI 014 029 And the rest of the history of Roboam, and all that he did, behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 011 1KI 014 030 And there was war between Roboam and Jeroboam continually. 011 1KI 014 031 And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Abiu his son reigned in his stead. 011 1KI 015 001 And in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nabat, Abiu son of Roboam reigns over Juda. 011 1KI 015 002 And he reigned three years over Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Maacha, daughter of Abessalom. 011 1KI 015 003 And he walked in the sins of his father which he wrought in his presence, and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as [was] the heart of his father [David]. 011 1KI 015 004 Howbeit for David's sake the Lord gave him a remnant, that he might establish his children after him, and might establish Jerusalem. 011 1KI 015 005 Forasmuch as David did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he turned not from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life. 011 1KI 015 007 And the rest of the history of Abiu, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? And there was war between Abiu and Jeroboam. 011 1KI 015 008 And Abiu slept with his fathers in the twenty-fourth year of Jeroboam; and he is buried with his fathers in the city of David: And Asa his son reigns in his stead. 011 1KI 015 009 In the four and twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa begins to reign over Juda. 011 1KI 015 010 And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Ana, daughter of Abessalom. 011 1KI 015 011 And Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father. 011 1KI 015 012 And he removed the sodomites out of the land, and abolished all the practices which his fathers had kept up. 011 1KI 015 013 And he removed Ana his mother from being queen, forasmuch as she gathered a meeting in her grove: and Asa cut down her retreats, and burnt them with fire in the brook of Kedron. 011 1KI 015 014 But he removed not the high places; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days. 011 1KI 015 015 And he brought in the pillars of his father, he even brought in his gold and silver pillars into the house of the Lord, and [his] vessels. 011 1KI 015 016 And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days. 011 1KI 015 017 And Baasa king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, so that no one should go out or come in for Asa king of Juda. 011 1KI 015 018 And Asa took all the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and gave them into the hands of his servants; and king Asa sent them out to the son of Ader, the son of Taberema son of Azin king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying, 011 1KI 015 019 Make a covenant between me and you, and between my father and your father: behold! I have sent forth to you gold and silver [for] gifts: come, break your league with Baasa king of Israel, that he may go up from me. 011 1KI 015 020 And the son of Ader listened to king Asa, and sent the chiefs of his forces to the cities of Israel; and they struck Ain, Dan, and Abel of the house of Maacha, and all Chennereth, as far as the whole land of Nephthali. 011 1KI 015 021 And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, that he left off building Rama, and returned to Thersa. 011 1KI 015 022 And king Asa charged all Juda without exception: and they take up the stones of Rama and its timbers [with] which Baasa was building; and king Asa built with them upon the whole hill of Benjamin, and the watch-tower. 011 1KI 015 023 And the rest of the history of Asa, and all his mighty deeds which he wrought, and the cities which he built, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 011 1KI 015 024 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Josaphat his son reigns in his stead. 011 1KI 015 025 And Nabat son of Jeroboam reigns over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Juda, and he reigned two years in Israel. 011 1KI 015 026 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sins wherein he caused Israel to sin. 011 1KI 015 027 And Baasa son of Achia, [who was] over the house of Belaan son of Achia, conspired against him, and struck him in Gabathon of the Philistines; for Nabat and all Israel were besieging Gabathon. 011 1KI 015 028 And Baasa killed him in the third year of Asa son of Asa king of Juda; and reigned in his stead. 011 1KI 015 029 And it came to pass when he reigned, that he struck the whole house of Jeroboam, and left none that breathed of Jeroboam, until he has destroyed him utterly, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by his servant Achia the Selonite, 011 1KI 015 030 for the sins of Jeroboam, who led Israel into sin, even by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel. 011 1KI 015 031 And the rest of the history of Nabat, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 011 1KI 015 032 [And there was a war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel in all their days. ] 011 1KI 015 033 And in the third year of Asa king of Juda, Baasa the son of Achia begins to reign over Israel in Thersa, twenty and four years. 011 1KI 015 034 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins, as he caused Israel to sin. 011 1KI 016 001 And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Ju son of Anani to Baasa, [saying], 011 1KI 016 002 Forasmuch as I lifted you up from the earth, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me with their vanities; 011 1KI 016 003 Behold, I raise up [enemies] after Baasa, and after his house; and I will make your house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nabat. 011 1KI 016 004 Him that dies of Baasa in the city the dogs shall devour, and him that dies of his in the field the birds of the sky shall devour. 011 1KI 016 005 Now the rest of the history of Baasa, and all that he did, and his mighty acts, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 011 1KI 016 006 And Baasa slept with his fathers, and they bury him in Thersa; and Ela his son reigns in his stead. 011 1KI 016 007 And the Lord spoke by Ju the son of Anani against Baasa, and against his house, [even] all the evil which he wrought before the Lord to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he struck him. 011 1KI 016 008 And Ela son of Baasa reigned over Israel two years in Thersa. 011 1KI 016 009 And Zambri, captain of half his cavalry, conspired against him, while he was in Thersa, drinking himself drunk in the house of Osa the steward at Thersa. 011 1KI 016 010 And Zambri went in and struck him and killed him, and reigned in his stead. 011 1KI 016 011 And it came to pass when he reigned, when he sat upon his throne, 011 1KI 016 012 that he struck all the house of Baasa, according to the word which the Lord spoke against the house of Baasa, and to Ju the prophet, 011 1KI 016 013 for all the sins of Baasa and Ela his son, as he led Israel astray to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel with their vanities. 011 1KI 016 014 And the rest of the deeds of Ela which he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 011 1KI 016 015 And Zambri reigned in Thersa seven days: and the army of Israel [was] encamped against Gabathon of the Philistines. 011 1KI 016 016 And the people heard in the army, saying, Zambri has conspired and struck the king: and the people of Israel made Ambri the captain of the host king in that day in the camp over Israel. 011 1KI 016 017 And Ambri went up, and all Israel with him, out of Gabathon; and they besieged Thersa. 011 1KI 016 018 And it came to pass when Zambri saw that his city was taken, that he goes into the inner chamber of the house of the king, and burnt the king's house over him, and died. 011 1KI 016 019 Because of his sins which he committed, doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, so as to walk in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherein he caused Israel to sin. 011 1KI 016 020 And the rest of the history of Zambri, and his conspiracies wherein he conspired, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 011 1KI 016 021 Then the people of Israel divides; half the people goes after Thamni the son of Gonath to make him king; and half the people goes after Ambri. 011 1KI 016 022 The people that followed Ambri overpowered the people that followed Thamni son of Gonath; and Thamni died and Joram his brother at that time, and Ambri reigned after Thamni. 011 1KI 016 023 In the thirty-first year of king Asa, Ambri begins to reign over Israel twelve years: he reigns six years in Thersa. 011 1KI 016 024 And Ambri bought the mount Semeron of Semer the lord of the mountain for two talents of silver; and he built [upon] the mountain, and they called the name of the mountain [on] which he built, after the name of Semer the lord of the mount, Semeron. 011 1KI 016 025 And Ambri did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and wrought wickedly beyond all that were before him. 011 1KI 016 026 And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewith he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel by their vanities. 011 1KI 016 027 And the rest of the acts of Ambri, and all that he did, and all his might, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 011 1KI 016 028 And Ambri slept with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria; and Achaab his son reigns in his stead. And in the eleventh year of Ambri Josaphat the son of Asa reigns, [being] thirty-five years old in the beginning of his reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Gazuba, daughter of Seli. And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not from it, [even] from doing right in the eyes of the Lord: only they removed not [any] of the high places; they sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. Now the engagements which Josaphat made with the king of Israel, and all his mighty deeds which he performed, and the enemies whom he fought against, behold, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? and the remains of the prostitution which they practiced in the days of Asa his father, he removed out of the land: and there was no king in Syria, [but] a deputy. And king Josaphat made a ship at Tharsis to go to Sophir for gold: but it went not, for the ship was broken at Gasion Gaber. Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat, I will send forth your servants and my servants in the ship: but Josaphat would not. And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead. 011 1KI 016 029 In the second year of Josaphat king of Juda, Achaab son of Ambri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. 011 1KI 016 030 And Achaab did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more wickedly than all that were before him. 011 1KI 016 031 And it was not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, but he took as wife, Jezabel the daughter of Jethebaal king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 011 1KI 016 032 And he set up an altar to Baal, in the house of his abominations, which he built in Samaria. 011 1KI 016 033 And Achaab made a grove; and Achaab did yet more abominably, to provoke the Lord God of Israel, and [to sin against] his own life so that he should be destroyed: he did evil above all the kings of Israel that were before him. 011 1KI 016 034 And in his days Achiel the Baethelite built Jericho: he laid the foundation of it in Abiron his firstborn, and he set up the doors of it in Segub his younger son, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Joshua the son of Naue. 011 1KI 017 001 And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbae of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth. 011 1KI 017 002 And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, [saying], 011 1KI 017 003 Depart hence eastward, and hide you by the brook of Chorrath, that is before Jordan. 011 1KI 017 004 And it shall be [that] you shall drink water of the brook, and I will charge the ravens to feed you there. 011 1KI 017 005 And Eliu did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Chorrath before Jordan. 011 1KI 017 006 And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening and he drank water of the brook. 011 1KI 017 007 And it came to pass after some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth. 011 1KI 017 008 And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, [saying], 011 1KI 017 009 Arise, and go to Sarepta of the Sidonian [land]: behold, I have there commanded a widow-woman to maintain you. 011 1KI 017 010 And he arose and went to Sarepta, and came to the gate of the city: and, behold, a widow-woman was there gathering sticks; and Eliu cried after her, and said to her, Fetch me, I pray you, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 011 1KI 017 011 And she went to fetch it; and Eliu cried after her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of the bread that is in your hand. 011 1KI 017 012 And the woman said, [As] the Lord your God lives, I have not a cake, but only a handful of meal in the pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse, and, behold, I am going to gather two sticks, and I shall go in and dress it for myself and my children, and we shall eat it and die. 011 1KI 017 013 And Eliu said to her, Be of good courage, go in and do according to your word: but make me thereof a little cake, and you shall bring [it] out to me first, and you shall make [some] for yourself and your children last. 011 1KI 017 014 For thus says the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth. 011 1KI 017 015 And the woman went and did [so], and did eat, she, and he, and her children. 011 1KI 017 016 And the pitcher of meal failed not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of Eliu. 011 1KI 017 017 And it came to pass afterward, that the son of the woman the mistress of the house was sick; and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him. 011 1KI 017 018 And she said to Eliu, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come in to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to kill my son? 011 1KI 017 019 And Eliu said to the woman, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and laid him on the bed. 011 1KI 017 020 And Eliu cried aloud, and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, you have wrought evil [for her] in slaying her son. 011 1KI 017 021 And he breathed on the child thrice, and called on the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let, I pray you, the soul of this child return to him. 011 1KI 017 022 And it was so, and the child cried out, 011 1KI 017 023 and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliu said, See, your son lives. 011 1KI 017 024 And the woman said to Eliu, Behold, I know that you [are] a man of God, and the word of the Lord in your mouth [is] true. 011 1KI 018 001 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Eliu in the third year, saying, Go, and appear before Achaab, and I will bring rain upon the face of the earth. 011 1KI 018 002 And Eliu went to appear before Achaab: and the famine [was] severe in Samaria. 011 1KI 018 003 And Achaab called Abdiu the steward. Now Abdiu feared the Lord greatly. 011 1KI 018 004 And it came to pass when Jezabel struck the prophets of the Lord, that Abdiu took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water. 011 1KI 018 005 And Achaab said to Abdiu, Come, and let us go through the land, and to the fountains of water, and to the brooks, if by any means we may find grass, and may save the horses and mules, and so they will not perish from the tents. 011 1KI 018 006 And they made a division of the way between them to pass through it: Achaab went one way, and Abdiu went by another way alone. 011 1KI 018 007 And Abdiu was alone in the way; and Eliu came alone to meet him: and Abdiu hasted, and fell upon his face, and said, My lord Eliu, are you [indeed] he? 011 1KI 018 008 And Eliu said to him, I [am]: go say to your master, Behold, Eliu [is here]. 011 1KI 018 009 And Abdiu said, What sin have I committed, that you give your servant into the hand of Achaab to kill me? 011 1KI 018 010 [As] the Lord your God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom, whither my lord has not sent to seek you; and if they said, He is not [here], then has he set fire to the kingdom and its territories, because he has not found you. 011 1KI 018 011 And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Eliu [is here]. 011 1KI 018 012 And it shall come to pass when I shall have departed from you, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry you to a land which I know not, and I shall go in to tell the matter to Achaab, and he will not find you and will kill me: yet your servant fears the Lord from his youth. 011 1KI 018 013 Has it not been told to you my lord, what I did when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 011 1KI 018 014 And now you say to me, Go, say to your master, Behold, Eliu [is here]: and he shall kill me. 011 1KI 018 015 And Eliu said, [As] the Lord of Hosts before whom I stand lives, today I will appear before him. 011 1KI 018 016 And Abdiu went to meet Achaab, and told him: and Achaab hasted forth, and went to meet Eliu. 011 1KI 018 017 And it came to pass when Achaab saw Eliu, that Achaab said to Eliu, Are you he that perverts Israel? 011 1KI 018 018 And Eliu said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is you and your father's house, in that you forsake the Lord your God, and you have gone after Baalim. 011 1KI 018 019 And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of shame four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, that eat [at] Jezabel's table. 011 1KI 018 020 And Achaab sent to all Israel, and gathered all the prophets to mount Carmel. 011 1KI 018 021 And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long will you halt on both feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word. 011 1KI 018 022 And Eliu said to the people, I am left, the only one prophet of the Lord; and the prophets of Baal [are] four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the groves four hundred. 011 1KI 018 023 Let them give us two oxen, and let them choose one for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire [on] the wood: and I will dress the other bullock, and put on no fire. 011 1KI 018 024 And do you call loudly on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord my God, and it shall come to pass that the God who shall answer by fire, he [is] God. And all the people answered and said, The word which you have spoken [is] good. 011 1KI 018 025 And Eliu said to the prophets of shame, Choose to yourselves one calf, and dress it first, for you [are] many; and call you on the name of your god; but apply no fire. 011 1KI 018 026 And they took the calf and dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, and said, hear us, O Baal, hear us. And there was no voice, neither was there hearing, and they ran up and down on the altar which they [had] made. 011 1KI 018 027 And it was noon, and Eliu the Thesbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and is to be awaked. 011 1KI 018 028 And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them. 011 1KI 018 029 And they prophesied until the evening came; and it came to pass as it was the time of the offering of the sacrifice, that Eliu the Thesbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations, saying, Stand by for the present, and I will offer my sacrifice. And they stood aside and departed. 011 1KI 018 030 And Eliu said to the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him. 011 1KI 018 031 And Eliu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, as the Lord spoke to him, saying, Israel shall be your name. 011 1KI 018 032 And he built up the stones in the name of the Lord, and repaired the altar that had been broken down; and he made a trench that would hold two measures of seed round about the altar. 011 1KI 018 033 And he piled the cleft wood on the altar which he [had] made, and divided the whole burnt offering, and laid [it] on the wood, and laid [it] in order on the altar, and said, Fetch me four pitchers of water, and pour [it] on the whole burnt offering, and on the wood. And they did so. 011 1KI 018 034 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 011 1KI 018 035 And the water ran round about the altar, and they filled the trench with water. 011 1KI 018 036 And Eliu cried aloud to the heaven, and said, Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, answer me, O Lord, answer me this day by fire, and let all this people know that you are the Lord, the God of Israel, and I [am] your servant, and for your sake I have wrought these works. 011 1KI 018 037 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, and let this people know that you are the Lord God, and you have turned back the heart of this people. 011 1KI 018 038 Then fire fell from the Lord out of heaven, and devoured the whole burnt offerings, and the wood and the water that was in the trench, and the fire licked up the stones and the earth. 011 1KI 018 039 And all the people fell upon their faces, and said, Truly the Lord [is] God; he [is] God. 011 1KI 018 040 And Eliu said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliu brings them down to the brook Kisson, and he killed them there. 011 1KI 018 041 And Eliu said to Achaab, Go up, and eat and drink, for [there is] a sound of the coming of rain. 011 1KI 018 042 And Achaab went up to eat and to drink; and Eliu went up to Carmel, and stooped to the ground, and put his face between his knees, 011 1KI 018 043 and said to his servant, Go up, and look toward the sea. And the servant looked, and said, There is nothing: and Eliu said, Do you then go again seven times. 011 1KI 018 044 And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man's foot brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, make ready your chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake you. 011 1KI 018 045 And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael. 011 1KI 018 046 And the hand of the Lord [was] upon Eliu, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Achaab to Jezrael. 011 1KI 019 001 And Achaab told Jezabel his wife all that Eliu [had] done, and how he [had] slain the prophets with the sword. 011 1KI 019 002 And Jezabel sent to Eliu, and said, If you are Eliu and I am Jezabel, God do so to me, and more also, if I do not make your life by this time to-morrow as the life of one of them. 011 1KI 019 003 And Eliu feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Bersabee [to] the land of Juda, and he left his servant there. 011 1KI 019 004 And he himself went a day's journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray you, my life from me; for I am no better than my fathers. 011 1KI 019 005 And he lay down and slept there under a tree; and behold, some one touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat. 011 1KI 019 006 And Eliu looked, and, behold, at his head there was a cake of meal and a cruse of water; and he arose, and ate and drank, and returned and lay down. 011 1KI 019 007 And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey [is] far from you. 011 1KI 019 008 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to mount Choreb. 011 1KI 019 009 And he entered there into a cave, and rested there; and, behold, the word of the Lord [came] to him, and he said, What [do] you here, Eliu? 011 1KI 019 010 And Eliu said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty, because the children of Israel have forsaken you: they have digged down your altars, and have slain your prophets with the sword; and I only am left alone, and they seek my life to take it. 011 1KI 019 011 And he said, You shall go forth to-morrow, and shall stand before the Lord in the mount; behold, the Lord will pass by. And, behold, a great [and] strong wind rending the mountains, and crushing the rocks before the Lord; [but] the Lord [was] not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the Lord [was] not in the earthquake: 011 1KI 019 012 and after the earthquake a fire; [but] the Lord [was] not in the fire: and after the fire the voice of a gentle breeze. 011 1KI 019 013 And it came to pass when Eliu heard, that he wrapt his face in his mantle, and went forth and stood in the cave: and, behold, a voice [came] to him and said, What [do] you here, Eliu? 011 1KI 019 014 And Eliu said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, and they have overthrown your altars, and have slain your prophets with the sword! and I am left entirely alone, and they seek my life to take it. 011 1KI 019 015 And the Lord said to him, Go, return, and you shall come into the way of the wilderness of Damascus: and you shall go and anoint Azael to be king over Syria. 011 1KI 019 016 And Ju the son of Namessi shall you anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisaie the son of Saphat shall you anoint to be prophet in your room. 011 1KI 019 017 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes from the sword of Azael, Ju shall kill; and him that escapes from the sword of Ju, Elisaie shall kill. 011 1KI 019 018 And you shall leave in Israel seven thousand men, all the knees which had not bowed themselves to Baal, and every mouth which had not worshipped him. 011 1KI 019 019 And he departed thence, and finds Elisaie the son of Saphat, and he was plowing with oxen; [there were] twelve yoke before him, and he with the twelve, and he passed by to him, and cast his mantle upon him. 011 1KI 019 020 And Elisaie left the cattle, and ran after Eliu and said, I will kiss my father, and follow after you. And Eliu said, Return, for I have done [a work] for you. 011 1KI 019 021 And he returned from following him, and took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled them with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and he arose, and went after Eliu, and ministered to him. 011 1KI 020 001 And Nabuthai the Jezraelite had a vineyard, near the threshing floor of Achaab king of Samaria. 011 1KI 020 002 And Achaab spoke to Nabuthai, saying, Give me your vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs, for it [is] near my house: and I will give you another vineyard better than it; or if it please you, I will give you money, the price of this your vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs. 011 1KI 020 003 And Nabuthai said to Achaab, My God forbid me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers. 011 1KI 020 004 And the spirit of Achaab was troubled, and he lay down upon his bed, and covered his face, and ate no bread. 011 1KI 020 005 And Jezabel his wife went in to him, and spoke to him, [saying], Why [is] your spirit troubled, and [why] do you eat no bread? 011 1KI 020 006 And he said to her, Because I spoke to Nabuthai the Jezraelite, saying, Give me your vineyard for money; or if you will, I will give you another vineyard for it: and he said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. 011 1KI 020 007 And Jezabel his wife said to him, Do you now thus act the king over Israel? arise, and eat bread, and be your own [master], and I will give you the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite. 011 1KI 020 008 And she wrote a letter in the name of Achaab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the freemen who lived with Nabuthai. 011 1KI 020 009 And it was written in the letters, saying, Keep a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people. 011 1KI 020 010 And set two men, sons of transgressors, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, He blessed God and the king: and let them lead him forth, and stone him, and let them die. 011 1KI 020 011 And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them. 011 1KI 020 012 And they proclaimed a fast, and set Nebuthai in a chief place among the people. 011 1KI 020 013 And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, You have blessed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died. 011 1KI 020 014 And they sent to Jezabel, saying, Nabuthai is stoned, and is dead. 011 1KI 020 015 And it came to pass, when Jezabel heard [it], that she said to Achaab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, who would not sell it to you: for Nebuthai is not alive, for he is dead. 011 1KI 020 016 And it came to pass, when Achaab heard that Nabuthai the Jezraelite was dead, that he tore his garments, and put on sackcloth. And it came to pass afterward, that Achaab arose and went down to the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, to take possession of it. 011 1KI 020 017 And the Lord spoke to Eliu the Thesbite, saying, 011 1KI 020 018 Arise, and go down to meet Achaab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he [is] in the vineyard of Nabuthai, for he has gone down there to take possession of it. 011 1KI 020 019 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus says the Lord, Forasmuch as you have slain and taken possession, therefore thus says the Lord, In every place where the swine and the dogs have licked the blood of Nabuthai, there shall the dogs lick your blood; and the harlots shall wash themselves in your blood. 011 1KI 020 020 And Achaab said to Eliu, Hast you found me, mine enemy? and he said, I have found [you]: because you have wickedly sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger; 011 1KI 020 021 behold, I bring evil upon you: and I will kindle a fire after you, and I will utterly destroy every male of Achaab, and him that is shut up and him that is left in Israel. 011 1KI 020 022 And I will make your house as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and as the house of Baasa son of Achia, because of the provocations wherewith you have provoked [me], and caused Israel to sin. 011 1KI 020 023 And the Lord spoke of Jezabel, saying, The dogs shall devour her within the fortification of Jezrael. 011 1KI 020 024 Him that is dead of Achaab in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that is dead of him in the field shall the birds of the sky eat. 011 1KI 020 025 But Achaab [did] wickedly, in that he sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his wife Jezabel led him astray. 011 1KI 020 026 And he did very abominably in following after the abominations, according to all that the Amorite did, whom the Lord utterly destroyed from before the children of Israel. 011 1KI 020 027 And because of the word, Achaab was pierced with sorrow before the Lord, and he both went weeping, and tore his garment, and girded sackcloth upon his body, and fasted; he put on sackcloth also in the day that he struck Nabuthai the Jezraelite, and went his way. 011 1KI 020 028 And the word of the Lord came by the hand of his servant Eliu concerning Achaab, and the Lord said, 011 1KI 020 029 Hast you seen how Achaab has been pricked [to the heart] before me? I will not bring on the evil in his days, but in his son's days will I bring on the evil. 011 1KI 020 030 And the son of Ader gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, [he] and thirty-two kings with him, and all [his] horse and chariots: and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it. 011 1KI 020 031 And he sent into the city to Achaab king of Israel, and said to him, Thus says the son of Ader, 011 1KI 020 032 Your silver and your gold are mine, and your wives and your children are mine. 011 1KI 020 033 And the king of Israel answered and said, As you have said, my lord, O king, I am your, and all mine [also]. 011 1KI 020 034 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus says the son of Ader, I sent to you, saying, You shall give me your silver and your gold, and your wives and your children. 011 1KI 020 035 For at this time to-morrow I will send my servants to you, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants, and it shall be that all the desirable objects of their eyes on which they shall lay their hands, they shall even take [them]. 011 1KI 020 036 And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Take notice now and consider, that this man seeks mischief: for he has sent to me concerning my wives, and concerning my sons, an concerning my daughters: I have not kept back from him my silver and my gold. 011 1KI 020 037 And the elders and all the people said to him, Listen not, and consent not. 011 1KI 020 038 And he said to the messengers of the son of Ader, Say to your master, All things that you have sent to your servant about at first I will do; but this thing I shall not be able to do. And the men departed, and carried back the answer to him. 011 1KI 020 039 And the son of Ader sent to him, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for foxes to all the people, even my infantry. 011 1KI 020 040 And the king of Israel answered and said, Let it be sufficient; let not the humpbacked boast as he that is upright. 011 1KI 020 041 And it came to pass when he returned him this answer, he and all the kings with him were drinking in tents: and he said to his servants, Form a trench. And they made a trench against the city. 011 1KI 020 042 And, behold, a prophet came to Achaab king of Israel, and said, Thus says the Lord, Hast you seen this great multitude? behold, I give it this day into your hands; and you shall know that I [am] the Lord. 011 1KI 020 043 And Achaab said, Whereby? And he said, Thus says the Lord, by the young men of the heads of the districts. And Achaab said, Who shall begin the battle? and he said, You. 011 1KI 021 001 And Achaab numbered the young men the heads of the districts, and they were two hundred and thirty: and afterwards he numbered the people, [even] every man fit for war, seven thousand. 011 1KI 021 002 And he went forth at noon, an the son of Ader was drinking [and] getting drunk in Socchoth, he and the kings, [even] thirty and two kings, his allies. 011 1KI 021 003 And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria. 011 1KI 021 004 And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably, take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive: 011 1KI 021 005 and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them 011 1KI 021 006 struck each one the man next to him; and each one a second time struck the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Ader, [even] the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman. 011 1KI 021 007 And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and struck [the enemy] with a great slaughter in Syria. 011 1KI 021 008 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said, Strengthen yourself, and observe, and see what you shall do; for at the return of the year the son of Ader king of Syria comes up against you. 011 1KI 021 009 And the servants of the king of Syria, even they said, The God of Israel [is] a God of mountains, and not a God of valleys; therefore has he prevailed against us: but if we should fight against them in the plain, verily we shall prevail against them. 011 1KI 021 010 And do you this thing: Send away the kings, each one to his place, and set princes in their stead. 011 1KI 021 011 And we will give you [another] army according to the army that was destroyed, and cavalry according to the cavalry, and chariots according to the chariots, and we will fight against them in the plain, and we shall prevail against them. And he listened to their voice, and did so. 011 1KI 021 012 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Ader reviewed Syria, and went up to Apheca to war against Israel. 011 1KI 021 013 And the children of Israel were numbered, and came to meet them: and Israel encamped before them as two little flocks of goats, but Syria filled the land. 011 1KI 021 014 And there came the man of God, and said to the king of Israel, Thus says the Lord, Because Syria has said, The Lord God of Israel [is] a God of the hills, and he [is] not a God of the valleys, therefore will I give this great army into your hand, and you shall know that I [am] the Lord. 011 1KI 021 015 And they encamp one over against the other before them seven days. And it came to pass on the seventh day that the battle drew on, and Israel struck Syria, [even] a hundred thousand footmen in one day. 011 1KI 021 016 And the rest fled to Apheca, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left: and the son of Ader fled, and entered into an inner chamber, into a closet. 011 1KI 021 017 And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive. 011 1KI 021 018 So they girded sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes upon their heads, and said to the king of Israel, Your servant the son of Ader says, Let our souls live, I pray you. And he said, Does he yet live? He is my brother. 011 1KI 021 019 And the men divined, and offered drink-offerings; and they caught the word out of his mouth, and said, Your brother the son of Ader. And he said, Go you in and fetch him. And the son of Ader went out to him, and they cause him to go up to him into the chariot. 011 1KI 021 020 And he said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore to you; and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made streets in Samaria; and I will let you go with a covenant. And he made a covenant with him, and let him go. 011 1KI 021 021 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word of the Lord, Strike me, I pray, And the man would not strike him. 011 1KI 021 022 And he said to him, Because you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, therefore, behold, as you depart from me, a lion shall strike you: and he departed from him, and a lion found him, and struck him. 011 1KI 021 023 And he finds another man, and says, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, and in striking wounded [him]. 011 1KI 021 024 And the prophet went and stood before the king of Israel by the way, and bound his eyes with a bandage. 011 1KI 021 025 And it came to pass as the king passed by, that he cried aloud to the king, and said, Your servant went out to war, and, behold, a man brought [another] man to me, and said to me, Keep his man; and if he should by any means escape, then your life shall go for his life, or you shall pay a talent of silver. 011 1KI 021 026 And it came to pass, that your servant looked round this way and that way, and the man was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, Behold, you have also destroyed snares [set] for me. 011 1KI 021 027 And he hasted, and took away the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets. 011 1KI 021 028 And he said to him, Thus says the Lord, Because you have suffered to escape out of your hand a man appointed to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people. 011 1KI 021 029 And the king of Israel departed confounded and discouraged, and came to Samaria. 011 1KI 022 001 And he rested three years, and there was no war between Syria and Israel. 011 1KI 022 002 And it came to pass in the third year, that Josaphat king of Juda went down to the king of Israel. 011 1KI 022 003 And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know you that Remmath Galaad [is] ours, and we are slow to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria? 011 1KI 022 004 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Will you go up with us to Remmath Galaad to battle? 011 1KI 022 005 And Josaphat said, As I [am], so [are] you also; as my people, [so is] your people; as my horses, [so are] your horses. And Josaphat king of Juda said to the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray you, of the Lord today. 011 1KI 022 006 And the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together, about four hundred men; and the king said to them, Shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and they said, Go up, and the Lord will surely give [it] into the hands of the king. 011 1KI 022 007 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him? 011 1KI 022 008 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is one man here [for us] to enquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Michaias son of Jemblaa. And Josaphat king of Juda said, Let not the king say so. 011 1KI 022 009 And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, [Bring hither] quickly Michaias son of Jemblaa. 011 1KI 022 010 And the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda sat, each on his throne, armed in the gates of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. 011 1KI 022 011 And Sedekias son of Chanaan made for himself iron horns, and said, Thus says the Lord, With these you shall push Syria, until it be consumed. 011 1KI 022 012 And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying, Go up to Remmath Galaad, and [the thing] shall prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it and the king of Syria into your hands. 011 1KI 022 013 And the messenger that went to call Michaias spoke to him, saying, Behold now, all the prophets speak with one mouth good concerning the king, let now your words be like the words of one of them, and speak good things. 011 1KI 022 014 And Michaias said, [As] the Lord lives, whatever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak. 011 1KI 022 015 And he came to the king: and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and he said, Go up, and the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 011 1KI 022 016 And the king said to him, How often shall I adjure you, that you speak to me truth in the name of the Lord? 011 1KI 022 017 And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd: and the Lord said, [Is] not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace. 011 1KI 022 018 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, Did I not say to you that this man does not prophesy good to me, for [he speaks] nothing but evil? 011 1KI 022 019 And Michaias said, Not so, [it is] not I: hear the word of the Lord; [it is] not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about him on his right hand and on his left. 011 1KI 022 020 And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Remmath Galaad? and one spoke one way, and another another way. 011 1KI 022 021 And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him. 011 1KI 022 022 And the Lord said to him, Whereby? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall deceive him, yes, and shall prevail: go forth, and do so. 011 1KI 022 023 And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against you. 011 1KI 022 024 And Sedekias the son of Chanaan came near and struck Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord [has] spoken in you? 011 1KI 022 025 And Michaias said, Behold, you shall see in that day, when you shall go into an innermost chamber to hide yourself there. 011 1KI 022 026 And the king of Israel said, Take Michaias, and convey him away to Semer the keeper of the city; 011 1KI 022 027 and tell Joas the king's son to put this [fellow] in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace. 011 1KI 022 028 And Michaias said, If you return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. 011 1KI 022 029 So the king of Israel went up, and Josaphat king of Juda with him to Remmath Galaad. 011 1KI 022 030 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle, and do you put on my raiment. So the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. 011 1KI 022 031 And the king of Syria had charged the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight not [against] small or great, but against the king of Israel only. 011 1KI 022 032 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat king of Juda, that they said, this seems [to be] the king of Israel. And they compassed him about to fight [against] him; and Josaphat cried out. 011 1KI 022 033 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that this was not the king of Israel, that they returned from him. 011 1KI 022 034 And one drew a bow with a good aim, and struck the king of Israel between the lungs and the breast-plate: and he said to his charioteer, Turn your hands, and carry me away out of the battle, for I am wounded. 011 1KI 022 035 And the war was turned in that day, and the king was standing on the chariot, against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. 011 1KI 022 036 And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land, 011 1KI 022 037 for the king is dead. And they came to Samaria, and buried the king in Samaria. 011 1KI 022 038 And they washed the chariot at the fountain of Samaria; and the swine and the dogs licked up the blood, and the harlots washed themselves in the blood, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke. 011 1KI 022 039 And the rest of the acts of Achaab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities which he built, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 011 1KI 022 040 And Achaab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead. 011 1KI 022 041 And Josaphat the son of Asa reigned over Juda: in the fourth year of Achaab king of Israel began Josaphat to reign. 011 1KI 022 042 Thirty and five years old [was he] when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name [was] Azuba daughter of Salai. 011 1KI 022 043 And he walked in all the way of Asa his father: he turned not from it, even from doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. Only he took not away [any] of the high places: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. 011 1KI 022 044 And Josaphat was at peace with the king of Israel. 011 1KI 022 045 And the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his mighty deeds, whatever he did, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 011 1KI 022 050 And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried by his fathers in the city of David his father, and Joram his son reigned in his stead. 011 1KI 022 051 And Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria: in the seventeenth year of Josaphat king of Juda, Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria two years. 011 1KI 022 052 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Achaab his father, and in the way of Jezabel his mother, and in the sins of the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused Israel to sin. 011 1KI 022 053 And he served Baalim, and worshipped them, and provoked the Lord God of Israel, according to all that had been done before him. # # BOOK 012 2KI 2 Kings Kings IV 012 2KI 001 001 And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Achaab. 012 2KI 001 002 And Ochozias fell through the lattice that was in his upper chamber in Samaria and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go and enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my sickness. And they went to enquire of him. 012 2KI 001 003 And an angel of the Lord called Eliu the Thesbite, saying, Arise, and go to meet the messengers of Ochozias king of Samaria, and you shall say to them, [Is it] because there is no God in Israel, [that] you go to enquire of Baal fly, the God of Accaron? but [it shall] not [be] so. 012 2KI 001 004 For thus says the Lord, The bed on which you are gone up, you shall not come down from it, for you shall surely die. And Eliu went, and said [so] to them. 012 2KI 001 005 And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why have you returned? 012 2KI 001 006 And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus says the Lord, [Is it] because there is no God in Israel, [that] you go to enquire of Baal fly, the God of Accaron? [it shall] not [be] so: the bed on which you are gone up, you shall not come down from it, for you shall surely die. 012 2KI 001 007 So they returned and reported to the king as Eliu said: and he said to them, What [was] the manner of the man who went up to meet you, and spoke to you these words? 012 2KI 001 008 And they said to him, [He was] a hairy man, and girded with a leather girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Eliu the Thesbite. 012 2KI 001 009 And he sent to him a captain of fifty and his fifty; and he went up to him: and, behold, Eliu sat on the top of a mountain. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, the king has called you, come down. 012 2KI 001 010 And Eliu answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I [am] a man of God, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour you and your fifty. And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty. 012 2KI 001 011 And the king sent a second time to him another captain of fifty, and his fifty. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly. 012 2KI 001 012 And Eliu answered and spoke to him, and said, If I [am] a man of God, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour you and your fifty. And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty. 012 2KI 001 013 And the king sent yet again a captain and his fifty. And the third captain of fifty came, and knelt on his knees before Eliu, and entreated him, and spoke to him and said, O man of God, let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your eyes. 012 2KI 001 014 Behold, fire came down from heaven, and devoured the two first captains of fifty: and now, I pray, let my life be precious in your eyes. 012 2KI 001 015 And the angel of the Lord spoke to Eliu, and said, Go down with him, be not afraid of them. And Eliu rose up, and went down with him to the king. 012 2KI 001 016 And Eliu spoke to him, and said, Thus says the Lord, Why have you sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? [it shall] not [be] so: the bed on which you are gone up, you shall not come down from it, for you shall surely die. 012 2KI 001 017 So he died according to the word of the Lord which Eliu has spoken. 012 2KI 001 018 And the rest of the acts of Ochozias which he did, behold, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? and Joram son of Achaab reigns over Israel in Samaria twelve years [beginning] in the eighteenth year of Josaphat king of Juda: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as his brethren, nor as his mother: and he removed the pillars of Baal which his father made, and broke them in pieces: only he was joined to the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to sin; he departed not from them. And the Lord was very angry with the house of Achaab. 012 2KI 002 001 And it came to pass, when the Lord was going to take Eliu with a whirlwind as it were into heaven, that Eliu and Elisaie went out of Galgala. 012 2KI 002 002 And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray you; for God has sent me to Baethel. And Elisaie said, [As] the Lord lives and your soul lives, I will not leave you; so they came to Baethel. 012 2KI 002 003 And the sons of the prophets who were in Baethel came to Elisaie, and said to him, Do you know, that the Lord this day is going to take your lord away from your head? And he said, Yes, I know [it]; be silent. 012 2KI 002 004 And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray you; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he said, [As] the Lord lives and your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they came to Jericho. 012 2KI 002 005 And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho drew near to Elisaie, and said to him, Do you know that the Lord is about to take away your master today from your head? And he said, Yes, I know [it]; hold your peace. 012 2KI 002 006 And Eliu said to him, Stay here, I pray you, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. And Elisaie said, [As] the Lord lives and your soul lives, I will not leave you: and they both went on. 012 2KI 002 007 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets [went also], and they stood opposite afar off: and both stood on [the bank] of Jordan. 012 2KI 002 008 And Eliu took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the water: and the water was divided on this side and on that side, and they both went over on dry ground. 012 2KI 002 009 And it came to pass while they were crossing over, that Eliu said to Elisaie, Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken up from you. And Elisaie said, Let there be, I pray you, a double [portion] of your spirit upon me. 012 2KI 002 010 And Eliu said, You have asked a hard thing: if you shall see me when I am taken up from you, then shall it be so to you; and if not, it shall not be [so]. 012 2KI 002 011 And it came to pass as they were going, they went on talking; and, behold, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and it separated between them both; and Eliu was taken up in a whirlwind as it were into heaven. 012 2KI 002 012 And Elisaie saw, and cried, Father, father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his garments, and tore them into two pieces. 012 2KI 002 013 And Elisaie took up the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him upon Elisaie; and Elisaie returned, and stood upon the brink of Jordan; 012 2KI 002 014 and he took the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him, and struck the water, and said, Where is the Lord God of Eliu? and he struck the waters, and they were divided hither and there; and Elisaie went over. 012 2KI 002 015 And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho on the opposite side saw him, and said, The spirit of Eliu has rested upon Elisaie. And they came to meet him, and did obeisance to him to the ground. 012 2KI 002 016 And they said to him, Behold now, [there are] with your servants fifty men of strength: let them go now, and seek your lord: perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up, and cast him into Jordan, or on one of the mountains, or on one of the hills. And Elisaie said, You shall not send. 012 2KI 002 017 And they pressed him until he was ashamed; and he said, Send. And they sent fifty men, and sought three days, and found him not. 012 2KI 002 018 And they returned to him, for he lived in Jericho: and Elisaie said, Did I not say to you, Go not? 012 2KI 002 019 And the men of the city said to Elisaie, Behold, the situation of the city [is] good, as [our] lord sees; but the waters [are] bad, and the ground barren. 012 2KI 002 020 And Elisaie said, Bring me a new pitcher, and put salt in it. And they took [one], and brought [it] to him. 012 2KI 002 021 And Elisaie went out to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and says, Thus says the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be any longer death thence or barren [land]. 012 2KI 002 022 And the waters were healed until this day, according to the word of Elisaie which he spoke. 012 2KI 002 023 And he went up thence to Baethel: and as he was going up by the way there came up also little children from the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald-head, go up. 012 2KI 002 024 And he turned after them, and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And, behold, there came out two bears out of the wood, and they tore forty and two children of them. 012 2KI 002 025 And he went thence to mount Carmel, and returned thence to Samaria. 012 2KI 003 001 And Joram the son of Achaab began to reign in Israel in the eighteenth year of Josaphat king of Juda, and he reigned twelve years. 012 2KI 003 002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as his father, nor as his mother: and he removed the pillars of Baal which his father had made. 012 2KI 003 003 Only he adhered to the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not from it. 012 2KI 003 004 And Mosa king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel in the beginning [of the year], a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 012 2KI 003 005 And it came to pass, after the death of Achaab, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 012 2KI 003 006 And king Joram went forth in that day out of Samaria, and numbered Israel. 012 2KI 003 007 And he went and sent to Josaphat king of Juda, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to war? And he said, I will go up: you are as I, I am as you; as my people, so [is] your people, as my horses, so [are] your horses. 012 2KI 003 008 And he said, What way shall I go up? and he said, The way of the wilderness of Edom. 012 2KI 003 009 And the king of Israel went, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey; and there was no water for the army, and for the cattle that went with them. 012 2KI 003 010 And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord should have called the three kings on their way, to give them into the hand of Moab. 012 2KI 003 011 And Josaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, [There is] here Elisaie son of Saphat, who poured water on the hands of Eliu. 012 2KI 003 012 And Josaphat said, He has the word of the Lord. And the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, and the king of Edom, went down to him. 012 2KI 003 013 And Elisaie said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father, and the prophets of your mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Has the Lord called the three kings to deliver them into the hands of Moab? 012 2KI 003 014 And Elisaie said, [As] the Lord of hosts before whom I stand lives, unless I regarded the presence of Josaphat the king of Juda, I would not have looked on you, nor seen you. 012 2KI 003 015 And now fetch me a harper. And it came to pass, as the harper harped, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. 012 2KI 003 016 And he said, Thus says the Lord, Make this valley full of trenches. 012 2KI 003 017 For thus says the Lord, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain, yet this valley shall be filled with water, and you, and your flocks, and your cattle shall drink. 012 2KI 003 018 And this [is] a light [thing] in the eyes of the Lord: I will also deliver Moab into your hand. 012 2KI 003 019 And you shall strike every strong city, and you shall cut down every good tree, and you shall stop all wells of water, and spoil every good piece [of land] with stones. 012 2KI 003 020 And it came to pass in the morning, when the sacrifice was offered, that, behold! waters came from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water. 012 2KI 003 021 And all Moab heard that the three kings were come up to fight against them; and they cried out on every [side, even] all that were girded with a girdle, and they said, Ho! and stood upon the border. 012 2KI 003 022 And they rose early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters, and Moab saw the waters on the opposite side red as blood. 012 2KI 003 023 And they said, This [is] the blood of the sword; and the kings have fought, and each man has struck his neighbor; now then to the spoils, Moab. 012 2KI 003 024 And they entered into the camp of Israel; and Israel arose and struck Moab, and they fled from before them; and they went on and struck Moab as they went. 012 2KI 003 025 And they razed the cities, and cast every man his stone on every good piece [of land] and filled it; and they stopped every well, and cut down every good tree, until they left [only] the stones of the wall cast down; and the slingers compassed [the land], and struck it. 012 2KI 003 026 And the king of Moab saw that the battle prevailed against him; and he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to cut through to the king of Edom: and they could not. 012 2KI 003 027 And he took his oldest son whom he had designed to reign in his stead, and offered him up for a whole burnt offering on the walls. And there was a great indignation against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their land. 012 2KI 004 001 And one of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisaie, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the Lord: and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his servants. 012 2KI 004 002 And Elisaie said, What shall I do for you? tell me what you have in the house. And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house, except oil wherewith I anoint myself. 012 2KI 004 003 And he said to her, Go, borrow for yourself vessels without of all your neighbors, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few. 012 2KI 004 004 And you shall go in and shut the door upon you and upon your sons, and you shall pour forth into these vessels, and remove that which is filled. 012 2KI 004 005 And she departed from him, and shut the door upon herself and upon her sons: they brought the vessels near to her, and she poured in until the vessels were filled. 012 2KI 004 006 And she said to her sons, Bring me yet a vessel. And they said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 012 2KI 004 007 And she came and told the man of God: and Elisaie said, Go, and sell the oil, and you shall pay your debts, and you and your sons shall live of the remaining oil. 012 2KI 004 008 And a day came, when Elisaie passed over to Soman, and [there was] a great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread: and it came to pass as often as he went into [the city, that] he turned aside to eat there. 012 2KI 004 009 And the woman said to her husband, See now, I know that this [is] a holy man of God who comes over continually to us. 012 2KI 004 010 Let us now make for him an upper chamber, a small place; and let us put there for him a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall come to pass that when he comes in to us, he shall turn in there. 012 2KI 004 011 And a day came, and he went in there, and turned aside into the upper chamber, and lay there. 012 2KI 004 012 And he said to Giezi his servant, Call me this Somanite. and he called her, and she stood before him. 012 2KI 004 013 And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have taken all this trouble for us; what should I do for you? Hast you any request [to make] to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she said, I dwell in the midst of my people. 012 2KI 004 014 And he said to Giezi, What must we do for her? and Giezi his servant said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband [is] old. 012 2KI 004 015 And he called her, and she stood by the door. 012 2KI 004 016 And Elisaie said to her, At this time [next year], as the season [is], you [shall be] alive, and embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, do not lie to your servant. 012 2KI 004 017 And the woman conceived, and bore a son at the very time, as the season was, being alive, as Elisaie said to her. 012 2KI 004 018 And the child grew: and it came to pass when he went out to his father to the reapers, 012 2KI 004 019 that he said to his father, My head, my head. and [his father] said to a servant, carry him to his mother. 012 2KI 004 020 And he carried him to his mother, and he lay upon her knees till noon, and died. 012 2KI 004 021 And she carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of god; and she shut the door upon him, and went out. 012 2KI 004 022 And she called her husband, and said, Send now for me one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I will ride quickly to the man of God, and return. 012 2KI 004 023 And he said, Why are you going to him today? It is neither new moon, nor the Sabbath. And she said, [It is] well. 012 2KI 004 024 And she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Be quick, proceed: spare not on my account to ride, unless I shall tell you. Go, and you shall proceed, and come to the man of God to mount Carmel. 012 2KI 004 025 And she rode and came to the man of God to the mountain: and it came to pass when Elisaie saw her coming, that he said to Giezi his servant, See now, that Somanite comes. 012 2KI 004 026 Now run to meet her, and you shall say, [Is it] well with you? [is it] well with your husband? [is it] well with the child? and she said, [It is] well. 012 2KI 004 027 And she came to Elisaie to the mountain, and laid hold of his feet; and Giezi drew near to thrust her away. And Elisaie said, Let her alone, for her soul [is] much grieved in her, and the Lord has hidden [it] from me, and has not told [it] me. 012 2KI 004 028 And she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? For did I not say, Do not deal deceitfully with me? 012 2KI 004 029 And Elisaie said to Giezi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go: if you meet any man, you shall not salute him, and if a man salute you you shall not answer him: and you shall lay my staff on the child's face. 012 2KI 004 030 And the mother of the child said, [As] the Lord lives and [as] your soul lives, I will not leave you. And Elisaie arose, and went after her. 012 2KI 004 031 And Giezi went on before her, and laid his staff on the child's face: but there was neither voice nor any hearing. So he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. 012 2KI 004 032 And Elisaie went into the house, and, behold, the dead child was laid upon his bed. 012 2KI 004 033 And Elisaie went into the house, and shut the door upon themselves, the two, and prayed to the Lord. 012 2KI 004 034 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and bowed himself upon him, and the flesh of the child grew warm. 012 2KI 004 035 And he returned, and walked up and down in the house: and he went up, and bowed himself on the child seven times; and the child opened his eyes. 012 2KI 004 036 And Elisaie cried out to Giezi, and said, Call this Somanite. So he called her, and she came in to him: and Elisaie said, Take your son. 012 2KI 004 037 And the woman went in, and fell at his feet, and did obeisance [bowing] to the ground; and she took her son, and went out. 012 2KI 004 038 And Elisaie returned to Galgala: and a famine [was] in the land; and the sons of the prophets sat before him: and Elisaie said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets. 012 2KI 004 039 And he went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a vine in the field, and gathered of it wild gourds, his garment full; and he cast it into the caldron of pottage, for they knew [them] not. 012 2KI 004 040 And he poured it out for the men to eat: and it came to pass, when they were eating of the pottage, that behold! they cried out, and said, [There is] death in the pot, O man of God. And they could not eat. 012 2KI 004 041 And he said, Take meal, and cast it into the pot. And Elisaie said to his servant Giezi, Pour out for the people, and let them eat. And there was no longer there any hurtful thing in the pot. 012 2KI 004 042 And there came a man over from Baetharisa, and brought to the man of God twenty barley loaves and cakes of figs, of the first fruits. And he said, Give to the people, and let them eat. 012 2KI 004 043 And his servant said, Why should I set this before a hundred men? and he said, Give to the people, and let them eat; for thus says the Lord, They shall eat and leave. 012 2KI 004 044 And they ate and left, according to the word of the Lord. 012 2KI 005 001 Now Naiman, the captain of the host of Syria, was a great man before his master, and highly respected, because by him the Lord had given deliverance to Syria, and the man was mighty in strength, [but] a leper. 012 2KI 005 002 And the Syrians went forth in small bands, and took captive out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she waited on Naiman's wife. 012 2KI 005 003 And she said to her mistress, O that my lord were before the prophet of God in Samaria; then he would recover him from his leprosy. 012 2KI 005 004 And she went in and told her lord, and said, Thus and thus spoke the maid from the land of Israel. 012 2KI 005 005 And the king of Syria said to Naiman, Go to, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, and took in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 012 2KI 005 006 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now then, as soon as this letter shall reach you, behold, I have sent to you my servant Naiman, and you shall recover him from his leprosy. 012 2KI 005 007 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, [that] he tore his garments, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this [man] sends to me to recover a man of his leprosy? consider, however, I pray you, and see that this [man] seeks an occasion against me. 012 2KI 005 008 And it came to pass, when Elisaie heard that the king of Israel had tore his garments, that he sent to the king of Israel, saying, Therefore have you tore your garments? Let Naiman, I pray you, come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel. 012 2KI 005 009 So Naiman came with horse and chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisaie. 012 2KI 005 010 And Elisaie sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash seven times in Jordan, and your flesh shall return to you, and you shall be cleansed. 012 2KI 005 011 And Naiman was angry, and departed, and said, Behold, I said, He will by all means come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of his God, and lay his hand upon the place, and recover the leper. 012 2KI 005 012 [Are] not the Abana and Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not go and wash in them, and be cleansed? and he turned and went away in a rage. 012 2KI 005 013 And his servants came near and said to him, [Suppose] the prophet had spoken a great thing to you, would you not perform it? yet he has but said to you, Wash, and be cleansed. 012 2KI 005 014 So Naiman went down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the word of Elisaie: and his flesh returned to him as the flesh of a little child, and he was cleansed. 012 2KI 005 015 And he and all his company returned to Elisaie, and he came and stood before him, and said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth, save only in Israel: and now receive a blessing of your servant. 012 2KI 005 016 And Elisaie said, [As] the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not take [one]. And he pressed him to take [one]: but he would not. 012 2KI 005 017 And Naiman said, Well then, if not, let there be given to your servant, I pray you, the load [of a] yoke of mules; and you shall give me of the red earth: for henceforth your servant will not offer whole burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but only to the Lord by [reason of] this thing. 012 2KI 005 018 And let the Lord be propitious to your servant when my master goes into the house of Remman to worship there, and he shall lean on my hand, and I shall bow down in the house of Remman when he bows down in the house of Remman; even let the Lord, I pray, be merciful to your servant in this matter. 012 2KI 005 019 And Elisaie said to Naiman, Go in peace. And he departed from him a little way. 012 2KI 005 020 And Giezi the servant of Elisaie said, Behold, my Lord has spared this Syrian Naiman, so as not to take of his hand what he has brought: as the Lord lives, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him. 012 2KI 005 021 So Giezi followed after Naiman: and Naiman saw him running after him, and turned back from his chariot to meet him. 012 2KI 005 022 And [Giezi] said, All is well: my master has sent me, saying, Behold, now are there come to me two young men of the sons of the prophets from mount Ephraim; give them, I pray you, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment. 012 2KI 005 023 And [Naiman] said, Take two talents of silver. And he took two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of raiment, and put them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before him. 012 2KI 005 024 And he came to a secret place, and took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and dismissed the men. 012 2KI 005 025 And he went in himself and stood before his master; and Elisaie said to him, 012 2KI 005 026 Whence [come you], Giezi? and Giezi said, Your servant has not been hither or there. And Elisaie said to him, Went not my heart with you, when the man returned from his chariot to meet you? and now you have received silver, and now you have received raiment, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants. 012 2KI 005 027 The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to you, and to your seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow. 012 2KI 006 001 And the sons of the prophets said to Elisaie, Behold now, the place wherein we dwell before you is too narrow for us. 012 2KI 006 002 Let us go, we pray you, to Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and make for ourselves a habitation there. 012 2KI 006 003 And he said, Go. And one of them said gently, Come with your servants. And he said, I will go. 012 2KI 006 004 And he went with them, and they came to Jordan, and began to cut down wood. 012 2KI 006 005 And behold, one was cutting down a beam, and the axe head fell into the water: and he cried out, Alas! master: and it was hidden. 012 2KI 006 006 And the man of God said, Where did it fall? and he showed him the place: and he broke off a stick, and threw it in there, and the iron came to the surface. 012 2KI 006 007 And he said, Take it up to yourself. And he stretched out his hand, and took it. 012 2KI 006 008 And the king of Syria was at war with Israel: and he consulted with his servants, saying, I will encamp in such a place. 012 2KI 006 009 And Elisaie sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take heed that you pass not by that place, for the Syrians are hidden there. 012 2KI 006 010 And the king of Israel sent to the place which Elisaie mentioned to him, and saved himself thence not once or twice. 012 2KI 006 011 And the mind of the king of Syria was very much disturbed concerning this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not tell me who betrays me to the king of Israel? 012 2KI 006 012 And one of his servants said, Nay, my Lord, O king, for Elisaie the prophet that is in Israel reports to the king of Israel all the words whatever you may say in your bedchamber. 012 2KI 006 013 And he said, Go, see where this man [is], and I will send and take him. And they sent word to him, saying, Behold, [he is] in Dothaim. 012 2KI 006 014 And he sent there horses, and chariots, and a mighty host: and they came by night, and compassed about the city. 012 2KI 006 015 And the servant of Elisaie rose up early and went out; and, behold, a host compassed the city, and horses and chariots: and the servant said to him, O master, what shall we do? 012 2KI 006 016 And Elisaie said, Fear not, for they who are with us [are] more than they that are with them. 012 2KI 006 017 And Elisaie prayed, and said, Lord, open, I pray you, the eyes of the servant, and let him see. And the Lord opened his eyes, and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses, and there were chariots of fire round about Elisaie. 012 2KI 006 018 And they came down to him; and he prayed to the Lord, and said, Strike, I pray you, this people with blindness. And he struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisaie. 012 2KI 006 019 And Elisaie said to them, This [is] not the city, and this [is] not the way: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. And he led them away to Samaria. 012 2KI 006 020 And it came to pass when they entered into Samaria, that Elisaie said, Open, I pray you, O Lord, their eyes, and let them see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 012 2KI 006 021 And the king of Israel said to Elisaie, when he saw them, Shall I [not] verily strike them, [my] father? 012 2KI 006 022 And he said, You shall not strike them, unless you would strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow: set bread and water before them, and let them eat and drink, and depart to their master. 012 2KI 006 023 And he set before them a great feast, and they ate and drank: and he dismissed them and they departed to their master. And the bands of Syria came no longer into the land of Israel. 012 2KI 006 024 And it came to pass after this, that the son of Ader king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 012 2KI 006 025 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was [valued] at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung at five pieces of silver. 012 2KI 006 026 And the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, and a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 012 2KI 006 027 And he said to her, Unless the Lord help you, whence shall I help you? from the corn-floor, or from the wine-press? 012 2KI 006 028 And the king said to her, What is [the matter] with you? And the woman said to him, This [woman] said to me, Give your son, and we will eat him today, and we will eat my son to-morrow. 012 2KI 006 029 So we boiled my son, and ate him; and I said to her on the second day, Give your son, and let us eat him: and she has hidden her son. 012 2KI 006 030 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel heard the words of the woman, [that] he tore his garments; and he passed by on the wall, and the people saw sackcloth within upon his flesh. 012 2KI 006 031 And he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisaie shall stand upon him this day. 012 2KI 006 032 And Elisaie was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man before him: before the messenger came to him, he also said to the elders, Do you see that this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, as soon as the messenger shall have come, shut the door, and forcibly detain him at the door: [is] not the sound of his master's feet behind him? 012 2KI 006 033 While he was yet speaking with them, behold, a messenger came to him: and he said, Behold, this evil [is] of the Lord; why should I wait for the Lord any longer? 012 2KI 007 001 And Elisaie said, Hear you the word of the Lord; Thus says the Lord, As at this time, to-morrow a measure of fine flour [shall be sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria. 012 2KI 007 002 And the officer on whose hand the king rested, answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, [if] the Lord shall make flood-gates in heaven, might this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, you shall see with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof. 012 2KI 007 003 And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbor, Why sit we here until we die? 012 2KI 007 004 If we should say, Let us go into the city, then [there is] famine in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, then we shall die. Now then come, and let us fall upon the camp of the Syrians: if they should take us alive, then we shall live; and if they should put us to death, then we shall [only] die. 012 2KI 007 005 And they rose up while it was yet night, to go into the camp of Syria; and they came into a part of the camp of Syria, and behold, there [was] no man there. 012 2KI 007 006 For the Lord had made the army of Syria to hear a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, [even] the sound of a great host: and [each] man said to his fellow, Now has the king of Israel hired against us the kings of the Chettites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us. 012 2KI 007 007 And they arose and fled while it was yet dark, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses in the camp, as they were, and fled for their lives. 012 2KI 007 008 And these lepers entered a little way into the camp, and went into one tent, and ate and drank, and took thence silver, and gold, and raiment; and they went and returned thence, and entered into another tent, and took thence, and went and hid [the spoil]. 012 2KI 007 009 And [one] man said to his neighbor, We are not doing [well] thus: this day is a day of glad tidings, and we hold our peace, and are waiting till the morning light, and shall find mischief: now them come, and let us go into [the city], and report to the house of the king. 012 2KI 007 010 So they went and cried toward the gate of the city, and reported to them, saying, We went into the camp of Syria, and, behold, there is not there a man, nor voice of man, only horses tied and asses, and their tents as they were. 012 2KI 007 011 And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within. 012 2KI 007 012 And the king rose up by night, and said to his servants, I will now tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They knew that we are hungry; and they have gone forth from the camp and hidden themselves in the field, saying, They will come out of the city, and we shall catch them alive, and go into the city. 012 2KI 007 013 And one of his servants answered and said, Let them now take five of the horses that were left, which were left here; behold, they are the number left to all the multitude of Israel; and we will send there and see. 012 2KI 007 014 So they took two horsemen; and the king of Israel sent after the king of Syria, saying, Go, and see. 012 2KI 007 015 And they went after them even to Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their panic. and the messengers returned, and brought word to the king. 012 2KI 007 016 And the people went out, and plundered the camp of Syria: and a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord, and two measures of barley for a shekel. 012 2KI 007 017 And the king appointed the officer on whose hand the king leaned [to have charge] over the gate: and the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God [had] said, who spoke when the messenger came down to him. 012 2KI 007 018 So it came to pass as Elisaie had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley [shall be sold] for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel; and it shall be as at this time to-morrow in the gate of Samaria. 012 2KI 007 019 And the officer answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, [if] the Lord makes flood-gates in heaven, shall this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, you shall see [it] with your eyes, but you shall not eat thereof. 012 2KI 007 020 And it was so: for the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died. 012 2KI 008 001 And Elisaie spoke to the woman, whose son he [had] restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your house, and sojourn wherever you may sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land; indeed it is come upon the land [for] seven years. 012 2KI 008 002 And the woman arose, and did according to the word of Elisaie, both she and her house; and they sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 012 2KI 008 003 And it came to pass after the expiration of the seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines to the city; and came to cry to the king for her house and for her lands. 012 2KI 008 004 And the king spoke to Giezi the servant of Elisaie the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray you, all the great things which Elisaie has done. 012 2KI 008 005 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life the dead son, behold, the woman whose son Elisaie restored to life [came] crying to the king for her house and for her lands. And Giezi said, My lord, O king, this [is] the woman, and this [is] her son, whom Elisaie restored to life. 012 2KI 008 006 And the king asked the woman, and she told him: and the king appointed her a eunuch, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field from the day that she left the land until now. 012 2KI 008 007 And Elisaie came to Damascus; and the king of Syria the son of Ader was ill, and they brought him word, saying, The man of God is come here. 012 2KI 008 008 And the king said to Azael, Take in your hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease? 012 2KI 008 009 And Azael went to meet him, and he took a present in his hand, and all the good things of Damascus, forty camels' load, and came and stood before him, and said to Elisaie, Your son the son of Ader, the king of Syria, has sent me to you to enquire, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease? 012 2KI 008 010 And Elisaie said, Go, say, You shall certainly live; yet the Lord has showed me that you shall surely die. 012 2KI 008 011 And he stood before him, and fixed [his countenance] till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. 012 2KI 008 012 And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: you will utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and you will kill their choice men with the sword, and you will dash their infants [against the ground], and their women with child you will rip up. 012 2KI 008 013 And Azael said, Who is your servant? a dead dog, that he should do this thing? And Elisaie said, The Lord has shown me you ruling over Syria. 012 2KI 008 014 And he departed from Elisaie, and went in to his lord; and he said to him, What said Elisaie to you? and he said, He said to me, You shall surely live. 012 2KI 008 015 And it came to pass on the next day that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and put it on his face, and he died: and Azael reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 008 016 In the fifth year of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, and while Josaphat was king of Juda, Joram the son of Josaphat king of Juda began to reign. 012 2KI 008 017 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 012 2KI 008 018 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Achaab; for the daughter of Achaab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 012 2KI 008 019 But the Lord would not destroy Juda for David his servant's sake, as he said he would give a light to him and to his sons continually. 012 2KI 008 020 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda, and they made a king over themselves. 012 2KI 008 021 And Joram went up to Sior, and all the chariots that were with him: and it came to pass after he had arisen, that he struck Edom who compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents. 012 2KI 008 022 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda till this day. Then Lobna revolted at that time. 012 2KI 008 023 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 008 024 So Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David: and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 008 025 In the twelfth year of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, Ochozias son of Joram began to reign. 012 2KI 008 026 Twenty and two years old [was] Ochozias when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother [was] Gotholia, daughter of Ambri king of Israel. 012 2KI 008 027 And he walked in the way of the house of Achaab, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Achaab. 012 2KI 008 028 And he went with Joram the son of Achaab to war against Azael king of the Syrians in Remmoth Galaad; and the Syrians wounded Joram. 012 2KI 008 029 And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds with which they wounded him in Remmoth, when he fought with Azael king of Syria. And Ochozias son of Joram went down to see Joram the son of Achaab in Jezrael, because he was sick. 012 2KI 009 001 And Elisaie the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this cruse of oil in your hand, and go to Remmoth Galaad. 012 2KI 009 002 And you shall enter there, and shall see there Ju the son of Josaphat son of Namessi, and shall go in and make him rise up from among his brethren, and shall bring him into a secret chamber. 012 2KI 009 003 And you shall take the cruse of oil, and pour [it] on his head, and say you, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed you king over Israel: and you shall open the door, and flee, and not wait. 012 2KI 009 004 And the young man the prophet went to Remmoth Galaad. 012 2KI 009 005 And he went in, and, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have a message to you, O captain. And Ju said, To which of all us? And he said, To you, O captain. 012 2KI 009 006 And he arose, and went into the house: and he poured the oil upon his head, and said to him, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed you to be king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel. 012 2KI 009 007 And you shall utterly destroy the house of Achaab your master from before me, and shall avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezabel, 012 2KI 009 008 and at the hand of the whole house of Achaab: and you shall utterly cut off from the house of Achaab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel. 012 2KI 009 009 And I will make the house of Achaab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and as the house of Baasa the son of Achia. 012 2KI 009 010 And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. 012 2KI 009 011 And Ju went forth to the servants of his lord, and they said to him, [Is] all well? Why came this mad fellow in to you? And he said to them, You know the man, and his communication. 012 2KI 009 012 And they said, [It is] wrong: tell us now. And Ju said to them, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, —and he said, Thus says the Lord, I have anointed you to be king over Israel. 012 2KI 009 013 And when they heard it, they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with the trumpet, and said, Ju is king. 012 2KI 009 014 So Ju the son of Josaphat the son of Namessi conspired against Joram, and Joram was defending Remmoth Galaad, he and all Israel, because of Azael king of Syria. 012 2KI 009 015 And king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, in his war with Azael king of Syria. And Ju said, If your heart is with me, let there not go forth out of the city one fugitive to go and report to Jezrael. 012 2KI 009 016 And Ju rode and advanced, and came down to Jezrael; for Joram king of Israel was getting healed in Jezrael of the arrow-wounds wherewith the Syrians [had] wounded him in Rammath in the war with Azael king of Syria; for he [was] strong and a mighty man: and Ochozias king of Juda was come down to see Joram. 012 2KI 009 017 And there went up a watchman upon the tower of Jezrael, and saw the dust [made by] Ju as he approached; and he said, I see dust. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Peace. 012 2KI 009 018 And there went a horseman to meet them, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What have you to do with peace? turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came up to them, and has not returned. 012 2KI 009 019 And he sent another horseman, and he came to him, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What have you to do with peace? turn behind me. 012 2KI 009 020 And the watchman reported, saying, He came up to them, and has not returned: and the driver drives Ju the son of Namessi, for it is with furious [haste]. 012 2KI 009 021 And Joram said, Make ready. And one made ready the chariot: and Joram the king of Israel went forth, and Ochozias king of Juda, each in his chariot, and they went to meet Ju, and found him in the portion of Nabuthai the Jezraelite. 012 2KI 009 022 And it came to pass when Joram saw Ju, that he said, [Is it] peace, Ju? And Ju said, How [can it be] peace? as yet [there are] the whoredoms of your mother Jezabel, and her abundant witchcrafts. 012 2KI 009 023 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ochozias, Treachery, Ochozias. 012 2KI 009 024 And Ju bent his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms, and his arrow went out at his heart, and he bowed upon his knees. 012 2KI 009 025 And [Ju] said to Badecar his chief officer, Cast him into the portion of ground of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, for I and you remember, riding [as we were] on chariots after Achaab his father, that the Lord took up this burden against him, [saying], 012 2KI 009 026 Surely, I have seen yesterday the blood of Nabuthai, and the blood of his sons, says the Lord; and I will recompense him in this portion, says the Lord. Now then, I pray you, take him up and cast him into the portion, according to the word of the Lord. 012 2KI 009 027 And Ochozias king of Juda saw [it], and fled by the way of Baethgan. And Ju pursued after him, and said, [Slay] him also. And one struck him in the chariot at the going up of Gai, which is Jeblaam: and he fled to Mageddo, and died there. 012 2KI 009 028 And his servants put him on a chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his sepulchre in the city of David. 012 2KI 009 029 And in the eleventh year of Joram king of Israel, Ochozias began to reign over Juda. 012 2KI 009 030 And Ju came to Jezrael; and Jezabel heard [of it], and coloured her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the window. 012 2KI 009 031 And Ju entered into the city; and she said, Had Zambri, the murderer of his master, peace? 012 2KI 009 032 And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who are you? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down towards him. 012 2KI 009 033 And he said, Throw her [down]. And they threw her [down]; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and they trampled on her. 012 2KI 009 034 And [Ju] went in and ate and drank, and said, Look now, after this cursed woman, and bury her, for she is a king's daughter. 012 2KI 009 035 And they went to bury her; but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 012 2KI 009 036 And they returned and told him. And he said, [It is] the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Eliu the Thesbite, saying, In the portion of Jezrael shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezabel. 012 2KI 009 037 And the carcass of Jezabel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezrael, so that they shall not say, [This is] Jezabel. 012 2KI 010 001 And Achaab [had] seventy sons in Samaria. And Ju wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulers of Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians of [the children of] Achaab, saying. 012 2KI 010 002 Now then, as soon as this letter shall have reached you, whereas [there are] with you the sons of your master, and with you chariots and horses, and strong cities, and arms, 012 2KI 010 003 do you accordingly look out the best and fit among your master's sons, and set him on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your master. 012 2KI 010 004 And they feared greatly, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: and how shall we stand? 012 2KI 010 005 So they that were over the house, and they that were over the city, and the elders and the guardians, sent to Ju, saying, We also [are] your servants, and whatever you shall say to us we will do; we will not make [any] man king: we will do that which is right in your eyes. 012 2KI 010 006 And Ju wrote them a second letter, saying, If you [are] for me, and listen to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and bring [them] to me at this time to-morrow in Jezrael. Now the sons of the king were seventy men; these great men of the city brought them up. 012 2KI 010 007 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and killed them, [even] seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael. 012 2KI 010 008 And a messenger came and told [him], saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay them [in] two heaps by the door of the gate until the morning. 012 2KI 010 009 And the morning came, and he went forth, and stood, and said to all the people, You are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him: but who killed all these? 012 2KI 010 010 See now that there shall not fall to the ground anything of the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke against the house of Achaab: for the Lord has performed all that he spoke of by the hand of his servant Eliu. 012 2KI 010 011 And Ju struck all that were left of the house of Achaab in Jezrael, and all his great men, and his acquaintance, and his priests, so as not to leave him [any] remnant. 012 2KI 010 012 And he arose and went to Samaria, [and] he [was] in the house of sheep-shearing in the way. 012 2KI 010 013 And Ju found the brethren of Ochozias king of Juda, and said, Who [are] you? And they said, We [are] the brethren of Ochozias, and we have come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen. 012 2KI 010 014 And he said, Take them alive. And they killed them at the shearing-house, forty and two men: he left not a man of them. 012 2KI 010 015 And he went thence and found Jonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him; and he saluted him, and Ju said to him, Is your heart right with my heart, as my heart [is] with your heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Ju said, If it is then, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot. 012 2KI 010 016 And he said to him, Come with me, and see me zealous for the Lord. And he caused him to sit in his chariot. 012 2KI 010 017 And he entered into Samaria, and struck all that were left of Achaab in Samaria, until he had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Eliu. 012 2KI 010 018 And Ju gathered all the people, and said to them, Achaab served Baal a little; Ju shall serve him much. 012 2KI 010 019 Now then do all [you] the prophets of Baal call all his servants and his priests to me; let not a man be lacking: for I have a great sacrifice [to offer] to Baal; every one who shall be missing shall die. But Ju did it in subtilty, that he might destroy the servants of Baal. 012 2KI 010 020 And Ju said, Sanctify a solemn festival to Baal, and they made a proclamation. 012 2KI 010 021 And Ju sent throughout all Israel, saying, Now then let all [Baal's] servants, and all his priests, and all his prophets [come], let none be lacking: for I am going to offer a great sacrifice; whoever shall be missing, shall not live. So all the servants of Baal came, and all his priests, and all his prophets: there was not one left who came not. And they entered into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other. 012 2KI 010 022 And he said to the man who was over the house of the wardrobe, Bring forth a robe for all the servants of Baal. And the keeper of the robes brought forth to them. 012 2KI 010 023 And Ju and Jonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and said to the servants of Baal, Search, and see whether there is among you any of the servants of the Lord, or only the servants of Baal, by themselves. 012 2KI 010 024 And he went in to offer sacrifices and whole burnt offerings; and Ju set for himself eighty men without, and said, Every man who shall escape of the men whom I bring into your hand, the life of him [that spares him] shall go for his life. 012 2KI 010 025 And it came to pass, when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Ju said to the footmen and to the officers, Go you in and kill them; let not a man of them escape. So they struck them with the edge of the sword, and the footmen and the officers cast [the bodies] forth, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 012 2KI 010 026 And they brought out the pillar of Baal, and burnt it. 012 2KI 010 027 And they tore down the pillars of Baal, and made his house a draught-house until this day. 012 2KI 010 028 So Ju abolished Baal out of Israel. 012 2KI 010 029 Nevertheless Ju departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin: [these were] the golden heifers in Baethel and in Dan. 012 2KI 010 030 And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all your deeds wherein you have acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which you have done to the house of Achaab [as they were] in my heart, your sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. 012 2KI 010 031 But Ju took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin. 012 2KI 010 032 In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Azael struck them in every coast of Israel; 012 2KI 010 033 from Jordan eastward all the land of Galaad belonging to the Gadites, of Gaddi and that of Ruben, and of Manasses, from Aroer, which is on the brink of the brook of Arnon, and Galaad and Basan. 012 2KI 010 034 And the rest of the acts of Ju, and all that he did, and all his might, and the wars wherein he engaged, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 012 2KI 010 035 And Ju slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joachaz his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 010 036 And the days which Ju reigned over Israel [were] twenty-eight years in Samaria. 012 2KI 011 001 And Gotholia the mother of Ochozias saw that her son was dead, and she destroyed all the seed royal. 012 2KI 011 002 And Josabee daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of her brother, and stole him from among the king's sons that were put to death, [secreting] him and his nurse in the bedchamber, and hid him from the face of Gotholia, and he was not slain. 012 2KI 011 003 And he remained with her hid in the house of the Lord six years: and Gotholia reigned over the land. 012 2KI 011 004 And in the seventh year Jodae sent and took the captains of hundreds of the Chorri and of the Rhasim, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant of the Lord with them, and adjured them, and Jodae showed them the king's son. 012 2KI 011 005 And charged them, saying, This [is] the thing which you shall do. 012 2KI 011 006 Let a third part of you go in [on] the sabbath-day, and keep you the watch of the king's house in the porch; and another third in the gate of the high way, and a third at the gate behind the footmen; and keep you the guard of the house. 012 2KI 011 007 And there [shall be] two parties among you, even every one that goes out on the Sabbath, and they shall keep the guard of the Lord's house before the king. 012 2KI 011 008 And do you compass the king about every man with his weapon in his hand, and he that goes into the ranges shall die: and they shall be with the king in his going out and in his coming in. 012 2KI 011 009 And the captains of hundreds did all things that the wise Jodae commanded; and they took each his men, both those that went in on the sabbath-day, and those that went out on the sabbath-day, and went in to Jodae the priest. 012 2KI 011 010 And the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the swords and spears of king David that were in the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 011 011 And the footmen stood each with his weapon in his hand from the right corner of the house to the left corner of the house, [by] the altar and the house round about the king. 012 2KI 011 012 And he brought forth the king's son, and put upon him the crown and [gave him] the testimony; and he made him king, and anointed him: and they clapped [their] hands, and said, Long live the king. 012 2KI 011 013 And Gotholia heard the sound of the people running, and she went in to the people to the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 011 014 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood near a pillar according to the manner; and the singers and the trumpeters were before the king and all the people of the land [even] rejoicing and sounding with trumpets: and Gotholia tore her garments, and cried, A conspiracy, a conspiracy. 012 2KI 011 015 And Jodae the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were over the host, and said to them, Bring her forth without the ranges, [and] he that goes in after her shall certainly die by the sword. For the priest said, Let her not however be slain in the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 011 016 And they laid hands upon her, and went in by the way of the horses' entrance into the house of the Lord, and she was slain there. 012 2KI 011 017 And Jodae made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord's people; also between the king and the people. 012 2KI 011 018 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore it down, and completely broke in pieces his altars and his images, and they killed Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed overseers over the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 011 019 And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the Chorri, and the Rhasim, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king out of the house of the Lord; and they went in by the way of the gate of the footmen of the king's house, and seated him there on the throne of the kings. 012 2KI 011 020 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at rest: and they killed Gotholia with the sword in the house of the king. 012 2KI 011 021 Joas [was] seven years old when he began to reign. 012 2KI 012 001 Joas began to reign in the seventh year of Ju, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Sabia of Bersabee. 012 2KI 012 002 And Joas did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days that Jodae the priest instructed him. 012 2KI 012 003 Only there were not [any] of the high places removed, and the people still sacrificed there, and burned incense on the high places. 012 2KI 012 004 And Joas said to the priests, [As for] all the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money of valuation, [as] each man brings the money of valuation, all the money which any man may feel disposed to bring into the house of the Lord, 012 2KI 012 005 let the priests take it to themselves, every man from [the proceeds of] his sale: and they shall repair the breaches of the house in all [places] wherever a breach shall be found. 012 2KI 012 006 And it came to pass in the twenty-third year of king Joas the priests [had] not repaired the breaches of the house. 012 2KI 012 007 And king Joas called Jodae the priest, and the [other] priests, and said to them, Why have you not repaired the breaches of the house? now then receive no [more] money from your sales, for you shall give it to [repair the] breaches of the house. 012 2KI 012 008 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house. 012 2KI 012 009 And Jodae the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it by the altar in the house of a man [belonging to] the house of the Lord, and the priests that kept the door put [therein] all the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 012 010 And it came to pass, when they saw that [there was] much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest went up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 012 011 And they gave the money that had been collected into the hands of them that wrought the works, the overseers of the house of the Lord; and they gave it out to the carpenters and to the builders that wrought in the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 012 012 And to the masons, and to the hewers of stone, to purchase timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, for all that was spent on the house of the Lord to repair [it]. 012 2KI 012 013 Only there were not to be made for the house of the Lord silver plates, studs, bowls, or trumpets, any vessel of gold or vessel of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord: 012 2KI 012 014 for they were to give it to the workmen, and they repaired therewith the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 012 015 Also they took no account of the men into whose hands they gave the money to give to the workmen, for they acted faithfully. 012 2KI 012 016 Money for a sin-offering, and money for a trespass-offering, whatever happened to be brought into the house of the Lord, went to the priests. 012 2KI 012 017 Then went up Azael king of Syria, and fought against Geth, and took it: and Azael set his face to go against Jerusalem. 012 2KI 012 018 And Joas king of Juda took all the holy things which Josaphat, and Joram, Ochozias, his fathers, and kings of Juda [had] consecrated, and what he had himself dedicated, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the Lord's house and the king's house, and he sent [them] to Azael king of Syria; and he went up from Jerusalem. 012 2KI 012 019 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 012 020 And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and struck Joas in the house of Mallo that is in Sela. 012 2KI 012 021 And Jezirchar the son of Jemuath, and Jezabuth Somer's son, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amessias his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 013 001 In the twenty-third year of Joas son of Ochozias king of Juda began Joachaz the son of Ju to reign in Samaria, [and he reigned] seventeen years. 012 2KI 013 002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin; he departed not from them. 012 2KI 013 003 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and delivered them into the hand of Azael king of Syria, and into the hand of the son of Ader son of Azael, all their days. 012 2KI 013 004 And Joachaz implored the Lord, and the Lord listened to him, for he saw the affliction of Israel, because the king of Syria afflicted them. 012 2KI 013 005 And the Lord gave deliverance to Israel, and they escaped from under the hand of Syria: and the children of Israel lived in their tents as heretofore. 012 2KI 013 006 Only they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to sin: they walked in them—moreover the grove also remained in Samaria. 012 2KI 013 007 Whereas there was not left any army to Joachaz, except fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry: for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and they made them as dust for trampling. 012 2KI 013 008 And the rest of the acts of Joachaz, and all that he did, and his mighty acts [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 012 2KI 013 009 And Joachaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Joas his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 013 010 In the thirty-seventh year of Joas king of Juda, Joas the son of Joachaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria sixteen years. 012 2KI 013 011 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin: he walked in it. 012 2KI 013 012 And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, and his mighty acts which he performed together with Amessias king of Juda, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 012 2KI 013 013 And Joas slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat upon his throne, and he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. 012 2KI 013 014 Now Elisaie was sick of his sickness, whereof he died: and Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept over his face, and said, [My] father, [my] father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof! 012 2KI 013 015 And Elisaie said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to himself a bow and arrows. 012 2KI 013 016 And he said to the king, Put your hand on the bow. And Joas put his hand upon [it]: and Elisaie put his hands upon the king's hands. 012 2KI 013 017 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. And Elisaie said, Shoot. And he shot. And [Elisaie] said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; and you shall strike the Syrians in Aphec until you have consumed them. 012 2KI 013 018 And Elisaie said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took them. And [he] said to the king of Israel, Strike upon the ground. And the king struck three times, and stayed. 012 2KI 013 019 And the man of God was grieved at him, and said, If you had struck five or six times, then you should have struck Syria till you had consumed them; but now you shall strike Syria [only] thrice. 012 2KI 013 020 And Elisaie died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites came into the land, at the beginning of the year. 012 2KI 013 021 And it came to pass as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a band [of men], and they cast the man into the grave of Elisaie: and as soon as he touched the bones of Elisaie, he revived and stood up on his feet. 012 2KI 013 022 And Azael greatly afflicted Israel all the days of Joachaz. 012 2KI 013 023 And the Lord had mercy and compassion upon them, and had respect to them because of his covenant with Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob; and the Lord would not destroy them, and did not cast them out from his presence. 012 2KI 013 024 And Azael king of Syria died, and the son of Ader his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 013 025 And Joas the son of Joachaz returned, and took the cities out of the hand of the son of Ader the son of Azael, which he had taken out of the hand of Joachaz his father in the war: thrice did Joas strike him, and he recovered the cities of Israel. 012 2KI 014 001 In the second year of Joas the son of Joachaz king of Israel, did Amessias also the son of Joas the king of Juda begin to reign. 012 2KI 014 002 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Joadim of Jerusalem. 012 2KI 014 003 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not as David his father: he did according to all things that his father Joas did. 012 2KI 014 004 Only he removed not the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. 012 2KI 014 005 And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants that had slain the king his father. 012 2KI 014 006 But he killed not the sons of those that had slain him; according as it is written in the book of the laws of Moses, as the Lord gave commandment, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, and the children shall not be put to death for the fathers; but every one shall die for his own sins. 012 2KI 014 007 He struck of Edom ten thousand in the valley of salt, and took the Rock in the war, and called its name Jethoel until this day. 012 2KI 014 008 Then Amessias sent messengers to Joas son of Joachaz son of Ju king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 012 2KI 014 009 And Joas the king of Israel sent to Amessias king of Juda, saying, The thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus, saying, Give my daughter to your son to wife: and the wild beasts of the field that were in Libanus passed by and trod down the thistle. 012 2KI 014 010 You have struck and wounded Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: stay at home and glorify yourself; for therefore are you quarrelsome to your hurt? So [both] you will fall and Juda with you. 012 2KI 014 011 Nevertheless Amessias listened not: so Joas king of Israel went up, and he and Amessias king of Juda looked one another in the face in Baethsamys of Juda. 012 2KI 014 012 And Juda was overthrown before Israel, and [every] man fled to his tent. 012 2KI 014 013 And Joas king of Israel took Amessias the son of Joas the son of Ochozias, in Baethsamys; and he came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, [beginning] at the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits. 012 2KI 014 014 And he took the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria. 012 2KI 014 015 And the rest of the acts of Joas, [even] all that he did in his might, how he warred with Amessias king of Juda, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 012 2KI 014 016 And Joas slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 014 017 And Amessias the son of Joas king of Juda lived after the death of Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years. 012 2KI 014 018 And the rest of the acts of Amessias, and all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 014 019 And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachis: and they sent after him to Lachis, and killed him there. 012 2KI 014 020 And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 012 2KI 014 021 And all the people of Juda took Azarias, and he was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amessias. 012 2KI 014 022 He built Aeloth, and restored it to Juda, after the king slept with his fathers. 012 2KI 014 023 In the fifteenth year of Amessias son of Joas king of Juda began Jeroboam son of Joas to reign over Israel in Samaria forty and one years. 012 2KI 014 024 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin. 012 2KI 014 025 He recovered the coast of Israel from the entering in of Aemath to the sea of Araba, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonas the son of Amathi, the prophet of Gethchopher. 012 2KI 014 026 For the Lord saw [that] the affliction of Israel [was] very bitter, and that they were few in number, straitened and in lack, and destitute, and Israel had no helper. 012 2KI 014 027 And the Lord said that he would not blot out the seed of Israel from under heaven; so he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joas. 012 2KI 014 028 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, which he achieved in war, and how he recovered Damascus and Aemath to Juda in Israel, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 012 2KI 014 029 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 015 001 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel Azarias the son of Amessias king of Juda began to reign. 012 2KI 015 002 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechelia of Jerusalem. 012 2KI 015 003 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all things that Amessias his father did. 012 2KI 015 004 Only he took not away [any] of the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. 012 2KI 015 005 And the Lord plagued the king, and he was leprous till the day of his death; and he reigned in a separate house. And Joatham the king's son [was] over the household, judging the people of the land. 012 2KI 015 006 And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 015 007 And Azarias slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 015 008 In the thirty and eighth year of Azarias king of Juda Zacharias the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in Samaria six months. 012 2KI 015 009 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 012 2KI 015 010 And Sellum the son of Jabis [and others] conspired against him, and they struck him [in] Keblaam, and killed him, and he reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 015 011 And the rest of the acts of Zacharias, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 012 2KI 015 012 [This was] the word of the Lord which he spoke to Ju, saying, Your sons of the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel: and it was so. 012 2KI 015 013 And Sellum the son of Jabis reigned: and in the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda began Sellum to reign a full month in Samaria. 012 2KI 015 014 And Manaem the son of Gaddi went up out of Tharsila, and came to Samaria, and struck Sellum the son of Jabis in Samaria, and killed him. 012 2KI 015 015 And the rest of the acts of Sellum, and his conspiracy wherein he was engaged, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 012 2KI 015 016 Then Manaem struck both Thersa and all that was in it, and its borders extending beyond Thersa, because they opened not to him: and he struck it, and ripped up the women with child. 012 2KI 015 017 In the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda began Manaem the son of Gaddi to reign over Israel in Samaria ten years. 012 2KI 015 018 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin. 012 2KI 015 019 In his days went up Phua king of the Assyrians against the land: and Manaem gave to Phua a thousand talents of silver to aid him with his power. 012 2KI 015 020 And Manaem raised the silver [by a tax] upon Israel, even on every mighty man in wealth, to give to the king of the Assyrians, fifty shekels [levied] on each man; and the king of the Assyrians departed, and remained not there in the land. 012 2KI 015 021 And the rest of the acts of Manaem, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 012 2KI 015 022 And Manaem slept with his fathers; and Phakesias his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 015 023 In the fifties year of Azarias king of Juda, began Phakesias the son of Manaem to reign over Israel in Samaria two years. 012 2KI 015 024 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin. 012 2KI 015 025 And Phakee the son of Romelias, his officer, conspired against him, and struck him in Samaria in the front of the king's house, with Argob and Aria, and with him [there were] fifty men of the four hundred: and he killed him, and reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 015 026 And the rest of the acts of Phakesias, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 012 2KI 015 027 In the fifty-second year of Azarias king of Juda began Phakee the son of Romelias to reign over Israel in Samaria twenty years. 012 2KI 015 028 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin. 012 2KI 015 029 In the days of Phakee king of Israel came Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, and took Ain, and Abel, and Thamaacha, and Anioch, and Kenez, and Asor, and Galaa, and Galilee, [even] all the land of Nephthali, and carried them away to the Assyrians. 012 2KI 015 030 And Osee son of Ela formed a conspiracy against Phakee the son of Romelias, and struck him, and killed him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Joatham the son of Azarias. 012 2KI 015 031 And the rest of the acts of Phakee, and all that he did, behold, these [are] written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 012 2KI 015 032 In the second year of Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel began Joatham the son of Azarias king of Juda to reign. 012 2KI 015 033 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Jerusa daughter of Sadoc. 012 2KI 015 034 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all things that his father Azarias did. 012 2KI 015 035 Nevertheless he took not away the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the Lord's house. 012 2KI 015 036 And the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 015 037 In those days the Lord began to send forth against Juda Raasson king of Syria, and Phakee son of Romelias. 012 2KI 015 038 And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 016 001 In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign. 012 2KI 016 002 Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as David his father [had done]. 012 2KI 016 003 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, he made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. 012 2KI 016 004 And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places, and upon the hills, and under every shady tree. 012 2KI 016 005 Then went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war, and besieged Achaz, but could not prevail [against him]. 012 2KI 016 006 At that time Raasson king of Syria recovered Aelath to Syria, and drove out the Jews from Aelath, and the Idumeans came to Aelath, and lived there until this day. 012 2KI 016 007 And Achaz sent messengers to Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, saying, I am your servant and your son: come up, deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me. 012 2KI 016 008 And Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent gifts to the king. 012 2KI 016 009 And the king of the Assyrians listened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed the inhabitants, and killed king Raasson. 012 2KI 016 010 And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship. 012 2KI 016 011 And Urias the priest built the altar, according to all [the directions] which king Achaz sent from Damascus. 012 2KI 016 012 And the king saw the altar, and went up to it, 012 2KI 016 013 and offered his whole burnt offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, and poured out the blood of his peace-offerings on the brazen altar that was before the Lord. 012 2KI 016 014 And he brought forward [the one] before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he set it openly by the side of the altar northwards. 012 2KI 016 015 And king Achaz charged Urias the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole burnt offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening, and the whole burnt offering of the king, and his meat-offering, and the whole burnt offering of all the people, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering; and you shall pour all the blood of the whole burnt offering, and all the blood of [any other] sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning. 012 2KI 016 016 And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him. 012 2KI 016 017 And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and set it upon a base of stone. 012 2KI 016 018 And he made a base for the throne in the house of the Lord, and he turned the king's entrance without in the house of the Lord because of the king of the Assyrians. 012 2KI 016 019 And the rest of the acts of Achaz, even all that he did, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 016 020 And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 017 001 In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda began Osee the son of Ela to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. 012 2KI 017 002 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, only not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 012 2KI 017 003 Against him came up Salamanassar king of the Assyrians; and Osee became his servant, and rendered him tribute. 012 2KI 017 004 And the king of the Assyrians found iniquity in Osee, in that he sent messengers to Segor king of Egypt, and brought not a tribute to the king of the Assyrians in that year: and the king of the Assyrians besieged him, and bound him in the prison-house. 012 2KI 017 005 And the king of the Assyrians went up against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it [for] three years. 012 2KI 017 006 In the ninth year of Osee the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Alae, and in Abor, [near] the rivers of Gozan, and [in] the mountains of the Medes. 012 2KI 017 007 For it came to pass that the children of Israel [had] transgressed against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they feared other gods, 012 2KI 017 008 and walked in the statutes of the nations which the Lord cast out before the face of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel as many as did [such things], 012 2KI 017 009 and [in those] of the children of Israel as many as secretly practised customs, not as [they should have done], against the Lord their God: 012 2KI 017 010 and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. And they made for themselves pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree. 012 2KI 017 011 And burned incense there on all high places, as the nations [did] whom the Lord removed from before them, and dealt with familiar spirits, and they carved [images] to provoke the Lord to anger. 012 2KI 017 012 And they served the idols, of which the Lord said to them, You shall not do this thing [against] the Lord. 012 2KI 017 013 And the Lord testified against Israel and against Juda, even by the hand of all his prophets, [and] of every seer, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my ordinances, and all the law which I commanded your fathers, [and] all that I sent to them by the hand of my servants the prophets. 012 2KI 017 014 But they listened not, and made their neck harder than the neck of their fathers. 012 2KI 017 015 And they kept not any of his testimonies which he charged them; and they walked after vanities, and became vain, and after the nations round about them, concerning which the Lord had charged them not to do accordingly. 012 2KI 017 016 They forsook the commandments of the Lord their God, and made themselves graven images, [even] two heifers, and they made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. 012 2KI 017 017 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and auspices, and sold themselves to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him. 012 2KI 017 018 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; and there was only left the tribe of Juda quite alone. 012 2KI 017 019 Nay even Juda kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practised, and rejected the Lord. 012 2KI 017 020 And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and troubled them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until he cast them out of his presence. 012 2KI 017 021 Forasmuch as Israel revolted from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nabat king: and Jeroboam drew off Israel from following the Lord, and led them to sin a great sin. 012 2KI 017 022 And the children of Israel walked in all the sin of Jeroboam which he committed; they departed not from it, 012 2KI 017 023 until the Lord removed Israel from his presence, as the Lord spoke by all his servants the prophets; and Israel was removed from off their land to the Assyrians until this day. 012 2KI 017 024 And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon the men of Chutha, [and men] from Aia, and from Aemath, and Seppharvaim, and they were settled in the cities of Samaria in the place of the children of Israel: and they inherited Samaria, and were settled in its cities. 012 2KI 017 025 And it was so at the beginning of their establishment there [that] they feared not the Lord, and the Lord sent lions among them, and they killed some of them. 012 2KI 017 026 And they spoke to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations whom you have removed and substituted in the cities of Samaria [for the Israelites], know not the manner of the God of the land: and he has sent the lions against them, and, behold, they are slaying them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. 012 2KI 017 027 And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying, Bring some [Israelites] thence, and let them go and dwell there, and they shall teach them the manner of the God of the land. 012 2KI 017 028 And they brought one of the priests whom they had removed from Samaria, and he settled in Baethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord. 012 2KI 017 029 But the nations made each their own gods, and put them in the house of the high places which the Samaritans [had] made, each nation in the cities in which they lived. 012 2KI 017 030 And the men of Babylon made Socchoth Benith, and the men of Chuth made Ergel, and the men of Haemath made Asimath. 012 2KI 017 031 And the Evites made Eblazer and Tharthac, and the [inhabitant] of Seppharvaim [did evil] when they burnt their sons in the fire to Adramelech and Anemelech, the gods of Seppharvaim. 012 2KI 017 032 And they feared the Lord, yet they established their abominations in the houses of the high places which they made in Samaria, each nation in the city in which they lived: and they feared the Lord, and they made for themselves priests of the high places, and sacrificed for themselves in the house of the high places. 012 2KI 017 033 And they feared the Lord, and served their gods according to the manner of the nations, whence [their lords] brought them. 012 2KI 017 034 Until this day they did according to their manner: they fear [the Lord], and they do according to their customs, and according to their manner, and according to the law, and according to the commandment which the Lord commanded the sons of Jacob, whose name he made Israel. 012 2KI 017 035 And the Lord made a covenant with them, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, neither shall you worship them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: 012 2KI 017 036 but only to the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great strength and with a high arm: him shall you fear, and him shall you worship; to him shall you sacrifice. 012 2KI 017 037 You shall observe continually the ordinances, and the judgments, and the law, and the commandments which he wrote for you to do; and you shall not fear other gods. 012 2KI 017 038 Neither shall you forget the covenant which he made with you: and you shall not fear other gods. 012 2KI 017 039 But you shall fear the Lord your God, and he shall deliver you from all your enemies. 012 2KI 017 040 Neither shall you comply with their practice, which they follow. 012 2KI 017 041 So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images: yes, their sons and their son's sons do until this day even as their fathers did. 012 2KI 018 001 And it came to pass in the third year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel [that] Ezekias son of Achaz king of Juda began to reign. 012 2KI 018 002 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Abu, daughter of Zacharias. 012 2KI 018 003 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David did. 012 2KI 018 004 He removed the high places, and broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and the brazen serpent which Moses made: because until those days the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called it Neesthan. 012 2KI 018 005 He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; and after him there was not any like him among the kings of Juda, nor among those that were before him. 012 2KI 018 006 And he clave to the Lord, he departed not from following him; and he kept his commandments, as many as he commanded Moses. 012 2KI 018 007 And the Lord was with him; and he was wise in all that he undertook: and he revolted from the king of the Assyrians, and served him not. 012 2KI 018 008 He struck the Philistines [even] to Gaza, and to the border of it, from the tower of the watchmen even to the strong city. 012 2KI 018 009 And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Ezekias (this is the seventh year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel, ) [that] Salamanassar king of the Assyrians came up against Samaria, and besieged it. 012 2KI 018 010 And he took it at the end of three years, in the sixth year of Ezekias, (this [is] the ninth year of Osee king of Israel, when Samaria was taken.) 012 2KI 018 011 And the king of the Assyrians carried away the Samaritans to Assyria, and put them in Alae and in Abor, [by] the river Gozan, and [in] the mountains of the Medes; 012 2KI 018 012 because they listened not to the voice of the Lord their God, and transgressed his covenant, [even] in all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and listened not [to them], nor did [them]. 012 2KI 018 013 And in the fourteenth year of king Ezekias came up Sennacherim king of the Assyrians against the strong cities of Juda, and took them. 012 2KI 018 014 And Ezekias king of Juda sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians to Lachis, saying, I have offended; depart from me: whatever you shall lay upon me, I will bear. And the king of Assyria laid upon Ezekias king of Juda [a tribute of] three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold. 012 2KI 018 015 And Ezekias gave all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house. 012 2KI 018 016 At that time Ezekias cut off [the gold from] the doors of the temple, and [from] the pillars which Ezekias king of Juda [had] overlaid with gold, and gave it to the king of the Assyrians. 012 2KI 018 017 And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan and Raphis and Rapsakes from Lachis to king Ezekias with a strong force against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the way of the fuller's field. 012 2KI 018 018 And they cried to Ezekias: and there came to him Heliakim the son of Chelcias the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and Joas the son of Saphat the recorder. 012 2KI 018 019 And Rapsakes said to them, Say now to Ezekias, Thus says the king, the great king of the Assyrians, What [is] this confidence wherein you trust? 012 2KI 018 020 You have said, (but [they are] mere words, ) [I have] counsel and strength for war. Now then in whom do you trust, that you have revolted from me? 012 2KI 018 021 See now, are you trusting for yourself on this broken staff of reed, [even] upon Egypt? whoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust on him. 012 2KI 018 022 And whereas you have said to me, We trust on the Lord God: [is] not this he, whose high places and altars Ezekias has removed, and has said to Juda and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? 012 2KI 018 023 And now, I pray you, make and agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you shall be able on your part to set riders upon them. 012 2KI 018 024 How then will you turn away the face of one petty governor, from among the least of my lord's servants? whereas you trust for yourself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen. 012 2KI 018 025 And now have we come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 012 2KI 018 026 And Heliakim the son of Chelkias, and Somnas, and Joas, said to Rapsakes, Speak now to your servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it; and speak not with us in the Jewish language: and why do you speak in the ears of the people that are on the wall? 012 2KI 018 027 And Rapsakes said to them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? [has he] not [sent me] to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own water together with you. 012 2KI 018 028 And Rapsakes stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and spoke, and said, Hear the words of the great king of the Assyrians: 012 2KI 018 029 thus says the king, Let not Ezekias encourage you with words: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand. 012 2KI 018 030 And let not Ezekias cause you to trust on the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly deliver us; this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians: listen not to Ezekias: 012 2KI 018 031 for thus says the king of the Assyrians, Gain my favor, and come forth to me, and every man shall drink [of the wine] of his own vine, and every man shall eat of his own fig tree, and shall drink water out of his own cistern; 012 2KI 018 032 until I come and remove you to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, and bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil, and honey, and you shall live and not die: and do not you listen to Ezekias, for he deceives you, saying, The Lord shall deliver you. 012 2KI 018 033 Have the Gods of the nations at all delivered each their own land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians? 012 2KI 018 034 Where is the god of Haemath, and of Arphad? where is the god of Seppharvaim, Ana, and Aba? for have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 012 2KI 018 035 Who [is there] among all the gods of the countries, who have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 012 2KI 018 036 But [the men] were silent, and answered him not a word: for [there was] a commandment of the king, saying, You shall not answer him. 012 2KI 018 037 And Heliakim the son of Chelcias, the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and Joas the son of Saphat the recorder came in to Ezekias, having tore their garments; and they reported to him the words of Rapsakes. 012 2KI 019 001 And it came to pass when king Ezekias heard it, that he tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth, an went into the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 019 002 And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests, clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the prophet the son of Amos. 012 2KI 019 003 And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias, This day [is] a day of tribulation, and rebuke, and provocation: for the children are come to the travail-[pangs], but the mother has no strength. 012 2KI 019 004 Peradventure the Lord your God will hear all the words of Rapsakes, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God and to revile him with the words which the Lord your God has heard: and you shall offer [your] prayer for the remnant that is found. 012 2KI 019 005 So the servants of king Ezekias came to Esaias. 012 2KI 019 006 And Esaias said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which you have heard, wherewith the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed. 012 2KI 019 007 Behold, I send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and shall return to his own land; and I will overthrow him with the sword in his own land. 012 2KI 019 008 So Rapsakes returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Lobna: for he heard that he [had] departed from Lachis. 012 2KI 019 009 And he heard concerning Tharaca king of the Ethiopians, saying, Behold, he is come forth to fight with you: and he returned, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying, 012 2KI 019 010 Let not your God on whom you trust encourage you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians. 012 2KI 019 011 Behold, you have heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done in all the lands, to waste them utterly: and shall you be delivered? 012 2KI 019 012 Have the gods of the nations at all delivered them, whom my fathers destroyed; both Gozan, and Charran, and Raphis, and the sons of Edem who were in Thaesthen? 012 2KI 019 013 Where is the king of Haemath, and the king of Arphad? and where is the king of the city of Seppharvaim, of Ana, and Aba? 012 2KI 019 014 And Ezekias took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and he went up to the house of the Lord, and Ezekias spread it before the Lord, 012 2KI 019 015 and said, O Lord God of Israel that dwell over the cherubs, you are the only god in all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. 012 2KI 019 016 Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear: open, Lord, your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 012 2KI 019 017 For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations, 012 2KI 019 018 and have cast their gods into the fire: because they are no gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them. 012 2KI 019 019 And now, O Lord our God, deliver us out of his hand, and all the kingdoms of the earth shall know that you alone [are] the Lord God. 012 2KI 019 020 And Esaias the son of Amos sent to Ezekias, saying, Thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, I have heard your prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians. 012 2KI 019 021 This [is] the word which the Lord has spoken against him; The virgin daughter of Sion has made light of you, and mocked you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you. 012 2KI 019 022 Whom have you reproached, and whom have you reviled? and against whom have you lifted up your voice, and raised your eyes on high? [Is it] against the Holy One of Israel? 012 2KI 019 023 By your messengers you has reproached the Lord, and have said, I will go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Libanus, and I have cut down the height of his cedar, [and] his choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of Carmel. 012 2KI 019 024 I have refreshed [myself], and have drunk strange waters, and I have dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers of fortified places. 012 2KI 019 025 I have brought about [the matter], I have brought it to a conclusion; and it is come to the destruction of the bands of warlike prisoners, [even of] strong cities. 012 2KI 019 026 And they that lived in them were weak in hand, they quaked and were confounded, they became [as] grass of the field, or [as] the green herb, the grass [growing on] houses, and that which is trodden down by him that stands [upon it]. 012 2KI 019 027 But I know your down-sitting, and your going forth, and your rage against me. 012 2KI 019 028 Because you was angry against me, and your fierceness is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hooks in your nostrils, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came. 012 2KI 019 029 And this shall be a sign to you; eat this year the things that grow of themselves, and in the second year the things which spring up: and in the third year [let there be] sowing, and reaping, and planting of vineyards, and eat you the fruit of them. 012 2KI 019 030 And he shall increase him that has escaped of the house of Juda: and the remnant [shall strike] root beneath, and it shall produce fruit above. 012 2KI 019 031 For from Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and he that escapes from the mountain of Sion: the zeal of the Lord of host shall do this. 012 2KI 019 032 [Is it] not so? Thus says the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, and he shall not shoot an arrow there, neither shall a shield come against it, neither shall he heap a mound against it. 012 2KI 019 033 By the way by which he comes, by it shall he return, and he shall not enter into this city, says the Lord. 012 2KI 019 034 And I will defend this city as with a shield, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 012 2KI 019 035 And it came to pass at night that the angel of the Lord went forth, an struck in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they rose early in the morning, and, behold, [these were] all dead corpses. 012 2KI 019 036 And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians departed, and went and returned, and lived in Nineve. 012 2KI 019 037 And it came to pass, while he was worshipping in the house of Meserach his god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his sons struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararath; and Asordan his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 020 001 In those days was Ezekias sick [even] to death. And the prophet Esaias the son of Amos came in to him, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Give charge to your household; [for] you shall die, and not live. 012 2KI 020 002 And Ezekias turned to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying, 012 2KI 020 003 Lord, remember, I pray you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your eyes. And Ezekias wept with a great weeping. 012 2KI 020 004 And Esaias was in the middle court, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 012 2KI 020 005 Turn back, and you shall say to Ezekias the ruler of my people, Thus says the Lord God of your father David, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 020 006 And I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant's David sake. 012 2KI 020 007 And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well. 012 2KI 020 008 And Ezekias said to Esaias, What [is] the sign that the Lord will heal me, and I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day? 012 2KI 020 009 And Esaias said, This [is] the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will perform the word which he has spoken, the shadow [of the dial] shall advance ten degrees: [or] if it should go back ten degrees [this would also be the sign]. 012 2KI 020 010 And Ezekias said, [It is] a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial. 012 2KI 020 011 And Esaias the prophet cried to the Lord: and the shadow returned back ten degrees on the dial. 012 2KI 020 012 At that time Marodach Baladan, son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Ezekias, because he had heard that Ezekias was sick. 012 2KI 020 013 And Ezekias rejoiced at them, and showed all the house of his spices, the silver and the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and the armory, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing which Ezekias did not show them in his house, and in all his dominion. 012 2KI 020 014 And Esaias the prophet went in to king Ezekias, and said to him, What said these men? and whence came they to you? And Ezekias said, they came to me from a distant land, [even] from Babylon. 012 2KI 020 015 And he said, What saw they in your house? And he said, They saw all things that [are] in my house: there was nothing in my house which I showed not to them; yes, all that was in my treasures also. 012 2KI 020 016 And Esaias said to Ezekias, Hear the word of the Lord: 012 2KI 020 017 Behold, the days come, that all things that are in your house shall be taken, and all that your fathers have treasured up until this day, to Babylon; and there shall not fail a word, which the Lord has spoken. 012 2KI 020 018 And as for your sons which shall come forth of you, which you shall beget, [the enemy] shall take them, and they shall be eunuchs in the house of the king of Babylon. 012 2KI 020 019 And Ezekias said to Esaias, Good [is] the word of the Lord which he has spoken: [only] let there be peace in my days. 012 2KI 020 020 And the rest of the acts of Ezekias, and all his might, and all that he made, the fountain and the aqueduct, and [how] he brought water into the city, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 020 021 And Ezekias slept with his fathers: and Manasses his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 021 001 Manasses [was] twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Apsiba. 012 2KI 021 002 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. 012 2KI 021 003 And he built again the high places, which Ezekias his father [had] demolished; and set up an altar to Baal, and made groves as Achaab king of Israel [made them]; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 012 2KI 021 004 And he built an altar in the house of the Lord, whereas he had said, In Jerusalem I will place my name. 012 2KI 021 005 And he built an altar to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 021 006 And he caused his sons to pass through the fire, and used divination and auspices, and made groves, and multiplied wizards, so as to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 012 2KI 021 007 And he set up the graven image of the grove in the house of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I even place my name for ever. 012 2KI 021 008 And I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I gave to their fathers, [even of those] who shall keep all that I commanded, according to all the commandments which my servant Moses commanded them. 012 2KI 021 009 But they listened not; and Manasses led them astray to do evil in the sight of the Lord, beyond the nations whom the Lord utterly destroyed from before the children of Israel. 012 2KI 021 010 And the Lord spoke by his servants the prophets, saying, 012 2KI 021 011 Forasmuch as Manasses the king of Juda has wrought all these evil abominations, beyond all that the Amorite did, who lived before [him], and has led Juda also into sin by their idols, 012 2KI 021 012 [it shall] not [be] so. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I bring calamities upon Jerusalem and Juda, so that both the ears of every one that hears shall tingle. 012 2KI 021 013 And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Achaab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping. 012 2KI 021 014 And I will reject the remnant of my inheritance, and will deliver them into the hands of their enemies; and they shall be for a plunder and for a spoil to all their enemies: 012 2KI 021 015 forasmuch as they have done wickedly in my sight, and have provoked me from the day that I brought out their fathers out of Egypt, even until this day. 012 2KI 021 016 Moreover Manasses shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem [with it] from one end to the other, beside his sins with which he caused Juda to sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord. 012 2KI 021 017 And the rest of the acts of Manasses, and all that he did, and his sin which he sinned, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 021 018 And Manasses slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his house, [even] in the garden of Oza: and Amos his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 021 019 Twenty and two years old [was] Amos when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Mesollam, daughter of Arus of Jeteba. 012 2KI 021 020 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses his father did. 012 2KI 021 021 And he walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols which his father served, and worshipped them. 012 2KI 021 022 And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord. 012 2KI 021 023 And the servants of Amos conspired against him, and killed the king in his house. 012 2KI 021 024 And the people of the land killed all that had conspired against king Amos; and the people of the land made Josias king in his room. 012 2KI 021 025 And the rest of the acts of Amos, [even] all that he did, behold, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 021 026 And they buried him in his tomb in the garden of Oza: and Josias his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 022 001 Josias [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Jedia, daughter of Edeia of Basuroth. 012 2KI 022 002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father; he turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 012 2KI 022 003 And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josias, in the eighth month, the king sent Sapphan the son of Ezelias the son of Mesollam, the scribe of the house of the Lord, saying, 012 2KI 022 004 Go up to Chelcias the high priest, and take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people. 012 2KI 022 005 And let them give it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord. And he gave it to the workmen in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house, 012 2KI 022 006 [even] to the carpenters, and builders, and masons, [and] also to purchase timber and hewn stones, to repair the breaches of the house. 012 2KI 022 007 Only they did not call them to account for the money that was given to them, because they dealt faithfully. 012 2KI 022 008 And Chelcias the high priest said to Saphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Chelcias gave the book to Sapphan, and he read it. 012 2KI 022 009 And he went into the house of the Lord to the king, and reported the matter to the king, and said, Your servants have collected the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have given it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 022 010 And Sapphan the scribe spoke to the king, saying, Chelcias the priest has given me a book. And Sapphan read it before the king. 012 2KI 022 011 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his garments. 012 2KI 022 012 And the king commanded Chelcias the priest, and Achikam the son of Sapphan, and Achobor the son of Michaias, and Sapphan the scribe, and Asaias the king's servant, saying, 012 2KI 022 013 Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for all the people, and for all Juda, and concerning the words of this book that has been found: for the wrath of the Lord that has been kindled against us [is] great, because our fathers listened not to the words of this book, to do according to all the things written concerning us. 012 2KI 022 014 So Chelcias the priest went, and Achicam, and Achobor, and Sapphan, and Asaias, to Olda the prophetess, the mother of Sellem the son of Thecuan son of Aras, keeper of the robes; and she lived in Jerusalem in Masena; and they spoke to her. 012 2KI 022 015 And she said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Say to the man that sent you to me, 012 2KI 022 016 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I bring evil upon this place, and upon them that dwell in it, [even] all the words of the book which the king of Juda has read: 012 2KI 022 017 because they have forsaken me, and burnt incense to other gods, that they might provoke me with the works of their hands: therefore my wrath shall burn forth against this place, and shall not be quenched. 012 2KI 022 018 And to the king of Juda that sent you to enquire of the Lord, —thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, [As for] the words which you have heard; 012 2KI 022 019 because your heart was softened, and you was humbled before [me], when you heard all that I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that it should be utterly destroyed and accursed, and you did rend your garments, and weep before me; I also have heard, says the Lord. 012 2KI 022 020 It shall not be so [therefore]: behold, I [will] add you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your tomb in peace, and your eyes shall not see [any] among all the evils which I bring upon this place. 012 2KI 023 001 So they reported the word to the king: and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Juda and Jerusalem to himself. 012 2KI 023 002 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and every man of Juda and all who lived in Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 023 003 And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his ordinances with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; [even] the things written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. 012 2KI 023 004 And the king commanded Chelcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and them that kept the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kedron, and took the ashes of them to Baethel. 012 2KI 023 005 And he burned the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Juda [had] appointed, (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Juda, and the places around about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven. 012 2KI 023 006 And he carried out the grove from the house of the Lord to the brook Kedron, and burned it at the brook Kedron, and reduced it to powder, and cast its powder on the sepulchres of the sons of the people. 012 2KI 023 007 And he pulled down the house of the sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove tents for the grove. 012 2KI 023 008 And he brought up all the priest from the cities of Juda, and defiled the high places where the priests burned incense, from Gaebal even to Bersabee; and he pulled down the house of the gates that was by the door of the gate of Joshua the ruler of the city, on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 012 2KI 023 009 Only the priests of the high places went not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, for they only ate leavened bread in the midst of their brethren. 012 2KI 023 010 And he defiled Taphes which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, [constructed] for a man to cause his son or his daughter to pass through fire to Moloch. 012 2KI 023 011 And he burned the horses which the king of Juda had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the treasury of Nathan the king's eunuch, in the suburbs; and he burned the chariot of the sun with fire. 012 2KI 023 012 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down and forcibly remove from thence, and cast their dust into the brook of Kedron. 012 2KI 023 013 And the king defiled the house that was before Jerusalem, on the right hand of the mount of Mosthath, which Solomon king of Israel built to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the abomination of Moab, and to Moloch the abomination of the children of Ammon. 012 2KI 023 014 And he broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 012 2KI 023 015 Also the high altar in Baethel, which Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that high altar he tore down, and broke in pieces the stones of it, and reduced it to powder, and burnt the grove. 012 2KI 023 016 And Josias turned aside, and saw the tombs that were there in the city, and sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burnt them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God spoke, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast: and he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God that spoke these words. 012 2KI 023 017 And he said, What [is] that mound which I see? And the men of the city said to him, [It is the grave of] the man of God that came out of Juda, and uttered these imprecations which he imprecated upon the altar of Baethel. 012 2KI 023 018 And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. 012 2KI 023 019 Moreover Josias removed all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel made to provoke the Lord, and did to them all that he did in Baethel. 012 2KI 023 020 And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burnt the bones of men upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. 012 2KI 023 021 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. 012 2KI 023 022 For a passover [such as] this had not been kept from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda. 012 2KI 023 023 But in the eighteenth year of king Josias, was the passover kept to the Lord in Jerusalem. 012 2KI 023 024 Moreover Josias removed the sorcerers, and the wizards, and the theraphin, and the idols, and all the abominations that had been set up in the land of Juda and in Jerusalem, that he might keep the words of the law that were written in the book, which Chelcias the priest found in the house of the Lord. 012 2KI 023 025 There was no king like him before him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, according to all the law of Moses; and after him there rose not one like him. 012 2KI 023 026 Nevertheless the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, wherewith he was angry in his anger against Juda, because of the provocations, wherewith Manasses provoked him. 012 2KI 023 027 And the Lord said, I will also remove Juda from my presence, as I removed Israel, and will reject this city which I have chosen [even] Jerusalem, and the house [of] which I said, My name shall be there. 012 2KI 023 028 And the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that he did, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 023 029 And in his days went up Pharao Nechao king of Egypt against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates: and Josias went out to meet him: and Nechao killed him in Mageddo when he saw him. 012 2KI 023 030 And his servants carried him dead from Mageddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre: and the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and anointed him, and made him king in the room of his father. 012 2KI 023 031 Twenty and three years old was Joachaz when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna. 012 2KI 023 032 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers did. 012 2KI 023 033 And Pharao Nechao removed him to Rablaam in the land of Emath, so that he should not reign in Jerusalem; and imposed a tribute on the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred talents of gold. 012 2KI 023 034 And Pharao Nechao made Eliakim son of Josias king of Juda king over them in the place of his father Josias, and he changed his name [to] Joakim, and he took Joachaz and brought him to Egypt, and he died there. 012 2KI 023 035 And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao; but he assessed the land to give the money at the command of Pharao: they gave the silver and the gold [each] man according to his assessment together with the people of the land to give to Pharao Nechao. 012 2KI 023 036 Twenty-five years old [was] Joakim when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Jeldaph, daughter of Phadail of Ruma. 012 2KI 023 037 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the lord, according to all that his fathers had done. 012 2KI 024 001 In his days went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and Joakim became his servant three years; and [then] he turned and revolted from him. 012 2KI 024 002 And the lord sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands of Syria, and the bans of Moab, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them into the land of Juda to prevail [against it], according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servants the prophets. 012 2KI 024 003 Moreover it was the purpose of the Lord concerning Juda, to remove them from his presence, because of the sins of Manasses, according to all that he did. 012 2KI 024 004 Moreover he shed innocent blood, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon [it]. 012 2KI 024 005 And the rest of the acts of Joakim, and all that he did, behold, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? 012 2KI 024 006 And Joakim slept with his fathers: and Joachim his son reigned in his stead. 012 2KI 024 007 And the king of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the king of Babylon took away all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the river of Egypt as far as the river Euphrates. 012 2KI 024 008 Eighteen years old [was] Joachim when he began to reign, an he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Nestha, daughter of Ellanastham, of Jerusalem. 012 2KI 024 009 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father did. 012 2KI 024 010 At that time went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 012 2KI 024 011 And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it. 012 2KI 024 012 And Joachim king of Juda came forth to the king of Babylon, he and his servants, and his mother, and his princes, and his eunuchs; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. 012 2KI 024 013 And he brought forth thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and he cut up all the golden vessels which Solomon the king of Israel [had] made in the temple of the Lord, according to the word of the Lord. 012 2KI 024 014 And he carried away [the inhabitants of] Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand prisoners, and every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left. 012 2KI 024 015 And he carried Joachim away to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs: and he carried away the mighty men of the land into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 012 2KI 024 016 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and one thousand artificers and smiths: all [were] mighty [men] fit for war; and the king of Babylon carried them captive to Babylon. 012 2KI 024 017 And the king of Babylon made Batthanias his son king in his stead, and called his name Sedekias. 012 2KI 024 018 Twenty and one years old [was] Sedekias when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Amital daughter of Jeremias. 012 2KI 024 019 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Joachim did. 012 2KI 024 020 For it was according to the Lord's anger against Jerusalem and on Juda, until he cast them out of his presence, that Sedekias revolted against the king of Babylon. 012 2KI 025 001 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, [that] Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, and all his host, against Jerusalem; and he encamped against it, and built a mound against it. 012 2KI 025 002 And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedekias on the ninth day of the month. 012 2KI 025 003 And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 012 2KI 025 004 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls, this is [the gate] of the king's garden: and the Chaldeans [were set] against the city round about: and [the king] went by the way of the plain. 012 2KI 025 005 And the force of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was dispersed from about him. 012 2KI 025 006 And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha; and he gave judgment upon him. 012 2KI 025 007 And he killed the sons of Sedekias before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Sedekias, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon. 012 2KI 025 008 And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (this [is] the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon), came Nabuzardan, captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem. 012 2KI 025 009 And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every house did the captain of the guard burn. 012 2KI 025 010 And the force of the Chaldeans pulled down the wall of Jerusalem round about. 012 2KI 025 011 And Nabuzardan the captain of the guard removed the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the men who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. 012 2KI 025 012 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen. 012 2KI 025 013 And the Chaldeans broke to pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord, and carried their brass to Babylon. 012 2KI 025 014 And the caldrons, and the shovels, and the bowls, and the censers, and all the brazen vessels with which they minister, he took. 012 2KI 025 015 And the captain of the guard took the fire-pans, and the gold and silver bowls. 012 2KI 025 016 Two pillars, and one sea, and the bases which Solomon made for the house of the Lord: there was no weight of the brass of all the vessels. 012 2KI 025 017 The height of one pillar [was] eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was of brass: and the height of the chapiter was three cubits: the border, and the pomegranates on the chapiter round about were all of brass: and so it was with the second pillar with its border. 012 2KI 025 018 And the captain of the guard took Saraias the high-priest, and Sophonias the second in order, and the three doorkeepers. 012 2KI 025 019 And they took out of the city one eunuch who was commander of the men of war, and five men that saw the face of the king, that were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander-in-chief, who took account of the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city. 012 2KI 025 020 And Nabuzardan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Reblatha. 012 2KI 025 021 And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Reblatha in the land of Aemath. So Juda was carried away from his land. 012 2KI 025 022 And [as for] the people that were left in the land of Juda, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon left, even over them he set Godolias son of Achicam son of Saphan. 012 2KI 025 023 And all the captains of the host, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had [thus] appointed Godolias, and they came to Godolias to Massephath, both Ismael the son of Nathanias, and Jona son of Careth, and Saraias, son of Thanamath the Netophathite, and Jezonias son of a Machathite, they and their men. 012 2KI 025 024 And Godolias swore to them and their men, and said to them, Fear not the incursion of the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 012 2KI 025 025 And it came to pass in the seventh month [that] Ismael son of Nathanias son of Helisama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and he struck Godolias, that he died, [him] and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him in Massepha. 012 2KI 025 026 And all the people, great and small rose up, [they] and the captains of the forces, and went into Egypt; because they were afraid of the Chaldeans. 012 2KI 025 027 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the carrying away of Joachim king of Juda, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, [that] Evialmarodec king of Babylon in the [first] year of his reign lifted up the head of Joachim king of Juda, and brought him out of his prison-house. 012 2KI 025 028 And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon; 012 2KI 025 029 And changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life. 012 2KI 025 030 And his portion, a continual portion, was given him out of the house of the king, a daily rate for every day all the days of his life. # # BOOK 013 1CH 1 Chronicles Chronicles I 013 1CH 001 001 Adam, Seth, Enos, 013 1CH 001 002 and Cainan, Maleleel, Jared, 013 1CH 001 003 Enoch, Mathusala, Lamech, 013 1CH 001 004 Noe: the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth. 013 1CH 001 005 The sons of Japheth, Gamer, Magog, Madaim, Jovan, Helisa, Thobel, Mosoch, and Thiras. 013 1CH 001 006 And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama. 013 1CH 001 007 And the sons of Jovan, Helisa, and Tharsis, the Citians, and Rhodians. 013 1CH 001 008 And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesraim, Phud and Chanaan. 013 1CH 001 009 And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sebethaca: and the sons of Regma, Saba, and Dadan. 013 1CH 001 010 And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a mighty hunter on the earth. 013 1CH 001 017 The sons of Sem, Aelam, and Assur, 013 1CH 001 018 and Arphaxad, Sala, 013 1CH 001 025 Eber, Pheleg, Ragan, 013 1CH 001 026 Seruch, Nachor, Tharrha, 013 1CH 001 027 Abraam. 013 1CH 001 028 And the sons of Abraam, Isaac, and Ismael. 013 1CH 001 029 And these [are] their generations: the firstborn of Ismael, Nabaeoth, and Kedar, Nabdeel, Massam, 013 1CH 001 030 Masma, Iduma, Masse, Chondan, Thaeman, 013 1CH 001 031 Jettur, Naphes, Kedma: these [are] the sons of Ismael. 013 1CH 001 032 And the sons of Chettura Abraam's concubine: —and she bore him Zembram, Jexan, Madiam, Madam, Sobac, Soe: and the sons of Jexan; Daedan, and Sabai; 013 1CH 001 033 and the sons of Madiam; Gephar, and Opher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldada; all these [were] the sons of Chettura. 013 1CH 001 034 And Abraam begot Isaac: and the sons of Isaac [were] Jacob, and Esau. 013 1CH 001 035 The sons of Esau, Eliphaz, and Raguel, and Jeul, and Jeglom, and Core. 013 1CH 001 036 The sons of Eliphaz: Thaeman, and Omar, Sophar, and Gootham, and Kenez, and Thamna, and Amalec. 013 1CH 001 037 And the sons of Raguel, Naches, Zare, Some, and Moze. 013 1CH 001 038 The sons of Seir, Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana, Deson, Osar, and Disan. 013 1CH 001 039 And the sons of Lotan, Chorri, and Aeman; and the sister of Lotan [was] Thamna. 013 1CH 001 040 The sons of Sobal; Alon, Machanath, Taebel, Sophi, and Onan: and the sons of Sebegon; Aeth, and Sonan. 013 1CH 001 041 The sons of Sonan, Daeson: and the sons of Daeson; Emeron, and Asebon, and Jethram, and Charran. 013 1CH 001 042 And the sons of Hosar, Balaam, and Zucam, and Acan: the sons of Disan, Os, and Aran. 013 1CH 001 043 And these [are] their kings, Balac the son of Beor; and the name of his city [was] Dennaba. 013 1CH 001 044 And Balac died, and Jobab the son of Zara of Bosorrha reigned in his stead. 013 1CH 001 045 And Jobab died, and Asom of the land of the Thaemanites reigned in his stead. 013 1CH 001 046 And Asom died, and Adad the son of Barad reigned in his stead, who struck Madiam in the plain of Moab: and the name of his city [was] Gethaim. 013 1CH 001 047 And Adad died, and Sebla of Masecca reigned in his stead. 013 1CH 001 048 And Sebla died, and Saul of Rhoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 013 1CH 001 049 And Saul died, and Balaennor son of Achobor reigned in his stead. 013 1CH 001 050 And Balaennor died, and Adad son of Barad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city [was] Phogor. 013 1CH 001 051 The princes of Edom: prince Thamna, prince Golada, prince Jether, 013 1CH 001 052 prince Elibamas, prince Elas, prince Phinon, 013 1CH 001 053 prince Kenez, prince Thaeman, prince Babsar, prince Magediel, 013 1CH 001 054 prince Zaphoin. These [are] the princes of Edom. 013 1CH 002 001 These [are] the names of the sons of Israel; 013 1CH 002 002 Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, Aser. 013 1CH 002 003 The sons of Juda; Er, Aunan, Selom. [These] three were born to him of the daughter of Sava the Chananitish woman: and Er, the firstborn of Juda, [was] wicked before the Lord, and he killed him. 013 1CH 002 004 And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda [were] five. 013 1CH 002 005 The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel. 013 1CH 002 006 And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Aetham, and Aemuan, and Calchal, and Darad, [in] all five. 013 1CH 002 007 And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing. 013 1CH 002 008 And the sons of Aetham; Azarias, 013 1CH 002 009 and the sons of Esrom who were born to him; Jerameel, and Aram, and Chaleb. 013 1CH 002 010 And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Naasson, chief of the house of Juda. 013 1CH 002 011 And Naasson begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Booz, 013 1CH 002 012 and Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jessae. 013 1CH 002 013 And Jessae begot his firstborn Eliab, Aminadab [was] the second, Samaa the third, 013 1CH 002 014 Nathanael the fourth, Zabdai the fifth, 013 1CH 002 015 Asam the sixth, David the seventh. 013 1CH 002 016 And their sister [was] Saruia, and [another] Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia [were] Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three. 013 1CH 002 017 And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab [was] Jothor the Ismaelite. 013 1CH 002 018 And Chaleb the son of Esrom took Gazuba to wife, and Jerioth: and these [were] her sons; Jasar, and Subab, and Ardon. 013 1CH 002 019 And Gazuba died; and Chaleb took to himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Or. 013 1CH 002 020 And Or begot Uri, and Uri begot Beseleel. 013 1CH 002 021 And after this Esron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and he took her when he was sixty-five years old; and she bore him Seruch. 013 1CH 002 022 And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad. 013 1CH 002 023 And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; [with] Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Galaad. 013 1CH 002 024 And after the death of Esron, Chaleb came to Ephratha; and the wife of Esron [was] Abia; and she bore him Ascho the father of Thecoe. 013 1CH 002 025 And the sons of Jerameel the firstborn of Esron [were], the firstborn Ram, and Banaa, and Aram, and Asan his brother. 013 1CH 002 026 And Jerameel had another wife, and her name [was] Atara: she is the mother of Ozom. 013 1CH 002 027 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerameel were Maas, and Jamin, and Acor. 013 1CH 002 028 And the sons of Ozom were, Samai, and Jadae: and the sons of Samai; Nadab, and Abisur. 013 1CH 002 029 And the name of the wife of Abisur [was] Abichaia, and she bore him Achabar, and Moel. 013 1CH 002 030 And the sons of Nadab; Salad and Apphain; and Salad died without children. 013 1CH 002 031 And the sons of Apphain, Isemiel; and the sons of Isemiel, Sosan; and the sons of Sosan, Dadai. 013 1CH 002 032 And the sons of Dadai, Achisamas, Jether, Jonathan: and Jether died childless. 013 1CH 002 033 And the sons of Jonathan; Phaleth, and Hozam. These were the sons of Jerameel. 013 1CH 002 034 And Sosan had no sons, but daughters. And Sosan had an Egyptian servant, and his name [was] Jochel. 013 1CH 002 035 And Sosan gave his daughter to Jochel his servant to wife; and she bore him Ethi. 013 1CH 002 036 And Ethi begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabed, 013 1CH 002 037 and Zabed begot Aphamel, and Aphamel begot Obed. 013 1CH 002 038 And Obed begot Jeu, and Jeu begot Azarias. 013 1CH 002 039 And Azarias begot Chelles, and Chelles begot Eleasa, 013 1CH 002 040 and Eleasa begot Sosomai, and Sosomai begot Salum, 013 1CH 002 041 and Salum begot Jechemias, and Jechemias begot Elisama, and Elisama begot Ismael. 013 1CH 002 042 And the sons of Chaleb the brother of Jerameel [were], Marisa his firstborn, he [is] the father of Ziph: —and the sons of Marisa the father of Chebron. 013 1CH 002 043 And the sons of Chebron; Core, and Thapphus, and Recom, and Samaa. 013 1CH 002 044 And Samaa begot Raem the father of Jeclan: and Jeclan begot Samai. 013 1CH 002 045 And his son [was] Maon: and Maon [is] the father of Baethsur. 013 1CH 002 046 And Gaepha the concubine of Chaleb bore Aram, and Mosa, and Gezue. 013 1CH 002 047 And the sons of Addai [were] Ragem, and Joatham, and Sogar, and Phalec, and Gaepha, and Sagae. 013 1CH 002 048 And Chaleb's concubine Mocha bore Saber, and Tharam. 013 1CH 002 049 She bore also Sagae the father of Madmena, and Sau the father of Machabena, and the father of Gaebal: and the daughter of Chaleb [was] Ascha. 013 1CH 002 050 These were the sons of Chaleb: the sons of Or the firstborn of Ephratha; Sobal the father of Cariathiarim, 013 1CH 002 051 Salomon the father of Baetha, Lammon the father of Baethalaem, and Arim the father of Bethgedor. 013 1CH 002 052 And the sons of Sobal the father of Cariathiarim were Araa, and Aesi, and Ammanith, 013 1CH 002 053 and Umasphae, cities of Jair; Aethalim, and Miphithim, and Hesamathim, and Hemasaraim; from these went forth the Sarathaeans, and the sons of Esthaam. 013 1CH 002 054 The sons of Salomon; Baethalaem, the Netophathite, Ataroth of the house of Joab, and half of the family of Malathi, Esari. 013 1CH 002 055 The families of the scribes dwelling in Jabis; Thargathiim, and Samathiim, and Sochathim, these [are] the Kinaeans that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. 013 1CH 003 001 Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in Chebron; the firstborn Amnon, [born] of Achinaam the Jezraelitess; the second Damniel, of Abigaia the Carmelitess. 013 1CH 003 002 The third, Abessalom, the son of Mocha the daughter of Tholmai king of Gedsur; the fourth, Adonia the son of Aggith. 013 1CH 003 003 The fifth, Saphatia, [the son] of Abital; the sixth, Jethraam, [born] of Agla his wife. 013 1CH 003 004 Six were born to him in Chebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months: and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 013 1CH 003 005 And these were born to him in Jerusalem; Samaa, Sobab, Nathan, and Solomon; four [of] Bersabee the daughter of Amiel: 013 1CH 003 006 and Ebaar, and Elisa, and Eliphaleth, 013 1CH 003 007 and Nagai, and Naphec, and Japhie, 013 1CH 003 008 and Helisama, and Eliada, and Eliphala, nine. 013 1CH 003 009 All [these were] the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and [there was also] Themar their sister. 013 1CH 003 010 The sons of Solomon; Roboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Josaphat his son, 013 1CH 003 011 Joram his son, Ochozias his son, Joas his son, 013 1CH 003 012 Amasias his son, Azarias his son, Joathan his son, 013 1CH 003 013 Achaz his son, Ezekias his son, Manasses his son, 013 1CH 003 014 Amon his son, Josia his son. 013 1CH 003 015 And the sons of Josia; the firstborn Joanan, the second Joakim, the third Sedekias, the fourth Salum. 013 1CH 003 016 And the sons of Joakim; Jechonias his son, Sedekias his son. 013 1CH 003 017 And the sons of Jechonias; Asir, Salathiel his son, 013 1CH 003 018 Melchiram, and Phadaias, and Sanesar, and Jekimia, and Hosamath, and Nabadias. 013 1CH 003 019 And the sons of Phadaias; Zorobabel, and Semei: and the sons of Zorobabel; Mosollam, and Anania, and Salomethi [was] their sister. 013 1CH 003 020 And Asube, and Ool, and Barachia, and Asadia, and Asobed, five. 013 1CH 003 021 And the sons of Anania, Phalettia, and Jesias his son, Raphal his son, Orna his son, Abdia his son, Sechenias his son. 013 1CH 003 022 And the son of Sechenias; Samaia: and the sons of Samaia; Chattus, and Joel, and Berri and Noadia, and Saphath, six. 013 1CH 003 023 And the sons of Noadia: Elithenan, and Ezekia, and Ezricam, three. 013 1CH 003 024 And the sons of Elithenan; Odolia, and Heliasebon, and Phadaia, and Akub, and Joanan, and Dalaaia, and Anan, seven. 013 1CH 004 001 And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal, 013 1CH 004 002 and Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these [are] the generations of the Arathites. 013 1CH 004 003 And these [are] the sons of Aetam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name [was] Eselebbon. 013 1CH 004 004 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these [are] the sons of Or, the firstborn of Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen. 013 1CH 004 005 And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada. 013 1CH 004 006 And Aoda bore to him Ochaia, and Ephal, and Thaeman, and Aasther: all these [were] the sons of Aoda. 013 1CH 004 007 And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam. 013 1CH 004 008 And Coe begot Enob, and Sabatha, and the progeny of the brother of Rechab, the son of Jarin. 013 1CH 004 009 And Igabes was more famous than his brethren; and his mother called his name Igabes, saying, I have born as a sorrowful one. 013 1CH 004 010 And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would make me know that you will not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked. 013 1CH 004 011 And Chaleb the father of Ascha begot Machir; he [was] the father of Assathon. 013 1CH 004 012 He begot Bathraias, and Bessee, and Thaeman the founder of the city of Naas the brother of Eselom the Kenezite: these [were] the men of Rechab. 013 1CH 004 013 And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath. 013 1CH 004 014 And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers. 013 1CH 004 015 And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez. 013 1CH 004 016 And the sons of Aleel, Zib, and Zepha, and Thiria, and Eserel. 013 1CH 004 017 And the sons of Esri; Jether, Morad, and Apher, and Jamon: and Jether begot Maron, and Semei, and Jesba the father of Esthaemon. 013 1CH 004 018 And his wife, that [is] Adia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Aber the father of Sochon, and Chetiel the father of Zamon: and these [are] the sons of Betthia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mored took. 013 1CH 004 019 And the sons of the wife of Iduia the sister of Nachaim the father of Keila; Garmi, and Esthaemon the Nochathite. 013 1CH 004 020 And the sons of Semon; Amnon, and Ana the son of Phana, and Inon: and the sons of Sei, Zoan, and the sons of Zoab. 013 1CH 004 021 The sons of Selom the son of Juda; Er the father of Lechab, and Laada the father of Marisa, and the offspring of the family of Ephrathabac [belonging to] the house of Esoba. 013 1CH 004 022 And Joakim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joas, and Saraph, who lived in Moab, and he changed their names to Abederin and Athukiim. 013 1CH 004 023 These [are] the potters who lived in Ataim and Gadira with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and lived there. 013 1CH 004 024 The sons of Semeon; Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zares, Saul: 013 1CH 004 025 Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son: 013 1CH 004 026 Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son. 013 1CH 004 027 Semei [had] sixteen sons, and six daughters; and his brethren had not many sons, neither did all their families multiply as the sons of Juda. 013 1CH 004 028 And they lived in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual, 013 1CH 004 029 and in Balaa, and in Aesem, and in Tholad, 013 1CH 004 030 and in Bathuel, and in Herma, and in Sikelag, 013 1CH 004 031 and in Baethmarimoth, and Hemisuseosin, and the house of Baruseorim: these [were] their cities until [the time of] king David. 013 1CH 004 032 And their villages [were] Aetan, and En, Remnon, and Thocca, and Aesar, five cities. 013 1CH 004 033 And all their villages [were] round about these cities, as far as Baal: this [was] their possession, and their distribution. 013 1CH 004 034 And Mosobab, and Jemoloch, and Josia the son of Amasia; 013 1CH 004 035 and Joel, and Jeu the son of Asabia, the son of Sarau, the son of Asiel; 013 1CH 004 036 and Elionai, and Jocaba, and Jasuia, and Asaia, and Jediel, and Ismael, and Banaias; 013 1CH 004 037 and Zuza the son of Saphai, the son of Alon, the son of Jedia, the son of Semri, the son of Samaias. 013 1CH 004 038 These went by the names of princes in their families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers' households. 013 1CH 004 039 And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle. 013 1CH 004 040 And they found abundant and good pastures, and the land before them [was] wide, and [there was] peace and quietness; for [there were] some of the children of Cham who lived there before. 013 1CH 004 041 And these who are written by name came in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and they struck the people's houses, and the Minaeans whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until this day: and they lived in their place, because [there was] pasture there for their cattle. 013 1CH 004 042 And some of them, [even] of the sons of Symeon, went to mount Seir, [even] five hundred men; and Phalaettia, and Noadia, and Raphaia, and Oziel, sons of Jesi, [were] their rulers. 013 1CH 004 043 And they struck the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day. 013 1CH 005 001 And the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel (for he [was] the firstborn; but because of his going up to his father's couch, [his father] gave his blessing to his son Joseph, [even] the son of Israel; and he was not reckoned as firstborn; 013 1CH 005 002 for Judas [was] very mighty even among his brethren, and one was to be a ruler out of him: but the blessing [was] Joseph's). 013 1CH 005 003 The sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel; Enoch, and Phallus, Asrom, and Charmi. 013 1CH 005 004 The sons of Joel; Semei, and Banaia his son: and the sons of Gug the son of Semei. 013 1CH 005 005 His son [was] Micha, his son Recha, his son Joel, 013 1CH 005 006 his son Beel, whom Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria carried away captive: he [is] the chief of the Rubenites. 013 1CH 005 007 And his brethren in his family, in their distribution according to their generations; the chief, Joel, and Zacharia. 013 1CH 005 008 And Balec the son of Azuz, the son of Sama, the son of Joel: he lived in Aroer, and even to Naban, and Beelmasson. 013 1CH 005 009 And he lived eastward to the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the land of Galaad. 013 1CH 005 010 And in the days of Saul they made war upon the sojourners [in the land]; and they fell into their hands, all of them dwelling in their tents eastward of Galaad. 013 1CH 005 011 The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Basan even to Sela. 013 1CH 005 012 Joel the firstborn, and Sapham the second, and Janin the scribe in Basan. 013 1CH 005 013 And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers; Michael, Mosollam, and Sebee, and Joree, and Joachan, and Zue, and Obed, seven. 013 1CH 005 014 These [are] the sons of Abichaia the son of Uri, the son of Idai, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesai, the son of Jeddai, the son of Buz, 013 1CH 005 015 [who was] the brother of the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, [he was] chief of the house of their families. 013 1CH 005 016 They lived in Galaad, in Basan, and in their villages, and [in] all the country round about Saron to the border. 013 1CH 005 017 The enumeration of [them] all took place in the days of Joatham king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 013 1CH 005 018 The sons of Ruben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasse, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow, and skilled in war, [were] forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle. 013 1CH 005 019 And they made war with the Agarenes, and Itureans, and Naphiseans, and Nadabeans, 013 1CH 005 020 and they prevailed against them: and the Agaraeans were given into their hands, [they] and all their tents: for they cried to God in the battle, and he listened to them, because they trusted on him. 013 1CH 005 021 And they took captive their store; five thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men. 013 1CH 005 022 For many fell slain, because the war [was] of God. And they lived in their place until the captivity. 013 1CH 005 023 And the half-tribe of Manasse lived from Basan to Baal, Ermon, and Sanir, and [to] the mount Aermon: and they increased in Libanus. 013 1CH 005 024 And these were the heads of the houses of their families; Opher, and Sei, and Eliel, and Jeremia, and Oduia, and Jediel, mighty men of valour, men of renown, heads of the houses of their families. 013 1CH 005 025 But they rebelled against the God of their fathers, and went a-whoring after the gods of the nations of the land, whom God cast out from before them. 013 1CH 005 026 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phaloch king of Assyria, and the spirit of Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria, and carried away Ruben and Gaddi, and the half-tribe of Manasse, and brought them to Chaach, and Chabor, and to the river Gozan, until this day. 013 1CH 006 001 The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari. 013 1CH 006 002 And the sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel. 013 1CH 006 003 And the sons of Ambram; Aaron, and Moses, and Mariam: and the sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abiud, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 013 1CH 006 004 Eleazar begot Phinees, Phinees begot Abisu; 013 1CH 006 005 Abisu begot Bokki, and Bokki begot Ozi; 013 1CH 006 006 Ozi begot Zaraia, Zaraia begot Mariel; 013 1CH 006 007 and Mariel begot Amaria, and Amaria begot Achitob; 013 1CH 006 008 and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas; 013 1CH 006 009 and Achimaas begot Azarias, and Azarias begot Joanan; 013 1CH 006 010 and Joanan begot Azarias: he ministered as priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem. 013 1CH 006 011 And Azarias begot Amaria, and Amaria begot Achitob; 013 1CH 006 012 and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Salom; 013 1CH 006 013 and Salom begot Chelcias, and Chelcias begot Azarias; 013 1CH 006 014 and Azarias begot Saraia, and Saraias begot Josadac. 013 1CH 006 015 And Josadac went into captivity with Juda and Jerusalem under Nabuchodonosor. 013 1CH 006 016 The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari. 013 1CH 006 017 And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson; Lobeni, and Semei. 013 1CH 006 018 The sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel. 013 1CH 006 019 The sons of Merari; Mooli and Musi: and these [are] the families of Levi, according to their families. 013 1CH 006 020 To Gedson—to Lobeni his son—[were born] Jeth his son, Zammath his son, 013 1CH 006 021 Joab his son, Addi his son, Zara his son, Jethri his son. 013 1CH 006 022 The sons of Caath; Aminadab his son, Core his son, Aser his son; 013 1CH 006 023 Helcana his son, Abisaph his son, Aser his son: 013 1CH 006 024 Thaath his son, Uriel his son, Ozia his son, Saul his son. 013 1CH 006 025 And the sons of Helcana; Amessi, and Achimoth. 013 1CH 006 026 Helcana his son, Suphi his son, Cainaath his son; 013 1CH 006 027 Eliab his son, Jeroboam his son, Helcana his son. 013 1CH 006 028 The sons of Samuel; the firstborn Sani, and Abia. 013 1CH 006 029 The sons of Merari; Mooli, Lobeni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son; 013 1CH 006 030 Samaa his son, Angia his son, Asaias his son. 013 1CH 006 031 And these [were the men] whom David set over the service of the singers in the house of the Lord when the ark was at rest. 013 1CH 006 032 And they ministered in front of the tabernacle of witness [playing] on instruments, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they stood according to their order for their services. 013 1CH 006 033 And these [were the men] that stood, and their sons, of the sons of Caath: Aeman the psalm singer, son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 013 1CH 006 034 the son of Helcana, the son of Jeroboam, the son of Eliel, the son of Thoas, 013 1CH 006 035 the son of Suph, the son of Helcana, the son of Maath, the son of Amathi, 013 1CH 006 036 the son of Helcana, the son of Joel, the son of Azarias, the son of Japhanias, 013 1CH 006 037 the son of Thaath, the son of Aser, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, 013 1CH 006 038 the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 013 1CH 006 039 And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand; Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa, 013 1CH 006 040 the son of Michael, the son of Baasia, the son of Melchia, 013 1CH 006 041 the son of Athani, the son of Zaarai, 013 1CH 006 042 the son of Adai, the son of Aetham, the son of Zammam, the son of Semei, 013 1CH 006 043 the son of Jeeth, the son of Gedson, the son of Levi. 013 1CH 006 044 And the sons of Merari their brethren on the left hand: Aetham the son of Kisa, the son of Abai, the son of Maloch, 013 1CH 006 045 the son of Asebi, 013 1CH 006 046 the son of Amessias, the son of Bani, the son of Semer, 013 1CH 006 047 the son of Mooli, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 013 1CH 006 048 And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers, [were] the Levites who were appointed to all the work of ministration of the tabernacle of the house of God. 013 1CH 006 049 And Aaron and his sons [were] to burn incense on the altar of whole burnt offerings, and on the altar of incense, for all the ministry [in] the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. 013 1CH 006 050 And these [are] the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisu his son, 013 1CH 006 051 Bokki his son, Ozi his son, Saraia his son, 013 1CH 006 052 Mariel his son, Amaria his son, Achitob his son, 013 1CH 006 053 Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son. 013 1CH 006 054 And these [are] their residences in their villages, in their coasts, to the sons of Aaron, to their family the Caathites: for they had the lot. 013 1CH 006 055 And they gave them Chebron in the land of Juda, and its suburbs round about it. 013 1CH 006 056 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Chaleb the son of Jephonne. 013 1CH 006 057 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, [even] Chebron, and Lobna and her suburbs round about, and Selna and her suburbs, and Esthamo and her suburbs, 013 1CH 006 058 and Jethar and her suburbs, and Dabir and her suburbs, 013 1CH 006 059 and Asan and her suburbs, and Baethsamys and her suburbs: 013 1CH 006 060 and of the tribe of Benjamin Gabai and her suburbs, and Galemath and her suburbs, and Anathoth and her suburbs: all their cities [were] thirteen cities according to their families. 013 1CH 006 061 And to the sons of Caath that were left of their families, [there were given] out of the tribe, [namely], out of the half-tribe of Manasse, by lot, ten cities. 013 1CH 006 062 And to the sons of Gedson according to their families [there were given] thirteen cities of the tribe of Issachar, of the tribe of Aser, of the tribe of Nephthali, of the tribe of Manasse in Basan. 013 1CH 006 063 And to the sons of Merari according to their families [there were given], by lot, twelve cities of the tribe of Ruben, of the tribe of Gad, [and] of the tribe of Zabulon. 013 1CH 006 064 So the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs. 013 1CH 006 065 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Juda, and out of the tribe of the children of Symeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name. 013 1CH 006 066 And [to the members] of the families of the sons of Caath there were also given the cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. 013 1CH 006 067 And they gave them the cities of refuge, Sychem and her suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer and her suburbs, 013 1CH 006 068 and Jecmaan and her suburbs, and Baethoron and her suburbs, 013 1CH 006 069 and Aelon and her suburbs, and Gethremmon and her suburbs: 013 1CH 006 070 and of the half-tribe of Manasse Anar and her suburbs, and Jemblaan and her suburbs, to the sons of Caath that were left, according to [each several] family. 013 1CH 006 071 To the sons of Gedson from the families of the half-tribe of Manasse [they gave] Golan of Basan and her suburbs, and Aseroth and her suburbs. 013 1CH 006 072 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedes and her suburbs, and Deberi and her suburbs, and Dabor and her suburbs, 013 1CH 006 073 and Ramoth, and Aenan and her suburbs. 013 1CH 006 074 And of the tribe of Aser; Maasal and her suburbs, and Abdon and her suburbs, 013 1CH 006 075 and Acac and her suburbs, and Roob and her suburbs. 013 1CH 006 076 And of the tribe of Nephthali; Kedes in Galilee and her suburbs, and Chamoth and her suburbs, and Kariathaim and her suburbs. 013 1CH 006 077 To the sons of Merari that were left, [they gave] out of the tribe of Zabulon Remmon and her suburbs, and Thabor and her suburbs: 013 1CH 006 078 out of [the country] beyond Jordan; Jericho westward of Jordan: out of the tribe of Ruben; Bosor in the wilderness and her suburbs, and Jasa and her suburbs, 013 1CH 006 079 and Kadmoth and her suburbs, and Maephla and her suburbs. 013 1CH 006 080 Out of the tribe of Gad; Rammoth Galaad and her suburbs, and Maanaim and her suburbs, 013 1CH 006 081 and Esebon and her suburbs, and Jazer and her suburbs. 013 1CH 007 001 And [as] to the sons of Issachar, [they were] Thola, and Phua, and Jasub, and Semeron, four. 013 1CH 007 002 And the sons of Thola; Ozi, Raphaia, and Jeriel, and Jamai, and Jemasan, and Samuel, chiefs of their fathers' houses [belonging to] Thola, men of might according to their generations; their number in the days of David [was] twenty and two thousand and six hundred. 013 1CH 007 003 And the sons of Ozi; Jezraia: and the sons of Jezraia; Michael, Abdiu, and Joel, and Jesia, five, all rulers. 013 1CH 007 004 And with them, according to their generations, according to the houses of their families, [were men] mighty to set [armies] in array for war, thirty and six thousand, for they had multiplied [their] wives and children. 013 1CH 007 005 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, also mighty men, [were] eighty-seven thousand—[this was] the number of them all. 013 1CH 007 006 The sons of Benjamin; Bale, and Bachir, and Jediel, three. 013 1CH 007 007 And the sons of Bale; Esebon, and Ozi, and Oziel, and Jerimuth, and Uri, five; heads of houses of families, mighty men; and their number [was] twenty and two thousand and thirty-four. 013 1CH 007 008 And the sons of Bachir; Zemira, and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elithenan, and Amaria, and Jerimuth, and Abiud, and Anathoth, and Eleemeth: all these [were] the sons of Bachir. 013 1CH 007 009 And their number according to their generations, ([they were] chiefs of their fathers' houses, men of might), [was] twenty thousand and two hundred. 013 1CH 007 010 And the sons of Jediel; Balaan: and the sons of Balaan; Jaus, and Benjamin, and Aoth, and Chanana, and Zaethan, and Tharsi, and Achisaar. 013 1CH 007 011 All these [were] the sons of Jediel, chiefs of their families, men of might, seventeen thousand and two hundred, going forth to war with might. 013 1CH 007 012 And Sapphin, and Apphin, and the sons of Or, Asom, whose son [was] Aor. 013 1CH 007 013 The sons of Nephthali; Jasiel, Goni, and Aser, and Sellum, his sons, Balam his son. 013 1CH 007 014 The sons of Manasse; Esriel, whom his Syrian concubine bore; and she bore to him also Machir the father of Galaad. 013 1CH 007 015 And Machir took a wife for Apphin and Sapphin, and his sister's name was Moocha; and the name of the second [son] was Sapphaad; and to Sapphaad were born daughters. 013 1CH 007 016 And Moocha the wife of Machir bore a son, and called his name Phares; and his brother's name [was] Surus; his sons [were] Ulam, and Rocom. 013 1CH 007 017 And the sons of Ulam; Badam. These [were] the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasse. 013 1CH 007 018 And his sister Malecheth bore Isud, and Abiezer, and Maela. 013 1CH 007 019 And the sons of Semira were, Aim, and Sychem, and Lakim, and Anian. 013 1CH 007 020 And the sons of Ephraim; Sothalath, and Barad his son, and Thaath his son, Elada his son, Saath his son, 013 1CH 007 021 and Zabad his son, Sothele his son, and Azer, and Elead: and the men of Geth who were born in the land killed them, because they went down to take their cattle. 013 1CH 007 022 And their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 013 1CH 007 023 And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because, [said he], he was afflicted in my house. 013 1CH 007 024 And his daughter [was] Saraa, and he was among them that were left, and he built Baethoron the upper and the lower. And the descendants of Ozan [were] Seera, 013 1CH 007 025 and Raphe his son, Saraph and Thalees his sons, Thaen his son. 013 1CH 007 026 To Laadan his son [was born his] son Amiud, his son Helisamai, [his] son 013 1CH 007 027 Nun, [his] son Jesue, [these were] his sons. 013 1CH 007 028 And their possession and their dwelling [were] Baethel and her towns, to the east Noaran, westward Gazer and her towns, and Sychem and her towns, as far as Gaza and her towns. 013 1CH 007 029 And as far as the borders of the sons of Manasse, Baethsaan and her towns, Thanach and her towns, Mageddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In this the children of Joseph the son of Israel lived. 013 1CH 007 030 The sons of Aser; Jemna, and Suia, and Isui, and Beria, and Sore their sister. 013 1CH 007 031 And the sons of Beria; Chaber, and Melchiel; he [was] the father of Berthaith. 013 1CH 007 032 And Chaber begot Japhlet, and Samer, and Chothan, and Sola their sister. 013 1CH 007 033 And the sons of Japhlet; Phasec, and Bamael, and Asith: these [are] the sons of Japhlet. 013 1CH 007 034 And the sons of Semmer; Achir, and Rooga, and Jaba, and Aram. 013 1CH 007 035 And the sons of Elam his brother; Sopha, and Imana, and Selles, and Amal. 013 1CH 007 036 The sons of Sopha; Sue, and Arnaphar, and Suda, and Barin, and Imran, 013 1CH 007 037 and Basan, and Oa, and Sama, and Salisa, and Jethra, and Beera. 013 1CH 007 038 And the sons of Jether, Jephina, and Phaspha, and Ara. 013 1CH 007 039 And the sons of Ola; Orech, Aniel, and Rasia. 013 1CH 007 040 All these [were] the sons of Aser, all heads of families, choice, mighty men, chief leaders: their number for battle array—their number [was] twenty-six thousand men. 013 1CH 008 001 Now Benjamin begot Bale his firstborn, and Asbel his second [son], Aara the third, Noa the fourth, 013 1CH 008 002 and Rapha the fifth. 013 1CH 008 003 And the sons of Bale were, Adir, and Gera, and Abiud, 013 1CH 008 004 and Abessue, and Noama, and Achia, 013 1CH 008 005 and Gera, and Sephupham, and Uram. 013 1CH 008 006 These [were] the sons of Aod: these are the heads of families to them that dwell in Gabee, and they removed them to Machanathi: 013 1CH 008 007 and Nooma, and Achia and Gera, he removed them, and he begot Aza, and Jachicho. 013 1CH 008 008 And Saarin begot [children] in the plain of Moab, after that he had sent away Osin and Baada his wives. 013 1CH 008 009 And he begot of his wife Ada, Jolab, and Sebia, and Misa, and Melchas, 013 1CH 008 010 and Jebus, and Zabia, and Marma: these [were] heads of families. 013 1CH 008 011 And of Osin he begot Abitol, and Alphaal. 013 1CH 008 012 And the sons of Alphaal; Obed, Misaal, Semmer: he built Ona, and Lod, and its towns: 013 1CH 008 013 and Beria, and Sama; these [were] heads of families among the dwellers in Elam, and they drove out the inhabitants of Geth. 013 1CH 008 014 And his brethren [were] Sosec, and Arimoth, 013 1CH 008 015 and Zabadia, and Ored, and Eder, 013 1CH 008 016 and Michael, and Jespha, and Joda, the sons of Beria: 013 1CH 008 017 and Zabadia, and Mosollam, and Azaki, and Abar, 013 1CH 008 018 and Isamari, and Jexlias, and Jobab, the sons of Elphaal: 013 1CH 008 019 and Jakim, and Zachri, and Zabdi, 013 1CH 008 020 and Elionai, and Salathi, 013 1CH 008 021 and Elieli, and Adaia, and Baraia, and Samarath, sons of Samaith: 013 1CH 008 022 and Jesphan, and Obed, and Eliel, 013 1CH 008 023 and Abdon, and Zechri, and Anan, 013 1CH 008 024 and Anania, and Ambri, and Aelam, [and] Anathoth, 013 1CH 008 025 and Jathin, and Jephadias, and Phanuel, the sons of Sosec: 013 1CH 008 026 and Samsari, and Saarias, and Gotholia, 013 1CH 008 027 and Jarasia, and Eria, and Zechri, son of Iroam. 013 1CH 008 028 These [were] heads of families, chiefs according to their generations: these lived in Jerusalem. 013 1CH 008 029 And the father of Gabaon lived in Gabaon; and his wife's name was Moacha. 013 1CH 008 030 And her firstborn son was Abdon, and Sur, and Kis, and Baal, and Nadab, and Ner, 013 1CH 008 031 and Gedur and his brother, and Zacchur, and Makeloth. 013 1CH 008 032 And Makeloth begot Samaa: for these lived in Jerusalem in the presence of their brethren with their brethren. 013 1CH 008 033 And Ner begot Kis, and Kis begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Aminadab, and Asabal. 013 1CH 008 034 And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribaal; and Meribaal begot Micha. 013 1CH 008 035 And the sons of Micha; Phithon, and Melach, and Tharach, and Achaz. 013 1CH 008 036 And Achaz begot Jada, and Jada begot Salaemath, and Asmoth, and Zambri; and Zambri begot Maesa; 013 1CH 008 037 and Maesa begot Baana: Rhaphaea [was] his son, Elasa his son, Esel his son. 013 1CH 008 038 And Esel [had] six sons, and these [were] their name; Ezricam his firstborn, and Ismael, and Saraia, and Abdia, and Anan, and Asa: all these [were] the sons of Esel. 013 1CH 008 039 And the sons of Asel his brother; Aelam his firstborn, and Jas the second, and Eliphalet the third. 013 1CH 008 040 And the sons of Aelam were mighty men, bending the bow, and multiplying sons and grandsons, a hundred [and] fifty. All these [were] of the sons of Benjamin. 013 1CH 009 001 And [this is] all Israel, [even] their enrolment: and these [are] written down in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda, with the [names of them] that were carried away to Babylon for their transgressions. 013 1CH 009 002 And they that lived before in their possessions in the cities of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the appointed ones. 013 1CH 009 003 And there lived in Jerusalem some of the children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasse. 013 1CH 009 004 And Gnothi, and the son of Samiud, the son of Amri, the son of Ambraim, the son of Buni, son of the sons of Phares, the son of Juda. 013 1CH 009 005 And of the Selonites; Asaia his firstborn, and his sons. 013 1CH 009 006 Of the sons of Zara; Jeel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 013 1CH 009 007 And of the sons of Benjamin; Salom, son of Mosollam, son of Odouia, son of Asinu. 013 1CH 009 008 And Jemnaa son of Jeroboam, and Elo: these [are] the sons of Ozi the son of Machir: and Mosollam, son of Saphatia, son of Raguel, son of Jemnai; 013 1CH 009 009 and their brethren according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six, all the men [were] heads of families according to the houses of their fathers. 013 1CH 009 010 And of the priests; Jodae, and Joarim, and Jachin, 013 1CH 009 011 and Azaria the son of Chelcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Maraioth, the son of Achitob, the ruler of the house of God; 013 1CH 009 012 and Adaia son of Iraam, son of Phascor, son of Melchia, and Maasaia son of Adiel, son of Ezira, son of Mosollam, son of Maselmoth, son of Emmer; 013 1CH 009 013 and their brethren, chiefs of their families, a thousand seven hundred and sixty, mighty [men] for the work of the ministration of the house of God. 013 1CH 009 014 And of the Levites; Samaia son of Asob, son of Ezricam, son of Asabia, of the sons of Merari. 013 1CH 009 015 And Bacbacar, and Ares, and Galaal, and Matthanias son of Micha, son of Zechri, son of Asaph; 013 1CH 009 016 and Abdia, son of Samia, son of Galaal, son of Idithun, and Barachia son of Ossa, son of Helcana—who lived in the villages of the Notephatites. 013 1CH 009 017 The doorkeepers; Salom, Acum, Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom [was] the chief; 013 1CH 009 018 and [he waited] hitherto in the king's gate eastward: these [are] the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi. 013 1CH 009 019 And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Corites [were] over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance. 013 1CH 009 020 And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these [were] with him. 013 1CH 009 021 Zacharias the son of Mosollami [was] keeper of the door of the tabernacle of witness. 013 1CH 009 022 All the chosen porters in the gates [were] two hundred and twelve, these [were] in their courts, [this was] their distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their charge. 013 1CH 009 023 And these and their sons [were] over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch. 013 1CH 009 024 The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward. 013 1CH 009 025 And their brethren [were] in their courts, to enter in weekly from time to time with these. 013 1CH 009 026 For four strong [men] have the charge of the gates; and the Levites were over the chambers, and they keep watch over the treasures of the house of God. 013 1CH 009 027 For the charge [was] upon them, and these [were] charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning. 013 1CH 009 028 And [some] of them [were appointed] over the vessels of service, that they should carry them in by number, and carry them out by number. 013 1CH 009 029 And [some] of them [were] appointed over the furniture, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices. 013 1CH 009 030 And some of the priests were makers of the ointment, and [appointed to prepare] the spices. 013 1CH 009 031 And Matthathias of the Levites, (he [was] the firstborn of Salom the Corite, ) [was set] in charge over the sacrifices of meat-offering of the pan belonging to the high priest. 013 1CH 009 032 And Banaias the Caathite, from among their brethren, [was set] over the show bread, to prepare it every sabbath. 013 1CH 009 033 And these [were] the singers, heads of families of the Levites, [to whom were] established daily courses, for they were employed in the services day and night. 013 1CH 009 034 These [were] the heads of the families of the Levites according to their generations; these chiefs lived in Jerusalem. 013 1CH 009 035 And Jeel the father of Gabaon lived in Gabaon; and his wife's name [was] Moocha. 013 1CH 009 036 And his firstborn son [was] Abdon, and [he had] Sur, and Kis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 013 1CH 009 037 and Gedur and [his] brother, and Zacchur, and Makeloth. 013 1CH 009 038 And Makeloth begot Samaa: and these lived in the midst of their brethren in Jerusalem, [even] in the midst of their brethren. 013 1CH 009 039 And Ner begot Kis, and Kis begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Aminadab, and Asabal. 013 1CH 009 040 And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribaal: and Meribaal begot Micha. 013 1CH 009 041 And the sons of Micha [were] Phithon and Malach, and Tharach. 013 1CH 009 042 And Achaz begot Jada: and Jada begot Galemeth, and Gazmoth, and Zambri; and Zambri begot Massa. 013 1CH 009 043 And Massa begot Baana, and Rhaphaia [was] his son, Elasa his son, Esel his son. 013 1CH 009 044 And Esel had six sons, and these [were] their names; Esricam his firstborn, and Ismael, and Saraia, and Abdia, and Anan, and Asa: these [were] the sons of Esel. 013 1CH 010 001 Now the Philistines warred against Israel; and they fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gelbue. 013 1CH 010 002 And the Philistines pursued after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines struck Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisue, sons of Saul. 013 1CH 010 003 And the battle prevailed against Saul, and the archers hit him with bows and arrows, and they were wounded of the bows. 013 1CH 010 004 And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword, and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mock me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid: so Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 013 1CH 010 005 And his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell upon his sword. 013 1CH 010 006 So Saul died, and his three sons on that day, and all his family died at the same time. 013 1CH 010 007 And all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, and they left their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and lived in them. 013 1CH 010 008 And it came to pass on the next [day] that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gelbue. 013 1CH 010 009 And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people. 013 1CH 010 010 And they put their armor in the house of their god, and they put his head in the house of Dagon. 013 1CH 010 011 And all the dwellers in Galaad heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul and to Israel. 013 1CH 010 012 And all the mighty men rose up from Galaad, and they took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabis, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabis, and fasted seven days. 013 1CH 010 013 So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he kept [it] not, because Saul enquired of a wizard to seek [counsel], and Samuel the prophet answered him: 013 1CH 010 014 and he sought not the Lord: so he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse. 013 1CH 011 001 And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we [are] your bones and your flesh. 013 1CH 011 002 And heretofore when Saul was king, you were he that led Israel in and out, and the Lord of Israel said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be for a ruler over Israel. 013 1CH 011 003 And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Chebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chebron before the Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel. 013 1CH 011 004 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, this [is] Jebus; and there the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land said to David, 013 1CH 011 005 You shall not enter in hither. But he took the strong hold of Sion: this [is] the city of David. 013 1CH 011 006 And David said, Whoever first smites the Jebusite, even he shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Saruia went up first, and became chief. 013 1CH 011 007 And David lived in the strong hold; therefore he called it the city of David. 013 1CH 011 008 And he fortified the city round about. 013 1CH 011 009 And David continued to increase, and the Lord Almighty [was] with him. 013 1CH 011 010 And these [are] the chiefs of the mighty men, whom David had, who strengthened [themselves] with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. 013 1CH 011 011 And this [is] the list of the mighty [men] of David; Jesebada, son of Achaman, first of the thirty: he drew his sword once against three hundred whom he killed at one time. 013 1CH 011 012 And after him Eleazar son of Dodai, the Achochite: he was among the three mighty men. 013 1CH 011 013 He was with David in Phasodamin, and the Philistines were gathered there to battle, and [there was] a portion of the field full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines. 013 1CH 011 014 And he stood in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and struck the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance. 013 1CH 011 015 And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Odollam, and the camp of the Philistines [was] in the giants' valley. 013 1CH 011 016 And David [was] then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then in Bethleem. 013 1CH 011 017 And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink of the well of Bethleem, that is in the gate? 013 1CH 011 018 And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem, which was in the gate, and they took it, and came to David: but David would not drink it, and poured it out to the Lord, and said, 013 1CH 011 019 God forbid that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men with their lives? for with [the peril of] their lives they brought it. So he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty [men]. 013 1CH 011 020 And Abisa the brother of Joab, he was chief of three: he drew his sword against three hundred slain at one time, and he had a name among the [second] three. 013 1CH 011 021 He was more famous than the two [others] of the three, and he was chief [over] them; yet he reached not to the [first] three. 013 1CH 011 022 And Banaia the son of Jodae was the son of a mighty man: many [were] his acts for Cabasael: he struck two lion-like men of Moab, and he went down and struck a lion in a pit on a snowy day. 013 1CH 011 023 And he struck an Egyptian, a wonderful man five cubits [high]; and in the hand of the Egyptian [there was] a spear like a weavers' beam; and Banaia went down to him with a staff, and took the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear. 013 1CH 011 024 These things did Banaia son of Jodae, and his name [was] among the three mighties. 013 1CH 011 025 He was distinguished beyond the thirty, yet he reached not to the [first] three: and David set him over his family. 013 1CH 011 026 And the mighty [men] of the forces [were], Asael the brother of Joab, Eleanan the son of Dodoe of Bethleem, 013 1CH 011 027 Samaoth the Arorite, Chelles the Phelonite, 013 1CH 011 028 Ora the son of Ekkis the Thecoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, 013 1CH 011 029 Sobochai the Usathite, Eli the Achonite, 013 1CH 011 030 Marai the Netophathite, Chthaod the son of Nooza the Netophathite, 013 1CH 011 031 Airi the son of Rebie of the hill of Benjamin, Banaias the Pharathonite, 013 1CH 011 032 Uri of Nachali Gaas, Abiel the Garabaethite, 013 1CH 011 033 Azbon the Baromite, Eliaba the Salabonite, 013 1CH 011 034 the son of Asam the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Sola the Ararite, 013 1CH 011 035 Achim the son of Achar the Ararite, Elphat the son of Thyrophar 013 1CH 011 036 the Mechorathrite, Achia the Phellonite, 013 1CH 011 037 Esere the Charmadaite, Naarai the son of Azobai, 013 1CH 011 038 Joel the son of Nathan, Mebaal son of Agari, 013 1CH 011 039 Sele the son of Ammoni, Nachor the Berothite, armor-bearer to the son of Saruia, 013 1CH 011 040 Ira the Jethrite, Gaber the Jethrite, 013 1CH 011 041 Uria the Chettite, Zabet son of Achaia, 013 1CH 011 042 Adina son of Saeza, a chief of Ruben, and thirty with him, 013 1CH 011 043 Anan the son of Moocha, and Josaphat the Matthanite, 013 1CH 011 044 Ozia the Astarothite, Samatha and Jeiel sons of Chotham the Ararite, 013 1CH 011 045 Jediel the son of Sameri, and Jozae his brother the Thosaite, 013 1CH 011 046 Eliel the Maoite, and Jaribi, and Josia his son, Ellaam, and Jethama the Moabite, 013 1CH 011 047 Daliel, and Obeth, and Jessiel of Mesobia. 013 1CH 012 001 And these [are] they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these [were] among the mighty, aiding [him] in war, 013 1CH 012 002 and [using] the bow with the right hand and with the left, and slingers with stones, and [shooters] with bows. Of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin, 013 1CH 012 003 the chief [was] Achiezer, and Joas son of Asma the Gabathite, and Joel and Jophalet, sons of Asmoth, and Berchia, and Jeul of Anathoth, 013 1CH 012 004 and Samaias the Gabaonite a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; [and] Jeremia, and Jeziel, and Joanan, and Jozabath of Gadarathiim, 013 1CH 012 005 Azai and Arimuth, and Baalia, and Samaraia, and Saphatias of Charaephiel, 013 1CH 012 006 Helcana, and Jesuni, and Ozriel, and Jozara, and Sobocam, and the Corites, 013 1CH 012 007 and Jelia and Zabadia, sons of Iroam, and the [men] of Gedor. 013 1CH 012 008 And from Gad these separated themselves to David from the wilderness, strong mighty men of war, bearing shields and spears, and their faces [were as] the face of a lion, and they were nimble as roes upon the mountains in speed. 013 1CH 012 009 Aza the chief, Abdia the second, Eliab the third, 013 1CH 012 010 Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth, 013 1CH 012 011 Jethi the sixth, Eliab the seventh, 013 1CH 012 012 Joanan the eighth, Eleazer the ninth, 013 1CH 012 013 Jeremia the tenth, Melchabanai the eleventh. 013 1CH 012 014 These [were] chiefs of the army of the sons of Gad, the least one commander of a hundred, and the greatest one of a thousand. 013 1CH 012 015 These [are] the [men] that crossed over Jordan in the first month, and it had overflowed all its banks; and they drove out all the inhabitants of the valleys, from the east to the west. 013 1CH 012 016 And there came [some] of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the assistance of David. 013 1CH 012 017 And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If you are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if [you are come] to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it, and reprove it. 013 1CH 012 018 And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, you and your people, peace, peace be to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God has helped you. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces. 013 1CH 012 019 And [some] came to David from Manasse, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul. 013 1CH 012 020 When David was going to Sikelag, there came to him of Manasse, Edna and Jozabath, and Rodiel, and Michael, and Josabaith, and Elimuth, and Semathi: [these] are the captains of thousands of Manasse. 013 1CH 012 021 And they fought on the side of David against a troop, for they [were] all men of might; and they were commanders in the army, [because] of [their] might. 013 1CH 012 022 For daily men came to David, [till they amounted] to a great force, as the force of God. 013 1CH 012 023 And these [are] the names of the commanders of the army, who came to David to Chebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him according to the word of the Lord. 013 1CH 012 024 The sons of Juda, bearing shields and spears, six thousand and eight hundred mighty in war. 013 1CH 012 025 Of the sons of Symeon mighty for battle, seven thousand and a hundred. 013 1CH 012 026 Of the sons of Levi, four thousand and six hundred. 013 1CH 012 027 And Joadas the chief [of the family] of Aaron, and with him three thousand and seven hundred. 013 1CH 012 028 And Sadoc, a young [man] mighty in strength, and [there were] twenty-two leaders of his father's house. 013 1CH 012 029 And of the sons of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: and still the greater part of them kept the guard of the house of Saul. 013 1CH 012 030 And of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty men, famous in the houses of their fathers. 013 1CH 012 031 And of the half-tribe of Manasse, eighteen thousand, even [those] who were named by name, to make David king. 013 1CH 012 032 And of the sons of Issachar having wisdom with regard to the times, knowing what Israel should do, two hundred; and all their brethren with them. 013 1CH 012 033 And of Zabulon they that went out to battle, with all weapons of war, [were] fifty thousand to help David, not weak-handed. 013 1CH 012 034 And of Nephthali a thousand captains, and with them [men] with shields and spears, thirty-seven thousand. 013 1CH 012 035 And of the Danites [men] ready for war twenty-eight thousand and eight hundred. 013 1CH 012 036 And of Aser, they that went out to give aid in war, forty thousand. 013 1CH 012 037 And from the country beyond Jordan, from Ruben, and the Gadites, and from the half-tribe of Manasse, a hundred and twenty thousand, with all weapons of war. 013 1CH 012 038 All these [were] men of war, setting [the army] in battle array, with a peaceful mind [towards him], and they came to Chebron to make David king over all Israel: and the rest of Israel [were of] one mind to make David king. 013 1CH 012 039 And they were there three days eating and drinking, for their brethren [had] made preparations. 013 1CH 012 040 And their neighbors, as far as Issachar and Zabulon and Nephthali, brought to them upon camels, and asses, and mules, and upon calves, food, meal, cakes of figs, raisins, wine, and oil, calves and sheep abundantly: for [there was] joy in Israel. 013 1CH 013 001 And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, [even with] every commander. 013 1CH 013 002 And David said to the whole congregation of Israel, If it [seem] good to you, and it should be prospered by the Lord our God, let us send to our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and let the priests the Levites who are with them in the cities of their possession [come], and let them be gathered to us. 013 1CH 013 003 And let us bring over to us the ark of our God; for men have not enquired [at] it since the days of Saul. 013 1CH 013 004 And all the congregation said that they would do thus; for the saying was right in the eyes of all the people. 013 1CH 013 005 So David assembled all Israel, from the borders of Egypt even to the entering in of Hemath, to bring in the ark of God from the city of Jarim. 013 1CH 013 006 And David brought it up: and all Israel went up to the city of David, which belonged to Juda, to bring up thence the ark of the Lord God who sits between the cherubim, whose name is called [on it]. 013 1CH 013 007 And they set the ark of God on a new waggon [brought] out of the house of Aminadab: and Oza and his brethren drove the waggon. 013 1CH 013 008 And David and all Israel [were] playing before the Lord with all their might, and [that] together with singers, and with harps, and with lutes, with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 013 1CH 013 009 And they came as far as the threshing floor: and Oza put forth his hand to hold the ark, because the bullock moved it from [its place]. 013 1CH 013 010 And the Lord was very angry with Oza, and struck him there, because of his stretching forth his hand upon the ark: and he died there before God. 013 1CH 013 011 And David was dispirited, because the Lord [had] made a breach on Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza until this day. 013 1CH 013 012 And David feared God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God in to myself? 013 1CH 013 013 So David brought not the ark home to himself into the city of David, but he turned it aside into the house of Abeddara the Gethite. 013 1CH 013 014 And the ark of God abode in the house of Abeddara three months: and God blessed Abeddara and all that he had. 013 1CH 014 001 And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timbers, and masons, and carpenters, to build a house for him. 013 1CH 014 002 And David knew that the Lord [had] designed him to be king over Israel; because his kingdom was highly exalted, on account of his people Israel. 013 1CH 014 003 And David took more wives in Jerusalem: and there were born to David more sons and daughters. 013 1CH 014 004 And these [are] the names of those that were born, who were [born] to him in Jerusalem; Samaa, Sobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 013 1CH 014 005 and Baar, and Elisa, and Eliphaleth, 013 1CH 014 006 and Nageth, and Naphath, and Japhie, 013 1CH 014 007 and Elisamae, and Eliade, and Eliphala. 013 1CH 014 008 And the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel: and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard [it], and went out to meet them. 013 1CH 014 009 And the Philistines came and assembled together in the giants' valley. 013 1CH 014 010 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to him, Go up, and I will deliver them into your hands. 013 1CH 014 011 And he went up to Baal Pharasin, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken through enemies by my hand like a breach of water: therefore he called the name of that place, the Breach of Pharasin. 013 1CH 014 012 And the Philistines left their gods there; and David gave orders to burn them with fire. 013 1CH 014 013 And the Philistines once more assembled themselves in the giants' valley. 013 1CH 014 014 And David enquired of God again; and God said to him, You shall not go after them; turn away from them, and you shall come upon them near the pear trees. 013 1CH 014 015 And it shall be, when you shall hear the sound of their tumult in the tops of the pear trees, then you shall go into the battle: for God has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines. 013 1CH 014 016 And he did as God commanded him: and he struck the army of the Philistines from Gabaon to Gazera. 013 1CH 014 017 And the name of David was [famous] in all the land; and the Lord put the terror of him on all the nations. 013 1CH 015 001 And [David] made for himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it. 013 1CH 015 002 Then said David, It is not [lawful for any] to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever. 013 1CH 015 003 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place which he [had] prepared for it. 013 1CH 015 004 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron the Levites. 013 1CH 015 005 Of the sons of Caath; [there was] Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty. 013 1CH 015 006 Of the sons of Merari; Asaia the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty. 013 1CH 015 007 Of the sons of Gedson; Joel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty. 013 1CH 015 008 Of the sons of Elisaphat; Semei the chief, and his brethren, two hundred. 013 1CH 015 009 Of the sons of Chebrom; Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty. 013 1CH 015 010 Of the sons of Oziel; Aminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. 013 1CH 015 011 And David called Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites, Uriel, Asaia, and Joel, and Semaia, and Eliel, and Aminadab, 013 1CH 015 012 and said to them, You [are] the heads of the families of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, and you shall carry up the ark of the God of Israel, [to the place] which I have prepared for it. 013 1CH 015 013 For because you were not [ready] at the first, our God made a breach upon us, because we sought him not according to the ordinance. 013 1CH 015 014 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, to bring up the ark of the God of Israel. 013 1CH 015 015 And the sons of the Levites took the ark of God, (as Moses commanded by the word of God according to the scripture) upon their shoulders with staves. 013 1CH 015 016 And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy. 013 1CH 015 017 So the Levites appointed Aeman the son of Joel; Asaph the son of Barachias [was one] of his brethren; and Aethan the son of Kisaeus was of the sons of Merari their brethren; 013 1CH 015 018 and with them their brethren of the second rank, Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Jeiel, and Elioel, and Eliab, and Banaia, and Maasaia, and Matthathia, and Eliphena, and Makellia, and Abdedom, and Jeiel, and Ozias, the porters. 013 1CH 015 019 And the singers, Aeman, Asaph, and Aethan, with brazen cymbals to make [a sound] to be heard. 013 1CH 015 020 Zacharias, and Oziel, Semiramoth, Jeiel, Oni, Eliab, Maasaeas, Banaeas, with lutes, on alaemoth. 013 1CH 015 021 And Mattathias, and Eliphalu, and Makenia, and Abdedom, and Jeiel, and Ozias, with harps of Amasenith, to make a loud noise. 013 1CH 015 022 And Chonenia chief of the Levites [was] master of the bands, because he was skillful. 013 1CH 015 023 And Barachia and Elcana [were] doorkeepers of the ark. 013 1CH 015 024 And Somnia, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharia, and Banaea, and Eliezer, the priests, were sounding with trumpets before the ark of God: and Abdedom and Jeia [were] doorkeepers of the ark of God. 013 1CH 015 025 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains of thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant from the house of Abdedom with gladness. 013 1CH 015 026 And it came to pass when God strengthened the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they sacrificed seven calves and seven rams. 013 1CH 015 027 And David [was] girded with a fine linen robe, and all the Levites [who were] bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the singers, and Chonenias the master of the band of singers; also upon David [there was] a robe of fine linen. 013 1CH 015 028 And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, playing loudly on lutes and harps. 013 1CH 015 029 And the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived, and came to the city of David; and Melchol the daughter of Saul looked down through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. 013 1CH 016 001 So they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle which David pitched for it; and they offered whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings before God. 013 1CH 016 002 And David finished offering up whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings, and blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 013 1CH 016 003 And he divided to every man of Israel (both men and women), to [every] man one baker's loaf, and a cake. 013 1CH 016 004 And he appointed before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Levites to minister [and] lift up the voice, and to give thanks and praise the Lord God of Israel: 013 1CH 016 005 Asaph [was] the chief, and next to him Zacharias, Jeiel, Semiramoth, and Jeiel, Mattathias, Eliab, and Banaeas, and Abdedom: and Jeiel sounding with musical instruments, lutes [and] harps, and Asaph with cymbals: 013 1CH 016 006 and Banaeas and Oziel the priests [sounding] continually with trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God in that day. 013 1CH 016 007 Then David first gave orders to praise the Lord by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 013 1CH 016 008 Song. Give thanks to the Lord, call upon him by his name, make known his designs among the people. 013 1CH 016 009 Sing [songs] to him, and sing hymns to him, relate to all [people] his wonderful deeds, which the Lord has wrought. 013 1CH 016 010 Praise his holy name, the heart that seeks his pleasure shall rejoice. 013 1CH 016 011 Seek the Lord and be strong, seek his face continually. 013 1CH 016 012 Remember his wonderful works which he has wrought, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 013 1CH 016 013 [you] seed of Israel his servants, [you] seed of Jacob his chosen ones. 013 1CH 016 014 He [is] the Lord our God; his judgments [are] in all the earth. 013 1CH 016 015 Let us remember his covenant for ever, his word which he commanded to a thousand generations, 013 1CH 016 016 which he covenanted with Abraham, and his oath [sworn] to Isaac. 013 1CH 016 017 He confirmed it to Jacob for an ordinance, to Israel [as] an everlasting covenant, 013 1CH 016 018 saying, To you will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance: 013 1CH 016 019 when they were few in number, when they were but little, and lived as strangers in it; 013 1CH 016 020 and went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people. 013 1CH 016 021 He suffered not a man to oppress them, and he reproved kings for their sakes, 013 1CH 016 022 saying, Touch not my anointed ones, and deal not wrongfully with my prophets. 013 1CH 016 023 Sing you to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation from day to day. 013 1CH 016 024 Declare among the nations his glory, his wondrous deeds among all peoples. 013 1CH 016 025 For the Lord [is] great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods. 013 1CH 016 026 For all the gods of the nations [are] idols; but our God made the heavens. 013 1CH 016 027 Glory and praise [are] in his presence; strength and rejoicing [are] in his place. 013 1CH 016 028 Give to the Lord, you families of the nations, give to the Lord glory and strength. 013 1CH 016 029 Give to the Lord the glory [belonging] to his name: take gifts and offer [them] before him; and worship the Lord in his holy courts. 013 1CH 016 030 Let the whole earth fear before him; let the earth be established, and not be moved. 013 1CH 016 031 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; and let them say among the nations, The Lord reigns. 013 1CH 016 032 The sea with its fullness shall resound and the tree of the field, and all things in it. 013 1CH 016 033 Then shall the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord, for he is come to judge the earth. 013 1CH 016 034 Give thanks to the Lord, for [it is] good, for his mercy [is] for ever. 013 1CH 016 035 And say you, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us, and rescue us from among the heathen, that we may praise your holy name, and glory in your praises. 013 1CH 016 036 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting: And all the people shall say, Amen. So they praised the Lord. 013 1CH 016 037 And they left there Asaph and his brethren before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark continually, according to the service of each day: from day to day. 013 1CH 016 038 And Abdedom and his brethren [were] sixty and eight; and Abdedom the son of Idithun, and Osa, [were] to be doorkeepers. 013 1CH 016 039 And [they appointed] Sadoc the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place in Gabaon, 013 1CH 016 040 to offer up whole burnt offerings continually morning and evening, and according to all things written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded the children of Israel by Moses the servant of God. 013 1CH 016 041 And with him [were] Aeman and Idithun, and the rest chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for his mercy [endures] for ever. 013 1CH 016 042 And with them [there were] trumpets and cymbals to sound aloud, and musical instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Idithun [were] at the gate. 013 1CH 016 043 And all the people went every one to his home: and David returned to bless his house. 013 1CH 017 001 And it came to pass as David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord [is] under [curtains] of skins. 013 1CH 017 002 And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God [is] with you. 013 1CH 017 003 And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, [saying], 013 1CH 017 004 Go and say to David my servant, Thus said the Lord, You shall not build me a house for me to dwell in it. 013 1CH 017 005 For I have not lived in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have been in a tabernacle and a tent, 013 1CH 017 006 in all places through which I have gone with all Israel: did I ever speak to [any] one tribe of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, [Why is it] that you have not built me a house of cedar? 013 1CH 017 007 And now thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took you from the sheepfold, from following the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel: 013 1CH 017 008 and I was with you in all places whither you went, and I destroyed all your enemies from before you, and I made for you a name according to the name of the great ones that are upon the earth. 013 1CH 017 009 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant him, and he shall dwell by himself, and shall no longer be anxious; and the son of iniquity shall no longer afflict him, as at the beginning, 013 1CH 017 010 and from the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel. Also I have humbled all your enemies, and I will increase you, and the Lord will build you a house. 013 1CH 017 011 And it shall come to pass when your days shall be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 013 1CH 017 012 He shall build me a house, and I will set up his throne for ever. 013 1CH 017 013 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and my mercy will I not withdraw from him, as I withdrew [it] from them that were before you. 013 1CH 017 014 And I will establish him in my house and in his kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be set up for ever. 013 1CH 017 015 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to David. 013 1CH 017 016 And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what [is] my house, that you have loved me for ever? 013 1CH 017 017 And these things were little in your sight, O God: you have also spoken concerning the house of your servant for a long time to come, and you have looked upon me as a man looks upon his fellow, and have exalted me, O Lord God. 013 1CH 017 018 What shall David do more toward you to glorify [you]? and you know your servant. 013 1CH 017 019 And you have wrought all this greatness according to your heart. 013 1CH 017 020 O Lord, there is none like you, and there is no God beside you, according to all things which we have heard with our ears. 013 1CH 017 021 Neither is there another nation upon the earth [such] as your people Israel, whereas God led him in the way, to redeem a people for himself, to make for himself a great and glorious name, to cast out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed out of Egypt. 013 1CH 017 022 And you have appointed your people Israel as a people to yourself for ever; and you, Lord, did become a God to them. 013 1CH 017 023 And now, Lord, let the word which you spoke to your servant, and concerning his house, be confirmed for ever, and do you as you have spoken. 013 1CH 017 024 And let your name [be] established and magnified for ever, [men] saying, Lord, Lord, Almighty God of Israel: and [let] the house of your servant David [be] established before you. 013 1CH 017 025 For you, O Lord my God, have revealed to the ear of your servant that you will build him a house; therefore your servant has found a willingness to pray before you. 013 1CH 017 026 And now, Lord, you yourself are God, and you have spoken these good things concerning your servant. 013 1CH 017 027 And now you have begun to bless the house of your servant, so that it should continue for ever before you: for you, Lord, have blessed [it], and do you bless [it] for ever. 013 1CH 018 001 And it came to pass afterwards, that David struck the Philistines, and routed them, and took Geth and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines. 013 1CH 018 002 And he struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, [and] tributaries. 013 1CH 018 003 And David struck Adraazar king of Suba of Emath, as he was going to establish power toward the river Euphrates. 013 1CH 018 004 And David took of them a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand infantry: and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but there were reserved of them a hundred chariots. 013 1CH 018 005 And the Syrian came from Damascus to help Adraazar king of Suba; and David struck of the Syrian [army] twenty and two thousand men. 013 1CH 018 006 And David put a garrison in Syria near Damascus; and they became tributary servants to David: and the Lord delivered David wherever he went. 013 1CH 018 007 And David took the golden collars that were on the servants of Adraazar, and brought them to Jerusalem. 013 1CH 018 008 And David took out of Matabeth, and out of the chief cities of Adraazar very much brass: of this Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the brazen vessels. 013 1CH 018 009 And Thoa king of Emath heard that David had struck the whole force of Adraazar king of Suba. 013 1CH 018 010 And he sent Aduram his son to king David to ask how he was, and to congratulate him because he had fought against Adraazar, and struck him; for Thoa was the enemy of Adraazar. 013 1CH 018 011 And all the golden and silver and brazen vessels, even these king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and the gold which he took from all the nations; from Idumaea, and Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec. 013 1CH 018 012 And Abesa son of Saruia struck the Idumeans in the valley of Salt, eighteen thousand. 013 1CH 018 013 And he put garrisons in the valley; and all the Idumaeans became David's servants: and the Lord delivered David wherever he went. 013 1CH 018 014 So David reigned over all Israel; and he executed judgment and justice to all his people. 013 1CH 018 015 And Joab the son of Saruia [was] over the army, and Josaphat the son of Achilud [was] recorder. 013 1CH 018 016 And Sadoc son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Susa [was] the scribe; 013 1CH 018 017 and Banaeas the son of Jodae [was] over the Cherethite and the Phelethite, and the sons of David were the chief deputies of the king. 013 1CH 019 001 And it came to pass after this, [that] Naas the king of the children of Ammon died, and Anan his son reigned in his stead. 013 1CH 019 002 And David said, I will act kindly toward Anan the son of Naas, as his father acted kindly towards me. And David sent messengers to condole with him on the death of his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Anan, to comfort him. 013 1CH 019 003 And the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Anan, Is it to honor your father before you, that David has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you that they might search the city, and to spy out the land? 013 1CH 019 004 And Anan took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off the half of their garments as far as their tunic, and sent them away. 013 1CH 019 005 And there came men to report to David concerning the men: and he sent to meet them, for they were greatly disgraced: and the king said, Dwell in Jericho until your beards have grown, and return. 013 1CH 019 006 And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed, and Anan and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen out of Syria of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria Maacha, and from Sobal. 013 1CH 019 007 And they hired for themselves two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maacha and his people; and they came and encamped before Medaba: and the children of Ammon assembled out of their cities, and came to fight. 013 1CH 019 008 And David heard, and sent Joab and all the host of mighty men. 013 1CH 019 009 And the children of Ammon came forth, and set themselves in array for battle by the gate of the city: and the kings that were come forth encamped by themselves in the plain. 013 1CH 019 010 And Joab saw that they were fronting [him] to fight against him before and behind, and he chose [some] out of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian. 013 1CH 019 011 And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of his brother Abesai, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. 013 1CH 019 012 And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shall you deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against you, then will I deliver you. 013 1CH 019 013 Be of good courage, and let us be strong, for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord shall do what [is] good in his eyes. 013 1CH 019 014 So Joab and the people that were with him set themselves in battle array against the Syrians, and they fled from them. 013 1CH 019 015 And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, and they also fled from before Abesai, and from before Joab his brother, and they came to the city: and Joab came to Jerusalem. 013 1CH 019 016 And the Syrian saw that Israel had defeated him, and he sent messengers, and they brought out the Syrians from beyond the river; and Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces of Adraazar [was] before them. 013 1CH 019 017 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So David set [his army] in array to fight against the Syrians, and they fought against him. 013 1CH 019 018 And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians seven thousand [riders in] chariots, and forty thousand infantry, and he killed Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces. 013 1CH 019 019 And the servants of Adraazar saw that they were defeated before Israel, and they made peace with David and served him: and the Syrians would not any more help the children of Ammon. 013 1CH 020 001 And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the [time of the] going forth of kings [to war], that Joab gathered the whole force of the army, and they ravaged the land of the children of Ammon; and he came and besieged Rabba. But David abode in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabba and destroyed it. 013 1CH 020 002 And David took the crown of Molchom their king off his head, and the weight of it was found [to be] a talent of gold, and on it were precious stones; and it was [placed] on the head of David: and he brought out the spoils of the city [which were] very great. 013 1CH 020 003 And he brought out the people that were in it, and sawed them asunder with saws, and [cut them] with iron axes, and with harrows: and thus David did to all the children of Ammon. And David and all his people returned to Jerusalem. 013 1CH 020 004 And it came to pass afterward that there was again war with the Philistines in Gazer: then Sobochai the Sosathite struck Saphut of the sons of the giants, and laid him low. 013 1CH 020 005 And there [was] war again with the Philistines; and Eleanan the son of Jair struck Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear [was] as a weavers' beam. 013 1CH 020 006 And there was again war in Geth, and there was a man of extraordinary size, and his fingers [and toes were] six on each hand and foot, four and twenty; and he was descended from the giants. 013 1CH 020 007 And he defied Israel, and Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David killed him. 013 1CH 020 008 These were born to Rapha in Geth; all four were giants, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 013 1CH 021 001 And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. 013 1CH 021 002 And king David said to Joab and to the captains of the forces, Go, number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me [the account], and I shall know their number. 013 1CH 021 003 And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundred-fold as many as they [are], and [let] the eyes of my lord the king see [it]: all [are] the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? [do it not], lest it become a sin to Israel. 013 1CH 021 004 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab; and Joab went out and passed through all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 013 1CH 021 005 And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda [were] four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword. 013 1CH 021 006 But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab. 013 1CH 021 007 And [there was] evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he struck Israel. 013 1CH 021 008 And David said to God, I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing: and now, I pray you, remove the sin of your servant; for I have been exceedingly foolish. 013 1CH 021 009 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer, saying, 013 1CH 021 010 Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says the Lord, I bring three things upon you: choose one of them for yourself, and I will do it to you. 013 1CH 021 011 And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Choose for yourself, 013 1CH 021 012 either three years of famine, or that you should flee three months from the face of your enemies, and the sword of your enemies [shall be employed] to destroy you, or that the sword of the Lord and pestilence [should be] three days in the land, and the angel of the Lord [shall be] destroying in all the inheritance of Israel. And now consider what I shall answer to him that sent the message. 013 1CH 021 013 And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even [all] the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies [are] very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man. 013 1CH 021 014 So the Lord brought pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 013 1CH 021 015 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord saw, and repented for the evil, and said to the angel that was destroying, Let it suffice you; withhold your hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite. 013 1CH 021 016 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord, standing between the earth and the heaven, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem: and David and the elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 013 1CH 021 017 And David said to God, [Was it] not I [that] gave orders to number the people? and I am the guilty one; I have greatly sinned: but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let your hand be upon me, and upon my father's house, and not on your people for destruction, O Lord! 013 1CH 021 018 And the angel of the Lord told Gad to tell David, that he should go up to erect and altar to the Lord, in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite. 013 1CH 021 019 And David went up according to the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord. 013 1CH 021 020 And Orna turned and saw the king; and he hid himself and his four sons with him. Now Orna was threshing wheat. 013 1CH 021 021 And David came to Orna; and Orna came forth from the threshing floor, and did obeisance to David with his face to the ground. 013 1CH 021 022 And David said to Orna, Give me your place of the threshing floor, and I will build upon it an altar to the Lord: give it me for its worth in money, and the plague shall cease from [among] the people. 013 1CH 021 023 And Orna said to David, Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is right in his eyes: see, I have given the calves for a whole burnt offering, and the plow for wood, and the corn for a meat-offering; I have given all. 013 1CH 021 024 And king David said to Orna, Nay; for I will surely buy it for its worth in money: for I will not take your property for the Lord, to offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord without cost [to myself]. 013 1CH 021 025 And David gave to Orna for his place six hundred shekels of gold [by] weight. 013 1CH 021 026 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings and peace-offerings: and he cried to the Lord, and he answered him by fire out of heaven on the altar of whole burnt offerings, and [it] consumed the whole burnt offering. 013 1CH 021 027 And the Lord spoke to the angel; and he put up the sword into its sheath. 013 1CH 021 028 At that time when David saw that the Lord answered him in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite, he also sacrificed there. 013 1CH 021 029 And the tabernacle of the Lord which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of whole burnt offerings, [were] at that time in the high place at Gabaon. 013 1CH 021 030 And David could not go before it to enquire of God; for he hasted not because of the sword of the angel of the Lord. 013 1CH 022 001 And David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this [is] the altar for whole burnt offering for Israel. 013 1CH 022 002 And David gave orders to gather all the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he appointed stone-hewers to hew polished stones to build the house to God. 013 1CH 022 003 And David prepared much iron for the nails of the doors and the gate; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there was no weighing [of it]. 013 1CH 022 004 And cedar threes without number: for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought cedar trees in abundance to David. 013 1CH 022 005 And David said, My son Solomon [is] a tender child, and the house [for me] to build to the Lord [is] for superior magnificence for a name and for a glory through all the earth: I will make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death. 013 1CH 022 006 And he called Solomon his son, and commanded him to build the house for the Lord God of Israel. 013 1CH 022 007 And David said to Solomon, [My] child, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord God. 013 1CH 022 008 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have carried on great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth before me. 013 1CH 022 009 Behold, a son shall be born to you, he shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name [shall be] Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. 013 1CH 022 010 He shall build a house to my name; and he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom in Israel for ever. 013 1CH 022 011 And now, my son, the Lord shall be with you, and prosper [you]; and you shall build a house to the Lord your God, as he spoke concerning you. 013 1CH 022 012 Only may the Lord give you wisdom and prudence, and strengthen you over Israel, both to keep and to do the law of the Lord your God. 013 1CH 022 013 Then will he prosper [you], if you take heed to do the commandments and judgments which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel: be courageous and strong; fear not, nor be terrified. 013 1CH 022 014 And, behold, I according to my poverty have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and brass and iron without measure; for it is abundant; and I have prepared timber and stones; and do you add to these. 013 1CH 022 015 And [of them that are] with you do you add to the multitude of workmen; [let there be] artificers and masons, and carpenters, and every skillful [workman] in every work; 013 1CH 022 016 in gold and silver, brass and iron, [of which] there is no number. Arise and do, and the Lord [be] with you. 013 1CH 022 017 And David charged all the chief men of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying], 013 1CH 022 018 [Is] not the Lord with you? and he has given you rest round about, for he has given into your hands the inhabitants of the land; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people. 013 1CH 022 019 Now set your hearts and souls to seek after the Lord your God: and rise, and build a sanctuary to your God to carry in the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord. 013 1CH 023 001 And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead. 013 1CH 023 002 And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites. 013 1CH 023 003 And the Levites numbered [themselves] from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men. 013 1CH 023 004 Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord [there were] twenty-four thousand, and [there were] six thousand scribes and judges; 013 1CH 023 005 and four thousand doorkeepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord. 013 1CH 023 006 And David divided them [into] daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari. 013 1CH 023 007 And for [the family of] Gedson, Edan, and Semei. 013 1CH 023 008 The sons of Edan [were] Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three. 013 1CH 023 009 The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel, and Dan, three: these [were] the chiefs of the families of Edan. 013 1CH 023 010 And to the sons of Semei, Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these [were] the four sons of Semei. 013 1CH 023 011 And Jeth was the chief, and Ziza the second: and Joas and Beria did not multiply sons, and they became [only] one reckoning according to the house of their father. 013 1CH 023 012 The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four. 013 1CH 023 013 The sons of Ambram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name for ever. 013 1CH 023 014 And [as for] Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi. 013 1CH 023 015 The sons of Moses; Gersam, and Eliezer. 013 1CH 023 016 The sons of Gersam; Subael the chief. 013 1CH 023 017 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rabia the chief: and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were very greatly multiplied. 013 1CH 023 018 The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief. 013 1CH 023 019 The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth. 013 1CH 023 020 The sons of Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second. 013 1CH 023 021 The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis. 013 1CH 023 022 And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them. 013 1CH 023 023 The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jarimoth, three. 013 1CH 023 024 These [are] the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward. 013 1CH 023 025 For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem for ever. 013 1CH 023 026 And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service. 013 1CH 023 027 For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites [taken] from twenty years old and upward. 013 1CH 023 028 For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God; 013 1CH 023 029 and for the show-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure; 013 1CH 023 030 and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening; 013 1CH 023 031 and [to be] over all the whole burnt offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order [given] to them, continually before the Lord. 013 1CH 023 032 And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord. 013 1CH 024 001 And [they number] the sons of Aaron in [their] division, Nadab, and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. 013 1CH 024 002 And Nadab and Abiud died before their father, and they had no sons: so Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron ministered as priests. 013 1CH 024 003 And David distributed them, even Sadoc of the sons of Eleazar, and Achimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their numbering, according to their service, according to the houses of their fathers. 013 1CH 024 004 And there were found [among] the sons of Eleazar more chiefs of the mighty ones, than of the sons of Ithamar: and he divided them, sixteen heads of families to the sons of Eleazar, eight according to [their] families to the sons of Ithamar. 013 1CH 024 005 And he divided them according to their lots, one with the other; for there were those who had charge of the holy things, and those who had charge of the [house] of the Lord among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar. 013 1CH 024 006 And Samaias the son of Nathanael, the scribe, [of the family] of Levi, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar [were present]; and the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites, each of a household [were assigned] one to Eleazar, and one to Ithamar. 013 1CH 024 007 And the first lot came out to Joarim, the second to Jedia, 013 1CH 024 008 the third to Charib, the fourth to Seorim, 013 1CH 024 009 the fifth to Melchias, the sixth to Meiamin, 013 1CH 024 010 the seventh to Cos, the eighth to Abia, 013 1CH 024 011 the ninth to Jesus, the tenth to Sechenias, 013 1CH 024 012 the eleventh to Eliabi, the twelfth to Jacim, 013 1CH 024 013 the thirteenth to Oppha, the fourteenth to Jesbaal, 013 1CH 024 014 the fifteenth to Belga, the sixteenth to Emmer, 013 1CH 024 015 the seventeenth to Chezin, the eighteenth to Aphese, 013 1CH 024 016 the nineteenth to Phetaea, the twentieth to Ezekel, 013 1CH 024 017 the twenty-first to Achim, the twenty-second to Gamul, 013 1CH 024 018 the twenty-third to Adallai, the twenty-fourth to Maasai. 013 1CH 024 019 This [is] their numbering according to their service to go into the house of the Lord, according to their appointment by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded. 013 1CH 024 020 And for the sons of Levi that were left, [even] for the sons of Ambram, Sobael: for the sons of Sobael, Jedia. 013 1CH 024 021 For Raabia, the chief [was Isaari], 013 1CH 024 022 and for Isaari, Salomoth: for the sons of Salomoth, Jath. 013 1CH 024 023 The sons of Ecdiu; Amadia the second, Jaziel the third, Jecmoam the fourth. 013 1CH 024 024 For the sons of Oziel, Micha: the sons of Micha; Samer. 013 1CH 024 025 The brother of Micha; Isia, the son of Isia; Zacharia. 013 1CH 024 026 The sons of Merari, Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Ozia, 013 1CH 024 027 [That is, the sons] of Merari by Ozia, —his sons [were] Isoam, and Sacchur, and Abai. 013 1CH 024 028 To Mooli [were born] Eleazar, and Ithamar; and Eleazar died, and had no sons. 013 1CH 024 029 For Kis; the sons of Kis; Jerameel. 013 1CH 024 030 And the sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These [were] the sons of the Levites according to the houses of their families. 013 1CH 024 031 And they also received lots as their brethren the sons of Aaron before the king; Sadoc also, and Achimelech, and the chiefs of the families of the priests and of the Levites, principal heads of families, even as their younger brethren. 013 1CH 025 001 And king David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Aeman, and of Idithun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations. 013 1CH 025 002 The sons of Asaph; Sacchur, Joseph, and Nathanias, and Erael: the sons of Asaph [were] next the king. 013 1CH 025 003 To Idithun [were reckoned] the sons of Idithun, Godolias, and Suri, and Iseas, and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after their father Idithun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. 013 1CH 025 004 To Aeman [were reckoned] the sons of Aeman, Bukias, and Matthanias, and Oziel, and Subael, and Jerimoth, and Ananias, and Anan, and Heliatha, and Godollathi, and Rometthiezer, and Jesbasaca, and Mallithi, and Otheri, and Meazoth. 013 1CH 025 005 All these [were] the sons of Aeman the king's chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Aeman fourteen sons, and three daughters. 013 1CH 025 006 All these sang hymns with their father in the house of God, with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, near the king, and Asaph, and Idithun, and Aeman. 013 1CH 025 007 And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, every one that understood [singing] was two hundred and eighty-eight. 013 1CH 025 008 And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small [of them], of the perfect ones and the learners. 013 1CH 025 009 And the first lot of his sons and of his brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, [namely], Godolias: the second Heneia, his sons and his brethren [being] twelve. 013 1CH 025 010 The third Zacchur, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve: 013 1CH 025 011 the fourth Jesri, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve: 013 1CH 025 012 the fifth Nathan, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 013 the sixth Bukias, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 014 the seventh Iseriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 015 the eighth Josia, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 016 the ninth Matthanias, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 017 the tenth Semeia, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 018 the eleventh Asriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 019 the twelfth Asabia, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 020 the thirteenth Subael, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 021 the fourteenth Matthathias, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 022 the fifteenth Jerimoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 023 the sixteenth Anania, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 024 the seventeenth Jesbasaca, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 025 the eighteenth Ananias, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 026 the nineteenth Mallithi, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 027 the twentieth Heliatha, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 028 the twenty-first Otheri, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 029 the twenty-second Godollathi, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 030 the twenty-third Meazoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 025 031 the twenty-fourth Rometthiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 013 1CH 026 001 And for the divisions of the gates: the sons of the Corites [were] Mosellemia, of the sons of Asaph. 013 1CH 026 002 And Mosellemia's firstborn son [was] Zacharias, the second Jadiel, the third Zabadia, the fourth Jenuel, 013 1CH 026 003 the fifth Jolam, the sixth Jonathan, the seventh Elionai, the eighth Abdedom. 013 1CH 026 004 And to Abdedom [there were born] sons, Samaias the firstborn, Jozabath the second, Joath the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael the fifth, 013 1CH 026 005 Amiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phelathi the eighth: for God blessed him. 013 1CH 026 006 And to Samaias his son were born the sons of his firstborn, chiefs over the house of their father, for they were mighty. 013 1CH 026 007 The sons of Samai; Othni, and Raphael, and Obed, and Elzabath, and Achiud, mighty men, Heliu, and Sabachia, and Isbacom. 013 1CH 026 008 All [these were] of the sons of Abdedom, they and their sons and their brethren, doing mightily in service: in all sixty-two [born] to Abdedom. 013 1CH 026 009 And Mosellemia [had] eighteen sons and brethren, mighty men. 013 1CH 026 010 And to Osa of the sons of Merari [there were born] sons, keeping the dominion; though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief of the second division. 013 1CH 026 011 Chelcias the second, Tablai the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these [were] the sons and brethren of Osa, thirteen. 013 1CH 026 012 To these [were assigned] the divisions of the gates, to the chiefs of the mighty men the daily courses, even their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord. 013 1CH 026 013 And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families. 013 1CH 026 014 And the lot of the east gates fell to Selemias, and Zacharias: the sons of Soaz cast lots for Melchias, and the lot came out northward. 013 1CH 026 015 To Abdedom [they gave by lot] the south, opposite the house of Esephim. 013 1CH 026 016 [They gave the lot] for the second to Osa westward, after the gate of the chamber by the ascent, watch against watch. 013 1CH 026 017 Eastward [were] six [watchmen] in the day; northward four by the day; southward four by the day; and two at the Esephim, 013 1CH 026 018 to relieve guard, also for Osa westward after the chamber-gate, three. [There was] a ward over against the ward of the ascent eastward, six [men] in a day, and four for the north, and four for the south, and at the Esephim two to relieve guard, and four by the west, and two to relieve guard at the pathway. 013 1CH 026 019 These [are] the divisions of the porters for the sons of Core, and to the sons of Merari. 013 1CH 026 020 And the Levites their brethren [were] over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over the treasures of the hallowed things. 013 1CH 026 021 These [were] the sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gersonite: to Ladan [belonged] the heads of the families: [the son] of Ladan the Gersonite [was] Jeiel. 013 1CH 026 022 The sons of Jeiel [were] Zethom, and Joel; brethren [who were] over the treasures of the house of the Lord. 013 1CH 026 023 To Ambram and Issaar belonged Chebron, and Oziel. 013 1CH 026 024 And Subael the [son] of Gersam, the [son] of Moses, [was] over the treasures. 013 1CH 026 025 And Rabias [was] son to his brother Eliezer, and [so was] Josias, and Joram, and Zechri, and Salomoth. 013 1CH 026 026 This Salomoth and his brethren [were] over all the sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families consecrated, [and] the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and princes of the host, 013 1CH 026 027 things which he took out of cities and from the spoils, and consecrated some of them, so that the building of the house of God should not lack [supplies]; 013 1CH 026 028 and over all the holy things of God dedicated by Samuel the prophet, and Saul the son of Kis, and Abenner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Saruia, whatever they sanctified [was] by the hand of Salomoth and his brethren. 013 1CH 026 029 For the Issaarites, Chonenia, and [his] sons [were over] the outward ministration over Israel, to record and to judge. 013 1CH 026 030 For the Chebronites, Asabias and his brethren, a thousand and seven hundred mighty men, [were] over the charge of Israel beyond Jordan westward, for all the service of the Lord and work of the king. 013 1CH 026 031 Of the [family] of Chebron Urias [was] chief, even of the Chebronites according to their generations, according to their families. In the forties year of his reign they were numbered, and there were found mighty men among them in Jazer of Galaad. 013 1CH 026 032 And his brethren [were] two thousand seven hundred mighty men, chiefs of their families, and king David set them over the Rubenites, and the Gaddites, and the half-tribe of Manasse, for every ordinance of the Lord, and business of the king. 013 1CH 027 001 Now the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of families, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and scribes ministering to the king, and for every affair of the king according to [their] divisions, [for] every ordinance of coming in and going out monthly, for all the months of the year, one division of them [was] twenty-four thousand. 013 1CH 027 002 And over the first division of the first month [was] Isboaz the son of Zabdiel: in his division [were] twenty-four thousand. 013 1CH 027 003 Of the sons of Tharez [one] was chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. 013 1CH 027 004 And over the division of the second month [was] Dodia the son of Ecchoc, and over his division [was] Makelloth also chief: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand, chief men of the host. 013 1CH 027 005 The third for the third month [was] Banaias the son of Jodae the chief priest: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 006 This Banaeas [was] more mighty than the thirty, and over the thirty: and Zabad his son [was] over his division. 013 1CH 027 007 The fourth for the fourth month [was] Asael the brother of Joab, and Zabadias his son, and his brethren: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 008 The fifth chief for the fifth month [was] Samaoth the Jezraite: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 009 The sixth for the sixth month [was] Hoduias the son of Ekkes the Thecoite: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 010 The seventh for the seventh month [was] Chelles of Phallus of the children of Ephraim: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 011 The eighth for the eighth month [was] Sobochai the Usathite, [belonging] to Zarai: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 012 The ninth for the ninth month [was] Abiezer of Anathoth, of the land of Benjamin: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 013 The tenth for the tenth month [was] Meera the Netophathite, [belonging] to Zarai: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 014 The eleventh for the eleventh month [was] Banaias of Pharathon, of the sons of Ephraim: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 015 The twelfth for the twelfth month [was] Choldia the Netophathite, [belonging] to Gothoniel: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand. 013 1CH 027 016 And over the tribes of Israel, the chief for Ruben [was] Eliezer the son of Zechri: for Symeon, Saphatias the son of Maacha: 013 1CH 027 017 for Levi, Asabias the son of Camuel: for Aaron, Sadoc: 013 1CH 027 018 for Juda, Eliab of the brethren of David: for Issachar, Ambri the son of Michael: 013 1CH 027 019 for Zabulon, Samaeas the son of Abdiu: for Nephthali, Jerimoth the son of Oziel: 013 1CH 027 020 for Ephraim, Ose the son of Ozia: for the half-tribe of Manasse, Joel the son of Phadaea: 013 1CH 027 021 for the half-tribe of Manasse in the land of Galaad, Jadai the son of Zadaeas, for the sons of Benjamin, Jasiel the son of Abenner: 013 1CH 027 022 for Dan, Azariel the son of Iroab: these [are] the chiefs of the tribes of Israel. 013 1CH 027 023 But David took not their number from twenty years old and under: because the Lord said that he would multiply Israel as the stars of the heaven. 013 1CH 027 024 And Joab the son of Saruia began to number the people, and did not finish the work, for there was hereupon wrath on Israel; and the number was not recorded in the book of the chronicles of king David. 013 1CH 027 025 And over the king's treasures [was] Asmoth the son of Odiel; and over the treasures in the country, and in the towns, and in the villages, and in the towers, [was] Jonathan the son of Ozia. 013 1CH 027 026 And over the husbandmen who tilled the ground [was] Esdri the son of Chelub. 013 1CH 027 027 And over the fields [was] Semei of Rael; and over the treasures of wine in the fields [was] Zabdi the son of Sephni. 013 1CH 027 028 And over the olive yards, and over the sycamores in the plain country [was] Ballanan the Gedorite; and over the stores of oil [was] Joas. 013 1CH 027 029 And over the oxen pasturing in Saron [was] Satrai the Saronite; and over the oxen in the valleys [was] Sophat the son of Adli. 013 1CH 027 030 And over the camels [was] Abias the Ismaelite; and over the asses [was] Jadias of Merathon. 013 1CH 027 031 And over the sheep [was] Jaziz the Agarite. All these [were] superintendents of the substance of king David. 013 1CH 027 032 And Jonathan, David's uncle by the father's side, [was] a counsellor, a wise man: and Jeel the son of Achami [was] with the king's sons. 013 1CH 027 033 Achitophel [was] the king's counsellor: and Chusi the chief friend of the king. 013 1CH 027 034 And after this Achitophel Jodae the son of Banaeas [came] next, and Abiathar: and Joab [was] the king's commander-in-chief. 013 1CH 028 001 And David assembled all the chief [men] of Israel, the chief of the judges, and all the chief [men] of the courses [of attendance] on the person of the king, and the captains of thousands and hundreds, and the treasurers, and the lords of his substance, and of all the king's property, and of his sons, together with the eunuchs, and the mighty men, and the warriors of the army, at Jerusalem. 013 1CH 028 002 And David stood in the midst of the assembly, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a place for the feet of our Lord, and I prepared [materials] suitable for the building: 013 1CH 028 003 but God said, You shall not build me a house to call my name upon it, for you are a man of war, and have shed blood. 013 1CH 028 004 Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of the whole house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; and he chose Juda as the kingly [house], and out of the house of Juda [he chose] the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he preferred me, that I should be king over all Israel. 013 1CH 028 005 And of all my sons, (for the Lord has given me many sons, ) he has chosen Solomon my son, to set him on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. 013 1CH 028 006 And God said to me, Solomon your son shall build my house and my court: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be to him a father. 013 1CH 028 007 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as [at] this day. 013 1CH 028 008 And now [I charge you] before the whole assembly of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, that you may inherit the good land, and leave it for your sons to inherit after you for ever. 013 1CH 028 009 And now, [my] son Solomon, know the God of your fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you should forsake him, he will forsake you for ever. 013 1CH 028 010 See now, for the Lord has chosen you to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong and do [it]. 013 1CH 028 011 And David gave Solomon his son the plan of the temple, and its buildings, and its treasuries, and its upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of the atonement, 013 1CH 028 012 and the plan which he had in his mind of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, [designed] for the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the holy things, and of the chambers for resting: 013 1CH 028 013 and [the plan] of the courses of the priests and Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and of the stores of vessels for ministration of the service of the house of the Lord. 013 1CH 028 014 And [he gave him] the account of their weight, both of gold and silver [vessels]. 013 1CH 028 015 He gave him the weight of the candlesticks, and of the lamps. 013 1CH 028 016 He gave him likewise the weight of the tables of show bread, of each table of gold, and likewise of the [tables of] silver: 013 1CH 028 017 also of the flesh hooks, and vessels for drink-offering, and golden bowls: and the weight of the gold and silver [articles], and censers, [and] bowls, according to the weight of each. 013 1CH 028 018 And he showed him the weight [of the utensils] of the altar of incense, [which was] of pure gold, and the plan of the chariot of the cherubs that spread out their wings, and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 013 1CH 028 019 David gave all to Solomon in the Lord's handwriting, according to the knowledge given him of the work of the pattern. 013 1CH 028 020 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God [is] with you; he will not forsake you, and will not fail you, until you have finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord. 013 1CH 028 021 And see, [here are] the courses of the priests and Levites for all the service of the house of the Lord, and [there shall be] with you [men] for every workmanship, and every one of ready skill in every are: also the chief men and all the people, [ready] for all your commands. 013 1CH 029 001 And David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom the Lord has chosen, [is] young and tender, and the work [is] great; for [it is] not for man, but for the Lord God. 013 1CH 029 002 I have prepared according to all [my] might for the house of my God gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, onyx stones, and costly and variegated stones for setting, and every precious stone, and much Parian [marble]. 013 1CH 029 003 And still farther, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for myself, and, behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house. 013 1CH 029 004 Three thousand talents of gold of Suphir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the sanctuary: 013 1CH 029 005 [for you to use] the gold for [things of] gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for every work by the hand of the artificers. And who is willing to dedicate himself in work this day for the Lord? 013 1CH 029 006 Then the heads of families, and the princes of the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king's builders, offered willingly. 013 1CH 029 007 And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand gold [pieces], and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron. 013 1CH 029 008 And they who had [precious] stone, gave it into the treasuries of the house of the Lord by the hand of Jeiel the Gedsonite. 013 1CH 029 009 And the people rejoiced because of the willingness, for they offered willingly to the Lord with a full heart: and king David rejoiced greatly. 013 1CH 029 010 And king David blessed the Lord before the congregation, saying, Blessed are you, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to everlasting. 013 1CH 029 011 Your, O Lord, [is] the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the might: for you are Lord of all things that are in heaven and upon the earth: before your face every king and nation is troubled. 013 1CH 029 012 From you [come] wealth and glory: you, O Lord, rule over all, the Lord of all dominion, and in your hand [is] strength and rule; and [you are] almighty with your hand to increase and establish all things. 013 1CH 029 013 And now, Lord, we give thanks to you, and praise your glorious name. 013 1CH 029 014 But who am I, and what [is] my people, that we have been able to be thus forward [in offering] to you? for all things [are] your, and of your own have we given you, 013 1CH 029 015 for we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as all our fathers [were]: our days upon the earth [are] as a shadow, and there is no remaining. 013 1CH 029 016 O Lord our God, as for all this abundance which I have prepared that a house should be built to your holy name, it is of your hand, and all [is] your. 013 1CH 029 017 And I know, Lord, that you are he that searches the hearts, and you love righteousness. I have willingly offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy your people here present, willingly offering to you. 013 1CH 029 018 O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, preserve these things in the thought of the heart of your people for ever, and direct their hearts to you. 013 1CH 029 019 And to Solomon my son give a good heart, to perform your commandments, and [to observe] your testimonies, and your ordinances, and to accomplish the building of your house. 013 1CH 029 020 And David said to the whole congregation, Bless you the Lord our God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and they bowed the knee and worshipped the Lord, and [did obeisance] to the king. 013 1CH 029 021 And David sacrificed to the Lord, and offered up whole burnt offerings to the Lord on the morrow after the first day, a thousand calves, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, and their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. 013 1CH 029 022 And they ate and drank joyfully that day before the Lord: and they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and anointed him king before the Lord, and Sadoc to the priesthood. 013 1CH 029 023 And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and was highly honored; and all Israel obeyed him. 013 1CH 029 024 The princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons of king David his father, were subject to him. 013 1CH 029 025 And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as was not upon any king before him. 013 1CH 029 026 And David the son of Jessae reigned over Israel forty years; 013 1CH 029 027 seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 013 1CH 029 028 And he died in a good old age, full of days, in wealth, and glory: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. 013 1CH 029 029 And the rest of the acts of David, the former and the latter, are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer, 013 1CH 029 030 concerning all his reign, and his power, and the times which went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the earth. # # BOOK 014 2CH 2 Chronicles Chronicles II 014 2CH 001 001 And Solomon the son of David was established over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and increased him exceedingly. 014 2CH 001 002 And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands, and to the captains of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the rulers over Israel, even the heads of the families; 014 2CH 001 003 and Solomon and all the congregation went to the high place that was in Gabaon, where was God's tabernacle of witness, which Moses the servant of the Lord made in the wilderness. 014 2CH 001 004 But David had brought up the ark of God out of the city of Cariathiarim; for David had prepared a place for it, for he had pitched a tabernacle for it in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 001 005 And the brazen altar which Beseleel the son of Urias, the son of Or, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation enquired at it. 014 2CH 001 006 And Solomon brought [victims] there to the brazen altar that was before the Lord in the tabernacle, and offered upon it a thousand whole burnt offerings. 014 2CH 001 007 In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you. 014 2CH 001 008 And Solomon said to God, You have dealt very mercifully with my father David, and have made me king in his stead. 014 2CH 001 009 And now, O Lord God, let, I pray you, your name be established upon David my father; for you have made me king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth. 014 2CH 001 010 Now give me wisdom and understanding, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who shall judge this your great people? 014 2CH 001 011 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked great wealth, nor glory, nor the life of your enemies, and you have not asked long life; but have asked for yourself wisdom and understanding, that you might judge my people, over whom I have made you king: 014 2CH 001 012 I give you this wisdom and understanding; and I will give you wealth, and riches, and glory, so that there shall not have been [any] like you among the kings before you, neither shall there be such after you. 014 2CH 001 013 And Solomon came from the high place that was in Gabaon to Jerusalem, [from] before the tabernacle of witness, and reigned over Israel. 014 2CH 001 014 And Solomon collected chariots and horsemen: and he had fourteen hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he set them in the cities of chariots, and the people [were] with the king in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 001 015 And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem [to be] as stones, and cedars in Judea as sycamores in the plain for multitude. 014 2CH 001 016 And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and the charge of the king's merchants for going [was as follows], and they traded, 014 2CH 001 017 and went and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred [pieces] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty [pieces] of silver: and so they brought for all the kings of the Chettites, and for the kings of Syria by their means. 014 2CH 002 001 And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom. 014 2CH 002 002 And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and [there were] three thousand six hundred superintendents over them. 014 2CH 002 003 And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas you did deal [favourably] with David my father, and did send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in, 014 2CH 002 004 behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and [to offer] show bread continually, and to offer up whole burnt offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this [is] a perpetual [statute] for Israel. 014 2CH 002 005 And the house which I am building [is to be] great: for the Lord our God [is] great beyond all gods. 014 2CH 002 006 And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him? 014 2CH 002 007 And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared. 014 2CH 002 008 And send me from Libanus cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus: and, behold, your servants shall go with my servants, 014 2CH 002 009 to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building [must be] great and glorious. 014 2CH 002 010 And, behold, I have given freely to your servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, [even] twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil. 014 2CH 002 011 And Chiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he made you king over them. 014 2CH 002 012 And Chiram said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to king David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom. 014 2CH 002 013 And now I have sent you a wise and understanding man [who belonged] to Chiram my father 014 2CH 002 014 (his mother [was] of the daughters of Dan, and his father [was] a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatever you shall give him [to do] with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David your father. 014 2CH 002 015 And now, the wheat, and the barley, and the oil, and the wine which my lord mentioned, let him send to his servants. 014 2CH 002 016 And we will cut timber out of Libanus according to all your need, and we will bring it on rafts to the sea of Joppa, and you shall bring it to Jerusalem. 014 2CH 002 017 And Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred. 014 2CH 002 018 And he made of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers of stone, and three thousand six hundred taskmasters over the people. 014 2CH 003 001 And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in the mount of Amoria, where the Lord appeared to his father David, in the place which David had prepared in the threshing floor of Orna the Jebusite. 014 2CH 003 002 And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 014 2CH 003 003 And thus Solomon began to build the house of God: the length in cubits—even the first measurement from end to end, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 014 2CH 003 004 And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the house [was] twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within with pure gold. 014 2CH 003 005 And he lined the great house with cedar wood, and gilded it with pure gold, and carved upon it palm-trees and chains. 014 2CH 003 006 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Pharuim. 014 2CH 003 007 And he gilded the house, and its [inner] walls, and the door-posts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubs on the walls. 014 2CH 003 008 And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the front [of the other house], the breadth of the house [was] twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gilded [it] with pure gold for cherubs, to [the amount of] six hundred talents. 014 2CH 003 009 And the weight of the nails, [even] the weight of each was fifty shekels of gold: and he gilded the upper chamber with gold. 014 2CH 003 010 And he made two cherubs in the most holy house, wood-work, and he gilded them with gold. 014 2CH 003 011 And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub. 014 2CH 003 013 And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house. 014 2CH 003 014 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it. 014 2CH 003 015 Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and their chapters of five cubits. 014 2CH 003 016 And he made chains, [as] in the oracle, and put [them] on the heads of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 014 2CH 003 017 And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left: and he called the name of the one on the right hand 'Stability,' and the name of the one on the left 'Strength.' 014 2CH 004 001 And he made a brazen altar, the length of it twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height ten cubits. 014 2CH 004 002 And he made the molten sea, in diameter ten cubits, entirely round, and the height of it five cubits, and the circumference thirty cubits. 014 2CH 004 003 And beneath it the likeness of calves, they compass it round about: ten cubits compass the laver round about, they cast the calves two rows in their casting, 014 2CH 004 004 wherein they made them twelve calves, —three looking northwards, and three westwards, and three southwards, and three eastwards: and the sea was upon them above, [and] their hinder parts were inward. 014 2CH 004 005 And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim as the brim of a cup, graven with flowers of lilies, holding three thousand measures: and he finished [it]. 014 2CH 004 006 And he made ten lavers, and set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them the instruments of the whole burnt offerings, and to rinse [the vessels] in them; and the sea [was] for the priests to wash in. 014 2CH 004 007 And he made the ten golden candlesticks according to their pattern, and he put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 014 2CH 004 008 And he made ten tables, and put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left: and he made a hundred golden bowls. 014 2CH 004 009 Also he made the priests' court, and the great court, and doors to the court, and their panels [were] overlaid with brass. 014 2CH 004 010 And he set the sea at the corner of the house on the right, as it were fronting the east. 014 2CH 004 011 And Chiram made the flesh hooks, and the fire-pans, and the grate of the altar, and all its instruments: and Chiram finished doing all the work which he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God: 014 2CH 004 012 two pillars, and upon them an embossed work for the chapiters on the heads of the two pillars, and two nets to cover the heads of the chapiters which are on the heads of the pillars; 014 2CH 004 013 and four hundred golden bells for the two nets, and two rows of pomegranates in each net, to cover the two embossed rims of the chapiters which are upon the pillars. 014 2CH 004 014 And he made the ten bases, and he made the lavers upon the bases; 014 2CH 004 015 and the one sea, and the twelve calves under it; 014 2CH 004 016 and the foot-baths, and the buckets, and the caldrons, and the flesh hooks, and all their furniture (which Chiram made, and brought to king Solomon in the house of the Lord) of pure brass. 014 2CH 004 017 In the country round about Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground in the house of Socchoth, and between [that and] Saredatha. 014 2CH 004 018 So Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the quantity of brass failed not. 014 2CH 004 019 And Solomon made all the vessels of the house of the Lord, and the golden altar, and the tables, and upon them [were to be] the loaves of show bread; 014 2CH 004 020 also the candlesticks, and the lamps to give light according to the pattern, and in front of the oracle, of pure gold. 014 2CH 004 021 And their snuffers, and their lamps [were made], and [he made] the bowls, and the censers, and the fire-pans, of pure gold. 014 2CH 004 022 And [there was] the inner door of the house [opening] into the holy of holies, and [he made] the inner doors of the temple of gold. So all the work which Solomon wrought for the house of the Lord was finished. 014 2CH 005 001 And Solomon brought in the holy things of his father David, the silver, and the gold, and the [other] vessels, and put them in the treasury of the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 005 002 Then Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, [even] the leaders of the families of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, —this [is] Sion. 014 2CH 005 003 And all Israel were assembled [to] the king in the feast, this [is] the seventh month. 014 2CH 005 004 And all the elders of Israel came; and all the Levites took up the ark, 014 2CH 005 005 and the tabernacle of witness, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle; and the priests and the Levites brought it up. 014 2CH 005 006 And king Solomon, and all the elders of Israel, and the religious of them, and they of them that were gathered before the ark, [were] sacrificing calves and sheep, which could not be numbered or reckoned for multitude. 014 2CH 005 007 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the house, [even] into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs. 014 2CH 005 008 And the cherubs stretched out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark, and its staves above. 014 2CH 005 009 And the staves projected, and the heads of the staves were seen from the holy place in front of the oracle, they were not seen without: and there they were to this day. 014 2CH 005 010 There was nothing in the ark except the two tables which Moses placed [there] in Choreb, which God gave in covenant with the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt. 014 2CH 005 011 And it came to pass, when the priests when out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were found were sanctified, they were not [then] arranged according to their daily course, ) 014 2CH 005 012 that all the singing Levites [assigned] to the sons of Asaph, to Aeman, to Idithun, and to his sons, and to his brethren, of them that were clothed in linen garments, with cymbals and lutes and harps, [were] standing before the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests, blowing trumpets. 014 2CH 005 013 And there was one voice in the trumpeting and in the psalm-singing, and in the loud utterance with one voice to give thanks and praise the Lord; and when they raised their voice together with trumpets and cymbals, and instruments of music, and said, Give thanks to the Lord, for [it is] good, for his mercy [endures] for ever: —then the house was filled with the cloud of the glory of the Lord. 014 2CH 005 014 And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God. 014 2CH 006 001 Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in thick darkness. 014 2CH 006 002 But I have built a house to your name, holy to you, and prepared [for you] to dwell in for ever. 014 2CH 006 003 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood by. 014 2CH 006 004 And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel: he has even fulfilled with his hands as he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying, 014 2CH 006 005 From the day when I brought up my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house that my name should be there; neither did I choose a man to be a leader over my people Israel. 014 2CH 006 006 But I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel. 014 2CH 006 007 And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel. 014 2CH 006 008 But the Lord said to my father David, Whereas it came into your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it came into your heart. 014 2CH 006 009 Nevertheless you shall not build the house; for your son who shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name. 014 2CH 006 010 And the Lord has confirmed this word, which he spoke; and I am raised up in the room of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel as the Lord said, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel: 014 2CH 006 011 and I have set there the ark in which [is] the covenant of the Lord, which he made with Israel. 014 2CH 006 012 And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands. 014 2CH 006 013 For Solomon [had] made a brazen scaffold, and set it in the midst of the court of the sanctuary; the length of it [was] five cubits, and the breadth of it five cubits, and the height of it three cubits: and he stood upon it, and fell upon his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread abroad his hands to heaven, 014 2CH 006 014 and said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven, or on the earth; keeping covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with [their] whole heart. 014 2CH 006 015 Even as you have kept [them] with your servant David my father, as you have spoken to him in words: —you have both spoken with your mouth, and have fulfilled [it] with your hands, as it is this day. 014 2CH 006 016 and now, Lord God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father the things which you spoke to him, saying, There shall not fail you a man before me sitting on the throne of Israel, if only your sons will take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you did walk before me. 014 2CH 006 017 And now, Lord God of Israel, let, I pray you, your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David. 014 2CH 006 018 For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice you, what then is this house which I have built? 014 2CH 006 019 Yet you shall have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to my petition, O Lord God, so as to listen to the petition and the prayer which your servant prays before you this day: 014 2CH 006 020 so that your eyes should be open over this house by day and by night, towards this place, whereon you said your name should be called, so as to hear the prayer which your servant prays towards this house. 014 2CH 006 021 And you shall hear the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, whatever prayers they shall make towards this place: and you shall listen in your dwelling-place out of heaven, yes you shall hear, and be merciful. 014 2CH 006 022 If a man sin against his neighbor, and he bring an oath upon him so as to make him swear, and he come and swear before the altar in this house; 014 2CH 006 023 then shall you listen out of heaven, and do, and judge your servants, to recompense the transgressor, and to return his ways upon his head: and to justify the righteous, to recompense him according to his righteousness. 014 2CH 006 024 And if your people Israel should be put to the worse before the enemy, if they should sin against you, and [then] turn and confess to your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house; 014 2CH 006 025 then shall you listen out of heaven and shall be merciful to the sins of your people Israel, and you shall restore them to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers. 014 2CH 006 026 When heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall have sinned against you, and [when] they shall pray towards this place, and praise your name, and shall turn from their sins, because you shall afflict them; 014 2CH 006 027 then shall you listen from heaven, and you shall be merciful to the sins of your servants, and of your people Israel; for you shall show them the good way in which they shall walk; and you shall send rain upon your land, which you gave to your people for an inheritance. 014 2CH 006 028 If there should be famine upon the land, if there should be death, a pestilent wind an blight; if there should be locust and caterpiller, and if the enemy should harass them before their cities: in whatever plague and whatever distress [they may be]; 014 2CH 006 029 Then whatever prayer and whatever supplication shall be made by any man and all your people Israel, if a man should know his own plague and his own sickness, and should spread forth his hands toward this house; 014 2CH 006 030 then shall you hear from heaven, out of your prepared dwelling-place, and shall be merciful, and shall recompense to the man according to his ways, as you shall know his heart [to be]; for you alone know the heart of the children of men: 014 2CH 006 031 that they may reverence all your ways all the days which they live upon the face of the land, which you gave to our fathers. 014 2CH 006 032 And every stranger who is not himself of your people Israel, and who shall have come from a distant land because of your great name, and your mighty hand, and your high arm; when they shall come and worship toward this place; — 014 2CH 006 033 then shall you listen out of heaven, out of your prepared dwelling-place, and shall do according to all that the stranger shall call upon you for; that all the nations of the earth may know your name, and that they may fear you, as your people Israel [do], and that they may know that your name is called upon this house which I have built. 014 2CH 006 034 And if your people shall go forth to war against their enemies by the way by which you shall send them, and shall pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and [toward] the house which I have built to your name; 014 2CH 006 035 then shall you hear out of heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 014 2CH 006 036 Whereas if they shall sin against you, (for there is no man who will not sin, ) and you shall strike them, and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them away into a land of enemies, to a land far off or near; 014 2CH 006 037 and [if] they shall repent in their land whither they were carried captive, and shall also turn and make supplication to you in their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have transgressed, we have wrought unrighteously; 014 2CH 006 038 and [if] they shall turn to you with all their heart and all their soul in the land of them that carried them captives, whither they carried them captives, and shall pray toward their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you did choose, and the house which I built to your name: — 014 2CH 006 039 then shall you hear out of heaven, out of your prepared dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplication, and you shall execute justice, and shall be merciful to your people that sin against you. 014 2CH 006 040 And now, Lord, let, I pray you, your eyes be opened, and your ears be attentive to the petition [made in] this place. 014 2CH 006 041 And now, O Lord God, arise into your resting-place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, clothe themselves with salvation, and your sons rejoice in prosperity. 014 2CH 006 042 O Lord God, turn not away the face of your anointed: remember the mercies of your servant David. 014 2CH 007 001 And when Solomon had finished praying, then the fire came down from heaven, and devoured the whole burnt offerings and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house. 014 2CH 007 002 And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord at that time, for the glory of the Lord filled the house. 014 2CH 007 003 And all the children of Israel saw the fire descending, and the glory of the Lord was upon the house: and they fell upon their face to the ground on the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord; for [it is] good [to do so], because his mercy [endures] for ever. 014 2CH 007 004 And the king and all the people [were] offering sacrifices before the Lord. 014 2CH 007 005 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of calves twenty and two thousand, of sheep a hundred and twenty thousand: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 014 2CH 007 006 And the priests were standing at their watches, and the Levites with instruments of music of the Lord, belonging to king David, to give thanks before the Lord, for his mercy [endures] for ever, with the hymns of David, by their ministry: and the priests were blowing the trumpets before them, and all Israel standing. 014 2CH 007 007 And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in the house of the Lord: for he offered there the whole burnt offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings, for the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not sufficient to receive the whole burnt offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat. 014 2CH 007 008 And Solomon kept the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entering in of Aemath, and as far as the river of Egypt. 014 2CH 007 009 And on the eighth day he kept a solemn assembly: for he kept a feast of seven days as the dedication of the altar. 014 2CH 007 010 And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he dismissed the people to their tents, rejoicing, and with a glad heart because of the good deeds which the Lord had done to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. 014 2CH 007 011 So Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king's house: and in whatever Solomon wished in his heart to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house, he prospered. 014 2CH 007 012 And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 014 2CH 007 013 If I should restrain the heaven and there should be no rain, and if I should command the locust to devour the trees, and if I should send pestilence upon my people; 014 2CH 007 014 then if my people, on whom my name is called, should repent, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, I also will hear from heaven, and I will be merciful to their sins, and I will heal their land. 014 2CH 007 015 And now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place. 014 2CH 007 016 And now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name should be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there always. 014 2CH 007 017 And if you will walk before me as David your father [did], and will do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my ordinances and my judgments; 014 2CH 007 018 then will I establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man ruling in Israel. 014 2CH 007 019 But if you should turn away, and forsake my ordinances and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them; 014 2CH 007 020 then will I remove you from the land which I gave them; and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will remove out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all nations. 014 2CH 007 021 And [as for] this lofty house, every one that passes by it shall be amazed, and shall say, Therefore has the Lord done [thus] to this land, and to this house? 014 2CH 007 022 And [men] shall say, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they attached themselves to other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: and therefore he has brought upon them all this evil. 014 2CH 008 001 And it came to pass after twenty years, in which Solomon built the house of the Lord, and his own house, 014 2CH 008 002 that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them. 014 2CH 008 003 And Solomon came to Baesoba, and fortified it. 014 2CH 008 004 And he built Thoedmor in the wilderness, and all the strong cities which he built in Emath. 014 2CH 008 005 And he built Baethoron the upper, and Baethoron the lower, strong cities, —they had walls, gates, and bars; 014 2CH 008 006 and Balaath, and all the strong cities which Solomon had, and all his chariot cities, and cities of horsemen, and all things that Solomon desired according to his desire of building, in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all his kingdom. 014 2CH 008 007 [As for] all the people that was left of the Chettites, and the Amorites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Jebusites, who are not of Israel, 014 2CH 008 008 but were of the children of them whom the children Israel destroyed not, that were left after them in the land, even them did Solomon make tributaries to this day. 014 2CH 008 009 But Solomon did not make any of the children of Israel servants in his kingdom; for, behold, [they were] warriors and rulers, and mighty [men], and captains of chariots and horsemen. 014 2CH 008 010 And these are the chiefs of the officers of king Solomon, two hundred and fifty overseeing the work among the people. 014 2CH 008 011 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharao from the city of David to the house which he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the city of David, the king of Israel, for [the place] is holy into which the ark of the Lord has entered. 014 2CH 008 012 Then Solomon offered up to the Lord whole burnt offerings on the altar which he had built to the Lord before the temple, 014 2CH 008 013 according to the daily rate, to offer up [sacrifices] according to the commandments of Moses, on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, three times in the year, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles. 014 2CH 008 014 And he established, according to the order of his father David, the courses of the priests, and [that] according to their public ministrations: and the Levites [were appointed] over their charges, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily order: and the porters were appointed according to their courses to the different gates: for thus [were] the commandments of David the man of God. 014 2CH 008 015 They transgressed not the commandments of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to everything else, and with regard to the treasures. 014 2CH 008 016 Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid, until Solomon finished the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 008 017 Then Solomon went to Gasion Gaber, and to Aelath near the sea in the land of Idumea. 014 2CH 008 018 And Chiram sent by the hand of his servants ships, and servants skilled in naval affairs; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Sophira, and brought thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and they came to king Solomon. 014 2CH 009 001 And the queen of Saba heard [of] the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomon with hard questions, and [she had] camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her mind. 014 2CH 009 002 And Solomon told her all her words; and there passed not a word from Solomon which he told her not. 014 2CH 009 003 And the queen of Saba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built, 014 2CH 009 004 and the meat of the tables, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their raiment; and his cupbearers, and their apparel; and the whole burnt offerings which he offered up in the house of the Lord; then she was in ecstasy. 014 2CH 009 005 And she said to the king, [It was] a true report which I heard in my land concerning your words, and concerning your wisdom. 014 2CH 009 006 Yet I believed not the reports until I came, and my eyes saw: and, behold, the half of the abundance of your wisdom was not told me: you have exceeded the report which I heard. 014 2CH 009 007 Blessed [are] your men, blessed [are] these your servants, who stand before you continually, and hear your wisdom. 014 2CH 009 008 Blessed be the Lord your God, who took pleasure in you, to set you upon his throne for a king, to the Lord your God: forasmuch as the Lord your God loved Israel to establish them for ever, therefore he has set you over them for a king to execute judgment and justice. 014 2CH 009 009 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: and there were not [any where else] such spices as those which the queen of Saba gave king Solomon. 014 2CH 009 010 And the servants of Solomon and the servants of Chiram brought gold to Solomon out of Suphir, and pine timber, and precious stones. 014 2CH 009 011 And the king made of the pine timber steps to the house of the Lord, and to the king's house, and harps and lutes for the singers: and such were not seen before in the land of Juda. 014 2CH 009 012 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she requested, besides all that she brought to king Solomon: and she returned to her [own] land. 014 2CH 009 013 And the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold, 014 2CH 009 014 besides what the men who were regularly appointed and the merchants brought, and all the kings of Arabia and princes of the land: all brought gold and silver to king Solomon. 014 2CH 009 015 And king Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold: there were six hundred [shekels] of pure gold to one shield. 014 2CH 009 016 And three hundred buckles of beaten gold: [the weight] of three hundred gold shekels went to one buckler: and the king placed them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 014 2CH 009 017 And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he gilded it with pure gold. 014 2CH 009 018 And [there were] six steps to the throne, riveted with gold, and elbows on either side of the seat of the throne, and two lions standing by the elbows: 014 2CH 009 019 and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on each side. There was not the like in any [other] kingdom. 014 2CH 009 020 And all king Solomon's vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were covered with gold: silver was not thought anything of in the days of Solomon. 014 2CH 009 021 For a ship went for the king to Tharsis with the servants of Chiram: once every three years came vessels from Tharsis to the king, laden with gold, and silver, and ivory, and apes. 014 2CH 009 022 And Solomon exceeded all [other] kings both in riches and wisdom. 014 2CH 009 023 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 014 2CH 009 024 And they brought every one his gifts, silver vessels and golden vessels, and raiment, myrrh and spices, horses and mules, a rate every year. 014 2CH 009 025 And Solomon had four thousand mares for chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he put them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 009 026 And he rules over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt. 014 2CH 009 027 And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as the sycamore trees in the plain for abundance. 014 2CH 009 028 And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and from every [other] country. 014 2CH 009 029 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, behold, these are written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Achia the Selonite, and in the visions of Joel the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat. 014 2CH 009 030 And Solomon reigned over all Israel forty years. 014 2CH 009 031 And Solomon fell asleep, and they buried him in the city of David his father: and Roboam his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 010 001 And Roboam came to Sychem: for all Israel came to Sychem to make him king. 014 2CH 010 002 And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nabat heard [it], (now he was in Egypt, forasmuch as he had fled there from the face of king Solomon, and Jeroboam lived in Egypt, ) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 014 2CH 010 003 And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam and all the congregation came to Roboam, saying, 014 2CH 010 004 Your father made our yoke grievous: now then abate [somewhat] of your father's grievous rule, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve you. 014 2CH 010 005 And he said to them, Go away for three days, and [then] come to me. So the people departed. 014 2CH 010 006 And king Roboam assembled the elders that stood before his father Solomon in his life-time, saying, How do you counsel [me] to return an answer to this people? 014 2CH 010 007 And they spoke to him, saying, If you would this day befriend this people, and be kind to them, and speak to them good words, then will they be your servants for ever. 014 2CH 010 008 But he forsook the advice of the old men, who took counsel with him, and he took counsel with the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before him. 014 2CH 010 009 And he said to them, What do you advise that I should answer this people, who spoke to me, saying, Ease [somewhat] of the yoke which your father laid upon us? 014 2CH 010 010 And the young men that had been brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you speak to the people that spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and do you lighten [somewhat of it] from us; thus shall you say, My little finger [shall be] thicker than my father's loins. 014 2CH 010 011 And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions. 014 2CH 010 012 And Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Return to me on the third day. 014 2CH 010 013 And the king answered harshly; and king Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 014 2CH 010 014 and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. 014 2CH 010 015 And the king listened not to the people, for there was a change [of their minds] from God, saying, The Lord has confirmed his word, which he spoke by the hand of Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and [concerning] all Israel; 014 2CH 010 016 for the king did not listen to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David, or inheritance in the son of Jessae? to your tents, O Israel: now see to your own house, David. So all Israel went to their tents. 014 2CH 010 017 But the men of Israel, even those who lived in the cities of Juda, [remained] and made Roboam king over them. 014 2CH 010 018 And king Roboam sent to them Adoniram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And king Roboam hasted to mount [his] chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 014 2CH 010 019 So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day. 014 2CH 011 001 And Roboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled Juda and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand young men fit for war, and he waged war with Israel to recover the kingdom to Roboam. 014 2CH 011 002 And the Word of the Lord came to Samaias the man of God, saying, 014 2CH 011 003 Speak to Roboam the [son] of Solomon, and to all Juda and Benjamin, saying, 014 2CH 011 004 Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up, and you shall not war against your brethren: return every one to his home; for this thing is of me. And they listened to the word of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 014 2CH 011 005 And Roboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built walled cities in Judea. 014 2CH 011 006 And he built Bethleem, and Aetan and Thecoe, 014 2CH 011 007 and Baethsura, and Sochoth, and Odollam, 014 2CH 011 008 and Geth, and Marisa, and Ziph, 014 2CH 011 009 and Adorai, and Lachis, and Azeca, 014 2CH 011 010 and Saraa, and Aelom, and Chebron, which belong to Juda and Benjamin, walled cities. 014 2CH 011 011 And he fortified them with walls, and placed in them captains, and stores of provisions, oil and wine, 014 2CH 011 012 shields and spears in every several city, and he fortified them very strongly, and he had on his side Juda and Benjamin. 014 2CH 011 013 And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel were gathered to him out of all the coasts. 014 2CH 011 014 For the Levites left the tents of their possession, and went to Juda to Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had ejected them so that they should not minister to the Lord. 014 2CH 011 015 And he made for himself priests of the high places, and for the idols, and for the vanities, and for the calves which Jeroboam made. 014 2CH 011 016 And he cast out from the tribes of Israel those who set their heart to seek the Lord God of Israel: and they came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers. 014 2CH 011 017 And they strengthened the kingdom of Juda; and [Juda] strengthened Roboam the [son] of Solomon for three years, for he walked three years in the ways of David and Solomon. 014 2CH 011 018 And Roboam took to himself for a wife, Moolath daughter of Jerimuth the son of David, and Abigaia daughter of Heliab the son of Jessae. 014 2CH 011 019 And she bore him sons; Jeus, and Samoria, and Zaam. 014 2CH 011 020 And afterwards he took to himself Maacha the daughter of Abessalom; and she bore him Abia, and Jetthi, and Zeza, and Salemoth. 014 2CH 011 021 And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Abessalom more than all his wives and all his concubines: for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begot twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters. 014 2CH 011 022 And he made Abia the son of Maacha chief, [even] a leader among his brethren, for he intended to make him king. 014 2CH 011 023 And he was exalted beyond all his [other] sons in all the coasts of Juda and Benjamin, and in the strong cities; and he gave them provisions in great abundance: and he desired many wives. 014 2CH 012 001 And it came to pass when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he had grown strong, [that] he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him. 014 2CH 012 002 And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Susakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had sinned against the Lord, 014 2CH 012 003 with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horses: and there was no number of the multitude that came with him from Egypt; Libyans, Trogodytes, and Ethiopians. 014 2CH 012 004 And they obtained possession of the strong cities, which were in Juda, and came to Jerusalem. 014 2CH 012 005 And Samaias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda that were gathered to Jerusalem for fear of Susakim, and said to them, Thus said the Lord, You have left me, and I will leave you in the hand of Susakim. 014 2CH 012 006 And the elders of Israel and the king were ashamed, and said, The Lord [is] righteous. 014 2CH 012 007 And when the Lord saw that they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Samaias, saying, They have repented; I will not destroy them, but I will set them in safety for a little while, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem. 014 2CH 012 008 Nevertheless they shall be servants, and know my service, and the service of the kings of the earth. 014 2CH 012 009 So Susakim king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures that were in the house of the Lord, and the treasures that were in the king's house: he took all; and he took the golden shields which Solomon had made. 014 2CH 012 010 And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them. And Susakim set over him captains of footmen, as keepers of the gate of the king. 014 2CH 012 011 And it came to pass, when the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards and the footmen went in, and they that returned to meet the footmen. 014 2CH 012 012 And when he repented, the anger of the Lord turned from him, and did not destroy him utterly; for there were good things in Juda. 014 2CH 012 013 So king Roboam strengthened [himself] in Jerusalem, and reigned: and Roboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of the children of Israel to call his name there: and his mother's name was Noomma the Ammanitess. 014 2CH 012 014 And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord. 014 2CH 012 015 And the acts of Roboam, the first and the last, behold, are they not written in the book of Samaia the prophet, and Addo the seer, with his achievements. 014 2CH 012 016 And Roboam made war with Jeroboam all [his] days. And Roboam died with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abia his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 013 001 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam Abia began to reign over Juda. 014 2CH 013 002 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Maacha, daughter of Uriel of Gabaon. And there was war between Abia and Jeroboam. 014 2CH 013 003 And Abia set the battle in array with an army, with mighty men of war, [even] four hundred thousand mighty men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand, [they were] mighty warriors of the host. 014 2CH 013 004 And Abia rose up from the mount Somoron, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear you, Jeroboam, and all Israel: 014 2CH 013 005 [Is it] not for you to know that the Lord God of Israel has given a king over Israel for ever to David, and to his sons, by a covenant of salt? 014 2CH 013 006 But Jeroboam the [son] of Nabat, the servant of Solomon [the son] of David, is risen up, and has revolted from his master: 014 2CH 013 007 and there are gathered to him pestilent men, transgressors, and he has risen up against Roboam the [son] of Solomon, while Roboam was young and fearful in heart, and he withstood him not. 014 2CH 013 008 And now you profess to resist the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and you [are] a great multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. 014 2CH 013 009 Did you not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make to yourselves priests of the people of any [other] land? whoever came to consecrate himself with a calf of the heard and seven rams, he forthwith became a priest to that which is no god. 014 2CH 013 010 But we have not forsaken the Lord our God, and his priests, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, minister to the Lord; and in their daily courses 014 2CH 013 011 they sacrifice to the Lord whole burnt offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and [set] the show bread on the pure table; and [there is] the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but you have forsaken him. 014 2CH 013 012 And, behold, the Lord and his priests are with us at our head, and the signal trumpets to sound an alarm over us. Children of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of our fathers; for you shall not prosper. 014 2CH 013 013 Now Jeroboam had caused an ambush to come round upon him from behind: and he [himself] was before Juda, and the ambush behind. 014 2CH 013 014 And Juda looked back, and, behold, the battle [was] against them before and behind: and they cried to the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 014 2CH 013 015 And the men of Juda shouted: and it came to pass, when the men of Juda shouted, that the Lord struck Jeroboam and Israel before Abia and Juda. 014 2CH 013 016 And the children of Israel fled from before Juda; and the Lord delivered them into their hands. 014 2CH 013 017 And Abia and his people struck them with a great slaughter: and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men. 014 2CH 013 018 So the children of Israel were brought low in that day, and the children of Juda prevailed, because they trusted on the Lord God of their fathers. 014 2CH 013 019 And Abia pursued after Jeroboam, and he took from him the cities, Baethel and her towns, and Jesyna and her towns, and Ephron and her towns. 014 2CH 013 020 And Jeroboam did not recover strength again all the days of Abia: and the Lord struck him, and he died. 014 2CH 013 021 But Abia strengthened himself, and took to himself fourteen wives, and he begot twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters. 014 2CH 013 022 And the rest of the acts of Abia, and his deeds, and his sayings, are written in the book of the prophet Addo. 014 2CH 014 001 And Abia died with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In the days of Asa the land of Juda had rest ten years. 014 2CH 014 002 And he did that which was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God. 014 2CH 014 003 And he removed the altars of the strange [gods], and the high places, and broke the pillars in pieces, and cut down the groves: 014 2CH 014 004 and he told Juda to seek earnestly the Lord God of their fathers, and to perform the law and commandments. 014 2CH 014 005 And he removed from all the cities of Juda the altars and the idols, and established in quietness 014 2CH 014 006 fortified cities in the land of Juda; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in these years; for the Lord gave him rest. 014 2CH 014 007 And he said to Juda, Let us fortify these cities, and make walls, and towers, and gates, and bars: we shall prevail over the land, for as we have sought out the Lord our God, he has sought out us, and has given us rest round about, and prospered us. 014 2CH 014 008 And Asa had a force of armed men bearing shields and spears in the land of Juda, [even] three hundred thousand, and in the land of Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand targeteers and archers: all these were mighty warriors. 014 2CH 014 009 And Zare the Ethiopian went out against them, with a force of a million, and three hundred chariots; and came to Maresa. 014 2CH 014 010 And Asa went out to meet him, and set the battle in array in the valley north of Maresa. 014 2CH 014 011 And Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, it is not impossible with you to save by many or by few: strengthen us, O Lord our God; for we trust in you, and in your name have we come against this great multitude. O Lord our God, let not man prevail against you. 014 2CH 014 012 And the Lord struck the Ethiopians before Juda; and the Ethiopians fled. 014 2CH 014 013 And Asa and his people pursued them to Gedor; and the Ethiopians fell, so that they could not recover themselves; for they were crushed before the Lord, and before his host; and they took many spoils. 014 2CH 014 014 And they destroyed their towns roundabout Gedor; for a terror of the Lord was upon them: and they spoiled all their cities, for they had much spoil. 014 2CH 014 015 Also they destroyed the tents of cattle, and the Alimazons, and took many sheep and camels, and returned to Jerusalem. 014 2CH 015 001 And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord, 014 2CH 015 002 and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord [is] with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him out, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 014 2CH 015 003 And Israel [has been] a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound [the truth], and without the law. 014 2CH 015 004 But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them. 014 2CH 015 005 And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands. 014 2CH 015 006 And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every [kind of] affliction. 014 2CH 015 007 But be you strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work. 014 2CH 015 008 And when [Asa] heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord. 014 2CH 015 009 And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that lived with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. 014 2CH 015 010 And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 014 2CH 015 011 And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep. 014 2CH 015 012 And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul. 014 2CH 015 013 And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman. 014 2CH 015 014 And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 014 2CH 015 015 And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about. 014 2CH 015 016 And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron. 014 2CH 015 017 Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 014 2CH 015 018 And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels. 014 2CH 015 019 And there was no war [waged] with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa. 014 2CH 016 001 And in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Asa, the king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, so as not to allow egress or ingress to Asa king of Juda. 014 2CH 016 002 And Asa took silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent [them] to the son of Ader king of Syria, which lived in Damascus, saying, 014 2CH 016 003 Make a covenant between me and you, and between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you gold and silver: come, and turn away from me Baasa king of Israel, and let him depart from me. 014 2CH 016 004 And the son of Ader listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his host against the cities of Israel; and struck Aeon, and Dan, and Abelmain, and all the country round Nephthali. 014 2CH 016 005 And it came to pass when Baasa heard [it] he left off building Rama, and put a stop to his work: 014 2CH 016 006 then king Asa took all Juda, and took the stones of Rama, and its timber, [with] which Baasa [had] built; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha. 014 2CH 016 007 And at that time came Anani the prophet to Asa king of Juda, and said to him, Because you did trust on the king of Syria, and did not trust on the Lord your God, therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of your hand. 014 2CH 016 008 Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a great force, in courage, in horsemen, in great numbers? and did not He deliver them into your hands, because you trusted in the Lord? 014 2CH 016 009 For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this you have done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with you. 014 2CH 016 010 And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this: and Asa vexed some of the people at that time. 014 2CH 016 011 And, behold, the acts of Asa, the first and the last, [are] written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 014 2CH 016 012 And Asa was diseased [in] his feet in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, until he was very ill: but in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. 014 2CH 016 013 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the forties year of his reign. 014 2CH 016 014 And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled [it] with spices and [all] kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral. 014 2CH 017 001 And Josaphat his son reigned in his stead, Josaphat strengthened himself against Israel. 014 2CH 017 002 And he put garrisons in all the strong cities of Juda, and appointed captains in all the cities of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. 014 2CH 017 003 And the Lord was with Josaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father, and did not seek to idols; 014 2CH 017 004 but he sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in the commandments of his father, and not according to the works of Israel. 014 2CH 017 005 And the Lord prospered the kingdom in his hand; and all Juda gave gifts to Josaphat; and he had great wealth and glory. 014 2CH 017 006 And his heart was exalted in the way of the Lord; and he removed the high places and the groves from the land of Juda. 014 2CH 017 007 And in the third year of his reign, he sent his chief men, and his mighty men, Abdias and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Michaias, to teach in the cities of Juda. 014 2CH 017 008 And with them [were] the Levites, Samaias, and Nathanias, and Zabdias, and Asiel, and Semiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonias, and Tobias, and Tobadonias, Levites, and with them Elisama and Joram, the priests. 014 2CH 017 009 And they taught in Juda, and [there was] with them the book of the law of the Lord, and they passed through the cities of Juda, and taught the people. 014 2CH 017 010 And a terror of the Lord was upon all the kingdoms of the land round about Juda, and they made no war against Josaphat. 014 2CH 017 011 And [some] of the Philistines brought to Josaphat gifts, and silver, and presents; and the Arabians brought him seven thousand seven hundred rams. 014 2CH 017 012 And Josaphat increased in greatness exceedingly, and built in Judea places of abode, and strong cities. 014 2CH 017 013 And he had many works in Judea: and the mighty men of war, [the men] of strength, [were] in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 017 014 And this [is] their number according to the houses of their fathers; even the captains of thousands in Juda [were], Ednas the chief, and with him mighty men of strength three hundred thousand. 014 2CH 017 015 And after him, Joanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand. 014 2CH 017 016 And after him Amasias the [son] of Zari, who was zealous for the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of strength. 014 2CH 017 017 And out of Benjamin [there was] a mighty man of strength, even Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand archers and targeteers. 014 2CH 017 018 And after him Jozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand mighty men of war. 014 2CH 017 019 These were the king's servants besides those whom the king put in the strong cities in all Judea. 014 2CH 018 001 And Josaphat had yet great wealth and glory, and he connected himself by marriage with the house of Achaab. 014 2CH 018 002 And he went down after a term of years to Achaab to Samaria: and Achaab killed for him sheep and calves, in abundance, and for the people with him, and he much desired him to go up with him to Ramoth of the country of Galaad. 014 2CH 018 003 And Achaab king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, Will you go with me to Ramoth of the country of Galaad? And he said to him, As I [am], so also [are] you, as your people, [so] also [is] my people with you for the war. 014 2CH 018 004 And Josaphat said to the king of Israel, Seek, I pray you, the Lord today. 014 2CH 018 005 And the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and God shall deliver [it] into the hands of the king. 014 2CH 018 006 And Josaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we may enquire of him? 014 2CH 018 007 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is yet one man by whom to enquire of the Lord; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy concerning me for good, for all his days [are] for evil: this [is] Michaias the son of Jembla. And Josaphat said, Let not the king say so. 014 2CH 018 008 And the king called an eunuch, and said, [Fetch] quickly Michaias the son of Jembla. 014 2CH 018 009 And the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda were sitting each on his throne, and clothed in their robes, sitting in the open space at the entrance of the gate of Samaria: and all the prophets were prophesying before them. 014 2CH 018 010 And Sedekias son of Chanaan made for himself iron horns, and said, Thus says the Lord, With these you shall thrust Syria until it be consumed. 014 2CH 018 011 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Galaad, and you shall prosper; and the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the king. 014 2CH 018 012 And the messenger that went to call Michaias spoke to him, saying, Behold, the prophets have spoken favourably concerning the king with one mouth; let now, I pray you, your words be as [the words] of one of them, and do you speak good things. 014 2CH 018 013 And Michaias said, [As] the Lord lives, whatever God shall say to me, that will I speak. 014 2CH 018 014 And he came to the king, and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go up, and you shall prosper, and they shall be given into your hands. 014 2CH 018 015 And the king said to him, How often shall I solemnly charge you that you speak to me nothing but truth in the name of the Lord? 014 2CH 018 016 And he said, I saw Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no commander; let each return to his home in peace. 014 2CH 018 017 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Said I not to you, that he would not prophesy concerning me good, but evil? 014 2CH 018 018 But he said, Not so. Hear you the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood by on his right hand and on his left. 014 2CH 018 019 And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall in Ramoth Galaad? And one spoke this way, and another spoke that way. 014 2CH 018 020 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him. And the Lord said, Whereby? 014 2CH 018 021 And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And [the Lord] said, You shall deceive [him], and shall prevail: go forth, and do so. 014 2CH 018 022 And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of these your prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against you. 014 2CH 018 023 Then Sedekias the son of Chanaan drew near, and struck Michaias on the cheek, and said to him, By what way passed the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak to you? 014 2CH 018 024 And Michaias said, Behold, you shall see in that day, when you shall go from chamber to chamber to hide yourself. 014 2CH 018 025 And the king of Israel said, Take Michaias, and carry him back to Emer the governor of the city, and to Joas the captain, the king's son; 014 2CH 018 026 and you shall say, Thus said the king, Put this fellow into the prison house, and let him eat the bread of affliction, and [drink] the water of affliction, until I return in peace. 014 2CH 018 027 And Michaias said, If you do at all return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, all you people. 014 2CH 018 028 So the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, went up to Ramoth Galaad. 014 2CH 018 029 And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Disguise me, and I will enter into the battle: and do you put on my raiment. so the king of Israel disguised himself, and entered into the battle. 014 2CH 018 030 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight neither against small nor great, but only against the king of Israel. 014 2CH 018 031 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel: and they compassed him about to fight against him: and Josaphat cried out, and the Lord delivered him; and God turned them away from him. 014 2CH 018 032 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned away from him. 014 2CH 018 033 And a man drew a bow with a good aim, and struck the king of Israel between the lungs and the breast-plate: and he said to the charioteer, Turn your hand, drive me out of the battle, for I am wounded. 014 2CH 018 034 And the battle turned in that day; and the king of Israel remained on the chariot against Syria until evening, and died at sunset. 014 2CH 019 001 And Josaphat king of Juda returned to his house at Jerusalem. 014 2CH 019 002 And there went out to meet him Jeu the prophet the son of Anani, and said to him, King Josaphat, do you help a sinner, or act friendly towards one hated of the Lord? Therefore has wrath come upon you from the Lord. 014 2CH 019 003 Nevertheless [some] good things have been found in you, forasmuch as you did remove the groves from the land of Juda, and did direct your heart to seek after the Lord. 014 2CH 019 004 And Josaphat lived in Jerusalem: and he again went out among the people from Bersabee to the mount of Ephraim, and turned them back to the Lord God of their fathers. 014 2CH 019 005 And he appointed judges in all the strong cities of Juda, city by city. 014 2CH 019 006 And he said to the judges, Take good heed what you do: for you judge not for man, but for the Lord, and with you are matters of judgment. 014 2CH 019 007 And now let the fear of the Lord be upon you, and be wary, and do [your duty]: for there is no unrighteousness with the Lord our God, neither [is it for him] to respect persons, nor take bribes. 014 2CH 019 008 Moreover Josaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the priests, and Levites, and heads of houses of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and to judge the dwellers in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 019 009 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear of the Lord, in truth and with a perfect heart. 014 2CH 019 010 Whatsoever man of your brethren that dwell in their cities [shall bring] the cause that comes before you, between blood [and] blood, and between precept and commandment, and ordinances and judgments, you shall even decide for them; so they shall not sin against the Lord, and there shall not be wrath upon you, and upon your brethren: thus you shall do, and you shall not sin. 014 2CH 019 011 And, behold, Amarias the priest is head over you in every matter of the Lord; and Zabdias the son of Ismael is head over the house of Juda in every matter of the king; and the scribes and Levites are before you: be strong and active, and the Lord shall be with the good. 014 2CH 020 001 And after this came the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [some] of the Minaeans, against Josaphat to battle. 014 2CH 020 002 And they came and told Josaphat, saying, There is come against you a great multitude from Syria, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Asasan Thamar, this is Engadi. 014 2CH 020 003 And Josaphat was alarmed, and set his face to seek the Lord earnestly, and he proclaimed a fast in all Juda. 014 2CH 020 004 And Juda gathered themselves together to seek after the Lord: even from all the cities of Juda they came to seek the Lord. 014 2CH 020 005 And Josaphat stood up in the assembly of Juda in Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, in front of the new court. 014 2CH 020 006 And he said, O Lord God of my fathers, are not you God in heaven above, and are not you Lord of all the kingdoms of the nations? and [is there] not in your hand the might of dominion, and there is no one who can resist you? 014 2CH 020 007 Are not you the Lord that did destroy the inhabitants of this land before the face of your people Israel, and did give it to your beloved seed of Abraham for ever? 014 2CH 020 008 And they lived in it, and built in it a sanctuary to your name, saying, 014 2CH 020 009 If there should come upon us evils, sword, judgment, pestilence, famine, we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name [is] upon this house, ) and we will cry to you because of the affliction, and you shall hear, and deliver. 014 2CH 020 010 And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, with regard to whom you did not permit Israel to pass through their border, when they had come out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned away from them, and did not destroy them; )— 014 2CH 020 011 yet now, behold, they make attempts against us, to come forth to cast us out from our inheritance which you gave us. 014 2CH 020 012 O Lord our God, will you not judge them? for we have no strength to resist this great multitude that is come against us; and we know not what we shall do to them: but our eyes are toward you. 014 2CH 020 013 And all Juda was standing before the Lord, and their children, and their wives. 014 2CH 020 014 And Oziel the [son] of Zacharias, of the children of Banaias, of the sons of Eleiel, the sons of Matthanias the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, —upon him came the Spirit of the Lord in the assembly: 014 2CH 020 015 and he said, Hear you, all Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and king Josaphat: Thus says the Lord to you, even you, Fear not, neither be alarmed, before all this great multitude; for the battle is not years, but God's. 014 2CH 020 016 To-morrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Assis, and you shall find them at the extremity of the river of the wilderness of Jeriel. 014 2CH 020 017 It is not for you to fight: understand these things, and see the deliverance of the Lord with you, Juda and Jerusalem: fear not, neither be afraid to go forth to-morrow to meet them; and the Lord shall be with you. 014 2CH 020 018 And Josaphat bowed with his face [to the ground] with all Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem, [and] they fell before the Lord to worship the Lord. 014 2CH 020 019 And the Levites of the children of Caath, and [they] of the sons of Core, rose up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high. 014 2CH 020 020 And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Thecoe: and as they went out, Josaphat stood and cried, and said, Hear me, Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem; put your trust in the Lord God, and your trust shall be honored; trust in his prophet, and you shall prosper. 014 2CH 020 021 And he took counsel with the people, and set appointed men to sing psalms and praises, to give thanks, and sing the holy songs of praise in going forth before the host: and they said, Give thanks to the Lord, for his mercy [endures] for ever. 014 2CH 020 022 And when they began the praise and thanksgiving, the Lord caused the children of Ammon to fight against Moab, and [the inhabitants of] mount Seir that came out against Juda; and they were routed. 014 2CH 020 023 Then the children of Ammon and Moab rose up against the dwellers in mount Seir, to destroy and consume them; and when they had made an end of [destroying] the inhabitants of Seir, they rose up against one another so that they were utterly destroyed. 014 2CH 020 024 And Juda came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, and looked, and saw the multitude, and, behold, [they were] all fallen dead upon the earth, not one escaped. 014 2CH 020 025 And Josaphat and his people went out to spoil them, and they found much cattle, and furniture, and spoils, and precious things: and they spoiled them, and they were three days gathering the spoil, for it was abundant. 014 2CH 020 026 And it came to pass on the fourth day they were gathered to the Valley of Blessing; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore they called the name of the place the Valley of Blessing, until this day. 014 2CH 020 027 And all the men of Juda returned to Jerusalem, and Josaphat led them with great joy; for the Lord gave them joy over their enemies. 014 2CH 020 028 And they entered into Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, [going] into the house of the lord. 014 2CH 020 029 And there was a terror of the Lord upon all the kingdoms of the land, when they heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel. 014 2CH 020 030 And the kingdom of Josaphat was at peace; and his God gave him rest round about. 014 2CH 020 031 And Josaphat reigned over Juda, being thirty-five years [old] when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Azuba, daughter of Sali. 014 2CH 020 032 And he walked in the ways of his father Asa, and turned not aside from doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord. 014 2CH 020 033 nevertheless the high places yet remained; and as yet the people did not direct their heart to the Lord God of their fathers. 014 2CH 020 034 And the rest of the acts of Josaphat, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Jeu [the son] of Anani, who wrote the book of the kings of Israel. 014 2CH 020 035 And afterwards Josaphat king of Juda entered into an alliance with Ochozias king of Israel, (now this was an unrighteous man, ) 014 2CH 020 036 by acting [with] and going to him, to build ships to go to Tharsis: and he built ships in Gasion Gaber. 014 2CH 020 037 And Eliezer you [son] of Dodia of Marisa prophesied against Josaphat, saying, Forasmuch as you have allied yourself with Ochozias, the Lord has broken your work, and your vessels have been wrecked. And they could not go to Tharsis. 014 2CH 021 001 And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Joran his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 021 002 And he had brothers, the six sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jeiel, and Zacharias, and Azarias, and Michael, and Zaphatias: all these [were] the sons of Josaphat king of Juda. 014 2CH 021 003 And their father gave them many gifts, silver, and gold, and arms, together with fortified cities in Juda: but he gave the kingdom to Joram, for he [was] the firstborn. 014 2CH 021 004 And Joram entered upon his kingdom, and strengthened himself, and killed all his brothers with the sword, and [some] of the princes of Israel. 014 2CH 021 005 When he was thirty and two years old, Joram succeeded to his kingdom, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 021 006 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Achaab; for a daughter of Achaab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: 014 2CH 021 007 nevertheless the Lord would not utterly destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he made with David, and as he said to him that he would give a light to him and his sons for ever. 014 2CH 021 008 In those days Edom revolted from Juda, and they made a king over themselves. 014 2CH 021 009 And Joram went with the princes, and all the cavalry with him: and it came to pass that he arose by night, and struck Edom that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots, and the people fled to their tents. 014 2CH 021 010 And Edom revolted from Juda until this day. Then Lomna at that time revolted from [under] his hand, because he forsook the Lord God of his fathers. 014 2CH 021 011 For he built high places in the cities of Juda, and caused the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring, and led Juda astray. 014 2CH 021 012 And there came to him [a message] in writing from Eliu the prophet, saying, Thus says the Lord God of your father David, Because you have not walked in the way of your father Josaphat, nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda, 014 2CH 021 013 but have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and have caused Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring, as the house of Achaab caused [Israel] to go a-whoring, and you have slain your brethren, the sons of your father, who were better than yourself; 014 2CH 021 014 behold, the Lord shall strike you with a great plague among your people, and your sons, and your wives, and all your store: 014 2CH 021 015 and you [shall be afflicted] with a grievous disease, with a disease of the bowels, until your bowels shall fall out day by day with the sickness. 014 2CH 021 016 So the Lord stirred up the Philistines against Joram, and the Arabians, and those who bordered on the Aethiopians: 014 2CH 021 017 and they went up against Juda, and prevailed against them, and took away all the store which they found in the house of the king, and his sons, and his daughters; and there was no son left to him but Ochozias the youngest of his sons. 014 2CH 021 018 And after all these things the Lord struck him in the bowels with an incurable disease. 014 2CH 021 019 And it continued from day to day: and when the time of the days came [to] two years, his bowels fell out with the disease, and he died by a grievous distemper: and his people performed no funeral, like the funeral of his fathers. 014 2CH 021 020 He was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed without honor, and was buried in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. 014 2CH 022 001 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ochozias his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of robbers that came against them, even the Arabians and the Alimazonians, had slain all the elder ones. So Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda reigned. 014 2CH 022 002 Ochozias began to reign when he was twenty years old, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Gotholia, the daughter of Ambri. 014 2CH 022 003 And he walked in the way of the house of Achaab; for his mother was his counsellor to do evil. 014 2CH 022 004 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord as the house of Achaab [had done]: for they were his counselors after the death of his father to his destruction. 014 2CH 022 005 And he walked in their counsels, and he went with Joram son of Achaab king of Israel to war against Azael king of Syria to Ramoth Galaad: and the archers struck Joram. 014 2CH 022 006 And Joram returned to Jezrael to be healed of the wounds wherewith the Syrians struck him in Ramoth, when he fought against Azael king of Syria. And Ochozias son of Joram, king of Juda, went down to see Joram the son of Achaab at Jezrael because he was sick. 014 2CH 022 007 And destruction from God came upon Ochozias in [his] coming to Joram; for when he had come, Joram went out with him against Jeu the son of Namessei, the anointed of the Lord against the house of Achaab. 014 2CH 022 008 And it came to pass, when Jeu was taking vengeance on the house of Achaab, that he found the princes of Juda and the brethren of Ochozias ministering to Ochozias, and he killed them. 014 2CH 022 009 And he gave orders to seek Ochozias: and they took him while he was healing his wounds in Samaria, and they brought him to Jeu, and he killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Josaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So there was none in the house of Ochozias to secure their power in the kingdom. 014 2CH 022 010 And Gotholia the mother of Ochozias saw that her son was dead, and she arose and destroyed all the seed royal in the house of Juda. 014 2CH 022 011 But Josabeeth, the daughter of the king, took Joas the son of Ochozias and rescued him secretly out of the midst of the sons of the king that were put to death, and she placed him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Josabeeth daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, wife of Jodae the priest, hid him, and she [even] hid him from Gotholia, and she did not kill him. 014 2CH 022 012 And he was with him hid in the house of God six years; and Gotholia reigned over the land. 014 2CH 023 001 And in the eighth year Jodae strengthened [himself], and took the captains of hundreds, Azarias the son of Joram, and Ismael the son of Joanan, and Azarias the son of Obed, and Maasaeas the son of Adia, and Elisaphan the son of Zacharias, with him to the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 023 002 And they went round about Juda, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and heads of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 014 2CH 023 003 and all the congregation of Juda made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he showed them the king's son, and said to them, Behold, let the king's son reign, as the Lord said concerning the house of David. 014 2CH 023 004 Now this [is] the thing which you shall do. Let a third part of you, [even] of the priests and of the Levites, enter in on the sabbath, even into the gates of the entrances; 014 2CH 023 005 and let a third part be in the house of the king; and another third at the middle gate: and all the people in the courts of the Lord's house. 014 2CH 023 006 And let not [any one] enter into the house of the Lord, except the priests and the Levites, and the servants of the Levites; they shall enter in, because they are holy: and let all the people keep the watch of the Lord. 014 2CH 023 007 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man's weapon in his hand; and whoever [else] goes into the house shall die: but they shall be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in. 014 2CH 023 008 And the Levites and all Juda did according to all that the priest Jodae commanded them, and they took each his men from the beginning of the sabbath to the end of the sabbath, for Jodae the priest did not dismiss the courses. 014 2CH 023 009 And Jodae gave to the men the swords, and the shields, and the arms, which [had] belonged to King David, in the house of God. 014 2CH 023 010 And he set the whole people, every man with his arms, from the right side of the house to the left side of the altar and the house, over against the king round about. 014 2CH 023 011 And he brought out the king's son, and put on him the crown and the testimony, and Jodae the priest and his sons proclaimed him king, and anointed him, and said, Long live the king! 014 2CH 023 012 And Gotholia heard the sound of the people running, and acknowledging and praising the king: and she went in to the king into the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 023 013 And she looked, and, behold, the king [stood] in his place, and the princes and trumpets were at the entrance, and the princes were round the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded the trumpets, and there were the singers singing with instruments, and singing hymns of praise. and Gotholia tore her robe, and cried, you surely are plotting against [me]. 014 2CH 023 014 And Jodae the priest went forth, and Jodae the priest charged the captains of hundreds, even the captains of the host, and said to them, Thrust her forth outside the house, and follow her, and let her be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 023 015 So they let her go [out]; and she went through the horsemen's gate of the house of the king, and they killed her there. 014 2CH 023 016 And Jodae made a covenant between himself, and the people, and the king, that the people should be the Lord's. 014 2CH 023 017 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore down it and its altars, and they ground his images to powder, and they killed Matthan the priest of Baal before his altars. 014 2CH 023 018 And Jodae the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the and of the priests and Levites, and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord, and [he appointed them] to offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness, and with songs by the hand of David. 014 2CH 023 019 And the porters stood at the gates of the house of the Lord, that no one unclean in any respect should enter in. 014 2CH 023 020 And he took the heads of families, and the mighty men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they conducted the king into the house of the Lord; and he went through the inner gate into the king's house, and they seated the king on the throne of the kingdom. 014 2CH 023 021 And all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet: and they killed Gotholia. 014 2CH 024 001 Joas was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Sabia of Bersabee. 014 2CH 024 002 And Joas did that which right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jodae the priest. 014 2CH 024 003 And Jodae took to himself two wives, and they bore sons and daughters. 014 2CH 024 004 And it came to pass afterward that it came into the heart of Joas to repair the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 024 005 And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out into the cities of Juda, and collect money of all Israel to repair the house of the Lord from year to year, and make haste to speak [of it]. But the Levites hasted not. 014 2CH 024 006 And king Joas called Jodae the chief, and said to him, Why have you not looked after the Levites, so that they should bring from Juda and Jerusalem that which was prescribed by Moses the man of God, when he assembled Israel at the tabernacle of witness? 014 2CH 024 007 For Gotholia was a transgressor, and her sons tore down the house of God; for they offered the holy things of the house of the Lord to Baalim. 014 2CH 024 008 And the king said, Let a box be made, and let it be put at the gate of the house of the Lord without. 014 2CH 024 009 And let [men] proclaim in Juda an in Jerusalem, that [the people] should bring to the Lord, as Moses the servant of God spoke concerning Israel in the wilderness. 014 2CH 024 010 And all the princes and all the people gave, and brought in, and cast into the box until it was filled. 014 2CH 024 011 And it came to pass, when they brought in the box to the officers of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that the money was more than sufficient, then came the king's scribe, and the officer of the high priest, and emptied the box, and restored it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and collected much money. 014 2CH 024 012 And the king and Jodae the priest gave it to the workmen employed in the service of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, also smiths and braziers to repair the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 024 013 And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened [it]. 014 2CH 024 014 And when they had finished [it], they brought to the king and to Jodae the remainder of the money, and they made vessels for the house of the Lord, vessels of service for whole burnt offerings, and gold and silver [censers]: and they offered up whole burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jodae. 014 2CH 024 015 And Jodae grew old, being full of days, and he died, being a hundred and thirty years old at his death. 014 2CH 024 016 And they buried him with the kings in the city of David, because he had dealt well with Israel, and with God and his house. 014 2CH 024 017 And it came to pass after the death of Jodae, [that] the princes of Juda went in, and did obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them. 014 2CH 024 018 And they forsook the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served the Astartes and idols: and there was wrath upon Juda and Jerusalem in that day. 014 2CH 024 019 yet he sent prophets to them, to turn them to the Lord; but they listened not: and he testified to them, but they obeyed not. 014 2CH 024 020 And the Spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Jodae the priest, and he stood up above the people, and said, Thus says the Lord, Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord? so shall you not prosper; for you have forsaken the Lord, and he will forsake you. 014 2CH 024 021 And they conspired against him, and stone him by command of king Joas in the court of the Lord's house. 014 2CH 024 022 So Joas remembered not the kindness which his father Jodae had exercised towards him, but killed his son. And as he died, he said, The Lord look upon [it], and judge. 014 2CH 024 023 And it came to pass after the end of the year, [that] the host of Syria went up against him, and came against Juda and Jerusalem: and they killed all the chiefs of the people among the people, and all their spoils they sent to the king of Damascus. 014 2CH 024 024 For the army of Syria came with few men, yet God gave into their hands a very large army, because they had forsaken the God of their fathers; and he brought judgments on Joas. 014 2CH 024 025 And after they had departed from him, when they had left him in sore diseases, then his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jodae the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchre of the kings. 014 2CH 024 026 And they that conspired against him were Zabed the son of Samaath the Ammanite, and Jozabed the son of Samareth the Moabite. 014 2CH 024 027 And all his sons, and the five came to him: and the other [matters], behold, they are written in the book of the kings. And Amasias his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 025 001 Amasias began to reign when he was twenty and five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name [was] Joadaen of Jerusalem. 014 2CH 025 002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. 014 2CH 025 003 And it came to pass, when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father. 014 2CH 025 004 But he killed not their sons, according to the covenant of the law of the Lord, as it is written, [and] as the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, and the sons shall not die for the fathers, but they shall die each for his own sin. 014 2CH 025 005 And Amasias assembled the house of Juda, and appointed them according to the houses of their families for captains of thousands and captains of hundreds in all Juda and Jerusalem: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand able to go out to war, holding spear and shield. 014 2CH 025 006 Also he hired of Israel a hundred thousand mighty [men for] a hundred talents of silver. 014 2CH 025 007 And there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the host of Israel go with you; for the Lord is not with Israel, [even] all the sons of Ephraim. 014 2CH 025 008 For if you shall undertake to strengthen [yourself] with these, then the lord shall put you to flight before the enemies: for it is of the Lord both to strengthen and to put to flight. 014 2CH 025 009 And Amasias said to the man of God, But what shall I do [for] the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God said, The Lord can give you much more than these. 014 2CH 025 010 And Amasias separated from the army that came to him from Ephraim, that they might go away to their place; and they were very angry with Juda, and they returned to their place with great wrath. 014 2CH 025 011 And Amasias strengthened [himself], and took his people, and went to the valley of salt, and struck there the children of Seir ten thousand. 014 2CH 025 012 And the children of Juda took ten thousand prisoners, and they carried them to the top of the precipice, and cast them headlong from the top of the precipice, and they were all dashed to pieces. 014 2CH 025 013 And the men of the host whom Amasias sent back so that they should not go with him to battle, [went] and attacked the cities of Juda, from Samaria to Baethoron; and they struck three thousand among them, and took much spoil. 014 2CH 025 014 And it came to pass, after Amasias had returned from striking Idumea, that he brought home the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up for himself as gods, and bowed down before them, and he sacrificed to them. 014 2CH 025 015 And the anger of the Lord came upon Amasias, and he sent him a prophet, and he said to him, Why have you sought the gods of the people, which have not rescued their own people out of your hand? 014 2CH 025 016 And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, have I made you king's counsellor? take heed lest you be scourged: and the prophet forebore, and said, I know that [God] is disposed against you to destroy you, because you have done this thing, and have not listened to my counsel. 014 2CH 025 017 And Amasias king of Juda took counsel, and sent to Joas, son of Joachaz, son of Jeu, king of Israel, saying, Come, and let us look one another in the face. 014 2CH 025 018 And Joas king of Israel sent to Amasias king of Juda, saying, The thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus, saying, Give your daughter to my son to wife; but, behold, your wild beasts of the field that are in Libanus shall come: and the wild beasts did come, and trod down the thistle. 014 2CH 025 019 You have said, Behold, I have struck Idumea, and your stout heart exalts you: now stay at home; for why do you implicate yourself in mischief, that you should fall, and Juda with you. 014 2CH 025 020 Nevertheless Amasias listened not, for it was of the Lord to deliver him into [the enemy's] hands, because he sought after the gods of the Idumeans. 014 2CH 025 021 So Joas king of Israel went up; and they saw one another, he and Amasias king of Juda, in Baethsamys, which is of Juda. 014 2CH 025 022 And Juda was put to flight before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. 014 2CH 025 023 And Joas king of Israel took prisoner Amasias king of Juda, [son] of Joas, son of Joachaz, in Baethsamys, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he pulled down [part] of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 014 2CH 025 024 And [he took] all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord and with Abdedom, and the treasures of the king's house, and the hostages, and he returned to Samaria. 014 2CH 025 025 And Amasias the [son] of Joas king of Juda lived after the death of Joas the [son] of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years. 014 2CH 025 026 And the rest of the acts of Amasias, the first and the last, Behold! are they not written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel? 014 2CH 025 027 And at the time when Amasias departed from the Lord, then they formed a conspiracy against him; and he fled from Jerusalem to Lachis: and they sent after him to Lachis, and killed him there. 014 2CH 025 028 And they took him up on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of David. 014 2CH 026 001 Then all the people of the land took Ozias, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in the room of his father Amasias. 014 2CH 026 002 He built Aelath, he recovered it to Juda, after the king slept with his fathers. 014 2CH 026 003 Ozias began to reign at the age of sixteen years, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jechelia of Jerusalem. 014 2CH 026 004 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father did. 014 2CH 026 005 And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias, who understood the fear of the Lord; and in his days he sought the Lord, and the Lord prospered him. 014 2CH 026 006 And he went out and fought against the Philistines, and pulled down the walls of Geth, and the walls of Jabner, and the walls of Azotus, and he built cities [near] Azotus, and among the Philistines. 014 2CH 026 007 And the Lord strengthened him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that lived on the rock, and against the Minaeans. 014 2CH 026 008 And the Minaeans gave gifts to Ozias; and his fame spread as far as the entering in of Egypt, for he strengthened [himself] exceedingly. 014 2CH 026 009 And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem, both at the gate of the corners, and at the valley gate, and at the corners and he fortified them. 014 2CH 026 010 And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had many cattle in the low country and in the plain; and vinedressers in the mountain country and in Carmel: for he was a husbandman. 014 2CH 026 011 And Ozias had a host of warriors, and that went out orderly to war, and returned orderly in number; and their number was [made] by the hand of Jeiel the scribe, and Maasias the judge, by the hand of Ananias the king's deputy. 014 2CH 026 012 The whole number of the chiefs of families of the mighty men of war [was] two thousand six hundred; 014 2CH 026 013 and with them was a warrior force, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred: these waged war mightily to help the king against [his] enemies. 014 2CH 026 014 And Ozias prepared for them, [even] for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and breastplates, and bows, and slings for stones. 014 2CH 026 015 And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by a wise contriver, to be upon the towers and upon the corners, to cast darts and great stones: and [the fame] of their preparation was heard at a distance; for he was wonderfully helped, till he was strong. 014 2CH 026 016 And when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; and he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to turn incense on the altar of incense. 014 2CH 026 017 And there went in after him Azarias the priest, and with him eighty priests of the Lord, mighty men. 014 2CH 026 018 And they withstood Ozias the king, and said to him, [It is] not for you, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but only for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to sacrifice: go forth of the sanctuary, for you have departed from the Lord; and this shall not be for glory to you from the Lord god. 014 2CH 026 019 And Ozias was angry, and in his hand [was] the censer to burn incense in the temple: and when he was angry with the priests, then the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, over the altar of incense. 014 2CH 026 020 And Azarias the chief priest, and the [other] priests, turned [to look] at him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead; and they got him hastily out thence, for he also hasted to go out, because the Lord had rebuked him. 014 2CH 026 021 And Ozias the king was a leper to the day of his death, and he lived [as] a leper in a separate house; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Joathan his son [was set] over his kingdom, judging the people of the land. 014 2CH 026 022 And the rest of the acts of Ozias, the first and the last, [are] written by Jessias the prophet. 014 2CH 026 023 And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial [place] of the kings, for they said, He is a leper; and Joatham his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 027 001 Joatham [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Jerusa, daughter of Sadoc. 014 2CH 027 002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Ozias did: but he went not into the temple of the Lord. And still the people corrupted themselves. 014 2CH 027 003 He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and he built much in the wall of Opel. 014 2CH 027 004 In the mountain of Juda, and in the woods, [he built] both dwelling-places and towers. 014 2CH 027 005 He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against him: and the children of Ammon gave him even annually a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. These the king of the children of Ammon brought to him annually in the first and second and third years. 014 2CH 027 006 Joatham grew strong, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God. 014 2CH 027 007 And the rest of the acts of Joatham, and his war, and his deeds, behold, [they are] written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 014 2CH 027 009 And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 028 001 Achaz was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father. 014 2CH 028 002 But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, for he made graven images. 014 2CH 028 003 And [he sacrificed] to their idols in the valley of Benennom, and passed his children through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. 014 2CH 028 004 And he burnt incense upon the high places, and upon the roofs, and under every shady tree. 014 2CH 028 005 And the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and he struck him, and took captive of them a great band of prisoners, and carried him to Damascus. Also [God] delivered him into the hands of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great slaughter. 014 2CH 028 006 And Phakee the son of Romelias king of Israel, killed in Juda in one day a hundred and twenty thousand mighty men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. 014 2CH 028 007 And Zechri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maasias the king's son, and Ezrican the chief of his house, and Elcana the king's deputy. 014 2CH 028 008 And the children of Israel took captive of their brethren three hundred thousand, women, and sons, and daughters, and they spoiled them of much property, and brought the spoils to Samaria. 014 2CH 028 009 And there was there a prophet of the Lord, his name [was] Oded: and he went out to meet the host that were coming to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, the wrath of the Lord God of your fathers [is] upon Juda, and he has delivered them into your hands, and you have slain them in wrath, and it has reached even to heaven. 014 2CH 028 010 And now you talk of keeping the children of Juda and Jerusalem for servants and handmaidens. Behold, am I not with you to testify for the Lord your God? 014 2CH 028 011 And now listen to me, and restore the prisoners of your brethren whom you have taken: for the fierce anger of the Lord [is] upon you. 014 2CH 028 012 And the chiefs of the sons of Ephraim rose up, Udias the son of Joanas, and Barachias the son of Mosolamoth, and Ezekias the son of Sellem, and Amasias the son of Eldai, against those that came from the war, 014 2CH 028 013 and said to them, You shall not bring in hither the prisoners to us, for whereas sin against the Lord [is] upon us, you mean to add to our sins, and to our trespass: for our sin [is] great, and the fierce anger of the Lord [is] upon Israel. 014 2CH 028 014 So the warriors left the prisoners and the spoils before the princes and all the congregation. 014 2CH 028 015 And the men who were called by name rose up, and took hold of the prisoners, and clothed all the naked from the spoils, and gave them garments and shoes, and gave them [food] to eat, and [oil] to anoint themselves [with], and they helped also every one that was weak with asses, and placed them in Jericho, the city of palm-trees, with their brethren; and they returned to Samaria. 014 2CH 028 016 At that time king Achaz sent to the king of Assyria to help him, and on this occasion, 014 2CH 028 017 because the Idumeans had attacked [him], and struck Juda, and taken a number of prisoners. 014 2CH 028 018 Also the Philistines had made an attack on the cities of the plain country, and the cities of the south of Juda, and taken Baethsamys, and [the things in the house of the Lord, and the things in the house of the king, and of the princes: and they gave to the king] Aelon, and Galero, and Socho and her villages, and Thamna and her villages, and Gamzo and her villages: and they lived there. 014 2CH 028 019 For the Lord humbled Juda because of Achaz king of Juda, because he grievously departed from the Lord. 014 2CH 028 020 And there came against him Thalgaphellasar king of Assyria, and he afflicted him. 014 2CH 028 021 And Achaz took the things [that were] in the house of the Lord, and the things in the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave them to the king of Assyria: but he was no help to him, 014 2CH 028 022 but only [troubled him] in his affliction: and he departed yet more from the Lord, and king Achaz said, 014 2CH 028 023 I will seek after the gods of Damascus that strike me. And he said, Forasmuch as the gods of the king of Syria themselves strengthen them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, and they will help me. But they became a stumbling block to him, and to all Israel. 014 2CH 028 024 And Achaz removed the vessels of the house of the Lord, and cut them in pieces, and shut the doors of the house of the Lord, and made to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem: 014 2CH 028 025 and in each several city in Juda he made high places to burn incense to strange gods: and they provoked the Lord God of their fathers. 014 2CH 028 026 And the rest of his acts, and his deeds, the first and the last, behold, [they are] written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 014 2CH 028 027 And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; for they did not bring him into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 029 001 And Ezekias began to reign at the age of twenty-five years, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abia, daughter of Zacharias. 014 2CH 029 002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done. 014 2CH 029 003 And it came to pass, when he was established over his kingdom, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. 014 2CH 029 004 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and put them on the east side, 014 2CH 029 005 and said to them, Hear, you Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cast out the impurity from the holy places. 014 2CH 029 006 For our fathers have revolted, and done that which was evil before the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their face from the tabernacle of the Lord, and have turned [their] back. 014 2CH 029 007 And they have shut up the doors of the temple, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense, and have not offered whole burnt offerings in the holy [place] to the God of Israel. 014 2CH 029 008 And the Lord was very angry with Juda and Jerusalem, and made them an astonishment, and a desolation, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes. 014 2CH 029 009 And, behold, your fathers have been struck with the sword, and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own, as it is even now. 014 2CH 029 010 Therefore it is now in my heart to make a covenant, a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turn away his fierce wrath from us. 014 2CH 029 011 And now be not lacking [to your duty], for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him to minister, and to be ministers and burners of incense to him. 014 2CH 029 012 Then the Levites rose up, Maath the son of Amasi, and Joel the son of Azarias, of the sons of Caath: and of the sons of Merari, Kis the son of Abdi, and Azarias the son of Haelel: and of the sons of Gedsoni, Jodaad the son of Zemmath, and Joadam: these [were] the sons of Joacha. 014 2CH 029 013 And of the sons of Elisaphan; Zambri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zacharias, and Matthanias: 014 2CH 029 014 and of the sons of Aeman; Jeiel, and Semei: and of the sons of Idithun; Samaisa, and Oziel. 014 2CH 029 015 And they gathered their brethren, and they purified themselves according to the king's command by the order of the Lord, to purify the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 029 016 And the priests entered into the house of the Lord, to purify [it], and they cast out all the uncleanness that was found in the house of the Lord, even into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Levites received [it] to cast into the brook of Kedron without. 014 2CH 029 017 And [Ezekias] began on the first day, [even] on the new moon of the first month, to purify, and on the eighth day of the month they entered into the temple of the Lord: and they purified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the thirteenth day of the first month they finished [the work]. 014 2CH 029 018 And they went in to king Ezekias, and said, We have purified all the things in the house of the Lord, the altar of whole burnt offering, and its vessels, and the table of show-bread, and its vessels; 014 2CH 029 019 and all the vessels which king Achaz polluted in his reign, in his apostasy, we have prepared and purified: behold, they are before the altar of the Lord. 014 2CH 029 020 And king Ezekias rose early in the morning, and gathered the chief men of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 029 021 And he brought seven calves, seven rams, seven lambs, seven kids of goats for a sin-offering, for the kingdom, and for the holy things, and for Israel: and he told the priests the sons of Aaron to go up to the altar of the Lord. 014 2CH 029 022 And they killed the calves, and the priests received the blood, and poured it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and poured the blood upon the altar: also they killed the lambs, and poured the blood round the altar. 014 2CH 029 023 And they brought the goats for a sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and laid their hands upon them. 014 2CH 029 024 And the priests killed them, and offered their blood as a propitiation on the altar; and they made atonement for all Israel: for the king said, The whole burnt offering, and the sin-offering [are] for all Israel. 014 2CH 029 025 And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, according to the commandment of king David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for by the commandment of the Lord the order [was] in the hand of the prophets. 014 2CH 029 026 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 014 2CH 029 027 And Ezekias told [them] to offer up the whole burnt offering on the altar: and when they began to offer the whole burnt offering, they began to sing to the Lord, and the trumpets [accompanied] the instruments of David king of Israel. 014 2CH 029 028 And all the congregation worshipped, and the psalm-singers [were] singing, and the trumpets sounding, until the whole burnt sacrifice had been completely offered. 014 2CH 029 029 And when they had done offering [it], the king and all that were present bowed, and worshipped. 014 2CH 029 030 And king Ezekias and the princes told the Levites to sing hymns to the Lord in the words of David, and of Asaph the prophet: and they sang hymns with gladness, and fell down and worshipped. 014 2CH 029 031 Then Ezekias answered and said, Now you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord, bring near and offer sacrifices of praise in the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord; and every one who was ready in his heart [brought] whole burnt offerings. 014 2CH 029 032 And the number of the whole burnt offerings which the congregation brought, was seventy calves, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs: all these [were] for a whole burnt offering to the Lord. 014 2CH 029 033 And the consecrated calves were six hundred, [and] the sheep three thousand. 014 2CH 029 034 But the priests were few, and could not flay the whole burnt offering, so their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished, and until the priests had purified themselves: for the Levites [more] zealously purified [themselves] than the priests. 014 2CH 029 035 And the whole burnt offering [was] abundant, with the fat of the complete peace-offering, and the drink-offerings of the whole burnt sacrifice. So the service was established in the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 029 036 And Ezekias and all the people rejoiced, because God has prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly. 014 2CH 030 001 And Ezekias sent to all Israel and Juda, and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse, that they should come into the house of the Lord to Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel. 014 2CH 030 002 For the king, and the princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, designed to keep the passover in the second month. 014 2CH 030 003 For they could not keep it at that time, because a sufficient number of priest had not purified themselves, and the people was not gathered to Jerusalem. 014 2CH 030 004 And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation. 014 2CH 030 005 And they established a decree that a proclamation should go through all Israel, from Bersabee to Dan, that they should come and keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for the multitude had not done it lately according to the scripture. 014 2CH 030 006 And the posts went with the letters from the king and the princes to all Israel and Juda, according to the command of the king, saying, Children of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, and bring back them that have escaped [even] those that were left of the hand of the king of Assyria. 014 2CH 030 007 And be not as your fathers, and your brethren, who revolted from the Lord God of their fathers, and he gave them up to desolation, as you see. 014 2CH 030 008 And now harden not your hearts, as your fathers [did]: give glory to the Lord God, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, and he shall turn away [his] fierce anger from you. 014 2CH 030 009 For when you turn to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall be pitied before all that have carried them captives, and he will restore [you] to this land: for the Lord our God is merciful and pitiful, and will not turn away his face from you, if we return to him. 014 2CH 030 010 So the posts went through from city to city in mount Ephraim, and Manasse, and as far as Zabulon: and they as it were laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. 014 2CH 030 011 But the men of Aser, and [some] of Manasses and of Zabulon, were ashamed, and came to Jerusalem and Juda. 014 2CH 030 012 And the hand of the Lord was [present] to give them one heart to come, to do according to the commands of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord. 014 2CH 030 013 And a great multitude were gathered to Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. 014 2CH 030 014 And they arose, and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all on which they burnt incense to false [gods] they tore down and cast into the brook Kedron. 014 2CH 030 015 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites repented, and purified [themselves], and brought whole burnt offerings into the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 030 016 And they stood at their post, according to their ordinance, according to the commandment of Moses the man of God: and the priests received the blood from the hand of the Levites. 014 2CH 030 017 For a great part of the congregation was not sanctified; and the Levites were [ready] to kill the passover for every one who could not sanctify himself to the Lord. 014 2CH 030 018 For the greatest part of the people of Ephraim, and Manasse, and Issachar, and Zabulon, had not purified [themselves], but ate the passover contrary to the scripture. On this account also Ezekias prayed concerning them, saying, 014 2CH 030 019 The good Lord be merciful with regard to every heart that sincerely seeks the Lord God of their fathers, and [is] not [purified] according to the purification of the sanctuary. 014 2CH 030 020 And the Lord listened to Ezekias, and healed the people. 014 2CH 030 021 And the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy; and they continued to sing hymns to the Lord daily, and the priests and the Levites [played] on instruments to the Lord. 014 2CH 030 022 And Ezekias encouraged all the Levites, and those that had good understanding of the Lord: and they completely kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, offering peace-offerings, and confessing to the Lord God of their fathers. 014 2CH 030 023 And the congregation purposed together to keep other seven days: and they kept seven days with gladness. 014 2CH 030 024 For Ezekias set apart for Juda, [even] for the congregation, a thousand calves and seven thousand sheep; and the princes set apart for the people a thousand calves and ten thousand sheep: and the holy things of the priests abundantly. 014 2CH 030 025 And all the congregation, the priests and the Levites, rejoiced, and all the congregation of Juda, and they that were present of Jerusalem, and the strangers that came from the land of Israel, and the dwellers in Juda. 014 2CH 030 026 And there was great joy in Jerusalem: from the days of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not such a feast in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 030 027 Then the priests the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling-place, [even] into heaven. 014 2CH 031 001 And when all these things were finished, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda went out, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the groves, and tore down the high places and the altars out of all Judea and Benjamin, also of Ephraim and Manasse, till they made an end: and all Israel returned, every one to his inheritance, and to their cities. 014 2CH 031 002 And Ezekias appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, and the courses of each one according to his ministry, to the priests and to the Levites, for the whole burnt offering, and for the peace-offering, and to praise, and to give thanks, and to minister in the gates, [and] in the courts of the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 031 003 And the king's proportion out of his substance [was appointed] for the whole burnt offerings, the morning and the evening one, and the whole burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the feasts that were ordered in the law of the Lord. 014 2CH 031 004 And they told the people who lived in Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the ministry of the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 031 005 And as he gave the command, Israel brought abundantly first fruits of corn, and wine, and oil, and honey, and every fruit of the field: and the children of Israel and Juda brought tithes of everything abundantly. 014 2CH 031 006 And they that lived in the cities of Juda themselves also brought tithes of calves and sheep, and tithes of goats, and consecrated them to the Lord their God, and they brought them and laid them in heaps. 014 2CH 031 007 In the third month the heaps began to be piled, and in the seventh month they were finished. 014 2CH 031 008 And Ezekias and the princes came and saw the heaps, and blessed the Lord, and his people Israel. 014 2CH 031 009 Then Ezekias enquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. 014 2CH 031 010 And Azarias the priest, the chief over the house of Sadoc, spoke to him, and said, From the time that the first fruits began to be brought into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and drunk, and left even abundantly; for the Lord has blessed his people, and we have left to this amount. 014 2CH 031 011 And Ezekias told them yet farther to prepare chambers for the house of the Lord; and they prepared [them], 014 2CH 031 012 and they brought there the first fruits and the tithes faithfully: and Chonenias the Levite was superintendent over them, and Semei his brother was next. 014 2CH 031 013 and Jeiel, and Ozias, and Naeth, and Asael, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Samachia, and Maath, and Banaias, and his sons, were appointed by Chonenias and Semei his brother, as Ezekias the king, and Azarias who was over the house of the Lord commanded. 014 2CH 031 014 And Core, the [son] of Jemna the Levite, the porter eastward, [was] over the gifts, to distribute the first fruits of the Lord, and the most holy things, 014 2CH 031 015 by the hand of Odom, and Benjamin, and Jesus, and Semei, and Amarias, and Sechonias, by the hand of the priests faithfully, to give to their brethren according to the courses, as well to great as small; 014 2CH 031 016 besides the increase of males from three years old and upward, to every one entering into the house of the Lord, [a portion] according to a daily rate, for service in the daily courses of their order. 014 2CH 031 017 This [is] the distribution of the priests according to the houses of their families; and the Levites in their daily courses from twenty years old and upward [were] in [their] order, 014 2CH 031 018 to assign stations for all the increase of their sons and their daughters, for the whole number: for they faithfully sanctified the holy place. 014 2CH 031 019 As for the sons of Aaron that executed the priests' office, —even those from their cities the men in each several city who were named expressly, —[were appointed] to give a portion to every male among the priests, and to every one reckoned among the Levites. 014 2CH 031 020 And Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God. 014 2CH 031 021 And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered. 014 2CH 032 001 And after these things and this faithful dealing, came Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, and he came to Juda, and encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to take them for himself. 014 2CH 032 002 And Ezekias saw that Sennacherim was come, and [that] his face [was set] to fight against Jerusalem. 014 2CH 032 003 And he took counsel with his elders and his mighty [men] to stop the wells of water which were without the city: and they helped him. 014 2CH 032 004 And he collected many people, and stopped the wells of water, and the river that flowed through the city, saying, Lest the king of Assyria come, and find much water, and strengthen [himself]. 014 2CH 032 005 And Ezekias strengthened [himself], and built all the wall that had been pulled down, and the towers, and another wall in front without, and fortified the strong place of the city of David, and prepared arms in abundance. 014 2CH 032 006 And he appointed captains of war over the people, and they were gathered to [meet] him to the open place of the gate of the valley, and he encouraged them, saying, 014 2CH 032 007 Be strong and courageous, and fear not, neither be dismayed before the King of Assyria, and before all the nation that [is] with him: for [there are] more with us than with him. 014 2CH 032 008 With him [are] arms of flesh; but with us [is] the Lord our God to save [us], and to fight our battle. And the people were encouraged at the words of Ezekias king of Juda. 014 2CH 032 009 And afterward Sennacherim king of the Assyrians sent his servants to Jerusalem; and [he went] himself against Lachis, and all his army with him, and sent to Ezekias king of Juda, and to all Juda that [was] in Jerusalem, saying, 014 2CH 032 010 Thus says Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, On what do you trust, that you will remain in the siege in Jerusalem? 014 2CH 032 011 Does not Ezekias deceive you, to deliver you to death and famine and thirst, saying, The Lord our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 014 2CH 032 012 Is not this Ezekias who has taken down his altars and his high places and has spoken to Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before this altar and burn incense upon it? 014 2CH 032 013 Know you not what I and my fathers have done to all the nations of the countries? Could the gods of the nations of all the earth at all rescue their people out of my hand? 014 2CH 032 014 Who is there among all the gods of those nations whom my fathers utterly destroyed, [worthy of trust]? Could they deliver their people out of my hand, that your God should deliver you out of my hand? 014 2CH 032 015 Now then, let not Ezekias deceive you, and let him not make you thus confident, and believe him not: for no god of any kingdom or nation is at all able to deliver his people out of my hand, or the hand of my fathers: therefore your God shall not deliver you out of my hand. 014 2CH 032 016 And his servants continued to speak against the Lord God, and against his servant Ezekias. 014 2CH 032 017 And he wrote a letter to reproach the Lord God of Israel, and spoke concerning him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the earth have not delivered their people out of my hand, so the God of Ezekias shall by no means deliver his people out of my hand. 014 2CH 032 018 And he cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language to the people of Jerusalem on the wall, [calling them] to assist them, and pull down [the walls], that they might take the city. 014 2CH 032 019 And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, even as against the gods of the nations of the earth, the works of the hands of men. 014 2CH 032 020 And king Ezekias and Esaias the prophet the son of Amos prayed concerning these things, and they cried to heaven. 014 2CH 032 021 And the Lord sent an angel, and he destroyed every mighty man and warrior, and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and he returned with shame of face to his own land and came into the house of his god: and [some] of them that came out of his bowels killed him with the sword. 014 2CH 032 022 So the Lord delivered Ezekias and the dwellers in Jerusalem out of the hand of Sennacherim King of Assyria, and out of the hand of all [his enemies], and gave them rest round about. 014 2CH 032 023 And many brought gifts to the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Ezekias king of Juda; and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after these things. 014 2CH 032 024 In those days Ezekias was sick even to death, and prayed to the Lord: and he listened to him, and gave him a sign. 014 2CH 032 025 But Ezekias did not recompense the Lord according to the return which he made him, but his heart was lifted up: and wrath came upon him, and upon Juda and Jerusalem. 014 2CH 032 026 And Ezekias humbled himself after the exaltation of his heart, he and the dwellers in Jerusalem; and the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Ezekias. 014 2CH 032 027 And Ezekias had wealth and very great glory: and he made for himself treasuries of gold, and silver, and precious stones, also for spices, and stores for arms, and for precious vessels; 014 2CH 032 028 and cities for the produce of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls and mangers for every [kind of] cattle, and folds for flocks; 014 2CH 032 029 and cities which he built for himself, and store of sheep and oxen in abundance, for the Lord gave him a very great store. 014 2CH 032 030 The same Ezekias stopped up the course of the water of Gion above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Ezekias prospered in all his works. 014 2CH 032 031 Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to enquire of him [concerning] the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart. 014 2CH 032 032 And the rest of the acts of Ezekias, and his kindness, behold, they are written in the prophecy of Esaias the son of Amos the prophet, and in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. 014 2CH 032 033 And Ezekias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in a high place among the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem gave him glory and honor at his death. And Manasses his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 033 001 Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 033 002 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord destroyed from before the face of the children of Israel. 014 2CH 033 003 And he returned and built the high places, which his father Ezekias had pulled down, and set up images to Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 014 2CH 033 004 And he built altars in the house of the Lord, concerning which the Lord said, In Jerusalem shall be my name for ever. 014 2CH 033 005 And he built altars to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 033 006 He also passed his children through the fire in the valley of Benennom; and he divined, and used auspices, and sorceries, and appointed those who had divining spirits, and enchanters, and wrought abundant wickedness before the Lord, to provoke him. 014 2CH 033 007 And he set the graven [image], the molten [statue], the idol which he made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever; 014 2CH 033 008 and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I gave to their fathers, if only they will take heed to do all things which I have commanded them, according to all the law and the ordinances and the judgments [given] by the hand of Moses. 014 2CH 033 009 So Manasses led astray Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to do evil beyond all the nations which the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. 014 2CH 033 010 And the Lord spoke to Manasses, and to his people: but they listened not. 014 2CH 033 011 And the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, and they took Manasses in bonds, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon. 014 2CH 033 012 And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers; 014 2CH 033 013 and he prayed to him: and he listened to him, and listened to his cry, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom: and Manasses knew that the Lord he is God. 014 2CH 033 014 And afterward he built a wall without the city of David, from the southwest southward in the valleys and at the entrance through the fish-gate, as men go out by the gate round about, even as far as Opel: and he raised it much, and set captains of the host in all the fortified cities in Juda. 014 2CH 033 015 And he removed the strange gods, and the graven [image] out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars which he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and without the city. 014 2CH 033 016 And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and offered upon it a sacrifice of peace-offering and thank-offering, and he told Juda to serve the Lord God of Israel. 014 2CH 033 017 Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, only to the Lord their God. 014 2CH 033 018 And the rest of the acts of Manasses, and his prayer to God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the God of Israel, 014 2CH 033 019 behold, [they are] in the account of his prayer; and [God] listened to him. And all his sins, and his backslidings, and the spots on which he built the high places, and set there groves and graven images, before he repented, behold, they are written in the books of the seers. 014 2CH 033 020 And Manasses slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the garden of his house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 033 021 Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 033 022 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasses did: and Amon sacrificed to all the idols which his father Manasses had made, and served them. 014 2CH 033 023 And he was not humbled before the Lord as his father Manasses was humbled; for his son Amon abounded in transgression. 014 2CH 033 024 And his servants conspired against him, and killed him in his house. 014 2CH 033 025 And the people of the land killed the men who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josias his son king in his stead. 014 2CH 034 001 Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 034 002 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 014 2CH 034 003 And in the eighth year of his reign, and he [being] yet a youth, he began to seek the Lord God of his father David: and in the twelfth year of his reign he began to purge Juda and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the ornaments for the altars, and the molten images. 014 2CH 034 004 And he pulled down the altars of Baalim that were before his face, and the high places that were above them; and he cut down the groves, and the graven images, and broke in pieces the molten images, and reduced them to powder, and cast [it] upon the surface of the tombs of those who [had] sacrificed to them. 014 2CH 034 005 And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars, and purged Juda and Jerusalem. 014 2CH 034 006 And [he did so] in the cities of Manasse, and Ephraim, and Symeon, and Nephthali, and the places round about them. 014 2CH 034 007 And he pulled down the altars and the groves, and he cut the idols in small pieces, and cut off all the high places from all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem. 014 2CH 034 008 And in the eighteenth year of his reign, after having cleansed the land, and the house, he sent Saphan the son of Ezelias, and Maasa prefect of the city, and Juach son of Joachaz his recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. 014 2CH 034 009 And they came to Chelcias the high priest, and gave the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites who kept the gate collected of the hand of Manasse and Ephraim, and of the princes, and of every one that was left in Israel, and of the children of Juda and Benjamin, and of the dwellers in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 034 010 And they gave it into the hand of the workmen, who were appointed in the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen who wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and strengthen the house. 014 2CH 034 011 They gave [it] also to the carpenters and builders, to buy squared stones, and timber for beams to cover the houses which the kings of Juda had destroyed. 014 2CH 034 012 And the men [were] faithfully [engaged] in the works: and over them were superintendents, Jeth and Abdias, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zacharias and Mosollam, of the sons of Caath, [appointed] to oversee; and every Levite, and every one that understood [how] to play on musical instruments. 014 2CH 034 013 And [overseers were] over the burden-bearers, and over all the workmen in the respective works; and of the Levites [were appointed] scribes, and judges, and porters. 014 2CH 034 014 And when they brought forth the money that had been brought into the house of the Lord, Chelcias the priest found a book of the law of the Lord [given] by the hand of Moses. 014 2CH 034 015 And Chelcias answered and said to Saphan the scribe, I have found a book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Chelcias gave the book to Saphan. 014 2CH 034 016 And Saphan brought in the book to the king, and moreover gave an account to the king, [saying, This is] all the money given into the hand of your servants that work. 014 2CH 034 017 And they have collected the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and given it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of them that do the work. 014 2CH 034 018 And Saphan the scribe brought word to the king, saying, Chelcias the priest has given me a book. And Saphan read it before the king. 014 2CH 034 019 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the law, that he tore his garments. 014 2CH 034 020 And the king commanded Chelcias, and Achicam the son of Saphan, and Abdom the son of Michaias, and Saphan the scribe, and Asia the servant of the king, saying, 014 2CH 034 021 Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for every one that is left in Israel and Juda, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord [which] has been kindled among us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of the Lord, to do according to all the things written in this book. 014 2CH 034 022 And Chelcias went, and [the others] whom the king told, to Olda the prophetess, the wife of Sellem son of Thecoe, son of Aras, who kept the commandments; and she lived in Jerusalem in the second [quarter]: and they spoke to her accordingly. 014 2CH 034 023 And she said to them, Thus has the Lord God of Israel said, Tell the man who sent you to me, 014 2CH 034 024 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I bring evil upon this place, [even] all the words that are written in the book that was read before the king of Juda: 014 2CH 034 025 because they have forsaken me, and burnt incense to strange gods, that they might provoke me by all the works of their hands; and my wrath is kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched. 014 2CH 034 026 And concerning the king of Juda, who sent you to seek the Lord, —thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, [As for] the words which you has heard, 014 2CH 034 027 forasmuch as your heart was ashamed, and you was humbled before me when you heard my words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and you were humbled before me, and did rend your garments, and did weep before me; I also have heard, says the Lord. 014 2CH 034 028 Behold, I [will] gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not look upon all the evils which I am bringing upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of it. And they brought back word to the king. 014 2CH 034 029 And the king sent and gathered the elders of Juda and Jerusalem. 014 2CH 034 030 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, [he] and all Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that were found in the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 034 031 And the king stood at a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk before the Lord, to keep his commandments and testimonies, and his ordinances, with all [his] heart and with all [his] soul, so as to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book. 014 2CH 034 032 And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand; and the inhabitants of Jerusalem made a covenant in the house of the Lord God of their fathers. 014 2CH 034 033 And Josias removed all the abominations out of the whole land which belonged to the children of Israel, and caused all that were found in Jerusalem and in Israel, to serve the Lord their God all his days: he departed not from following the Lord God of his fathers. 014 2CH 035 001 And Josias kept a passover to the Lord his God; and sacrificed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 014 2CH 035 002 And he appointed the priests at their charges, and encouraged them for the services of the house of the Lord. 014 2CH 035 003 And he told the Levites that were able [to act] in all Israel, that they should consecrate themselves to the Lord: and they put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built: and the king said, You must not carry anything on your shoulders: now then minister to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel. 014 2CH 035 004 And prepare yourselves according to the houses of your families, and according to your daily courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and [the order] by the hand of his son Solomon. 014 2CH 035 005 And stand you in the house according to the divisions of the houses of your families for your brethren the sons of the people; [so] also let there be for the Levites a division of the house of their family. 014 2CH 035 006 And kill you the passover, and prepare [it] for your brethren, to do according to the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses. 014 2CH 035 007 And Josias gave as an offering to the children of the people, sheep, and lambs, and kids of the young of the goats, all for the passover, [even for] all that were found, in number [amounting to] thirty thousand, and three thousand calves, these [were] of the substance of the king. 014 2CH 035 008 And his princes gave an offering to the people, and to the priests, and to the Levites: and Chelcias and Zacharias and Jeiel the chief men gave to the priests of the house of God, they even gave for the passover sheep, and lambs, and kids, two thousand six hundred, and three hundred calves. 014 2CH 035 009 And Chonenias, and Banaeas, and Samaeas, and Nathanael his brother, and Asabias, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, gave an offering to the Levites for the passover, of five thousand sheep and five hundred calves. 014 2CH 035 010 And the service was duly ordered, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the command of the king. 014 2CH 035 011 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hand, and the Levites flayed [the victims]. 014 2CH 035 012 And they prepared the whole burnt offering to give to them, according to the division by the houses of families, [even] to the sons of the people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. 014 2CH 035 013 And thus [they did] till the morning. And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance; and boiled the holy [pieces] in copper vessels and caldrons, and [the feast] went on well, and they quickly served all the children of the people. 014 2CH 035 014 And after they had prepared for themselves and for the priests, for the priests [were engaged] in offering the whole burnt offerings and the fat until night, then the Levites prepared for themselves, and for their brethren the sons of Aaron. 014 2CH 035 015 And the sons of Asaph the psalm-singers [were] at their post according to the commands of David, and Asaph, and Aeman, and Idithom, the prophets of the king: also, the chiefs and the porters of the several gates; —it was not for them to stir from the service of the holy things, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 014 2CH 035 016 So all the service of the Lord was duly ordered and prepared in that day, for keeping the passover, and offering the whole burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of king Josias. 014 2CH 035 017 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. 014 2CH 035 018 And there was no passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, or any king of Israel: they kept not such a passover as Josias, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Juda and Israel that were present, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, kept to the Lord. 014 2CH 035 019 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias this passover was kept, after all these things that Josias did in the house. And king Josias burnt those who had in them a divining spirit, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and the sodomites which were in the land of Juda and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law that were written in the book which Chelcias the priest found in the house of the Lord. There was no [king] like him before him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, and all his soul, and all his strength, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there rose up none like him. Nevertheless the Lord turned not from the anger of his fierce wrath, wherewith the Lord was greatly angry against Juda, for all the provocations wherewith Manasses provoked him: and the Lord said, I will even remove Juda also from my presence, as I have removed Israel, and I have rejected the city which I chose, [even] Jerusalem, and thehouse of which I said, My name shall be there. 014 2CH 035 020 And Pharao Nechao king of Egypt went up against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates, and king Josias went to meet him. 014 2CH 035 021 And he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Juda? I am not come today to war against you; and God has told me to hasten: beware of the God that is with me, lest he destroy you. 014 2CH 035 022 However, Josias turned not his face from him, but strengthened himself to fight against him, and listened not to the words of Nechao by the mouth of God, and he came to fight in the plain of Mageddo. 014 2CH 035 023 And the archers shot at king Josias; and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am severely wounded. 014 2CH 035 024 And his servants lifted him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried with his fathers: and all Juda and Jerusalem lamented over Josias. 014 2CH 035 025 And Jeremias mourned over Josias, and all the chief men and chief women uttered a lamentation over Josias until this day: and they made it an ordinance for Israel, and, behold, it is written in the lamentations. 014 2CH 035 026 And the rest of the acts of Josias, and his hope, are written in the law of the Lord. 014 2CH 035 027 And his acts, the first and the last, behold, [they are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 014 2CH 036 001 And the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and anointed him, and made him king over Jerusalem in the room of his father. 014 2CH 036 002 Joachaz [was] twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. And Pharao Nechao bound him in Deblatha in the land of Aemath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 036 003 And the king brought him over to Egypt; and imposed a tribute on the land, a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 014 2CH 036 004 And Pharao Nechao made Eliakim the son of Josias king over Juda in the room of his father Josias, and changed his name [to] Joakim. And Pharao Nechao took his brother Joachaz and brought him into Egypt, and he died there: but [he] had given the silver and gold to Pharao. At that time the land began to be taxed to give the money at the command of Pharao; and every one as he could borrowed the silver and the gold of the people of the land, to give to Pharao Nechao. 014 2CH 036 005 Joachim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Zechora, daughter of Nerias of Rama. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers did. In his days came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon into the land, and he served him three years, and [then] revolted from him. And the Lord sent against them the Chaldeans, and plundering parties of Syrians, and plundering parties of the Moabites, and of the children of Ammon, and of Samaria; but after this they departed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of his servants the prophets. Nevertheless the wrath of the Lord was upon Juda, so that they should be removed from his presence, because of the sins of Manasses in all that he did, and for the innocent blood which Joakim shed, for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; yet the Lord would not utterly destroy them. 014 2CH 036 006 And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him with brazen fetters, and carried him away to Babylon. 014 2CH 036 007 And he carried away a part of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple in Babylon. 014 2CH 036 008 And the rest of the acts of Joakim, and all that he did, behold, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? And Joakim slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in Ganozae: and Jechonias his son reigned in his stead. 014 2CH 036 009 Jechonias [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. 014 2CH 036 010 And at the turn of the year, king Nabuchodonosor sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Sedekias his father's brother king over Juda and Jerusalem. 014 2CH 036 011 Sedekias [was] twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and be reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 036 012 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God: he was not ashamed before the prophet Jeremias, nor because of the word of the Lord; 014 2CH 036 013 in that he rebelled against king Nabuchodonosor, which he adjured him by God [not to do]: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart, so as not to return to the Lord God of Israel. 014 2CH 036 014 And all the great men of Juda, and the priests, and the people of the land transgressed abundantly in the abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the Lord which [was] in Jerusalem. 014 2CH 036 015 And the Lord God of their fathers sent by the hand of his prophets; rising early and sending his messengers, for he spared his people, and his sanctuary. 014 2CH 036 016 Nevertheless they sneered at his messengers, and set at nothing his words, and mocked his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose up against his people, till there was no remedy. 014 2CH 036 017 And he brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, and killed their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, and did not spare Sedekias, and had no mercy upon their virgins, and they led away their old men: he delivered all things into their hands. 014 2CH 036 018 And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and all the treasures of the king and the great men; he brought all to Babylon. 014 2CH 036 019 And he burnt the house of the Lord, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt its palaces with fire, and [utterly destroyed] every beautiful vessel. 014 2CH 036 020 And he carried away the remnant to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until [the establishment of] the kingdom of the Medes. 014 2CH 036 021 That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, until the land should enjoy its sabbaths in resting [and] sabbath keeping all the days of its desolation, till the accomplishment of seventy years. 014 2CH 036 022 In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, after the fulfillment of the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and told him to make proclamation in writing throughout all his kingdom, saying, 014 2CH 036 023 Thus says Cyrus king of the Persians to all the kingdoms of the earth, The Lord God of heaven has given me [power], and he has commanded me to build a house to him in Jerusalem, in Judea. Who [is there] of you of all his people? His God shall be with him, and let him go up. # # BOOK 015 EZR Ezra Ezra 015 EZR 001 001 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he issued a proclamation through all his kingdom, and that in writing, saying, 015 EZR 001 002 Thus said Cyrus king of the Persians, The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has given me a charge to build him a house in Jerusalem that is in Judea. 015 EZR 001 003 Who [is] there among you of all his people? for his God shall be with him, and he shall go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and let him build the house of the God of Israel: he [is] the God that is in Jerusalem. 015 EZR 001 004 And [let] every [Jew] that is left [go] from every place where he sojourns, and the men of his place shall help him with silver, and gold, and goods, and cattle, together with the voluntary offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. 015 EZR 001 005 Then the chiefs of the families of Juda and Benjamin arose, and the priests, and the Levites, all whose spirit the Lord stirred up to go up to build the house of the Lord that [is] in Jerusalem. 015 EZR 001 006 And all that were round about strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with cattle, and with presents, besides the voluntary offerings. 015 EZR 001 007 And king Cyrus brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had brought from Jerusalem, and put in the house of his god. 015 EZR 001 008 And Cyrus king of the Persians brought them out by the hand of Mithradates the treasurer, and he numbered them to Sasabasar, the chief man of Juda. 015 EZR 001 009 And this [is] their number: thirty gold basins, and a thousand silver basins, nine and twenty changes, thirty golden goblets, 015 EZR 001 010 and four hundred [and] ten double silver [vessels], and a thousand other vessels. 015 EZR 001 011 All the gold and silver vessels were five thousand four hundred, [even] all that went up with Sasabasar from the [place of] transportation, from Babylon to Jerusalem. 015 EZR 002 001 And these [are] the people of the land that went up, of the number of prisoners who were removed, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away to Babylon, and they returned to Juda and Jerusalem, every man to his city; 015 EZR 002 002 who came with Zorobabel: Jesus, Neemias, Saraias, Reelias, Mardochaeus, Balasan, Masphar, Baguai, Reum, Baana. The number of the people of Israel: 015 EZR 002 003 the children of Phares, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two. 015 EZR 002 004 The children of Saphatia, three hundred and seventy-two. 015 EZR 002 005 The children of Ares, seven hundred and seventy-five. 015 EZR 002 006 The children of Phaath Moab, belonging to the sons of Jesue [and] Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. 015 EZR 002 007 The children of Aelam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four. 015 EZR 002 008 The children of Zatthua, nine hundred and forty-five. 015 EZR 002 009 The children of Zacchu, seven hundred and sixty. 015 EZR 002 010 The children of Banui, six hundred and forty-two. 015 EZR 002 011 The children of Babai, six hundred and twenty-three. 015 EZR 002 012 The children of Asgad, a thousand two hundred and twenty-two. 015 EZR 002 013 The children of Adonicam, six hundred and sixty-six. 015 EZR 002 014 The children of Bague, two thousand and fifty-six. 015 EZR 002 015 The children of Addin, four hundred and fifty-four. 015 EZR 002 016 The children of Ater [the son] of Ezekias, ninety eight. 015 EZR 002 017 The children of Bassu, three hundred and twenty-three. 015 EZR 002 018 The children of Jora, a hundred and twelve. 015 EZR 002 019 The children of Asum, two hundred and twenty-three. 015 EZR 002 020 The children of Gaber, ninety-five. 015 EZR 002 021 The children of Bethlaem, a hundred and twenty-three. 015 EZR 002 022 The children of Netopha, fifty-six. 015 EZR 002 023 The children of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight. 015 EZR 002 024 The children of Azmoth, forty-three. 015 EZR 002 025 The children of Cariathiarim, Chaphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three. 015 EZR 002 026 The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty-one. 015 EZR 002 027 The men of Machmas, a hundred and twenty-two. 015 EZR 002 028 The men of Baethel and Aia, four hundred and twenty-three. 015 EZR 002 029 The children of Nabu, fifty-two. 015 EZR 002 030 The children of Magebis, a hundred and fifty-six. 015 EZR 002 031 The children of Elamar, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four. 015 EZR 002 032 The children of Elam, three hundred and twenty. 015 EZR 002 033 The children of Lodadi and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five. 015 EZR 002 034 The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five. 015 EZR 002 035 The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred and thirty. 015 EZR 002 036 And the priests, the sons of Jedua, [belonging to] the house of Jesus, [were] nine hundred and seventy-three. 015 EZR 002 037 The children of Emmer, a thousand [and] fifty-two. 015 EZR 002 038 The children of Phassur, a thousand two hundred [and] forty-seven. 015 EZR 002 039 The children of Erem, a thousand [and] seven. 015 EZR 002 040 And the Levites, the sons of Jesus and Cadmiel, belonging to the sons of Oduia, seventy-four. 015 EZR 002 041 The sons of Asaph, singers, a hundred [and] twenty-eight. 015 EZR 002 042 The children of the porters, the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Acub, the children of Atita, the children of Sobai, [in] all a hundred [and] thirty-nine. 015 EZR 002 043 The Nathinim: the children of Suthia, the children of Asupha, the children of Tabaoth, 015 EZR 002 044 the sons of Cades, the children of Siaa, the children of Phadon, 015 EZR 002 045 the children of Labano, the children of Agaba, the sons of Acub, 015 EZR 002 046 the children of Agab, the children of Selami, the children of Anan, 015 EZR 002 047 the children of Geddel, the children of Gaar, the children of Raia, 015 EZR 002 048 the children of Rason, the children of Necoda, the children of Gazem, 015 EZR 002 049 the children of Azo, the children of Phase, the children of Basi, 015 EZR 002 050 the children of Asena, the children of Mounim, the children of Nephusim, 015 EZR 002 051 the children of Bacbuc, the children of Acupha, the children of Arur, 015 EZR 002 052 the children of Basaloth, the children of Mauda, the children of Arsa, 015 EZR 002 053 the children of Barcos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema, 015 EZR 002 054 the children of Nasthie, the children of Atupha. 015 EZR 002 055 The children of the servants of Solomon: the children of Sotai, the children of Sephera, the children of Phadura, 015 EZR 002 056 the children of Jeela, the children of Darcon, the children of Gedel, 015 EZR 002 057 the children of Saphatia, the children of Atil, the children of Phacherath, the children of Aseboim, the children of Emei. 015 EZR 002 058 All the Nathanim, and the sons of Abdeselma [were] three hundred and ninety-two. 015 EZR 002 059 And these [are] they that went up from Thelmelech, Thelaresa, Cherub, Hedan, Emmer: and they were not able to tell the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: 015 EZR 002 060 the children of Dalaea, the children of Bua, the children of Tobias, the children of Necoda, six hundred [and] fifty-two. 015 EZR 002 061 And of the children of the priests, the children of Labeia, the children of Akkus, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughter of Berzellai the Galaadite, and was called by their name. 015 EZR 002 062 These sought their genealogy [as though] they had been reckoned, but they were not found; and they were removed, [as polluted], from the priesthood. 015 EZR 002 063 And the Athersastha told them that they should not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should arise with Lights and Perfections. 015 EZR 002 064 And all the congregation together [were] about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty; 015 EZR 002 065 besides their menservants and maidservants, [and] these were seven thousand three hundred [and] thirty-seven: and [among] these were two hundred singing men and singing women. 015 EZR 002 066 Their horses [were] seven hundred [and] thirty-six, their mules, two hundred [and] forty-five. 015 EZR 002 067 Their camels, four hundred [and] thirty-five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred [and] twenty. 015 EZR 002 068 And [some] of the chiefs of families, when they went into the house of the Lord that was in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its prepared place. 015 EZR 002 069 According to their power they gave into the treasury of the work pure gold sixty-one thousand pieces, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. 015 EZR 002 070 So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nathinim, lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. 015 EZR 003 001 And the seventh month came on, and the children of Israel [were] in their cities, and the people assembled as one man at Jerusalem. 015 EZR 003 002 Then stood up Jesus the [son] of Josedec, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the [son] of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer upon it whole burnt offerings, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses the man of God. 015 EZR 003 003 And they set up the altar on its place, for there was a terror upon them because of the people of the lands: and the whole burnt offerings was offered up upon it to the Lord morning and evening. 015 EZR 003 004 And they kept the feast of tabernacles, according to that which was written, and [offered] whole burnt offerings daily in number according to the ordinance, the exact daily rate. 015 EZR 003 005 And after this the perpetual whole burnt offering, and [offering] for the season of new moon, and for all the hallowed feasts to the Lord, and for every one that offered a free will offering to the Lord. 015 EZR 003 006 On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord: but the foundation of the house of the Lord was not laid. 015 EZR 003 007 And they gave money to the stone-hewers and carpenters, and meat and drink, and oil, to the Sidonians, and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant of Cyrus king of the Persians to them. 015 EZR 003 008 And in the second year of their coming to the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zorobabel the [son] of Salathiel, and Jesus the [son] of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, over the workmen in the house of the Lord. 015 EZR 003 009 And Jesus and his sons and his brethren stood, Cadmiel and his sons the sons of Juda, over them that wrought the works in the house of God: the sons of Enadad, their sons and their brethren the Levites. 015 EZR 003 010 And they laid a foundation for building the house of the Lord: and the priests in their robes stood with trumpets and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the order of David king of Israel. 015 EZR 003 011 And they answered [each other] with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, [saying], For [it is] good, for his mercy to Israel [endures] for ever. And all the people shouted with a loud voice to praise the Lord at the laying the foundation of the house of the Lord. 015 EZR 003 012 But many of the priests and the Levites, and the elder men, heads of families, who had seen the former house on its foundation, and [who saw] this house with their eyes, wept with a loud voice: but the multitude shouted with joy to raise a song. 015 EZR 003 013 And the people did not distinguish the voice of the glad shout from the voice of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud voice, and the voice was heard even from afar off. 015 EZR 004 001 And they that afflicted Juda and Benjamin heard, that the children of the captivity were building a house to the Lord God of Israel. 015 EZR 004 002 And they drew near to Zorobabel, and to the heads of families, and said to them, We will build with you; for as you [do], we seek [to serve] our God, and we do sacrifice to him from the days of Asaradan king of Assur, who brought us hither. 015 EZR 004 003 then Zorobabel, and Jesus and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel said to them, [It is] not for us and you to build a house to our God, for we ourselves will build together to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians commanded us. 015 EZR 004 004 And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Juda, and hindered them in building, 015 EZR 004 005 and [continued] hiring [persons] against them, plotting to frustrate their counsel, all the days of Cyrus king of the Persians, and until the reign of Darius king of the Persians. 015 EZR 004 006 And in the reign of Assuerus, even in the beginning of his reign, they wrote a letter against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem. 015 EZR 004 007 And in the days of Arthasastha, Tabeel wrote peaceably to Mithradates and to the rest of his fellow-servants: the tribute-gatherer wrote to Arthasastha king of the Persians a writing in the Syrian tongue, and [the same] interpreted. 015 EZR 004 008 Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe wrote an epistle against Jerusalem to King Arthasastha, [saying, ] 015 EZR 004 009 Thus has judged Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and the rest of our fellow-servants, the Dinaeans, the Apharsathachaeans, the Tarphalaeans, the Apharsaeans, the Archyaeans, the Babylonians, the Susanachaeans, Davaeans, 015 EZR 004 010 and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Assenaphar removed, and settled them in the cities of Somoron, and the rest [of them] beyond the river. 015 EZR 004 011 This [is] the purport of the letter, which they sent to him: Your servants the men beyond the river to king Arthasastha. 015 EZR 004 012 Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from you to us have come to Jerusalem the rebellious and wicked city, which they are building, and its walls are set in order, and they have established the foundations of it. 015 EZR 004 013 Now then be it known to the king, that if that city be built up, and its walls completed, you shall have no tribute, neither will they pay [anything], and this injures kings. 015 EZR 004 014 And it is not lawful for us to see the dishonor of the king: therefore have we sent and made known [the matter] to the king; 015 EZR 004 015 That examination may be made in your fathers' book of record; and you shall find, and you shall know that city [is] rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the midst of it from very old time refuges for [runaway] slaves: therefore this city has been made desolate. 015 EZR 004 016 We therefore declare to the king, that, if that city be built, and its walls be set up, you shall not have peace. 015 EZR 004 017 Then the king sent to Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and the rest of their fellow-servants who lived in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, [saying, ]Peace; and he says, 015 EZR 004 018 The tribute-gatherer whom you sent to us, has been called before me. 015 EZR 004 019 And a decree has been made by me, and we have examined, and found that city of old time exalts itself against kings, and that rebellions and desertions take place within it. 015 EZR 004 020 And there were powerful kings in Jerusalem, and they ruled over all the [country] beyond the river, and abundant revenues and tribute were given to them. 015 EZR 004 021 Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built. 015 EZR 004 022 [See] that you be careful of the decree, [not] to be remiss concerning this matter, lest at any time destruction should abound to the harm of kings. 015 EZR 004 023 Then the tribute-gatherer of king Arthasastha read [the letter] before Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and his fellow-servants: and they went in haste to Jerusalem and through Juda, and caused them to cease with horses and an [armed] force. 015 EZR 004 024 Then ceased the work of the house of God in Jerusalem, and it was at a stand until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians. 015 EZR 005 001 And Aggaeus the prophet, and Zacharias the [son] of Addo, prophesied a prophesy to the Jews in Juda and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, [even] to them. 015 EZR 005 002 Then rose up Zorobabel the [son] of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house of God that was in Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God assisting them. 015 EZR 005 003 At the same time came there upon them Thanthanai, the governor on this side the river, and Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants, and spoke thus to them, Who has ordained a decree for you to build this house, and to [provide] this preparation? 015 EZR 005 004 Then they spoke thus to them, What are the names of the men that build this city? 015 EZR 005 005 But the eyes of God were upon the captivity of Juda, and they did not cause them to cease till the decree was brought to Darius; and then was sent by the tribute-gatherer concerning this 015 EZR 005 006 the copy of a letter, which Thanthanai, the governor of the part on this side the river, and Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachaeans who were on this side of the river, sent to king Darius. 015 EZR 005 007 They sent an account to him, and thus it was written in it: All peace to king Darius. 015 EZR 005 008 Be it known to the king, that we went into the land of Judea, to the house of the great God; and it is building with choice stones, and they are laying timbers in the walls, and that work is prospering, and goes on favorably in their hands. 015 EZR 005 009 Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to [provide] this preparation? 015 EZR 005 010 And we asked them their names, [in order] to declare [them] to you, so as to write to you the names of their leading men. 015 EZR 005 011 And they answered us thus, saying, We [are] the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we [are] building the house which had been built many years before this, and a great king of Israel built it, and established it for them. 015 EZR 005 012 But after that our fathers provoked the God of heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the Chaldean, king of Babylon, and he destroyed this house, and carried the people captive to Babylon. 015 EZR 005 013 And in the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be built. 015 EZR 005 014 And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nabuchodonosor brought out from the house that was in Jerusalem, and carried them into the temple of the king, them did king Cyrus bring out from the temple of the king, and gave them to Sabanasar the treasurer, who was over the treasurer; 015 EZR 005 015 and said to him, Take all the vessels, and go, put them in the house that is in Jerusalem in their place. 015 EZR 005 016 Then that Sabanazar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem: and from that time even until now it has been building, and has not been finished. 015 EZR 005 017 And now, if it [seem] good to the king, lest search be made in the treasure-house of the king at Babylon, that you may know [if it be] that a decree was made by king Cyrus to build that house of God that was in Jerusalem, and let the king send to us when he has learned concerning this [matter]. 015 EZR 006 001 Then Darius the king made a decree, and caused a search to be made in the record-offices, where the treasure is stored in Babylon. 015 EZR 006 002 And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it. 015 EZR 006 003 In the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the holy house of God that was in Jerusalem, [saying, ]Let the house be built, and the place where they sacrifice the sacrifices. (Also he appointed its elevation, in height sixty cubits; its breadth [was] of sixty cubits.) 015 EZR 006 004 And [let there be] three strong layers of stone, and one layer of timber; and the expense shall be paid out of the house of the king. 015 EZR 006 005 And the silver and the gold vessels of the house of God, which Nabuchodonosor carried off from the house that was in Jerusalem, and carried to Babylon, let them even be given, and be carried to the temple that is in Jerusalem, and put in the place where they were set in the house of God. 015 EZR 006 006 Now, you rulers beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachaeans, who [are] on the other side of the river, give [these things], keeping far from that place. 015 EZR 006 007 Now let alone the work of the house of God: let the rulers of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build that house of God on its place. 015 EZR 006 008 Also a decree has been made by me, if haply you may do somewhat in concert with the elders of the Jews for the building of that house of God: to wit, out of the king's property, [even] the tributes beyond the river, let there be money to defray the expenses carefully granted to those men, so that they be not hindered. 015 EZR 006 009 And whatever need [there may be], you shall give both the young of bulls and rams, and lambs for whole burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, oil: —let it be given them according to the word of the priests that are in Jerusalem, day by day whatever they shall ask; 015 EZR 006 010 that they may offer sweet savours to the God of heaven, and that they may pray for the life of the king and his sons. 015 EZR 006 011 And a decree has been made by me, that every man who shall alter this word, timber shall be pulled down from his house, and let him be lifted up and slain upon it, and his house shall be confiscated. 015 EZR 006 012 And may the God whose name dwells there, overthrow every king and people who shall stretch out his hand to alter or destroy the house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be diligently [attended to]. 015 EZR 006 013 Then Thanthanai the governor on this side beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and his fellow-servants, according to that which king Darius sent, so they did diligently. 015 EZR 006 014 And the elders of the Jews and the Levites built, at the prophecy of Aggaeus the prophet, and Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built up, and finished [it], by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Arthasastha, kings of the Persians. 015 EZR 006 015 And they finished this house by the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 015 EZR 006 016 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of the house of God with gladness. 015 EZR 006 017 And they offered for the dedication of the house of God a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, twelve kids of the goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 015 EZR 006 018 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their separate orders, for the services of God in Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses. 015 EZR 006 019 And the children of the captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 015 EZR 006 020 For the priests and Levites were purified, all were clean to a man, and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. 015 EZR 006 021 And the children of Israel ate the passover, [even] they that were of the captivity, and every one who separated himself to them from the uncleanness of the nations of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel. 015 EZR 006 022 and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with gladness, because the Lord made them glad, and he turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the house of the God of Israel. 015 EZR 007 001 Now after these things, in the reign of Arthasastha king of the Persians, came up Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of Chelcias, 015 EZR 007 002 the son of Selum, the son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob, 015 EZR 007 003 the son of Samarias, the son of Esria, the son of Mareoth, 015 EZR 007 004 the son of Zaraia, the son of Ozias, the son of Bokki, 015 EZR 007 005 the son of Abisue, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the first priest. 015 EZR 007 006 This Esdras went up out of Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel gave: and the king gave him [leave], for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him in all things which he sought. 015 EZR 007 007 And [some] of the children of Israel went up, and [some] of the priests, and of the Levites, and the singers, and the doorkeepers, and the Nathinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Arthasastha the king. 015 EZR 007 008 And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, this [was] the seventh year of the king. 015 EZR 007 009 For in the first [day] of the first month he began the going up from Babylon, and in the first day of the fifth month, they came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was upon him. 015 EZR 007 010 For Esdras had determined in his heart to seek the law, and to do and teach the ordinances and judgments in Israel. 015 EZR 007 011 And this [is] the copy of the order which Arthasastha gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe of the book of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his ordinances to Israel. 015 EZR 007 012 Arthasastha, king of kings, to Esdras, the scribe of the law of the Lord God of heaven, Let the order and the answer be accomplished. 015 EZR 007 013 A decree is made by me, that every one who is willing in my kingdom of the people of Israel, and of the priests and Levites, to go to Jerusalem, [be permitted] to go with you. 015 EZR 007 014 [One] has been sent from the king and the seven councillors, to visit Judea and Jerusalem, according to the law of their God that is in your hand. 015 EZR 007 015 And for the house of the Lord [there have been sent] silver and gold, which the king and the councillors have freely given to the God of Israel, who dwells in Jerusalem. 015 EZR 007 016 And all the silver and gold, whatever you shall find in all the land of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people, and the priests that offer freely for the house of God which is in Jerusalem. 015 EZR 007 017 And as for every one that arrives [there], speedily order him by this letter [to bring] calves, rams, lambs, and their meat-offerings, and their drink-offerings; and you shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. 015 EZR 007 018 And whatever it shall seem good to you and to your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do as it is pleasing to your God. 015 EZR 007 019 And deliver the vessels that are given you for the service of the house of God, before God in Jerusalem. 015 EZR 007 020 And as to the rest of the need of the house of your God, you shall give from the king's treasure-houses, 015 EZR 007 021 and from me, whatever it shall seem [good] to you to give. I king Arthasastha have made a decree for all the treasuries that are in the [country] beyond the river, that whatever Esdras the priest and scribe of the God of heaven may ask you, it shall be done speedily, 015 EZR 007 022 to [the amount of] a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred measures of wheat, and a hundred baths of wine, and a hundred baths of oil, and salt without reckoning. 015 EZR 007 023 Let whatever is in the decree of the God of heaven, be done: take heed lest any one make an attack on the house of the God of heaven, lest at any time there shall be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons. 015 EZR 007 024 Also this has been declared to you, with respect to all the priests, and Levites, the singers, porters, Nathinim and ministers of the house of God, let no tribute be [paid] to you; you shall not have power to oppress them. 015 EZR 007 025 And you, Esdras, as the wisdom of God [is] in your hand, appoint scribes and judges, that they may judge for all the people beyond the river, all that know the law of the Lord your God; and you shall make it known to him that knows not. 015 EZR 007 026 And whoever shall not do the law of God, and the law of the king readily, judgment shall be taken upon him, whether for death or for chastisement, or for a fine of his property, or casting into prison. 015 EZR 007 027 Blessed [be] the Lord God of our fathers, who has put it thus into the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem; 015 EZR 007 028 and has given me favor in the eyes of the king, and of his councillors, and all the rulers of the king, the exalted ones. And I was strengthened according to the good hand of God upon me, and I gathered chief men of Israel to go up with me. 015 EZR 008 001 And these [are] the heads of their families, the leaders that went up with me in the reign of Arthasastha the king of Babylon. 015 EZR 008 002 Of the sons of Phinees; Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Attus. 015 EZR 008 003 Of the sons of Sachania, and the sons of Phoros; Zacharias: and with him a company [of] a hundred and fifty. 015 EZR 008 004 Of the sons of Phaath-Moab; Eliana the son of Saraia, and with him two hundred that were males. 015 EZR 008 005 And of the sons of Zathoes; Sechenias the son of Aziel, and with him three hundred males. 015 EZR 008 006 And of the sons of Adin; Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 015 EZR 008 007 And of the sons of Elam; Isaeas the son of Athelia, and with him seventy males. 015 EZR 008 008 And of the sons of Saphatia; Zabadias the son of Michael, and with him eighty males. 015 EZR 008 009 And of the sons of Joab; Abadia the son of Jeiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 015 EZR 008 010 And of the sons of Baani; Selimuth the son of Josephia, and with him a hundred and sixty males. 015 EZR 008 011 And of the sons of Babi; Zacharias the son of Babi, and with him twenty-eight males. 015 EZR 008 012 And of the sons of Asgad; Joanan the son of Accatan, and with him a hundred and ten males. 015 EZR 008 013 And of the sons of Adonicam [were the] last, and these [were] their names, Eliphalat, Jeel, and Samaea, and with them sixty males. 015 EZR 008 014 And of the sons of Baguae, Uthai, and Zabud, and with him seventy males. 015 EZR 008 015 And I gathered them to the river that comes to Evi, and we encamped there three days: and I reviewed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there. 015 EZR 008 016 And I sent men of understanding to Eleazar, to Ariel, to Semeias, and to Alonam, and to Jarib, and to Elnatham, and to Nathan, and to Zacharias, and to Mesollam, and to Joarim, and to Elnathan. 015 EZR 008 017 And I forwarded them to the rulers with the money of the place, and I put words in their mouth to speak to their brethren the Athinim with the money of the place, that they should bring us singers for the house of our God. 015 EZR 008 018 And they came to us, as the good hand of our God was upon us, even a man of understanding of the sons of Mooli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, and at the commencement came his sons and his brethren, eighteen. 015 EZR 008 019 And Asebia, and Isaia of the sons of Merari, his brethren and his sons, twenty. 015 EZR 008 020 And of the Nathinim; whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites [there were] two hundred and twenty Nathinim; all were gathered by [their] names. 015 EZR 008 021 And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aue, that [we] should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property. 015 EZR 008 022 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God [is] upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath [are] upon all that forsake him. 015 EZR 008 023 So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he listened to us. 015 EZR 008 024 And I gave charge to twelve of the chiefs of the priests, to Saraia, to Asabia, and ten of their brethren with them. 015 EZR 008 025 And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of the first fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated. 015 EZR 008 026 I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred silver vessels, and a hundred talents of gold; 015 EZR 008 027 and twenty golden bowls, [weighing] about a thousand drachmas, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, [precious] as gold. 015 EZR 008 028 And I said to them, You [are] holy to the Lord; and the vessels [are] holy; and the silver and the gold are free will offerings to the Lord God of our fathers. 015 EZR 008 029 Be watchful and keep them, until you weigh [them] before the chief priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of families in Jerusalem, at the chambers of the house of the Lord. 015 EZR 008 030 So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem into the house of our God. 015 EZR 008 031 And we departed from the river of Aue on the twelfth day of the first month, to come to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy and adversary in the way. 015 EZR 008 032 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 015 EZR 008 033 And it came to pass on the fourth day that we weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, into the hand of Merimoth the son of Uria the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of Jesus, and Noadia the son of Banaia, the Levites. 015 EZR 008 034 All things [were reckoned] by number and weight, and the whole weight was written [down]. 015 EZR 008 035 At that time the children of the banishment that came from the captivity offered whole burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve calves for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve goats for a sin-offering; all whole burnt offerings to the Lord. 015 EZR 008 036 And they gave the king's mandate to the king's lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honored the people and the house of God. 015 EZR 009 001 And when these things were finished, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands in their abominations, [even] the Chananite, the Ethite, the Pherezite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, and the Moserite and the Amorite. 015 EZR 009 002 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and their sons; and the holy seed has passed among the nations of the lands, and the hand of the rulers [has been] first in this transgression. 015 EZR 009 003 And when I heard this thing, I tore my garments, and trembled, and plucked [some] of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning. 015 EZR 009 004 Then there assembled to me all that followed the word of the God of Israel, on account of the transgression of the captivity; and I remained mourning until the evening sacrifice. 015 EZR 009 005 And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my humiliation; and when I had tore my garments, then I trembled, and I bow myself on my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord God, 015 EZR 009 006 and I said, O Lord, I am ashamed and confounded, O my God, to lift up my face to you: for our transgressions have abounded over our head, and our trespasses have increased even to heaven. 015 EZR 009 007 From the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass until this day: and because of our iniquities we, and our kings, and our children, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the Gentiles by the sword, and by captivity, and by spoil, and with shame of our face, as at this day. 015 EZR 009 008 And now our God has dealt mercifully with us, so as to leave us to escape, and to give us an establishment in the place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little quickening in our servitude. 015 EZR 009 009 For we are slaves, yet in our servitude the Lord our God has not deserted us; and he has extended favor to us in the sight of the kings of the Persians, to give us a quickening, that they should raise up the house of our God, and restore the desolate places of it, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem. 015 EZR 009 010 What shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken your commandments, 015 EZR 009 011 which you have given us by the hand of your servants the prophets, saying, The land, into which you go to inherit it, is a land subject to disturbance by the removal of the people of the nations for their abominations, wherewith they have filled it from one end to the other by their uncleanness. 015 EZR 009 012 And now give not your daughters to their sons, and take not of their daughters for your sons, neither shall you seek their peace or their good for ever: that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and transmit it as an inheritance to your children for ever. 015 EZR 009 013 And after all that is come upon us because of our evil deeds, and our great trespass, [it is clear] that there is none such as our God, for you has lightly visited our iniquities, and given us deliverance; 015 EZR 009 014 whereas we have repeatedly broken your commandments, and intermarried with the people of the lands: be not very angry with us to [our] utter destruction, so that there should be no remnant or escaping one. 015 EZR 009 015 O Lord God of Israel, you [are] righteous; for we remain [yet] escaped, as at this day: behold, we [are] before you in our trespasses: for we can’t stand before you on this account. 015 EZR 010 001 So when Esdras [had] prayed, and when he [had] confessed, weeping and praying before the house of God, a very great assembly of Israel came together to him, men and women and youths; for the people wept, and wept aloud. 015 EZR 010 002 And Sechenias the son of Jeel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Esdras, We have broken covenant with our God, and have taken strange wives of the nations of the land: yet now there is patience [of hope] to Israel concerning this thing. 015 EZR 010 003 Now then let us make a covenant with our God, to put away all the wives, and their offspring, as you shall advise: 015 EZR 010 004 arise, and alarm them with the commands of our God; and let [it] be done according to the law. Rise up, for the matter [is] upon you; and we [are] with you: be strong and do. 015 EZR 010 005 Then Esdras arose, and caused the rulers, the priests, and Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word: and they swore. 015 EZR 010 006 And Esdras rose up from before the house of God, and went to the treasury of Joanan the son of Elisub; he even went there: he ate no bread, and drank no water; for he mourned over the unfaithfulness [of them] of the captivity. 015 EZR 010 007 And they made proclamation throughout Juda and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble at Jerusalem, [saying], 015 EZR 010 008 Every one who shall not arrive within three days, as [is] the counsel of the rulers and the elders, all his substance shall be forfeited, and he shall be separated from the congregation of the captivity. 015 EZR 010 009 So all the men of Juda and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. This [was] the ninth month: on the twentieth day of the month all the people sat down in the street of the house of the Lord, because of their alarm concerning the word, and because of the storm. 015 EZR 010 010 And Esdras the priest arose, and said to them, You have broken covenant, and have taken strange wives, to add to the trespass of Israel. 015 EZR 010 011 Now therefore give praise to the Lord God of our fathers, and do that which is pleasing in his sight: and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the strange wives. 015 EZR 010 012 Then all the congregation answered and said, This your word [is] powerful upon us to do it. 015 EZR 010 013 But the people [is] numerous, and the season [is] stormy, and there is no power to stand without, and the work is more than enough for one day or for two; for we have greatly sinned in this matter. 015 EZR 010 014 Let now our rulers stand, and for all those in our cities who have taken strange wives, let them come at appointed times, and with them elders from every several city, and judges, to turn away the fierce wrath of our God from us concerning this matter. 015 EZR 010 015 Only Jonathan the son of Asael, and Jazias the son of Thecoe [were] with me concerning this; and Mesollam, and Sabbathai the Levite helped them. 015 EZR 010 016 And the children of the captivity did thus: and Esdras the priest, and heads of families according to [their] house were separated, and all by their names, for they returned in the first day of the tenth month to search out the matter. 015 EZR 010 017 And they made an end with all the men who had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. 015 EZR 010 018 And there were found [some] of the sons of the priests who had taken strange wives: of the sons of Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren; Maasia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gadalia. 015 EZR 010 019 And they pledged themselves to put away their wives, and [offered] a ram of the flock for a trespass-offering because of their trespass. 015 EZR 010 020 And of the sons of Emmer; Anani, and Zabdia. 015 EZR 010 021 And of the sons of Eram; Masael, and Elia, and Samaia, and Jeel, and Ozia. 015 EZR 010 022 And of the sons of Phasur; Elionai, Maasia, and Ismael, and Nathanael, and Jozabad, and Elasa. 015 EZR 010 023 And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Samu, and Colia (he [is] Colitas, ) and Phetheia, and Judas, and Eliezer. 015 EZR 010 024 And of the singers; Elisab: and of the porters; Solmen, and Telmen, and Oduth. 015 EZR 010 025 Also of Israel: of the sons of Phoros; Ramia, and Azia, and Melchia, and Meamin, and Eleazar, and Asabia, and Banaia. 015 EZR 010 026 And of the sons of Helam; Matthania, and Zacharia, and Jaiel, and Abdia, and Jarimoth, and Elia. 015 EZR 010 027 And of the sons of Zathua; Elionai, Elisub, Matthanai, and Armoth, and Zabad, and Oziza. 015 EZR 010 028 And of the sons of Babei; Joanan, Anania, and Zabu, and Thali. 015 EZR 010 029 And of the sons of Banui; Mosollam, Maluch, Adaias, Jasub, and Saluia, and Remoth. 015 EZR 010 030 And of the sons of Phaath Moab; Edne, and Chalel, and Banaia, Maasia, Matthania, Beseleel, and Banui, and Manasse. 015 EZR 010 031 And of the sons of Eram; Eliezer, Jesia, Melchia, Samaias, Semeon, 015 EZR 010 032 Benjamin, Baluch, Samaria. 015 EZR 010 033 And of the sons of Asem; Metthania, Matthatha, Zadab, Eliphalet, Jerami, Manasse, Semei. 015 EZR 010 034 And of the sons of Bani; Moodia, Amram, Uel, 015 EZR 010 035 Banaia, Badaia, Chelkia, 015 EZR 010 036 Uvania, Marimoth, Eliasiph, 015 EZR 010 037 Matthania, Matthanai: 015 EZR 010 038 and [so] did the children of Banui, and the children of Semei, 015 EZR 010 039 and Selemia, and Nathan, and Adaia, 015 EZR 010 040 Machadnabu, Sesei, Sariu, 015 EZR 010 041 Ezriel, and Selemia, and Samaria, 015 EZR 010 042 and Sellum, Amaria, Joseph. 015 EZR 010 043 Of the sons of Nabu; Jael, Matthanias, Zabad, Zebennas, Jadai, and Joel, and Banaia. 015 EZR 010 044 All these had taken strange wives, and had begotten sons of them. # # BOOK 016 NEH Nehemiah Nehemiah 016 NEH 001 001 The words of Neemias the son of Chelcia. And it came to pass in the month Chaseleu, of the twentieth year, that I was in Susan the palace. 016 NEH 001 002 And Anani, one of my brethren, came, he and [some] men of Juda; and I asked them concerning those that had escaped, who had been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. 016 NEH 001 003 And they said to me, The remnant, [even] those that are left of the captivity, [are] there in the land, in great distress and reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem [are] thrown down, and its gates are burnt with fire. 016 NEH 001 004 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, [that] I sat down and wept, and mourned for [several] days, and continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. 016 NEH 001 005 And I said, Nay, I pray you, O Lord God of heaven, the mighty, the great and terrible, keeping your covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to those that keep his commandments: 016 NEH 001 006 let now your ear be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, this day [both] day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, and make confession for the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you: both I and the house of my father have sinned. 016 NEH 001 007 We have altogether broken [covenant] with you, and we have not kept the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which you did command your servant Moses. 016 NEH 001 008 Remember, I pray you, the word wherewith you did charge your servant Moses, saying, If you break covenant [with me], I will disperse you among the nations. 016 NEH 001 009 But if you turn again to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; if you should be scattered under the utmost [bound] of heaven, thence will I gather them, and I will bring them into the place which I have chosen to cause my name to dwell there. 016 NEH 001 010 Now they [are] your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed with your great power, and with your strong hand. 016 NEH 001 011 [Turn] not [away], I pray you, O Lord, but let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who desire to fear your name: and prosper, I pray you, your servant this day, and cause him to find mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer. 016 NEH 002 001 And it came to pass in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Arthasastha, that the wine was before me: and I took the wine, and gave [it] to the king: and there was not another before him. 016 NEH 002 002 And the king said to me, Why is your countenance sad, and do you not control yourself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed, 016 NEH 002 003 and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire? 016 NEH 002 004 And the king said to me, For what do you ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 016 NEH 002 005 And I said to the king, If [it seem] good to the king, and if your servant shall have found favor in your sight, [I ask] that [you] would send him into Juda, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it. 016 NEH 002 006 And the king, and his concubine that sat next to him, said to me, For how long will your journey be, and when will you return? and [the proposal] was pleasing before the king, and he sent me away, and I appointed him a time. 016 NEH 002 007 And I said to the king, If [it seem] good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Juda; 016 NEH 002 008 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the garden which belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to cover the gates, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king gave to me, according as the good hand of God [was upon me]. 016 NEH 002 009 And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. (Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.) 016 NEH 002 010 And Sanaballat the Aronite heard [it], and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man was come to seek good for the children of Israel. 016 NEH 002 011 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. 016 NEH 002 012 And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon. 016 NEH 002 013 And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire. 016 NEH 002 014 And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king's pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me. 016 NEH 002 015 And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned. 016 NEH 002 016 And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told [it] not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest [of the men] who wrought the works. 016 NEH 002 017 Then I said to them, You see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach. 016 NEH 002 018 And I told them of the hand of God which was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me: and I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good [work]. 016 NEH 002 019 And Sanaballat the Aronite, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesam the Arabian, heard [it], and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What [is] this thing that you are doing? are you revolting against the king? 016 NEH 002 020 And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but you have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. 016 NEH 003 001 Then Eliasub the high priest, and his brethren the priests, rose up, and built the sheep-gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of the hundred they sanctified [it], to the tower of Anameel. 016 NEH 003 002 And [they builded] by the side of the men of Jericho, and by the side of the sons of Zacchur, the son of Amari. 016 NEH 003 003 And the sons of Asana built the fish-gate; they roofed it, and covered in its doors, and bolts, and bars. 016 NEH 003 004 And next to them [the order] reached to Ramoth the son of Uria, the son of Accos, and next to them Mosollam son of Barachias the son of Mazebel took [his] place: and next to them Sadoc the son of Baana took [his] place. 016 NEH 003 005 And next to them the Thecoim took [their] place; but the Adorim applied not their neck to their service. 016 NEH 003 006 And Joida the son of Phasec, and Mesulam son of Basodia, repaired the old gate; they covered it in, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars. 016 NEH 003 007 And next to them repaired Maltias the Gabaonite, and Evaron the Meronothite, the men of Gabaon and Maspha, to the throne of the governor on this side the river. 016 NEH 003 008 And next to him Oziel the son of Arachias of the smiths, carried on the repairs: and next to them Ananias the son of one of the apothecaries repaired, and they finished Jerusalem to the broad wall. 016 NEH 003 009 And next to them repaired Raphaea the son of Sur, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem. 016 NEH 003 010 And next to them repaired Jedaia the son of Eromaph, and [that] in front of his house: and next to him repaired Attuth son of Asabania. 016 NEH 003 011 And next [to him] repaired Melchias son of Heram, and Asub son of Phaat Moab, even to the tower of the furnaces. 016 NEH 003 012 And next to him repaired Sallum the son of Alloes, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 016 NEH 003 013 Anun and the inhabitants of Zano repaired the gate of the valley: they built it, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate. 016 NEH 003 014 And Melchia the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district round about Beth-accharim, repaired the dung-gate, he and his sons; and they covered it, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars. 016 NEH 003 015 But Solomon the son of Choleze repaired the gate of the fountain, the ruler of part of Maspha; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors and its bars, and the wall of the pool of the skins by the meadow of the king, and as far as the steps that lead down from the city of David. 016 NEH 003 016 After him repaired Neemias son of Azabuch, ruler of half the district round about Bethsur, as far as the garden of David's sepulchre, and as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men. 016 NEH 003 017 After him repaired the Levites, [even] Raum the son of Bani: next to him repaired Asabia, ruler of half the district round about Keila, in his district. 016 NEH 003 018 And after him repaired his brethren, Benei son of Enadad, ruler of half the district round about Keila. 016 NEH 003 019 And next to him repaired Azur the son of Joshua, ruler of Masphai, another portion of the tower of ascent, where it meets the corner. 016 NEH 003 020 After him repaired Baruch the son of Zabu, a second portion, from the corner as far as the door of the house of Eliasub the high priest. 016 NEH 003 021 After him repaired Meramoth the son of Uria the son of Accos, a second part from the door of the house of Eliasub, to the end of the house of Eliasub. 016 NEH 003 022 And after him repaired the priests, the men of Ecchechar. 016 NEH 003 023 And after him repaired Benjamin and Asub over against their house: and after him repaired Azarias son of Maasias the son of Ananias, [the parts] near to his house. 016 NEH 003 024 After him repaired Bani the son of Adad, another portion from the house of Azaria as far as the corner and to the turning, 016 NEH 003 025 of Phalach the son of Uzai, opposite the corner, and [where is] also the tower that projects from the king's house, even the upper one of the prison-house: and after him [repaired] Phadaea the son of Phoros. 016 NEH 003 026 And the Nathinim lived in Ophal, as far as the garden of the water-gate eastward, and [there is] the projecting tower. 016 NEH 003 027 And after them the Thecoim repaired, another portion opposite the great projecting tower, even as far as the wall of Ophla. 016 NEH 003 028 The priests repaired above the horse-gate, [every] man over against his own house. 016 NEH 003 029 And after him Sadduc the son of Emmer repaired opposite his own house: and after him repaired Samaea son of Sechenia, guard of the east-gate. 016 NEH 003 030 After him repaired Anania son of Selemia, and Anom, the sixth son of Seleph, another portion: after him Mesulam the son of Barachia repaired over against his treasury. 016 NEH 003 031 After him repaired Melchia the son of Sarephi as far as the house of the Nathinim, and the chapmen over against the gate of Maphecad, and as far as the steps of the corner. 016 NEH 003 032 And between [that and] the sheep-gate the smiths and chapmen repaired. 016 NEH 004 001 Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him, and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews. 016 NEH 004 002 And he said before his brethren (that [is] the army of the Samaritans) [Is it true] that these Jews are building their city? do they indeed offer sacrifices? will they prevail? and will they this day restore the stones, after they have been burnt and made a heap of rubbish? 016 NEH 004 003 And Tobias the Ammanite came near to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? shall not a fox go up and pull down their wall of stones? 016 NEH 004 004 Hear, O our God, for we have become a scorn; and return you their reproach upon their head, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity, 016 NEH 004 005 and do not cover [their] iniquity. 016 NEH 004 007 But it came to pass, when Sanaballat and Tobia, and the Arabians, and the Ammanites, heard that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was advancing, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, that it appeared very grievous to them. 016 NEH 004 008 And all of them assembled together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to destroy it utterly. 016 NEH 004 009 So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them. 016 NEH 004 010 And Juda said, The strength of the enemies is broken, yet [there is] much rubbish, and we shall not be able to build the wall. 016 NEH 004 011 And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease. 016 NEH 004 012 And it came to pass, when the Jews who lived near them came, that they said to us, They are coming up against us from every quarter. 016 NEH 004 013 So I set [men] in the lowest part of the place behind the wall in the lurking-places, I even set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 016 NEH 004 014 And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the captains, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember our great and terrible God, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 016 NEH 004 015 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was made known to us, and God had frustrated their counsel, that we all returned to the wall, [every] man to his work. 016 NEH 004 016 And it came to pass from that day [that] half of them that had been driven forth, wrought the work, and half of them kept guard; and [there were] spears, and shields, and bows, and breastplates, and rulers behind the whole house of Juda, 016 NEH 004 017 even of them that were building the wall: —and those who carried the burdens [were] under arms: [each] with one hand wrought his work, and with the other held his dart. 016 NEH 004 018 And the builders [wrought] each man having his sword girded upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him. 016 NEH 004 019 And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work [is] great and abundant, and we are dispersed upon the wall, each at a great distance from his brother. 016 NEH 004 020 In whatever place you shall hear the sound of the cornet, there gather yourselves together to us; and our God shall fight for us. 016 NEH 004 021 So we [continued] laboring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared. 016 NEH 004 022 And at that time I said to the people, Lodge you every man with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem, and let the night be a watch-time to you, and the day a work-time. 016 NEH 004 023 And I was [there], and the watchmen behind me, and there was not a man of us that put off his garments. 016 NEH 005 001 And the cry of the people and their wives [was] great against their brethren the Jews. 016 NEH 005 002 And some said, We [are] numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live. 016 NEH 005 003 And some said, [As to] our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge [them], and we will take corn, and eat. 016 NEH 005 004 And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes: —our fields, and our vineyards, and houses [are pledged]. 016 NEH 005 005 And now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children [are] as their children: yet, behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved: and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards [belong] to the nobles. 016 NEH 005 006 And I was much grieved as I heard their cry and these words. 016 NEH 005 007 And my heart took counsel within me, and I contended against the nobles, and the princes, and I said to them, Should every man demand of his brother what you demand? And I appointed against them a great assembly, 016 NEH 005 008 and I said to them, We of our free-will have redeemed our brethren the Jews that were sold to the Gentiles; and do you sell your brethren? and shall they be delivered to us? And they were silent, and found no answer. 016 NEH 005 009 And I said, The thing which you do [is] not good; you will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies. 016 NEH 005 010 Both my brethren, and my acquaintances, and I, have lent them money and corn: let us now leave off this exaction. 016 NEH 005 011 Restore to them, I pray, as at this day, their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive yards, and their houses, and bring forth to them corn and wine and oil of the money. 016 NEH 005 012 And they said, We will restore, and we will not exact of them; we will do thus as you say. Then I called the priests, and bound them by oath to do according to this word. 016 NEH 005 013 And I shook out my garment, and said, So may God shake out every man who shall not keep to this word, from his house, and from his labors, he shall be even thus shaken out, as an outcast and empty. And all the congregation said, Amen, and they praised the Lord: and the people did this thing. 016 NEH 005 014 From the day that he charged me to be their ruler in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Arthasastha, twelve years, I and my brethren ate not [provision] extorted from them. 016 NEH 005 015 But as for the former acts of extortion wherein [those who were] before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty didrachmas for bread and wine; and the [very] outcasts of them exercised authority over the people: but I did not so, because of the fear of God. 016 NEH 005 016 Also in the work of the wall I treated them not with rigor, I bought not land: and all that were gathered together [came] there to the work. 016 NEH 005 017 And the Jews, to [the number of] a hundred and fifty men, besides those coming to us from the nations round about, [were] at my table. 016 NEH 005 018 And there came [to me] for one day one calf, and I had six choice sheep and a goat; and every ten days wine in abundance of all sorts: yet with these I required not the bread of extortion, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 016 NEH 005 019 Remember me, O God, for good, [in] all that I have done to this people. 016 NEH 006 001 Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gesam the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and [that] there was no opening left therein; ([but] hitherto I had not set up the doors on the gates; ) 016 NEH 006 002 that Sanaballat and Gesam sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they [were] plotting to do me mischief. 016 NEH 006 003 So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you. 016 NEH 006 004 And they sent to me [again] to this effect; and I sent them [word] accordingly. 016 NEH 006 005 Then Sanaballat sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand. 016 NEH 006 006 And in it was written, It has been reported among the Gentiles that you and the Jews are planning to revolt: therefore you are building the wall, and you will be a king to them. 016 NEH 006 007 And moreover you has appointed prophets to yourself, that you might dwell in Jerusalem as a king over Juda: and now these words will be reported to the king. Now then, come, let us take counsel together. 016 NEH 006 008 And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, [even] as you say, for you frame them falsely out of your heart. 016 NEH 006 009 For all were trying to alarm us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from this work, and it shall not be done. Now therefore I have strengthened my hands. 016 NEH 006 010 And I came into the house of Semei the son of Dalaia the Son of Metabeel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to kill you. 016 NEH 006 011 And I said, Who is the man that shall enter into the house, that he may live? 016 NEH 006 012 And I observed, and, behold, God had not sent him, for the prophecy was a fable [devised] against me: 016 NEH 006 013 and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired against me a multitude, that I might be frightened, and do this, and sin, and become to them an ill name, that they might reproach me. 016 NEH 006 014 Remember, O God, Tobias and Sanaballat, according to these their deeds, and the prophetess Noadia, and the rest of the prophets who tried to alarm me. 016 NEH 006 015 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the [month] Elul, in fifty-two days. 016 NEH 006 016 And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard [of it], that all the nations round about us feared, and great alarm fell upon them, and they knew that it was of our God that this work should be finished. 016 NEH 006 017 And in those days letters came to Tobias from many nobles of Juda, and those of Tobias came to them. 016 NEH 006 018 For many in Juda were bound to him by oath, because he was son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Herae; and Jonan his son had taken the daughter of Mesulam the son of Barachia to wife. 016 NEH 006 019 And they reported his words to me, and carried out my words to him: and Tobias sent letters to terrify me. 016 NEH 007 001 And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 016 NEH 007 002 that I gave charge to Ananias my brother, and Ananias the ruler of the palace, over Jerusalem: for he was a true man, and one that feared God beyond many. 016 NEH 007 003 And I said to them, The gates of Jerusalem shall not be opened till sunrise; and while they are still watching, let the doors be shut, and bolted; and set watches of them that dwell in Jerusalem, [every] man at his post, and [every] man over against his house. 016 NEH 007 004 Now the city [was] wide and large; and the people [were] few in it, and the houses were not built. 016 NEH 007 005 And God put [it] into my heart, and I gathered the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, into companies: and I found a register of the company that came up first, and I found written in it as follows: 016 NEH 007 006 Now these [are] the children of the country, that came up from captivity, of the number which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away, and they returned to Jerusalem and to Juda, [every] man to his city; 016 NEH 007 007 with Zorobabel, and Jesus, and Neemia, Azaria, and Reelma, Naemani, Mardochaeus, Balsan, Maspharath, Esdra, Boguia, Inaum, Baana, Masphar, men of the people of Israel. 016 NEH 007 008 The children of Phoros, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two. 016 NEH 007 009 The children of Saphatia, three hundred and seventy-two. 016 NEH 007 010 The children of Era, six hundred and fifty-two. 016 NEH 007 011 The children of Phaath Moab, with the children of Jesus and Joab, two thousand six hundred and eighteen. 016 NEH 007 012 The children of Aelam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four. 016 NEH 007 013 The children of Zathuia, eight hundred and forty-five. 016 NEH 007 014 The children of Zacchu, seven hundred and sixty. 016 NEH 007 015 The children of Banui, six hundred and forty-eight. 016 NEH 007 016 The children of Bebi, six hundred and twenty-eight. 016 NEH 007 017 The children of Asgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two. 016 NEH 007 018 The children of Adonicam, six hundred and sixty-seven. 016 NEH 007 019 The children of Bagoi, two thousand and sixty-seven. 016 NEH 007 020 The children of Edin, six hundred and fifty-five. 016 NEH 007 021 The children of Ater, [the son] of Ezekias, ninety-eight. 016 NEH 007 022 The children of Esam, three hundred and twenty-eight. 016 NEH 007 023 The children of Besei, three hundred and twenty-four. 016 NEH 007 024 The children of Ariph, a hundred and twelve: the children of Asen, two hundred and twenty-three. 016 NEH 007 025 The children of Gabaon, ninety-five. 016 NEH 007 026 The children of Baethalem, a hundred and twenty-three: the children of Atopha, fifty-six. 016 NEH 007 027 The children of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight. 016 NEH 007 028 The men of Bethasmoth, forty-two. 016 NEH 007 029 The men of Cariatharim, Caphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three. 016 NEH 007 030 The men of Arama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty. 016 NEH 007 031 The men of Machemas, a hundred and twenty-two. 016 NEH 007 032 The men of Baethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three. 016 NEH 007 033 The men of Nabia, a hundred an fifty-two. 016 NEH 007 034 The men of Elamaar, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two. 016 NEH 007 035 The children of Eram, three hundred and twenty. 016 NEH 007 036 The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five. 016 NEH 007 037 The children of Lodadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one. 016 NEH 007 038 The children of Sanana, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. 016 NEH 007 039 The priests; the sons of Jodae, [pertaining] to the house of Jesus, nine hundred and seventy-three. 016 NEH 007 040 The children of Emmer, one thousand and fifty-two. 016 NEH 007 041 The children of Phaseur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven. 016 NEH 007 042 The children of Eram, a thousand and seventeen. 016 NEH 007 043 The Levites; the children of Jesus the son of Cadmiel, with the children of Uduia, seventy-four. 016 NEH 007 044 The singers; the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight. 016 NEH 007 045 The porters; the children of Salum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Acub, the children of Atita, the children of Sabi, a hundred and thirty-eight. 016 NEH 007 046 The Nathinim; the children of Sea, the children of Aspha, the children of Tabaoth, 016 NEH 007 047 the children of Kiras, the children of Asuia, the children of Phadon, 016 NEH 007 048 the children of Labana, the children of Agaba, the children of Selmei, 016 NEH 007 049 the children of Anan, the children of Gadel, the children of Gaar, 016 NEH 007 050 the children of Raaia, the children of Rasson, the children of Necoda, 016 NEH 007 051 the children of Gezam, the children of Ozi, the children of Phese, 016 NEH 007 052 the children of Besi, the children of Meinon, the children of Nephosasi, 016 NEH 007 053 the children of Bacbuc, the children of Achipha, the children of Arur, 016 NEH 007 054 the children of Basaloth, the children of Mida, the children of Adasan, 016 NEH 007 055 the children of Barcue, the children of Sisarath, the children of Thema, 016 NEH 007 056 the children of Nisia, the children of Atipha. 016 NEH 007 057 The children of the servants of Solomon; the children of Sutei, the children of Sapharat, the children of Pherida, 016 NEH 007 058 the children of Jelel, the children of Dorcon, the children of Gadael, 016 NEH 007 059 the children of Saphatia, the children of Ettel, the children of Phacarath, the children of Sabaim, the children of Emim. 016 NEH 007 060 All the Nathinim, and children of the servants of Solomon, [were] three hundred and ninety-two. 016 NEH 007 061 And these went up from Thelmeleth, Thelaresa, Charub, Eron, Jemer: but they could not declare the houses of their families, or their seed, whether they were of Israel. 016 NEH 007 062 The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred and forty-two. 016 NEH 007 063 And of the priests; the children of Ebia, the children of Acos, the children of Berzelli, for they took wives of the daughters of Berzelli the Galaadite, and they were called by their name. 016 NEH 007 064 These sought the pedigree of their company, and it was not found, and they were removed [as polluted] from the priesthood. 016 NEH 007 065 And the Athersastha said, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should stand up to give light. 016 NEH 007 066 And all the congregation was about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty, 016 NEH 007 067 besides their menservants and their maidservants: these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty seven: and the singing-men and singing-women, two hundred and forty-five. 016 NEH 007 069 Two thousand seven hundred asses. 016 NEH 007 070 And part of the heads of families gave into the treasury to Neemias for the work a thousand pieces of gold, fifty bowls, and thirty priests' [garments]. 016 NEH 007 071 And [some] of the heads of families gave into the treasuries of the work, twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand three hundred pounds of silver. 016 NEH 007 072 And the rest of the people gave twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' [garments]. 016 NEH 007 073 And the priests, and Levites, and porters, and singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nathinim, and all Israel, lived in their cities. 016 NEH 008 001 And the seventh month arrived, and the children of Israel [were settled] in their cities; and all the people were gathered as one man to the broad place before the water-gate, and they told Esdras the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord commanded Israel. 016 NEH 008 002 So Esdras the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and every one who had understanding [was present] to listen, on the first day of the seventh month. 016 NEH 008 003 And he read in it from the time of sunrise to the middle of the day, before the men and the women; and they understood [it], and the ears of all the people [were attentive] to the book of the law. 016 NEH 008 004 And Esdras the scribe stood on a wooden stage, and there stood next to him Mattathias, and Samaeas, and Ananias, and Urias, and Chelcia, and Massia, on his right hand; and on his left Phadaeas, and Misael, and Melchias, and Asom, and Asabadma, and Zacharias, and Mesollam. 016 NEH 008 005 And Esdras opened the book before all the people, for he was above the people; and it came to pass when he had opened it, [that] all the people stood. 016 NEH 008 006 And Esdras blessed the Lord, the great God: and all the people answered, and said, Amen, lifting up their hands: and they bowed down and worshipped the Lord with their face to the ground. 016 NEH 008 007 And Jesus and Banaias and Sarabias instructed the people in the law, and the people [stood] in their place. 016 NEH 008 008 And they read in the book of the law of God, and Esdras taught, and instructed them distinctly in the knowledge of the Lord, and the people understood [the law] in the reading. 016 NEH 008 009 And Neemias, and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites, and they that instructed the people, spoke and said to all the people, It is a holy day to the Lord our God; do not mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. 016 NEH 008 010 And [the governor] said to them, Go, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them that have nothing; for the day is holy to our Lord: and faint not, for the Lord is our strength. 016 NEH 008 011 And the Levites caused all the people to be silent, saying, Be silent, for [it is] a holy day, and despond not. 016 NEH 008 012 So all the people departed to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, for they understood the words which he made known to them. 016 NEH 008 013 And on the second day the heads of families assembled with all the people, [also] the priests and Levites, to Esdras the scribe, to attend to all the words of the law. 016 NEH 008 014 And they found written in the law which the Lord commanded Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths, in the feast in the seventh month: 016 NEH 008 015 and that they should sound with trumpets in all their cities, and in Jerusalem. And Esdras said, Go forth to the mountain, and bring branches of olive, and branches of cypress trees, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palm trees, and branches of [every] thick tree, to make booths, according to that which was written. 016 NEH 008 016 And the people went forth, and brought [them], and made booths for themselves, each one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the streets of the city, and as far as the gate of Ephraim. 016 NEH 008 017 And all the congregation who had returned from the captivity, made booths, and lived in booths: for the children of Israel [had] not done so from the days of Jesus the son of Naue until that day: and there was great joy. 016 NEH 008 018 And [Esdras] read in the book of the law of God daily, from the first day even to the last day: and they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance. 016 NEH 009 001 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackcloths, and with ashes on their head. 016 NEH 009 002 And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 016 NEH 009 003 And they stood in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their god: and they confessed [their sins] to the Lord, and worshipped the Lord their God. 016 NEH 009 004 [And] there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jesus, and the sons of Cadmiel, Sechenia the son of Sarabia, sons of Choneni; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. 016 NEH 009 005 And the Levites, Jesus and Cadmiel, said, Rise up, bless the Lord our God forever and ever: and let them bless your glorious name, and exalt it with all blessing and praise. 016 NEH 009 006 And Esdras said, You are the only true Lord; you made the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all their array, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all things in them; and you quicken all things, and the hosts of heaven worship you. 016 NEH 009 007 You are the Lord God, you did choose Abram, and brought him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gave him the name of Abraam: 016 NEH 009 008 and you found his heart faithful before you, and did make a covenant with him to give to him and to his seed the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites; and you have confirmed your words, for you [are] righteous. 016 NEH 009 009 And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and you heard their cry at the Red Sea. 016 NEH 009 010 And you showed signs and wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for you know that they behaved insolently against them: and you made yourself a name, as at this day. 016 NEH 009 011 And you did cleave the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and you did cast into the deep them that were about to pursue them, as a stone in the mighty water. 016 NEH 009 012 And you guided them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk. 016 NEH 009 013 Also you came down upon mount Sina, and you spoke to them out of heaven, and gave them right judgments, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments. 016 NEH 009 014 And you did make known to them your holy sabbath; you did enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of your servant Moses. 016 NEH 009 015 And you gave them bread from heaven for their food, and you brought them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and you bade them go in to inherit the land over which you stretched out your hand to give [it] them. 016 NEH 009 016 But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not listen to your commandments, 016 NEH 009 017 and refused to listen, and remembered not your wonders which you wrought with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but you, O God, [are] merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy, and you did not forsake them. 016 NEH 009 018 And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These [are] the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations. 016 NEH 009 019 Yet you in your great compassions did not forsake them in the wilderness: you did not turn away from them the pillar of the cloud by day, to guide them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk. 016 NEH 009 020 And you gave your good Spirit to instruct them, and you did not withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water in their thirst. 016 NEH 009 021 And you did sustain them forty years in the wilderness; you did not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised. 016 NEH 009 022 Moreover, you gave them kingdoms, and did divide nations to them: and they inherited the land of Seon king of Esebon, and the land of Og king of Basan. 016 NEH 009 023 And you did multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land of which you spoke to their fathers; 016 NEH 009 024 And they inherited it: and you did destroy from before them the dwellers in the land of the Chananites, and you gave into their hands them and their kings, and the nations of the land, to do to them as it pleased them. 016 NEH 009 025 And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and olive yards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in your great goodness. 016 NEH 009 026 But they turned, and revolted from you, and cast your law behind their backs; and they killed your prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to you, and they wrought great provocations. 016 NEH 009 027 Then you gave them into the hand of them that afflicted them, and they did afflict them: and they cried to you in the time of their affliction, and you did hear them from your heaven, and in your great compassions gave them deliverers, and did save them from the hand of them that afflicted them. 016 NEH 009 028 But when they rested, they did evil again before you: so you left them in the hands of their enemies, and they ruled over them: and they cried again to you, and you heard [them] from heaven, and did deliver them in your great compassions. 016 NEH 009 029 And you did testify against them, to bring them back to your law: but they listened not, but sinned against your commandments and your judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not. 016 NEH 009 030 Yet you did bear long with them many years, and did testify to them by your Spirit by the hand of your prophets: but they listened not; so you gave them into the hand of the nations of the land. 016 NEH 009 031 But you in your many mercies did not appoint them to destruction, and did not forsake them; for you are strong, and merciful, and pitiful. 016 NEH 009 032 And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping your covenant and your mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in your sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all your people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day. 016 NEH 009 033 But you [are] righteous in all the things that come upon us; for you have wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned. 016 NEH 009 034 And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed your law, and have not given heed to your commandments, and [have not kept] your testimonies which you did testify to them. 016 NEH 009 035 And they did not serve you in your kingdom, and in your great goodness which you gave to them, and in the large and fat land which you did furnish before them, and they turned not from their evil devices. 016 NEH 009 036 Behold, we are servants this day, and [as for] the land which you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good things of it, behold, we are servants upon it: 016 NEH 009 037 and its produce [is] abundant for the kings whom you did appoint over us because of our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, as it pleases them, and we are in great affliction. 016 NEH 009 038 And in regard to all these circumstances we make a covenant, and write [it], and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests, set their seal to [it]. 016 NEH 010 001 And over them that sealed were Neemias the Artasastha, son of Achalia, and Zedekias, 016 NEH 010 002 the son of Araea, and Azaria, and Jeremia, 016 NEH 010 003 Phasur, Amaria, Melchia, 016 NEH 010 004 Attus, Sebani, Maluch, 016 NEH 010 005 Iram, Meramoth, Abdia, 016 NEH 010 006 Daniel, Gannathon, Baruch, 016 NEH 010 007 Mesulam, Abia, Miamin, 016 NEH 010 008 Maazia, Belgai, Samaia; these [were] priests. 016 NEH 010 009 And the Levites; Jesus the son of Azania, Banaiu of the sons of Enadad, Cadmiel 016 NEH 010 010 and his brethren, Sabania, Oduia, Calitan, Phelia, Anan, 016 NEH 010 011 Micha, Roob, Asebias, 016 NEH 010 012 Zacchor, Sarabia, Sebania, 016 NEH 010 013 Odum, the sons of Banuae. 016 NEH 010 014 The heads of the people; Phoros, Phaath Moab, Elam, Zathuia, 016 NEH 010 015 the sons of Bani, Asgad, Bebai, 016 NEH 010 016 Adania, Bagoi, Hedin 016 NEH 010 017 Ater, Ezekia, Azur, 016 NEH 010 018 Oduia, Esam, Besi, 016 NEH 010 019 Ariph, Anathoth, Nobai, 016 NEH 010 020 Megaphes, Mesullam, Ezir, 016 NEH 010 021 Mesozebel, Saduc, Jeddua, 016 NEH 010 022 Phaltia, Anan, Anaea, 016 NEH 010 023 Osee, Anania, Asub, 016 NEH 010 024 Aloes, Phalai, Sobec, 016 NEH 010 025 Reum, Essabana, Maasia, 016 NEH 010 026 and Aia, Aenan, Enam, 016 NEH 010 027 Maluch, Eram, Baana. 016 NEH 010 028 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nathinim, and every one who drew off from the nations of the land to the law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, every one who had knowledge and understanding, 016 NEH 010 029 were urgent with their brethren, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and his judgments, and his ordinances; 016 NEH 010 030 and that we will not, [they said, ]give our daughters to the people of the land, nor will we take their daughters to our sons. 016 NEH 010 031 And [as for] the people of the land who bring wares and all [manner of] merchandise to sell on the sabbath-day, we [will] not buy of them on the sabbath or on the holy day: and we will leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. 016 NEH 010 032 And we will impose ordinances upon ourselves, to levy on ourselves the third part of a didrachm yearly for the service of the house of our God; 016 NEH 010 033 the show bread, and the continual meat-offering, and for the continual whole burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moon, for the feast, and for the holy things, and the sin-offerings, to make atonement for Israel, and for the works of the house of our God. 016 NEH 010 034 And we cast lots for the office of wood-bearing, [we] the priests, and the Levites, and the people, to bring [wood] into the house of our God, according to the house of our families, at certain set times, year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law: 016 NEH 010 035 and to bring the first fruits of our land, and the first fruits of the fruit of every tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord: 016 NEH 010 036 the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, for the priests that minister in the house of our God. 016 NEH 010 037 And the first fruits of our corn, and the fruit of every tree, of wine, and of oil, will we bring to the priests to the treasury of the house of God; and a tithe of our land to the Levites: for the Levites themselves shall receive tithes in all the cities of the land we cultivate. 016 NEH 010 038 And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithe of the Levite: and the Levites shall bring up the tenth part of [their] tithe to the house of our God, into the treasuries of the house of God. 016 NEH 010 039 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring into the treasuries the first fruits of the corn, and wine, and oil; and there [are] the holy vessels, and the priests, and the ministers, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. 016 NEH 011 001 And the chiefs of the people lived in Jerusalem: and the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of [every] ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the [other] cities. 016 NEH 011 002 And the people blessed all the men that volunteered to dwell in Jerusalem. 016 NEH 011 003 Now these [are] the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda; [every] man lived in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathinim, and the children of the servants of Solomon. 016 NEH 011 004 And there lived in Jerusalem [some] of the children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Juda; Athaia son of Azia, the son of Zacharia, the son of Samaria, the son of Saphatia, the son of Maleleel, and [some] of the sons of Phares; 016 NEH 011 005 and Maasia son of Baruch, son of Chalaza, son of Ozia, son of Adaia, son of Joarib, son of Zacharias, son of Seloni. 016 NEH 011 006 All the sons of Phares who lived in Jerusalem [were] four hundred and sixty-eight men of might. 016 NEH 011 007 And these [were] the children of Benjamin; Selo son of Mesulam, son of Joad, son of Phadaia, son of Coleia, son of Maasias, son of Ethiel, son of Jesia. 016 NEH 011 008 And after him Gebe, Seli, nine hundred and twenty-eight. 016 NEH 011 009 And Joel son of Zechri [was] overseer over them: and Juda son of Asana was second in the city. 016 NEH 011 010 Of the priests: both Jadia son of Joarib, and Jachin. 016 NEH 011 011 Saraia, son of Elchia, son of Mesulam, son of Sadduc, son of Marioth, son of Aetoth, was over the house of God. 016 NEH 011 012 And their brethren doing the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty-two: and Adaia son of Jeroam, son of Phalalia, son of Amasi, son of Zacharia, son of Phassur, son of Melchia, 016 NEH 011 013 and his brethren, chiefs of families, two hundred and forty-two: and Amasia son of Esdriel, son of Mesarimith, son of Emmer, 016 NEH 011 014 and his brethren, mighty men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight: and [their] overseer [was] Badiel son of [one of the] great men. 016 NEH 011 015 And of the Levites; Samaia, son of Esricam, 016 NEH 011 017 Matthanias son of Micha, and Jobeb son of Samui, 016 NEH 011 018 two hundred and eighty-four. 016 NEH 011 019 And the porters; Acub, Telamin, and their brethren, a hundred and seventy-two. 016 NEH 011 022 And the overseer of the Levites [was] the son of Bani, son of Ozi, son of Asabia, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph the singers [some were] over the house of God, 016 NEH 011 023 For so was the king's commandment concerning them. 016 NEH 011 024 And Phathaia son of Baseza was in attendance on the king in every matter for the people, 016 NEH 011 025 and with regard to villages in their country district: and [some] of the children of Juda lived in Cariatharboc, 016 NEH 011 026 and in Jesu, 016 NEH 011 027 and in Bersabee: 016 NEH 011 030 And their villages [were] Lachis and her hands: and they pitched their tents in Bersabee. 016 NEH 011 031 And the children of Benjamin [lived] from Gabaa [to] Machmas. 016 NEH 011 036 And of the Levites there were divisions to Juda [and] to Benjamin. 016 NEH 012 001 Now these [are] the priests and the Levites that went up with Zorobabel the son of Salathiel and Jesus: Saraia, Jeremia, Esdra, 016 NEH 012 002 Amaria, Maluch, 016 NEH 012 003 Sechenia. 016 NEH 012 007 These [were] the chiefs of the priests, and their brethren in the days of Jesus. 016 NEH 012 008 And the Levites [were], Jesus, Banui, Cadmiel, Sarabia, Jodae, Matthania: he [was] over the bands, 016 NEH 012 009 and his brethren [were appointed] to the daily courses. 016 NEH 012 010 And Jesus begot Joakim, and Joakim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib [begot] Jodae, 016 NEH 012 011 and Jodae begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jadu. 016 NEH 012 012 And in the days of Joakim, his brethren the priests and the heads of families [were, belonging] to Saraia, Amaria; to Jeremia, Anania; 016 NEH 012 013 to Esdra, Mesulam; to Amaria, Joanan; 016 NEH 012 014 to Amaluch, Jonathan; to Sechenia, Joseph; 016 NEH 012 015 to Are, Mannas; to Marioth, Elcai; 016 NEH 012 016 to Adadai, Zacharia; to Ganathoth, Mesolam; 016 NEH 012 017 to Abia, Zechri; to Miamin, Maadai; to Pheleti, [one]; 016 NEH 012 018 to Balgas, Samue; to Semia, Jonathan; 016 NEH 012 019 to Joarib, Matthanai; to Edio, Ozi; 016 NEH 012 020 to Salai, Callai; to Amec, Abed; 016 NEH 012 021 to Elkia, Asabias; to Jedeiu, Nathanael. 016 NEH 012 022 The Levites in the days of Eliasib, Joada, and Joa, and Joanan, and Idua, [were] recorded heads of families: also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian. 016 NEH 012 023 And the sons of Levi, heads of families, [were] written in the book of the chronicles, even to the days of Joanan son of Elisue. 016 NEH 012 024 And the heads of the Levites [were] Asabia, and Sarabia, and Jesu: and the sons of Cadmiel, and their brethren over against them, were to sing hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of God, course by course. 016 NEH 012 025 When I gathered the porters, 016 NEH 012 026 [it was] in the days of Joakim son of Jesus, son of Josedec, and in the days of Neemia: and Esdras the priest [was] scribe. 016 NEH 012 027 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep a feast of dedication and gladness with thanksgiving, and they sounded cymbals with songs, and [had] lutes and harps. 016 NEH 012 028 And the sons of the singers were assembled both from the neighbourhood round about to Jerusalem, and from the villages, 016 NEH 012 029 and from the country: for the singers built themselves villages by Jerusalem. 016 NEH 012 030 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the porters, and the wall. 016 NEH 012 031 And they brought up the princes of Juda on the wall, and they appointed two great [companies] for thanksgiving, and they passed on the right hand on the wall of the dung-gate. 016 NEH 012 032 And after them went Osaia, and half the princes of Juda, 016 NEH 012 033 and Azarias, and Esdras, and Mesollam, 016 NEH 012 034 and Juda, and Benjamin, and Samaias and Jeremia. 016 NEH 012 035 And [some] of the sons of the priest with trumpets, Zacharias son of Jonathan, son of Samaias, son of Matthania, son of Michaia, son of Zacchur, son of Asaph: 016 NEH 012 036 and his brethren, Samaia, and Oziel, Gelol, Jama, Aia, Nathanael, and Juda, Anani, to praise with the hymns of David the man of God; and Esdras the scribe [was] before them, 016 NEH 012 037 at the gate, to praise before them, and they went up by the steps of the city of David, in the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water-gate 016 NEH 012 039 of Ephraim, and to the fish-gate, and by the tower of Anameel, and as far as the sheep-gate. 016 NEH 012 042 And the singers were heard, and were numbered. 016 NEH 012 043 And in that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced; for God had made them very joyful: and their wives and their children rejoiced: and the joy in Jerusalem was heard from afar off. 016 NEH 012 044 And in that day they appointed men over the treasuries, for the treasures, the first fruits, and the tithes, and [for] the chiefs of the cities who were assembled among them, [to furnish] portions for the priests and Levites: for [there was] joy in Juda over the priests and over the Levites that waited. 016 NEH 012 045 And they kept the charges of their God, and the charges of the purification, and [ordered] the singers and the porters, according to the commandments of David and his son Solomon. 016 NEH 012 046 For in the days of David Asaph was originally first of the singers, and [they sang] hymns and praise to God. 016 NEH 012 047 And all Israel in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Neemias, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, a daily rate: and consecrated them to the Levites: and the Levites consecrated them to the sons of Aaron. 016 NEH 013 001 In that day they read in the book of Moses in the ears of the people; and it was found written in it, that the Ammonites and Moabites should not enter into the congregation of God for ever; 016 NEH 013 002 because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing. 016 NEH 013 003 And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they were separated, [even] every alien in Israel. 016 NEH 013 004 And before this time Eliasib the priest lived in the treasury of the house of our God, connected with Tobias; 016 NEH 013 005 and he made himself a great treasury, and there they were formerly in the habit of bestowing the offerings, and the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil, the ordered portion of the Levites, and singers, and porters; and the first fruits of the priests. 016 NEH 013 006 But in all this [time] I was not in Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Arthasastha king of Babylon I came to the king, and after a certain time I made my request of the king; 016 NEH 013 007 and I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the mischief which Eliasib had done in the case of Tobias, in making for him a treasury in the court of the house of God. 016 NEH 013 008 And it appeared very evil to me: so I cast forth all the furniture of the house of Tobias from the treasury. 016 NEH 013 009 And I gave orders, and they purified the treasuries: and I restored there the vessels of the house of God, [and] the offerings, and the frankincense. 016 NEH 013 010 And I understood that the portion of the Levites had not been given: and they had fled every one to his field, the Levites and the singers doing the work. 016 NEH 013 011 And I strove with the commanders, and said, Therefore has the house of God been abandoned? and I assembled them, and set them in their place. 016 NEH 013 012 And all Juda brought a tithe of the wheat and the wine and the oil into the treasuries, 016 NEH 013 013 to the charge of Selemia the priest, and Sadoc the scribe, and Phadaea of the Levites: and next to them [was] Anan the son of Zacchur, son of Matthanias; for they were accounted faithful: [it was] their office to distribute to their brethren. 016 NEH 013 014 Remember me, O God, in this, and let not my kindness be forgotten which I have wrought in [regard to] the house of the Lord God. 016 NEH 013 015 In those days I saw in Juda [men] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and loading asses with both wine, and grapes, and figs, and every [kind of] burden, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day: 016 NEH 013 016 and I testified in the day of their sale. Also their lived in it [men] bringing fish, and selling every [kind of] merchandise to the children of Juda and in Jerusalem on the sabbath. 016 NEH 013 017 And I strove with the free children of Juda, and said to them, What [is] this evil thing which you do, and profane the sabbath-day? 016 NEH 013 018 Did not your fathers thus, and our God brought upon them and upon us and upon this city all these evils? and do you bring additional wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath? 016 NEH 013 019 And it came to pass, when the gates were set up in Jerusalem, before the sabbath, that I spoke, and they shut the gates; and I gave orders that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and I set [some] of my servants at the gates, that none should bring [in] burdens on the sabbath-day. 016 NEH 013 020 So all [the merchants] lodged, and carried on traffic without Jerusalem once or twice. 016 NEH 013 021 Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do you lodge in front of the wall? if you do so again, I will stretch out my hand upon you. From that time they came not on the sabbath. 016 NEH 013 022 and I told the Levites who were purifying themselves, and came and kept the gates, that they should sanctify the sabbath-day. Remember me, O God, for these things, and spare me according to the abundance of your mercy. 016 NEH 013 023 And in those days I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab: 016 NEH 013 024 and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and did not know how to speak in the Jewish language. 016 NEH 013 025 And I strove with them and cursed them; and I struck some of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying, ]You shall not give your daughters to their sons, and you shall not take of their daughters to your sons. 016 NEH 013 026 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin thus? though there was no king like him among many nations, and he was beloved of God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women turned him aside. 016 NEH 013 027 So we will not listen to you to do all this evil, to break covenant with our God, —to marry strange wives. 016 NEH 013 028 and Elisub the high priest, [one] of the sons of Joada, [being] son-in-law of Sanaballat the Uranite, I chased him away from me. 016 NEH 013 029 Remember them, O God, for their [false] connection with the priesthood, and [the breaking] the covenant of the priesthood, and [for defiling] the Levites. 016 NEH 013 030 So I purged them from all foreign connection, and established courses for the priests and the Levites, [every] man according to his work. 016 NEH 013 031 And the offering of the wood-bearers [was] at certain set times, and in the [times of the] first fruits. Remember me, O our God, for good. # # BOOK 017 EST Esther Esther 017 EST 001 001 [In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great king, on the first [day] of Nisan, Mardochaeus the [son] of Jarius, the [son] of Semeias, the [son] of Cisaus, of the tribe of Benjamine, a Jew dwelling in the city Susa, a great man, serving in the king's palace, saw a vision. Now he was of the captivity which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried captive from Jerusalem, with Jachonias the king of Judea. And this was his dream: Behold, voices and a noise, thunders and earthquake, tumult upon the earth. And, behold, two great serpents came forth, both ready for conflict, and there came from them a great voice, and by their voice every nation was prepared for battle, even to fight against the nation of the just. And, behold, a day of darkness and blackness, tribulation and anguish, affection and tumult upon the earth. And all the righteous nation was troubled, fearing their own afflictions; and they prepared to die, and cried to God: and from their cry there came as it were a great river from a little fountain, [even] much water. And light and the sun arose, and the lowly were exalted, and devoured the honorable. And Mardochaeus who had seen this vision and what God desired to do, having awoke, kept it in his heart, and desired by all means to interpret it, even till night. And Mardochaeus rested quiet in the palace with Gabatha and Tharrha the king's two chamberlains, eunuchs who guarded the palace. And he heard their reasoning and searched out their plans, and learned that they were preparing to lay hands on king Artaxerxes: and he informed the king concerning them. And the king examined the two chamberlains, and they confessed, and were executed. And the king wrote these things for a memorial: also Mardochaeus wrote concerning these matters. And the king commanded Mardochaeus to attend in the palace, and gave gifts for this service. And Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugean was honorable in the sight of the king, and he endeavored to hurt Mardochaeus and his people, because of the two chamberlains of the king.] And it came to pass after these things in the days of Artaxerxes, —(this Artaxerxes ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India)— 017 EST 001 002 in those days, when king Artaxerxes was on the throne in the city of Susa, 017 EST 001 003 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to his friends, and the other nations, and to the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and the chief of the satraps. 017 EST 001 004 And after this, after he had shown to them the wealth of his kingdom, and the abundant glory of his wealth during a hundred and eighty days, 017 EST 001 005 when, [I say], the days of the marriage feast were completed, the king made a banquet to the nations who were present in the city six days, in the court of the king's house, 017 EST 001 006 [which was] adorned with [hangings] of fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs, on pillars of Parian marble and stone: [there were] golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of pearl, and of Parian stone, and open-worked coverings variously flowered, [having] roses worked round about; 017 EST 001 007 gold and silver cups, and a small cup of carbuncle set out of the value of thirty thousand talents, abundant and sweet wine, which the king himself drank. 017 EST 001 008 And this banquet was not according to the appointed law; but so the king would have it: and he charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company. 017 EST 001 009 Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes [lived]. 017 EST 001 010 Now on the seventh day the king, being merry, told Aman, and Bazan, and Tharrha, and Barazi, and Zatholtha, and Abataza, and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, servants of king Artaxerxes, 017 EST 001 011 to bring in the queen to him, to enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to show her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations: for she was beautiful. 017 EST 001 012 But queen Astin listened not to him to come with the chamberlains: so the king was grieved and angered. 017 EST 001 013 And he said to his friends, Thus have Astin spoken: pronounce therefore upon this [case] law and judgment. 017 EST 001 014 So Arkesaeus, and Sarsathaeus, and Malisear, the princes of the Persians and Medes, who were near the king, who sat chief [in rank] by the king, drew near to him, 017 EST 001 015 and reported to him according to the laws how it was proper to do to queen Astin, because she had not done the things commanded of the king by the chamberlains. 017 EST 001 016 And Muchaeus said to the king and to the princes, Queen Astin has not wronged the king only, but also all the king's rulers and princes: 017 EST 001 017 for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she disobeyed the king. As then, [said he], she refused [to obey] king Artaxerxes, 017 EST 001 018 so this day shall the other ladies of the chiefs of the Persians and Medes, having heard what she said to the king, dare in the same way to dishonor their husbands. 017 EST 001 019 If then it seem good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter [it]: and let not the queen come in to him any more; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she. 017 EST 001 020 And let the law of the king which he shall have made, be widely proclaimed, in his kingdom: and so shall all the women give honor to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich. 017 EST 001 021 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Muchaeus had said, 017 EST 001 022 and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses. 017 EST 002 001 And after this the king's anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Astin, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her. 017 EST 002 002 Then the servants of the king said, Let there be sought for the king chaste [and] beautiful young virgins. 017 EST 002 003 And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair [and] chaste young damsels [and bring them] to the city Susa, into the women's apartment, and let them be consigned to the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given [to them]. 017 EST 002 004 And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. 017 EST 002 005 Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochaeus, the [son] of Jairus, [the son] of Semeias, [the son] of Cisaeus, of the tribe of Benjamin; 017 EST 002 006 who had been brought a prisoner from Jerusalem, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried into captivity. 017 EST 002 007 And he had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father's brother, and her name [was] Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful. 017 EST 002 008 And because the king's ordinance was published, many damsels were gathered to the city Susa under the hand of Gai; and Esther was brought to Gai the keeper of the women. 017 EST 002 009 And the damsel pleased him, and she found favor in his sight; and he hasted to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women's apartment. 017 EST 002 010 But Esther didn’t reveal her family nor her kindred: for Mardochaeus had charged her not to tell. 017 EST 002 011 But Mardochaeus used to walk every day by the women's court, to see what would become of Esther. 017 EST 002 012 Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women's purifications. 017 EST 002 013 And then [the damsel] goes in to the king; and [the officer] to whoever he shall give the command, will bring her to come in with him from the women's apartment to the king's chamber. 017 EST 002 014 She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women's apartment, where Gai the king's chamberlain [is] keeper of the women: and she goes not in to the king again, unless she should be called by name. 017 EST 002 015 And when the time. was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mardochaeus' father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women's keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her. 017 EST 002 016 So Esther went in to king Artaxerxes in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign. 017 EST 002 017 And the king loved Esther, and she found favor beyond all the [other] virgins: and he put on her the queen's crown. 017 EST 002 018 And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion. 017 EST 002 019 But Mardochaeus served in the palace. 017 EST 002 020 Now Esther had not revealed her kindred; for so Mardochaeus commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him: and Esther changed not her manner of life. 017 EST 002 021 And two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, because Mardochaeus was promoted; and they sought to kill king Artaxerxes. 017 EST 002 022 And the matter was revealed to Mardochaeus, and he made it known to Esther, and she declared to the king the matter of the conspiracy. 017 EST 002 023 And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mardochaeus, as a commendation. 017 EST 003 001 And after this king Artaxerxes highly honored Aman [son] of Amadathes, the Bugaean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends. 017 EST 003 002 And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochaeus did not do him obeisance. 017 EST 003 003 And they in the king's palace said to Mardochaeus, Mardochaeus, why do you transgress the commands of the king? 017 EST 003 004 [Thus] they spoke daily to him, but he listened not to them; so they represented to Aman that Mardochaeus resisted the commands of the king: and Mardochaeus had shown to them that he was a Jew. 017 EST 003 005 And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged, 017 EST 003 006 and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes. 017 EST 003 007 And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to kill in one day the race of Mardochaeus: and the lot fell on the fourteenth [day] of the month which is Adar. 017 EST 003 008 And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from [those of] all the [other] nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone. 017 EST 003 009 If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver. 017 EST 003 010 And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews. 017 EST 003 011 And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as you will. 017 EST 003 012 So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth [day], and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their [several] languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes. 017 EST 003 013 And [the message] was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. [And the following is the copy of the letter; The great king Artaxerxes writes thus to the rulers and inferior governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under [him]. Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was minded (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting [myself] with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of [my] subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to [its] utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. But when I had enquired of my counselors how this should be brought to pass. Aman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every [other] nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation [alone of all others] is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; we signified to you in the letter written by Aman, who is set over [the public] affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed [to us] having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet [state of affairs.] ] 017 EST 003 014 And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day. 017 EST 003 015 And the business was hastened, and [that] at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled. 017 EST 004 001 But Mardochaeus having perceived what was done, tore his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed. 017 EST 004 002 And he came to the king's gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace, wearing sackcloth and ashes. 017 EST 004 003 And in every province where the letters were published, [there was] crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes. 017 EST 004 004 And the queen's maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mardochaeus, and take away his sackcloth; but he consented not. 017 EST 004 005 So Esther called for her chamberlain Achrathaeus, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mardochaeus. 017 EST 004 007 And Mardochaeus showed him what was done, and the promise which Aman had made the king of ten thousand talents [to be paid] into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews. 017 EST 004 008 And he gave him the copy [of the writing] that was published in Susa concerning their destruction, to show to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and entreat the king, and to beg him for the people, remembering, [said he], the days of your low estate, how you were nursed by my hand: because Aman who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Do you call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death. 017 EST 004 009 So Achrathaeus went in and told her all these words. 017 EST 004 010 And Esther said to Achrathaeus, Go to Mardochaeus, and say, 017 EST 004 011 All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person can’t live: only to whoever the king shall stretch out [his] golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go into the king, for these thirty days. 017 EST 004 012 And Achrathaeus reported to Mardochaeus all the words of Esther. 017 EST 004 013 Then Mardochaeus said to Achrathaeus, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to yourself that you alone will escape in the kingdom, more than all the [other] Jews. 017 EST 004 014 For if you shall refuse to listen on this occasion, help and protection will be to the Jews from another quarter; but you and your father's house will perish: and who knows, if you have been made queen for this [very] occasion? 017 EST 004 015 And Esther sent the [man] that came to her to Mardochaeus, saying, 017 EST 004 016 Go and assemble the Jews that are in Susa, and fast you for me, and eat not and drink not for three days, night and day: and I also and my maidens will fast; and then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die. 017 EST 004 017 So Mardochaeus went and did all that Esther commanded him. [And he implored the Lord, making mention of all the works of the Lord; and he said, Lord God, king ruling over all, for all things are in your power, and there is no one that shall oppose you, in your purpose to save Israel. - For you have made the heaven and the earth and every wonderful thing in the [world] under heaven. And you are Lord of all, and there is no one who shall resist you Lord. You know all things: you know, Lord, that it is not in insolence, nor haughtiness, nor love of glory, that I have done this, to refuse obeisance to the haughty Aman. For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the safety of Israel. But I have done this, that I might not set the glory of man above the glory of God: and I will not worship any one except you, my Lord, and I will not do these things in haughtiness. And now, O Lord God, the King, the God of Abraam, spare your people, for [our enemies] are looking upon us to [our] destruction, and they have desired to destroy your ancient inheritance. Do not overlook your peculiar people, whom you have redeemed for yourself out of the land of Egypt. Listen to my prayer, and be propitious to your inheritance, and turn our mourning into gladness, that we may live and sing praise to your name, O Lord; and do not utterly destroy the mouth of them that praise you, O Lord. And all Israel cried with [all] their might, for death [was] before their eyes. And queen Esther betook herself for refuge to the Lord, being taken [as it were] in the agony of death. And having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and mourning; and instead of grand perfumes she filled her head with ashes and dung, and she greatly brought down her body, and she filled every place of her glad adorning with the [torn] curls of her hair. And she implored the Lord God of Israel, and said, O my Lord, you alone are our king: help me [who am] destitute, and have no helper but you, for my danger [is] near at hand. I have heard from my birth, in the tribe of my kindred that you, Lord, took Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and have wrought for them all that you have said. And now we have sinned before you, and you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies, because we honored their gods: you are righteous, O Lord. But now they have not been contented with the bitterness of our slavery, but have laid their hands on the hands of their idols, [in order] to abolish the decree of your mouth, and utterly to destroy your inheritances, and to stop the mouth of them that praise you, and to extinguish the glory of your house and your altar, and to open the mouth of the Gentiles to [speak] the praises of vanities, and [in order] that a mortal king should be admired for ever. O Lord, do not resign your sceptre to them that are not, and let them not laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel against themselves and make an example of him who has begun [to injure] us. Remember [us], O Lord, manifest yourself in the time of our affliction, and encourage me, O King of gods, and ruler of all dominion. Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him that fights against us, to the utter destruction of him that consent with him. But deliver us by your hand, and help me [who am] destitute, and have none but the, O Lord. You know all things, and know that I hate the glory of transgressors, and that I abhor the couch of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger. You know my necessity, for I abhor the symbol of my proud station, which is upon my head in the days of my splendor: I abhor it as a menstruous cloth, and I wear it not in the days of my tranquility. And your handmaid has not eaten [at] the table of Aman, and I have not honored the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk wine of libations. Neither has your handmaid rejoiced since the day of my promotion until now, except in you, O Lord God of Abraam. O god, who has power over all, listen to the voice of the desperate, and deliver us from the hand of them that devise mischief; and deliver me from my fear.] 017 EST 005 001 And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. And being splendidly arrayed, [and] having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. And she [was] blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face [was] cheerful, and [it were] benevolent, but her heart [was] straitened for fear. And having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king: and he was sitting upon his royal throne, and he had put on all his glorious apparel, [covered] all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrible. And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger: and the queen fell, and changed her color as she fainted; and she bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before [her]. But God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in intense feeling he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered: and he comforted her with peaceful words, and said to her, What is [the matter], Esther? I [am] your brother; be of good cheer, you shall not die, for our command is openly declared [to you], Draw near. 017 EST 005 002 And having raised the golden sceptre he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her, and said, Speak to me. And she said to him, I saw you, [my] lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of your glory; for you, [my] lord, are to be wondered at, and your face [is] full of grace. And while she was speaking, she fainted and fell. Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her. 017 EST 005 003 And the king said, What will you, Esther? and what is your request? [ask] even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be yours. 017 EST 005 004 And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day. 017 EST 005 005 And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken. 017 EST 005 006 And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is [your request], queen Esther? [speak], and you shall have all that you require. 017 EST 005 007 And she said, My request and my petition [are]: 017 EST 005 008 if I have found favor in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same. 017 EST 005 009 So Aman went out from the king very glad [and] merry: but when Aman saw Mardochaeus the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged. 017 EST 005 010 And having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zosara. 017 EST 005 011 And he showed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom. 017 EST 005 012 And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow. 017 EST 005 013 But these things please me not, while I see Mardochaeus the Jew in the court. 017 EST 005 014 And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for you of fifty cubits, and in the morning do you speak to the king, and let Mardochaeus be hanged on the gallows: but do you go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared. 017 EST 006 001 But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him. 017 EST 006 002 And he found the records written concerning Mardochaeus, how he had told the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes. 017 EST 006 003 And the king said, What honor or favor have we done to Mardochaeus? And the king's servants said, You have not done anything to him. 017 EST 006 004 And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochaeus, behold, Aman [was] in the court. And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochaeus on the gallows, which he had prepared. 017 EST 006 005 And the king's servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the king said, Call him. 017 EST 006 006 And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honor? And Aman said within himself, Whom would the king honor but myself? 017 EST 006 007 and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honor, 017 EST 006 008 let the king's servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides, 017 EST 006 009 and let him give [it] to one of the king's noble friends, and let him array the man whom the king loves; and let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the street of the city, saying, Thus shall it be [done] to every man whom the king honors. 017 EST 006 010 Then the king said to Aman, You have well said: so do to Mardochaeus the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what you have spoken be neglected. 017 EST 006 011 So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochaeus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honor. 017 EST 006 012 And Mardochaeus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered. 017 EST 006 013 And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife, and to [his] friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If Mardochaeus [be] of the race of the Jews, [and] you have begun to be humbled before him, you will assuredly fall, and you will not be able to withstand him, for the living God [is] with him. 017 EST 006 014 While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquet which Esther had prepared. 017 EST 007 001 So the king and Aman went in to drink with the queen. 017 EST 007 002 And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what [is] your request, and what [is] your petition? and it shall be [done] for you, to the half of my kingdom. 017 EST 007 003 And she answered and said, If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let [my] life be granted to my petition, and my people to my request. 017 EST 007 004 For both I and my people are sold for destruction, and pillage, and slavery; [both] we and our children for bondmen and bondwomen: and I consented not to it, for the [is] not worthy of the king's palace. 017 EST 007 005 And the king said, Who [is] this that has dared to do this thing? 017 EST 007 006 And Esther said, the adversary [is] Aman, this wicked man. Then Aman was troubled before the king and the queen. 017 EST 007 007 And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Aman began to entreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case. 017 EST 007 008 And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Will you even force [my] wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance. 017 EST 007 009 And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Aman has also prepared a gallows for Mardochaeus, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Aman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon. 017 EST 007 010 So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased. 017 EST 008 001 And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer: and Mardochaeus was called by the king; for Esther had shown that he was related to her. 017 EST 008 002 And the king took the ring which he had taken away from Aman, and gave it to Mardochaeus: and Esther appointed Mardochaeus over all that had been Aman's. 017 EST 008 003 And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and implored [him] to do away the mischief of Aman, and all that he had done against the Jews. 017 EST 008 004 Then the king stretched out to Esther the golden sceptre: and Esther arose to stand near the king. 017 EST 008 005 And Esther said, If it seem good to you, and I have found favor [in your sight], let an order be sent that the letters sent by Aman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in your kingdom. 017 EST 008 006 For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my kindred? 017 EST 008 007 And the king said to Esther, If I have given and freely granted you all that was Aman's, and hanged him on a gallows, because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what do you yet further seek? 017 EST 008 008 Write you also in my name, as it seems good to you, and seal [it] with my ring: for whatever [orders] are written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, it is not lawful to gainsay them. 017 EST 008 009 So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and [orders] were written to the Jews, whatever [the king had] commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects. 017 EST 008 010 And they were written by order of the king, and sealed with his ring, and they sent the letters by the posts: 017 EST 008 011 wherein he charged them to use their [own] laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased, 017 EST 008 012 on one day in all the kingdom of Artaxerxes, on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is Adar. 017 EST 008 013 And let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom, and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies. And the following is the copy of the letter of the orders. [The great king Artaxerxes sends greetings to the rulers of provinces [in] a hundred and twenty-seven satrapies, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests. Many who have been frequently honored by the most abundant kindness of their benefactors have conceived ambitious designs, and not only endeavor to hurt our subjects, but moreover, not being able to bear prosperity, they also endeavor to plot against their own benefactors. And they not only would utterly abolish gratitude from among men, but also, elated by the boastings of men who are strangers to all that is good, they supposed that they shall escape the sin-hating vengeance of the ever-seeing God. And oftentimes [evil] exhortation has made partakers of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and has involved in irremediable calamities, many of those who had been appointed to offices of authority, who had been entrusted with the management of their friends' affairs; while [men], by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple candour of the ruling powers. And it is possible to see [this], not so much from more ancient traditionary accounts, as it is immediately in your power [to see it] by examining what things have been wickedly perpetrated by the baseness of men unworthily holding power. And [it is right] to take heed with regard to the future, that we may maintain the government in undisturbed peace for all men, adopting [needful] changes, and ever judging those cases which come under our notice, with truly equitable decision. For whereas Aman, a Macedonian, the son of Amadathes, in reality an alien from the blood of the Persians, and differing widely from our mild course of government, having been hospitable entertained by us, obtained so large a share of our universal kindness, as to be called our father, and to continue the person next to the royal throne, reverenced of all; [he however], overcome by the pride [of his station], endeavored to deprive us of our dominion, and our life: having by various and subtle artifices demanded for destruction both Mardochaeus our deliverer and perpetual benefactor, and Esther the blameless consort of [our] kingdom, with their whole nation. For by these methods he thought, having surprised us in a defenceless state, to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians. But we find that the Jews, who have been consigned to destruction by the most abominable of men, are not malefactors, but living according to the justest laws, and being the sons of the living God, the most high and mighty, who maintains the kingdom. to us as well as to our forefathers, in the most excellent order. You will therefore do well in refusing to obey the letter sent by Aman the son of Amadathes, because he that has done these things, has been hanged with his whole family at the gates of Susa, Almighty God having swiftly returned to him a worthy recompence, [We enjoin you] then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs, and to strengthen them, that on the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar, on the self-same day, they may defend themselves against those who attack them in a time of affliction. For in the place of the destruction of the chosen race, Almighty God has granted them this [time of] gladness. Do you therefore also, among your [notable] feasts, keep a distinct day with all festivity, that both now and hereafter it may be a day of deliverance to us and who are well disposed toward the Persians, but to those that plotted against us a memorial of destruction. And every city and province collectively, which shall not do accordingly, shall be consumed with vengeance by spear and fire: it shall be made not only inaccessible to men, but most hateful to wild beasts and birds for ever.] And let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies. 017 EST 008 014 So the horsemen went forth with haste to perform the king's commands; and the ordinance was also published in Susa. 017 EST 008 015 And Mardochaeus went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw [it] and rejoiced. 017 EST 008 016 And the Jews had light and gladness, 017 EST 008 017 in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews. 017 EST 009 001 For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived. 017 EST 009 002 In that day the adversaries of the Jews perished: for no one resisted, through fear of them. 017 EST 009 003 For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honored the Jews; for the fear of Mardochaeus lay upon them. 017 EST 009 004 For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom. 017 EST 009 006 And in the city Susa the Jews killed five hundred men: 017 EST 009 007 both Pharsannes, and Delphon and Phasga, 017 EST 009 008 and Pharadatha, and Barea, and Sarbaca, 017 EST 009 009 and Marmasima, and Ruphaeus, and Arsaeus, and Zabuthaeus, 017 EST 009 010 the ten sons of Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugaean, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered [their property] on the same day: 017 EST 009 011 and the number of them that perished in Susa was rendered to the king. 017 EST 009 012 And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, think you, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then do you yet ask, that it may be [done] for you? 017 EST 009 013 And Esther said to the king, let it be granted to the Jews so to treat them tomorrow as to hand the ten sons of Aman. 017 EST 009 014 And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang. 017 EST 009 015 And the Jews assembled in Susa on the fourteenth [day] of Adar, and killed three hundred men, but plundered no property. 017 EST 009 016 And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth [day] of Adar, but took no spoil. 017 EST 009 017 And they rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness. 017 EST 009 018 And the Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth [day] and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness. 017 EST 009 019 On this account then [it is that] the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar [as] a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbor. 017 EST 009 020 And Mardochaeus wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off, 017 EST 009 021 to establish these [as] joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar; 017 EST 009 022 for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and [as to] the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it [in] good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor. 017 EST 009 023 And the Jews consented [to this] accordingly as Mardochaeus wrote to them, 017 EST 009 024 [showing] how Aman the son of Amadathes the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly; 017 EST 009 025 also how he went in to the king, telling [him] to hang Mardochaeus: but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, and his children. 017 EST 009 026 Therefore these days were called Phrurae, because of the lots; (for in their language they are called Phrurae; ) because of the words of this letter, and [because of] all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them. 017 EST 009 027 And [Mardochaeus] established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them [to observe it], neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days [were to be] a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province. 017 EST 009 028 And these days of the Phrurae, [said they, ]shall be kept for ever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation. 017 EST 009 029 And queen Esther, the daughter of Aminadab, and Mardochaeus the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Phrurae. 017 EST 009 031 And Mardochaeus and Esther the queen appointed [a fast] for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health. 017 EST 009 032 And Esther established it by a command for ever, and it was written for a memorial. 017 EST 010 001 And the king levied [a tax] upon [his] kingdom both by land and sea. 017 EST 010 002 And [as for] his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes, for a memorial. 017 EST 010 003 And Mardochaeus was viceroy to king Artaxerxes, and was a great man in the kingdom, and honored by the Jews, and passed his life beloved of all his nation. [And Mardocheus said, These things have been done of God. For I remember the dream which I had concerning these matters: for not one particular of them has failed. [There was] the little fountain which became a river, and there was light, and the sun and much water. The river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen. And the two serpents are I and Aman. And the nations are those [nations] that combined to destroy the name of the Jews. But [as for] my nation, this is Israel, [even] they that cried to God and were delivered: for the Lord delivered his people. And the Lord rescued us out of all these calamities; and God wrought such signs and great wonders as have not been done among the nations. Therefore did he ordain two lots. One for the people of God, and one for all the other [nations]. And these two lots came for an appointed season, and for a day of judgment, before God, and for all the nations. And God remembered his people, and vindicated his inheritance. And they shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth [day] of the month, with an assembly, and joy and gladness before God, throughout the generations for ever among his people Israel. In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son, brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in Jerusalem, had interpreted.] # # BOOK 018 JOB Job Job 018 JOB 001 001 There was a certain man in the land of Ausis, whose name [was] Job; and than man was true, blameless, righteous, [and] godly, abstaining from everything evil. 018 JOB 001 002 And he had seven sons and three daughters. 018 JOB 001 003 And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses in the pastures, and a very great household, and he had a great husbandry on the earth; and that man was [most] noble of the [men] of the east. 018 JOB 001 004 And his sons visiting one another prepared a banquet every day, taking with them also their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 018 JOB 001 005 And when the days of the banquet were completed, Job sent and purified them, having risen up in the morning, and offered sacrifices for them, according to their number, and one calf for a sin-offering for their souls: for Job said, Lest perhaps my sons have thought evil in their minds against God. Thus, then Job did continually. 018 JOB 001 006 And it came to pass on a day, that behold, the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil came with them. 018 JOB 001 007 And the Lord said to the devil, Whence are you come? And the devil answered the Lord, and said, I am come from compassing the earth, and walking up and down in the world. 018 JOB 001 008 And the Lord said to him, Hast you diligently considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a man blameless, true, godly, abstaining from everything evil? 018 JOB 001 009 Then the devil answered, and said before the Lord, Does Job worship the Lord for nothing? 018 JOB 001 010 Hast you not made a hedge about him, and about his household, and all his possessions round about? and have you not blessed the works of his hands, and multiplied his cattle upon the land? 018 JOB 001 011 But put forth your hand, and touch all that he has: verily he will bless you to [your] face. 018 JOB 001 012 Then the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I give into your hand all that he has, but touch not himself. So the devil went out from the presence of the Lord. 018 JOB 001 013 And it came to pass on a certain day, that Job's sons and his daughters were drinking wine in the house of their elder brother. 018 JOB 001 014 And, behold, there came a messenger to Job, and said to him, The yokes of oxen were plowing, and the she-asses were feeding near them; 018 JOB 001 015 and the spoilers came and took them for a prey, and killed the servants with the sword; and I having escaped alone am come to tell you. 018 JOB 001 016 While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, Fire has fallen from heaven, and burnt up the sheep, and devoured the shepherds like wise; and I having escaped alone am come to tell you. 018 JOB 001 017 While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, The horsemen formed three companies against us, and surrounded the camels, and took them for a prey, and killed the servants with the sword; and I only escaped, and am come to tell you. 018 JOB 001 018 While he is yet speaking, another messenger comes, saying to Job, While your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking with their elder brother, 018 JOB 001 019 suddenly a great wind came on from the desert, and caught the four corners of the house, and the house fell upon your children, and they are dead; and I have escaped alone, and am come to tell you. 018 JOB 001 020 So Job arose, and tore his garments, and shaved the hair of his head, and fell on the earth, and worshipped, 018 JOB 001 021 and said, I myself came forth naked from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, the Lord has taken away: as it seemed good to the Lord, so has it come to pass; blessed be the name of the Lord. 018 JOB 001 022 In all these events that befell him Job sinned not at all before the Lord, and did not impute folly to God. 018 JOB 002 001 And it came to pass on a certain day, that the angels of God came to stand before the Lord, and the devil came among them to stand before the Lord. 018 JOB 002 002 And the Lord, said to the devil, Whence come you? Then the devil said before the Lord, I am come from going through the world, and walking about the whole earth. 018 JOB 002 003 And the Lord said to the devil, Hast you then observed my servant Job, that there is none of [men] upon the earth like him, a harmless, true, blameless, godly man, abstaining from all evil? and he yet cleaves to innocence, whereas you has told [me] to destroy his substance without cause? 018 JOB 002 004 And the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, all that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life. 018 JOB 002 005 Nay, but put forth your hand, and touch his bones and his flesh: verily he will bless you to [your] face. 018 JOB 002 006 And the Lord said to the devil, Behold, I deliver him up to you; only save his life. 018 JOB 002 007 So the devil went out from the Lord, and struck Job with sore boils from [his] feet to [his] head. 018 JOB 002 008 And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a dung-heap outside the city. 018 JOB 002 009 And when much time had passed, his wife said to him, How long will you hold out, saying, Behold, I wait yet a little while, expecting the hope of my deliverance? for, behold, your memorial is abolished from the earth, [even your] sons and daughters, the pangs and pains of my womb which I bore in vain with sorrows; and you yourself sit down to spend the nights in the open air among the corruption of worms, and I am a wanderer and a servant from place to place and house to house, waiting for the setting of the sun, that I may rest from my labors and my pangs which now beset me: but say some word against the Lord, and die. 018 JOB 002 010 But he looked on her, and said to her, You have spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God. 018 JOB 002 011 Now his three friends having heard of all the evil that was come upon him, came to him each from his own country: Eliphaz the king of the Thaemans, Baldad sovereign of the Saucheans, Sophar king of he Minaeans: and they came to him with one accord, to comfort and to visit him. 018 JOB 002 012 And when they saw him from a distance they did not know him; and they cried with a loud voice, and wept, and tore every one his garment, and sprinkled dust upon [their heads], 018 JOB 002 013 and they sat down beside him seven days and seven nights, and no one of them spoke; for they saw that his affliction was dreadful and very great. 018 JOB 003 001 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day, 018 JOB 003 002 saying, 018 JOB 003 003 Let the day perish in which I was born, and that night in which they said, Behold a boy! 018 JOB 003 004 Let that night be darkness, and let not the Lord regard it from above, neither let light come upon it. 018 JOB 003 005 But let darkness and the shadow of death seize it; let blackness come upon it; 018 JOB 003 006 let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months. 018 JOB 003 007 But let that night be pain, and let not mirth come upon it, nor joy. 018 JOB 003 008 But let him that curses that day curse it, [even] he that is ready to attack the great whale. 018 JOB 003 009 Let the stars of that night be darkened; let it remain [dark], and not come into light; and let it not see the morning star arise: 018 JOB 003 010 because it shut not up the gates of my mother's womb, for [so] it would have removed sorrow from my eyes. 018 JOB 003 011 For why died I not in the belly? and [why] did I not come forth from the womb and die immediately? 018 JOB 003 012 and why did the knees support me? and why did I suck the breasts? 018 JOB 003 013 Now I should have lain down and been quiet, I should have slept and been at rest, 018 JOB 003 014 with kings [and] councillors of the earth, who gloried in [their] swords; 018 JOB 003 015 or with rulers, whose gold was abundant, who filled their houses with silver: 018 JOB 003 016 or [I should have been] as an untimely birth proceeding from his mother's womb, or as infants who never saw light. 018 JOB 003 017 There the ungodly have burnt out the fury of rage; there the wearied in body rest. 018 JOB 003 018 And the men of old time have together ceased to hear the exactor's voice. 018 JOB 003 019 The small and great are there, and the servant that feared his lord. 018 JOB 003 020 For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, and life to those souls which are in griefs? 018 JOB 003 021 who desire death, and obtain it not, digging [for it] as [for] treasures; 018 JOB 003 022 and would be very joyful if they should gain it? 018 JOB 003 023 Death [is] rest to [such] a man, for God has hedged him in. 018 JOB 003 024 For my groaning comes before my food, and I weep being beset with terror. 018 JOB 003 025 For the terror of which I meditated has come upon me, and that which I had feared has befallen me. 018 JOB 003 026 I was not at peace, nor quiet, nor had I rest; yet wrath came upon me. 018 JOB 004 001 Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said, 018 JOB 004 002 Hast you been often spoken to in distress? but who shall endure the force of your words? 018 JOB 004 003 For whereas you have instructed many, and have strengthened the hands of the weak one, 018 JOB 004 004 and have supported the failing with words, and have imparted courage to feeble knees. 018 JOB 004 005 Yet now [that] pain has come upon you, and touched you, you are troubled. 018 JOB 004 006 Is not your fear [founded] in folly, your hope also, and the mischief of your way? 018 JOB 004 007 Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed? 018 JOB 004 008 Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. 018 JOB 004 009 They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. 018 JOB 004 010 The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched. 018 JOB 004 011 The old lion has perished for lack of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another. 018 JOB 004 012 But if there had been any truth in your words, none of these evils would have befallen you. Shall not mine ear receive excellent [revelations] from him? 018 JOB 004 013 But [as when] terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night, 018 JOB 004 014 horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake. 018 JOB 004 015 And a spirit came before my face; and my hair and flesh quivered. 018 JOB 004 016 I arose and perceived it not: I looked, and there, was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, [saying], 018 JOB 004 017 What, shall a mortal be pure before the Lord? or a man be blameless in regard to his works? 018 JOB 004 018 Whereas he trust not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels. 018 JOB 004 019 But [as for] them that dwell in houses of clay, of whom we also are formed of the same clay, he smites them like a moth. 018 JOB 004 020 And from the morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they can’t help themselves. 018 JOB 004 021 For he blows upon them, and they are withered: they have perished for lack of wisdom. 018 JOB 005 001 But call, if any one will listen to you, or if you shall see any of the holy angels. 018 JOB 005 002 For wrath destroys the foolish one, and envy slays him that has gone astray. 018 JOB 005 003 And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured. 018 JOB 005 004 Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer. 018 JOB 005 005 For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted. 018 JOB 005 006 For labor can’t by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains: 018 JOB 005 007 yet man is born to labor, and [even so] the vulture's young seek the high places. 018 JOB 005 008 Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, and will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all; 018 JOB 005 009 who does great things and untraceable, glorious things also, and marvelous, of which there is no number: 018 JOB 005 010 who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth: 018 JOB 005 011 who exalts the lowly, and raises up them that are lost: 018 JOB 005 012 frustrating the counsels of the crafty, and their hands shall not perform the truth: 018 JOB 005 013 who takes the wise in their wisdom, and subverts the counsel of the crafty 018 JOB 005 014 In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night: 018 JOB 005 015 and let them perish in war, and let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty. 018 JOB 005 016 And let the weak have hope, but the mouth of the unjust be stopped. 018 JOB 005 017 But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; and reject not you the chastening of the Almighty. 018 JOB 005 018 for he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: he smites, and his hands heal. 018 JOB 005 019 Six time he shall deliver you out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch you. 018 JOB 005 020 In famine he shall deliver you from death: and in war he shall free you from the power of the sword. 018 JOB 005 021 He shall hide you from the scourge of the tongue: and you shall not be afraid of coming evils. 018 JOB 005 022 You shall laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and you shall not be afraid of wild beasts. 018 JOB 005 023 For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. 018 JOB 005 024 Then shall you know that your house shall be at peace, and the provision for your tabernacle shall not fail. 018 JOB 005 025 And you shall know that your seed [shall be] abundant; and your children shall be like the herbage of the field. 018 JOB 005 026 And you shall come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time. 018 JOB 005 027 Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do you reflect with yourself, if you have done anything [wrong]. 018 JOB 006 001 But Job answered and said, 018 JOB 006 002 Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together! 018 JOB 006 003 And verily they would be heavier than the sand by the seashore: but, as it seems, my words are vain. 018 JOB 006 004 For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. 018 JOB 006 005 What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder? 018 JOB 006 006 Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words? 018 JOB 006 007 For my wrath can’t cease; for I perceive my food as the smell of a lion [to be] loathsome. 018 JOB 006 008 For oh that he would grant [my desire], and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope! 018 JOB 006 009 Let the Lord begin and wound me, but let him not utterly destroy me. 018 JOB 006 010 Let the grave be my city, upon the walls of which I have leaped: I will not shrink from it; for I have not denied the holy words of my God. 018 JOB 006 011 For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures? 018 JOB 006 012 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? 018 JOB 006 013 Or have I not trusted in him? but help is [far] from me. 018 JOB 006 014 Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me. 018 JOB 006 015 My nearest relations have not regarded me; they have passed me by like a failing brook, or like a wave. 018 JOB 006 016 They who used to reverence me, now have come against me like snow or congealed ice. 018 JOB 006 017 When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was. 018 JOB 006 018 Thus I also have been deserted of all; and I am ruined, and become an outcast. 018 JOB 006 019 Behold the ways of the Thaemanites, you that mark the paths of the Sabaeans. 018 JOB 006 020 They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame. 018 JOB 006 021 But you also have come to me without pity; so that beholding my wound you are afraid. 018 JOB 006 022 What? have I made any demand of you? or do I ask for strength from you, 018 JOB 006 023 to deliver me from enemies, or to rescue me from the hand of the mighty ones? 018 JOB 006 024 Teach you me, and I will be silent: if in anything I have erred, tell me. 018 JOB 006 025 But as it seems, the words of a true man are vain, because I do not ask strength of you. 018 JOB 006 026 Neither will your reproof cause me to cease my words, for neither will I endure the sound of your speech. 018 JOB 006 027 Even because you attack the fatherless, and insult your friend. 018 JOB 006 028 But now, having looked upon your countenances, I will not lie. 018 JOB 006 029 Sit down now, and let there not be unrighteousness; and unite again with the just. 018 JOB 006 030 For there is no injustice in my tongue; and does not my throat meditate understanding? 018 JOB 007 001 Is not the life of man upon earth a state of trial? and his existence as that of a hireling by the day? 018 JOB 007 002 Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay? 018 JOB 007 003 So have I also endured months of vanity, and nights of pain have been appointed me. 018 JOB 007 004 Whenever I lie down, I say, When [will it be] day? and whenever I rise up, again [I say] when [will it be] evening? and I am full of pains from evening to morning. 018 JOB 007 005 And my body is covered with loathsome worms; and I waste away, scraping off clods of dust from my eruption. 018 JOB 007 006 And my life is lighter than a word, and has perished in vain hope. 018 JOB 007 007 Remember then that my life is breath, and mine eye shall not yet again see good. 018 JOB 007 008 The eye of him that sees me shall not see me [again]: your eyes are upon me, and I am no more. 018 JOB 007 009 [I am] as a cloud that is cleared away from the sky: for if a man go down to the grave, he shall not come up again: 018 JOB 007 010 and he shall surely not return to his own house, neither shall his place know him any more. 018 JOB 007 011 Then neither will I refrain my mouth: I will speak being in distress; being in anguish I will disclose the bitterness of my soul. 018 JOB 007 012 Am I a sea, or a serpent, that you have set a watch over me? 018 JOB 007 013 I said that my bed should comfort me, and I would privately counsel with myself on my couch. 018 JOB 007 014 You scare me with dreams, and do terrify me with visions. 018 JOB 007 015 You will separate life from my spirit; and yet [keep] my bones from death. 018 JOB 007 016 For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life [is] vain. 018 JOB 007 017 For what is man, that you have magnified him? or that you give heed to him? 018 JOB 007 018 Will you visit him till the morning, and judge him till [the time of] rest? 018 JOB 007 019 How long do you not let me alone, nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle? 018 JOB 007 020 If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O you that understand the mind of men? why have you made me as your accuser, and [why] am I a burden to you? 018 JOB 007 021 Why have you not forgotten my iniquity, and purged my sin? but now I shall depart to the earth; and in the morning I am no more. 018 JOB 008 001 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered, and said, 018 JOB 008 002 How long will you speak these things, [how long shall] the breath of your mouth [be] abundant in words? 018 JOB 008 003 Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice? 018 JOB 008 004 If your sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression. 018 JOB 008 005 But be you early in prayer to the Lord Almighty. 018 JOB 008 006 If you are pure and true, he will listen to your supplication, and will restore to you the habitation of righteousness. 018 JOB 008 007 Though then your beginning should be small, yet your end should be unspeakably great. 018 JOB 008 008 For ask of the former generation, and search diligently among the race of [our] fathers: 018 JOB 008 009 (for we are of yesterday, and know nothing; for our life upon the earth is a shadow: ) 018 JOB 008 010 shall not these teach you, and report [to you], and bring out words from [their] heart? 018 JOB 008 011 Does the rush flourish without water, or shall the flag grow up without moisture? 018 JOB 008 012 When it is yet on the root, and [though] it has not been cut down, does not any herb wither before it has received moisture? 018 JOB 008 013 Thus then shall be the end of all that forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish. 018 JOB 008 014 For his house shall be without inhabitants, and his tent shall prove a spider's web. 018 JOB 008 015 If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain. 018 JOB 008 016 For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap. 018 JOB 008 017 He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the mist of flints. 018 JOB 008 018 If [God] should destroy [him], his place shall deny him. Hast you not seen such things, 018 JOB 008 019 that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow. 018 JOB 008 020 For the Lord will by no means reject the harmless man; but he will not receive any gift of the ungodly. 018 JOB 008 021 But he will fill with laughter the mouth of the sincere, and their lips with thanksgiving. 018 JOB 008 022 But their adversaries shall clothe themselves with shame; and the habitation of the ungodly shall perish. 018 JOB 009 001 Then Job answered and said, 018 JOB 009 002 I know of a truth that it is so: for how shall a mortal man be just before the Lord? 018 JOB 009 003 For if he would enter into judgment with him, [God] would not listen to him, so that he should answer to one of his charges of a thousand. 018 JOB 009 004 For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: who has hardened himself against him and endured? 018 JOB 009 005 Who wears out the mountains, and [men] know it not: who overturns them in anger. 018 JOB 009 006 Who shakes the [earth] under heaven from its foundations, and its pillars totter. 018 JOB 009 007 Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and he seals up the stars. 018 JOB 009 008 Who alone has stretched out the heavens, and walks on the sea as on firm ground. 018 JOB 009 009 Who makes Pleias, and Hesperus, and Arcturus, and the chambers of the south. 018 JOB 009 010 Who does great and unsearchable things; glorious also and excellent things, innumerable. 018 JOB 009 011 If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known [it]. 018 JOB 009 012 If he would take away, who shall turn him back? or who shall say to him, What have you done? 018 JOB 009 013 For [if] he has turned away [his] anger, the whales under heaven have stooped under him. 018 JOB 009 014 Oh then that he would listen to me, or judge my cause. 018 JOB 009 015 For though I be righteous, he will not listen to me: I will entreat his judgment. 018 JOB 009 016 And if I should call and he should not listen, I can’t believe that he has listened to my voice. 018 JOB 009 017 Let him not crush me with a dark storm: but he has made by bruises many without cause. 018 JOB 009 018 For he suffers me not to take breath, but he has filled me with bitterness. 018 JOB 009 019 For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment? 018 JOB 009 020 For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse. 018 JOB 009 021 For even if I have sinned, I know it not [in] my soul: but my life is taken away. 018 JOB 009 022 Therefore I said, Wrath slays the great and mighty man. 018 JOB 009 023 For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn. 018 JOB 009 024 For they are delivered into the hands of the unrighteous [man]: he covers the faces of the judges [of the earth]: but if it be not he, who is it? 018 JOB 009 025 But my life is swifter than a post: [my days] have fled away, and they knew it not. 018 JOB 009 026 Or again, is there a trace of [their] path [left] by ships? or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks [its] prey? 018 JOB 009 027 And if I should say, I will forget to speak, I will bow down my face and groan; 018 JOB 009 028 I quake in all my limbs, for I know that you will not leave me alone [as] innocent. 018 JOB 009 029 But since I am ungodly, why have I not died? 018 JOB 009 030 For if I should wash myself with snow, and purge myself with pure hands, 018 JOB 009 031 you had thoroughly plunged me in filth, and my garment had abhorred me. 018 JOB 009 032 For you are not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment. 018 JOB 009 033 Would that [he] our mediator were [present], and a reprover, and one who should hear [the cause] between both. 018 JOB 009 034 Let him remove [his] rod from me, and let not his fear terrify me: 018 JOB 009 035 so shall I not be afraid, but I will speak: for I am not thus conscious [of guilt]. 018 JOB 010 001 Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul. 018 JOB 010 002 And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; and therefore have you thus judged me? 018 JOB 010 003 Is it good before you if I be unrighteous? for you have disowned the work of your hands, and attended to the counsel of the ungodly. 018 JOB 010 004 Or do you see as a mortal sees? or will you look as a man sees? 018 JOB 010 005 Or is your life human, or your years [the years] of a man, 018 JOB 010 006 that you have enquired into mine iniquity, and searched out my sins? 018 JOB 010 007 For you know that I have not committed iniquity: but who is he that can deliver out of your hands? 018 JOB 010 008 Your hands have formed me and made me; afterwards you did change [your mind], and strike me. 018 JOB 010 009 Remember that you have made me [as] clay, and you do turn me again to earth. 018 JOB 010 010 Hast you not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese? 018 JOB 010 011 And you did clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews. 018 JOB 010 012 And you did bestow upon me life and mercy, and your oversight has preserved my spirit. 018 JOB 010 013 Having these things in yourself, I know that you can do all things; for nothing is impossible with you. 018 JOB 010 014 And if I should sin, you watch me; and you have not cleared me from iniquity. 018 JOB 010 015 Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I can’t lift myself up, for I am full of dishonor. 018 JOB 010 016 For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again you have changed and are terribly destroying me; 018 JOB 010 017 renewing against me my torture: and you have dealt with me in great anger, and you have brought trials upon me. 018 JOB 010 018 Why then did you bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me, 018 JOB 010 019 and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave? 018 JOB 010 020 Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little, 018 JOB 010 021 before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess; 018 JOB 010 022 to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither [can any one] see the life of mortals. 018 JOB 011 001 Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said, 018 JOB 011 002 He that speaks much, should also hear on the other side: or does the fluent speaker think himself to be righteous? blessed [is] the short lived offspring of woman. 018 JOB 011 003 Be not a speaker of many words; for is there none to answer you? 018 JOB 011 004 For say not, I am pure in my works, and blameless before him. 018 JOB 011 005 But oh that the Lord would speak to you, and open his lips to you! 018 JOB 011 006 Then shall he declare to you the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with you: and then shall you know, that a just recompence of your sins has come to you from the Lord. 018 JOB 011 007 Will you find out the traces of the Lord? or have you come to the end [of that] which the Almighty has made? 018 JOB 011 008 Heaven [is] high; and what will you do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what do you know? 018 JOB 011 009 Or longer than the measure of the earth, or the breadth of the sea. 018 JOB 011 010 And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What have you done? 018 JOB 011 011 For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook [it]. 018 JOB 011 012 But man vainly buoys himself up with words; and a mortal born of woman [is] like an ass in the desert. 018 JOB 011 013 For if you have made your heart pure, and lift up [your] hands towards him; 018 JOB 011 014 if there is any iniquity in your hands, put if far from you, and let not unrighteousness lodge in your habitation. 018 JOB 011 015 For thus shall your countenance shine again, as pure water; and you shall dive yourself of uncleanness, and shall not fear. 018 JOB 011 016 And you shall forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and you shall not be scared. 018 JOB 011 017 And your prayer [shall be] as the morning star, and life shall arise to you [as] from the noonday. 018 JOB 011 018 And you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care. 018 JOB 011 019 For you shall be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against you; and many shall charge, and make supplication to you. 018 JOB 011 020 But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away. 018 JOB 012 001 And Job answered and said, 018 JOB 012 002 So then you [alone] are men, and wisdom shall die with you? 018 JOB 012 003 [But] I also have a heart as well as you. 018 JOB 012 004 For a righteous and blameless man has become a subject for mockery. 018 JOB 012 005 For it had been ordained that he should fall under others at the appointed time, and that his houses should be spoiled by transgressors: let not however any one trust that, being evil, he shall be [held] guiltless, 018 JOB 012 006 even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition [made] of them. 018 JOB 012 007 But ask now the beasts, if they may speak to you; and the birds of the air, if they may declare to you. 018 JOB 012 008 Tell the earth, if it may speak to you: and the fishes of the sea shall explain to you. 018 JOB 012 009 Who then has not known in all these things, that the hand of the Lord has made them? 018 JOB 012 010 Whereas the life of all living things is in his hand, and the breath of every man. 018 JOB 012 011 For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats. 018 JOB 012 012 In length of time is wisdom, and in long life knowledge. 018 JOB 012 013 With him are wisdom and power, with him counsel and understanding. 018 JOB 012 014 If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open? 018 JOB 012 015 If he should withhold the water, he will dry the earth: and if he should let it loose, he overthrows and destroys it. 018 JOB 012 016 With him are strength and power: he has knowledge and understanding. 018 JOB 012 017 He leads counselors away captive, and maddens the judges of the earth. 018 JOB 012 018 He seats kings upon thrones, and girds their loins with a girdle. 018 JOB 012 019 He sends away priests into captivity, and overthrows the mighty ones of the earth. 018 JOB 012 020 He changes the lips of the trusty, and he knows the understanding of the elders. 018 JOB 012 021 He pours dishonor upon princes, and heals the lowly. 018 JOB 012 022 Revealing deep things out of darkness: and he has brought into light the shadow of death. 018 JOB 012 023 Causing the nations to wander, and destroying them: overthrowing the nations, and leading them [away]. 018 JOB 012 024 Perplexing the minds of the princes of the earth: and he causes them to wander in a way, they have not known, [saying], 018 JOB 012 025 Let them grope [in] darkness, and [let there be] no light, and let them wander as a drunken man. 018 JOB 013 001 Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard [them]. 018 JOB 013 002 And I know all that you too know; and I have not less understanding than you. 018 JOB 013 003 Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will. 018 JOB 013 004 But you are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases. 018 JOB 013 005 But would that you were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end. 018 JOB 013 006 But hear you the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgment of my lips. 018 JOB 013 007 Do you not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him? 018 JOB 013 008 Or will you draw back? nay do, you yourselves be judges. 018 JOB 013 009 For [it were] well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things [in your power] you should attach yourselves to him, 018 JOB 013 010 he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover you should secretly respect persons, 018 JOB 013 011 shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you? 018 JOB 013 012 And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body [like a body] of clay. 018 JOB 013 013 Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from [mine] anger, 018 JOB 013 014 while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand. 018 JOB 013 015 Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him. 018 JOB 013 016 And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him. 018 JOB 013 017 Hear, hear you my words, for I will declare in your hearing. 018 JOB 013 018 Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just. 018 JOB 013 019 For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and expire? 018 JOB 013 020 But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from your face. 018 JOB 013 021 Withhold [your] hand from me: and let not your fear terrify me. 018 JOB 013 022 Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: or you shall speak, and I will give you an answer. 018 JOB 013 023 How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are. 018 JOB 013 024 Therefore hide you yourself from me, and deem me your enemy? 018 JOB 013 025 Will you be startled [at me], as [at] a leaf shaken by the wind? or will you set yourself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze? 018 JOB 013 026 for you have written evil things against me, and you have compassed me with the sins of my youth. 018 JOB 013 027 And you have placed my foot in the stocks; and you have watched all my works, and have penetrated my heels. 018 JOB 013 028 [I am as] that which waxes old like a bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment. 018 JOB 014 001 For a mortal born of a woman [is] short lived, and full of wrath. 018 JOB 014 002 Or he falls like a flower that has bloomed; and he departs like a shadow, and can’t continue. 018 JOB 014 003 Hast you not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before you? 018 JOB 014 004 For who shall be pure from uncleanness? not even one; 018 JOB 014 005 if even his life should be [but] one day upon the earth: and his months are numbered by him: you have appointed [him] for a time, and he shall by no means exceed [it]. 018 JOB 014 006 Depart from him, that he may be quiet, and take pleasure in his life, [though] as a hireling. 018 JOB 014 007 For there is hope for a tree, even if it should be cut down, [that] it shall blossom again, and its branch shall not fail. 018 JOB 014 008 For though its root should grow old in the earth, and its stem die in the rock; 018 JOB 014 009 it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted. 018 JOB 014 010 But a man that has died is utterly gone; and when a mortal has fallen, he is no more. 018 JOB 014 011 For the sea wastes in [length of] time, and a river fails and is dried up. 018 JOB 014 012 And man that has lain down [in death] shall certainly not rise again till the heaven be dissolved, and they shall not awake from their sleep. 018 JOB 014 013 For oh that you had kept me in the grave, and had hidden me until your wrath should cease, and you should set me a time in which you would remember me! 018 JOB 014 014 For if a man should die, shall he live [again], having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again? 018 JOB 014 015 Then shall you call, and I will listen to you: but do not you reject the work of your hands. 018 JOB 014 016 But you have numbered my devices: and not one of my sins shall escape you? 018 JOB 014 017 An you have sealed up my transgressions in a bag, and marked if I have been guilty of any transgression unawares. 018 JOB 014 018 And verily a mountain falling will utterly be destroyed, and a rock shall be worn out of its place. 018 JOB 014 019 The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong [overflow] a heap of the earth: and you destroy the hope of man. 018 JOB 014 020 You drive him to an end, and he is gone: you set your face against him, and send him away; 018 JOB 014 021 and though his children be multiplied, he knows [it] not; and if they be few, he is not aware. 018 JOB 014 022 But his flesh is in pain, and his soul mourns. 018 JOB 015 001 Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said, 018 JOB 015 002 Will a wise man give for answer a [mere] breath of wisdom? and does he fill up the pain of his belly, 018 JOB 015 003 reasoning with improper sayings, and with words wherein is no profit? 018 JOB 015 004 Hast not you moreover cast off fear, and accomplished such words before the Lord? 018 JOB 015 005 You are guilty by the words of your mouth, neither have you discerned the words of the mighty. 018 JOB 015 006 Let your own mouth, and not me, reprove you: and your lips shall testify against you. 018 JOB 015 007 What! are you the first man that was born? or were you established before the hills? 018 JOB 015 008 Or have you heard the ordinance of the Lord? or has God used you as [his] counsellor? and has wisdom come [only] to you? 018 JOB 015 009 For what know you, that, we know not? or what understand you, which we do not also? 018 JOB 015 010 Truly among us [are] both the old and very aged man, more advanced in days than your father. 018 JOB 015 011 You have been scourged for [but] few of your sins: you have spoken haughtily [and] extravagantly. 018 JOB 015 012 What has your heart dared? or what have your eyes [aimed at], 018 JOB 015 013 that you have vented [your] rage before the Lord, and delivered such words from [your] mouth? 018 JOB 015 014 For who, being a mortal, [is such] that he shall be blameless? or, [who that is] born of a woman, that he should be just? 018 JOB 015 015 Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him. 018 JOB 015 016 Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught. 018 JOB 015 017 But I will tell you, listen to me; I will tell you now what I have seen; 018 JOB 015 018 things wise men say, and their fathers have not hidden. 018 JOB 015 019 To them alone the earth was given, and no stranger came upon them. 018 JOB 015 020 All the life of the ungodly [is spent] in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered. 018 JOB 015 021 And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come. 018 JOB 015 022 Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword. 018 JOB 015 023 And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind. 018 JOB 015 024 Distress also and anguish shall come upon him: he shall fall as a captain in the first rank. 018 JOB 015 025 For he has lifted his hands against the Lord, and he has hardened his neck against the Almighty Lord. 018 JOB 015 026 And he has run against him with insolence, on the thickness of the back of his shield. 018 JOB 015 027 For he has covered his face with his fat, and made layers of fat upon his thighs. 018 JOB 015 028 And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away. 018 JOB 015 029 Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth. 018 JOB 015 030 Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off. 018 JOB 015 031 Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity. 018 JOB 015 032 His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish. 018 JOB 015 033 And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive. 018 JOB 015 034 For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts. 018 JOB 015 035 And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit. 018 JOB 016 001 But Job answered and said, 018 JOB 016 002 I have heard many such things: poor comforters are you all. 018 JOB 016 003 What! is there any reason in vain words? or what will hinder you from answering? 018 JOB 016 004 I also will speak as you [do]: if indeed your soul were in my [soul's] stead, then would I insult you with words, and I would shake my head at you. 018 JOB 016 005 And would there were strength in my mouth, and I would not spare the movement of my lips. 018 JOB 016 006 For if I should speak, I shall not feel the pain of my wound: and if I should be silent, how shall I be wounded the less? 018 JOB 016 007 But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; and you have laid hold of me. 018 JOB 016 008 My falsehood has become a testimony, and has risen up against me: it has confronted me to my face. 018 JOB 016 009 In his anger he has cast me down; he has gnashed his teeth upon me: the weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me. 018 JOB 016 010 He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp [spear] he has struck me [down] upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord. 018 JOB 016 011 For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, and thrown me upon the ungodly. 018 JOB 016 012 When I was at peace he distracted me: he took me by the hair of the head, and plucked it out: he set me up as a mark. 018 JOB 016 013 They surrounded me with spears, aiming at my reins: without sparing [me] they poured out my gall upon the ground. 018 JOB 016 014 They overthrew me with fall upon fall: they ran upon me in [their] might. 018 JOB 016 015 They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground. 018 JOB 016 016 My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids. 018 JOB 016 017 Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure. 018 JOB 016 018 Earth, cover not over the blood of my flesh, and let my cry have no place. 018 JOB 016 019 And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high. 018 JOB 016 020 Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him. 018 JOB 016 021 Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even [as] the son of man with his neighbor! 018 JOB 016 022 But my years are numbered and [their end] come, and I shall go by the way by which I shall not return. 018 JOB 017 001 I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not. 018 JOB 017 002 Weary I entreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods. 018 JOB 017 003 Who is this? let him join hands with me. 018 JOB 017 004 For you have hid their heart from wisdom; therefore you shall not exalt them. 018 JOB 017 005 He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children. 018 JOB 017 006 But you has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them. 018 JOB 017 007 For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all. 018 JOB 017 008 Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor. 018 JOB 017 009 But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage. 018 JOB 017 010 Howbeit, do you all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you. 018 JOB 017 011 My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken. 018 JOB 017 012 I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 018 JOB 017 013 For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. 018 JOB 017 014 I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister. 018 JOB 017 015 Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good? 018 JOB 017 016 Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb? 018 JOB 018 001 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said, 018 JOB 018 002 How long will you continue? forbear, that we also may speak. 018 JOB 018 003 For therefore have we been silent before you like brutes? 018 JOB 018 004 Anger has possessed you: for what if you should die; would [the earth] under heaven be desolate? or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations? 018 JOB 018 005 But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up. 018 JOB 018 006 His light [shall be] darkness in [his] habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him. 018 JOB 018 007 Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive [him]. 018 JOB 018 008 His foot also has been caught in a snare, [and] let it be entangled in a net. 018 JOB 018 009 And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction. 018 JOB 018 010 His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path. 018 JOB 018 011 Let pains destroy him round about, and let many [enemies] come about him, 018 JOB 018 012 [vex him] with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him. 018 JOB 018 013 Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty. 018 JOB 018 014 And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king. 018 JOB 018 015 It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone. 018 JOB 018 016 His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above. 018 JOB 018 017 Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out. 018 JOB 018 018 Let [one] drive him from light into darkness. 018 JOB 018 019 He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth. 018 JOB 018 020 But strangers shall dwell in his possessions: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first. 018 JOB 018 021 These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord. 018 JOB 019 001 Then Job answered and said, 018 JOB 019 002 How long will you vex my soul, and destroy me with words? only know that the Lord has dealt with me thus. 018 JOB 019 003 You speak against me; you do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me. 018 JOB 019 004 Yes verily, I have erred in truth, (but the error abides with myself) in having spoken words which it was not right [to speak]; and my words err, and are unreasonable. 018 JOB 019 005 But alas! for you magnify yourselves against me, and insult me with reproach. 018 JOB 019 006 Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled [me], and has raised his bulwark against me. 018 JOB 019 007 Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: [or] I will cry out, but [there is] nowhere judgment. 018 JOB 019 008 I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face. 018 JOB 019 009 And he has stripped me of my glory, and has taken the crown from my head. 018 JOB 019 010 He has torn me around about, and I am gone: and he has cut off my hope like a tree. 018 JOB 019 011 And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, and has counted me for an enemy. 018 JOB 019 012 His troops also came upon me with one accord, liars in wait compassed my ways. 018 JOB 019 013 My brethren have stood aloof from me; they have recognized strangers [rather] than me: and my friends have become pitiless. 018 JOB 019 014 My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, and they that knew my name, have forgotten me. 018 JOB 019 015 [As for] my household, and my maidservants, I was a stranger before them. 018 JOB 019 016 I called my servant, and he listened not; and my mouth entreated [him]. 018 JOB 019 017 And I implored my wife, and earnestly entreated the sons of my concubines. 018 JOB 019 018 But they rejected me for ever; whenever I rise up, they speak against me. 018 JOB 019 019 They that saw me abhorred me: the very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me. 018 JOB 019 020 My flesh is corrupt under my skin, and my bones are held in [my] teeth. 018 JOB 019 021 Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me. 018 JOB 019 022 Therefore do you persecute me as also the Lord [does], and are not satisfied with my flesh? 018 JOB 019 023 For oh that my words were written, and that they were recorded in a book forever, 018 JOB 019 024 with an iron pen and lead, or graven in the rocks! 018 JOB 019 025 For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me, 018 JOB 019 026 [and] to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these [sufferings]: for these things have been accomplished to me of the Lord; 018 JOB 019 027 which I am conscious of in myself, which mine eye has seen, and not another, but all have been fulfilled to me in [my] bosom. 018 JOB 019 028 But if you shall also say, What shall we say before him, and [so] find the root of the matter in him? 018 JOB 019 029 Do you also beware of deceit: for wrath will come upon transgressors; and then shall they know where their substance is. 018 JOB 020 001 Then Sophar the Minaean answered and said, 018 JOB 020 002 I did not suppose that you would answer thus: neither do you understand more than I. 018 JOB 020 003 I will hear my shameful reproach; and the spirit of my understanding answers me. 018 JOB 020 004 Hast you [not] known these things of old, from the time that man was set upon the earth? 018 JOB 020 005 But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction: 018 JOB 020 006 although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds. 018 JOB 020 007 For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he? 018 JOB 020 008 Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night. 018 JOB 020 009 The eye has looked upon him, but shall not [see him] again; and his place shall no longer perceive him. 018 JOB 020 010 Let [his] inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow. 018 JOB 020 011 His bones have been filled with [vigour of] his youth, and it shall lie down with him in the dust. 018 JOB 020 012 Though evil be sweet in his mouth, [though] he will hide it under his tongue; 018 JOB 020 013 though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat: 018 JOB 020 014 yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly. 018 JOB 020 015 [His] wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger [of wrath] shall drag him out of his house. 018 JOB 020 016 And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue kill him. 018 JOB 020 017 Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter. 018 JOB 020 018 He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, [for] wealth of which he shall not taste: [it is] as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he can’t swallow. 018 JOB 020 019 For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built [it] not. 018 JOB 020 020 There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire. 018 JOB 020 021 There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish. 018 JOB 020 022 But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him. 018 JOB 020 023 If by any means he would fill his belly, let [God] send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him. 018 JOB 020 024 And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him. 018 JOB 020 025 And let the arrow pierce through his body; and let the stars be against his dwelling-place: let terrors come upon him. 018 JOB 020 026 And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house. 018 JOB 020 027 And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him. 018 JOB 020 028 Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him. 018 JOB 020 029 This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods [appointed him] by the all-seeing [God]. 018 JOB 021 001 But Job answered and said, 018 JOB 021 002 Hear you, hear you my words, that I may not have this consolation from you. 018 JOB 021 003 Raise me, and I will speak; then you shall not laugh me to scorn. 018 JOB 021 004 What! is my reproof of man? and why should I not be angry? 018 JOB 021 005 Look upon me, and wonder, laying your hand upon your cheek. 018 JOB 021 006 For even when I remember, I am alarmed, and pains seize my flesh. 018 JOB 021 007 Therefore do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth? 018 JOB 021 008 Their seed is according to [their] desire, and their children are in [their] sight. 018 JOB 021 009 Their houses are prosperous, neither [have they] any where [cause for] fear, neither is there a scourge from the Lord upon them. 018 JOB 021 010 Their cow does not cast her calf, and their [beast] with young is safe, and does not miscarry. 018 JOB 021 011 And they remain as an unfailing flock, and their children play before [them], taking up the lute and harp; 018 JOB 021 012 and they rejoice at the voice of a song. 018 JOB 021 013 And they spend their days in wealth, and fall asleep in the rest of the grave. 018 JOB 021 014 Yet [such a man] says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know your ways. 018 JOB 021 015 What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him? 018 JOB 021 016 For their good things were in [their] hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly. 018 JOB 021 017 Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them. 018 JOB 021 018 And they shall be as chaff before the wind, or as dust which the storm has taken up. 018 JOB 021 019 Let his substance fail [to supply] his children: [God] shall recompense him, and he shall know it. 018 JOB 021 020 Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him not be saved by the Lord. 018 JOB 021 021 For his desire is in his house with him, and the number of his months has been suddenly cut off. 018 JOB 021 022 Is it not the Lord who teaches understanding and knowledge? and does not he judge murders? 018 JOB 021 023 One shall die in his perfect strength, and wholly at ease and prosperous; 018 JOB 021 024 and his inwards are full of fat, and his marrow is diffused [throughout him]. 018 JOB 021 025 And another dies in bitterness of soul, not eating any good thing. 018 JOB 021 026 But they lie down in the earth together, and corruption covers them. 018 JOB 021 027 So I know you, that you presumptuously attack me: 018 JOB 021 028 so that you will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly? 018 JOB 021 029 Ask those that go by the way, and do not disown their tokens. 018 JOB 021 030 For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: they shall be led away for the day of his vengeance. 018 JOB 021 031 Who will tell him his way to his face, whereas he has done [it]? who shall recompense him? 018 JOB 021 032 And he has been led away to the tombs, and he has watched over the heaps. 018 JOB 021 033 The stones of the valley have been sweet to him, and every man shall depart after him, and [there are] innumerable [ones] before him. 018 JOB 021 034 How then do you comfort me in vain? whereas I have no rest from your molestation. 018 JOB 022 001 Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said, 018 JOB 022 002 Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge? 018 JOB 022 003 For what matters it to the Lord, if you were blameless in [your] works? or is it profitable that you should perfect your way? 018 JOB 022 004 Will you maintain and plead your own cause? and will he enter into judgment with you? 018 JOB 022 005 Is not your wickedness abundant, and your sins innumerable? 018 JOB 022 006 And you have taken security of your brethren for nothing, and have taken away the clothing of the naked. 018 JOB 022 007 Neither have you given water to the thirsty to drink, but have taken away the morsel of the hungry. 018 JOB 022 008 And you have accepted the persons of some; and you have established those [that were already settled] on the earth. 018 JOB 022 009 But you have sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans. 018 JOB 022 010 Therefore snares have compassed you, and disastrous war has troubled you. 018 JOB 022 011 The light has proved darkness to you, and water has covered you on your lying down. 018 JOB 022 012 Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud? 018 JOB 022 013 And you has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark? 018 JOB 022 014 A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven. 018 JOB 022 015 Will you [not] mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden? 018 JOB 022 016 who were seized before their time: their foundations [are as] an overflowing stream. 018 JOB 022 017 Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us? 018 JOB 022 018 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him. 018 JOB 022 019 The righteous have seen [it], and laughed, and the blameless one has derided [them]. 018 JOB 022 020 Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their [property]. 018 JOB 022 021 Be firm, I pray you, if you can endure; then your fruit shall prosper. 018 JOB 022 022 And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. 018 JOB 022 023 And if you shall turn and humble yourself before the Lord, you have [thus] removed unrighteousness far from your habitation. 018 JOB 022 024 You shall lay up for yourself [treasure] in a heap on the rock; and Sophir [shall be] as the rock of the torrent. 018 JOB 022 025 So the Almighty shall be your helper from enemies, and he shall bring you forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire. 018 JOB 022 026 Then shall you have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven. 018 JOB 022 027 And he shall hear you when you pray to him, and he shall grant you [power] to pay your vows. 018 JOB 022 028 And he shall establish to you again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon your paths. 018 JOB 022 029 Because you have humbled yourself; and you shall say, [Man] has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes. 018 JOB 022 030 He shall deliver the innocent, and do you save yourself by your pure hands. 018 JOB 023 001 Then Job answered and said, 018 JOB 023 002 Yes, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning. 018 JOB 023 003 Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end [of the matter]? 018 JOB 023 004 And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments. 018 JOB 023 005 And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, and I would perceive what he would tell me. 018 JOB 023 006 Though he should come on me in [his] great strength, then he would not threaten me; 018 JOB 023 007 for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end. 018 JOB 023 008 For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know [concerning] the latter end? 018 JOB 023 009 When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed [it] not: his right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see [it]. 018 JOB 023 010 For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold. 018 JOB 023 011 And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments, 018 JOB 023 012 neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom. 018 JOB 023 013 And if too he has thus judged, who is he that has contradicted, for he has both willed [a thing] and done it. 018 JOB 023 015 Therefore am I troubled at him; and when I was reproved, I thought of him. Therefore let me take good heed before him: I will consider, and be afraid of him. 018 JOB 023 016 But the Lord has softened my heart, and the Almighty has troubled me. 018 JOB 023 017 For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered [me] before my face. 018 JOB 024 001 But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord, 018 JOB 024 002 while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd? 018 JOB 024 003 They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge. 018 JOB 024 004 They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together. 018 JOB 024 005 And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to [his] little ones. 018 JOB 024 006 They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food. 018 JOB 024 007 They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body. 018 JOB 024 008 They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter. 018 JOB 024 009 They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast. 018 JOB 024 010 And they have wrongfully caused [others] to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry. 018 JOB 024 011 They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way. 018 JOB 024 012 Who have cast forth [the] poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud. 018 JOB 024 013 Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths? 018 JOB 024 014 But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief: 018 JOB 024 015 and the eye of the adulterer has watched [for] the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face. 018 JOB 024 016 In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light. 018 JOB 024 017 For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death, for [each] will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death. 018 JOB 024 018 He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare. 018 JOB 024 019 [Let them be] withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless. 018 JOB 024 020 Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapor of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood. 018 JOB 024 021 For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman. 018 JOB 024 022 And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, [a man] will not feel secure of his own life. 018 JOB 024 023 When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease. 018 JOB 024 024 For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk. 018 JOB 024 025 But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account? 018 JOB 025 001 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said, 018 JOB 025 002 What beginning or fear is his—even he that makes all things in the highest? 018 JOB 025 003 For let none think that there is a respite for robbers: and upon whom will there not come a snare from him? 018 JOB 025 004 For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself? 018 JOB 025 005 If he gives an order to the moon, then it shines not; and the stars are not pure before him. 018 JOB 025 006 But alas! man is corruption, and the son of man a worm. 018 JOB 026 001 But Job answered and said, 018 JOB 026 002 To whom do you attach yourself, or whom are you going to assist? is it not he that [has] much strength, and [he] who has a strong arm? 018 JOB 026 003 To whom have you given counsel? is it not to him who has all wisdom? whom will you follow? is it not one who has the greatest power? 018 JOB 026 004 To whom have you uttered words? and whose breath is it that has come forth from you? 018 JOB 026 005 Shall giants be born from under the water and the inhabitants thereof? 018 JOB 026 006 Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. 018 JOB 026 007 He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, and he upon nothing hangs the earth; 018 JOB 026 008 binding water in his clouds, and the cloud is not tore under it. 018 JOB 026 009 He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it. 018 JOB 026 010 He has encompassed the face of the water by an appointed ordinance, until the end of light and darkness. 018 JOB 026 011 The pillars of heaven are prostrate and astonished at his rebuke. 018 JOB 026 012 He has calmed the sea with [his] might, and by [his] wisdom the whale has been overthrown. 018 JOB 026 013 And the barriers of heaven fear him, and by a command he has slain the apostate dragon. 018 JOB 026 014 Behold, these are parts of his way; and we will listen to him at the least intimation of his word: but the strength of his thunder who knows, when he shall employ [it]? 018 JOB 027 001 And Job further continued and said in his parable, 018 JOB 027 002 [As] God lives, who has thus judge me; and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul; 018 JOB 027 003 verily, while my breath is yet in [me], and the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils, 018 JOB 027 004 my lips shall not speak evil words, neither shall my soul meditate unrighteous thoughts. 018 JOB 027 005 Far be it from me that I should justify you till I die; for I will not let go my innocence, 018 JOB 027 006 but keeping fast to [my] righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss. 018 JOB 027 007 Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, and they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors. 018 JOB 027 008 For what is the hope of the ungodly, that he holds to it? will he indeed trust in the Lord [and] be saved? 018 JOB 027 009 Will God hear his prayer? or, when distress has come upon him, 018 JOB 027 010 has he any confidence before him? or will [God] hear him as he calls upon him? 018 JOB 027 011 Yet now I will tell you what is in the hand of the Lord: I will not lie concerning the things which are with the Almighty. 018 JOB 027 012 Behold, you all know that you are adding vanity to vanity. 018 JOB 027 013 This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty. 018 JOB 027 014 And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg. 018 JOB 027 015 And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows. 018 JOB 027 016 Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay; 018 JOB 027 017 All these things shall the righteous gain, and the true-hearted shall possess his wealth. 018 JOB 027 018 And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web. 018 JOB 027 019 The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not. 018 JOB 027 020 Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night. 018 JOB 027 021 And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place. 018 JOB 027 022 And [God] shall cast [trouble] upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. 018 JOB 027 023 He shall cause [men] to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place. 018 JOB 028 001 For there is a place for the silver, whence it comes, and a place for the gold, whence it is refined. 018 JOB 028 002 For iron comes out of the earth, and brass is hewn out like stone. 018 JOB 028 003 He has set a bound to darkness, and he searches out every limit: a stone [is] darkness, and the shadow of death. 018 JOB 028 004 There is a cutting off the torrent by reason of dust: so they that forget the right way are weakened; they are removed from [among] men. 018 JOB 028 005 [As for] the earth, out of it shall come bread: under it has been turned up as it were fire. 018 JOB 028 006 Her stones are the place of the sapphire: and [her] dust [supplies] man with gold. 018 JOB 028 007 [There is] a path, the fowl has not known it, neither has the eye of the vulture seen it: 018 JOB 028 008 neither have the sons of the proud trodden it, a lion has not passed upon it. 018 JOB 028 009 He has stretched forth his hand on the sharp [rock], and turned up mountains by the roots: 018 JOB 028 010 and he has interrupted the whirlpools of rivers, and mine eye has seen every precious thing. 018 JOB 028 011 And he has laid bare the depths of rivers, and has brought his power to light. 018 JOB 028 012 But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge? 018 JOB 028 013 A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men. 018 JOB 028 014 The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me. 018 JOB 028 015 One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. 018 JOB 028 016 Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire. 018 JOB 028 017 Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange. 018 JOB 028 018 Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things. 018 JOB 028 019 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold. 018 JOB 028 020 Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding? 018 JOB 028 021 It has escaped the notice of every man, and has been hidden from the birds of the sky. 018 JOB 028 022 Destruction and Death said, We have heard the report of it. 018 JOB 028 023 God has well ordered the way of it, and he knows the place of it. 018 JOB 028 024 For he surveys the whole [earth] under heaven, knowing the things in the earth: 018 JOB 028 025 all that he has made; the weight of the winds, the measures of the water. 018 JOB 028 026 When he made [them], thus he saw and numbered them, and made a way for the pealing of the thunder. 018 JOB 028 027 Then he saw it, and declared it: he prepared it [and] traced it out. 018 JOB 028 028 And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding. 018 JOB 029 001 And Job continued and said in his parable, 018 JOB 029 002 Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me! 018 JOB 029 003 As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness. 018 JOB 029 004 [As] when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house. 018 JOB 029 005 When I was very fruitful, and my children were about me; 018 JOB 029 006 when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for me with milk. 018 JOB 029 007 When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets. 018 JOB 029 008 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up. 018 JOB 029 009 And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth. 018 JOB 029 010 And they that heard [me] blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat. 018 JOB 029 011 For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside. 018 JOB 029 012 For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper. 018 JOB 029 013 Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yes, the mouth of the widow has blessed me. 018 JOB 029 014 Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle. 018 JOB 029 015 I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame. 018 JOB 029 016 I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not. 018 JOB 029 017 And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth. 018 JOB 029 018 And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; I shall live a long while. 018 JOB 029 019 [My] root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop. 018 JOB 029 020 My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand. 018 JOB 029 021 [Men] heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel. 018 JOB 029 022 At my word they spoke not again, and they were very gland whenever I spoke to them. 018 JOB 029 023 As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they [waited for] my speech. 018 JOB 029 024 Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe [it]; and the light of my face has not failed. 018 JOB 029 025 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and lived as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners. 018 JOB 030 001 But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, now they reprove me in [their] turn, whose fathers I set at nothing; whom I did not deem worthy [to be with] my shepherd dogs. 018 JOB 030 002 Yes, why had I the strength of their hands? for them the full term [of life] was lost. 018 JOB 030 003 [One is] childless in lack and famine, [such as] they that fled but lately the distress and misery of drought. 018 JOB 030 004 Who compass the salt places on the sounding [shore], who had salt [herbs] for their food, and were dishonorable and of no repute, in lack of every good thing; who also ate roots of trees by reason of great hunger. 018 JOB 030 005 Thieves have risen up against me, 018 JOB 030 006 whose houses were the caves of the rocks, who lived under the wild shrubs. 018 JOB 030 007 They will cry out among the rustling [bushes]. 018 JOB 030 008 [They are] sons of fools and vile men, [whose] name and glory [are] quenched from off the earth. 018 JOB 030 009 But now I am their music, and they have me for a byword. 018 JOB 030 010 And they stood aloof and abhorred me, and spared not to spit in my face. 018 JOB 030 011 For he has opened his quiver and afflicted me: they also have cast off the restraint of my presence. 018 JOB 030 012 They have risen up against [me] on the right hand of [their] offspring; they have stretched out their foot, and directed against me the ways of their destruction. 018 JOB 030 013 My paths are ruined; for they have stripped off my raiment: he has shot at me with his weapons. 018 JOB 030 014 And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains. 018 JOB 030 015 My pains return upon [me]; my hope is gone like the wind, and my safety as a cloud. 018 JOB 030 016 Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; and days of anguish seize me. 018 JOB 030 017 And by night my bones are confounded; and my sinews are relaxed. 018 JOB 030 018 With great force [my disease] has taken hold of my garment: it has compassed me as the collar of my coat. 018 JOB 030 019 And you have counted me as clay; my portion in dust and ashes. 018 JOB 030 020 And I have cried to you, but you hear me not: but they stood still, and observed me. 018 JOB 030 021 They attacked me also without mercy: you have scourged me with a strong hand. 018 JOB 030 022 And you have put me to grief, and have cast me away from safety. 018 JOB 030 023 For I know that death will destroy me: for the earth is the house [appointed] for every mortal. 018 JOB 030 024 Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, or at least ask another, and he should do this for me. 018 JOB 030 025 Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress. 018 JOB 030 026 But I, when I waited for good things, behold, days of evils came the more upon me. 018 JOB 030 027 My belly boiled, and would not cease: the days of poverty prevented me. 018 JOB 030 028 I went mourning without restraint: and I have stood and cried out in the assembly. 018 JOB 030 029 I am become a brother of monsters, and a companion of ostriches. 018 JOB 030 030 And my skin has been greatly blackened, and my bones are burned with heat. 018 JOB 030 031 My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping. 018 JOB 031 001 I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin. 018 JOB 031 002 Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance [given] of the Mighty One from the highest? 018 JOB 031 003 Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity. 018 JOB 031 004 Will he not see my way, and number all my steps? 018 JOB 031 005 But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit: 018 JOB 031 006 (for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence: ) 018 JOB 031 007 if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands; 018 JOB 031 008 then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth. 018 JOB 031 009 If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors; 018 JOB 031 010 then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low. 018 JOB 031 011 For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, [in the case] of defiling [another] man's wife. 018 JOB 031 012 For it is a fire burning on every side, and whoever it attacks, it utterly destroys. 018 JOB 031 013 And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or [my] handmaid, when they pleaded with me; 018 JOB 031 014 what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer? 018 JOB 031 015 Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yes, we were formed in the same womb. 018 JOB 031 016 But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail. 018 JOB 031 017 And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart [of it] to the orphan; 018 JOB 031 018 (for I nourished [them] as a father from my youth and guided [them] from my mother's womb.) 018 JOB 031 019 And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him; 018 JOB 031 020 and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were [not] warmed with the fleece of my lambs; 018 JOB 031 021 if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior [to his]: 018 JOB 031 022 let them my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow. 018 JOB 031 023 For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I can’t bear up by reason of his burden. 018 JOB 031 024 If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone; 018 JOB 031 025 and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable [treasures]: 018 JOB 031 026 (do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not [power to continue]: ) 018 JOB 031 027 and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it: 018 JOB 031 028 let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I [should] have lied against the Lord Most High. 018 JOB 031 029 And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha! 018 JOB 031 030 let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a byword among my people in my affliction. 018 JOB 031 031 And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind: 018 JOB 031 032 for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came: ) 018 JOB 031 033 or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin; 018 JOB 031 034 (for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them: ) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom: 018 JOB 031 035 (Oh that I had a hearer, ) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and [as to] the written charge which I had against any one, 018 JOB 031 036 I would place [it] as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it. 018 JOB 031 037 And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor: 018 JOB 031 038 If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together; 018 JOB 031 039 and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if I too grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking [anything] from [him]: 018 JOB 031 040 then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking. 018 JOB 032 001 And his three friends also ceased any longer to answer Job: for Job was righteous before them. 018 JOB 032 002 Then Elius the son of Barachiel, the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, of the country of Ausis, was angered: and he was very angry with Job, because he justified himself before the Lord. 018 JOB 032 003 And he was also very angry with [his] three friends, because they were not able to return answers to Job, yet set him down for an ungodly man. 018 JOB 032 004 But Elius had forborne to give an answer to Job, because they were older than he. 018 JOB 032 005 And Elius saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men; and he was angered in his wrath. 018 JOB 032 006 And Elius the Buzite the son of Barachiel answered and said, I am younger in age, and you are elder, therefore I kept silence, fearing to declare to you my own knowledge. 018 JOB 032 007 And I said, It is not time that speaks, though in many years [men] know wisdom: 018 JOB 032 008 but there is a spirit in mortals; and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches. 018 JOB 032 009 The long-lived are not wise [as such]; neither do the aged know judgment. 018 JOB 032 010 Therefore I said, Hear me, and I will tell you what I know. 018 JOB 032 011 Listen to my words; for I will speak in your hearing, until you shall have tried [the matter] with words: 018 JOB 032 012 and I shall understand as far as you; and, behold, there was no one of you that answered Job his words in argument, 018 JOB 032 013 lest you should say, We have found that we have added wisdom to the Lord. 018 JOB 032 014 And you have commissioned a man to speak such words. 018 JOB 032 015 They were afraid, they answered no longer; they gave up their speaking. 018 JOB 032 016 I waited, (for I had not spoken, ) because they stood still, they answered not. 018 JOB 032 017 And Elius continued, and said, I will again speak, 018 JOB 032 018 for I am full of words, for the spirit of my belly destroys me. 018 JOB 032 019 And my belly is as a skin of sweet wine, bound up [and] ready to burst; or as a brazier's laboring bellows. 018 JOB 032 020 I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself. 018 JOB 032 021 For truly I will not be awed because of man, nor indeed will I be confounded before a mortal. 018 JOB 032 022 For I know not how to respect persons: and if otherwise, even the moths would eat me. 018 JOB 033 001 Howbeit hear, Job, my words, and listen to my speech. 018 JOB 033 002 For behold, I have opened my mouth, and my tongue has spoken. 018 JOB 033 003 My heart [shall be found] pure by [my] words; and the understanding of my lips shall meditate purity. 018 JOB 033 004 The Divine Spirit is that which formed me, and the breath of the Almighty that which teaches me. 018 JOB 033 005 If you can, give me an answer: wait therefore; stand against me, and I [will stand] against you. 018 JOB 033 006 You are formed out of the clay as also I: we have been formed out of the same [substance]. 018 JOB 033 007 My fear shall not terrify you, neither shall my hand be heavy upon you. 018 JOB 033 008 But you have said in mine ears, (I have heard the voice of your words; ) because you say, I am pure, not having sinned; 018 JOB 033 009 I am blameless, for I have not transgressed. 018 JOB 033 010 Yet he has discovered a charge against me, and he has reckoned me as an adversary. 018 JOB 033 011 And he has put my foot in the stocks, and has watched all my ways. 018 JOB 033 012 For how say you, I am righteous, yet he has not listened to me? for he that is above mortals is eternal. 018 JOB 033 013 But you say, Why has he not heard every word of my cause? 018 JOB 033 014 For when the Lord speaks once, or a second time, 018 JOB 033 015 [sending] a dream, or in the meditation of the night; (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, in slumberings on the bed: ) 018 JOB 033 016 then opens he the understanding of men: he scares them with such fearful visions: 018 JOB 033 017 to turn a man from unrighteousness, and he delivers his body from a fall. 018 JOB 033 018 He spares also his soul from death, and [suffers] him not to fall in war. 018 JOB 033 019 And again, he chastens him with sickness on his bed, and the multitude of his bones is benumbed. 018 JOB 033 020 And he shall not be able to take any food, though his soul shall desire meat; 018 JOB 033 021 until his flesh shall be consumed, and he shall show his bones bare. 018 JOB 033 022 His soul also draws near to death, and his life is in Hades. 018 JOB 033 023 Though there should be a thousand messengers of death, not one of them shall wound him: if he should purpose in his heart to turn to the Lord, and declare to man his fault, and show his folly; 018 JOB 033 024 he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as [fresh] plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with morrow. 018 JOB 033 025 And he will make his flesh tender as that of a babe, and he will restore him among men in [his] full strength. 018 JOB 033 026 And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him; he shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression [of praise]: for he will render to men [their] due. 018 JOB 033 027 Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins. 018 JOB 033 028 Deliver my soul, that it may not go to destruction, and my life shall see the light. 018 JOB 033 029 Behold, all these things, the Mighty One works in a threefold manner with a man. 018 JOB 033 030 And he has delivered my soul from death, that my life may praise him in the light. 018 JOB 033 031 Listen, Job, and hear me: be silent, and I will speak. 018 JOB 033 032 If you have words, answer me: speak, for I desire you to be justified. 018 JOB 033 033 If not, do you hear me: be silent, and I will teach you. 018 JOB 034 001 And Elius continued, and said, 018 JOB 034 002 Hear me, you wise men; listen, you that have knowledge. 018 JOB 034 003 For the ear tries words, and the mouth tastes meat. 018 JOB 034 004 Let us choose judgment to ourselves: let us know amount ourselves what is right. 018 JOB 034 005 For Job has said, I am righteous: the Lord has removed my judgment. 018 JOB 034 006 And he has erred in my judgment: my wound is severe without unrighteousness [of mine]. 018 JOB 034 007 What man is as Job, drinking scorning like water? 018 JOB 034 008 [saying], I have not sinned, nor committed ungodliness, nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity, to go with the ungodly. 018 JOB 034 009 For you should not say, There shall be no visitation of a man, whereas [there is] a visitation on him from the Lord. 018 JOB 034 010 Therefore hear me, you that are wise in heart: far be it from me to sin before the Lord, and to pervert righteousness before the almighty. 018 JOB 034 011 Yes, he renders to a man accordingly as each of them does, and in a man's path he will find him. 018 JOB 034 012 And think you that the Lord will do wrong, or will the Almighty who made the earth wrest judgment? 018 JOB 034 013 And who is he that made [the whole world] under heaven, and all things therein? 018 JOB 034 014 For if he would confine, and restrain his spirit with himself; 018 JOB 034 015 all flesh would die together, and every mortal would return to the earth, whence also he was formed. 018 JOB 034 016 Take heed lest he rebuke [you]: hear this, listen to the voice of words. 018 JOB 034 017 Behold then the one that hates iniquities, and that destroys the wicked, who is for ever just. 018 JOB 034 018 [He is] ungodly that says to a king, You are a transgressor, [that says] to princes, O most ungodly one. 018 JOB 034 019 [Such a one] as would not reverence the face of an honorable man, neither knows how to give honor to the great, so as that their persons should be respected. 018 JOB 034 020 But it shall turn out vanity to them, to cry and beseech a man; for they dealt unlawfully, the poor being turned aside [from their right]. 018 JOB 034 021 For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him. 018 JOB 034 022 Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves. 018 JOB 034 023 For he will not lay upon a man more [than right]. 018 JOB 034 024 For the Lord looks down upon all men, who comprehends unsearchable things, glorious also and excellent things without number. 018 JOB 034 025 Who discovers their works, and will bring night about [upon them], and they shall be brought low. 018 JOB 034 026 And he quite destroys the ungodly, for they are seen before him. 018 JOB 034 027 Because they turned aside from the law of God, and did not regard his ordinances, 018 JOB 034 028 so as to bring before him the cry of the needy; for he will hear the cry of the poor. 018 JOB 034 029 And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? and he will hide his face, and who shall see him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man also: 018 JOB 034 030 causing a hypocrite to be king, because of the waywardness of the people. 018 JOB 034 031 For [there is] one that says to the Mighty One, I have received [blessings]; I will not take a pledge: 018 JOB 034 032 I will see apart from myself: do you show me if I have done unrighteousness; I will not do [so] any more. 018 JOB 034 033 Will he take vengeance for it on you, whereas you will put [it] far [from you]? for you shall choose, and not I; and what you know, speak you. 018 JOB 034 034 Because the wise in heart shall say this, and a wise man listens to my word. 018 JOB 034 035 But Job has not spoken with understanding, his words are not [uttered] with knowledge. 018 JOB 034 036 Howbeit do you learn, Job: no longer make answer as the foolish: 018 JOB 034 037 that we add not to our sins: for iniquity will be reckoned against us, if [we] speak many words before the Lord. 018 JOB 035 001 And Elius resumed and said, 018 JOB 035 002 What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord? 018 JOB 035 003 I will answer you, and your three friends. 018 JOB 035 004 Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you. 018 JOB 035 005 If you have sinned, what will you do? 018 JOB 035 006 and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform? 018 JOB 035 007 And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand? 018 JOB 035 008 Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man. 018 JOB 035 009 They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many. 018 JOB 035 010 But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches; 018 JOB 035 011 who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky? 018 JOB 035 012 There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men. 018 JOB 035 013 For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One. 018 JOB 035 014 He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now. 018 JOB 035 015 For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass. 018 JOB 035 016 Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words. 018 JOB 036 001 And Elius further continued, and said, 018 JOB 036 002 Wait for me yet a little while, that I may teach you: for there is yet speech in me. 018 JOB 036 003 Having fetched my knowledge from afar, and according to my works, 018 JOB 036 004 I will speak just things truly, and you shall not unjustly receive unjust words. 018 JOB 036 005 But know that the Lord will not cast off an innocent man: being mighty in strength of wisdom, 018 JOB 036 006 he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor. 018 JOB 036 007 He will not turn away his eyes from the righteous, but [they shall be] with kings on the throne: and he will establish them in triumph, and they shall be exalted. 018 JOB 036 008 But they that are bound in fetters shall be holden in cords of poverty. 018 JOB 036 009 And he shall recount to them their works, and their transgressions, for such will act with violence. 018 JOB 036 010 But he will listen to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness. 018 JOB 036 011 If they should hear and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in honor. 018 JOB 036 012 But he preserves not the ungodly; because they are not willing to know the Lord, and because when reproved they were disobedient. 018 JOB 036 013 And the hypocrites in heart will array wrath [against themselves]; they will not cry, because he has bound them. 018 JOB 036 014 Therefore let their soul die in youth, and their life be wounded by messengers [of death]. 018 JOB 036 015 Because they afflicted the weak and helpless: and he will vindicate the judgment of the meek. 018 JOB 036 016 And he has also enticed you out of the mouth of the enemy: 018 JOB 036 017 [there is] a deep gulf [and] a rushing stream beneath it, and your table came down full of fatness. Judgment shall not fail from the righteous; 018 JOB 036 018 but there shall be wrath upon the ungodly, by reason of the ungodliness of the bribes which they received for iniquities. 018 JOB 036 019 Let not [your] mind willingly turn you aside from the petition of the feeble that are in distress. 018 JOB 036 020 And draw not forth all the mighty [men] by night, so that the people should go up instead of them. 018 JOB 036 021 But take heed lest you do that which is wrong: for of this you has made choice because of poverty. 018 JOB 036 022 Behold, the Mighty One shall prevail by his strength: for who is powerful as he is? 018 JOB 036 023 And who is he that examines his works? or who can say, he has wrought injustice? 018 JOB 036 024 Remember that his works are great [beyond] those which men have attempted. 018 JOB 036 025 Every man has seen in himself, how many mortals are wounded. 018 JOB 036 026 Behold, the Mighty One is great, and we shall not know [him]: the number of his years is even infinite. 018 JOB 036 027 And the drops of rain are numbered by him, and shall be poured out in rain to form a cloud. 018 JOB 036 028 The ancient [heavens] shall flow, and the clouds overshadow innumerable mortals: he has fixed a time to cattle, and they know the order of rest. [Yet] by all these things your understanding is not astonished, neither is your mind disturbed in [your] body. 018 JOB 036 029 And though one should understand the outspreadings of the clouds, [or] the measure of his tabernacle; 018 JOB 036 030 behold he will stretch his bow against him, and he covers the bottom of the sea. 018 JOB 036 031 For by them he will judge the nations: he will give food to him that has strength. 018 JOB 036 032 He has hidden the light in [his] hands, and given charge concerning it to the interposing [cloud]. 018 JOB 036 033 The Lord will declare concerning this [to] his friend: [but there is] a portion also for unrighteousness. 018 JOB 037 001 At this also my heart is troubled, and moved out of its place. 018 JOB 037 002 Hear you a report by the anger of the Lord's wrath, and a discourse shall come out of his mouth. 018 JOB 037 003 His dominion is under the whole heaven, and his light is at the extremities of the earth. 018 JOB 037 004 After him shall be a cry with a [loud] voice; he shall thunder with the voice of his excellency, yet he shall not cause men to pass away, for one shall hear his voice. 018 JOB 037 005 The Mighty One shall thunder wonderfully with his voice: for he has done great things which we knew not; 018 JOB 037 006 commanding the snow, Be you upon the earth, and the stormy rain, and the storm of the showers of his might. 018 JOB 037 007 He seals up the hand of every man, that every man may know his own weakness. 018 JOB 037 008 And the wild beasts come in under the covert, and rest in [their] lair. 018 JOB 037 009 Troubles come on out of the secret chambers, and cold from the mountain-tops. 018 JOB 037 010 And from the breath of the Mighty One he will send frost; and he guides the water in whatever way he pleases. 018 JOB 037 011 And [if] a cloud obscures [what is] precious [to him], his light will disperse the cloud. 018 JOB 037 012 And he will carry round the encircling [clouds] by his governance, to [perform] their works: whatever he shall command them, 018 JOB 037 013 this has been appointed by him on the earth, whether for correction, [or] for his land, or if he shall find him [an object] for mercy. 018 JOB 037 014 Listen to this, O Job: stand still, and be admonished of the power of the Lord. 018 JOB 037 015 We know that god has disposed his works, having made light out of darkness. 018 JOB 037 016 And he knows the divisions of the clouds, and the signal overthrows of the ungodly. 018 JOB 037 017 But your robe is warm, and there is quiet upon the land. 018 JOB 037 018 Will you establish with him [foundations] for the ancient [heavens? they are] strong as a molten mirror. 018 JOB 037 019 Therefore teach me, what shall we say to him? and let us cease from saying much. 018 JOB 037 020 Have I a book or a scribe my me, that I may stand and put man to silence? 018 JOB 037 021 But the light is not visible to all: it shines afar off in the heavens, as that which is from him in the clouds. 018 JOB 037 022 From the [north] come the clouds shining like gold: in these great are the glory and honor of the Almighty; 018 JOB 037 023 and we do not find another his equal in strength: [as for] him that judges justly, do you not think that he listens? 018 JOB 037 024 Therefore men shall fear him; and the wise also in heart shall fear him. 018 JOB 038 001 And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, [saying], 018 JOB 038 002 Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in [his] heart, and thinks to conceal [them] from me? 018 JOB 038 003 Gird your loins like a man; and I will ask you, and do you answer me. 018 JOB 038 004 Where was you when I founded the earth? tell me now, if you have knowledge, 018 JOB 038 005 who set the measures of it, if you know? or who stretched a line upon it? 018 JOB 038 006 On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it? 018 JOB 038 007 When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice. 018 JOB 038 008 And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother's womb. 018 JOB 038 009 And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist. 018 JOB 038 010 And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates. 018 JOB 038 011 And I said to it, Hitherto shall you come, but you shall not go beyond, but your waves shall be confined within you. 018 JOB 038 012 Or did I order the morning light in your time; and [did] the morning star [then first] see his appointed place; 018 JOB 038 013 to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it? 018 JOB 038 014 Or did you take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set it with the power of speech upon the earth? 018 JOB 038 015 And have you removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud? 018 JOB 038 016 Or have you gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep? 018 JOB 038 017 And do the gates of death open to you for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw you? 018 JOB 038 018 And have you been instructed in the breadth of the [whole earth] under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it? 018 JOB 038 019 And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness? 018 JOB 038 020 If you could bring me to their [utmost] boundaries, and if also you know their paths; 018 JOB 038 021 I know then that you were born at that time, and the number of your years is great. 018 JOB 038 022 But have you gone to the treasures of snow? and have you seen the treasures of hail? 018 JOB 038 023 And is there a store [of them], for you against the time of [your] enemies, for the day of wars and battle? 018 JOB 038 024 And whence proceeds the frost? or [whence] is the south wind dispersed over the [whole world] under heaven? 018 JOB 038 025 And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders; 018 JOB 038 026 to rain upon the land where [there is] no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited [land], 018 JOB 038 027 and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs? 018 JOB 038 028 Who is the rain's father? and who has generated the drops of dew? 018 JOB 038 029 And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky, 018 JOB 038 030 which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly? 018 JOB 038 031 And do you understand the band of Pleias, and have you opened the barrier of Orion? 018 JOB 038 032 Or will you reveal Mazuroth in his season, and the evening star with his rays? Will you guide them? 018 JOB 038 033 And know you the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven? 018 JOB 038 034 And will you call a cloud with your voice, and will it obey you with a violent shower of much rain? 018 JOB 038 035 And will you send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to you, What is [your pleasure]? 018 JOB 038 036 And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery? 018 JOB 038 037 And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven [down] to the earth? 018 JOB 038 038 For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another. 018 JOB 038 039 And will you hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents? 018 JOB 038 040 For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods. 018 JOB 038 041 And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food. 018 JOB 039 001 [Say] if you know the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] you have marked the calving of the hinds: 018 JOB 039 002 and [if] you has have numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] you have relieved their pangs: 018 JOB 039 003 and have reared their young without fear; and will you loosen their pangs? 018 JOB 039 004 Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them. 018 JOB 039 005 And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands? 018 JOB 039 006 whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts. 018 JOB 039 007 He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer. 018 JOB 039 008 He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing. 018 JOB 039 009 And will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or to lie down at your manger? 018 JOB 039 010 And will you bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plow furrows for you in the plain? 018 JOB 039 011 And do you trust him, because his strength is great? and will you commit your works to him? 018 JOB 039 012 And will you believe that he will return to you your seed, and bring [it] in [to] your threshing floor? 018 JOB 039 013 The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice], 018 JOB 039 014 for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust, 018 JOB 039 015 and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them. 018 JOB 039 016 She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labors in vain without fear. 018 JOB 039 017 For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding. 018 JOB 039 018 In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider. 018 JOB 039 019 Hast you invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror? 018 JOB 039 020 And have you clad him in perfect armor, and made his breast glorious with courage? 018 JOB 039 021 He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain. 018 JOB 039 022 He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword. 018 JOB 039 023 The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground: 018 JOB 039 024 and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds. 018 JOB 039 025 And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing. 018 JOB 039 026 And does the hawk remain steady by your wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south? 018 JOB 039 027 And does the eagle rise at your command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest, 018 JOB 039 028 on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]? 018 JOB 039 029 Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far. 018 JOB 039 030 And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found. 018 JOB 040 001 And the Lord God answered Job, and said, 018 JOB 040 002 Will [any one] pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer. 018 JOB 040 003 And Job answered and said to the Lord, 018 JOB 040 004 Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 018 JOB 040 005 I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time. 018 JOB 040 006 And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying], 018 JOB 040 007 Nay, gird up now your loins like a man; and I will ask you, and do you answer me. 018 JOB 040 008 Do not set aside my judgment: and do you think that I have dealt with you in any other way, than that you might appear to be righteous? 018 JOB 040 009 Hast you an arm like the Lord's? or do you thunder with a voice like his? 018 JOB 040 010 Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe yourself with glory and honor. 018 JOB 040 011 And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one. 018 JOB 040 012 Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly. 018 JOB 040 013 And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame. 018 JOB 040 014 [Then] will I confess that your right hand can save [you]. 018 JOB 040 015 But now look at the wild beasts with you; they eat grass like oxen. 018 JOB 040 016 Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 018 JOB 040 017 He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together. 018 JOB 040 018 His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron. 018 JOB 040 019 This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels. 018 JOB 040 020 And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep. 018 JOB 040 021 He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush. 018 JOB 040 022 And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field. 018 JOB 040 023 If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into his mouth. 018 JOB 040 024 [Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose. 018 JOB 041 001 But will you catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose? 018 JOB 041 002 Or will you fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp? 018 JOB 041 003 Will he address you with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant? 018 JOB 041 004 And will he make a covenant with you? and will you take him for a perpetual servant? 018 JOB 041 005 And will you play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child? 018 JOB 041 006 And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phoenicians share him? 018 JOB 041 007 And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither [shall they carry] his head in fishing vessels. 018 JOB 041 008 But you shall lay your hand upon him [once], remembering the war that is waged by his mouth; and let it not be done any more. 018 JOB 041 009 Hast you not seen him? and have you not wondered at the things said [of him]? 018 JOB 041 010 Do you not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me? 018 JOB 041 011 Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole [world] under heaven is mine? 018 JOB 041 012 I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power [one] shall pity his antagonist. 018 JOB 041 013 Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the fold of his breastplate? 018 JOB 041 014 Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth. 018 JOB 041 015 His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his [skin] as a smyrite stone. 018 JOB 041 016 One [part] cleaves fast to another, and the air can’t come between them. 018 JOB 041 017 They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and can’t be separated. 018 JOB 041 018 At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are [as] the appearance of the morning star. 018 JOB 041 019 Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad. 018 JOB 041 020 Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals. 018 JOB 041 021 His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. 018 JOB 041 022 And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs. 018 JOB 041 023 The flesh also of his body is joined together: [if one] pours [violence] upon him, he shall not be moved. 018 JOB 041 024 His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil. 018 JOB 041 025 And when he turns, [he is] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth. 018 JOB 041 026 If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [either with] the spear or the breast-plate. 018 JOB 041 027 For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood. 018 JOB 041 028 The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass. 018 JOB 041 029 Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand. 018 JOB 041 030 His lair is [formed of] sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense [quantity of] clay. 018 JOB 041 031 He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment, 018 JOB 041 032 and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as [his] range. 018 JOB 041 033 There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels. 018 JOB 041 034 He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters. 018 JOB 042 001 Then Job answered and said to the Lord, 018 JOB 042 002 I know that you can do all things, and nothing is impossible with you. 018 JOB 042 003 For who is he that hides counsel from you? or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from you? and who will tell me what I knew not, great and wonderful things which I understood not? 018 JOB 042 004 But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: and I will ask you, and do you teach me. 018 JOB 042 005 I have heard the report of you by the ear before; but now mine eye has seen you. 018 JOB 042 006 Therefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes. 018 JOB 042 007 And it came to pass after the Lord had spoken all these words to Job, [that] the Lord said to Eliphaz the Thaemanite, You have sinned, and your two friends: for you have not said anything true before me, as my servant Job [has]. 018 JOB 042 008 Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he shall offer a burnt offering for you. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will only accept him: for but his sake, I would have destroyed you, for you have not spoken the truth against my servant Job. 018 JOB 042 009 So Eliphaz the Thaemanite, and Baldad the Sauchite, and Sophar the Minaean, went and did as the Lord commanded them: and he pardoned their sin for the sake of Job. 018 JOB 042 010 And the Lord prospered Job: and when he prayed also for his friends, he forgave them [their] sin: and the Lord gave Job twice as much, even the double of what he had before. 018 JOB 042 011 And all his brethren and his sisters heard all that had happened to him, and they came to him, and [so did] all that had known him from the first: and they ate and drank with him, and comforted him, and wondered at all that the Lord had brought upon him: and each one gave him a lamb, and four drachmas' weight of gold, even of unstamped [gold]. 018 JOB 042 012 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, [more] than the beginning: and his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand she-asses of the pastures. 018 JOB 042 013 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 018 JOB 042 014 And he called the first Day, and the second Casia, and the third Amalthaea's horn. 018 JOB 042 015 And there were not found in comparison with the daughters of Job, fairer [women] than they in all the world: and their father gave them an inheritance among their brethren. 018 JOB 042 016 And Job lived after [his] affliction a hundred and seventy years: and all the years he lived were two hundred and forty: and Job saw his sons and his sons' sons, the fourth generation. 018 JOB 042 017 And Job died, an old man and full of days. # # BOOK 019 PSA Psalms Psalms 019 PSA 001 001 Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men. 019 PSA 001 002 But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night. 019 PSA 001 003 And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatever he shall do shall be prospered. 019 PSA 001 004 Not so the ungodly; —not so: but rather as the chaff which the wind scatters away from the face of the earth. 019 PSA 001 005 Therefore the ungodly shall not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the counsel of the just. 019 PSA 001 006 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish. 019 PSA 002 001 Therefore did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things? 019 PSA 002 002 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers gathered themselves together, against the Lord, and against his Christ; 019 PSA 002 003 [saying], Let us break through their bonds, and cast away their yoke from us. 019 PSA 002 004 He that dwells in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn, and the Lord shall mock them. 019 PSA 002 005 Then shall he speak to them in his anger, and trouble them in his fury. 019 PSA 002 006 But I have been made king by him on Sion his holy mountain, 019 PSA 002 007 declaring the ordinance of the Lord: the Lord said to me, You are my Son, today have I begotten you. 019 PSA 002 008 Ask of me, and I will give you the heathen [for] your inheritance, and the ends of the earth [for] your possession. 019 PSA 002 009 You shall rule them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces as a potter's vessel. 019 PSA 002 010 Now therefore understand, you kings: be instructed, all you that judge the earth. 019 PSA 002 011 Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice in him with trembling. 019 PSA 002 012 Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you should perish from the righteous way: whenever his wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in him. 019 PSA 003 001 A Psalm of David, when he fled from the presence of his son Abessalom. O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? many rise up against me. 019 PSA 003 002 Many say concerning my soul, There is no deliverance for him in his God. (Pause) 019 PSA 003 003 But you, O Lord, are my helper: my glory, and the one that lifts up my head. 019 PSA 003 004 I cried to the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy mountain. (Pause) 019 PSA 003 005 I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me. 019 PSA 003 006 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, who beset me round about. 019 PSA 003 007 Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: for you have struck all who were without cause mine enemies; you have broken the teeth of sinners. 019 PSA 003 008 Deliverance is the Lord's, and your blessing is upon your people. 019 PSA 004 001 For the End, a Song of David among [the ]Psalms. When I called upon [him], the God of my righteousness heard me: you have made room for me in tribulation; pity me, and listen to my prayer. 019 PSA 004 002 O you sons of men, how long [will you be] slow of heart? therefore do you love vanity, and seek falsehood? (Pause) 019 PSA 004 003 But know you that the Lord has done wondrous things for his holy one: the Lord will hear me when I cry to him. 019 PSA 004 004 Be you angry, and sin not; feel compunction upon your beds for what you say in your hearts. (Pause) 019 PSA 004 005 Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and trust in the Lord. 019 PSA 004 006 Many say, Who will show us good things? the light of your countenance, O Lord, has been manifested towards us. 019 PSA 004 007 You have put gladness into my heart: they have been satisfied with the fruit of their corn and wine and oil. 019 PSA 004 008 I will both lie down in peace and sleep: for you, Lord, only have caused me to dwell securely. 019 PSA 005 001 For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning her that inherits. Listen to my words, O Lord, attend to my cry. 019 PSA 005 002 Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to you, O Lord, will I pray. 019 PSA 005 003 In the morning you shall hear my voice: in the morning will I wait upon you, and will look up. 019 PSA 005 004 For you are not a god that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with you. 019 PSA 005 005 Neither shall the transgressors continue in your sight: you hate, O Lord, all them that work iniquity. 019 PSA 005 006 You will destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man. 019 PSA 005 007 But I will enter into your house in the multitude of your mercy: I will worship in your fear toward your holy temple. 019 PSA 005 008 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before your face. 019 PSA 005 009 For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit. 019 PSA 005 010 Judge them, O God; let them fail of their counsels: cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; for they have provoked you, O Lord. 019 PSA 005 011 But let all that trust on you be glad in you: they shall exult for ever, and you shall dwell among them; and all that love your name shall rejoice in you. 019 PSA 005 012 For you, Lord, shall bless the righteous: you have compassed us as with a shield of favor. 019 PSA 006 001 For the End, a Psalm of David among the Hymns for the eighth. O Lord, rebuke me not in your wrath, neither chasten me in your anger. 019 PSA 006 002 Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed. 019 PSA 006 003 My soul also is grievously vexed: but you, O Lord, how long? 019 PSA 006 004 Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: save me for your mercy's sake. 019 PSA 006 005 For in death no man remembers you: and who will give you thanks in Hades? 019 PSA 006 006 I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with tears. 019 PSA 006 007 Mine eye is troubled because of my wrath; I am worn out because of all my enemies. 019 PSA 006 008 Depart from me, all you that work iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. 019 PSA 006 009 The Lord has listened to my petition; the Lord has accepted my prayer. 019 PSA 006 010 Let all mine enemies be put to shame and sore troubled: let them be turned back and grievously put to shame speedily. 019 PSA 007 001 A Psalm of David, which he sang to the Lord because of the words of Chusi the Benjamite. O Lord my God, in you have I trusted: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me. 019 PSA 007 002 Lest at any time [the enemy] seize my soul as a lion, while there is none to ransom, nor to save. 019 PSA 007 003 O Lord my God, if I have done this; (if there is unrighteousness in my hands; ) 019 PSA 007 004 if I have requited with evil those who requited me [with good]; may I then perish empty by means of my enemies. 019 PSA 007 005 Let the enemy persecute my soul, an take it; and let him trample my life on the ground, and lay my glory in the dust. (Pause) 019 PSA 007 006 Arise, O Lord, in your wrath; be exalted in the utmost boundaries of mine enemies: awake, O Lord my God, according to the decree which you did command. 019 PSA 007 007 And the congregation of the nations shall compass you: and for this cause do you return on high. 019 PSA 007 008 The Lord shall judge the nations: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to my innocence that is in me. 019 PSA 007 009 Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and [then] you shall direct the righteous, O God that search the hearts and reins. 019 PSA 007 010 My help is righteous, [coming] from God who saves the upright in heart. 019 PSA 007 011 God is a righteous judge, and strong, and patient, not inflicting vengeance every day. 019 PSA 007 012 If you will not repent, he will furbish his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready. 019 PSA 007 013 And on it he has fitted the instruments of death; he has completed his arrows for the raging ones. 019 PSA 007 014 Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity. 019 PSA 007 015 He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. 019 PSA 007 016 His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown. 019 PSA 007 017 I will give thanks to the Lord according to his righteousness; I will sing to the name of the Lord most high. 019 PSA 008 001 For the end, concerning the wine presses, a Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth! for your magnificence is exalted above the heavens. 019 PSA 008 002 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have you perfected praise, because of your enemies; that you might put down the enemy and avenger. 019 PSA 008 003 For I will regard the heavens, the work of your fingers; the moon and stars, which you have established. 019 PSA 008 004 What is man, that you are mindful of him? or the son of man, that you visit him? 019 PSA 008 005 You made him a little less than angels, you have crowned him with glory and honor; 019 PSA 008 006 and you have set him over the works of your hands: you have put all things under his feet: 019 PSA 008 007 sheep and all oxen, yes and the cattle of the field; 019 PSA 008 008 the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, the [creatures] passing through the paths of the sea. 019 PSA 008 009 O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth! 019 PSA 009 001 For the end, a Psalm of David, concerning the secrets of the Son. I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will recount all your wonderful works. 019 PSA 009 002 I will be glad and exult in you: I will sing to your name, O you Most High. 019 PSA 009 003 When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at your presence. 019 PSA 009 004 For you have maintained my cause and my right; you sat on the throne, that judge righteousness. 019 PSA 009 005 You have rebuked the nations, and the ungodly one has perished; you have blotted out their name for ever, even for ever and ever. 019 PSA 009 006 The swords of the enemy have failed utterly; and you have destroyed cities: their memorial has been destroyed with a noise, 019 PSA 009 007 but the Lord endures for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment. 019 PSA 009 008 And he will judge the world in righteousness, he will judge the nations in uprightness. 019 PSA 009 009 The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction. 019 PSA 009 010 And let them that know your name hope in you: for you, O Lord, have not failed them that diligently seek you. 019 PSA 009 011 Sing praises to the Lord, who dwells in Sion: declare his dealings among the nations. 019 PSA 009 012 For he remembered them, [in] making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication of the poor. 019 PSA 009 013 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction [which I suffer] of mine enemies, you that lift me up from the gates of death: 019 PSA 009 014 that I may declare all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion: I will exult in your salvation. 019 PSA 009 015 The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken. 019 PSA 009 016 The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. (A song of, Pause) 019 PSA 009 017 Let sinners be driven away into Hades, [even] all the nations that forget God. 019 PSA 009 018 For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever. 019 PSA 009 019 Arise, O Lord, let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged before you. 019 PSA 009 020 Appoint, O Lord, a lawgiver over them: let the heathen know that they are men. (Pause) 019 PSA 010 001 Why stand you afar off, O Lord? [why] do you overlook [us] in times of need, in affliction? 019 PSA 010 002 While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: [the wicked] are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine. 019 PSA 010 003 Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself. 019 PSA 010 004 The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after [him]: God is not before him. 019 PSA 010 005 His ways are profane at all times; your judgments are removed from before him: he will gain the mastery over all his enemies. 019 PSA 010 006 For he has said in his heart, I shall not be moved, [continuing] without evil from generation to generation. 019 PSA 010 007 Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain. 019 PSA 010 008 He lies in wait with rich [men] in secret places, in order to kill the innocent: his eyes are set against the poor. 019 PSA 010 009 He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him [after him]: he will bring him down in his snare. 019 PSA 010 010 He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor. 019 PSA 010 011 For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look. 019 PSA 010 012 Arise, O Lord God; let your hand be lifted up: forget not the poor. 019 PSA 010 013 Therefore, has the wicked provoked God? for he has said in his heart, He will not require [it]. 019 PSA 010 014 You see [it]; for you do observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into your hands: the poor has been left to you; you were a helper to the orphan. 019 PSA 010 015 Break you the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found. 019 PSA 010 016 The Lord shall reign for ever, even for ever and ever: you Gentiles shall perish out his land. 019 PSA 010 017 The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart; 019 PSA 010 018 to plead for the orphan and afflicted, that man may no more boast upon the earth. 019 PSA 011 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. In the Lord I have put my trust: how will you say to my soul, Flee to the mountains as a sparrow? 019 PSA 011 002 For behold the sinners have bent their [bow], they have prepared their arrows for the quiver, to shoot For privily at the upright in heart. 019 PSA 011 003 For they have pulled down what you did frame, but what has the righteous done? 019 PSA 011 004 The Lord is in his holy temple, as for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: his eyes look upon the poor, his eyelids try the sons of men. 019 PSA 011 005 The Lord tries the righteous and the ungodly: and he that loves unrighteousness hates his own soul. 019 PSA 011 006 He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast [shall be] the portion of their cup. 019 PSA 011 007 For the Lord [is] righteous, and loves righteousness; his face beholds uprightness. 019 PSA 012 001 For the end, A Psalm of David, upon the eighth. Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men. 019 PSA 012 002 Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbor: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart. 019 PSA 012 003 Let the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, and the tongue that speaks great words: 019 PSA 012 004 who have said, We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own: who is Lord of us? 019 PSA 012 005 Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord, I will set [them] in safety; I will speak [to them] thereof openly. 019 PSA 012 006 The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved [in] a furnace of earth, purified seven times. 019 PSA 012 007 You, O Lord, shall keep us, and shall preserve us, from this generation, and for ever. 019 PSA 012 008 The ungodly walk around: according to your greatness you has greatly exalted the sons of men. 019 PSA 013 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. How long, O Lord, will you forget me? for ever? how long will you turn away your face from me? 019 PSA 013 002 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 019 PSA 013 003 Look on me, listen to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death; 019 PSA 013 004 lest at any time mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him: my persecutors will exult if ever I should be moved. 019 PSA 013 005 But I have hoped in your mercy; my heart shall exult in your salvation. 019 PSA 013 006 I will sing to the Lord who has dealt bountifully with me, and I will sing psalms to the name of the Lord most high. 019 PSA 014 001 For the end, Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted [themselves], and become abominable in their devices; there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one. 019 PSA 014 002 The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after god. 019 PSA 014 003 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes. 019 PSA 014 004 Will not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon the Lord. 019 PSA 014 005 There were they alarmed with fear, where there was no fear; for God is in the righteous generation. 019 PSA 014 006 You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope. 019 PSA 014 007 Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? when the Lord brings back the captivity of his people, let Jacob exult, and Israel be glad. 019 PSA 015 001 A Psalm of David. O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tabernacle? and who shall dwell in your holy mountain? 019 PSA 015 002 He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart. 019 PSA 015 003 Who has not spoken craftily with is tongue, neither has done evil to his neighbor, nor taken up a reproach against them that lived nearest to him. 019 PSA 015 004 In his sight an evil-worker is set at nothing, but he honors them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbor, and disappoints [him] not. 019 PSA 015 005 He has not lent his money on usury, and has not received bribes against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved. 019 PSA 016 001 A writing of David. Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in you. 019 PSA 016 002 I said to the Lord, You are my Lord; for you has no need of my goodness. 019 PSA 016 003 On behalf of the saints that are in his land, he has magnified all his pleasure in them. 019 PSA 016 004 Their weaknesses have been multiplied; afterward they hasted. I will by no means assemble their bloody meetings, neither will I make mention of their names with my lips. 019 PSA 016 005 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: you are he that restores my inheritance to me. 019 PSA 016 006 The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yes, I have a most excellent heritage. 019 PSA 016 007 I will bless the Lord who has instructed me; my reins too have chastened me even till night. 019 PSA 016 008 I foresaw the Lord always before my face; for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. 019 PSA 016 009 Therefore my heart rejoiced an my tongue exulted; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 019 PSA 016 010 because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption. 019 PSA 016 011 You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy with your countenance: at your right hand [there are] delights for ever. 019 PSA 017 001 A prayer of David. Listen, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not [uttered] with deceitful lips. 019 PSA 017 002 Let my judgment come forth from your presence; let mine eyes behold righteousness. 019 PSA 017 003 You has proved mine heart; you have visited [me] by night; you have tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: [I am purposed] that my mouth shall not speak [amiss]. 019 PSA 017 004 As for the works of men, by the words of your lips I have guarded [myself from] hard ways. 019 PSA 017 005 Direct my steps in your paths, that my steps slip not. 019 PSA 017 006 I have cried, for you heard me, O God: incline your ear to me, and listen to my words. 019 PSA 017 007 Show the marvels of your mercies, you that save them that hope in you. 019 PSA 017 008 Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist your right hand: you shall screen me by the covering of your wings, 019 PSA 017 009 from the face of the ungodly that have afflicted me: mine enemies have compassed about my soul. 019 PSA 017 010 They have enclosed [themselves with] their own fat: their mouth has spoken pride. 019 PSA 017 011 They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes [so as] to bow them down to the ground. 019 PSA 017 012 They laid wait for me as a lion ready for prey, and like a lion's whelp dwelling in secret [places]. 019 PSA 017 013 Arise, O Lord, prevent them, and cast them down: deliver my soul from the ungodly: [draw] your sword, 019 PSA 017 014 because of the enemies of your hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with your hidden [treasures]: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant [of their possessions] to their babes. 019 PSA 017 015 But I shall appear in righteousness before your face: I shall be satisfied when your glory appears. 019 PSA 018 001 For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of the Lord; [the words] which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said: I will love you, O Lord, my strength. 019 PSA 018 002 The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; [he is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper. 019 PSA 018 003 I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies. 019 PSA 018 004 The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly. 019 PSA 018 005 The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me. 019 PSA 018 006 And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, [even] into his ears. 019 PSA 018 007 Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them. 019 PSA 018 008 There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it. 019 PSA 018 009 And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet. 019 PSA 018 010 And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds. 019 PSA 018 011 And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of the air. 019 PSA 018 012 At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire. 019 PSA 018 013 The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice. 019 PSA 018 014 And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them. 019 PSA 018 015 And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of your wrath. 019 PSA 018 016 He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters. 019 PSA 018 017 He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I. 019 PSA 018 018 They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them]. 019 PSA 018 019 And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me. 019 PSA 018 020 And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me. 019 PSA 018 021 For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. 019 PSA 018 022 For all his judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me. 019 PSA 018 023 And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity. 019 PSA 018 024 And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes. 019 PSA 018 025 With the holy you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent. 019 PSA 018 026 And with the excellent [man] you will be excellent; and with the perverse you will show frowardness. 019 PSA 018 027 For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud. 019 PSA 018 028 For you, O Lord, will light my lamp: my God, you will lighten my darkness. 019 PSA 018 029 For by you shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall. 019 PSA 018 030 [As for] my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him. 019 PSA 018 031 For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God? 019 PSA 018 032 [It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless: 019 PSA 018 033 who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places. 019 PSA 018 034 He instructs my hands for war: and you have made my arms [as] a brazen bow. 019 PSA 018 035 And you have made me secure in my salvation: and your right hand has helped me, and your correction has upheld me to the end; yes, your correction itself shall instruct me. 019 PSA 018 036 You has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail. 019 PSA 018 037 I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed. 019 PSA 018 038 I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet. 019 PSA 018 039 For you have girded me with strength for war: you have beaten down under me all that rose up against me. 019 PSA 018 040 And you has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and you have destroyed them that hated me. 019 PSA 018 041 They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he listened not to them. 019 PSA 018 042 I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind. 019 PSA 018 043 Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: you shall make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me, 019 PSA 018 044 at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me. 019 PSA 018 045 The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness. 019 PSA 018 046 The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. 019 PSA 018 047 [It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me; 019 PSA 018 048 my deliverer from angry enemies: you shall set me on high above them that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the unrighteous man. 019 PSA 018 049 Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name. 019 PSA 018 050 [God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever. 019 PSA 019 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands. 019 PSA 019 002 Day to day utters speech, and night to night proclaims knowledge. 019 PSA 019 003 There are no speeches or words, in which their voices are not heard. 019 PSA 019 004 Their voice is gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. 019 PSA 019 005 In the sun he has set his tabernacle; and he comes forth as a bridegroom out of his chamber: he will exult as a giant to run his course. 019 PSA 019 006 His going forth is from the extremity of heaven, and his circuit to the [other] end of heaven: and no one shall be hidden from his heat. 019 PSA 019 007 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes. 019 PSA 019 008 The ordinances of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is bright, enlightening the eyes. 019 PSA 019 009 The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring for ever and ever: the judgments of the Lord are true, [and] justified altogether. 019 PSA 019 010 To be desired more than gold, and much precious stone: sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb. 019 PSA 019 011 For your servant keeps to them: in the keeping of them [there is] great reward. 019 PSA 019 012 Who will understand [his] transgressions? purge you me from my secret [sins]. 019 PSA 019 013 And spare your servant [the attack] of strangers: if they do not gain the dominion over me, then shall I be blameless, and I shall be clear from great sin. 019 PSA 019 014 So shall the sayings of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be pleasing continually before you, O Lord my helper, and my redeemer. 019 PSA 020 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. The Lord hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you. 019 PSA 020 002 Send you help from the sanctuary, and aid you out of Sion. 019 PSA 020 003 Remember all your sacrifice, and enrich your whole burnt offering. (Pause) 019 PSA 020 004 Grant you according to your heart, and fulfill all your desire. 019 PSA 020 005 We will exult in your salvation, and in the name of our God shall we be magnified: the Lord fulfil all your petitions. 019 PSA 020 006 Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ: he shall hear him from his holy heaven: the salvation of his right hand is mighty. 019 PSA 020 007 Some [glory] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God. 019 PSA 020 008 They are overthrown and fallen: but we are risen, and have been set upright. 019 PSA 020 009 O Lord, save the king: and hear us in whatever day we call upon you. 019 PSA 021 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, the king shall rejoice in your strength; and in your salvation he shall greatly exult. 019 PSA 021 002 You have granted him the desire of his soul, and have not withheld from him the request of his lips. (Pause) 019 PSA 021 003 For you have prevented him with blessings of goodness: you has set upon his head a crown of precious stone. 019 PSA 021 004 He asked life of you, and you gave him length of days for ever and ever. 019 PSA 021 005 His glory is great in your salvation: you will crown him with glory and majesty. 019 PSA 021 006 For you will give him a blessing for ever and ever: you will gladden him with joy with your countenance. 019 PSA 021 007 For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved. 019 PSA 021 008 Let your hand be found by all your enemies: let your right hand find all that hate you. 019 PSA 021 009 You shall make them as a fiery oven at the time of your presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them. 019 PSA 021 010 You shall destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from [among] the sons of men. 019 PSA 021 011 For they intended evils against you; they imagined a device which they shall by no means be able to perform. 019 PSA 021 012 For you shall make them [turn their] back in your latter end, you will prepare their face. 019 PSA 021 013 Be you exalted, O Lord, in your strength: we will sing and praise your mighty acts. 019 PSA 022 001 For the end, concerning the morning aid, a Psalm of David. O God, my God, attend to me: why have you forsaken me? the account of my transgressions is far from my salvation. 019 PSA 022 002 O my God, I will cry to you by day, but you will not hear: and by night, and [it shall] not [be accounted] for folly to me. 019 PSA 022 003 But you, the praise of Israel, dwell in a sanctuary. 019 PSA 022 004 Our fathers hoped in you; they hoped, and you did deliver them. 019 PSA 022 005 They cried to you, and were saved: they hoped in you, and were not ashamed. 019 PSA 022 006 But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people. 019 PSA 022 007 All that saw me mocked me: they spoke with [their] lips, they shook the head, [saying], 019 PSA 022 008 He hoped in the Lord: let him deliver him, let him save him, because he takes pleasure in him. 019 PSA 022 009 For you are he that drew me out of the womb; my hope from my mother's breasts. 019 PSA 022 010 I was cast on you from the womb: you are my God from my mother's belly. 019 PSA 022 011 Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; for there is no helper. 019 PSA 022 012 Many bullocks have compassed me: fat bulls have beset me round. 019 PSA 022 013 They have opened their mouth against me, as a ravening and roaring lion. 019 PSA 022 014 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are loosened: my heart in the midst of my belly is become like melting wax. 019 PSA 022 015 My strength is dried up, like a potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and you have brought me down to the dust of death. 019 PSA 022 016 For many dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked doers has beset me round: they pierced my hands and my feet. 019 PSA 022 017 They counted all my bones; and they observed and looked upon me. 019 PSA 022 018 They parted my garments [among] themselves, and cast lots upon my raiment. 019 PSA 022 019 But you, O Lord, remove not my help afar off: be ready for mine aid. 019 PSA 022 020 Deliver my soul from the sword; my only-begotten one from the power of the dog. 019 PSA 022 021 Save me from the lion's mouth; and [regard] my lowliness from the horns of the unicorns. 019 PSA 022 022 I will declare your name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I sing praise to you. 019 PSA 022 023 You that fear the Lord, praise him; all you seed of Jacob, glorify him: let all the seed of Israel fear him. 019 PSA 022 024 For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me. 019 PSA 022 025 My praise is of you in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 019 PSA 022 026 The poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their heart shall live for ever. 019 PSA 022 027 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord: and all the kindred of the nations shall worship before him. 019 PSA 022 028 For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he is the governor of the nations. 019 PSA 022 029 All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped: all that go down to the earth shall fall down before him: my soul also lives to him. 019 PSA 022 030 And my seed shall serve him: the generation that is coming shall be reported to the Lord. 019 PSA 022 031 And they shall report his righteousness to the people that shall be born, whom the Lord has made. 019 PSA 023 001 A Psalm of David. The Lord tends me as a shepherd, and I shall lack nothing. 019 PSA 023 002 In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: he has nourished me by the water of rest. 019 PSA 023 003 He has restored my soul: he has guided me into the paths of righteousness, for his name's sake. 019 PSA 023 004 Yes, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of evils: for you are with me; your rod and your staff, these have comforted me. 019 PSA 023 005 You has prepared a table before me in presence of them that afflict me: you have thoroughly anointed my head with oil; and your cup cheers me like the best [wine]. 019 PSA 023 006 Your mercy also shall follow me all the days of my life: and my dwelling [shall be] in the house of the Lord for a very long time. 019 PSA 024 001 A Psalm for David on the first day of the week. A Psalm for David on the first day of the week. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; the world, and all that dwell in it. 019 PSA 024 002 He has founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the rivers. 019 PSA 024 003 Who shall go up to the mountain of the Lord, and who shall stand in his holy place? 019 PSA 024 004 He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor. 019 PSA 024 005 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour. 019 PSA 024 006 This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek the face of the God of Jacob. (Pause) 019 PSA 024 007 Lift up your gates, you princes, and be you lifted up, you everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in. 019 PSA 024 008 Who is this king of Glory? the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. 019 PSA 024 009 Lift up your gates, you princes; and be you lift up, you everlasting doors; and the king of glory shall come in. 019 PSA 024 010 Who is this king of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is this king of glory. 019 PSA 025 001 A Psalm of David. To you, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 019 PSA 025 002 O my God, I have trusted in you: let me not be confounded, neither let mine enemies laugh me to scorn. 019 PSA 025 003 For none of them that wait on you shall in any wise be ashamed: let them be ashamed that transgress without cause. 019 PSA 025 004 Show me your ways, O Lord; and teach me your paths. 019 PSA 025 005 Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are God my Saviour: and I have waited on you all the day. 019 PSA 025 006 Remember your compassions, O Lord, and your mercies, for they are from everlasting. 019 PSA 025 007 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor [my sins] of ignorance: remember me according to your mercy, for your goodness' sake, O Lord. 019 PSA 025 008 Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he instruct sinners in [the] way. 019 PSA 025 009 The meek will he guide in judgment: the meek will he teach his ways. 019 PSA 025 010 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth to them that seek his covenant and his testimonies. 019 PSA 025 011 For your name's sake, O Lord, do you also be merciful to my sin; for it is great. 019 PSA 025 012 Who is the man that fears the Lord? he shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen. 019 PSA 025 013 His soul shall dwell in prosperity; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 019 PSA 025 014 The Lord is the strength of them that fear him; and his covenant is to manifest [truth] to them. 019 PSA 025 015 Mine eyes are continually to the Lord; for he shall draw my feet out of the snare. 019 PSA 025 016 Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; for I am an only child and poor. 019 PSA 025 017 The afflictions of my heart have been multiplied; deliver me from my distresses. 019 PSA 025 018 Look upon mine affliction and my trouble; and forgive all my sins. 019 PSA 025 019 Look upon mine enemies; for they have been multiplied; and they have hated me with unjust hatred. 019 PSA 025 020 Keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I have hoped in you. 019 PSA 025 021 The harmless and upright joined themselves to me: for I waited for you, O Lord. 019 PSA 025 022 Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his afflictions. 019 PSA 026 001 [A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved. 019 PSA 026 002 Prove me, O Lord, and try me; purify as with fire my reins and my heart. 019 PSA 026 003 For your mercy is before mine eyes: and I am well pleased with your truth. 019 PSA 026 004 I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors. 019 PSA 026 005 I have hated the assembly of wicked doers; and will not sit with ungodly [men]. 019 PSA 026 006 I will wash my hands in innocency, and compass your altar, O Lord: 019 PSA 026 007 to hear the voice of praise, and to declare all your wonderful works. 019 PSA 026 008 O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house, and the place of the tabernacle of your glory. 019 PSA 026 009 Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men: 019 PSA 026 010 in whose hands [are] iniquities, [and] their right hand is filled with bribes. 019 PSA 026 011 But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me. 019 PSA 026 012 My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless you, O Lord. 019 PSA 027 001 [A Psalm] of David, before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my Saviour; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the defender of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? 019 PSA 027 002 When evil-doers drew near against me to eat up my flesh, my persecutors and mine enemies, they fainted and fell. 019 PSA 027 003 Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident. 019 PSA 027 004 One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey his temple. 019 PSA 027 005 For in the day of mine afflictions he hid me in his tabernacle: he sheltered me in the secret of his tabernacle; he set me up on a rock. 019 PSA 027 006 And now, behold, he has lifted up mine head over mine enemies: I went round and offered in his tabernacle the sacrifice of joy; I will sing even sing psalms to the Lord. 019 PSA 027 007 Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity me, and listen to me. 019 PSA 027 008 My heart said to you, I have diligently sought your face: your face, O Lord, I will seek. 019 PSA 027 009 Turn not your face away from me, turn not you away from your servant in anger: be you my helper, forsake me not; and, O God my Saviour, overlook me not. 019 PSA 027 010 For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord has taken me to himself. 019 PSA 027 011 Teach me, O Lord, in your way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies. 019 PSA 027 012 Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me, and injustice has lied within herself. 019 PSA 027 013 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 019 PSA 027 014 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened: yes wait on the Lord. 019 PSA 028 001 [A Psalm] of David. To you, O Lord, have I cried; my God, be not silent toward me: lest you be silent toward me, and so I should be likened to them that go down to the pit. 019 PSA 028 002 Listen to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple. 019 PSA 028 003 Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but evils are in their hearts. 019 PSA 028 004 Give them according to their works, and according to the wickedness of their devices: give them according to the works of their hands; render their recompense to them. 019 PSA 028 005 Because they have not attended to the works of the Lord, even to the works of his hands, you shall pull them down, and shall not build them up. 019 PSA 028 006 Blessed be the Lord, for he has listened to the voice of my petition. 019 PSA 028 007 The Lord is my helper and my defender; my heart has hoped in him, and I am helped: my flesh has revived, and willingly will I give praise to him. 019 PSA 028 008 The Lord is the strength of his people, and the saving defender of his anointed. 019 PSA 028 009 Save your people, and bless your inheritance: and take care of them, and lift them up for ever. 019 PSA 029 001 A Psalm of David [on the occasion] of the solemn assembly of the Tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, you sons of God, bring to the Lord young rams; bring to the Lord glory and honor. 019 PSA 029 002 Bring to the Lord glory, [due] to his name; worship the lord in his holy court. 019 PSA 029 003 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters. 019 PSA 029 004 The voice of the Lord is mighty; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 019 PSA 029 005 [There is] the voice of the Lord who breaks the cedars; the Lord will break the cedars of Libanus. 019 PSA 029 006 And he will beat them small, [even] Libanus itself, like a calf; and the beloved one is as a young unicorn. 019 PSA 029 007 [There is] a voice of the Lord who divides a flame of fire. 019 PSA 029 008 A voice of the Lord who shakes the wilderness; the Lord will shake the wilderness of Cades. 019 PSA 029 009 The voice of the Lord strengthens the hinds, and will uncover the thickets: and in his temple every one speaks [of his] glory. 019 PSA 029 010 The Lord will dwell on the waterflood: and the Lord will sit a king for ever. 019 PSA 029 011 The Lord will give strength to his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. 019 PSA 030 001 For the end, a Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David. I will exalt you, O Lord; for you have lifted me up, and not caused mine enemies to rejoice over me. 019 PSA 030 002 O Lord my God, I cried to you, and you did heal me. 019 PSA 030 003 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Hades, you have delivered me from [among] them that go down to the pit. 019 PSA 030 004 Sing to the Lord, you his saints, and give thanks for the remembrance of his holiness. 019 PSA 030 005 For anger is in his wrath, but life in his favor: weeping shall wait for the evening, but joy shall be in the morning. 019 PSA 030 006 And I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved. 019 PSA 030 007 O Lord, in your good pleasure you did add strength to my beauty: but you did turn away your face, and I was troubled. 019 PSA 030 008 To you, O Lord, will I cry; and to my God will I make supplication. 019 PSA 030 009 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to you? or shall it declare your truth? 019 PSA 030 010 The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; the Lord is become my helper. 019 PSA 030 011 You have turned my mourning into joy for me: you have tore off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; 019 PSA 030 012 that my glory may sing praise to you, and I may not be pierced [with sorrow]. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you for ever. 019 PSA 031 001 For the end, a Psalm of David, [an utterance] of extreme fear. O Lord, I have hoped in you; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness and rescue me. 019 PSA 031 002 Incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me: be you to me for a protecting God, and for a house of refuge to save me. 019 PSA 031 003 For you are my strength and my refuge; and you shall guide me for your name's sake, and maintain me. 019 PSA 031 004 You shall bring me out of the snare which they have hidden for me; for you, O Lord, are my defender. 019 PSA 031 005 Into your hands I will commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 019 PSA 031 006 You has hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord. 019 PSA 031 007 I will exult and be glad in your mercy: for you have looked upon mine affliction; you have saved my soul from distresses. 019 PSA 031 008 And you have not shut me up into the hands of the enemy: you have set my feet in a wide place. 019 PSA 031 009 Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and by belly. 019 PSA 031 010 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled. 019 PSA 031 011 I became a reproach among all mine enemies, but exceedingly so to my neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that saw me without fled from me. 019 PSA 031 012 I have been forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am become as a broken vessel. 019 PSA 031 013 For I heard the slander of many that lived round about: when they were gathered together against me, they took counsel to take my life. 019 PSA 031 014 But I hoped in you, O Lord: I said, You are my God. 019 PSA 031 015 My lots are in your hands: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, 019 PSA 031 016 and from them that persecute me. Make your face to shine upon your servant: save me in your mercy. 019 PSA 031 017 O Lord, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon you: let the ungodly be ashamed, and brought down to Hades. 019 PSA 031 018 Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn. 019 PSA 031 019 How abundant is the multitude of your goodness, O Lord, which you have laid up for them that fear you! you have wrought [it] out for them that hope on you, in the presence of the sons of men. 019 PSA 031 020 You will hide them in the secret of your presence from the vexation of man: you will screen them in a tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues. 019 PSA 031 021 Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city. 019 PSA 031 022 But I said in my extreme fear, I am cast out from the sight of your eyes: therefore you did listen, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication when I cried to you. 019 PSA 031 023 Love the Lord, all you his saints: for the Lord seeks for truth, and renders [a reward] to them that deal very proudly. 019 PSA 031 024 Be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened, all you that hope in the Lord. 019 PSA 032 001 [A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered. 019 PSA 032 002 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile. 019 PSA 032 003 Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day. 019 PSA 032 004 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. (Pause) 019 PSA 032 005 I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and you forgave the ungodliness of my heart. (Pause) 019 PSA 032 006 Therefore shall every holy one pray to you in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come near to him. 019 PSA 032 007 You are my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. (Pause) 019 PSA 032 008 I will instruct you and guide you in this way wherein you shall go: I will fix mine eyes upon you. 019 PSA 032 009 Be you not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; [but you must] constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come near to you. 019 PSA 032 010 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about. 019 PSA 032 011 Be glad in the Lord, and exult, you righteous: and glory, all you that are upright in heart. 019 PSA 033 001 [A Psalm] of David. Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous; praise becomes the upright. 019 PSA 033 002 Praise the Lord on the harp; platy to him on a lute of ten strings. 019 PSA 033 003 Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise. 019 PSA 033 004 For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are faithful. 019 PSA 033 005 He loves mercy and judgment; the earth is full the mercy of the Lord. 019 PSA 033 006 By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the host of them by the breath of his [mouth]. 019 PSA 033 007 Who gathers the waters of the sea as [in] a bottle; who lays up the deeps in treasuries. 019 PSA 033 008 Let all the earth fear the Lord; and let all that dwell in the world be moved because of him. 019 PSA 033 009 For he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. 019 PSA 033 010 The Lord frustrates the counsels of the nations; he brings to nothing also the reasonings of the peoples, and brings to nothing the counsels of princes. 019 PSA 033 011 But the counsel of the Lord endures for ever, the thoughts of his heart from generation to generation. 019 PSA 033 012 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. 019 PSA 033 013 The Lord looks out of heaven; he beholds all the sons of men. 019 PSA 033 014 He looks from his prepared habitation on all the dwellers on the earth; 019 PSA 033 015 who fashioned their hearts alone; who understands all their works. 019 PSA 033 016 A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength. 019 PSA 033 017 A horse is vain for safety; neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power. 019 PSA 033 018 Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him, those that hope in his mercy; 019 PSA 033 019 to deliver their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine. 019 PSA 033 020 Our soul waits on the Lord; for he is our helper and defender. 019 PSA 033 021 For our heart shall rejoice in him, and we have hoped in his holy name. 019 PSA 033 022 Let your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, according as we have hoped in you. 019 PSA 034 001 [A Psalm] of David, when he changed his countenance before Abimelech; and he let him go, and he departed. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall be continually in my mouth. 019 PSA 034 002 My soul shall boast herself in the Lord: let the meek hear, and rejoice. 019 PSA 034 003 Magnify you the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. 019 PSA 034 004 I sought the Lord diligently, and he listened to me, and delivered me from all my sojournings. 019 PSA 034 005 Draw near to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not [by any means] be ashamed. 019 PSA 034 006 This poor man cried, and the Lord listened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions. 019 PSA 034 007 The angel of the Lord will encamp round about them that fear him, and will deliver them. 019 PSA 034 008 Taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man who hopes in him. 019 PSA 034 009 Fear the Lord, all you his saints: for there is no lack to them that fear him. 019 PSA 034 010 The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not lack any good thing. (Pause) 019 PSA 034 011 Come, you children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 019 PSA 034 012 What man is there that desires life, loving to see good days? 019 PSA 034 013 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile. 019 PSA 034 014 Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 019 PSA 034 015 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears [are open] to their prayer: 019 PSA 034 016 but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord listened to them, 019 PSA 034 017 and delivered them out of all their afflictions. 019 PSA 034 018 The Lord is near to them that are of a contrite heart; and will save the lowly in spirit. 019 PSA 034 019 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but out of them all Lord will deliver them. 019 PSA 034 020 He keeps all their bones: not one of them shall be broken. 019 PSA 034 021 The death of sinners is evil: and they that hate righteousness will go wrong. 019 PSA 034 022 The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of those that hope in him shall go wrong. 019 PSA 035 001 [A Psalm] of David. Judge you, O Lord, them that injure me, fight against them that fight against me. 019 PSA 035 002 Take hold of shield and buckler, and arise for my help. 019 PSA 035 003 Bring forth a sword, and stop [the way] against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am your salvation. 019 PSA 035 004 Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame. 019 PSA 035 005 Let them be as dust before the wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them. 019 PSA 035 006 Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them. 019 PSA 035 007 For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul. 019 PSA 035 008 Let a snare which they know not come upon them; and the gin which they hid take them; and let them fall into the very same snare. 019 PSA 035 009 But my soul shall exult in the Lord: it shall delight in his salvation. 019 PSA 035 010 All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to you? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yes, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him. 019 PSA 035 011 Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I new not. 019 PSA 035 012 They rewarded me evil for good, and bereavement to my soul. 019 PSA 035 013 But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my [own] bosom. 019 PSA 035 014 I behaved agreeably towards them as [if it had been] our neighbor [or] brother: I humbled myself as one mourning and sad of countenance. 019 PSA 035 015 Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew [it] not: they were scattered, but repented not. 019 PSA 035 016 They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me. 019 PSA 035 017 O Lord, when will you look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions. 019 PSA 035 018 I will give thanks to you even in a great congregation: in an abundant people I will praise you. 019 PSA 035 019 Let not them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes. 019 PSA 035 020 For to me they spoke peaceably, but imagined deceits in [their] anger. 019 PSA 035 021 And they opened wide their mouth upon me; they said Aha, aha, our eyes have seen [it]. 019 PSA 035 022 You have seen [it], O Lord: keep not silence: O Lord, withdraw not [yourself] from me. 019 PSA 035 023 Awake, O Lord, and attend to my judgment, [even] to my cause, my God and my Lord. 019 PSA 035 024 Judge me, O Lord, according to your righteousness, O Lord my God; and let them not rejoice against me. 019 PSA 035 025 Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, aha, [it is pleasing] to our soul: neither let them say, We have devoured him. 019 PSA 035 026 Let them be confounded and ashamed together that rejoice at my afflictions: let them be clothed with shame and confusion that speak great swelling words against me. 019 PSA 035 027 Let them that rejoice in my righteousness exult and be glad: and let them say continually, The Lord be magnified, who desire the peace of his servant. 019 PSA 035 028 And my tongue shall meditate on your righteousness, [and] on your praise all the day. 019 PSA 036 001 For the end, by David the servant of the Lord. The transgressor, that he may sin, says within himself, [that] there is no fear of God before his eyes. 019 PSA 036 002 For he has dealt craftily before him, to discover his iniquity and hate it. 019 PSA 036 003 The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit: he is not inclined to understand [how] to do good. 019 PSA 036 004 He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil. 019 PSA 036 005 O Lord, your mercy is in the heaven; and your truth [reaches] to the clouds. 019 PSA 036 006 Your righteousness is as the mountains of God, your judgments are as a great deep: O Lord, you will preserve men and beasts. 019 PSA 036 007 How have you multiplied your mercy, O God! so the children of men shall trust in the shelter of your wings. 019 PSA 036 008 They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of your house; and you shall cause them to drink of the full stream of your delights. 019 PSA 036 009 For with you is the fountain of life: in your light we shall see light. 019 PSA 036 010 Extend your mercy to them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart. 019 PSA 036 011 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners move me. 019 PSA 036 012 There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand. 019 PSA 037 001 [A Psalm] of David. Fret not yourself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity. 019 PSA 037 002 For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs. 019 PSA 037 003 Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it. 019 PSA 037 004 Delight [yourself] in the Lord; and he shall grant you the requests of your heart. 019 PSA 037 005 Disclose your way to the Lord, and hope in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass. 019 PSA 037 006 And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noon-day. 019 PSA 037 007 Submit yourself to the Lord, and supplicate him: fret not yourself because of him that prospers in his way, at the man that does unlawful deeds. 019 PSA 037 008 ease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself so as to do evil. 019 PSA 037 009 For evil-doers shall be destroyed: but they that wait on the Lord, they shall inherit the land. 019 PSA 037 010 And yet a little while, and the sinner shall not be, and you shall seek for his place, and shall not find [it]. 019 PSA 037 011 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight [themselves] in the abundance of peace. 019 PSA 037 012 The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him. 019 PSA 037 013 But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foresees that his day will come. 019 PSA 037 014 Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, [and] to kill the upright in heart. 019 PSA 037 015 Let their sword enter into their [own] heart, and their bows be broken. 019 PSA 037 016 A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners. 019 PSA 037 017 For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous. 019 PSA 037 018 The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever. 019 PSA 037 019 They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied. 019 PSA 037 020 For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honored and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke. 019 PSA 037 021 The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives. 019 PSA 037 022 For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed. 019 PSA 037 023 The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord: and he will take pleasure in his way. 019 PSA 037 024 When he falls, he shall not be ruined: for the Lord supports his hand. 019 PSA 037 025 I was [once] young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread. 019 PSA 037 026 He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed. 019 PSA 037 027 Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever. 019 PSA 037 028 For the Lord loves judgment, and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved for ever: the blameless shall be avenged, but the seed of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed. 019 PSA 037 029 But the righteous shall inherit the earth, and dwell upon it for ever. 019 PSA 037 030 The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment. 019 PSA 037 031 The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide. 019 PSA 037 032 The sinner watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him. 019 PSA 037 033 But the Lord will not leave him in his hands, nor by any means condemn him when he is judged. 019 PSA 037 034 Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, you shall see [it]. 019 PSA 037 035 I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus. 019 PSA 037 036 Yet I passed by, and behold! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found. 019 PSA 037 037 Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceful man. 019 PSA 037 038 But the transgressors shall be utterly destroyed together: the remnants of the ungodly shall be utterly destroyed. 019 PSA 037 039 But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; and he is their defender in the time of affliction. 019 PSA 037 040 And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: and he shall rescue them from sinners, and save them, because they have hoped in him. 019 PSA 038 001 A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath-day. O Lord, rebuke me not in your wrath, neither chasten me in your anger. 019 PSA 038 002 For your weapons are fixed in me, and you have pressed your hand heavily upon me. 019 PSA 038 003 For there is no health in my flesh because of your anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins. 019 PSA 038 004 For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden. 019 PSA 038 005 My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness. 019 PSA 038 006 I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day. 019 PSA 038 007 For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh. 019 PSA 038 008 I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart. 019 PSA 038 009 But all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hidden from you. 019 PSA 038 010 My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me. 019 PSA 038 011 My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off. 019 PSA 038 012 While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day. 019 PSA 038 013 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth. 019 PSA 038 014 And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth. 019 PSA 038 015 For I hoped in you, O Lord: you will hear, O Lord my God. 019 PSA 038 016 For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me. 019 PSA 038 017 For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me. 019 PSA 038 018 For I will declare mine iniquity, and be distressed for my sin. 019 PSA 038 019 But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied. 019 PSA 038 020 They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness. 019 PSA 038 021 Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me. 019 PSA 038 022 Draw near to my help, O Lord of my salvation. 019 PSA 039 001 For the end, a Song of David, to Idithun. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence. 019 PSA 039 002 I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good [words]; and my grief was renewed. 019 PSA 039 003 My heart grew hot within me, and a fire would kindle in my (meditation) I spoke with my tongue, 019 PSA 039 004 O Lord, make me to know mine end, and the number of my days, what it is; that I may know what I lack. 019 PSA 039 005 Behold, you have made my days old; and my existence [is] as nothing before you: nay, every man living [is] altogether vanity. (Pause) 019 PSA 039 006 Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them. 019 PSA 039 007 And now what [is] my expectation? [is it] not the Lord? and my ground [of hope] is with you. (Pause) 019 PSA 039 008 Deliver me from all my transgressions: you have made me a reproach to the foolish. 019 PSA 039 009 I was dumb, and opened not my mouth; for you are he that made me. 019 PSA 039 010 Remove your scourges from me: I have fainted by reason of the strength of your hand. 019 PSA 039 011 You chasten man with rebukes for iniquity, and you make his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. (Pause) 019 PSA 039 012 O Lord, listen to my prayer and my supplication: attend to my tears: be not silent, for I am a sojourner in the land, and a stranger, as all my fathers [were]. 019 PSA 039 013 Spare me, that I may be refreshed, before I depart, and be no more. 019 PSA 040 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; and he attended to me, and listened to my supplication. 019 PSA 040 002 And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright. 019 PSA 040 003 And he put a new song into my mouth, [even] a hymn to our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall hope in the Lord. 019 PSA 040 004 Blessed [is] the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and [who] has not regarded vanities and false frenzies. 019 PSA 040 005 O Lord my God, you have multiplied your wonderful works, and in your thoughts there is none who shall be likened to you: I declared and spoke [of them]: they exceeded number. 019 PSA 040 006 Sacrifice and offering you would not; but a body have you prepared me: whole burnt offering and [sacrifice] for sin you did not require. 019 PSA 040 007 Then I said, Behold, I come: in the volume of the book it is written concerning me, 019 PSA 040 008 I desired to do your will, O my God, and your law in the midst of mine heart. 019 PSA 040 009 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; behold! I will not refrain my lips; O Lord, you know my righteousness. 019 PSA 040 010 I have not hid your truth within my heart, and I have declared your salvation; I have not hid your mercy and your truth from the great congregation. 019 PSA 040 011 But you, Lord, remove not your compassion far from me; your mercy and your truth have helped me continually. 019 PSA 040 012 For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me. 019 PSA 040 013 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, draw near to help me. 019 PSA 040 014 Let those that seek my soul, to destroy it, be ashamed and confounded together; let those that wish me evil be turned backward and put to shame. 019 PSA 040 015 Let those that say to me, Aha, aha, quickly receive shame for their reward. 019 PSA 040 016 Let all those that seek you, O Lord, exult and rejoice in you; and let them that love your salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. 019 PSA 040 017 But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; you are my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not. 019 PSA 041 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. Blessed [is the man] who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day. 019 PSA 041 002 May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and bless him on the earth, and not deliver him into the hands of his enemy. 019 PSA 041 003 May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; you have made all his bed in his sickness. 019 PSA 041 004 I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against you. 019 PSA 041 005 Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, [saying], When shall he die, and his name perish? 019 PSA 041 006 And if he came to see [me], his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner. 019 PSA 041 007 All my enemies whispered against me; against me they devised my hurt. 019 PSA 041 008 They denounced a wicked word against me, [saying], Now that he lies, shall he not rise up again? 019 PSA 041 009 For even the man of my peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, lifted up [his] heel against me. 019 PSA 041 010 But you, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them. 019 PSA 041 011 By this I know that you have delighted in me, because mine enemy shall not rejoice over me. 019 PSA 041 012 But you did help me because of [mine] innocence, and have established me before you for ever. 019 PSA 041 013 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. So be it, so be it. 019 PSA 042 001 For the end, [a Psalm] for instruction, for the sons of Core. As the hart earnestly desires the fountains of water, so my soul earnestly longs for you, O God. 019 PSA 042 002 My soul has thirsted for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? 019 PSA 042 003 My tears have been bread to me day and night, while they daily said to me, Where is your God? 019 PSA 042 004 I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, for I will go to the place of your wondrous tabernacle, [even] to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival. 019 PSA 042 005 Therefore are you very sad, O my soul? and therefore do you trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; [he is] the salvation of my countenance. 019 PSA 042 006 O my God, my soul has been troubled within me: therefore will I remember you from the land of Jordan, and of the Ermonites, from the little hill. 019 PSA 042 007 Deep calls to deep at the voice of your cataracts: all your billows and your waves have gone over me. 019 PSA 042 008 By day the Lord will command his mercy, and manifest [it] by night: with me [is] prayer to the God of my life. 019 PSA 042 009 I will say to God, You are my helper; why have you forgotten me? therefore do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses [me]? 019 PSA 042 010 While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; while they said to me daily, Where is your God? 019 PSA 042 011 Therefore are you very sad, O my soul? and therefore do you trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; [he is] the health of my countenance, and my God. 019 PSA 043 001 A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man. 019 PSA 043 002 For you, O God, are my strength: therefore have you cast me off? and why do I go sad of countenance, while the enemy oppresses [me]? 019 PSA 043 003 Send forth your light and your truth: they have led me, and brought me to your holy mountain, and to your tabernacles. 019 PSA 043 004 And I will go in to the altar of God, to God who gladdens my youth: I will give thanks to you on the harp, O God, my God. 019 PSA 043 005 Therefore are you very sad, O my soul? and therefore do you trouble me? Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, [who is] the health of my countenance, [and] my God. 019 PSA 044 001 For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which you wrought in their days, in the days of old. 019 PSA 044 002 Your hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and you did plant them: you did afflict the nations, and cast them out. 019 PSA 044 003 For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you were well pleased in them. 019 PSA 044 004 You are indeed my King and my God, who command deliverances for Jacob. 019 PSA 044 005 In you will we push down our enemies, and in your name will we bring to nothing them that rise up against us. 019 PSA 044 006 For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me. 019 PSA 044 007 For you have saved us from them that afflicted us, and have put to shame them that hated us. 019 PSA 044 008 In God will we make our boast all the day, and to your name will we give thanks for ever. (Pause) 019 PSA 044 009 But now you have cast off, and put us to shame; and you will not go forth with our hosts. 019 PSA 044 010 You have turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves. 019 PSA 044 011 You made us as sheep for meat; and you scattered us among the nations. 019 PSA 044 012 You have sold your people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange. 019 PSA 044 013 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision them that are round about us. 019 PSA 044 014 You have made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations. 019 PSA 044 015 All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me, 019 PSA 044 016 because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger. 019 PSA 044 017 All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten you, neither have we dealt unrighteously in your covenant. 019 PSA 044 018 And our heart has not gone back; but you have turned aside our paths from your way. 019 PSA 044 019 For you have laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us. 019 PSA 044 020 If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out? 019 PSA 044 021 for he knows the secrets of the heart. 019 PSA 044 022 For, for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter. 019 PSA 044 023 Awake, therefore sleep you, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever. 019 PSA 044 024 Therefore turn you your face away, [and] forget our poverty and our affliction? 019 PSA 044 025 For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth. 019 PSA 044 026 Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for your name's sake. 019 PSA 045 001 For the end, for alternate [strains] by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved. My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer. 019 PSA 045 002 You are more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on your lips: therefore God has blessed you for ever. 019 PSA 045 003 Gird your sword upon your thigh, O Mighty One, in your comeliness, and in your beauty; 019 PSA 045 004 and bend [your bow], and prosper, and reign, because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and your right hand shall guide you wonderfully. 019 PSA 045 005 Your weapons are sharpened, Mighty One, (the nations shall fall under you) [they are] in the heart of the king's enemies. 019 PSA 045 006 Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of your kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness. 019 PSA 045 007 You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your fellows. 019 PSA 045 008 Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia [are exhaled] from your garments, [and] out of the ivory palaces, 019 PSA 045 009 with which kings' daughters have gladdened you for your honor: the queen stood by on your right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, [and] arrayed in various colors. 019 PSA 045 010 Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear; forget also your people, and your father's house. 019 PSA 045 011 Because the king has desired your beauty; for he is your Lord. 019 PSA 045 012 And the daughter of Tyre shall adore him with gifts; the rich of the people of the land shall supplicate your favor. 019 PSA 045 013 All her glory [is that] of the daughter of the king of Esebon, robed [as she is] in golden fringed garments, 019 PSA 045 014 in embroidered [clothing]: virgins shall be brought to the king after her: her fellows shall be brought to you. 019 PSA 045 015 They shall be brought with gladness and exultation: they shall be led into the king's temple. 019 PSA 045 016 Instead of your fathers children are born to you: you shall make them princes over all the earth. 019 PSA 045 017 They shall make mention of your name from generation to generation: therefore shall the nations give thanks to you for ever, even for ever and ever. 019 PSA 046 001 For the end, for the sons of Core; a Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us. 019 PSA 046 002 Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas. 019 PSA 046 003 Their waters have roared and been troubled, the mountains have been troubled by his might. (Pause) 019 PSA 046 004 The flowings of the river gladden the city of God: the Most High has sanctified his tabernacle. 019 PSA 046 005 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her with his countenance. 019 PSA 046 006 The nations were troubled, the kingdoms tottered: he uttered his voice, the earth shook. 019 PSA 046 007 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper. (Pause) 019 PSA 046 008 Come, and behold the works of the Lord, what wonders he has achieved on the earth. 019 PSA 046 009 Putting an end to wars as for the ends of the earth; he will crush the bow, and break in pieces the weapon, and burn the bucklers with fire. 019 PSA 046 010 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. 019 PSA 046 011 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our helper. 019 PSA 047 001 For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation. 019 PSA 047 002 For the Lord most high is terrible; [he is] a great king over all the earth. 019 PSA 047 003 He has subdued the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. 019 PSA 047 004 He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. (Pause) 019 PSA 047 005 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet. 019 PSA 047 006 Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises. 019 PSA 047 007 For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding. 019 PSA 047 008 God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness. 019 PSA 047 009 The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God's mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted. 019 PSA 048 001 A Psalm of praise for the sons of Core on the second [day] of the week. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. 019 PSA 048 002 The city of the great King is well planted [on] the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, [on] the sides of the north. 019 PSA 048 003 God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her. 019 PSA 048 004 For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together. 019 PSA 048 005 They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved. 019 PSA 048 006 Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail. 019 PSA 048 007 You will break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind. 019 PSA 048 008 As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. (Pause) 019 PSA 048 009 We have thought of your mercy, O God, in the midst of your people. 019 PSA 048 010 According to your name, O God, so is also your praise to the ends of the earth: your right hand is full of righteousness. 019 PSA 048 011 Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judaea exult, because of your judgments, O Lord. 019 PSA 048 012 Go round about Sion, and encompass her: tell you her towers. 019 PSA 048 013 Mark you well her strength, and observe her palaces; that you may tell the next generation. 019 PSA 048 014 For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide for evermore. 019 PSA 049 001 For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. Hear these words, all you nations, listen, all you that dwell upon the earth: 019 PSA 049 002 both the sons of mean men, and sons of [great] men; the rich and poor [man] together. 019 PSA 049 003 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall bring [forth] understanding. 019 PSA 049 004 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my riddle on the harp. 019 PSA 049 005 Therefore should I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall compass me. 019 PSA 049 006 They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth— 019 PSA 049 007 A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself, 019 PSA 049 008 or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labor for ever, 019 PSA 049 009 and live to the end, [so] that he should not see corruption. 019 PSA 049 010 When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers. 019 PSA 049 011 And their sepulchres are their houses for ever, [even] their tabernacles to all generations: they have called their lands after their own names. 019 PSA 049 012 And man being in honor, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like to them. 019 PSA 049 013 This their way is an offense to them: yet afterwards men will commend their sayings. (Pause) 019 PSA 049 014 They have laid [them] as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory. 019 PSA 049 015 But God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. (Pause) 019 PSA 049 016 Fear not when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased. 019 PSA 049 017 For he shall take nothing when he dies; neither shall his glory descend with him. 019 PSA 049 018 For his soul shall be blessed in his life: he shall give thanks to you when you do well to him. 019 PSA 049 019 [Yet] he shall go in to the generation of his fathers; he shall never see light. 019 PSA 049 020 Man that is in honor, understands not: he is compared to the senseless cattle, and is like them. 019 PSA 050 001 A Psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down [thereof]. 019 PSA 050 002 Out of Sion [comes] the excellence of his beauty. 019 PSA 050 003 God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest. 019 PSA 050 004 He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people. 019 PSA 050 005 Assemble you his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices. 019 PSA 050 006 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. (Pause) 019 PSA 050 007 Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, O Israel: and I will testify to you: I am God, your God. 019 PSA 050 008 I will not reprove you on account of your sacrifices; for your whole burnt offerings are before me continually. 019 PSA 050 009 I will take no bullocks out of your house, nor he-goats out of your flocks. 019 PSA 050 010 For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen. 019 PSA 050 011 I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine. 019 PSA 050 012 If I should be hungry, I will not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it. 019 PSA 050 013 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? 019 PSA 050 014 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay your vows to the Most High. 019 PSA 050 015 And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. (Pause) 019 PSA 050 016 But to the sinner God has said, Why do you declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in your mouth? 019 PSA 050 017 Whereas you have hated instruction, and have cast my words behind [you]. 019 PSA 050 018 If you saw a thief, you ran along with him, and have cast in your lot with adulterers. 019 PSA 050 019 Your mouth has multiplied wickedness, and your tongue has framed deceit. 019 PSA 050 020 You did sit and speak against your brother, and did scandalize your mother's son. 019 PSA 050 021 These things you did, and I kept silence: you thought wickedly that I should be like you, [but] I will reprove you, and set [your offenses] before you. 019 PSA 050 022 Now consider these things, you that forget God, lest he rend [you], and there is no deliverer. 019 PSA 050 023 The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will show to him the salvation of God. 019 PSA 051 001 For the end, a Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone to Bersabee. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your great mercy; and according to the multitude of your compassions blot out my transgression. 019 PSA 051 002 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 019 PSA 051 003 For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me. 019 PSA 051 004 Against you only have I sinned, and done evil before you: that you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged. 019 PSA 051 005 For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me. 019 PSA 051 006 For, behold, you love truth: you have manifested to me the secret and hidden things of your wisdom. 019 PSA 051 007 You shall sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: you shall wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. 019 PSA 051 008 You shall cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice. 019 PSA 051 009 Turn away your face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 019 PSA 051 010 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts. 019 PSA 051 011 Cast me not away from your presence; and remove not your holy Spirit from me. 019 PSA 051 012 Restore to me the joy of your salvation: establish me with your directing Spirit. 019 PSA 051 013 [Then] will I teach transgressors your ways; and ungodly men shall turn to you. 019 PSA 051 014 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall joyfully declare your righteousness. 019 PSA 051 015 O Lord, you shall open my lips; and my mouth shall declare your praise. 019 PSA 051 016 For if you desired sacrifice, I would have given [it]: you will not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings. 019 PSA 051 017 Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise. 019 PSA 051 018 Do good, O Lord, to Sion in your good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. 019 PSA 051 019 Then shall you be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole burnt sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon your altar. 019 PSA 052 001 For the end, [a Psalm] of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why do you, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in [your] mischief? All the day 019 PSA 052 002 your tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor you have wrought deceit. 019 PSA 052 003 You have loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. (Pause) 019 PSA 052 004 You has loved all words of destruction, [and] a deceitful tongue. 019 PSA 052 005 Therefore may God destroy you for ever, may he pluck you up and utterly remove you from [your] dwelling, and your root from the land of the living. (Pause) 019 PSA 052 006 And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say, 019 PSA 052 007 Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity. 019 PSA 052 008 But I am as a fruitful olive in the house of God: I have trusted in the mercy of God for ever, even for evermore. 019 PSA 052 009 I will give thanks to you for ever, for you have done [it]: and I will wait on your name; for [it is] good before the saints. 019 PSA 053 001 For the end, [a Psalm] of David upon Maeleth, of instruction. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted [themselves], and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that does good. 019 PSA 053 002 God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God. 019 PSA 053 003 They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not even one. 019 PSA 053 004 Will none of the workers of iniquity know, who devour my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon God. There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear: 019 PSA 053 005 or God has scattered the bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them. 019 PSA 053 006 Who will bring the salvation of Israel out of Sion? When the Lord turns the captivity of his people, Jacob shall exult, and Israel shall be glad. 019 PSA 054 001 For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Behold, is not David hid with us? Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me by your might. 019 PSA 054 002 O God, hear my prayer; listen to the words of my mouth. 019 PSA 054 003 For strangers have risen up against me, and mighty men have sought my life: they have not set God before them. (Pause) 019 PSA 054 004 For behold! God assists me; and the Lord is the helper of my soul. 019 PSA 054 005 He shall return evil to mine enemies; utterly destroy them in your truth. 019 PSA 054 006 I will willingly sacrifice to you: I will give thanks to your name, O Lord; for [it is] good. 019 PSA 054 007 For you have delivered me out of all affliction, and mine eye has seen [my desire] upon mine enemies. 019 PSA 055 001 For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication. 019 PSA 055 002 Attend to me, and listen to me: I was grieved in my (meditation) and troubled; 019 PSA 055 003 because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me. 019 PSA 055 004 My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me. 019 PSA 055 005 Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me. 019 PSA 055 006 And I said, O that I had wings as [those] of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest. 019 PSA 055 007 Behold! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. (Pause) 019 PSA 055 008 I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest. 019 PSA 055 009 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying in the city. 019 PSA 055 010 Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness [are] in the midst of it; 019 PSA 055 011 and usury and craft have not failed from its streets. 019 PSA 055 012 For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated [me] had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him. 019 PSA 055 013 But you, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance, 019 PSA 055 014 who in companionship with me sweetened [our] food: we walked in the house of God in concord. 019 PSA 055 015 Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them. 019 PSA 055 016 I cried to God, and the Lord listened to me. 019 PSA 055 017 Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known [my wants]: and he shall hear my voice. 019 PSA 055 018 He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for they were with me in many [cases]. 019 PSA 055 019 God shall hear, and bring them low, [even] he that has existed from eternity. (Pause) For they suffer no reverse, and [therefore] they have not feared God. 019 PSA 055 020 He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant. 019 PSA 055 021 They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew near them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts. 019 PSA 055 022 Cast your care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain you; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 019 PSA 055 023 But you, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in you, O Lord. 019 PSA 056 001 For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth. Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me. 019 PSA 056 002 Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many warring against me. 019 PSA 056 003 They shall be afraid, but I will trust in you. 019 PSA 056 004 In God I will praise my words; all the day have I hoped in God; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me. 019 PSA 056 005 All the day long they have abominated my words; all their devices [are] against me for evil. 019 PSA 056 006 They will dwell near and hide [themselves]; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul. 019 PSA 056 007 You will on no account save them; you will bring down the people in wrath. 019 PSA 056 008 O God, I have declared my life to you; you has set my tears before you, even according to your promise. 019 PSA 056 009 Mine enemies shall be turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon you; behold, I know that you are my God. 019 PSA 056 010 In God, will I praise [his] word; in the Lord will I praise [his] saying. 019 PSA 056 011 I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid of what man shall do to me. 019 PSA 056 012 The vows of your praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me. 019 PSA 056 013 For you have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from sliding, that I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living. 019 PSA 057 001 For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave. Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in you: and in the shadow of your wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away. 019 PSA 057 002 I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me. (Pause) 019 PSA 057 003 He sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth; 019 PSA 057 004 and he has delivered my soul from the midst of [lions']whelps: I lay down to sleep, [though] troubled. [As for] the sons of men, their teeth are arms and [missile] weapons, and their tongue a sharp sword. 019 PSA 057 005 Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens; and your glory above all the earth. 019 PSA 057 006 They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it [themselves]. (Pause) 019 PSA 057 007 My heart, O God, [is] ready, my heart [is] ready: I will sing, yes will sing psalms. 019 PSA 057 008 Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will awake early. 019 PSA 057 009 O Lord, I will give thanks to you among the nations: I will sing to you among the Gentiles. 019 PSA 057 010 For your mercy has been magnified even to the heavens, and your truth to the clouds. 019 PSA 057 011 Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens; and your glory above all the earth. 019 PSA 058 001 For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial. If you do indeed speak righteousness, [then] do you judge rightly, you sons of men. 019 PSA 058 002 For you work iniquities in [your] hearts in the earth: your hands plot unrighteousness. 019 PSA 058 003 Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies. 019 PSA 058 004 Their venom is like [that] of a serpent; as [that] of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears; 019 PSA 058 005 which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor [heed] the charm prepared skillfully by the wise. 019 PSA 058 006 God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions. 019 PSA 058 007 They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail. 019 PSA 058 008 They shall be destroyed as melted wax: the fire has fallen and they have not seen the sun. 019 PSA 058 009 Before your thorns feel the white thorn, he shall swallow you up as living, as in his wrath. 019 PSA 058 010 The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. 019 PSA 058 011 And a man shall say, Verily then there is a reward for the righteous: verily there is a God that judges them in the earth. 019 PSA 059 001 For the end. Destroy not: by David for a memorial, when Saul sent, and watched his house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me. 019 PSA 059 002 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. 019 PSA 059 003 For, behold, they have hunted after my soul; violent men have set upon me: neither [is it] my iniquity, nor my sin, O Lord. 019 PSA 059 004 Without iniquity I ran and directed [my course aright]: awake to help me, and behold. 019 PSA 059 005 And you, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw near to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. (Pause) 019 PSA 059 006 They shall return at evening, and hunger like a dog, and go round about the city. 019 PSA 059 007 Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, [say they], has heard? 019 PSA 059 008 But you, Lord, will laugh them to scorn; you will utterly set at nothing all the heathen. 019 PSA 059 009 will keep my strength, [looking] to you; for you, O God, are my helper. 019 PSA 059 010 [As for] my God, his mercy shall go before me: my God will show me [vengeance] on mine enemies. 019 PSA 059 011 Slay them not, lest they forget your law; scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord, my defender. 019 PSA 059 012 [For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the word of their lips, let them be even taken in their pride. 019 PSA 059 013 And for [their] cursing and falsehood shall utter destruction be denounced: [they shall fall] by the wrath of utter destruction, and shall not be; so shall they know that the God of Jacob is Lord of the ends of the earth. (Pause) 019 PSA 059 014 They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city. 019 PSA 059 015 They shall be scattered hither and there for meat; and if they be not satisfied, they shall even murmur. 019 PSA 059 016 But I will sing to your strength, and in the morning will I exult [in] your mercy; for you have been my supporter, and my refuge in the day of mine affliction. 019 PSA 059 017 [You are] my helper; to you, my God, will I sing; you are my supporter, O my God, [and] my mercy. 019 PSA 060 001 For the end, for them that shall yet be changed; for an inscription by David for instruction, when he [had] burned Mesopotamia of Syria, and Syria Sobal, and Joab [had] returned and struck [in] the valley of salt twelve thousand. O God, you have rejected and destroyed us; you have been angry, yet have pitied us. 019 PSA 060 002 You have shaken the earth, and troubled it; heal its breaches, for it has been shaken. 019 PSA 060 003 You have shown your people hard things: you has made us drink the wine of astonishment. 019 PSA 060 004 You have given a token to them that fear you, that they might flee from the bow. (Pause) 019 PSA 060 005 That your beloved ones may be delivered; save with your right hand, and hear me. 019 PSA 060 006 God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, and divide Sicima, and measure out the valley of tents. 019 PSA 060 007 Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head; 019 PSA 060 008 Judas is my king; Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I stretch out my shoe; the Philistines have been subjected to me. 019 PSA 060 009 Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far a Idumea? 019 PSA 060 010 Will not you, O God, who have cast us off? and will not you, O God, go forth with our forces? 019 PSA 060 011 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man. 019 PSA 060 012 In God will we do valiantly; and he shall bring to nothing them that harass us. 019 PSA 061 001 For the end, among the Hymns of David. O God, listen to my petition; attend to my prayer. 019 PSA 061 002 From the ends of the earth have I cried to you, when my heart was in trouble: you lifted me up on a rock you did guide me: 019 PSA 061 003 because you were my hope, a tower of strength from the face of the enemy. 019 PSA 061 004 I will dwell in your tabernacle for ever; I will shelter myself under the shadow of your wings. (Pause) 019 PSA 061 005 For you, o God, have heard my prayers; you have given an inheritance to them that fear your name. 019 PSA 061 006 You shall add days to the days of the king; [you shall lengthen] his years to all generations. 019 PSA 061 007 He shall endure for ever before God: which of them will seek out his mercy and truth? 019 PSA 061 008 So will I sing to your name for ever and ever, that I may daily perform my vows. 019 PSA 062 001 For the end, a Psalm of David for Idithun. Shall not my soul be subjected to God? for of him is my salvation. 019 PSA 062 002 For he is my God, and my savior; my helper, I shall not be moved very much. 019 PSA 062 003 How long will you assault a man? you are all slaughtering as with a bowed wall and a broken hedge. 019 PSA 062 004 They only took counsel to set at nothing mine honor: I ran in thirst: with their mouth they blessed, but with their heart they cursed. (Pause) 019 PSA 062 005 Nevertheless do you, my soul, be subjected to God; for of him [is] my patient hope. 019 PSA 062 006 For he [is] my God and my Saviour; my helper, I shall not be moved. 019 PSA 062 007 In God [is] my salvation and my glory: [he is] the God of my help, and my hope is in God. 019 PSA 062 008 Hope in him, all you congregation of the people; pour out your hearts before him, for God is our helper. (Pause) 019 PSA 062 009 But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are all alike [formed] out of vanity. 019 PSA 062 010 Trust not in unrighteousness, and lust not after robberies: if wealth should flow in, set not your heart upon it. 019 PSA 062 011 God has spoken once, [and] I have heard these two things, that power is of God; 019 PSA 062 012 and mercy is your, O Lord; for you will recompense every one according to his works. 019 PSA 063 001 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Idumea. O God, my God, I cry to you early; my soul has thirsted for you: how often has my flesh [longed] after you, in a barren and trackless and dry land! 019 PSA 063 002 Thus have I appeared before you in the sanctuary, that I might see your power and your glory. 019 PSA 063 003 For your mercy is better than life: my lips shall praise you. 019 PSA 063 004 Thus will I bless you during my life: I will lift up my hands in your name. 019 PSA 063 005 Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness; and [my] joyful lips shall praise your name. 019 PSA 063 006 Forasmuch as I have remembered you on my bed: in the early seasons I have meditated on you. 019 PSA 063 007 For you have been my helper, and in the shelter of your wings will I rejoice. 019 PSA 063 008 My soul has kept very close behind you: your right hand has upheld me. 019 PSA 063 009 But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts o the earth. 019 PSA 063 010 They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes. 019 PSA 063 011 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall be praised; for the mouth of them that speak unjust things has been stopped. 019 PSA 064 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to you; deliver my soul from fear of the enemy. 019 PSA 064 002 You have sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity; 019 PSA 064 003 who have sharpened their tongues as a sword; they have bent their bow maliciously; 019 PSA 064 004 to shoot in secret at the blameless; they will shoot him suddenly, and will not fear. 019 PSA 064 005 They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them? 019 PSA 064 006 They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep, 019 PSA 064 007 and God shall be exalted, their wounds were [caused by] the weapon of the foolish children, 019 PSA 064 008 and their tongues have set him at nothing, all that saw them were troubled; 019 PSA 064 009 and every man was alarmed, and they related the works of God, and understood his deeds. 019 PSA 064 010 The righteous shall rejoice in the Lord, and hope on him, and all the upright in heart shall be praised. 019 PSA 065 001 For the end, a Psalm [and] Song of David. Praise becomes you, O God, in Sion; and to you shall the vow be performed. 019 PSA 065 002 Hear my prayer; to you all flesh shall come. 019 PSA 065 003 The words of transgressors have overpowered us; but do you pardon our sins. 019 PSA 065 004 Blessed [is he] whom you have chosen and adopted; he shall dwell in your courts; we shall be filled with the good things of your house; your temple is holy. 019 PSA 065 005 [You are] wonderful in righteousness. Listen to us, O God our Saviour; the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them [that are] on the sea afar off: 019 PSA 065 006 who do establish the mountains in your strength, being girded about with power; 019 PSA 065 007 who trouble the depth of the sea, the sounds of its waves. 019 PSA 065 008 The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends [of the earth] shall be afraid of your signs; you will cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice. 019 PSA 065 009 You have visited the earth, and saturated it; you have abundantly enriched it. The river of God is filled with water; you have prepared their food, for thus is the preparation [of it]. 019 PSA 065 010 Saturate her furrows, multiply her fruits; [the crop] springing up shall rejoice in its drops. 019 PSA 065 011 You will bless the crown of the year [because] of your goodness; and your plains shall be filled with fatness. 019 PSA 065 012 The mountains of the wilderness shall be enriched; and the hills shall gird themselves with joy. 019 PSA 065 013 The rams of the flock are clothed [with wool], and the valleys shall abound in corn; they shall cry aloud, yes they shall sing hymns. 019 PSA 066 001 For the end, a Song of Psalm of resurrection. Shout to God, all the earth. 019 PSA 066 002 O sing praises to his name; give glory to his praise. 019 PSA 066 003 Say to God, How awful are your works! through the greatness of your power your enemies shall lie to you. 019 PSA 066 004 Let all the earth worship you, and sing to you; let them sing to your name. (Pause) 019 PSA 066 005 Come and behold the works of God; [he is] terrible in [his] counsels beyond the children of men. 019 PSA 066 006 Who turns the sea into dry land; they shall go through the river on foot; there shall we rejoice in him, 019 PSA 066 007 who by his power is Lord over the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke [him] be exalted in themselves. (Pause) 019 PSA 066 008 Bless our God, you Gentiles, and make the voice of his praise to be heard; 019 PSA 066 009 who quickens my soul in life, and does not suffer my feet to be moved. 019 PSA 066 010 For you, O God, has proved us; you have tried us with fire as silver is tried. 019 PSA 066 011 You brought us into the snare; you laid afflictions on our back. 019 PSA 066 012 You did mount men upon our heads; we went through the fire and water; but you brought us out into [a place of] refreshment. 019 PSA 066 013 I will go into your house with whole burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows, 019 PSA 066 014 which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction. 019 PSA 066 015 I will offer to you whole burnt sacrifices full of marrow, with incense and rams; I will sacrifice to you oxen with goats. (Pause) 019 PSA 066 016 Come, hear, and I will tell, all you that fear God, how great things he has done for my soul. 019 PSA 066 017 I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue. 019 PSA 066 018 If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord listen [to me]. 019 PSA 066 019 Therefore God has listened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. 019 PSA 066 020 Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. 019 PSA 067 001 For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns. God be merciful to us, and bless us; [and] cause his face to shine upon us. (Pause) 019 PSA 067 002 That [men] may know your way on the earth, your salvation among all nations. 019 PSA 067 003 Let the nations, O God, give thanks to you; let all the nations give thanks to you. 019 PSA 067 004 Let the nations rejoice and exult, for you shall judge the peoples in equity, and shall guide the nations on the earth. (Pause) 019 PSA 067 005 Let the peoples, O God, give thanks to you; let all the peoples give thanks to you. 019 PSA 067 006 The earth has yielded her fruit; let God, our God bless us. 019 PSA 067 007 Let God bless us; and let all the ends of the earth fear him. 019 PSA 068 001 For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; and let them that hate him flee from before him. 019 PSA 068 002 As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God. 019 PSA 068 003 But let the righteous rejoice; let them exult before God: let them be delighted with joy. 019 PSA 068 004 Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face of him, 019 PSA 068 005 [who is] the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: [such is] God in his holy place. 019 PSA 068 006 God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, [even] them that dwell in tombs. 019 PSA 068 007 O God, when you went forth before your people, when you went through the wilderness; (Pause) 019 PSA 068 008 the earth quaked, yes, the heavens dropped [water] at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. 019 PSA 068 009 O God, you will grant to your inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but you did refresh it. 019 PSA 068 010 Your creatures dwell in it: you have in your goodness prepared for the poor. 019 PSA 068 011 The Lord God will give a word to them that preach [it] in a great company. 019 PSA 068 012 The king of the forces of the beloved, of the beloved, [will] even [grant them] for the beauty of the house to divide the spoils. 019 PSA 068 013 Even if you should lie among the lots, [you shall have] the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with yellow gold. 019 PSA 068 014 When the heavenly One scatters kings upon it, they shall be made snow-white in Selmon. 019 PSA 068 015 The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a swelling mountain, a rich mountain. 019 PSA 068 016 Therefore do you conceive [evil], you swelling mountains? [this is] the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in; yes, the Lord will dwell [in it] for ever. 019 PSA 068 017 The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is among them, in Sina, in the holy place. 019 PSA 068 018 You are gone up on high, you have led captivity captive, you have received gifts for man, yes, for [they were] rebellious, that you might dwell among them. 019 PSA 068 019 Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily; and the God of our salvation shall prosper us. (Pause) 019 PSA 068 020 Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death. 019 PSA 068 021 But God shall crust the heads of his enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses. 019 PSA 068 022 The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring [my people] again through the depths of the sea. 019 PSA 068 023 That your foot may be dipped in blood, [and] the tongue of your dogs [be stained] with that of [your] enemies. 019 PSA 068 024 Your goings, O God, have been seen; the goings of my God, the king, in the sanctuary. 019 PSA 068 025 The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels. 019 PSA 068 026 Praise God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. 019 PSA 068 027 There is Benjamin the younger [one] in ecstasy, the princes of Juda their rulers, the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali. 019 PSA 068 028 O God, command you your strength: strengthen, O God, this which you have wrought in us. 019 PSA 068 029 Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to you. 019 PSA 068 030 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations [be rebuked], so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: scatter you the nations that wish for wars. 019 PSA 068 031 Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten [to stretch out] her hand readily to God. 019 PSA 068 032 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; sing psalms to the Lord. (Pause) 019 PSA 068 033 Sing to God that rides on the heaven of heaven, eastward: behold, he will utter a mighty sound with his voice. 019 PSA 068 034 Give you glory to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds. 019 PSA 068 035 God is wonderful in his holy [places], the God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people: blessed be God. 019 PSA 069 001 For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul. 019 PSA 069 002 I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me. 019 PSA 069 003 I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God. 019 PSA 069 004 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away. 019 PSA 069 005 O God, you know my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from you. 019 PSA 069 006 Let not them that wait on you, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek you, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel. 019 PSA 069 007 For I have suffered reproach for your sake; shame has covered my face. 019 PSA 069 008 I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children. 019 PSA 069 009 For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me. 019 PSA 069 010 And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach. 019 PSA 069 011 And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them. 019 PSA 069 012 They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me. 019 PSA 069 013 But I [will cry] to you, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation. 019 PSA 069 014 Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters. 019 PSA 069 015 Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me. 019 PSA 069 016 Hear me, O Lord; for your mercy is good: according to the multitude of your compassions look upon me. 019 PSA 069 017 And turn not away your face from your servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily. 019 PSA 069 018 Draw near to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. 019 PSA 069 019 For you know my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before you. 019 PSA 069 020 My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none. 019 PSA 069 021 They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst. 019 PSA 069 022 Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling block. 019 PSA 069 023 Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually. 019 PSA 069 024 Pour out your wrath upon them, and let the fury of your anger take hold on them. 019 PSA 069 025 Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents: 019 PSA 069 026 Because they persecuted him whom you have struck; and they have added to the grief of my wounds. 019 PSA 069 027 Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into your righteousness. 019 PSA 069 028 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous. 019 PSA 069 029 I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of your countenance has helped me. 019 PSA 069 030 I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise; 019 PSA 069 031 and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs. 019 PSA 069 032 Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and you shall live. 019 PSA 069 033 For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nothing his fettered ones. 019 PSA 069 034 Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them. 019 PSA 069 035 For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it. 019 PSA 069 036 And the seed of his servants shall possess it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein. 019 PSA 070 001 For the end, by David for a remembrance, that the Lord may save me. Draw near, O God, to my help. 019 PSA 070 002 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek my soul: let them be turned backward and put to shame, that wish me evil. 019 PSA 070 003 Let them that say to me, Aha, aha, be turned back and put to shame immediately. 019 PSA 070 004 Let all that seek you exult and be glad in you: and let those that love your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. 019 PSA 070 005 But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: you are my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not. 019 PSA 071 001 By David, [a Psalm sung by] the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive. O Lord, I have hoped in you: let me never be put to shame. 019 PSA 071 002 In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me: incline your ear to me, and save me. 019 PSA 071 003 Be to me a protecting God, and a strong hold to save me: for you are my fortress and my refuge. 019 PSA 071 004 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the sinner, from the hand of the transgressor and unjust man. 019 PSA 071 005 For you are my support, O Lord; O Lord, [you are] my hope from my youth. 019 PSA 071 006 On you have I been stayed from the womb: from the belly of my mother you are my protector: of you is my praise continually. 019 PSA 071 007 I am become as it were a wonder to many: but you are [my] strong helper. 019 PSA 071 008 Let my mouth be filled with praise, that I may hymn your glory, [and] your majesty all the day. 019 PSA 071 009 Cast me not off at the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails. 019 PSA 071 010 For mine enemies have spoken against me; and they that lay wait for my soul have taken counsel together, 019 PSA 071 011 saying, God has forsaken him: persecute you and take him; for there is none to deliver [him]. 019 PSA 071 012 O God, go not far from me, O my God, draw near to my help. 019 PSA 071 013 Let those that plot against my soul be ashamed and utterly fail: let those that seek my hurt be clothed with shame and dishonor. 019 PSA 071 014 But I will hope continually, and will praise you more and more. 019 PSA 071 015 My mouth shall declare your righteousness openly, [and] your salvation all the day; for I am not acquainted with the affairs [of men]. 019 PSA 071 016 I will go on in the might of the Lord: O Lord, I will make mention of your righteousness only. 019 PSA 071 017 O God, you have taught me from my youth, and until now will I declare your wonders; 019 PSA 071 018 even until I am old and advanced in years. O God, forsake me not; until I shall have declared your arm to all the generation that is to come: 019 PSA 071 019 even your power and your righteousness, O God, up to the highest [heavens, even] the mighty works which you has done: O God, who is like to you? 019 PSA 071 020 What afflictions many and sore have you showed me! yet you did turn and quicken me, and brought me again from the depths of the earth. 019 PSA 071 021 You did multiply your righteousness, and did turn and comfort me, and brought me again out of the depths of the earth. 019 PSA 071 022 I will also therefore give thanks to you, O God, [because of] your truth, on an instrument of psalmody: I will sing psalms to you on the harp, O Holy One of Israel. 019 PSA 071 023 My lips shall rejoice when I sing to you; and my soul, which you have redeemed. 019 PSA 071 024 Moreover also my tongue shall dwell all the day upon your righteousness; when they shall be ashamed and confounded that seek my hurt. 019 PSA 072 001 For Solomon. O God, give your judgment to the king, and your righteousness to the king's son; 019 PSA 072 002 [that he may] judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment. 019 PSA 072 003 Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to your people: 019 PSA 072 004 he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser. 019 PSA 072 005 And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever. 019 PSA 072 006 He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth. 019 PSA 072 007 In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed. 019 PSA 072 008 And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. 019 PSA 072 009 The Ethiopians shall fall down before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. 019 PSA 072 010 The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts. 019 PSA 072 011 And all kings shall worship him; all the Gentiles shall serve him. 019 PSA 072 012 For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper. 019 PSA 072 013 He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy. 019 PSA 072 014 He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name [shall be] precious before him. 019 PSA 072 015 And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and [men] shall pray for him continually; [and] all the day shall they praise him. 019 PSA 072 016 There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth. 019 PSA 072 017 Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. 019 PSA 072 018 Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders. 019 PSA 072 019 And blessed is his glorious name for ever, even for ever and ever: and all the earth shall be filled with his glory. So be it, so be it. 019 PSA 072 020 The hymns of David the son of Jessae are ended. 019 PSA 073 001 A Psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to the upright in heart! 019 PSA 073 002 But my feet were almost overthrown; my goings very nearly slipped. 019 PSA 073 003 For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners. 019 PSA 073 004 For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and [they have] firmness under their affliction. 019 PSA 073 005 They are not in the troubles of [other] men; and they shall not be scourged with [other] men. 019 PSA 073 006 Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness. 019 PSA 073 007 Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention. 019 PSA 073 008 They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness: they have uttered unrighteousness loftily. 019 PSA 073 009 They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth. 019 PSA 073 010 Therefore shall my people return hither: and full days shall be found with them. 019 PSA 073 011 And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High? 019 PSA 073 012 Behold, these [are] the sinners, and they that prosper always: they have possessed wealth. 019 PSA 073 013 And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency. 019 PSA 073 014 For I was plagued all the day, and my reproof [was] every morning. 019 PSA 073 015 If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I [should] have broken covenant with the generation of your children. 019 PSA 073 016 And I undertook to understand this, [but] it is too hard for me, 019 PSA 073 017 until I go into the sanctuary of God; [and so] understand the latter end. 019 PSA 073 018 Surely you have appointed [judgments] to them because of their crafty dealings: you have cast them down when they were lifted up. 019 PSA 073 019 How have they become desolate! suddenly they have failed: they have perished because of their iniquity. 019 PSA 073 020 As the dream of one awakening, O Lord, in your city you will despise their image. 019 PSA 073 021 For my heart has rejoiced, and my reins have been gladdened. 019 PSA 073 022 But I [was] vile and knew not: I became brutish before you. 019 PSA 073 023 Yet I am continually with you: you have holden my right hand. 019 PSA 073 024 You have guided me by your counsel, and you have taken me to yourself with glory. 019 PSA 073 025 For what have I in heaven [but you]? and what have I desired upon the earth beside you? 019 PSA 073 026 My heart and my flesh have failed: [but] God [is the strength] of my heart, and God is my portion for ever. 019 PSA 073 027 For, behold, they that remove themselves far from you shall perish: you have destroyed every one that goes a whoring from you. 019 PSA 073 028 But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion. 019 PSA 074 001 [A Psalm] of instruction for Asaph. Therefore have you rejected [us], O God, for ever? [therefore] is your wrath kindled against the sheep of your pasture? 019 PSA 074 002 Remember your congregation which you have purchased from the beginning; you did ransom the rod of your inheritance; this mount Sion wherein you have lived. 019 PSA 074 003 Lift up your hands against their pride continually; [because of] all that the enemy has done wickedly in your holy places. 019 PSA 074 004 And they that hate you have boasted in the midst of your feast; they have set up their standards for signs, 019 PSA 074 005 ignorantly as it were in the entrance above; 019 PSA 074 006 they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter. 019 PSA 074 007 They have burnt your sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of your name. 019 PSA 074 008 They have said in their heart, [even] all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth. 019 PSA 074 009 We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and [God] will not know us any more. 019 PSA 074 010 How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke your name forever? 019 PSA 074 011 Therefore turn you away your hand, and your right hand from the midst of your bosom for ever? 019 PSA 074 012 But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth. 019 PSA 074 013 You did establish the sea, in your might, you did break to pieces the heads of the dragons in the water. 019 PSA 074 014 You did break to pieces the heads of the dragon; you did give him [for] meat to the Ethiopian nations. 019 PSA 074 015 You did cleave fountains and torrents; you dried up mighty rivers. 019 PSA 074 016 The day is your, and the night is your; you have prepared the sun and the moon. 019 PSA 074 017 You have made all the borders of the earth; you have made summer and spring. 019 PSA 074 018 Remember this your creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked your name. 019 PSA 074 019 Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to you: forget not for ever the souls of your poor. 019 PSA 074 020 Look upon your covenant: for the dark [places] of the earth are filled with the habitations of iniquity. 019 PSA 074 021 let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise your name. 019 PSA 074 022 Arise, O God, plead your cause: remember your reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day. 019 PSA 074 023 Forget not the voice of your suppliants: let the pride of them that hate you continually ascend before you. 019 PSA 075 001 For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph. We will give thanks to you, O God, we will give thanks, and call upon your name: I will declare all your wonderful works. 019 PSA 075 002 When I shall take a set time, I will judge righteously. 019 PSA 075 003 The earth is dissolved, and all that dwell in it: I have strengthened its pillars. (Pause) 019 PSA 075 004 I said to the transgressors, Do not transgress; and to the sinners, Lift not up the horn. 019 PSA 075 005 Lift not up your horn on high; speak not unrighteousness against God. 019 PSA 075 006 For [good comes] neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the desert mountains. 019 PSA 075 007 For God is the judge; he puts down one, and raises up another. 019 PSA 075 008 For [there is] a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has turned [it] from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink [them]. 019 PSA 075 009 But I will exult for ever: I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. 019 PSA 075 010 And I will break all the horns of sinners; but the horns of the righteous one shall be exalted. 019 PSA 076 001 For the end, among the Hymns, a Psalm for Asaph; a Song for the Assyrian. God is known in Judea: his name is great in Israel. 019 PSA 076 002 And his place has been in peace, and his dwelling-place in Sion. 019 PSA 076 003 There he broke the power of the bows, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. (Pause) 019 PSA 076 004 You do wonderfully shine forth from the everlasting mountains. 019 PSA 076 005 All the simple ones in heart were troubled; all the men of wealth have slept their sleep, and have found nothing in their hands. 019 PSA 076 006 At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, the riders on horses slumbered. 019 PSA 076 007 You are terrible; and who shall withstand you, because of your anger? 019 PSA 076 008 You did cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, 019 PSA 076 009 when God arose to judgment, to save all the meek in heart. (Pause) 019 PSA 076 010 For the inward thought of man shall give thanks to you: and the memorial of his inward thought shall keep a feast to you. 019 PSA 076 011 Vow, and pay [your vows] to the Lord our God; all that are round about him shall bring gifts, [even] to him that is terrible, 019 PSA 076 012 and that takes away the spirits of princes; to him that is terrible among the kings of the earth. 019 PSA 077 001 For the end, for Idithun, a Psalm of Asaph. I cried to the Lord with my voice, yes, my voice [was addressed] to God; and he gave heed to me. 019 PSA 077 002 In the day of mine affliction I earnestly sought the Lord; [even] with my hands by night before him, and I was not deceived; my soul refused to be comforted. 019 PSA 077 003 I remembered God, and rejoiced; I poured out my complaint, and my soul fainted. (Pause) 019 PSA 077 004 All mine enemies set a watch [against me]: I was troubled, and spoke not. 019 PSA 077 005 I considered the days of old, and remembered ancient years. 019 PSA 077 006 And I meditated; I communed with my heart by night, and diligently searched my spirit, [saying], 019 PSA 077 007 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be well pleased no more? 019 PSA 077 008 Will he cut off his mercy for ever, even for ever and ever? 019 PSA 077 009 Will God forget to pity? or will he shut up his compassions in his wrath? (Pause) 019 PSA 077 010 And I said, Now I have begun; this is the change of the right hand of the Most High. 019 PSA 077 011 I remembered the works of the Lord; for I will remember your wonders from the beginning. 019 PSA 077 012 And I will meditate on all your works, and will consider your doings. 019 PSA 077 013 O God, your way is in the sanctuary; who is a great God as our God? 019 PSA 077 014 You are the God that do wonders; you have made known your power among the nations. 019 PSA 077 015 You have with your arm redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Pause) 019 PSA 077 016 The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you, and feared; and the depths were troubled. 019 PSA 077 017 [There was] an abundant sound of waters: the clouds uttered a voice; for your arrows went abroad. 019 PSA 077 018 The voice of your thunder was abroad, and around your lightnings appeared to the world; the earth trembled a quaked. 019 PSA 077 019 Your way is in the sea, and your paths in many waters, and your footsteps can’t be known. 019 PSA 077 020 You did guide your people as sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 019 PSA 078 001 [A Psalm] of instruction for Asaph. Give heed, O my people, to my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth. 019 PSA 078 002 I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings [which have been] from the beginning. 019 PSA 078 003 All which we have heard and known, and our fathers have declared to us. 019 PSA 078 004 They were not hid from their children to a second generations; [the fathers] declaring the praises of the Lord, and his mighty acts, and his wonders which he wrought. 019 PSA 078 005 And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, to make it known to their children: 019 PSA 078 006 that another generation might know, even the sons which should be born; and they should arise and declare them to their children. 019 PSA 078 007 That they might set their hope on God, and not forget the works of God, but diligently seek his commandments. 019 PSA 078 008 That they should not be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not steadfast with God. 019 PSA 078 009 The children of Ephraim, bending and shooting [with] the bow, turned [back] in the day of battle. 019 PSA 078 010 They kept not the covenant of God, and would not walk in his law. 019 PSA 078 011 And they forgot his benefits, and his miracles which he [had] showed them; 019 PSA 078 012 the miracles which he wrought before their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the plain of Tanes. 019 PSA 078 013 He clave the sea, and led them through: he made the waters to stand as [in] a bottle. 019 PSA 078 014 And he guided them with a cloud by day, and all the night with a light of fire. 019 PSA 078 015 he clave a rock in the wilderness, and made them drink as in a great deep. 019 PSA 078 016 And he brought water out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down as rivers. 019 PSA 078 017 And they sinned yet more against him; they provoked the Most High in the wilderness. 019 PSA 078 018 And they tempted God in their hearts, in asking meat for [the desire of] their souls. 019 PSA 078 019 They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness? 019 PSA 078 020 Forasmuch as he struck the rock, and the waters flowed, and the torrents ran abundantly; will he be able also to give bread, or prepare a table for his people? 019 PSA 078 021 Therefore the Lord heard, and was provoked: and fire was kindled in Jacob, and wrath went up against Israel. 019 PSA 078 022 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation. 019 PSA 078 023 Yet he commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, 019 PSA 078 024 and rained upon them manna to eat, and gave them the bread of heaven. 019 PSA 078 025 Man ate angels' bread; he sent them provision to the full. 019 PSA 078 026 He removed the south wind from heaven; and by his might he brought in the southwest wind. 019 PSA 078 027 And he rained upon them flesh like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the seas. 019 PSA 078 028 And they fell into the midst of their camp, round about their tents. 019 PSA 078 029 So they ate, and were completely filled; and he gave them their desire. 019 PSA 078 030 They were not disappointed of their desire: [but] when their food was yet in their mouth, 019 PSA 078 031 then the indignation of God rose up against them, and killed the fattest of them, and overthrew the choice men of Israel. 019 PSA 078 032 In the midst of all this they sinned yet more, and believed not his miracles. 019 PSA 078 033 And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years with anxiety. 019 PSA 078 034 When he killed them, they sought him: and they returned and called betimes upon God. 019 PSA 078 035 And they remembered that God was their helper, and the most high God was their redeemer. 019 PSA 078 036 Yet they loved him [only] with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue. 019 PSA 078 037 For their heart [was] not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant. 019 PSA 078 038 But he is compassionate, and will forgive their sins, and will not destroy [them]: yes, he will frequently turn away his wrath, and will not kindle all his anger. 019 PSA 078 039 And he remembered that they are flesh; a wind that passes away, and returns not. 019 PSA 078 040 How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] anger him in a dry land! 019 PSA 078 041 Yes, they turned back, and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel. 019 PSA 078 042 They remembered not his hand, the day in which he delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. 019 PSA 078 043 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanes: 019 PSA 078 044 and had changed their rivers into blood; and their streams, that they should not drink. 019 PSA 078 045 He sent against them the dog-fly, and it devoured them; and the frog, and it spoiled them. 019 PSA 078 046 And he gave their fruit to the canker worm, and their labors to the locust. 019 PSA 078 047 He killed their vines with hail, and their sycamores with frost. 019 PSA 078 048 And he gave up their cattle to hail, and their substance to the fire. 019 PSA 078 049 He sent out against them the fury of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and affliction, a message by evil angels. 019 PSA 078 050 He made a way for his wrath; he spared not their souls from death, but consigned their cattle to death; 019 PSA 078 051 and struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt; the first fruits of their labors in the tents of Cham. 019 PSA 078 052 And he removed his people like sheep; he led them as a flock in the wilderness. 019 PSA 078 053 And he guided them with hope, and they feared not: but the sea covered their enemies. 019 PSA 078 054 And he brought them in to the mountain of his sanctuary, this mountain which his right hand had purchased. 019 PSA 078 055 And he cast out the nations from before them, and made them to inherit by a line of inheritance, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 019 PSA 078 056 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies. 019 PSA 078 057 And they turned back, and broke covenant, even as also their fathers: they became like a crooked bow. 019 PSA 078 058 And they provoked him with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 019 PSA 078 059 God heard and lightly regarded [them], and greatly despised Israel. 019 PSA 078 060 And he rejected the tabernacle of Selom, his tent where he lived among men. 019 PSA 078 061 And he gave their strength into captivity, and their beauty into the enemy's hand. 019 PSA 078 062 And he gave his people to the sword; and disdained his inheritance. 019 PSA 078 063 Fire devoured their young men; and their virgins mourned not. 019 PSA 078 064 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows shall not be wept for. 019 PSA 078 065 So the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] as a mighty man who has been heated with wine. 019 PSA 078 066 And he struck his enemies in the hinder parts: he brought on them a perpetual reproach. 019 PSA 078 067 And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim; 019 PSA 078 068 but chose the tribe of Juda, the mount Sion which he loved. 019 PSA 078 069 And he built his sanctuary as [the place] of unicorns; he founded it for ever on the earth. 019 PSA 078 070 He chose David also his servant, and took him up from the flocks of sheep. 019 PSA 078 071 He took him from following the ewes great with young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance. 019 PSA 078 072 So he tended them in the innocency of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. 019 PSA 079 001 A Psalm for Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into your inheritance; they have polluted your holy temple; they have made Jerusalem a storehouse of fruits. 019 PSA 079 002 They have given the dead bodies of your servants [to be] food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth. 019 PSA 079 003 They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury [them]. 019 PSA 079 004 We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them [that are] round about us. 019 PSA 079 005 How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire? 019 PSA 079 006 Pour out your wrath upon the heathen that have not known you, and upon the kingdoms which have not called upon your name. 019 PSA 079 007 For they have devoured Jacob, and laid his place waste. 019 PSA 079 008 Remember not our old transgressions; let your tender mercies speedily prevent us; for we are greatly impoverished. 019 PSA 079 009 Help us, O God our Saviour; for the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us; and be merciful to our sins, for your name's sake. 019 PSA 079 010 Lets haply they should say among the heathen, Where is their God? and let the avenging of your servant's blood that has been shed be known among the heathen before our eyes. 019 PSA 079 011 Let the groaning of the prisoners come in before you; according to the greatness of your arm preserve the sons of the slain ones. 019 PSA 079 012 Repay to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached you, O Lord. 019 PSA 079 013 For we are your people and the sheep of your pasture; we will give you thanks for ever; we will declare your praise throughout all generations. 019 PSA 080 001 For the end, for alternate [strains], a testimony for Asaph, a Psalm concerning the Assyrian. Attend, O Shepherd of Israel, who guide Joseph like a flock; you who sit upon the cherubs, manifest yourself; 019 PSA 080 002 before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasse, stir up your power, and come to deliver us. 019 PSA 080 003 Turn us, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be delivered. 019 PSA 080 004 O Lord God of hosts, how long are you angry with the prayer of your servant? 019 PSA 080 005 You will feed us with bread of tears; and will cause us to drink tears by measure. 019 PSA 080 006 You has made us a strife to our neighbors; and our enemies have mocked at us. 019 PSA 080 007 Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. (Pause) 019 PSA 080 008 You have transplanted a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it. 019 PSA 080 009 You made a way before it, and did cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled [with it]. 019 PSA 080 010 Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots [equalled] the goodly cedars. 019 PSA 080 011 It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river. 019 PSA 080 012 Therefore have you broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it? 019 PSA 080 013 The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it. 019 PSA 080 014 O God of hosts, turn, we pray you: look on [us] from heaven, and behold and visit this vine; 019 PSA 080 015 and restore that which your right hand has planted: and look on the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself. 019 PSA 080 016 [It is] burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of your presence. 019 PSA 080 017 Let your hand be upon the man of your right hand, and upon the son of man whom you did strengthen for yourself. 019 PSA 080 018 So will we not depart from you: you shall quicken us, and we will call upon your name. 019 PSA 080 019 Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and make your face to shine; and we shall be saved. 019 PSA 081 001 For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine presses. Rejoice you in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob. 019 PSA 081 002 Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant lute with the harp. 019 PSA 081 003 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast. 019 PSA 081 004 For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob. 019 PSA 081 005 He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not. 019 PSA 081 006 He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets. 019 PSA 081 007 You did call upon me in trouble, and I delivered you; I heard you in the secret place of the storm: I proved you at the water of Strife. (Pause) 019 PSA 081 008 Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, O Israel; and I will testify to you: if you will listen to me; 019 PSA 081 009 there shall be no new god in you; neither shall you worship a strange god. 019 PSA 081 010 For I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. 019 PSA 081 011 But my people listened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me. 019 PSA 081 012 So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways. 019 PSA 081 013 If my people had listened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways, 019 PSA 081 014 I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them. 019 PSA 081 015 The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever. 019 PSA 081 016 And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock. 019 PSA 082 001 A Psalm for Asaph. God stands in the assembly of gods; and in the midst [of them] will judge gods. 019 PSA 082 002 How long will you judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? (Pause) 019 PSA 082 003 Judge the orphan and poor: do justice to the low and needy. 019 PSA 082 004 Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner. 019 PSA 082 005 They know not, nor understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be shaken. 019 PSA 082 006 I have said, You are gods; and all [of you] children of the Most High. 019 PSA 082 007 But you die as men, and fall as one of the princes. 019 PSA 082 008 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations. 019 PSA 083 001 A Song of a Psalm for Asaph. O God, who shall be compared to you? be not silent, neither be still, O God. 019 PSA 083 002 For behold, your enemies have made a noise; and they that hate you have lifted up the head. 019 PSA 083 003 Against your people they have craftily imagined a device, and have taken counsel against your saints. 019 PSA 083 004 They have said, Come, and let us utterly destroy them out of the nation; and let the name of Israel be remembered no more at all. 019 PSA 083 005 For they have taken counsel together with one consent: they have made a confederacy against you; 019 PSA 083 006 even the tents of the Idumeans, and the Ismaelites; Moab, and the Agarenes; 019 PSA 083 007 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalec; the Philistines also, with them that dwell at Tyre. 019 PSA 083 008 Yes, Assur too is come with them: they have become a help to the children of Lot. (Pause) 019 PSA 083 009 Do you to them as to Madiam, and to Sisera; as to Jabin at the brook of Kison. 019 PSA 083 010 They were utterly destroyed at Aendor: they became as dung for the earth. 019 PSA 083 011 Make their princes as Oreb and Zeb, and Zebee and Salmana; [even] all their princes: 019 PSA 083 012 who said, let us take to ourselves the altar of God as an inheritance. 019 PSA 083 013 O my God, make them as a wheel; as stubble before the face of the wind. 019 PSA 083 014 As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains; 019 PSA 083 015 so shall you persecute them with your tempest, and trouble them in your anger. 019 PSA 083 016 Fill their faces with dishonor; so shall they seek your name, O Lord. 019 PSA 083 017 Let them be ashamed and troubled for evermore; yes, let them be confounded and destroyed. 019 PSA 083 018 And let them know that your name is Lord; that you alone are Most High over all the earth. 019 PSA 084 001 For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core, concerning the wine presses. How amiable are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! 019 PSA 084 002 My soul longs, and faints for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh have exulted in the living god. 019 PSA 084 003 Yes, the sparrow has found himself a home, and the turtle-dove a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. 019 PSA 084 004 Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will praise you evermore. (Pause) 019 PSA 084 005 Blessed is the man whose help is of you, O Lord; in his heart he has purposed to go up 019 PSA 084 006 the valley of weeping, to the place which he has appointed, for [there] the law-giver will grant blessings. 019 PSA 084 007 They shall go from strength to strength: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion. 019 PSA 084 008 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: listen, O God of Jacob. (Pause) 019 PSA 084 009 Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of your anointed. 019 PSA 084 010 For one day in your courts is better than thousands. I would rather be an abject in the house of God, than dwell in the tents of sinners. 019 PSA 084 011 For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence. 019 PSA 084 012 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you. 019 PSA 085 001 For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. O Lord, you has taken pleasure in your land: you have turned back the captivity of Jacob. 019 PSA 085 002 You have forgiven your people their transgressions; you has covered all their sins. (Pause) 019 PSA 085 003 You has caused all your wrath to cease: you have turned from your fierce anger. 019 PSA 085 004 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and turn your anger away from us. 019 PSA 085 005 Wouldest you be angry with us for ever? or will you continue your wrath from generation to generation? 019 PSA 085 006 O God, you will turn and quicken us; and your people shall rejoice in you. 019 PSA 085 007 Show us your mercy, O Lord, and grant us your salvation. 019 PSA 085 008 I will hear what the Lord God will say concerning me: for he shall speak peace to his people, and to his saints, and to those that turn their heart toward him. 019 PSA 085 009 Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. 019 PSA 085 010 Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed [each other]. 019 PSA 085 011 Truth has sprung out of the earth; and righteousness has looked down from heaven. 019 PSA 085 012 For the Lord will give goodness; and our land shall yield her fruit. 019 PSA 085 013 Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set his steps in the way. 019 PSA 086 001 A Prayer of David. O Lord, incline your ear, and listen to me; for I am poor and needy. 019 PSA 086 002 Preserve my soul, for I am holy; save your servant, O God, who hopes in you. 019 PSA 086 003 Pity me, O Lord: for to you will I cry all the day. 019 PSA 086 004 Rejoice the sold of your servant: for to you, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 019 PSA 086 005 For you, O Lord, are kind, and gentle; and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon you. 019 PSA 086 006 Give ear to my prayer, o Lord; and attend to the voice of my supplication. 019 PSA 086 007 In the day of my trouble I cried to you: for you did hear me. 019 PSA 086 008 There is none like to you, O Lord, among the god; and there are no [works] like to your works. 019 PSA 086 009 All nations whom you have made shall come, and shall worship before you, O Lord; and shall glorify your name. 019 PSA 086 010 For you are great, and do wonders: you are the only [and] the great God. 019 PSA 086 011 Guide me, O Lord, in your way, and I will walk in your truth: let my heart rejoice, that I may fear your name. 019 PSA 086 012 I will give you thanks, O Lord my God, with all my heart; and I will glorify your name for ever. 019 PSA 086 013 For your mercy is great toward me; and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 019 PSA 086 014 O God, transgressors have risen up against me, and an assembly of violent [men] have sought my life; and have not set you before them. 019 PSA 086 015 But you, O Lord God, are compassionate and merciful, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and true. 019 PSA 086 016 Look you upon me, and have mercy upon me: give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid. 019 PSA 086 017 Establish with me a token for good; and let them that hate me see [it] and be ashamed; because you, O Lord, have helped me, and comforted me. 019 PSA 087 001 A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Core. His foundations are in the holy mountains. 019 PSA 087 002 The Lord loves the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob. 019 PSA 087 003 Glorious things have been spoken of you, O city of God. (Pause) 019 PSA 087 004 I will make mention of Raab and Babylon to them that know me: behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these were born there. 019 PSA 087 005 A man shall say, Sion [is my] mother; and [such] a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her. 019 PSA 087 006 The Lord shall recount [it] in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her. 019 PSA 087 007 The dwelling of all within you is [as the dwelling] of those that rejoice. 019 PSA 088 001 A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive [strains], of instruction for Aeman the Israelite. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before you. 019 PSA 088 002 Let my prayer come in before you; incline your ear to my supplication, O Lord. 019 PSA 088 003 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life has drawn near to Hades. 019 PSA 088 004 I have been reckoned with them that go down to the pit; I became as a man without help; 019 PSA 088 005 free among the dead, as the slain ones cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom you remember no more; and they are rejected from your hand. 019 PSA 088 006 They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark [places], and in the shadow of death. 019 PSA 088 007 Your wrath has pressed heavily upon me, and you have brought upon me all your billows. (Pause) 019 PSA 088 008 You have removed my acquaintance far from me; they have made me an abomination to themselves; I have been delivered up, and have not gone forth. 019 PSA 088 009 Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to you, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to you. 019 PSA 088 010 Will you work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise [them] up, that they shall praise you? 019 PSA 088 011 Shall any one declare your mercy in the tomb? and your truth in destruction? 019 PSA 088 012 Shall your wonders be known in darkness? and your righteousness in a forgotten land? 019 PSA 088 013 But I cried to you, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you. 019 PSA 088 014 Therefore, O Lord, do you reject my prayer, [and] turn your face away from me? 019 PSA 088 015 I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into despair. 019 PSA 088 016 Your wrath has passed over me; and your terrors have greatly disquieted me. 019 PSA 088 017 They compassed me like water; all the day they beset me together. 019 PSA 088 018 You have put far from me [every] friend, and mine acquaintances because of [my] wretchedness. 019 PSA 089 001 [A Psalm] of instruction for Aetham the Israelite. I will sing of your mercies, O Lord, for ever: I will declare your truth with my mouth to all generations. 019 PSA 089 002 For you have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your truth shall be established in the heavens. 019 PSA 089 003 I made a covenant with my chosen ones, I sware to David my servant. 019 PSA 089 004 I will establish your seed for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. (Pause) 019 PSA 089 005 The heavens shall declare your wonders, O Lord; and your truth in the assembly of the saints. 019 PSA 089 006 For who in the heavens shall be compared to the Lord? and who shall be likened to the Lord among the sons of God? 019 PSA 089 007 God is glorified in the council of the saints; great and terrible toward all that are round about him. 019 PSA 089 008 O Lord God of hosts, who is like to you? you are mighty, O Lord, and your truth is round about you. 019 PSA 089 009 You rule the power of the sea; and you calm the tumult of its waves. 019 PSA 089 010 You has brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you has scattered your enemies. 019 PSA 089 011 The heavens are your, and the earth is your: you have founded the world, and the fullness of it. 019 PSA 089 012 You have created the north and the west: Thabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name. 019 PSA 089 013 Your is the mighty arm: let your hand be strengthened, let your right hand be exalted. 019 PSA 089 014 Justice and judgment are the establishment of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face. 019 PSA 089 015 Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance. 019 PSA 089 016 And in your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted. 019 PSA 089 017 For you are the boast of their strength; and in your good pleasure shall our horn be exalted, 019 PSA 089 018 for [our] help is of the Lord; and of the Holy One of Israel, our king. 019 PSA 089 019 Then you spoke in vision to your children, and said, I have laid help on a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of my people. 019 PSA 089 020 I have found David my servant; I have anointed him by [my] holy mercy. 019 PSA 089 021 For my hand shall support him; and mine arm shall strengthen him. 019 PSA 089 022 The enemy shall have no advantage against him; and the son of transgression shall not hurt him again. 019 PSA 089 023 And I will hew down his foes before him, and put to flight those that hate him. 019 PSA 089 024 But my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and in my name shall his horn be exalted. 019 PSA 089 025 And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 019 PSA 089 026 He shall call upon me, [saying], You are my Father, my God, and the helper of my salvation. 019 PSA 089 027 And I will make him [my] firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. 019 PSA 089 028 I will keep my mercy for him for ever, and my covenant [shall be] firm with him. 019 PSA 089 029 And I will establish his seed for ever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 019 PSA 089 030 If his children should forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; 019 PSA 089 031 if they should profane my ordinances, and not keep my commandments; 019 PSA 089 032 I will visit their transgressions with a rod, and their sins with scourges. 019 PSA 089 033 But my mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong my truth. 019 PSA 089 034 Neither will I by any means profane my covenant; and I will not make void the things that proceed out of my lips. 019 PSA 089 035 Once have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie to David. 019 PSA 089 036 His see shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me; 019 PSA 089 037 and as the moon [that is] established for ever, and as the faithful witness in heaven. (Pause) 019 PSA 089 038 But you have cast off and set at nothing, you has rejected your anointed. 019 PSA 089 039 You have overthrown the covenant of your servant; you has profaned his sanctuary, [casting it] to the ground. 019 PSA 089 040 You have broken down all his hedges; you have made his strong holds a terror. 019 PSA 089 041 All that go by the way have spoiled him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors. 019 PSA 089 042 You have exalted the right hand of his enemies; you have made all his enemies to rejoice. 019 PSA 089 043 You have turned back the help of his sword, and have not helped him in the battle. 019 PSA 089 044 You have deprived him of glory: you have broken down his throne to the ground. 019 PSA 089 045 You have shortened the days of his throne: you have poured shame upon him. (Pause) 019 PSA 089 046 How long, O Lord, will you turn away, for ever? shall your anger flame out as fire? 019 PSA 089 047 Remember what my being is: for have you created all the sons of men in vain? 019 PSA 089 048 What man is there who shall live, and not see death? shall [any one] deliver his soul from the hand of Hades? (Pause) 019 PSA 089 049 Where are your ancient mercies, O Lord, which you sware to David in your truth? 019 PSA 089 050 Remember, O Lord, the reproach of your servants, which I have borne in my bosom, [even the reproach] of many nations; 019 PSA 089 051 wherewith your enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompense of your anointed. 019 PSA 089 052 Blessed be the Lord for ever. So be it, so be it. 019 PSA 090 001 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, you have been our refuge in all generations. 019 PSA 090 002 Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, You are. 019 PSA 090 003 Turn not man back to [his] low place, whereas you said, Return, you sons of men? 019 PSA 090 004 For a thousand years in your sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night. 019 PSA 090 005 Years shall be vanity to them: let the morning pass away as grass. 019 PSA 090 006 In the morning let it flower, and pass away: in the evening let it droop, let it be withered and dried up. 019 PSA 090 007 For we have perished in your anger, and in your wrath we have been troubled. 019 PSA 090 008 You have set our transgressions before you: our age is in the light of your countenance. 019 PSA 090 009 For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in your wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider. 019 PSA 090 010 [As for] the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if [men should be] in strength, eighty years: and the greater part of them would be labor and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened. 019 PSA 090 011 Who knows the power of your wrath? 019 PSA 090 012 and [who knows how] to number [his days] because of the fear of your wrath? So manifest your right hand, and those that are instructed in wisdom in the heart. 019 PSA 090 013 Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated concerning your servants. 019 PSA 090 014 We have been satisfied in the morning with your mercy; and we did exult and rejoice: 019 PSA 090 015 let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein you did afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil. 019 PSA 090 016 And look upon your servants, and upon your works; and guide their children. 019 PSA 090 017 And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do you direct for us the works of our hands. 019 PSA 091 001 Praise of a Song, by David. He that dwells in the help of the Highest, shall sojourn under the shelter of the God of heaven. 019 PSA 091 002 He shall say to the Lord, You are my helper and my refuge: my God; I will hope in him. 019 PSA 091 003 For he shall deliver you from the snare of the hunters, from [every] troublesome matter. 019 PSA 091 004 He shall overshadow you with his shoulders, and you shall trust under his wings: his truth shall cover you with a shield. 019 PSA 091 005 You shall not be afraid of terror by night; nor of the arrow flying by day; 019 PSA 091 006 [nor] of the [evil] thing that walks in darkness; [nor] of calamity, and the evil spirit at noon-day. 019 PSA 091 007 A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. 019 PSA 091 008 Only with your eyes shall you observe and see the reward of sinners. 019 PSA 091 009 For you, O Lord, are my hope: you, my soul, have made the Most High your refuge. 019 PSA 091 010 No evils shall come upon you, and no scourge shall draw near to your dwelling. 019 PSA 091 011 For he shall give his angels charge concerning you, to keep you in all your ways. 019 PSA 091 012 They shall bear you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. 019 PSA 091 013 You shall tread on the asp and basilisk: and you shall trample on the lion and dragon. 019 PSA 091 014 For he has hoped in me, and I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he has known my name. 019 PSA 091 015 He shall call upon me, and I will listen to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him. 019 PSA 091 016 I will satisfy him with length of days, and show him my salvation. 019 PSA 092 001 A Psalm of a Song for the Sabbath-day. It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O you Most High; 019 PSA 092 002 to proclaim your mercy in the morning, and your truth by night, 019 PSA 092 003 on a lute of ten strings, with a song on the harp. 019 PSA 092 004 For you, O Lord, have made me glad with your work: and in the operations of your hands will I exult. 019 PSA 092 005 How have your works been magnified, O Lord! your thoughts are very deep. 019 PSA 092 006 A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this. 019 PSA 092 007 When the sinners spring up as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity have watched; [it is] that they may be utterly destroyed for ever. 019 PSA 092 008 But you, O Lord, are most high for ever. 019 PSA 092 009 For, behold, your enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. 019 PSA 092 010 But my horn shall be exalted [as the horn] of a unicorn; and mine old age with rich mercy. 019 PSA 092 011 And mine eye has seen mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear the wicked that rise up against me. 019 PSA 092 012 The righteous shall flourish as a palm tree: he shall be increased as the cedar in Libanus. 019 PSA 092 013 They that are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 019 PSA 092 014 Then shall they be increased in a fine old age; and they shall be prosperous; that they may declare 019 PSA 092 015 that the Lord my God is righteous, and there is no iniquity in him. 019 PSA 093 001 For the day before the Sabbath, when the land was [first] inhabited, the praise of a Song by David. The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honor: the Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength; for he has established the world, which shall not be moved. 019 PSA 093 002 Your throne is prepared of old: you are from everlasting. 019 PSA 093 003 The rivers have lifted up, O Lord, the rivers have lifted up their voices, 019 PSA 093 004 at the voices of many waters: the billows of the sea are wonderful: the Lord is wonderful in high places. 019 PSA 093 005 Your testimonies are made very sure: holiness becomes your house, O Lord, for ever. 019 PSA 094 001 A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself. 019 PSA 094 002 Be you exalted, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud. 019 PSA 094 003 How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast? 019 PSA 094 004 They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so]. 019 PSA 094 005 They have afflicted your people, O Lord, and hurt your heritage. 019 PSA 094 006 They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger. 019 PSA 094 007 And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand. 019 PSA 094 008 Understand now, you simple among the people; and you fools, at length be wise. 019 PSA 094 009 He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive? 019 PSA 094 010 He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge? 019 PSA 094 011 The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain. 019 PSA 094 012 Blessed is the man whoever you shall chasten, O Lord, and shall teach him out of your law; 019 PSA 094 013 to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one. 019 PSA 094 014 For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance; 019 PSA 094 015 until righteousness return to judgment, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (Pause) 019 PSA 094 016 Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity? 019 PSA 094 017 If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades. 019 PSA 094 018 If I said, My foot has been moved; 019 PSA 094 019 your mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, your consolation have soothed my soul. 019 PSA 094 020 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by an ordinance? 019 PSA 094 021 They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. 019 PSA 094 022 But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope. 019 PSA 094 023 And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them. 019 PSA 095 001 The praise of a Song by David. Come, let us exult in the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to God our Saviour. 019 PSA 095 002 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms. 019 PSA 095 003 For the Lord is a great God, and a great king over all gods: for the Lord will not cast off his people. 019 PSA 095 004 For the ends of the earth are in his hands; and the heights of the mountains are his. 019 PSA 095 005 For the sea is his, and he made it: and is hands formed the dry land. 019 PSA 095 006 Come, let us worship and fall down before him; and weep before the Lord that made us. 019 PSA 095 007 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 019 PSA 095 008 To-day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, according to the day of irritation in the wilderness: 019 PSA 095 009 where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works. 019 PSA 095 010 Forty years was I grieved with this generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways. 019 PSA 095 011 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest. 019 PSA 096 001 When the house was built after the Captivity, a Song of David. Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. 019 PSA 096 002 Sing to the Lord, bless his name: proclaim his salvation from day to day. 019 PSA 096 003 Publish his glory among the Gentiles, his wonderful works among all people. 019 PSA 096 004 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is terrible above all gods. 019 PSA 096 005 For all the gods of the heathen are devils: but the Lord made the heavens. 019 PSA 096 006 Thanksgiving and beauty are before him: holiness and majesty are in his sanctuary. 019 PSA 096 007 Bring to the Lord, you families of the Gentiles, bring to the Lord glory and honor. 019 PSA 096 008 Bring to the Lord the glory [becoming] his name: take offerings, and go into his courts. 019 PSA 096 009 Worship the Lord in his holy court: let all the earth tremble before him. 019 PSA 096 010 Say among the heathen, The Lord reigns: for he has established the world so that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people in righteousness. 019 PSA 096 011 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth exult; let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it. 019 PSA 096 012 The plains shall rejoice, and all things in them: then shall all the trees of the wood exult before the presence of the Lord: 019 PSA 096 013 for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth; he shall judge the world in righteousness, and the people with his truth. 019 PSA 097 001 For David, when his land is established. The Lord reigns, let the earth exult, let many islands rejoice. 019 PSA 097 002 Cloud, and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne. 019 PSA 097 003 Fire shall go before him, and burn up his enemies round about. 019 PSA 097 004 His lightnings appeared to the world; the earth saw, and trembled. 019 PSA 097 005 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 019 PSA 097 006 The heavens have declared his righteousness, and all the people have seen his glory. 019 PSA 097 007 Let all that worship graven images be ashamed, who boast of their idols; worship him, all you his angels. 019 PSA 097 008 Sion heard and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judea exulted, because of your judgments, O Lord. 019 PSA 097 009 For you are Lord most high over all the earth; you are greatly exalted above all gods. 019 PSA 097 010 You that love the Lord, hate evil; the Lord preserves the souls of his saints; he shall deliver them from the hand of sinners. 019 PSA 097 011 Light is sprung up for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. 019 PSA 097 012 Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous; and give thanks for a remembrance of his holiness. 019 PSA 098 001 A Psalm of David. Sing to the Lord a new song; for the Lord has wrought wonderful works, his right hand, and his holy arm, have wrought salvation for him. 019 PSA 098 002 The Lord has made known his salvation, he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. 019 PSA 098 003 He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, and his truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 019 PSA 098 004 Shout to God, all the earth; sing, and exult, and sing psalms. 019 PSA 098 005 Sing to the Lord with a harp, with a harp, and the voice of a psalm. 019 PSA 098 006 With trumpets of metal, and the sound of a trumpet of horn make a joyful noise to the Lord before the king. 019 PSA 098 007 Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it; the world, and they that dwell in it. 019 PSA 098 008 The rivers shall clap their hands together; the mountains shall exult. 019 PSA 098 009 For he is come to judge the earth; he shall judge the world in righteousness, and the nations in uprightness. 019 PSA 099 001 A Psalm of David. The Lord reigns; —let the people rage; [it is he] that sits upon the cherubs, let the earth be moved. 019 PSA 099 002 The Lord is great in Sion, and is high over all the people. 019 PSA 099 003 Let them give thanks to your great name; for it is terrible and holy. 019 PSA 099 004 And the king's honor loves judgment; you have prepared equity, you have wrought judgment and justice in Jacob. 019 PSA 099 005 Exalt you the Lord our God, and worship [at] his footstool; for he is holy. 019 PSA 099 006 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he heard them. 019 PSA 099 007 He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud; they kept his testimonies, and the ordinances which he gave them. 019 PSA 099 008 O Lord our God, you heard them; O God, you became propitious to them, though you did take vengeance on all their devices. 019 PSA 099 009 Exalt you the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy. 019 PSA 100 001 A Psalm for Thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. 019 PSA 100 002 Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with exultation. 019 PSA 100 003 Know that the Lord he is God; he made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 019 PSA 100 004 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with hymns; give thanks to him, praise his name. 019 PSA 100 005 For the Lord is good, his mercy is for ever; and his truth [endures] to generation and generation. 019 PSA 101 001 A Psalm of David. I will sing to you, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm, 019 PSA 101 002 and I will be wise in a blameless way. When will you come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house. 019 PSA 101 003 I have not set before mine eyes any unlawful ting; I have hated transgressors. 019 PSA 101 004 A perverse heart has not cleaved to me; I have not known an evil man, forasmuch as he turns away from me. 019 PSA 101 005 Him that privily speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from [me]: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, —with him I have not eaten. 019 PSA 101 006 Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me. 019 PSA 101 007 The proud doer lived not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight. 019 PSA 101 008 Early did I kill all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity. 019 PSA 102 001 A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you. 019 PSA 102 002 Turn not away your face from me: in the day [when] I am afflicted, incline your ear to me: in the day [when] I shall call upon you, speedily hear me. 019 PSA 102 003 For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick. 019 PSA 102 004 I am blighted like grass, and my heart is dried up; for I have forgotten to eat my bread. 019 PSA 102 005 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh. 019 PSA 102 006 I have become like a pelican of the wilderness; 019 PSA 102 007 I have become like an owl in a ruined house. I have watched, and am become as a sparrow dwelling alone on a roof. 019 PSA 102 008 All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me. 019 PSA 102 009 For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping; 019 PSA 102 010 because of your anger and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and dashed me down. 019 PSA 102 011 My days have declined like a shadow; and I am withered like grass. 019 PSA 102 012 But you, Lord, endure for ever, and your memorial to generation and generation. 019 PSA 102 013 You shall arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for [it is] time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come. 019 PSA 102 014 For your servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust. 019 PSA 102 015 So the nations shall fear your name, O Lord, and all kings your glory. 019 PSA 102 016 For the Lord shall build up Sion, and shall appear in his glory. 019 PSA 102 017 He has had regard to the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised their petition. 019 PSA 102 018 Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord. 019 PSA 102 019 For he has looked out from the height of his sanctuary; the Lord looked upon the earth from heaven; 019 PSA 102 020 to hear the groaning of the fettered ones, to loosen the sons of the slain; 019 PSA 102 021 to proclaim the name of the Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem; 019 PSA 102 022 when the people are gathered together, and the kings, to serve the Lord. 019 PSA 102 023 He answered him in the way of his strength: tell me the fewness of my days. 019 PSA 102 024 Take me not away in the midst of my days: your years [are] through all generations. 019 PSA 102 025 In the beginning you, O Lord, did lay the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands. 019 PSA 102 026 They shall perish, but you remain: and [they all] shall wax old as a garment; and as a vesture shall you fold them, and they shall be changed. 019 PSA 102 027 But you are the same, and your years shall not fail. 019 PSA 102 028 The children of your servants shall dwell [securely], and their seed shall prosper for ever. 019 PSA 103 001 [A Psalm] of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all [that is] within me, [bless] his holy name. 019 PSA 103 002 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his praises: 019 PSA 103 003 who forgives all your transgressions, who heals all your diseases; 019 PSA 103 004 who redeems your life from corruption; who crowns you with mercy and compassion; 019 PSA 103 005 who satisfies your desire with good things: [so that] your youth shall be renewed like [that] of the eagle. 019 PSA 103 006 The Lord executes mercy and judgment for all that are injured. 019 PSA 103 007 He made known his ways to Moses, his will to the children of Israel. 019 PSA 103 008 The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, longsuffering, and full of mercy. 019 PSA 103 009 He will not be always angry; neither will he be wrathful for ever. 019 PSA 103 010 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor recompensed us according to our iniquities. 019 PSA 103 011 For as the heaven is high above the earth, the Lord has [so] increased his mercy toward them that fear him. 019 PSA 103 012 As far as the east is from the west, [so far] has he removed our transgressions from us. 019 PSA 103 013 As a father pities [his] children, the Lord pities them that fear him. 019 PSA 103 014 For he knows our frame: remember that we are dust. 019 PSA 103 015 [As for] man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so shall he flourish. 019 PSA 103 016 For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more. 019 PSA 103 017 But the mercy of the Lord is from generation to generation upon them that fear him, and his righteousness to children's children; 019 PSA 103 018 to them that keep his covenant, and remember his commandments to do them. 019 PSA 103 019 The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all. 019 PSA 103 020 Bless the Lord, all you his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, [ready] to listen to the voice of his words. 019 PSA 103 021 Bless the Lord, all you his hosts; [you] ministers of his that do his will. 019 PSA 103 022 Bless the Lord, all his works, in every place of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul. 019 PSA 104 001 [A Psalm] of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you have clothed yourself with praise and honor: 019 PSA 104 002 who do robe yourself with light as with a garment; spreading out the heaven as a curtain. 019 PSA 104 003 Who covers his chambers with waters; who makes the clouds his chariot; who walks on the wings of the wind. 019 PSA 104 004 Who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flaming fire. 019 PSA 104 005 Who establishes the earth on her sure foundation: it shall not be moved for ever. 019 PSA 104 006 The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: the waters shall stand on the hills. 019 PSA 104 007 At your rebuke they shall flee; at the voice of your thunder they shall be alarmed. 019 PSA 104 008 They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, to the place which you have founded for them. 019 PSA 104 009 You have set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth. 019 PSA 104 010 He sends forth his fountains among the valleys: the waters shall run between the mountains. 019 PSA 104 011 They shall give drink to all the wild beasts of the field: the wild asses shall take [of them] to [quench] their thirst. 019 PSA 104 012 By them shall the birds of the sky lodge: they shall utter a voice out of the midst of the rocks. 019 PSA 104 013 He waters the mountains from his chambers: the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of your works. 019 PSA 104 014 He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth; 019 PSA 104 015 and wine makes glad the heart of man, to make his face cheerful with oil: and bread strengthens man's heart. 019 PSA 104 016 The trees of the plain shall be full [of sap]; [even] the cedars of Libanus which he has planted. 019 PSA 104 017 There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them. 019 PSA 104 018 The high mountains are a refuge for the stags, [and] the rock for the rabbits. 019 PSA 104 019 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down. 019 PSA 104 020 You did make darkness, and it was night; in it all the wild beasts of the forest will be abroad: 019 PSA 104 021 [even] young lions roaring for prey, and to seek meat for themselves from God. 019 PSA 104 022 The sun arises, and they shall be gathered together, and shall lie down in their dens. 019 PSA 104 023 Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labor till evening. 019 PSA 104 024 How great are your works, O Lord! in wisdom have you wrought them all: the earth is filled with your creation. 019 PSA 104 025 [So is] this great and wide sea: there are things creeping innumerable, small animals and great. 019 PSA 104 026 There go the ships; [and] this dragon whom you have made to play in it. 019 PSA 104 027 All wait upon you, to give them [their] food in due season. 019 PSA 104 028 When you have given [it] them, they will gather [it]; and when you have opened your hand, they shall all be filled with good. 019 PSA 104 029 But when you have turned away your face, they shall be troubled: you will take away their breath, and they shall fail, and return to their dust. 019 PSA 104 030 You shall send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created; and you shall renew the face of the earth. 019 PSA 104 031 Let the glory of the Lord be for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works; 019 PSA 104 032 who looks upon the earth, and makes it tremble; who touches the mountains, and they smoke. 019 PSA 104 033 I will sing to the Lord while I live; I will sing praise to my God while I exist. 019 PSA 104 034 Let my meditation be sweet to him: and I will rejoice in the Lord. 019 PSA 104 035 Let the sinners fail from off the earth, and transgressors, so that they shall be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul. 019 PSA 105 001 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, and call upon his name; declare his works among the heathen. 019 PSA 105 002 Sing to him, yes, sing praises to him: tell forth all his wonderful works. 019 PSA 105 003 Glory in his holy name: let the heart of them that seek the Lord rejoice. 019 PSA 105 004 Seek you the Lord, and be strengthened; seek his face continually. 019 PSA 105 005 Remember his wonderful works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 019 PSA 105 006 [you] seed of Abraam, his servants, [you] children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 019 PSA 105 007 He is the Lord our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 019 PSA 105 008 He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded for a thousand generation: 019 PSA 105 009 which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and [he remembered] his oath to Isaac. 019 PSA 105 010 And he established it to Jacob for an ordinance, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant; 019 PSA 105 011 saying To you will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance: 019 PSA 105 012 when they were few in number, very few, and sojourners in it. 019 PSA 105 013 And they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people. 019 PSA 105 014 He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes: 019 PSA 105 015 [saying], Touch not my anointed ones; and do my prophets no harm. 019 PSA 105 016 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread. 019 PSA 105 017 He sent a man before them; Joseph was sold for a slave. 019 PSA 105 018 They hurt his feet with fetters; his soul passed into iron, 019 PSA 105 019 until the time that his cause came on; the word of the Lord tried him as fire. 019 PSA 105 020 The king sent and loosed him; [even] the prince of the people, and let him go free. 019 PSA 105 021 He made him Lord over his house, and ruler of all his substance; 019 PSA 105 022 to chastise his rulers at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom. 019 PSA 105 023 Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham. 019 PSA 105 024 And he increased his people greatly, and made them stronger than their enemies. 019 PSA 105 025 And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants. 019 PSA 105 026 He sent fort Moses his servant, [and] Aaron whom he had chosen. 019 PSA 105 027 He established among them his signs, and [his] wonders in the land of Cham. 019 PSA 105 028 He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; yet they rebelled against his words. 019 PSA 105 029 He turned their waters into blood, and killed their fish. 019 PSA 105 030 Their land produced frogs abundantly, in the chambers of their kings. 019 PSA 105 031 He spoke, and the dog-fly came, and lice in all their coasts. 019 PSA 105 032 He turned their rain into hail, [and sent] flaming fire in their land. 019 PSA 105 033 And he struck their vines and their fig trees; and broke every tree of their coast. 019 PSA 105 034 He spoke, and the locust came, and caterpillars innumerable, 019 PSA 105 035 and devoured all the grass in their land, and devoured the fruit of the ground. 019 PSA 105 036 He struck also every firstborn of their land, the first fruits of all their labor. 019 PSA 105 037 And he brought them out with silver and gold; and there was not a feeble one among their tribes. 019 PSA 105 038 Egypt rejoiced at their departing; for the fear of them fell upon them. 019 PSA 105 039 He spread out a cloud for a covering to them, and fire to give them light by night. 019 PSA 105 040 They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 019 PSA 105 041 He clave the rock, and the waters flowed, rivers ran in dry places. 019 PSA 105 042 For he remembered his holy word, which [he promised] to Abraam his servant. 019 PSA 105 043 And he brought out his people with exultation, and his chosen with joy; 019 PSA 105 044 and gave them the lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labors of the people; 019 PSA 105 045 that they might keep his ordinances, and diligently seek his law. 019 PSA 106 001 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 106 002 Who shall tell the mighty acts of the Lord? [who] shall cause all his praises to be heard? 019 PSA 106 003 Blessed are they that keep judgment, and do righteousness at all times. 019 PSA 106 004 Remember us, O Lord, with the favor [you have] to your people: visit us with your salvation; 019 PSA 106 005 that we may behold the good of your elect, that we may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that we may glory with your inheritance. 019 PSA 106 006 We have sinned with our fathers, we have transgressed, we have done unrighteously. 019 PSA 106 007 Our fathers in Egypt understood not your wonders, and remembered not the multitude of your mercy; but provoked [him] as they went up by the Red Sea. 019 PSA 106 008 Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might cause his mighty power to be known. 019 PSA 106 009 And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up: so he led them through the deep as through the wilderness. 019 PSA 106 010 And he saved them out of the hand of them that hated [them], and redeemed them out of the hand of the enemy. 019 PSA 106 011 The water covered those that oppressed them: there was not one of them left. 019 PSA 106 012 Then they believed his words, and celebrated his praise. 019 PSA 106 013 They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel. 019 PSA 106 014 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry [land]. 019 PSA 106 015 And he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls. 019 PSA 106 016 They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord. 019 PSA 106 017 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron. 019 PSA 106 018 And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners. 019 PSA 106 019 And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image, 019 PSA 106 020 and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass. 019 PSA 106 021 They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt; 019 PSA 106 022 wondrous [works] in the land of Cham, and terrible things at the Red Sea. 019 PSA 106 023 So he said that he would have destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn [him] away from the fierceness of his anger, so that he should not destroy them. 019 PSA 106 024 Moreover they set at nothing the desirable land, and believed not his word. 019 PSA 106 025 And they murmured in their tents: they listened not to the voice of the Lord. 019 PSA 106 026 So he lifted up his hand against them, to cast them down in the wilderness; 019 PSA 106 027 and to cast down their seed among the nations, and to scatter them in the countries. 019 PSA 106 028 They were joined also to Beelphegor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. And they provoked him with their devices; 019 PSA 106 029 and destruction, was multiplied among them. 019 PSA 106 030 Then Phinees stood up, and made atonement: and the plague ceased. 019 PSA 106 031 And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever. 019 PSA 106 032 They provoked him also at the water of Strife, and Moses was hurt for their sakes; 019 PSA 106 033 for they provoked his spirit, and he spoke [unadvisedly] with his lips. 019 PSA 106 034 They destroyed not the nations which the Lord told them [to destroy]; 019 PSA 106 035 but were mingled with the heathen, and learned their works. 019 PSA 106 036 And they served their graven images; and it became an offense to them. 019 PSA 106 037 And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils, 019 PSA 106 038 and shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Chanaan; and the land was defiled with blood. 019 PSA 106 039 and was polluted with their works; and they went a whoring with their own devices. 019 PSA 106 040 So the Lord was very angry with his people, and he abhorred his inheritance. 019 PSA 106 041 And he delivered them into the hands of [their] enemies; and they that hated them ruled over them. 019 PSA 106 042 Ands their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought down under their hands. 019 PSA 106 043 Many a time he delivered them; but they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquities. 019 PSA 106 044 You the Lord looked upon their affliction, when he heard their petition. 019 PSA 106 045 And he remembered his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercy. 019 PSA 106 046 And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive. 019 PSA 106 047 Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, that we may give thanks to your holy name, that we may glory in your praise. 019 PSA 106 048 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting; and all the people shall say, Amen, Amen. 019 PSA 107 001 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 107 002 Let them say [so] who have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 019 PSA 107 003 and gathered them out of the countries, from the east, and west, and north, and south. 019 PSA 107 004 They wandered in the wilderness in a dry land; they found no way to a city of habitation. 019 PSA 107 005 Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. 019 PSA 107 006 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he delivered them out of their distresses. 019 PSA 107 007 And he guided them into a straight path, that they might go to a city of habitation. 019 PSA 107 008 Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men. 019 PSA 107 009 For he satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry [soul] with good things, 019 PSA 107 010 [even] them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron; 019 PSA 107 011 because they rebelled against the words of God, and provoked the counsel of the Most High. 019 PSA 107 012 So their heart was brought low with troubles; they were weak, and there was no helper. 019 PSA 107 013 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses. 019 PSA 107 014 And he brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bonds asunder. 019 PSA 107 015 Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonders to the children of men. 019 PSA 107 016 For he broke to pieces the brazen gates, and crushed the iron bars. 019 PSA 107 017 He helped them out of the way of their iniquity; for they were brought low because of their iniquities. 019 PSA 107 018 Their soul abhorred all meat; and they drew near to the gates of death. 019 PSA 107 019 Then they cried to the Lord in their affliction, and he saved them out of their distresses. 019 PSA 107 020 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them out of their destructions. 019 PSA 107 021 Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men. 019 PSA 107 022 And let them offer to him the sacrifice of praise, and proclaim this works with exultation. 019 PSA 107 023 They that go down to the sea in ships, doing business in many waters; 019 PSA 107 024 these [men] have seen the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 019 PSA 107 025 He speaks, and the stormy wind arises, and its waves are lifted up. 019 PSA 107 026 They go up to the heavens, and go down to the depths; their soul melts because of troubles. 019 PSA 107 027 They are troubled, they stagger as a drunkard, and all their wisdom is swallowed up. 019 PSA 107 028 Then they cry to the Lord in their affliction, and he brings them out of their distresses. 019 PSA 107 029 And he commands the storm, and it is calmed into a gentle breeze, and its waves are still. 019 PSA 107 030 And they are glad, because they are quiet; and he guides them to their desire haven. 019 PSA 107 031 Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonderful works to the children of men. 019 PSA 107 032 Let them exalt him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders. 019 PSA 107 033 He turns rivers into a desert, and streams of water into a dry land; 019 PSA 107 034 a fruitful land into saltness, for the wickedness of them that dwell in it. 019 PSA 107 035 He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into streams of water. 019 PSA 107 036 And there he causes the hungry to dwell, and they establish for themselves cities of habitation. 019 PSA 107 037 And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and they yield fruit of increase. 019 PSA 107 038 And he blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, and he diminishes not the number of their cattle. 019 PSA 107 039 Again they become few, and are brought low, by the pressure of evils and pain. 019 PSA 107 040 Contempt is poured upon their princes, and he causes them to wander in a desert and trackless land. 019 PSA 107 041 But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes [him] families as a flock. 019 PSA 107 042 The upright shall see and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. 019 PSA 107 043 Who is wise, and will observe these things, and understand the mercies of the Lord? 019 PSA 108 001 Song of a Psalm by David. O God, my heart is ready, my heart is ready; I will sing and sing psalms with my glory. 019 PSA 108 002 Awake, lute and harp; I will awake early. 019 PSA 108 003 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the people; I will sing praise to you among the Gentiles. 019 PSA 108 004 For your mercy is great above the heavens, and your truth [reaches] to the clouds. 019 PSA 108 005 Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens; and your glory above all the earth. 019 PSA 108 006 That your beloved [ones] may be delivered, save with your right hand, and hear me. God has spoken in his sanctuary; 019 PSA 108 007 I will be exalted, and will divide Sicima, and will measure out the valley of tents. 019 PSA 108 008 Galaad is mine; and Manasses is mine; and Ephraim is the help of mine head; Judas is my king; 019 PSA 108 009 Moab is the caldron of my hope; over Idumea will I cast my sandal; the Philistines are made subject to me. 019 PSA 108 010 Who will bring me into the fortified city? or who will guide me to Idumea? 019 PSA 108 011 Will not you, O God, who have rejected us? and will not you, O God, go forth with our hosts? 019 PSA 108 012 Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man. 019 PSA 108 013 Through God we shall do valiantly; and he will bring to nothing our enemies. 019 PSA 109 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. For the end, a Psalm of David. O God, pass not over my praise in silence; 019 PSA 109 002 for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty [man] have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue. 019 PSA 109 003 And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 019 PSA 109 004 Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray. 019 PSA 109 005 And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 019 PSA 109 006 Set you a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right hand. 019 PSA 109 007 When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 019 PSA 109 008 Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer. 019 PSA 109 009 Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow. 019 PSA 109 010 Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations. 019 PSA 109 011 Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labors. 019 PSA 109 012 Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children. 019 PSA 109 013 Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out. 019 PSA 109 014 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 019 PSA 109 015 Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth. 019 PSA 109 016 Because he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and [that] to kill him that was pricked in the heart. 019 PSA 109 017 He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him. 019 PSA 109 018 Yes, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones. 019 PSA 109 019 Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually. 019 PSA 109 020 This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 019 PSA 109 021 But you, O Lord, Lord, deal [mercifully] with me, for your name's sake: for your mercy is good. 019 PSA 109 022 Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me. 019 PSA 109 023 I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts. 019 PSA 109 024 My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of [the lack of] oil. 019 PSA 109 025 I became also a reproach to them: [when] they saw me they shook their heads. 019 PSA 109 026 Help me, O Lord my God; and save me according to your mercy. 019 PSA 109 027 And let them know that this is your hand; and [that] you, Lord, have wrought it. 019 PSA 109 028 Let them curse, but you shall bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let your servant rejoice. 019 PSA 109 029 Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle. 019 PSA 109 030 I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise him. 019 PSA 109 031 For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save [me] from them that persecute my soul. 019 PSA 110 001 A Psalm of David. The Lord said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool. 019 PSA 110 002 The Lord shall send out a rod of power for you out of Sion: rule you in the midst of your enemies. 019 PSA 110 003 With you is dominion in the day of your power, in the splendors of your saints: I have begotten you from the womb before the morning. 019 PSA 110 004 The Lord sware, and will not repent, You are a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedec. 019 PSA 110 005 The Lord at your right hand has dashed in pieces kings in the day of his wrath. 019 PSA 110 006 He shall judge among the nations, he shall fill up [the number of] corpses, he shall crush the heads of many on the earth. 019 PSA 110 007 He shall drink of the brook in the way; therefore shall he lift up the head. 019 PSA 111 001 Alleluia. I will give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and [in] the congregation. 019 PSA 111 002 The works of the Lord are great, sought out according to all his will. 019 PSA 111 003 His work is [worthy of] thanksgiving and honor: and his righteousness endures for ever and ever. 019 PSA 111 004 He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is merciful and compassionate. 019 PSA 111 005 He has given food to them that fear him: he will remember his covenant for ever. 019 PSA 111 006 He has declared to his people the power of his works, to give them the inheritance of the heathen. 019 PSA 111 007 The works of his hands are truth and judgment: all his commandments are sure: 019 PSA 111 008 established for ever and ever, done in truth and uprightness. 019 PSA 111 009 He sent redemption to his people: he commanded his covenant for ever: holy and fearful is his name. 019 PSA 111 010 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and all that act accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever and ever. 019 PSA 112 001 Alleluia. Blessed is the man that fears the Lord: he will delight greatly in his commandments. 019 PSA 112 002 His seed shall be mighty in the earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 019 PSA 112 003 Glory and riches shall be in his house; and his righteousness endures for evermore. 019 PSA 112 004 To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: he is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous. 019 PSA 112 005 The good man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his affairs with judgment. 019 PSA 112 006 For he shall not be moved for ever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. 019 PSA 112 007 He shall not be afraid of [any] evil report: his heart is ready to trust in the Lord. 019 PSA 112 008 His heart is established, he shall not fear, till he shall see [his desire] upon his enemies. 019 PSA 112 009 He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for evermore: his horn shall be exalted with honor. 019 PSA 112 010 The sinner shall see and be angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the sinner shall perish. 019 PSA 113 001 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, you servants [of his], praise, the name of the Lord. 019 PSA 113 002 Let the name of the Lord be blessed, from this present time and for ever. 019 PSA 113 003 From the rising of the sun to his setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised. 019 PSA 113 004 The Lord is high above all the nations; his glory is above the heavens. 019 PSA 113 005 Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the high places, 019 PSA 113 006 and [yet] looks upon the low things in heaven, and on the earth: 019 PSA 113 007 who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill; 019 PSA 113 008 to set him with princes, [even] with the princes of his people: 019 PSA 113 009 who settles the barren [woman] in a house, [as] a mother rejoicing over children. 019 PSA 114 001 Alleluia. At the going forth of Israel from Egypt, of the house of Jacob from a barbarous people, 019 PSA 114 002 Judea became his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion. 019 PSA 114 003 The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back. 019 PSA 114 004 The mountains skipped like rams, and the hills like lambs. 019 PSA 114 005 What [ailed] you, O sea, that you fled? and you Jordan, that you were turned back? 019 PSA 114 006 [You] mountains, that you skipped like rams, and [you] hills, like lambs? 019 PSA 114 007 The earth trembled at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 019 PSA 114 008 who turned the rock into pools of water, and the flint into fountains of water. 019 PSA 115 001 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, because of your mercy and your truth; 019 PSA 115 002 lest at any time the nations should say, Where is their God? 019 PSA 115 003 But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatever he has pleased. 019 PSA 115 004 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of men's hands. 019 PSA 115 005 They have a mouth, but they can’t speak; they have eyes, but they can’t see: 019 PSA 115 006 they have ears, but they can’t hear; they have noses, but they can’t smell; 019 PSA 115 007 they have hands, but they can’t handle; they have feet, but they can’t walk: they can’t speak through their throat. 019 PSA 115 008 Let those that make them become like to them, and all who trust in them. 019 PSA 115 009 The house of Israel trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. 019 PSA 115 010 The house of Aaron trusts in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. 019 PSA 115 011 They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender. 019 PSA 115 012 The Lord has remembered us, and blessed us: he has blessed the house of Israel, he has blessed the house of Aaron. 019 PSA 115 013 He has blessed them that fear the Lord, both small and great. 019 PSA 115 014 The Lord add [blessings] to you and to your children. 019 PSA 115 015 Blessed are you of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth. 019 PSA 115 016 The heaven of heavens [belongs] to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men. 019 PSA 115 017 The dead shall not praise you, O Lord, nor any that go down to Hades. 019 PSA 115 018 But we, the living, will bless the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. 019 PSA 116 001 Alleluia. I am well pleased, because the Lord will listen to the voice of my supplication. 019 PSA 116 002 Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live. 019 PSA 116 003 The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow. 019 PSA 116 004 Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul. 019 PSA 116 005 The Lord is merciful and righteous; yes, our God has pity. 019 PSA 116 006 The Lord preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he delivered me. 019 PSA 116 007 Return to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. 019 PSA 116 008 For he has delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 019 PSA 116 009 I shall be well-pleasing before the Lord in the land of the living. 019 PSA 116 010 Alleluia. I believed, therefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted. 019 PSA 116 011 And I said in mine amazement, Every man is a liar. 019 PSA 116 012 What shall I render to the Lord for all the things wherein he has rewarded me? 019 PSA 116 013 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. 019 PSA 116 014 I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people. 019 PSA 116 015 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 019 PSA 116 016 O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have burst by bonds asunder. 019 PSA 116 017 I will offer to you the sacrifice of praise, and will call upon the name of the Lord. 019 PSA 116 018 I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people, 019 PSA 116 019 in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem. 019 PSA 117 001 Alleluia. Praise the Lord, all you nations: praise him, all you peoples. 019 PSA 117 002 For his mercy has been abundant toward us: and the truth of the Lord endures for ever. 019 PSA 118 001 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 118 002 Let now the house of Israel say, that [he is] good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 118 003 Let now the house of Aaron say, that [he is] good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 118 004 Let now all that fear the Lord say, that [he is] good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 118 005 I called on the Lord out of affliction: and he listened to me, [so as to bring me] into a wide place. 019 PSA 118 006 The Lord is my helper; and I will not fear what man shall do to me. 019 PSA 118 007 The Lord is my helper; and I shall see [my desire] upon mine enemies. 019 PSA 118 008 [It is] better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man. 019 PSA 118 009 [It is] better to hope in the Lord, than to hope in princes. 019 PSA 118 010 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 019 PSA 118 011 They completely compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 019 PSA 118 012 They compassed me about as bees [do] a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them. 019 PSA 118 013 I was thrust, and sorely shaken, that I might fall: but the Lord helped me. 019 PSA 118 014 The Lord is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation. 019 PSA 118 015 The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily. 019 PSA 118 016 The right hand of the Lord has exalted me: the right hand of the Lord has wrought powerfully. 019 PSA 118 017 I shall not die, but live, and recount the works of the Lord. 019 PSA 118 018 The Lord has chastened me sore: but he has not given me up to death. 019 PSA 118 019 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord. 019 PSA 118 020 This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter by it. 019 PSA 118 021 I will give thanks to you; because you have heard me, and are become my salvation. 019 PSA 118 022 The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner. 019 PSA 118 023 This has been done of the Lord; and it is wonderful in our eyes. 019 PSA 118 024 This is the day which the Lord has made: let us exult and rejoice in it. 019 PSA 118 025 O Lord, save now: O Lord, send now prosperity. 019 PSA 118 026 Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord. 019 PSA 118 027 God is the Lord, and he has shined upon us: celebrate the feast with thick [branches, binding the victims] even to the horns of the altar. 019 PSA 118 028 You are my God, and I will give you thanks: you are my God, and I will exalt you. I will give thanks to you, for you have heard me, and are become my salvation. 019 PSA 118 029 Give thanks to the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 119 001 Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. 019 PSA 119 002 Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart. 019 PSA 119 003 For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways. 019 PSA 119 004 You have commanded [us] diligently to keep your precepts. 019 PSA 119 005 O that my ways were directed to keep your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 006 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments. 019 PSA 119 007 I will give you thanks with uprightness of heart, when I have learned the judgments of your righteousness. 019 PSA 119 008 I will keep your ordinances: O forsake me not greatly. 019 PSA 119 009 Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping your words. 019 PSA 119 010 With my whole heart have I diligently sought you: cast me not away from your commandments. 019 PSA 119 011 I have hidden your oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against you. 019 PSA 119 012 Blessed are you, O Lord: teach me your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 013 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth. 019 PSA 119 014 I have delighted in the way of your testimonies, [as much] as in all riches. 019 PSA 119 015 I will meditate on your commandments, and consider your ways. 019 PSA 119 016 I will meditate on your ordinances: I will not forget your words. 019 PSA 119 017 Render a recompense to your servant: [so] shall I live, and keep your words. 019 PSA 119 018 Unveil you mine eyes, and I shall perceive wondrous things of your law. 019 PSA 119 019 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me. 019 PSA 119 020 My soul has longed exceedingly for your judgments at all times. 019 PSA 119 021 You have rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from your commandments. 019 PSA 119 022 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have sought out your testimonies. 019 PSA 119 023 For princes sat and spoke against me: but your servant was meditating on your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 024 For your testimonies are my (meditation) and your ordinances are my counselors. 019 PSA 119 025 My soul has cleaved to the ground; quicken you me according to your word. 019 PSA 119 026 I declared my ways, and you did hear me: teach me your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 027 Instruct me in the way of your ordinances; and I will meditate on your wondrous works. 019 PSA 119 028 My soul has slumbered for sorrow; strengthen you me with your words. 019 PSA 119 029 Remove from me the way of iniquity; and be merciful to me by your law. 019 PSA 119 030 I have chosen the way of truth; and have not forgotten your judgments. 019 PSA 119 031 I have cleaved to your testimonies, O Lord; put me not to shame. 019 PSA 119 032 I ran the way of your commandments, when you did enlarge my heart. 019 PSA 119 033 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your ordinances, and I will seek it out continually. 019 PSA 119 034 Instruct me, and I will search out your law, and will keep it with my whole heart. 019 PSA 119 035 Guide me in the path of your commandments; for I have delighted in it. 019 PSA 119 036 Incline mine heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness. 019 PSA 119 037 Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken you me in your way. 019 PSA 119 038 Confirm your oracle to your servant, that he may fear you. 019 PSA 119 039 Take away my reproach which I have feared: for your judgments are good. 019 PSA 119 040 Behold, I have desired your commandments: quicken me in your righteousness. 019 PSA 119 041 And let your mercy come upon me, O Lord; [even] your salvation, according to your word. 019 PSA 119 042 And [so] I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in your words. 019 PSA 119 043 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments. So shall I keep your law continually, for ever and ever. 019 PSA 119 045 I walked also at large: for I sought out your commandments. 019 PSA 119 046 And I spoke of your testimonies before kings, and was not ashamed. 019 PSA 119 047 And I meditated on your commandments, which I loved exceedingly. 019 PSA 119 048 And I lifted up my hands to your commandments which I loved; and I meditated in your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 049 Remember your words to your servant, wherein you have made me hope. 019 PSA 119 050 This has comforted me in mine affliction: for your oracle has quickened me. 019 PSA 119 051 The proud have transgressed exceedingly; but I swerved not from your law. 019 PSA 119 052 I remembered your judgments of old, O Lord; and was comforted. 019 PSA 119 053 Despair took hold upon me, because of the sinners who forsake your law. 019 PSA 119 054 Your ordinances were my songs in the place of my sojourning. 019 PSA 119 055 I remembered your name, O Lord, in the night, and kept your law. 019 PSA 119 056 This I had, because I diligently sought your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 057 You are my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep your law. 019 PSA 119 058 I implored your favor with my whole heart: have mercy upon me according to your word. 019 PSA 119 059 I thought on your ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies. 019 PSA 119 060 I prepared myself, (and was not terrified, ) to keep your commandments. 019 PSA 119 061 The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not your law. 019 PSA 119 062 At midnight I arose, to give thanks to you for the judgments of your righteousness. 019 PSA 119 063 I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your commandments. 019 PSA 119 064 O Lord, the earth is full of your mercy: teach me your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 065 You have wrought kindly with your servant, o Lord, according to your word. 019 PSA 119 066 Teach me kindness, and instruction, and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments. 019 PSA 119 067 Before I was afflicted, I transgressed; therefore have I kept your word. 019 PSA 119 068 Good are you, O Lord; therefore in your goodness teach me your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 069 The injustice of the proud has been multiplied against me: but I will search out your commandments with all my heart. 019 PSA 119 070 Their heart has been curdled like milk; but I have meditated on your law. 019 PSA 119 071 [It is] good for me that you have afflicted me; that I might learn your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 072 The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. 019 PSA 119 073 Your hands have made me, and fashioned me: instruct me, that I may learn your commandments. 019 PSA 119 074 They that fear you will see me and rejoice: for I have hoped in your words. 019 PSA 119 075 I know, O Lord, that your judgments are righteousness, and [that] you in truthfulness have afflicted me. 019 PSA 119 076 Let, I pray you, your mercy be to comfort me, according to your word to your servant. 019 PSA 119 077 Let your compassions come to me, that I may live: for your law is my (meditation) 019 PSA 119 078 Let the proud be ashamed; for they transgressed against me unjustly: but I will meditate in your commandments. 019 PSA 119 079 Let those that fear you, and those that know your testimonies, turn to me. 019 PSA 119 080 Let mine heart be blameless in your ordinances, that I may not be ashamed. 019 PSA 119 081 My soul faints for your salvation: I have hoped in your words. 019 PSA 119 082 Mine eyes failed [in waiting] for your word, saying, When will you comfort me? 019 PSA 119 083 For I am become as a bottle in the frost: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 084 How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment for me on them that persecute me? 019 PSA 119 085 Transgressors told me [idle tales]; but not according to your law, O Lord. 019 PSA 119 086 All your commandments are truth; they persecuted me unjustly; help you me. 019 PSA 119 087 They nearly made an end of me in the earth; but I forsook not your commandments. 019 PSA 119 088 Quicken me according to your mercy; so shall I keep the testimonies of your mouth. 019 PSA 119 089 Your word, O Lord, abides in heaven for ever. 019 PSA 119 090 Your truth [endures] to all generations; you have founded the earth, and it abides. 019 PSA 119 091 The day continues by your arrangement; for all things are your servants. 019 PSA 119 092 Were it not that your law is my (meditation) then I should have perished in mine affliction. 019 PSA 119 093 I will never forget your ordinances; for with them you have quickened me. 019 PSA 119 094 I am your, save me; for I have sought out your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 095 Sinners laid wait for me to destroy me; [but] I understood your testimonies. 019 PSA 119 096 have seen an end of all perfection; [but] your commandment is very broad. 019 PSA 119 097 How I have loved your law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day. 019 PSA 119 098 You have made me wiser than mine enemies [in] your commandment; for it is mine for ever. 019 PSA 119 099 I have more understanding than all my teachers; for your testimonies are my medication. 019 PSA 119 100 I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out your commandments. 019 PSA 119 101 I have kept back my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your words. 019 PSA 119 102 I have not declined from your judgments; for you have instructed me. 019 PSA 119 103 How sweet are your oracles to my throat! more so than honey to my mouth! 019 PSA 119 104 I gain understanding by your commandments: therefore I have hated every way of unrighteousness. 019 PSA 119 105 Your law is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths. 019 PSA 119 106 I have sworn and determined to keep the judgments of your righteousness. 019 PSA 119 107 I have been very greatly afflicted, O Lord: quicken me, according to your word. 019 PSA 119 108 Accept, I pray you, O Lord, the free will offerings of my mouth, and teach me your judgments. 019 PSA 119 109 My soul is continually in your hands; and I have not forgotten your law. 019 PSA 119 110 Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from your commandments. 019 PSA 119 111 I have inherited your testimonies for ever; for they are the joy of my heart. 019 PSA 119 112 I have inclined my heart to perform your ordinances for ever, in return [for your mercies]. 019 PSA 119 113 I have hated transgressors; but I have loved your law. 019 PSA 119 114 You are my helper and my supporter; I have hoped in your words. 019 PSA 119 115 Depart from me, you evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God. 019 PSA 119 116 Uphold me according to your word, and quicken me; and make me not ashamed of my expectation. 019 PSA 119 117 Help me, and I shall be saved; and I will meditate in your ordinances continually. 019 PSA 119 118 You have brought to nothing all that depart from your ordinances; for their inward thought is unrighteous. 019 PSA 119 119 I have reckoned all the sinners of the earth as transgressors; therefore have I loved your testimonies. 019 PSA 119 120 Penetrate my flesh with your fear; for I am afraid of your judgments. 019 PSA 119 121 I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me. 019 PSA 119 122 Receive your servant for good: let not the proud accuse me falsely. 019 PSA 119 123 Mine eyes have failed for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness. 019 PSA 119 124 Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 125 I am your servant; instruct me, and I shall know your testimonies. 019 PSA 119 126 [It is] time for the Lord to work: they have utterly broken your law. 019 PSA 119 127 Therefore have I loved your commandments more than gold, or the topaz. 019 PSA 119 128 Therefore I directed myself [according] to all your commandments: I have hated every unjust way. 019 PSA 119 129 Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul has sought them out. 019 PSA 119 130 The manifestation of your words will enlighten, and instruct the simple. 019 PSA 119 131 I opened my mouth, and drew breath: for I earnestly longed after your commandments. 019 PSA 119 132 Look upon me and have mercy upon me, after the manner of them that love your name. 019 PSA 119 133 Order my steps according to your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 019 PSA 119 134 Deliver me from the false accusation of men: so will I keep your commandments. 019 PSA 119 135 Cause your face to shine upon your servant: and teach me your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 136 Mine eyes have been bathed in streams of water, because I kept not your law. 019 PSA 119 137 Righteous are you, O Lord, and upright are your judgments. 019 PSA 119 138 You has commanded righteousness and perfect truth, [as] your testimonies. 019 PSA 119 139 Your zeal has quite wasted me: because mine enemies have forgotten your words. 019 PSA 119 140 Your word [has been] very fully tried; and your servant loves it. 019 PSA 119 141 I am young and despised: [yet] I have not forgotten your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is truth. 019 PSA 119 143 Afflictions and distresses found me: [but] your commandments [were] my (meditation) 019 PSA 119 144 Your testimonies [are] an everlasting righteousness: instruct me, and I shall live. 019 PSA 119 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will search out your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 146 I cried to you; save me, and I will keep your testimonies. 019 PSA 119 147 I arose before the dawn, and cried: I hoped in your words. 019 PSA 119 148 Mine eyes prevented the dawn, that I might meditate on your oracles. 019 PSA 119 149 Hear my voice, O Lord, according to your mercy; quicken me according to your judgment. 019 PSA 119 150 They have drawn near who persecuted me unlawfully; and they are far removed from your law. 019 PSA 119 151 You are near, O Lord; and all your ways are truth. 019 PSA 119 152 I have known of old concerning your testimonies, that you have founded them for ever. 019 PSA 119 153 Look upon mine affliction, and rescue me; for I have not forgotten your law. 019 PSA 119 154 Plead my cause, and ransom me: quicken me because of your word. 019 PSA 119 155 Salvation is far from sinners: for they have not searched out your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 156 Your mercies, O Lord, are many: quicken me according to your judgment. 019 PSA 119 157 Many are they that persecute me and oppress me: [but] I have not declined from your testimonies. 019 PSA 119 158 I saw men acting foolishly, and I pined away; for they kept not your oracles. 019 PSA 119 159 Behold, I have loved your commandments, O Lord: quicken me in your mercy. 019 PSA 119 160 The beginning of your words is truth; and all the judgments of your righteousness [endure] for ever. 019 PSA 119 161 Princes persecuted me without a cause, but my heart feared because of your words. 019 PSA 119 162 I will exult because of your oracles, as one that finds much spoil. 019 PSA 119 163 I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love your law. 019 PSA 119 164 Seven times in a day have I praised you because of the judgments of your righteousness. 019 PSA 119 165 Great peace have they that love your law: and there is no stumbling block to them. 019 PSA 119 166 I waited for your salvation, O Lord, and have loved your commandments. 019 PSA 119 167 My soul has kept your testimonies, and loved them exceedingly. 019 PSA 119 168 I have kept your commandments and your testimonies; for all my ways are before you, O Lord. 019 PSA 119 169 Let my supplication come near before you, o Lord; instruct me according to your oracle. 019 PSA 119 170 Let my petition come in before you, O Lord; deliver me according to your oracle. 019 PSA 119 171 Let my lips utter a hymn, when you shall have taught me your ordinances. 019 PSA 119 172 Let my tongue utter your oracles; for all your commandments are righteous. 019 PSA 119 173 Let your hand be [prompt] to save me; for I have chosen your commandments. 019 PSA 119 174 I have longed after your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my (meditation) 019 PSA 119 175 My soul shall live, and shall praise you; and your judgments shall help me. 019 PSA 119 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I have not forgotten your commandments. 019 PSA 120 001 A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me. 019 PSA 120 002 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue. 019 PSA 120 003 What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue? 019 PSA 120 004 Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert. 019 PSA 120 005 Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar. 019 PSA 120 006 My soul has long been a sojourner; 019 PSA 120 007 I was peaceful among them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause. 019 PSA 121 001 A Song of Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come. 019 PSA 121 002 My help [shall come] from the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth. 019 PSA 121 003 Let not your foot be moved; and let not your keeper slumber. 019 PSA 121 004 Behold, he that keeps Israel shall not slumber nor sleep. 019 PSA 121 005 The Lord shall keep you: the Lord is your shelter upon your right hand. 019 PSA 121 006 The sun shall not burn you by day, neither the moon by night. 019 PSA 121 007 May the Lord preserve you from all evil: the Lord shall keep your soul. 019 PSA 121 008 The Lord shall keep your coming in, and your going out, from henceforth and even for ever. 019 PSA 122 001 A Song of Degrees. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. 019 PSA 122 002 Our feet stood in your courts, O Jerusalem. 019 PSA 122 003 Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete. 019 PSA 122 004 For there the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. 019 PSA 122 005 For there are set thrones for judgment, [even] thrones for the house of David. 019 PSA 122 006 Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and [let there be] prosperity to them that love you. 019 PSA 122 007 Let peace, I pray, be within your host, and prosperity in your palaces. 019 PSA 122 008 For the sake of my brethren and my neighbors, I have indeed spoken peace concerning you. 019 PSA 122 009 Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought your good. 019 PSA 123 001 A Song of Degrees. To you who dwell in heaven have I lifted up mine eyes. 019 PSA 123 002 Behold, as the eyes of servants [are directed] to the hands of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maidservant to the hands of her mistress; so our eyes [are directed] to the Lord our God, until he have mercy upon us. 019 PSA 123 003 Have pity upon us, O Lord, have pity upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 019 PSA 123 004 [Yes], our soul has been exceedingly filled [with it]: [let] the reproach [be] to them that are at ease, and contempt to the proud. 019 PSA 124 001 A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say; 019 PSA 124 002 if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us; 019 PSA 124 003 verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us: 019 PSA 124 004 verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent. 019 PSA 124 005 Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water. 019 PSA 124 006 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth. 019 PSA 124 007 Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered. 019 PSA 124 008 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 019 PSA 125 001 A Song of Degrees. They that trust in the Lord [shall be] as mount Sion: he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved. 019 PSA 125 002 The mountains are round about her, and [so] the Lord is round about his people, from henceforth and even for ever. 019 PSA 125 003 For the Lord will not allow the rod of sinners to be upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous should stretch forth their hands to iniquity. 019 PSA 125 004 Do good, O Lord, to them [that are] good, and to them [that are] upright in heart. 019 PSA 125 005 But them that turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel. 019 PSA 126 001 A Song of Degrees. When the Lord turned the captivity of Sion, we became as comforted ones. 019 PSA 126 002 Then was our mouth filled with joy, and our tongue with exultation: then would they say among the Gentiles, 019 PSA 126 003 The Lord has done great things among them. The Lord has done great things for us, we became joyful. 019 PSA 126 004 Turn, O Lord, our captivity, as the steams in the south. 019 PSA 126 005 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 019 PSA 126 006 They went on and wept as they cast their seeds; but they shall surely come with exultation, bringing their sheaves [with them]. 019 PSA 127 001 A Song of Degrees. Except the Lord build the house, they that build labor in vain: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watches in vain. 019 PSA 127 002 It is vain for you to rise early: you rise up after resting, you that eat the bread of grief; while he gives sleep to his beloved. 019 PSA 127 003 Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the womb. 019 PSA 127 004 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of those who were outcasts. 019 PSA 127 005 Blessed is the man who shall satisfy his desire with them: they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak to their enemies in the gates. 019 PSA 128 001 A Song of Degrees. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; who walk in his ways. 019 PSA 128 002 You shall eat the labors of your hands: blessed are you, and it shall be well with you. 019 PSA 128 003 Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of your house: your children as young olive-plants round about your table. 019 PSA 128 004 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord. 019 PSA 128 005 May the Lord bless you out of Sion; and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. 019 PSA 128 006 And may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel. 019 PSA 129 001 A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say: 019 PSA 129 002 Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me. 019 PSA 129 003 The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity. 019 PSA 129 004 The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners. 019 PSA 129 005 Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back. 019 PSA 129 006 Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up. 019 PSA 129 007 Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom. 019 PSA 129 008 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord. 019 PSA 130 001 A Song of Degrees. Out of the depths have I cried to you, O Lord. 019 PSA 130 002 O Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. 019 PSA 130 003 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 019 PSA 130 004 For with you is forgiveness: for your name's sake 019 PSA 130 005 have I waited for you, O Lord, my soul has waited for your word. 019 PSA 130 006 My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night. 019 PSA 130 007 Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 019 PSA 130 008 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. 019 PSA 131 001 A Song of Degrees. O Lord, my heart is not exalted, neither have mine eyes been [haughtily] raised: neither have I exercised myself in great [matters], nor in things too wonderful for me. 019 PSA 131 002 [I shall have sinned] if I have not been humble, but have exulted my soul: according to [the relation of] a weaned child to his mother, so will you recompense my soul. 019 PSA 131 003 Let Israel hope in the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. 019 PSA 132 001 A Song of Degrees. Lord, remember David, and all his meekness: 019 PSA 132 002 how he sware to the Lord, [and] vowed to the God of Jacob, [saying], 019 PSA 132 003 I will not go into the tabernacle of my house; I will not go up to the couch of my bed; 019 PSA 132 004 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids, nor rest to my temples, 019 PSA 132 005 until I find a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 019 PSA 132 006 Behold, we heard of it in Ephratha; we found it in the fields of the wood. 019 PSA 132 007 Let us enter into his tabernacles: let us worship at the place where his feet stood. 019 PSA 132 008 Arise, O Lord, into your rest; you, and the ark of your holiness. 019 PSA 132 009 Your priests shall clothe themselves with righteousness; and your saints shall exult. 019 PSA 132 010 For the sake of your servant David turn not away the face of your anointed. 019 PSA 132 011 The Lord sware [in] truth to David, and he will not annul it, [saying], Of the fruit of your body will I set [a king] upon your throne. 019 PSA 132 012 If your children will deep my covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon your throne for ever. 019 PSA 132 013 For the Lord has elected Sion, he has chosen her for a habitation for himself, [saying], 019 PSA 132 014 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have chosen it. 019 PSA 132 015 I will surely bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. 019 PSA 132 016 I will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall greatly exult. 019 PSA 132 017 There will I cause to spring up a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for mine anointed. 019 PSA 132 018 His enemies will I clothe with a shame; but upon himself shall my holiness flourish. 019 PSA 133 001 A Song of Degrees. See now! what is so good, or what so pleasant, as for brethren to dwell together? 019 PSA 133 002 [It is] as ointment on the head, that ran down to the beard, [even] the beard of Aaron; that ran down to the fringe of his clothing. 019 PSA 133 003 As the dew of Aermon, that comes down on the mountains of Sion: for there, the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever. 019 PSA 134 001 A Song of Degrees. Behold now, bless you the Lord, all the servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. 019 PSA 134 002 Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, and bless the Lord. 019 PSA 134 003 May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless you out of Sion. 019 PSA 135 001 Alleluia. Praise you the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, [you his] servants, 019 PSA 135 002 who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. 019 PSA 135 003 Praise you the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises to his name; for [it is] good. 019 PSA 135 004 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure. 019 PSA 135 005 For I know that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods; 019 PSA 135 006 all that the Lord willed, he did in heaven, and on the earth, in the sea, and in all deeps. 019 PSA 135 007 Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: he has made lightnings for the rain: he brings winds out of his treasures. 019 PSA 135 008 Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. 019 PSA 135 009 He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, on Pharao, and on all his servants. 019 PSA 135 010 Who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings; 019 PSA 135 011 Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan: 019 PSA 135 012 and gave their land [for] an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel his people. 019 PSA 135 013 O Lord, your name [endures] for ever, and your memorial to all generations. 019 PSA 135 014 For the Lord shall judge his people, and comfort himself concerning his servants. 019 PSA 135 015 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the works of men's hands. 019 PSA 135 016 They have a mouth, but they can’t speak; they have eyes, but they can’t see; 019 PSA 135 017 they have ears, but they can’t hear; for there is no breath in their mouth. 019 PSA 135 018 Let those who make them be made like to them; and all those who trust in them. 019 PSA 135 019 O house of Israel, bless you the Lord: O house of Aaron, bless you the Lord: 019 PSA 135 020 O house of Levi, bless you the Lord: you that fear the Lord, bless the Lord. 019 PSA 135 021 Blessed in Sion be the Lord, who dwells in Jerusalem. 019 PSA 136 001 Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord: for he is good: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 002 Give thanks to the God of gods; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 003 Give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 004 To him who along has wrought great wonders: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 005 To him who made the heavens by understanding; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 006 To him who established the earth on the waters; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 007 To him who alone made great lights; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 008 The sun to rule by day; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 009 The moon and the stars to rule the night; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 010 To him who struck Egypt with their firstborn; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 011 And brought Israel out of the midst of them; for his mercy [endures] for ever: 019 PSA 136 012 with a strong hand, and a high arm: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 013 To him who divided the Red Sea into parts: for his mercy [endures] for ever: 019 PSA 136 014 and brought Israel through the midst of it: for his mercy [endures] for ever: 019 PSA 136 015 and overthrew Pharao and his host in the Red Sea: for his mercy endures for ever. 019 PSA 136 016 To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 017 To him who struck great kings: for his mercy [endures] for ever: 019 PSA 136 018 and killed mighty kings; for his mercy [endures] for ever: 019 PSA 136 019 Seon king of the Amorites: for his mercy [endures] for ever: 019 PSA 136 020 and Og king of Basan: for his mercy [endures] for ever: 019 PSA 136 021 and gave their land [for] an inheritance: for his mercy [endures] for ever: 019 PSA 136 022 even an inheritance to Israel his servant: for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 023 For the Lord remembered us in our low estate; for his mercy [endures] for ever: 019 PSA 136 024 and redeemed us from our enemies; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 025 Who gives food to all flesh; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 136 026 Give thanks to the God of heaven; for his mercy [endures] for ever. 019 PSA 137 001 For David, [a Psalm] of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion. 019 PSA 137 002 We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it. 019 PSA 137 003 For there they that had taken us captive asked of us the words of a song; and they that had carried us away [asked] a hymn, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Sion. 019 PSA 137 004 How should we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? 019 PSA 137 005 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill]. 019 PSA 137 006 May my tongue cleave to my throat, if I do not remember you; if I do not prefer Jerusalem as the chief of my joy. 019 PSA 137 007 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it], even to its foundations. 019 PSA 137 008 Wretched daughter of Babylon! blessed [shall he be] who shall reward you as you have rewarded us. 019 PSA 137 009 Blessed [shall he be] who shall seize and dash your infants against the rock. 019 PSA 138 001 A Psalm for David, of Aggaeus and Zacharias. I will give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; and I will sing psalms to you before the angels; for you have heard all the words of my mouth. 019 PSA 138 002 I will worship toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, on account of your mercy and your truth; for you have magnified your holy name above every thing. 019 PSA 138 003 In whatever day I shall call upon you, hear me speedily; you shall abundantly provide me with your power in my soul. 019 PSA 138 004 Let all the kings of the earth, o Lord, give thanks to you; for they have heard all the words of your mouth. 019 PSA 138 005 And let them sing in the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord. 019 PSA 138 006 For the Lord is high, and [yet] regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off. 019 PSA 138 007 Though I should walk in the midst of affliction, you will quicken me; you have stretched forth your hands against the wrath of mine enemies, and your right hand has saved me. 019 PSA 138 008 O Lord, you shall recompense [them] on my behalf: your mercy, O Lord, [endures] for ever: overlook not the works of your hands. 019 PSA 139 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, you have proved me, and known me. 019 PSA 139 002 You know my down-sitting and mine up-rising: you understand my thoughts long before. 019 PSA 139 003 You have traced my path and my bed, and have foreseen all my ways. 019 PSA 139 004 For there is no unrighteous word in my tongue: behold, O Lord, you have known all things, 019 PSA 139 005 the last and the first: you have fashioned me, and laid your hand upon me. 019 PSA 139 006 The knowledge of you is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I can’t [attain] to it. 019 PSA 139 007 Whither shall I go from your Spirit? and whither shall I flee from my presence? 019 PSA 139 008 If I should go up to heaven, you are there: if I should go down to hell, you are present. 019 PSA 139 009 If I should spread my wings [to fly] straight forward, and sojourn at the extremity of the sea, [it would be vain], 019 PSA 139 010 for even there your hand would guide me, and your right hand would hold me. 019 PSA 139 011 When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night [was] light in my luxury. 019 PSA 139 012 For darkness will not be darkness with you; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light [be to you]. 019 PSA 139 013 For you, O Lord, have possessed my reins; you have helped me from my mother's womb. 019 PSA 139 014 I will give you thanks; for you are fearfully wondrous; wondrous are your works; and my soul knows [it] well. 019 PSA 139 015 My bones, which you made in secret were not hidden from you, nor my substance, in the lowest parts of the earth. 019 PSA 139 016 Your eyes saw my unwrought [substance], and all [men] shall be written in your book; they shall be formed by day, though [there should for a time] be no one among them. 019 PSA 139 017 But your friends, O God, have been greatly honored by me; their rule has been greatly strengthened. 019 PSA 139 018 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with you. 019 PSA 139 019 Oh that you would kill the wicked, O God; depart from me, you men of blood. 019 PSA 139 020 For you will say concerning [their] thought, [that] they shall take your cities in vain. 019 PSA 139 021 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate you? and wasted away because of your enemies? 019 PSA 139 022 I have hated them with perfect hatred; they were counted my enemies. 019 PSA 139 023 Prove me, O God, and know my heart; examine me, and know my paths; 019 PSA 139 024 and see if [there is any] way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way. 019 PSA 140 001 For the end, a Psalm of David. Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man; deliver me from the unjust man. 019 PSA 140 002 Who have devised injustice in their hearts; all the day they prepared war. 019 PSA 140 003 They have sharpened their tongue as [the tongue] of a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips. (Pause) 019 PSA 140 004 Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the sinner; rescue me from unjust men; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 019 PSA 140 005 The proud have hid a snare for me, and have stretched out ropes [for] snares for my feet; they set a stumbling block for me near the path. (Pause) 019 PSA 140 006 I said to the Lord, You are my God; listen, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication. 019 PSA 140 007 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation; you have screened my head in the day of battle. 019 PSA 140 008 Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised [mischief] against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. (Pause) 019 PSA 140 009 [As for] the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them. 019 PSA 140 010 Coals of fire shall fall upon them on the earth; and you shall cast them down in afflictions: they shall not bear up [under them]. 019 PSA 140 011 A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction. 019 PSA 140 012 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy ones. 019 PSA 140 013 Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name: the upright shall dwell in your presence. 019 PSA 141 001 A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you. 019 PSA 141 002 Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice. 019 PSA 141 003 Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips. 019 PSA 141 004 Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and I will not. let me not unite with their choice ones. 019 PSA 141 005 The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures. 019 PSA 141 006 Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: they shall hear my words, for they are sweet. 019 PSA 141 007 As a lump of earth is crushed upon the ground, our bones have been scattered by the [mouth of] the grave. 019 PSA 141 008 For mine eyes are to you, O Lord God: I have hoped in you; take not away my life. 019 PSA 141 009 Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity. 019 PSA 141 010 Sinners shall fall by their own net: I am alone until I shall escape. 019 PSA 142 001 [A Psalm] of instruction for David, when he was in the cave, —a Prayer. I cried to the Lord with my voice; with my voice I made supplication to the Lord. 019 PSA 142 002 I will pour out before him my supplication: I will declare before him mine affliction. 019 PSA 142 003 When my spirit was fainting within me, then you knew my paths; in the very way wherein I was walking, they hid a snare for me. 019 PSA 142 004 I looked on [my] right hand, and behold, for there was none that noticed me; refuge failed me; and there was none that cared for my soul. 019 PSA 142 005 I cried to you, O Lord, and said, You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living. 019 PSA 142 006 Attend to my supplication, for I am brought very low; deliver me from them that persecute me; for they are stronger than I. 019 PSA 142 007 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name, O Lord; the righteous shall wait for me, until you recompense me. 019 PSA 143 001 A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him. O Lord, attend to my prayer: listen to my supplication in your truth; hear me in your righteousness. 019 PSA 143 002 And enter not into judgment with your servant, for in your sight shall no [man] living be justified. 019 PSA 143 003 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has brought my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in a dark [place], as those that have been long dead. 019 PSA 143 004 Therefore my spirit was grieved in me; my heart was troubled within me. 019 PSA 143 005 I remembered the days of old; and I meditated on all your doings: [yes], I meditated on the works of your hands. 019 PSA 143 006 I spread forth my hands to you; my soul [thirsts] for you, as a dry land. (Pause) 019 PSA 143 007 Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away your face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit. 019 PSA 143 008 Cause me to hear your mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in you; make known to me, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to you. 019 PSA 143 009 Deliver me from mine enemies, O Lord; for I have fled to you for refuge. 019 PSA 143 010 Teach me to do your will; for you are my God; your good Spirit shall guide me in the straight [way]. 019 PSA 143 011 You shall quicken me, O Lord, for your name's sake; in your righteousness you shall bring my soul out of affliction. 019 PSA 143 012 And in your mercy you will destroy mine enemies, and will destroy all those that afflict my soul; for I am your servant. 019 PSA 144 001 [A Psalm] of David concerning Goliad. Blessed [be] the Lord my God, who instructs my hands for battle, [and] my fingers for war. 019 PSA 144 002 My mercy, and my refuge; my helper, and my deliverer; my protector, in whom I have trusted; who subdues my people under me. 019 PSA 144 003 Lord, what is man, that you are made known to him? or the son of man, that you take account of him? 019 PSA 144 004 Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow. 019 PSA 144 005 O Lord, bow your heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. 019 PSA 144 006 Send lightning, and you shall scatter them: send forth your arrows, and you shall discomfit them. 019 PSA 144 007 Send forth your hand from on high; rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hand of strange children; 019 PSA 144 008 whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity. 019 PSA 144 009 O God, I will sing a new song to you: I will play to you on a lute of ten strings. 019 PSA 144 010 [Even] to him who gives salvation to kings: who redeems his servant David from the hurtful sword. 019 PSA 144 011 Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity; 019 PSA 144 012 whose children are as plants, strengthened in their youth: their daughters are beautiful, sumptuously adorned after the similitude of a temple. 019 PSA 144 013 Their garners are full, and bursting with one kind of store after another; their sheep are prolific, multiplying in their streets. 019 PSA 144 014 Their oxen are fat: there is no falling down of a hedge, nor going out, nor cry in their folds. 019 PSA 144 015 Men bless the people to whom this lot belongs, [but] blessed is the people whose God is the Lord. 019 PSA 145 001 David's [Psalm of] praise. I will exalt you, my God, my king; and I will bless your name for ever and ever. 019 PSA 145 002 Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name for ever and ever. 019 PSA 145 003 The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and there is no end to his greatness. 019 PSA 145 004 Generation after generation shall praise your works, and tell of your power. 019 PSA 145 005 And they shall speak of the glorious majesty of your holiness, and recount your wonders. 019 PSA 145 006 And they shall speak of the power of your terrible [acts]; and recount your greatness. 019 PSA 145 007 They shall utter the memory of the abundance of your goodness, and shall exult in your righteousness. 019 PSA 145 008 The Lord is compassionate, and merciful; long suffering, and abundant in mercy. 019 PSA 145 009 The Lord is good to those that wait [on him]; and his compassions are over all his works. 019 PSA 145 010 Let all your works, O Lord, give thanks to you; and let your saints bless you. 019 PSA 145 011 They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your dominion; 019 PSA 145 012 to make known to the sons of men your power, and the glorious majesty of your kingdom. 019 PSA 145 013 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion [endures] through all generations. The Lord is faithful in his words, and holy in all his works. 019 PSA 145 014 The Lord supports all that are falling, and sets up all that are broken down. 019 PSA 145 015 The eyes of all wait upon you; and you give [them] their food in due season. 019 PSA 145 016 You open your hands, and fill every living thing with pleasure. 019 PSA 145 017 The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. 019 PSA 145 018 The Lord is near to all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 019 PSA 145 019 He will perform the desire of them that fear him: and he will hear their supplication, and save them. 019 PSA 145 020 The Lord preserves all that love him: but all sinners he will utterly destroy. 019 PSA 145 021 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. 019 PSA 146 001 Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. My soul, praise the Lord. 019 PSA 146 002 While I live will I praise the Lord: I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. 019 PSA 146 003 Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety. 019 PSA 146 004 His breath shall go forth, and he shall return to his earth; in that day all his thoughts shall perish. 019 PSA 146 005 Blessed is he whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God: 019 PSA 146 006 who made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all things in them: who keeps truth for ever: 019 PSA 146 007 who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones: 019 PSA 146 008 the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers; 019 PSA 146 009 he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners. 019 PSA 146 010 The Lord shall reign for ever, [even] your God, O Sion, to all generations. 019 PSA 147 001 Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise you the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God. 019 PSA 147 002 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel. 019 PSA 147 003 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. 019 PSA 147 004 He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names. 019 PSA 147 005 Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite. 019 PSA 147 006 The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground. 019 PSA 147 007 Begin [the song] with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God: 019 PSA 147 008 who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [[and green herb for the service of men; ]] 019 PSA 147 009 and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him. 019 PSA 147 010 He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man. 019 PSA 147 011 The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy. 019 PSA 147 012 Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Sion. 019 PSA 147 013 For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. 019 PSA 147 014 He makes your borders peaceful, and fills you with the flour of wheat. 019 PSA 147 015 He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly. 019 PSA 147 016 He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes. 019 PSA 147 017 Casting [forth] his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold? 019 PSA 147 018 He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow [with] his wind, and the waters shall flow. 019 PSA 147 019 He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel. 019 PSA 147 020 He has not done so to any [other] nation; and he has not shown them his judgments. 019 PSA 148 001 Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise you the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the highest. 019 PSA 148 002 Praise you him, all his angels: praise you him, all his hosts. 019 PSA 148 003 Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you stars and light. 019 PSA 148 004 Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and the water that is above the heavens. 019 PSA 148 005 Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created. 019 PSA 148 006 He has established them for ever, even for ever and ever: he has made an ordinance, and it shall not pass away. 019 PSA 148 007 Praise the Lord from the earth, you serpents, and all deeps. 019 PSA 148 008 Fire, hail, snow, ice, stormy wind; the things that perform his word. 019 PSA 148 009 Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: 019 PSA 148 010 wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds: 019 PSA 148 011 kings of the earth, and all peoples; princes, and all judges of the earth: 019 PSA 148 012 young men and virgins, old men with youths: 019 PSA 148 013 let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name only is exalted; his praise is above the earth and heaven, 019 PSA 148 014 and he shall exalt the horn of his people, [there is] a hymn for all his saints, [even] of the children of Israel, a people who draw near to him. 019 PSA 149 001 Alleluia. Sing to the Lord a new song: his praise is in the assembly of the saints. 019 PSA 149 002 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him; and let the children of Sion exult in their king. 019 PSA 149 003 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sings praises to him with timbrel and lute. 019 PSA 149 004 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; and will exalt the meek with salvation. 019 PSA 149 005 The saints shall rejoice in glory; and shall exult on their beds. 019 PSA 149 006 The high praises of God shall be in their throat, and two-edged swords in their hands; 019 PSA 149 007 to execute vengeance on the nations, [and] punishments among the peoples; 019 PSA 149 008 to bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron; to execute on them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. 019 PSA 150 001 Alleluia. Praise God in his holy places: praise him in the firmament of his power. 019 PSA 150 002 Praise him on [account of] his mighty acts: praise him according to his abundant greatness. 019 PSA 150 003 Praise him with the sound of a trumpet: praise him with lute and harp. 019 PSA 150 004 Praise him with timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and the organ. 019 PSA 150 005 Praise him with melodious cymbals: praise him with loud cymbals. 019 PSA 150 006 Let every thing that has breath praise the Lord. # # BOOK 020 PRO Proverbs Proverbs 020 PRO 001 001 The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel; 020 PRO 001 002 to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding; 020 PRO 001 003 to receive also hard saying, and to understand true justice, and [how] to direct judgment; 020 PRO 001 004 that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man discernment and understanding. 020 PRO 001 005 For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction; 020 PRO 001 006 and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles. 020 PRO 001 007 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nothing wisdom and instruction. 020 PRO 001 008 Hear, [my] son, the instruction of your father, and reject not the rules of your mother. 020 PRO 001 009 For you shall receive for your head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round your neck. 020 PRO 001 010 [My] son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither consent you [to them]. 020 PRO 001 011 If they should exhort you, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth: 020 PRO 001 012 and let us swallow him alive, as Hades [would], and remove the memorial of him from the earth: 020 PRO 001 013 let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils: 020 PRO 001 014 but do you cast in your lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch: 020 PRO 001 015 go not in the way with them, but turn aside your foot from their paths: 020 PRO 001 016 [For their feet run to do evil, and are swift to shed blood. ] 020 PRO 001 017 for nets are not without cause spread for birds. 020 PRO 001 018 For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil. 020 PRO 001 019 These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life. 020 PRO 001 020 Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly. 020 PRO 001 021 And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says, 020 PRO 001 022 So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs. 020 PRO 001 023 Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech. 020 PRO 001 024 Since I called, and you did not listen; and I spoke at length, and you gave no heed; 020 PRO 001 025 but you set at nothing my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs; 020 PRO 001 026 therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against [you] when ruin comes upon you: 020 PRO 001 027 yes when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and [your] overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you. 020 PRO 001 028 For it shall be that when you call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find [me]. 020 PRO 001 029 For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord: 020 PRO 001 030 neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs. 020 PRO 001 031 Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness. 020 PRO 001 032 For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly. 020 PRO 001 033 But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil. 020 PRO 002 001 [My] son, if you will receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with you; 020 PRO 002 002 your ear shall listen to wisdom; you shall also apply your heart to understanding, and shall apply it to the instruction of your son. 020 PRO 002 003 For it you shall call to wisdom, and utter your voice for understanding; 020 PRO 002 004 and if you shall seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures; 020 PRO 002 005 then shall you understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. 020 PRO 002 006 For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence [come] knowledge and understanding, 020 PRO 002 007 and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way; 020 PRO 002 008 that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him. 020 PRO 002 009 Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment; and shall direct all your course aright. 020 PRO 002 010 For if wisdom shall come into your understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to your soul, 020 PRO 002 011 good counsel shall guard you, and holy understanding shall keep you; 020 PRO 002 012 to deliver you from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully. 020 PRO 002 013 Alas [for those] who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness; 020 PRO 002 014 who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness; 020 PRO 002 015 whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding; 020 PRO 002 016 to remove you far from the straight way, and to estrange you from a righteous purpose. [My] son, let not evil counsel overtake you, 020 PRO 002 017 [of her] who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God. 020 PRO 002 018 For she has fixed her house near death, and [guided] her wheels near Hades with the giants. 020 PRO 002 019 None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life. 020 PRO 002 020 For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy. 020 PRO 002 021 For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it. 020 PRO 002 022 The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it. 020 PRO 003 001 [My] son, forget not my laws; but let your heart keep my words: 020 PRO 003 002 for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to you. 020 PRO 003 003 Let not mercy and truth forsake you; but bind them about your neck: 020 PRO 003 004 so shall you find favor: and do you provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men. 020 PRO 003 005 Trust in God with all your heart; and be not exalted in your own wisdom. 020 PRO 003 006 In all your ways acquaint yourself with her, that she may rightly direct your paths. 020 PRO 003 007 Be not wise in your own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil. 020 PRO 003 008 Then shall there be health to your body, and good keeping to your bones. 020 PRO 003 009 Honor the Lord with your just labors, and give him the first of your fruits of righteousness: 020 PRO 003 010 that your storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that your presses may burst forth with wine. 020 PRO 003 011 [My] son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when you are rebuked of him: 020 PRO 003 012 for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives. 020 PRO 003 013 Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence. 020 PRO 003 014 For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. 020 PRO 003 015 And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value. 020 PRO 003 016 For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory: out of her mouth proceeds righteousness, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue. 020 PRO 003 017 Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful. 020 PRO 003 018 She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is [a] secure [help] to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord. 020 PRO 003 019 God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens. 020 PRO 003 020 By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water. 020 PRO 003 021 [My] son, let [them] not pass from [you], but keep my counsel and understanding: 020 PRO 003 022 that your soul may live, and that there may be grace round your neck; and it shall be health to your flesh, and safety to your bones: 020 PRO 003 023 that you may go confidently in peace in all your ways, and that your foot may not stumble. 020 PRO 003 024 For if you rest, you shall be undismayed; and if you sleep, you shall slumber sweetly. 020 PRO 003 025 And you shall not be afraid of alarm coming upon you, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men. 020 PRO 003 026 For the Lord shall be over all your ways, and shall establish your foot that you be not moved. 020 PRO 003 027 Forbear not to do good to the poor, whenever your hand may have [power] to help [him]. 020 PRO 003 028 Say not, Come back another time, to-morrow I will give; while you are able to do [him] good: for you know not what the next day will bring forth. 020 PRO 003 029 Devise not evil against your friend, living near you and trusting in you. 020 PRO 003 030 Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do you some harm. 020 PRO 003 031 Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do you covet their ways. 020 PRO 003 032 For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous. 020 PRO 003 033 The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed. 020 PRO 003 034 The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble. 020 PRO 003 035 The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted [their own] dishonor. 020 PRO 004 001 Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. 020 PRO 004 002 For I give you a good gift; forsake you not my law. 020 PRO 004 003 For I also was a son obedient to [my] father, and loved in the sight of [my] mother: 020 PRO 004 004 who spoke and instructed me, [saying], Let our speech be fixed in your heart, keep [our] commandments, forget them not: 020 PRO 004 005 and do not neglect the speech of my mouth. 020 PRO 004 006 And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to you: love it, and it shall keep you. 020 PRO 004 008 Secure it, and it shall exalt you: honor it, that it may embrace you; 020 PRO 004 009 that it may give to your head a crown of graces, and may cover you with a crown of delight. 020 PRO 004 010 Hear, [my] son, and receive my words; and the years of your life shall be increased, that the resources of your life may be many. 020 PRO 004 011 For I teach you the ways of wisdom; and I cause you to go in right paths. 020 PRO 004 012 For when you go, your steps shall not be straitened; and when you run, you shall not be distressed. 020 PRO 004 013 Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, —but keep it for yourself for your life. 020 PRO 004 014 Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors. 020 PRO 004 015 In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not there; but turn from them, and pass away. 020 PRO 004 016 For they can’t sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not. 020 PRO 004 017 For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression. 020 PRO 004 018 But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come. 020 PRO 004 019 But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble. 020 PRO 004 020 [My] son, attend to my speech; and apply your ear to my words: 020 PRO 004 021 that your fountains may not fail you; keep them in [your] heart. 020 PRO 004 022 For they are life to those that find them, and health to all [their] flesh. 020 PRO 004 023 Keep your heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life. 020 PRO 004 024 Remove from you a froward mouth, and put far away from you unjust lips. 020 PRO 004 025 Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids assent [to] just [things]. 020 PRO 004 026 Make straight paths for your feet, and order your ways aright. 020 PRO 004 027 Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away your foot from an evil way: [for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked: ] and he will make your ways straight, and will guide your steps in peace. 020 PRO 005 001 [My] son, attend to my wisdom, and apply your ear to my words; 020 PRO 005 002 that you may keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives you a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman; 020 PRO 005 003 for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases your palate: 020 PRO 005 004 but afterwards you will find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword. 020 PRO 005 005 For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established. 020 PRO 005 006 For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known. 020 PRO 005 007 Now then, [my] son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect. 020 PRO 005 008 Remove your way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: 020 PRO 005 009 lest you give away your life to others, and your substance to the merciless: 020 PRO 005 010 lest strangers be filled with your strength, and your labors come into the houses of strangers; 020 PRO 005 011 And you repent at last, when the flesh of your body is consumed, 020 PRO 005 012 and you shall say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! 020 PRO 005 013 I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. 020 PRO 005 014 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. 020 PRO 005 015 Drink waters out of your own vessels, and out of your own springing wells. 020 PRO 005 016 Let not waters out of your fountain be spilt by you, but let your waters go into your streets. 020 PRO 005 017 Let them be only your own, and let no stranger partake with you. 020 PRO 005 018 Let your fountain of water be [truly] your own; and rejoice with the wife of your youth. 020 PRO 005 019 Let [your] loving hart and your graceful colt company with you, and let her be considered your own, and be with you at all times; for ravished with her love you shall be greatly increased. 020 PRO 005 020 Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold yourself in the arms of a woman not your own. 020 PRO 005 021 For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths. 020 PRO 005 022 Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins. 020 PRO 005 023 Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly. 020 PRO 006 001 [My] son, if you become surety for your friend, you shall deliver your hand to an enemy. 020 PRO 006 002 For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth. 020 PRO 006 003 [My] son, do what I command you, and deliver yourself; for on your friend's account you are come into the power of evil [men]: faint not, but stir up even your friend for whom you are become surety. 020 PRO 006 004 Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber with your eyelids; 020 PRO 006 005 that you may deliver yourself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare. 020 PRO 006 006 Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he. 020 PRO 006 007 For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master, 020 PRO 006 008 he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest. Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; whose labors kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: though weak in body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom. 020 PRO 006 009 How long will you lie, O sluggard? and when will you awake out of sleep? 020 PRO 006 010 You sleep a little, and you rest a little, and you slumber a short [time], and you fold your arms over your breast a little. 020 PRO 006 011 Then poverty comes upon you as an evil traveller, and lack as a swift courier: but if you be diligent, your harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier. 020 PRO 006 012 A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good. 020 PRO 006 013 And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers. 020 PRO 006 014 [His] perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city. 020 PRO 006 015 Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin. 020 PRO 006 016 For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul. 020 PRO 006 017 The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just; 020 PRO 006 018 and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, —[are hateful to God]. 020 PRO 006 019 An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren. 020 PRO 006 020 [My] son, keep the laws of your father, and reject not the ordinances of your mother: 020 PRO 006 021 but bind them upon your soul continually, and hang them as a chain about your neck. 020 PRO 006 022 Whenever you walk, lead this along and let it be with you; that it may talk with you when you wake. 020 PRO 006 023 For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction: 020 PRO 006 024 to keep you continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue. 020 PRO 006 025 Let not the desire of beauty overcome you, neither be you caught by your eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids. 020 PRO 006 026 For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men. 020 PRO 006 027 Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments? 020 PRO 006 028 or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet? 020 PRO 006 029 So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her. 020 PRO 006 030 It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul: 020 PRO 006 031 but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods. 020 PRO 006 032 But the adulterer through lack of sense procures destruction to his soul. 020 PRO 006 033 He endures both pain and disgrace, and his reproach shall never be wiped off. 020 PRO 006 034 For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 020 PRO 006 035 He will not forego [his] enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts. 020 PRO 007 001 [My] son, keep my words, and hide with you my commandments. [My] son, honor the Lord, and you shall be strong; and fear none but him: 020 PRO 007 002 keep my commandments, and you shall live; and [keep] my words as the pupils of [your] eyes. 020 PRO 007 003 And bind them on your fingers, and write [them] on the table of your heart. 020 PRO 007 004 Say that wisdom is your sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for yourself; 020 PRO 007 005 that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words. 020 PRO 007 006 For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding, 020 PRO 007 007 passing by the corner in the passages near her house, 020 PRO 007 008 and speaking, in the dark of the evening, 020 PRO 007 009 when there happens [to be] the stillness of night and of darkness: 020 PRO 007 010 and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter. 020 PRO 007 011 And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home. 020 PRO 007 012 For at one time she wanders without, and at [another] time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner. 020 PRO 007 013 Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him, 020 PRO 007 014 I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows: 020 PRO 007 015 therefore I came forth to meet you, desiring your face; [and] I have found you. 020 PRO 007 016 I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt. 020 PRO 007 017 I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon. 020 PRO 007 018 Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love. 020 PRO 007 019 For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey, 020 PRO 007 020 having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house. 020 PRO 007 021 So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from [the right path]. 020 PRO 007 022 And he followed her, being gently led on, and [that] as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow: 020 PRO 007 023 and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for [his] life. 020 PRO 007 024 Now then, [my] son, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth. 020 PRO 007 025 Let not your heart turn aside to her ways: 020 PRO 007 026 for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable. 020 PRO 007 027 Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death. 020 PRO 008 001 You shall proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to you. 020 PRO 008 002 For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways. 020 PRO 008 003 For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, [saying], 020 PRO 008 004 You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men. 020 PRO 008 005 O you simple, understand subtlety, and you that are untaught, imbibe knowledge. 020 PRO 008 006 Listen to me; for I will speak solemn [truths]; and will produce right [sayings] from my lips. 020 PRO 008 007 For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me. 020 PRO 008 008 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse. 020 PRO 008 009 They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge. 020 PRO 008 010 Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold. 020 PRO 008 011 For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it. 020 PRO 008 012 I wisdom have lived [with] counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding. 020 PRO 008 013 The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men. 020 PRO 008 014 Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine. 020 PRO 008 015 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 020 PRO 008 016 By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth. 020 PRO 008 017 I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find [me]. 020 PRO 008 018 Wealth and glory belong to me; yes, abundant possessions and righteousness. 020 PRO 008 019 [It is] better to have my fruit than [to have] gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver. 020 PRO 008 020 I walk in ways of righteousness, and [am] conversant with the paths of judgment; 020 PRO 008 021 that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember [also] to recount the things of old. 020 PRO 008 022 The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works. 020 PRO 008 023 He established me before time [was] in the beginning, before he made the earth: 020 PRO 008 024 even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth: 020 PRO 008 025 before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me. 020 PRO 008 026 The Lord made countries and uninhabited [tracks], and the highest inhabited parts of the world. 020 PRO 008 027 When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds: 020 PRO 008 028 and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth: 020 PRO 008 029 decree. and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth: 020 PRO 008 030 I was by him, suiting [myself to him], I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually. 020 PRO 008 031 For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men. 020 PRO 008 032 Now then, [my] son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall listen to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways; 020 PRO 008 033 [Hear wisdom and be wise, and be not strangers to it. ] 020 PRO 008 034 watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances. 020 PRO 008 035 For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and [in them] is prepared favor from the Lord. 020 PRO 008 036 But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death. 020 PRO 009 001 Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars. 020 PRO 009 002 She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table. 020 PRO 009 003 She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying, 020 PRO 009 004 Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says, 020 PRO 009 005 Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you. 020 PRO 009 006 Leave folly, that you may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge. 020 PRO 009 007 He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonor to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself. 020 PRO 009 008 Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you. 020 PRO 009 009 Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction]. 020 PRO 009 010 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is [the character] of a sound mind. 020 PRO 009 011 For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you. 020 PRO 009 012 Son, if you be wise for yourself, you shall also be wise for your neighbors; and if you should prove wicked, you alone will bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a [land] appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands. 020 PRO 009 013 A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to lack a morsel. 020 PRO 009 014 She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets, 020 PRO 009 015 calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways; 020 PRO 009 016 [saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying, 020 PRO 009 017 Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft. 020 PRO 009 018 But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. 020 PRO 010 001 A wise son makes [his] father glad: but a foolish son is a grief to his mother. 020 PRO 010 002 Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death. 020 PRO 010 003 The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: but he will overthrow the life of the ungodly. 020 PRO 010 004 Poverty brings a man low: but the hands of the vigorous make rich. A son who is instructed shall be wise, and shall use the fool for a servant. 020 PRO 010 005 A wise son is saved from heat: but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest. 020 PRO 010 006 The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but untimely grief shall cover the mouth of the ungodly. 020 PRO 010 007 The memory of the just is praised; but the name of the ungodly [man] is extinguished. 020 PRO 010 008 A wise man in heart will receive commandments; but he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown in his perverseness. 020 PRO 010 009 He that walks simply, walks confidently; but he that perverts his ways shall be known. 020 PRO 010 010 He that winks with his eyes deceitfully, procures griefs for men; but he that reproves boldly is a peacemaker. 020 PRO 010 011 [There is] a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man; but destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly. 020 PRO 010 012 Hatred stirs up strife; but affection covers all that do not love strife. 020 PRO 010 013 He that brings forth wisdom from his lips smites the fool with a rod. 020 PRO 010 014 The wise will hide discretion; but the mouth of the hasty draws near to ruin. 020 PRO 010 015 The wealth of rich men is a strong city; but poverty is the ruin of the ungodly. 020 PRO 010 016 The works of the righteous produce life; but the fruits of the ungodly [produce] sins. 020 PRO 010 017 Instruction keeps the right ways of life; but instruction unchastened goes astray. 020 PRO 010 018 Righteous lips cover enmity; but they that utter railings are most foolish. 020 PRO 010 019 By a multitude of words you shall not escape sin; but if you refrain your lips you will be prudent. 020 PRO 010 020 The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail. 020 PRO 010 021 The lips of the righteous know sublime [truths]: but the foolish die in lack. 020 PRO 010 022 The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; it enriches [him], and grief of heart shall not be added to [it]. 020 PRO 010 023 A fool does mischief in sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man. 020 PRO 010 024 The ungodly is engulfed in destruction; but the desire of the righteous is acceptable. 020 PRO 010 025 When the storm passes by, the ungodly vanishes away; but the righteous turns aside and escapes for ever. 020 PRO 010 026 As a sour grape is hurtful to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so iniquity hurts those that practise it. 020 PRO 010 027 The fear of the Lord adds [length] of days: but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened. 020 PRO 010 028 Joy rests long with the righteous: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish. 020 PRO 010 029 The fear of the Lord is a strong hold of the saints: but ruin [comes] to them that work wickedness. 020 PRO 010 030 The righteous shall never fail: but the ungodly shall not dwell in the earth. 020 PRO 010 031 The mouth of the righteous drops wisdom: but the tongue of the unjust shall perish. 020 PRO 010 032 The lips of just men drop grace: but the mouth of the ungodly is perverse. 020 PRO 011 001 False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable to him. 020 PRO 011 002 Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom. 020 PRO 011 003 When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy. 020 PRO 011 004 [Possessions will not profit in a day of wrath, but righteousness will deliver from death. ] 020 PRO 011 005 Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing. 020 PRO 011 006 The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction. 020 PRO 011 007 At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes. 020 PRO 011 008 A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place. 020 PRO 011 009 In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous. 020 PRO 011 010 In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: but by the mouth of ungodly men it is overthrown. 020 PRO 011 011 [At the blessing of the upright a city shall be exalted. ] 020 PRO 011 012 A man void of understanding sneers at [his fellow] citizens: but a sensible man is quiet. 020 PRO 011 013 A double-tongued man discloses the [secret] counsels of an assembly: but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters. 020 PRO 011 014 They that have no guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety. 020 PRO 011 015 A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety. 020 PRO 011 016 A gracious wife brings glory to her husband: but a woman hating righteousness is a theme of dishonor. The slothful come to lack: but the diligent support themselves with wealth. 020 PRO 011 017 A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body. 020 PRO 011 018 An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth. 020 PRO 011 019 A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly [ends] in death. 020 PRO 011 020 Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him. 020 PRO 011 021 He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness he shall receive a faithful reward. 020 PRO 011 022 As an ornament in a swine's snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded women. 020 PRO 011 023 All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish. 020 PRO 011 024 There are [some] who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are [some] also who gather, [yet] have less. 020 PRO 011 025 Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful. 020 PRO 011 026 May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: but blessing be on the head of him that gives [it]. 020 PRO 011 027 He that devises good [counsels] seeks good favor: but [as for] him that seeks after evil, [evil] shall overtake him. 020 PRO 011 028 He that trusts in wealth shall fall; but he that helps righteous men shall rise. 020 PRO 011 029 He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man. 020 PRO 011 030 Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time. 020 PRO 011 031 If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 020 PRO 012 001 He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool. 020 PRO 012 002 He that has found favor with the Lord [is made] better; but a transgressor shall be passed over in silence. 020 PRO 012 003 A man shall not prosper by wickedness; but the roots of the righteous shall not be taken up. 020 PRO 012 004 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband. 020 PRO 012 005 The thoughts of the righteous [are true] judgments; but ungodly men devise deceits. 020 PRO 012 006 The words of ungodly men are crafty; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. 020 PRO 012 007 When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain. 020 PRO 012 008 The mouth of an understanding [man] is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision. 020 PRO 012 009 Better is a man in dishonor serving himself, than one honouring himself and lacking bread. 020 PRO 012 010 A righteous man has pity for the lives of his cattle; but the bowels of the ungodly are unmerciful. 020 PRO 012 011 He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread; but they that pursue vanities are void of understanding. He that enjoys himself in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonor in his own strong holds. 020 PRO 012 012 The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set. 020 PRO 012 013 For the sin of [his] lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls. 020 PRO 012 014 The soul of a man shall be filled with good from the fruits of his mouth; and the recompence of his lips shall be given to him. 020 PRO 012 015 The ways of fools are right in their own eyes; but a wise man hearkens to counsels. 020 PRO 012 016 A fool declares his wrath the same day; but a prudent man hides his own disgrace. 020 PRO 012 017 A righteous man declares the open truth; but an unjust witness is deceitful. 020 PRO 012 018 Some wound as they speak, [like] swords; but the tongues of the wise heal. 020 PRO 012 019 True lips establish testimony; but a hasty witness has an unjust tongue. 020 PRO 012 020 [There is] deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil; but they that love peace shall rejoice. 020 PRO 012 021 No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief. 020 PRO 012 022 Lying lips are a abomination to the Lord; but he that deals faithfully is accepted with him. 020 PRO 012 023 An understanding man is a throne of wisdom; but the heart of fools shall meet with curses. 020 PRO 012 024 The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule; but the deceitful shall be for a prey. 020 PRO 012 025 A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him. 020 PRO 012 026 A just arbitrator shall be his own friend; but mischief shall pursue sinners; and the way of ungodly men shall lead them astray. 020 PRO 012 027 A deceitful man shall catch no game; but a blameless man is a precious possession. 020 PRO 012 028 In the ways of righteousness is life; but the ways of those that remember injuries [lead] to death. 020 PRO 013 001 A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed. 020 PRO 013 002 A good [man] shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time. 020 PRO 013 003 He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself. 020 PRO 013 004 Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent. 020 PRO 013 005 A righteous man hates an unjust word: but an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence. 020 PRO 013 007 There are [some] who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are [some] who bring themselves down in [the midst of] much wealth. 020 PRO 013 008 A man's own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor endures not threatening. 020 PRO 013 009 The righteous always have light: but the light of the ungodly is quenched. Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful. 020 PRO 013 010 A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise. 020 PRO 013 011 Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends. 020 PRO 013 012 Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads [another] to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life. 020 PRO 013 013 He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health [of soul]. To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: but a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, and his way shall be directed aright. 020 PRO 013 014 The law of the wise is fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare. 020 PRO 013 015 Sound discretion gives favor, and to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: but the ways of scorners tend to destruction. 020 PRO 013 016 Every prudent man acts with knowledge: but the fool displays his own mischief. 020 PRO 013 017 A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him. 020 PRO 013 018 Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honored. 020 PRO 013 019 The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge. 020 PRO 013 020 If you walk with wise men you shall be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known. 020 PRO 013 021 Evil shall pursue sinners; but good shall overtake the righteous. 020 PRO 013 022 A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just. 020 PRO 013 023 The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly. 020 PRO 013 024 He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens [him]. 020 PRO 013 025 A just [man] eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in lack. 020 PRO 014 001 Wise women build houses: but a foolish one digs [hers] down with her hands. 020 PRO 014 002 He that walks uprightly fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonored. 020 PRO 014 003 Out of the mouth of fools [comes] a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them. 020 PRO 014 004 Where no oxen are, the cribs are clean; but where there is abundant produce, the strength of the ox is apparent. 020 PRO 014 005 A faithful witness does not lie; but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods. 020 PRO 014 006 You shall seek wisdom with bad men, and shall not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent. 020 PRO 014 007 All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion. 020 PRO 014 008 The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray. 020 PRO 014 009 The houses of transgressors will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable. 020 PRO 014 010 [If] a man's mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride. 020 PRO 014 011 The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; but the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand. 020 PRO 014 012 There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it reach to the depths of hell. 020 PRO 014 013 Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief. 020 PRO 014 014 A stout-hearted [man] shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts. 020 PRO 014 015 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man betakes himself to afterthought. 020 PRO 014 016 A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor. 020 PRO 014 017 A passionate man acts inconsiderately; but a sensible man bears up under many things. 020 PRO 014 018 Fools shall have mischief for their portion; but the prudent shall take fast hold of understanding. 020 PRO 014 019 Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous. 020 PRO 014 020 Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many. 020 PRO 014 021 He that dishonors the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed. 020 PRO 014 022 They that go astray devise evils: but the good devise mercy and truth. The framers of evil do not understand mercy and truth: but compassion and faithfulness are with the framers of good. 020 PRO 014 023 With every one [who is] careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in lack. 020 PRO 014 024 A prudent man is the crown of the wise: but the occupation of fools is evil. 020 PRO 014 025 A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful [man] kindles falsehoods. 020 PRO 014 026 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support. 020 PRO 014 027 The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes [men] to turn aside from the snare of death. 020 PRO 014 028 In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince. 020 PRO 014 029 A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish. 020 PRO 014 030 A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones. 020 PRO 014 031 He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honors him has pity upon the poor. 020 PRO 014 032 The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but he who is secure in his own holiness is just. 020 PRO 014 033 There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: but in the heart of fools it is not discerned. 020 PRO 014 034 Righteousness exalts a nation: but sins diminish tribes. 020 PRO 014 035 An understanding servant is acceptable to a king; and by his good behavior he removes disgrace. 020 PRO 015 001 Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger. 020 PRO 015 002 The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things. 020 PRO 015 003 The eyes of the Lord behold both the evil and the good in every place. 020 PRO 015 004 The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding. 020 PRO 015 005 A fool scorns his father's instruction; but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: but the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth. 020 PRO 015 006 In the houses of the righteous is much strength: but the fruits of the ungodly shall perish. 020 PRO 015 007 The lips of the wise are bound by discretion: but the hearts of the foolish are not safe. 020 PRO 015 008 The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him. 020 PRO 015 009 The ways of an ungodly [man] are an abomination to the Lord; but he loves those that follow after righteousness. 020 PRO 015 010 The instruction of the simple is known by them that pass by; but they that hate reproofs die disgracefully. 020 PRO 015 011 Hell and destruction are manifest to the Lord; how shall not also be the hearts of men? 020 PRO 015 012 An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; neither will he associate with the wise. 020 PRO 015 013 When the heart rejoices the countenance is cheerful; but when it is in sorrow, [the countenance] is sad. 020 PRO 015 014 An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils. 020 PRO 015 015 The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet. 020 PRO 015 016 Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear [of the Lord]. 020 PRO 015 017 Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity. 020 PRO 015 018 A passionate man stirs up strife; but [he that is] slow to anger appeases even a rising one. A man slow to anger will extinguish quarrels; but an ungodly man rather stirs [them] up. 020 PRO 015 019 The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth. 020 PRO 015 020 A wise son gladdens [his] father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother. 020 PRO 015 021 The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright. 020 PRO 015 022 They that honor not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counselors. 020 PRO 015 023 A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common [weal]. 020 PRO 015 024 The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell. 020 PRO 015 025 The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow. 020 PRO 015 026 An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honor. 020 PRO 015 027 A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. [By alms and by faithful dealings sins are purged away; ] but by the fear of the Lord every one departs from evil. 020 PRO 015 028 The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. The ways of righteous men are acceptable with the Lord; and through them even enemies become friends. 020 PRO 015 029 God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. Better are small receipts with righteousness, than abundant fruits with unrighteousness. Let the heart of a man think justly, that his steps may be rightly ordered of God. The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones. 020 PRO 015 032 He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that mind reproofs loves his soul. 020 PRO 015 033 The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honor will correspond therewith. 020 PRO 016 002 All the works of the humble [man] are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day. 020 PRO 016 005 Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless. The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace. All of the works of the Lord [are done] with righteousness; and the ungodly [man] is kept for the evil day. 020 PRO 016 010 [There is] an oracle upon the lips of a king; and his mouth shall not err in judgment. 020 PRO 016 011 The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures. 020 PRO 016 012 An evil-doer is an abomination to a king; for the throne of rule is established by righteousness. 020 PRO 016 013 Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; and he loves right words. 020 PRO 016 014 The anger of a king is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him. 020 PRO 016 015 The son of a king is in the light of life; and they that are in favor with him are as a cloud of latter rain. 020 PRO 016 016 The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver. 020 PRO 016 017 The paths of life turn aside from evil; and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; and he that loves his life will spare his mouth. 020 PRO 016 018 Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall. 020 PRO 016 019 Better is a meek-spirited [man] with lowliness, than one who divides spoils with the proud. 020 PRO 016 020 [He who is] skillful in business finds good: but he that trusts in God is most blessed. 020 PRO 016 021 [Men] call the wise and understanding evil: but they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more. 020 PRO 016 022 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil. 020 PRO 016 023 The heart of the wise will discern the [things which proceed] from his own mouth; and on his lips he will wear knowledge. 020 PRO 016 024 Good words are honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul. 020 PRO 016 025 There are ways that seem to be right to a man, but the end of them looks to the depth of hell. 020 PRO 016 026 A man who labors, labors for himself, and drives from [him] his own ruin. 020 PRO 016 027 But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips. 020 PRO 016 028 A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends. 020 PRO 016 029 A transgressor tries [to ensnare] friends, and leads them in ways [that are] not good. 020 PRO 016 030 And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, and marks out with his lips all evil: he is a furnace of wickedness. 020 PRO 016 031 Old age is a crown of honor, but it is found in the ways of righteousness. 020 PRO 016 032 A man slow to anger is better than a strong [man]; and he that governs [his] temper better than he that takes a city. 020 PRO 016 033 All [evils] come upon the ungodly into [their] bosoms; but all righteous things [come] of the Lord. 020 PRO 017 001 Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house [full] of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife. 020 PRO 017 002 A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren. 020 PRO 017 003 As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord. 020 PRO 017 004 A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips. 020 PRO 017 005 He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy. 020 PRO 017 006 Children's children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing. 020 PRO 017 007 Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man. 020 PRO 017 008 Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and wherever it may turn, it shall prosper. 020 PRO 017 009 He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide [them] separates friends and kindred. 020 PRO 017 010 A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not. 020 PRO 017 011 Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger. 020 PRO 017 012 Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils. 020 PRO 017 013 Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house. 020 PRO 017 014 Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty. 020 PRO 017 015 He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God. 020 PRO 017 016 Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief. 020 PRO 017 017 Have you a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born. 020 PRO 017 018 A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, [as he] also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends. 020 PRO 017 019 A lover of sin rejoices in strifes; 020 PRO 017 020 and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs; 020 PRO 017 021 and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother. 020 PRO 017 022 A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up. 020 PRO 017 023 The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in [his] bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness. 020 PRO 017 024 The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool [go] to the ends of the earth. 020 PRO 017 025 A foolish son [is a cause of] anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him. 020 PRO 017 026 [It is] not right to punish a righteous man, nor [is it] holy to plot against righteous princes. 020 PRO 017 027 He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise. 020 PRO 017 028 Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible. 020 PRO 018 001 A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; but at all times he will be liable to reproach. 020 PRO 018 002 A senseless man feels no need of wisdom, for he is rather led by folly. 020 PRO 018 003 When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises [them]; but dishonor and reproach come upon him. 020 PRO 018 004 A word in the heart of a man is a deep water, and a river and fountain of life spring forth. 020 PRO 018 005 [It is] not good to accept the person of the ungodly, nor [is it] holy to pervert justice in judgment. 020 PRO 018 006 The lips of a fool bring [him] into troubles, and his bold mouth calls for death. 020 PRO 018 007 A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul. 020 PRO 018 008 Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger. 020 PRO 018 009 A man who helps not himself by his labor is brother of him that ruins himself. 020 PRO 018 010 The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted. 020 PRO 018 011 The wealth of a rich man is a strong city; and its glory casts a broad shadow. 020 PRO 018 012 Before ruin a man's heart is exalted, and before honor it is humble. 020 PRO 018 013 Whoso answers a word before he hears [a cause], it is folly and reproach to him. 020 PRO 018 014 A wise servant calms a man's anger; but who can endure a faint-hearted man? 020 PRO 018 015 The heart of the sensible [man] purchases discretion; and the ears of the wise seek understanding. 020 PRO 018 016 A man's gift enlarges him, and seats him among princes. 020 PRO 018 017 A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, but when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved. 020 PRO 018 018 A silent [man] quells strifes, and determines between great powers. 020 PRO 018 019 A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city; and is [as] strong as a [well]-founded palace. 020 PRO 018 020 A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth; and he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips. 020 PRO 018 021 Life and death are in the power of the tongue; and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof. 020 PRO 018 022 He that has found a good wife has found favours, and has received gladness from God. [He that puts away a good wife, puts away a good thing, and he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.] 020 PRO 019 003 The folly of a man spoils his ways: and he blames God in his heart. 020 PRO 019 004 Wealth acquires many friends; but the poor is deserted even of the friend he has. 020 PRO 019 005 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape. 020 PRO 019 006 Many court the favor of kings; but every bad man becomes a reproach to [another] man. 020 PRO 019 007 Every one who hates [his] poor brother shall also be far from friendship. Good understanding will draw near to them that know it, and a sensible man will find it. He that does much harm perfects mischief; and he that used provoking words shall not escape. 020 PRO 019 008 He that procures wisdom loves himself; and he that keeps wisdom shall find good. 020 PRO 019 009 A false witness shall not be unpunished; and whoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it. 020 PRO 019 010 Delight does not suit a fool, nor [is it seemly] if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness. 020 PRO 019 011 A merciful man is longsuffering; and his triumph overtakes transgressors. 020 PRO 019 012 The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favor. 020 PRO 019 013 A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows [paid out] of the hire of a harlot are not pure. 020 PRO 019 014 Fathers divide house and substance to [their] children: but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord. 020 PRO 019 015 Cowardice possesses the effeminate [man]; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger. 020 PRO 019 016 He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall perish. 020 PRO 019 017 He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; and he will recompense to him according to his gift. 020 PRO 019 018 Chasten your son, for so he shall be hopeful; and be not exalted in your soul to haughtiness. 020 PRO 019 019 A malicious man shall be severely punished, and if he commit injury, he shall also lose his life. 020 PRO 019 020 Hear, son, the instruction of your father, that you may be wise at your latter end. 020 PRO 019 021 [There are] many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever. 020 PRO 019 022 Mercy is a fruit to a man: and a poor man is better than a rich liar. 020 PRO 019 023 The fear of the Lord is life to a man: and he shall lodge without fear in places where knowledge is not seen. 020 PRO 019 024 He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even [bring] them up to his mouth. 020 PRO 019 025 When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: and if you reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion. 020 PRO 019 026 He that dishonors his father, and drives away his mother, shall be disgraced and shall be exposed to reproach. 020 PRO 019 027 A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs. 020 PRO 019 028 He that becomes surety for a foolish child will despise the ordinance: and the mouth of ungodly men shall drink down judgment. 020 PRO 019 029 Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, and punishments likewise for fools. 020 PRO 020 001 Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them. 020 PRO 020 002 The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul. 020 PRO 020 003 [It is] a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters. 020 PRO 020 004 A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest. 020 PRO 020 005 Counsel in a man's heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out. 020 PRO 020 006 A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but [it is] hard to find a faithful man. 020 PRO 020 007 He that walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed. 020 PRO 020 008 Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence. 020 PRO 020 009 Who will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins? 020 PRO 020 010 A large and small weight, and various measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and [so is] he that makes them. 020 PRO 020 011 A youth [when in company] with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and [then] his way will be straight. 020 PRO 020 012 The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord's work. 020 PRO 020 013 Love not to speak ill, lest you be cut off: open your eyes, and be filled with bread. 020 PRO 020 020 The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness. 020 PRO 020 021 A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end. 020 PRO 020 022 Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help you. 020 PRO 020 023 A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight. 020 PRO 020 024 A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways? 020 PRO 020 025 It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for [in that case] repentance comes after vowing. 020 PRO 020 026 A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them. 020 PRO 020 027 The spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly. 020 PRO 020 028 Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness. 020 PRO 020 029 Wisdom is an ornament to young men; and grey [hairs] are the glory of old men. 020 PRO 020 030 Bruises and contusions befall bad men; and plagues [shall come] in the inward parts of [their] belly. 020 PRO 021 001 As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it wherever he may desire to point out. 020 PRO 021 002 Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts. 020 PRO 021 003 To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices. 020 PRO 021 004 A high-minded man is stout-hearted in [his] pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin. 020 PRO 021 006 He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity [on] to the snares of death. 020 PRO 021 007 Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly. 020 PRO 021 008 To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right. 020 PRO 021 009 [It is] better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered [rooms] with unrighteousness, and in an open house. 020 PRO 021 010 The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man. 020 PRO 021 011 When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge. 020 PRO 021 012 A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness. 020 PRO 021 013 He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear [him]. 020 PRO 021 014 A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath. 020 PRO 021 015 [It is] the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy [man] is abominable with evil-doers. 020 PRO 021 016 A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants. 020 PRO 021 017 A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance; 020 PRO 021 018 and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man. 020 PRO 021 019 [It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman. 020 PRO 021 020 A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up. 020 PRO 021 021 The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory. 020 PRO 021 022 A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted. 020 PRO 021 023 He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble. 020 PRO 021 024 A bold and self-willed and insolent [man] is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor. 020 PRO 021 025 Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything. 020 PRO 021 026 An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate. 020 PRO 021 027 The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly. 020 PRO 021 028 A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously. 020 PRO 021 029 An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways. 020 PRO 021 030 There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly. 020 PRO 021 031 A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord. 020 PRO 022 001 A fair name is better than much wealth, and good favor is above silver and gold. 020 PRO 022 002 The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both. 020 PRO 022 003 An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, but fools pass by and are punished. 020 PRO 022 004 The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, and wealth, and glory, and life. 020 PRO 022 005 Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them. 020 PRO 022 007 The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters. 020 PRO 022 008 He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but [a man] shall fully prove the folly of his works. 020 PRO 022 009 He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor. He that gives liberally secures victory an honor; but he takes away the life of them that posses [them]. 020 PRO 022 010 Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; for when he sits in the council he dishonors all. 020 PRO 022 011 The Lord loves holy hearts, and all blameless persons are acceptable with him: a king rules with his lips. 020 PRO 022 012 But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises [wise] words. 020 PRO 022 013 The sluggard makes excuses, and says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets. 020 PRO 022 014 The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way. 020 PRO 022 015 Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are [then] far from him. 020 PRO 022 016 He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less. 020 PRO 022 017 Incline your ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply your heart, 020 PRO 022 018 that you may know that they are good: and if you lay them to heart, they shall also gladden you on your lips. 020 PRO 022 019 That your hope may be in the Lord, and he may make your way known to you. 020 PRO 022 020 And do you too repeatedly record them for yourself on the table of your heart, for counsel and knowledge. 020 PRO 022 021 I therefore teach you truth, and knowledge good to hear; that you may answer words of truth to them that question you. 020 PRO 022 022 Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonor the helpless [man] in the gates. 020 PRO 022 023 For the Lord will plead his cause, and you shall deliver your soul in safety. 020 PRO 022 024 Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man: 020 PRO 022 025 lest you learn of his ways, and get snares to your soul. 020 PRO 022 026 Become not surety from respect of a man's person. 020 PRO 022 027 For if those have not whence to give compensation, they will take the bed [that is] under you. 020 PRO 022 028 Remove not the old landmarks, which your fathers placed. 020 PRO 022 029 It is fit that an observant man and [one] diligent in his business should attend on kings, and not attend on slothful men. 020 PRO 023 001 If you sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set before you: 020 PRO 023 002 and apply your hand, knowing that it behoves you to prepare such [meats]: but if you are very insatiable, 020 PRO 023 003 desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life. 020 PRO 023 004 If you are poor, measure not yourself with a rich man; but refrain yourself in your wisdom. 020 PRO 023 005 If you should fix your eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master. 020 PRO 023 006 Sup not with an envious man, neither desire you his meats: 020 PRO 023 007 so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to yourself, nor eat your morsel with him: 020 PRO 023 008 for he will vomit it up, and spoil your fair words. 020 PRO 023 009 Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at your wise words. 020 PRO 023 010 Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless: 020 PRO 023 011 for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with you. 020 PRO 023 012 Apply your heart to instruction, and prepare your ears for words of discretion. 020 PRO 023 013 Refrain not from chastening a child; for if you beat him with the rod, he shall not die. 020 PRO 023 014 For you shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from death. 020 PRO 023 015 Son, if your heart be wise, you shall also gladden my heart; 020 PRO 023 016 and your lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right. 020 PRO 023 017 Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the Lord all the day. 020 PRO 023 018 For if you should keep these things, you shall have posterity; and your hope shall not be removed. 020 PRO 023 019 Hear, [my] son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of your heart. 020 PRO 023 020 Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh: 020 PRO 023 021 for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments. 020 PRO 023 022 Listen, [my] son, to your father which begot you, and despise not [your mother] because she is grown old. 020 PRO 023 024 A righteous father brings up [his children] well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son. 020 PRO 023 025 Let your father and your mother rejoice over you, and let her that bore you be glad. 020 PRO 023 026 [My] son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. 020 PRO 023 027 For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow. 020 PRO 023 028 For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off. 020 PRO 023 029 Who [has] woe? who trouble? who [has] quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who [has] bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid? 020 PRO 023 030 Are not those of them that stay long at wine? [are] not [those] of them that haunt [the places] where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse [with them] openly. 020 PRO 023 031 For if you should set your eyes on bowls and cups, you shall afterwards go more naked than a pestle. 020 PRO 023 032 But at last [such a one] stretches himself out as one struck by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent. 020 PRO 023 033 Whenever your eyes shall behold a strange woman, then your mouth shall speak perverse things. 020 PRO 023 034 And you shall lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm. 020 PRO 023 035 And you shall say, They struck me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company? 020 PRO 024 001 [My] son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them. 020 PRO 024 002 For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs. 020 PRO 024 003 A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding. 020 PRO 024 004 By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth. 020 PRO 024 005 A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate. 020 PRO 024 006 War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor. 020 PRO 024 007 Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord, 020 PRO 024 008 but deliberate in council. Death befalls uninstructed [men]. 020 PRO 024 009 The fools also dies in sins; and uncleanness [attaches] to a pestilent man. 020 PRO 024 010 He shall be defiled in the evil day, and in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed. 020 PRO 024 011 Deliver them that are led away to death, and redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not [your help]. 020 PRO 024 012 But if you should say, I know not this man; know that the Lord knows the hearts of all; and he that formed breath for all, he knows all things, who renders to every man according to his works. 020 PRO 024 013 [My] son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, that your throat may be sweetened. 020 PRO 024 014 Thus shall you perceive wisdom in your soul: for if you find it, your end shall be good, and hope shall not fail you. 020 PRO 024 015 Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly. 020 PRO 024 016 For a righteous man will fall seven times, and rise [again]: but the ungodly shall be without strength in troubles. 020 PRO 024 017 If your enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow. 020 PRO 024 018 For the Lord will see [it], and it will not please him, and he will turn away his wrath from him. 020 PRO 024 019 Rejoice not in evil-doers, neither be envious of sinners. 020 PRO 024 020 For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out. 020 PRO 024 021 [My] son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them. 020 PRO 024 022 For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, and who can know the vengeance [inflicted] by both? [A son that keeps the commandment shall escape destruction; for [such an one] has fully received it. Let no falsehood be spoken by the king from the tongue; yes, let no falsehood proceed from his tongue. The king's tongue is a sword, and not one of flesh; and whoever shall be given up to [it] shall be destroyed: for if his wrath should be provoked, he destroys men with cords, and devours men's bones, and burns them up as a flame, so that they are not [even] fit to be eaten by the young eagles. [My] son, reverence my words, and receive them, and repent.] 020 PRO 024 023 And this thing I say to you that are wise [for you] to learn: It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 020 PRO 024 024 He that says of the ungodly, He is righteous, shall be cursed by peoples, and hateful among the nations. 020 PRO 024 025 But they that reprove [him] shall appear more excellent, and blessing shall come upon them; 020 PRO 024 026 and [men] will kiss lips that answer well. 020 PRO 024 027 Prepare your works for [your] going forth, and prepare yourself for the field; and come after me, and you shall rebuild your house. 020 PRO 024 028 Be not a false witness against your [fellow] citizen, neither exaggerate with your lips. 020 PRO 024 029 Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me. 020 PRO 024 030 A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard. 020 PRO 024 031 If you let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down. 020 PRO 024 032 Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction. 020 PRO 024 033 [The sluggard says, ]I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across [my] breast. 020 PRO 024 034 But if you do this, your poverty will come speedily; and your lack like a swift courier. 020 PRO 025 001 These are the miscellaneous instructions of Solomon, which the friends of Ezekias king of Judea copied out. 020 PRO 025 002 The glory of God conceals a matter: but the glory of a king honors business. 020 PRO 025 003 Heaven is high, and earth is deep, and a king's heart is unsearchable. 020 PRO 025 004 Beat the drossy silver, and it shall be made entirely pure. 020 PRO 025 005 Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness. 020 PRO 025 006 Be not boastful in the presence of the king, and remain not in the places of princes; 020 PRO 025 007 for [it is] better for you that it should be said, Come up to me, than that [one] should humble you in the presence of the prince; speak of that which your eyes have seen. 020 PRO 025 008 Get not suddenly into a quarrel, lest you repent at last. 020 PRO 025 009 Whenever your friend shall reproach you, retreat backward, despise [him] not; 020 PRO 025 010 lest your friend continue to reproach you, so your quarrel and enmity shall not depart, but shall be to you like death. Favour and friendship set [a man] free, which do you keep for yourself, lest you be made liable to reproach; but take heed to your ways peaceably. 020 PRO 025 011 [As] a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so [is it] to speak a [wise] word. 020 PRO 025 012 In an ear-ring of gold a precious sardius is also set; [so is] a wise word to an obedient ear. 020 PRO 025 013 As a fall of snow in the time of harvest is good against heat, so a faithful messenger [refreshes] those that send him; for he helps the souls of his employers. 020 PRO 025 014 As winds and clouds and rains are most evident [objects], so is he that boasts of a false gift. 020 PRO 025 015 In longsuffering is prosperity to kings, and a soft tongue breaks the bones. 020 PRO 025 016 Having found honey, eat [only] what is enough, lest haply you be filled, and vomit it up. 020 PRO 025 017 Enter sparingly into your friend's house, lest he be satiated with your company, and hate you. 020 PRO 025 018 [As] a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend. 020 PRO 025 019 The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day. 020 PRO 025 020 As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart. 020 PRO 025 021 If your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; 020 PRO 025 022 for so doing you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward you [with] good. 020 PRO 025 023 The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue. 020 PRO 025 024 [It is] better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house. 020 PRO 025 025 As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off. 020 PRO 025 026 As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so [is it] unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man. 020 PRO 025 027 [It is] not good to eat much honey; but it is right to honor venerable sayings. 020 PRO 025 028 As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel. 020 PRO 026 001 As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honor is not [seemly] for a fool. 020 PRO 026 002 As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause. 020 PRO 026 003 As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so [is] a rod for a simple nation. 020 PRO 026 004 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you become like him. 020 PRO 026 005 Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit. 020 PRO 026 006 He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways. 020 PRO 026 007 [As well] take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools. 020 PRO 026 008 He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool. 020 PRO 026 009 Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools. 020 PRO 026 010 All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nothing. 020 PRO 026 011 As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame [that is] glory and grace.] 020 PRO 026 012 I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he. 020 PRO 026 013 A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and [there are] murderers in the streets. 020 PRO 026 014 As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed. 020 PRO 026 015 A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth. 020 PRO 026 016 A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message. 020 PRO 026 017 As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause. 020 PRO 026 018 As those who need correction put forth [fair] words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown; 020 PRO 026 019 so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest. 020 PRO 026 020 With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases. 020 PRO 026 021 A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife. 020 PRO 026 022 The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they strike [even] to the inmost parts of the bowels. 020 PRO 026 023 Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart. 020 PRO 026 024 A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit. 020 PRO 026 025 Though [your] enemy entreat you with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 020 PRO 026 026 He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies. 020 PRO 026 027 He that digs a pit for his neighbor shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself. 020 PRO 026 028 A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults. 020 PRO 027 001 Boast not of to-morrow; for you know not what the next day shall bring forth. 020 PRO 027 002 Let your neighbor, and not your own mouth, praise you; a stranger, and not your own lips. 020 PRO 027 003 A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both. 020 PRO 027 004 Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: but envy can bear nothing. 020 PRO 027 005 Open reproofs are better than secret love. 020 PRO 027 006 The wounds of a friend are more to be trusted than the spontaneous kisses of an enemy. 020 PRO 027 007 A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet. 020 PRO 027 008 As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place. 020 PRO 027 009 The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities. 020 PRO 027 010 Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; and when you are in distress go not into your brother's house: better is a friend [that is] near than a brother living far off. 020 PRO 027 011 Son, be wise, that your heart may rejoice; and remove you from yourself reproachful words. 020 PRO 027 012 A wise man, when evils are approaching, hides himself; but fools pass on, and will be punished. 020 PRO 027 013 Take away the man's garment, (for a scorner has passed by) whoever lays waste another's goods. 020 PRO 027 014 Whosoever shall bless a friend in the morning with a loud voice, shall seem to differ nothing from one who curses [him]. 020 PRO 027 015 On a stormy day drops [of rain] drive a man out of his house; so also does a railing woman [drive a man] out of his own house. 020 PRO 027 016 The north wind is sharp, but it is called by name propitious. 020 PRO 027 017 Iron sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend's countenance. 020 PRO 027 018 He that plants a fig tree shall eat the fruits of it: so he that waits on his own master shall be honored. 020 PRO 027 019 As faces are not like [other] faces, so neither are the thoughts of men. 020 PRO 027 020 Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable. [He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.] 020 PRO 027 021 Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge. 020 PRO 027 022 Though you scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, you will [still] in no wise remove his folly from him. 020 PRO 027 023 Do you thoroughly know the number of your flock, and pay attention to your herds. 020 PRO 027 024 For a man [has] not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation. 020 PRO 027 025 Take care of the herbage in the field, and you shall cut grass, and gather the mountain hay; 020 PRO 027 026 that you may have [wool of] sheep for clothing: pay attention to the land, that you may have lambs. 020 PRO 027 027 [My] son, you have from me words very useful for your life, and for the life of your servants. 020 PRO 028 001 The ungodly [man] flees when no one pursues: but the righteous is confident as a lion. 020 PRO 028 002 By reason of the sins of ungodly men quarrels arise; but a wise man will quell them. 020 PRO 028 003 A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. As an impetuous and profitable rain, 020 PRO 028 004 so they that forsake the law praise ungodliness; but they that love the law fortify themselves with a wall. 020 PRO 028 005 Evil men will not understand judgment: but they that seek the Lord will understand everything. 020 PRO 028 006 A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich liar. 020 PRO 028 007 A wise son keeps the law: but he that keeps up debauchery dishonors his father. 020 PRO 028 008 He that increases his wealth by usuries and [unjust] gains, gathers it for him that pities the poor. 020 PRO 028 009 He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has made his prayer abominable. 020 PRO 028 010 He that causes upright men to err in an evil way, himself shall fall into destruction: transgressor also shall pass by prosperity, but shall not enter into it. 020 PRO 028 011 A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him. 020 PRO 028 012 By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises: but in the places of the ungodly men are caught. 020 PRO 028 013 He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper: but he that blames [himself] shall be loved. 020 PRO 028 014 Blessed is the man who religiously fears always: but the hard of heart shall fall into mischiefs. 020 PRO 028 015 A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf [is he], who, being poor, rules over a poor nation. 020 PRO 028 016 A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time. 020 PRO 028 017 He that becomes surety for a man charged with murder shall be an exile, and not in safety. Chasten your son, and he shall love you, and give honor to your soul: he shall not obey a sinful nation. 020 PRO 028 018 He that walks justly is assisted: but he that walks in crooked ways shall be entangled [therein]. 020 PRO 028 019 He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows idleness shall have plenty of poverty. 020 PRO 028 020 A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished. 020 PRO 028 021 He that reverences not the persons of the just is not good: such a one will sell a man for a morsel of bread. 020 PRO 028 022 An envious man makes haste to be rich, and knows not that the merciful man will have the mastery over him. 020 PRO 028 023 He that reproves a man's ways shall have more favor than he that flatters with the tongue. 020 PRO 028 024 He that casts off father or mother, and thinks he sins not; the same is partaker with an ungodly man. 020 PRO 028 025 An unbelieving man judges rashly: but he that trusts in the Lord will act carefully. 020 PRO 028 026 He that trusts to a bold heart, such an one is a fool: but he that walks in wisdom shall be safe. 020 PRO 028 027 He that gives to the poor shall not be in lack: but he that turns away his eye [from him] shall be in great distress. 020 PRO 028 028 In the places of ungodly [men] the righteous mourn: but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied. 020 PRO 029 001 A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy. 020 PRO 029 002 When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men mourn. 020 PRO 029 003 When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth. 020 PRO 029 004 A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys [it]. 020 PRO 029 005 He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it. 020 PRO 029 006 A great snare [is spread] for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness. 020 PRO 029 007 A righteous man knows how to judge for the poor: but the ungodly understands not knowledge; and the poor man has not an understanding mind. 020 PRO 029 008 Lawless men burn down a city: but wise men turn away wrath. 020 PRO 029 009 A wise man shall judge nations: but a worthless man being angry laughs and fears not. 020 PRO 029 010 Bloody men hate a holy [person], but the upright will seek his soul. 020 PRO 029 011 A fool utters all is mind: but the wise reserves his in part. 020 PRO 029 012 When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors. 020 PRO 029 013 When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord oversees them both. 020 PRO 029 014 When a king judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony. 020 PRO 029 015 Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents. 020 PRO 029 016 When the ungodly abound, sins abound: but when they fall, the righteous are warned. 020 PRO 029 017 Chasten your son, and he shall give you rest; and he shall give honor to your soul. 020 PRO 029 018 There shall be no interpreter to a sinful nation: but he that observes the law is blessed. 020 PRO 029 019 A stubborn servant will not be reproved by words: for even if he understands, still he will not obey. 020 PRO 029 020 If you see a man hasty in [his] words, know that the fool has hope rather than he. 020 PRO 029 021 He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, and in the end shall grieve over himself. 020 PRO 029 022 A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin. 020 PRO 029 023 Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honor. 020 PRO 029 024 He that shares with a thief, hates his own soul: and if any having heard an oath uttered tell not of it, 020 PRO 029 025 [they] fearing and reverencing men [unreasonably] have been overthrown, but he that trusts in the Lord shall rejoice. Ungodliness causes a man to stumble: but he that trusts in his master shall be safe. 020 PRO 029 026 Many wait on the favor of rulers; but justice comes to a man from the Lord. 020 PRO 029 027 A righteous man is an abomination to an unrighteous man, and the direct way is an abomination to the sinner. 020 PRO 030 001 These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease. 020 PRO 030 002 For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men. 020 PRO 030 003 God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy. 020 PRO 030 004 Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children? 020 PRO 030 005 For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him. 020 PRO 030 006 Add not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be made a liar. 020 PRO 030 007 Two things I ask of you; take not favor from me before I die. 020 PRO 030 008 Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth [or] poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient: 020 PRO 030 009 lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear [vainly] by the name of God. 020 PRO 030 010 Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse you, and you be utterly destroyed. 020 PRO 030 011 A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother. 020 PRO 030 012 A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way. 020 PRO 030 013 A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids. 020 PRO 030 014 A wicked generation have swords [for] teeth and jaw teeth [as] knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men. 020 PRO 030 015 The horse-leech had three dearly beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough. 020 PRO 030 016 The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough. 020 PRO 030 017 The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it. 020 PRO 030 018 Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not: 020 PRO 030 019 the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth. 020 PRO 030 020 Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss. 020 PRO 030 021 By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear: 020 PRO 030 022 if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food; 020 PRO 030 023 or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man. 020 PRO 030 024 And [there are] four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise: 020 PRO 030 025 the ants which are weak, and [yet] prepare [their] food in summer; 020 PRO 030 026 the rabbits also [are] a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks. 020 PRO 030 027 The locusts have no king, and [yet] march orderly at one command. 020 PRO 030 028 And the eft, which supports itself by [its] hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings. 020 PRO 030 029 And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely. 020 PRO 030 030 A lion's whelp, stronger than [all other] beasts, which turns not away, nor fears [any] beast; 020 PRO 030 031 and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation. 020 PRO 030 032 If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced. 020 PRO 030 033 Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if you wing [one's] nostrils there shall come out blood: so if you extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes. 020 PRO 031 001 My words have been spoken by God—the oracular answer of a king, whom his mother instructed. 020 PRO 031 002 What will you keep, my son, what? the words of God. My firstborn son, I speak to you: what? son of my womb? what? son of my vows? 020 PRO 031 003 Give not your wealth to women, nor your mind and living to remorse. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel. 020 PRO 031 004 Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine: 020 PRO 031 005 lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly. 020 PRO 031 006 Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain: 020 PRO 031 007 that they may forget their poverty, and may not remember their troubles any more. 020 PRO 031 008 Open your mouth with the word of God, and judge all fairly. 020 PRO 031 009 Open your mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak. 020 PRO 031 010 Who shall find a virtuous woman? for such a one is more valuable than precious stones. 020 PRO 031 011 The heart of her husband trusts in her: such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils. 020 PRO 031 012 For she employs all her living for her husband's good. 020 PRO 031 013 Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands. 020 PRO 031 014 She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood. 020 PRO 031 015 And she rises by night, and gives food to her household, and [appointed] tasks to her maidens. 020 PRO 031 016 She views a farm, and buys it: and with the fruit of her hands she plants and a possession. 020 PRO 031 017 She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work. 020 PRO 031 018 And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night. 020 PRO 031 019 She reaches forth her arms to needful [works], and applies her hands to the spindle. 020 PRO 031 020 And she opens her hands to the needy, and reaches out fruit to the poor. 020 PRO 031 021 Her husband is not anxious about those at home when he tarries anywhere abroad: for all her household are clothed. 020 PRO 031 022 She makes for her husband clothes of double texture, and garments for herself of fine linen and scarlet. 020 PRO 031 023 And her husband becomes a distinguished [person] in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land. 020 PRO 031 024 She makes fine linens, and sells girdles to the Chananites: she opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, and controls her tongue. 020 PRO 031 025 She puts on strength and honor; and rejoices in the last days. 020 PRO 031 026 But she opens her mouth wisely, and according to law. 020 PRO 031 027 The ways of her household are careful, and she eats not the bread of idleness. 020 PRO 031 028 And [her] kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, and her husband praises her. 020 PRO 031 029 Many daughters have obtained wealth, many have wrought valiantly; but you have exceeded, you have surpassed all. 020 PRO 031 030 Charms are false, and woman's beauty is vain: for it is a wise woman that is blessed, and let her praise the fear the Lord. 020 PRO 031 031 Give her of the fruit of her lips; and let her husband be praised in the gates. # # BOOK 021 ECC Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes 021 ECC 001 001 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem. 021 ECC 001 002 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 021 ECC 001 003 What advantage [is there] to a man in all his labor that he takes under the sun? 021 ECC 001 004 A generation goes, and a generation comes: but the earth stands for ever. 021 ECC 001 005 And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place; 021 ECC 001 006 arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits. 021 ECC 001 007 All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, there they return again. 021 ECC 001 008 All things are full of labor; a man will not be able to speak [of them]: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing. 021 ECC 001 009 What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 021 ECC 001 010 [Who is he] that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us. 021 ECC 001 011 There is no memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall at the last [time]. 021 ECC 001 012 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. 021 ECC 001 013 And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith. 021 ECC 001 014 I saw all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, saw, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit. 021 ECC 001 015 That which is crooked can’t be made straight: and deficiency can’t be numbered. 021 ECC 001 016 I spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I am increased, and have acquired wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem: also I applied my heart to know wisdom and knowledge. 021 ECC 001 017 And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit. 021 ECC 001 018 For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow. 021 ECC 002 001 I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove you with mirth, and behold you good: and, behold, this is also vanity. 021 ECC 002 002 I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why do you this: 021 ECC 002 003 And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as [with] wine, (though my heart guided [me] in wisdom, ) and [I desired] to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life. 021 ECC 002 004 I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards. 021 ECC 002 005 I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit tree. 021 ECC 002 006 I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood. 021 ECC 002 007 I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem. 021 ECC 002 008 Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers. 021 ECC 002 009 So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me. 021 ECC 002 010 And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my portion of all my labor. 021 ECC 002 011 And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labor which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun. 021 ECC 002 012 Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things where in he employs it? 021 ECC 002 013 And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness. 021 ECC 002 014 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all. 021 ECC 002 015 And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance. 021 ECC 002 016 For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now [in] the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool? 021 ECC 002 017 So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit. 021 ECC 002 018 And I hated the whole of my labor which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 021 ECC 002 019 And who knows whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labor in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity. 021 ECC 002 020 so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labor wherein I had laboured under the sun. 021 ECC 002 021 For there is [such] a man that his labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; [yet] this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil. 021 ECC 002 022 For it happens to a man in all his labor, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labors under the sun. 021 ECC 002 023 For all his days [are days] of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity. 021 ECC 002 024 A man has nothing [really] good to eat, and to drink, and to show his soul [as] good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. 021 ECC 002 025 For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him? 021 ECC 002 026 For [God] has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit. 021 ECC 003 001 To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven. 021 ECC 003 002 A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted; 021 ECC 003 003 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to build up; 021 ECC 003 004 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance; 021 ECC 003 005 a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing; 021 ECC 003 006 a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; 021 ECC 003 007 a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak; 021 ECC 003 008 a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 021 ECC 003 009 What advantage [has] he that works in those things wherein he labors? 021 ECC 003 010 I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with. 021 ECC 003 011 All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end. 021 ECC 003 012 I know that there is no good in them, except [for a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 021 ECC 003 013 Also [in the case of] every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labor, [this] is a gift of God. 021 ECC 003 014 I know that whatever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and God has done [it], that [men] may fear before him. 021 ECC 003 015 That which has been is now; and whatever things [are appointed] to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past. 021 ECC 003 016 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there was the ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one. 021 ECC 003 017 And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work. 021 ECC 003 018 I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to show that they are breasts. 021 ECC 003 019 Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity. 021 ECC 003 020 All [go] to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust. 021 ECC 003 021 And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward? and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth? 021 ECC 003 022 And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him? 021 ECC 004 001 So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold the tear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power; but they had no comforter: 021 ECC 004 002 and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now. 021 ECC 004 003 Better also than both these is he who has not yet been, who has not seen all the evil work that is done under the sun. 021 ECC 004 004 And I saw all labor, and all the diligent work, that this is a man's envy from his neighbor. This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit. 021 ECC 004 005 The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. 021 ECC 004 006 Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit. 021 ECC 004 007 So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun. 021 ECC 004 008 There is one [alone], and there is not a second; yes, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble. 021 ECC 004 009 Two [are] better than one, [seeing] they have a good reward for their labor. 021 ECC 004 010 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls, and there is not a second to lift him up. 021 ECC 004 011 Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed [alone?] 021 ECC 004 012 And if one should prevail against [him], the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken. 021 ECC 004 013 Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to take heed any longer. 021 ECC 004 014 For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, because [he] also that was in his kingdom has become poor. 021 ECC 004 015 I saw all the living who were walking under the sun, with the second youth who shall stand up in each one's place. 021 ECC 004 016 There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall not rejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit. 021 ECC 005 001 Keep your foot, whenever you go to the house of God; and [when you are] near to hear, let your sacrifice [be] better than the gift of fools: for they know not that they are doing evil. 021 ECC 005 002 Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few. 021 ECC 005 003 For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words. 021 ECC 005 004 Whenever you shall vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for [he has] no pleasure in fools: pay you therefore whatever you shall have vowed. 021 ECC 005 005 [It is] better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. 021 ECC 005 006 Suffer not your mouth to lead your flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at your voice, and destroy the works of your hands. 021 ECC 005 007 For [there is evil] in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear you God. 021 ECC 005 008 If you should see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for [there is] a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them. 021 ECC 005 009 Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king [is dependent on] the tilled field. 021 ECC 005 010 He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity. 021 ECC 005 011 In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes? 021 ECC 005 012 The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep. 021 ECC 005 013 There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his hurt. 021 ECC 005 014 And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand. 021 ECC 005 015 As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labor, that it should go [with him] in his hand. 021 ECC 005 016 And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labors? 021 ECC 005 017 Yes, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath. 021 ECC 005 018 Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor in which he may labor under the sun, [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion. 021 ECC 005 019 Yes, and [as for] every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. 021 ECC 005 020 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart. 021 ECC 006 001 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant with man: 021 ECC 006 002 a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honor, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity. 021 ECC 006 003 If a man beget a hundred [children], and live many years, yes, however abundant the days of his years shall be, yet [if] his soul shall not be satisfied with good, and also he have no burial; I said, An untimely birth is better than he. 021 ECC 006 004 For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness. 021 ECC 006 005 Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known rest: there is [no more rest] to this one than another. 021 ECC 006 006 Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place? 021 ECC 006 007 All the labor of a man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite shall not be satisfied. 021 ECC 006 008 For [what] advantage has the wise man over the fool, since [even] the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life? 021 ECC 006 009 The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit. 021 ECC 006 010 If anything has been, its name has already been called: and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he. 021 ECC 006 011 For there are many things which increase vanity. 021 ECC 006 012 What advantage has a man? for who knows [what is] good for a man in his life, [during] the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? 021 ECC 007 001 A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth. 021 ECC 007 002 [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good [warning] to his heart. 021 ECC 007 003 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better. 021 ECC 007 004 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 021 ECC 007 005 [It is] better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 021 ECC 007 006 As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity. 021 ECC 007 007 for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart. 021 ECC 007 008 The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded. 021 ECC 007 009 Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools. 021 ECC 007 010 Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for you do not enquire in wisdom concerning this. 021 ECC 007 011 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and [there is] an advantage [by it] to them that see the sun. 021 ECC 007 012 For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: and the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom will give life to him that has it. 021 ECC 007 013 Behold the works of God: for who shall be able to straighten him whom God has made crooked? 021 ECC 007 014 In the day of prosperity live joyfully, and consider in the day of adversity: consider, [I say], God also has caused the one to agree with the other for [this] reason, that man should find nothing after him. 021 ECC 007 015 I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness. 021 ECC 007 016 Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest you be confounded. 021 ECC 007 017 Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest you should die before your time. 021 ECC 007 018 It is well for you to hold fast by this; also by this defile not your hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth [well]. 021 ECC 007 019 Wisdom will help the wise man more than ten mighty men which are in the city. 021 ECC 007 020 For there is not a righteous man in the earth, who will do good, and not sin 021 ECC 007 021 Also take no heed to all the words which ungodly men shall speak; lest you hear your servant cursing you. 021 ECC 007 022 For many times he shall trespass against you, and repeatedly shall he afflict your heart; for thus also have you cursed others. 021 ECC 007 023 All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. 021 ECC 007 024 [That which is] far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out? 021 ECC 007 025 I and my heart went round about to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account [of things], and to know the folly and trouble and madness of the ungodly man. 021 ECC 007 026 And I find her [to be], and I will pronounce [to be] more bitter than death the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, [who has] a band in her hands: [he that is] good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her. 021 ECC 007 027 Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, [seeking] by one at a time to find out the account, 021 ECC 007 028 which my soul sought after, but I found not: for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found. 021 ECC 007 029 But, behold, this have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many devices. 021 ECC 008 001 Who knows the wise? and who knows the interpretation of a saying? A man's wisdom will lighten his countenance; but a man of shameless countenance will be hated. 021 ECC 008 002 Observe the commandment of the king, and [that] because of the word of the oath of God. 021 ECC 008 003 Be not hasty; you shall go forth out of his presence: stand not in an evil matter; for he will do whatever he shall please, 021 ECC 008 004 even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What do you? 021 ECC 008 005 He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the heart of the wise knows the time of judgment. 021 ECC 008 006 For to every thing there is time and judgment; for the knowledge of a man is great to him. 021 ECC 008 007 For there is no one that knows what is going to be: for who shall tell him how it shall be? 021 ECC 008 008 There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and there is no power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in the day of the battle; neither shall ungodliness save her votary. 021 ECC 008 009 So I saw all this, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun; all the things wherein man has power over man to afflict him. 021 ECC 008 010 And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and [that] out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: this also is vanity. 021 ECC 008 011 Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who do evil quickly, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in them to do evil. 021 ECC 008 012 He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him: 021 ECC 008 013 but it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his days, [which are] as a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before God. 021 ECC 008 014 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous persons to whom it happens according to the doing of the ungodly; and there are ungodly men, to whom it happens according to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity. 021 ECC 008 015 Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry: and this shall attend him in his labor all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun. 021 ECC 008 016 Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, and to perceive the trouble that was wrought upon the earth: for there is that neither by day nor night sees sleep with his eyes. 021 ECC 008 017 And I saw all the works of God, that a man shall not be able to discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatever things a man shall endeavor to seek, however a man may labor to seek it, yet he shall not find it; yes, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my heart has seen all this. 021 ECC 009 001 [I saw] that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yes, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, [though] all are before their face. 021 ECC 009 002 Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifice not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath. 021 ECC 009 003 There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that [they go] to the dead. 021 ECC 009 004 for who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope [of him]: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 021 ECC 009 005 For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost. 021 ECC 009 006 also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yes, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all that is done under the sun. 021 ECC 009 007 Go, eat your bread with mirth, and drink your wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted your works. 021 ECC 009 008 Let your garments be always white; and let not oil be lacking on your head. 021 ECC 009 009 And see life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which are given you under the sun: for that is your portion in your life, and in your labor wherein you labor under the sun. 021 ECC 009 010 Whatsoever your hand shall find to do, do with all your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades wither you go. 021 ECC 009 011 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all. 021 ECC 009 012 For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them. 021 ECC 009 013 This I also saw [to be] wisdom under the sun, and it is great before me: 021 ECC 009 014 [suppose there were] a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it; 021 ECC 009 015 and should find in it a poor wise man, and he should save the city through his wisdom: yet no man would remember that poor man. 021 ECC 009 016 And I said Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nothing, and his words not listened to. 021 ECC 009 017 The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly. 021 ECC 009 018 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: and one sinner will destroy much good. 021 ECC 010 001 Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: [and] a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly. 021 ECC 010 002 A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. 021 ECC 010 003 Yes, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly. 021 ECC 010 004 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, leave not your place; for soothing will put an end to great offenses. 021 ECC 010 005 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler. 021 ECC 010 006 The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one. 021 ECC 010 007 I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth. 021 ECC 010 008 He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite. 021 ECC 010 009 He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby. 021 ECC 010 010 If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and [in that case] skill is of no advantage to a man. 021 ECC 010 011 If a serpent bite when there is no [charmer's] whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer. 021 ECC 010 012 The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. 021 ECC 010 013 The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness. 021 ECC 010 014 A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him? 021 ECC 010 015 The labor of fools will afflict them, [as that of one] who knows not to go to the city. 021 ECC 010 016 Woe to you, O city, whose king is young, and your princes eat in the morning! 021 ECC 010 017 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed. 021 ECC 010 018 By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces. 021 ECC 010 019 Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience. 021 ECC 010 020 Even in your conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry your voice, and that which has wings shall report your speech. 021 ECC 011 001 Send forth your bread upon the face of the water: for you shall find it after many days. 021 ECC 011 002 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil there shall be upon the earth. 021 ECC 011 003 If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour [it] out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be. 021 ECC 011 004 He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap. 021 ECC 011 005 Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: as the bones [are hid] in the womb of a pregnant [woman], so you shall not know the works of God, [even] all things whatever he shall do. 021 ECC 011 006 In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening let not your hand be slack: for you know not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike. 021 ECC 011 007 Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. 021 ECC 011 008 For even if a man should live many years, [and] rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. 021 ECC 011 009 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart blameless, but not in the sight of your eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 021 ECC 011 010 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for youth and folly are vanity. 021 ECC 012 001 And remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake [you] in which you shall say, I have no pleasure in them. 021 ECC 012 002 While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain: 021 ECC 012 003 in the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding [women] cease because they have become few, and the [women] looking out at the windows be dark; 021 ECC 012 004 and they shall shut the doors in the marketplace, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds [at the mill]; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song shall be brought low; 021 ECC 012 005 and they shall look up, and fears [shall be] in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market: 021 ECC 012 006 before the silver cord be [let go], or the choice gold be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel run down to the cistern; 021 ECC 012 007 [before] the dust also return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it. 021 ECC 012 008 Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity. 021 ECC 012 009 And because the Preacher was wise above [others, so it was] that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables. 021 ECC 012 010 The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, [even] words of truth. 021 ECC 012 011 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement. 021 ECC 012 012 And moreover, my son, guard yourself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. 021 ECC 012 013 Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man. 021 ECC 012 014 For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil. # # BOOK 022 SOL Song of Solomon Song of Songs 022 SOL 001 001 The Song of songs, which is Solomon's. 022 SOL 001 002 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your breasts are better than wine. 022 SOL 001 003 And the smell of your ointments is better than all spices: your name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love you. 022 SOL 001 004 They have drawn you: we will run after you, for the smell of your ointments: the king has brought me into closet: let us rejoice and be glad in you; we will love your breasts more than wine: righteousness loves you. 022 SOL 001 005 I am black, but beautiful, you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 022 SOL 001 006 Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavourably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard. 022 SOL 001 007 Tell me, [you] whom my soul loves, where you tend your flock, where you cause [them] to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of your companions. 022 SOL 001 008 If you know not yourself, you fair one among women, go you forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed your kids by the shepherd's tents. 022 SOL 001 009 I have likened you, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao. 022 SOL 001 010 How are your cheeks beautiful as [those] of a dove, your neck as chains! 022 SOL 001 011 We will make you figures of gold with studs of silver. 022 SOL 001 012 So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell. 022 SOL 001 013 My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts. 022 SOL 001 014 My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi. 022 SOL 001 015 Behold, you are fair, my companion; behold, you are fair; your eyes are doves. 022 SOL 001 016 Behold, you are fair, my kinsman, yes, beautiful, overshadowing our bed. 022 SOL 001 017 The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress. 022 SOL 002 001 I am a flower of the plain, a lily of the valleys. 022 SOL 002 002 As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters. 022 SOL 002 003 As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat. 022 SOL 002 004 Bring me into the wine house; set love before me. 022 SOL 002 005 Strengthen me with perfumes, stay me with apples: for I [am] wounded with love. 022 SOL 002 006 His left [hand shall be] under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me. 022 SOL 002 007 I have charged you, you daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that you do not rouse or wake [my] love, until he please. 022 SOL 002 008 The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. 022 SOL 002 009 My kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Baethel: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices. 022 SOL 002 010 My kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove. 022 SOL 002 011 For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed. 022 SOL 002 012 The flowers are seen in the land; the time of pruning has arrived; the voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land. 022 SOL 002 013 The fig tree has put forth its young figs, the vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yes, come. 022 SOL 002 014 [You are] my dove, in the shelter of the rock, near the wall: show me your face, and cause me to hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is beautiful. 022 SOL 002 015 Take us the little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines put forth tender grapes. 022 SOL 002 016 My kinsman is mine, and I am his: he feeds [his flock] among the lilies. 022 SOL 002 017 Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, turn, my kinsman, be you like to a roe or young hart on the mountains of the ravines. 022 SOL 003 001 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he listened not to me. 022 SOL 003 002 I will rise now, and go about in the city, in the marketplaces, and in the streets, and I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not. 022 SOL 003 003 The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. [I said], Have you seen him whom my soul loves? 022 SOL 003 004 [It was] as a little [while] after I parted from them, that I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, until I brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. 022 SOL 003 005 I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that you rouse not nor awake [my] love, until he please. 022 SOL 003 006 Who is this that comes up from the wilderness as pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the perfumer? 022 SOL 003 007 Behold Solomon's bed; sixty mighty men of the mighty ones of Israel are round about it. 022 SOL 003 008 They all hold a sword, being expert in war: every man [has] his sword upon his thigh because of fear by night. 022 SOL 003 009 King Solomon made himself a litter of woods of Lebanon. 022 SOL 003 010 He made the pillars of it silver, the bottom of it gold, the covering of it scarlet, in the midst of it a pavement of love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. 022 SOL 003 011 Go forth, you daughters of Sion, and behold king Solomon, with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him, in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. 022 SOL 004 001 Behold, you are fair, my companion; behold, you are fair; your eyes are doves, beside your veil: your hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad. 022 SOL 004 002 Your teeth are as flocks of shorn [sheep], that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them. 022 SOL 004 003 Your lips are as a thread of scarlet, and your speech is comely: like the rind of a pomegranate is your cheek without your veil. 022 SOL 004 004 Your neck is as the tower of David, that was built for an armory: a thousand shields hang upon it, [and] all darts of mighty men. 022 SOL 004 005 Your two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies. 022 SOL 004 006 Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. 022 SOL 004 007 You are all fair, my companion, and there is no spot in you. 022 SOL 004 008 Come from Libanus, [my] bride, come from Libanus: you shall come and pass from the top of Faith, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 022 SOL 004 009 My sister, [my] spouse, you have ravished my heart; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck. 022 SOL 004 010 How beautiful are your breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are your breasts than wine, and the smell of your garments than all spices! 022 SOL 004 011 Your lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is as the smell of Libanus. 022 SOL 004 012 My sister, [my] spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed. 022 SOL 004 013 Your shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; camphor, with spikenard: 022 SOL 004 014 spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon; with all woods of Libanus, myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices: 022 SOL 004 015 a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus. 022 SOL 004 016 Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; and blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out. 022 SOL 005 001 Let my kinsman come down into his garden, and eat the fruit of his choice berries. I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices; I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; yes, brethren, drink abundantly. 022 SOL 005 002 I sleep, but my heart is awake: the voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, [saying], Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. 022 SOL 005 003 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them? 022 SOL 005 004 My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole [of the door], and my belly moved for him. 022 SOL 005 005 I rose up to open to my kinsman; my hands dropped myrrh, my fingers choice myrrh, on the handles of the lock. 022 SOL 005 006 I opened to my kinsman; my kinsman was gone: my soul failed at his speech: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he answered me not. 022 SOL 005 007 The watchman that go their rounds in the city found me, they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 022 SOL 005 008 I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and the virtues of the field: if you should find my kinsman, what are you to say to him? That I am wounded with love. 022 SOL 005 009 What is your kinsman [more] than [another] kinsman, O you beautiful among women? what is your kinsman [more] than [another] kinsman, that you have so charged us? 022 SOL 005 010 My kinsman is white and ruddy, chosen out from myriads. 022 SOL 005 011 His head is [as] very fine gold, his locks are flowing, black as a raven. 022 SOL 005 012 His eyes are as doves, by the pools of waters, washed with milk, sitting by the pools. 022 SOL 005 013 His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes: his lips are lilies, dropping choice myrrh. 022 SOL 005 014 His hands are as turned gold set with beryl: his belly is an ivory tablet on a sapphire stone. 022 SOL 005 015 His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets: his form is as Libanus, choice as the cedars. 022 SOL 005 016 His throat is most sweet, and altogether desirable. This is my kinsman, and this is my companion, O daughters of Jerusalem. 022 SOL 006 001 Whither is your kinsman gone, you beautiful among women? whither has your kinsman turned aside? [tell us], and we will seek him with you. 022 SOL 006 002 My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed [his flock] in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 022 SOL 006 003 I am my kinsman's, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies. 022 SOL 006 004 You are fair, my companion, as Pleasure, beautiful as Jerusalem, terrible as [armies] set in array. 022 SOL 006 005 Turn away your eyes from before me, for they have ravished me: your hair is as flocks of goats which have appeared from Galaad. 022 SOL 006 006 Your teeth are as flocks of shorn [sheep], that have gone up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none barren among them: your lips are as a thread of scarlet, and your speech is comely. 022 SOL 006 007 Your cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, [being seen] without your veil. 022 SOL 006 008 There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number. 022 SOL 006 009 My dove, my perfect one is one; she is the [only] one of her mother; she is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, yes, and the concubines, and they will praise her. 022 SOL 006 010 Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as [armies] set in array? 022 SOL 006 011 I went down to the garden of nuts, to look at the fruits of the valley, to see if the vine flowered, [if] the pomegranates blossomed. 022 SOL 006 012 There I will give you my breasts: my soul knew [it] not: it made me as the chariots of Aminadab. 022 SOL 006 013 Return, return, O Sunamite; return, return, and we will look at you. What will you see in the Sunamite? She comes as bands of armies. 022 SOL 007 001 Your steps are beautiful in shoes, O daughter of the prince: the joints of [your] thighs are like chains, the work of the craftsman. 022 SOL 007 002 Your navel is [as] a turned bowl, not lacking liquor; your belly is [as] a heap of wheat set about with lilies. 022 SOL 007 003 Your two breasts are as two twin fawns. 022 SOL 007 004 Your neck is as an ivory tower; your eyes are as pools in Esebon, by the gates of the daughter of many: your nose is as the tower of Libanus, looking toward Damascus. 022 SOL 007 005 Your head upon you is as Carmel, and the curls of your hair like scarlet; the king is bound in the galleries. 022 SOL 007 006 How beautiful are you, and how sweet are you, [my] love! 022 SOL 007 007 This is your greatness in your delights: you were made like a palm tree, and your breasts to cluster. 022 SOL 007 008 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its high boughs: and now shall your breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of your nose of apples; 022 SOL 007 009 and your throat as good wine, going well with my kinsman, suiting my lips and teeth. 022 SOL 007 010 I am my kinsman's, and his desire is toward me. 022 SOL 007 011 Come, my kinsman, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. 022 SOL 007 012 Let us go early into the vineyards; let us see if the vine has flowered, [if] the blossoms have appeared, if the pomegranates have blossomed; there will I give you my breasts. 022 SOL 007 013 The mandrakes have given a smell, and at our doors [are] all kinds of choice fruits, new and old. O my kinsman, I have kept [them] for you. 022 SOL 008 001 I would that you, O my kinsman, were he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found you without, I would kiss you; yes, they should not despise me. 022 SOL 008 002 I would take you, I would bring you into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me; I would make you to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranates. 022 SOL 008 003 His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. 022 SOL 008 004 I have charged you, you daughters of Jerusalem, by the virtues of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake [my] love, until he please. 022 SOL 008 005 Who is this that comes up all white, leaning on her kinsman? I raised you up under an apple tree; there your mother brought you forth; there she that bore you brought you forth. 022 SOL 008 006 Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, [even] the flames thereof. 022 SOL 008 007 Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, [men] would utterly despise it. 022 SOL 008 008 Our sister is little, and has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister, in the day wherein she shall be spoken for? 022 SOL 008 009 If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels. 022 SOL 008 010 I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; I was in their eyes as one that found peace. 022 SOL 008 011 Solomon had a vineyard in Beelamon; he let his vineyard to keepers; every one was to bring for its fruit a thousand [pieces] of silver. 022 SOL 008 012 My vineyard, even mine, is before me; Solomon [shall have] a thousand, and they that keep its fruit two hundred. 022 SOL 008 013 You that dwell in the gardens, the companions listen to your voice: make me hear [it]. 022 SOL 008 014 Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe or a fawn on the mountains of spices. # # BOOK 023 ISA Isaiah Esias 023 ISA 001 001 The vision which Esaias the son of Amos saw, which he saw against Juda, and against Jerusalem, in the reign of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, who reigned over Judea. 023 ISA 001 002 Hear, O heaven, and listen, O earth: for the Lord has spoken, [saying], I have begotten and reared up children, but they have rebelled against me. 023 ISA 001 003 The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me. 023 ISA 001 004 Ah sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless children: you have forsaken the Lord, and provoked the Holy One of Israel. 023 ISA 001 005 Why should you be struck [any] more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad. 023 ISA 001 006 From the feet to the head, there is no soundness in them; neither wound, nor bruise, nor festering ulcer [are healed]: it is not possible to apply a plaister, nor oil, nor bandages. 023 ISA 001 007 Your land is desolate, your cities burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is made desolate, overthrown by strange nations. 023 ISA 001 008 The daughter of Sion shall be deserted as a tent in a vineyard, and as a storehouse of fruits in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. 023 ISA 001 009 And if the Lord of Sabaoth had not left us a seed, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been made like Gomorrha. 023 ISA 001 010 Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, you people of Gomorrha. 023 ISA 001 011 Of what [value] to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? says the Lord: I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats: 023 ISA 001 012 neither shall you come [with these] to appear before me; for who has required these things at your hands? You shall no more tread my court. 023 ISA 001 013 Though you bring fine flour, [it is] vain; incense is an abomination to me; I can’t bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day; 023 ISA 001 014 [your] fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts my soul hates: you have become loathsome to me; I will no more pardon your sins. 023 ISA 001 015 When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though you make many supplications, I will not listen to you; for your hands are full of blood. 023 ISA 001 016 Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities; 023 ISA 001 017 learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow. 023 ISA 001 018 And come, let us reason together, says the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make [them] white as wool. 023 ISA 001 019 And if you be willing, and listen to me, you shall eat the good of the land: 023 ISA 001 020 but if you be not willing, nor listen to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this. 023 ISA 001 021 How has the faithful city Sion, [once] full of judgment, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers. 023 ISA 001 022 Your silver is worthless, your wine merchants mix the wine with water. 023 ISA 001 023 Your princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows. 023 ISA 001 024 Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty [men] of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgment on mine enemies. 023 ISA 001 025 And I will bring my hand upon you, and purge you completely, and I will destroy the rebellious, and will take away from you all transgressors. 023 ISA 001 026 And I will establish your judges as before, and your counselors as at the beginning: and afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful mother-city of Sion. 023 ISA 001 027 For her captives shall be saved with judgment, and with mercy. 023 ISA 001 028 And the transgressors and the sinners shall be crushed together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be utterly consumed. 023 ISA 001 029 For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in, and they are made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted. 023 ISA 001 030 For they shall be as a turpentine tree that has cast its leaves, and as a garden that has no water. 023 ISA 001 031 And their strength shall be as a thread of tow, and their works as sparks, and the transgressors and the sinners shall be burnt up together, and there shall be none to quench [them]. 023 ISA 002 001 The word which came to Esaias the son of Amos concerning Judea, and concerning Jerusalem. 023 ISA 002 002 For in the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be glorious, and the house of God [shall be] on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall come to it. 023 ISA 002 003 And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will tell us his way, and we will walk in it: for out of Sion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem. 023 ISA 002 004 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles: and nation shall not take up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war any more. 023 ISA 002 005 And now, O house of Jacob, come, [and] let us walk in the light of the Lord. 023 ISA 002 006 For he has forsaken his people the house of Israel, because their land is filled as at the beginning with divinations, as the [land] of the Philistines, and many strange children were born to them. 023 ISA 002 007 For their land is filled with silver and gold, and there was no number of their treasures; their land also is filled with horses, and there was no number of chariots. 023 ISA 002 008 And the land is filled with abominations, [even] the works of their hands; and they have worshipped [the works] which their fingers made. 023 ISA 002 009 And the mean man bowed down, and the great man was humbled: and I will not pardon them. 023 ISA 002 010 Now therefore enter you into the rocks, and hide yourselves in the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth. 023 ISA 002 011 For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 023 ISA 002 012 For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down; 023 ISA 002 013 and upon every cedar of Libanus, of them that are high and towering, and upon every oak of Basan, 023 ISA 002 014 and upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, 023 ISA 002 015 and upon every high tower, and upon every high wall, 023 ISA 002 016 and upon every ship of the sea, and upon every display of fine ships. 023 ISA 002 017 And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 023 ISA 002 018 And they shall hide all [idols] made with hands, 023 ISA 002 019 having carried [them] into the caves, and into the clefts of the rocks, and into the caverns of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth. 023 ISA 002 020 For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made [in order] to worship vanities and bats; 023 ISA 002 021 to enter into the caverns of the solid rock, and into the clefts of the rocks, for fear of the Lord, and by reason of the glory of his might, when he shall arise to strike terribly the earth. 023 ISA 003 001 Behold now, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will take away from Jerusalem and from Judea the mighty man and mighty woman, the strength of bread, and the strength of water, 023 ISA 003 002 the great and mighty man, the warrior and the judge, and the prophet, and the counsellor, and the elder, 023 ISA 003 003 the captain of fifty also, and the honorable counsellor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer. 023 ISA 003 004 And I will make youths their princes, and mockers shall have dominion over them. 023 ISA 003 005 And the people shall fall, man upon man, and [every] man upon his neighbor: the child shall insult the elder man, and the base the honorable. 023 ISA 003 006 For a man shall lay hold of his brother, as one of his father's household, saying, You have raiment, be you our ruler, and let my meat be under you. 023 ISA 003 007 And he shall answer in that day, and say, I will not be your ruler; for I have no bread in my house, nor raiment: I will not be the ruler of this people. 023 ISA 003 008 For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judea has fallen, and their tongues [have spoken] with iniquity, disobedient [as they are] towards the Lord. 023 ISA 003 009 Therefore now their glory has been brought low, and the shame of their countenance has withstood them, and they have proclaimed their sin as Sodom, and made it manifest. 023 ISA 003 010 Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works. 023 ISA 003 011 Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands. 023 ISA 003 012 O my people, your exactors strip you, and extortioners rule over you: O my people, they that pronounce you blesses lead you astray, and pervert the path of your feet. 023 ISA 003 013 But now the Lord will stand up for judgment, and will enter into judgment with his people. 023 ISA 003 014 The Lord himself shall enter into judgment with the elders of the people, and with their rulers: but why have you set my vineyard on fire, and [why is] the spoil of the poor in your houses? 023 ISA 003 015 Why do you wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor? 023 ISA 003 016 Thus says the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet: 023 ISA 003 017 therefore the Lord will humble the chief daughters of Sion, and the Lord will expose their form in that day; 023 ISA 003 018 and the Lord will take away the glory of their raiment, the curls and the fringes, and the crescents, 023 ISA 003 019 and the chains, and the ornaments of their faces, 023 ISA 003 020 and the array of glorious ornaments, and the armlets, and the bracelets, and the wreathed work, and the finger-rings, and the ornaments for the right hand, 023 ISA 003 021 and the ear-rings, and the garments with scarlet borders, and the garments with purple grounds, and the shawls to be worn in the house, and the Spartan transparent dresses, and those made of fine linen, and the purple [ones], and the scarlet [ones], and the fine linen, interwoven with gold and purple, and the light coverings for couches. 023 ISA 003 022 And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, you shall gird yourself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, you shall have baldness on account of your works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, you shall gird yourself with sackcloth. 023 ISA 003 023 And your most beautiful son whom you love shall fall by the sword; and your mighty men shall fall by the sword, and shall be brought low. 023 ISA 003 024 And the stores of your ornaments shall mourn, and you shall be left alone, and shall be levelled with the ground. 023 ISA 004 001 And seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own raiment: only let your name be called upon us, [and] take away our reproach. 023 ISA 004 002 And in that day God shall shine gloriously in counsel on the earth, to exalt and glorify the remnant of Israel. 023 ISA 004 003 And it shall be, [that] the remnant left in Sion, and the remnant left in Jerusalem, [even] all that are appointed to life in Jerusalem, shall be called holy. 023 ISA 004 004 For the Lord shall wash away the filth of the sons and daughters of Sion, and shall purge out the blood from the midst of them, with the spirit of judgment, and the spirit of burning. 023 ISA 004 005 And he shall come, and it shall be with regard to every place of mount Sion, yes, all the region round about it shall a cloud overshadow by day, and [there shall be] as it were the smoke and light of fire burning by night: and upon all the glory shall be a defence. 023 ISA 004 006 And it shall be for a shadow from the heat, and as a shelter and a hiding place from inclemency [of weather] and from rain. 023 ISA 005 001 Now I will sing to [my] beloved a song of my beloved concerning my vineyard. [My] beloved had a vineyard on a high hill in a fertile place. 023 ISA 005 002 And I made a hedge round it, and dug a trench, and planted a choice vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and dug a place for the wine-vat in it: and I waited [for it] to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth thorns. 023 ISA 005 003 And now, you dwellers in Jerusalem, and [every] man of Juda, judge between me and my vineyard. 023 ISA 005 004 What shall I do any more to my vineyard, that I have not done to it? Whereas I expected [it] to bring forth grapes, but it has brought forth thorns. 023 ISA 005 005 And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be for a spoil; and I will pull down its walls, and it shall be [left] to be trodden down. 023 ISA 005 006 And I will forsake my vineyard; and it shall not be pruned, nor dug, and thorns shall come up upon it as on barren land; and I will command the clouds to rain no rain upon it. 023 ISA 005 007 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Juda [his] beloved plant: I expected [it] to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry. 023 ISA 005 008 Woe [to them] that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbor's: will you dwell alone upon the land? 023 ISA 005 009 For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them. 023 ISA 005 010 For where ten yoke of oxen plow [the land] shall yield one, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures. 023 ISA 005 011 Woe [to them] that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait [at it till] evening: for the wine shall inflame them. 023 ISA 005 012 For they drink wine with harp, and lute, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands. 023 ISA 005 013 Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead [bodies], because of hunger and of thirst for water. 023 ISA 005 014 Therefore hell has enlarged its desire and opened its mouth without ceasing: and her glorious and great, and her rich and her pestilent men shall go down [into it]. 023 ISA 005 015 And the mean man shall be brought low, and the great man shall be disgraced, and the lofty eyes shall be brought low. 023 ISA 005 016 But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy God shall be glorified in righteousness. 023 ISA 005 017 And they that were spoiled shall be fed as bulls, and lambs shall feed on the waste places of them that are taken away. 023 ISA 005 018 Woe [to them] that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke: 023 ISA 005 019 who say, Let him speedily hasten what he will do, that we may see [it]: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know [it]. 023 ISA 005 020 Woe [to them] that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter. 023 ISA 005 021 Woe [to them] that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight. 023 ISA 005 022 Woe to the strong [ones] of you that drink wine, and the mighty [ones] that mingle strong drink: 023 ISA 005 023 who justify the ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous. 023 ISA 005 024 Therefore as stubble shall be burnt by a coal of fire, and shall be consumed by a violent flame, their root shall be as chaff, and their flower shall go up as dust: for they rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and insulted the word of the Holy One of Israel. 023 ISA 005 025 Therefore the Lord of hosts was greatly angered against his people, and he reached forth his hand upon them, and struck them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses were as dung in the midst of the way: yet for all this his anger has not been turned away, but his hand is yet raised. 023 ISA 005 026 Therefore shall he lift up a signal to the nations that are afar, and shall hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they are coming very quickly. 023 ISA 005 027 They shall not hunger nor be weary, neither shall they slumber nor sleep; neither shall they loose their girdles from their loins, neither shall their shoe-latchets be broken. 023 ISA 005 028 Whose arrows are sharp, and their bows bent; their horses' hoofs are counted as solid rock: their chariot-wheels are as a storm. 023 ISA 005 029 They rage as lions, and draw near as a lion's whelps: and he shall seize, and roar as a wild beast, and he shall cast [them] forth, and there shall be none to deliver them. 023 ISA 005 030 And he shall roar on account of them in that day, as the sound of the swelling sea; and they shall look to the land, and, behold, [there shall be] thick darkness in their perplexity. 023 ISA 006 001 And it came to pass in the year in which king Ozias died, [that] I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the house was full of his glory. 023 ISA 006 002 And seraphs stood round about him: each one had six wings: and with two they covered [their] face, and with two they covered [their] feet, and with two they flew. 023 ISA 006 003 And one cried to the other, and they said, Holy, holy, holy [is the] Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. 023 ISA 006 004 And the lintel shook at the voice they uttered, and the house was filled with smoke. 023 ISA 006 005 And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts. 023 ISA 006 006 And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he had in his hand a coal, which he had taken off the altar with the tongs: 023 ISA 006 007 and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched your lips, and will take away your iniquities, and will purge off your sins. 023 ISA 006 008 And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, behold, I am [here], send me. And he said, Go, and say to this people, 023 ISA 006 009 You shall hear indeed, but you shall not understand; and you shall see indeed, but you shall not perceive. 023 ISA 006 010 For the heart of this people has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. 023 ISA 006 011 And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until cities be deserted by reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being no men, and the land shall be left desolate. 023 ISA 006 012 And after this God shall remove the men far off, and they that are left upon the land shall be multiplied. 023 ISA 006 013 And yet there shall be a tenth upon it, and again it shall be for a spoil, as a turpentine tree, and as an acorn when it falls out of its husk. 023 ISA 007 001 And it came to pass in the days of Achaz [the son] of Joatham, the son of Ozias, king of Juda, there came up Rasim king of Aram, and Phakee son of Romelias, king of Israel, against Jerusalem to war against it, but they could not take it. 023 ISA 007 002 And a message was brought to the house of David, saying, Aram has conspired with Ephraim. And his soul was amazed, and the soul of his people, as in a wood a tree is moved by the wind. 023 ISA 007 003 And the Lord said to Esaias, Go forth to meet Achaz, you, and your son Jasub who is left, to the pool of the upper way of the fuller's field. 023 ISA 007 004 And you shall say to him, Take care to be quiet, and fear not, neither let your soul be disheartened because of these two smoking firebrands: for when my fierce anger is over, I will heal again. 023 ISA 007 005 And [as for] the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, [saying], 023 ISA 007 006 We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it; 023 ISA 007 007 thus says the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass. 023 ISA 007 008 But the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus, Rasim; and yet within sixty and five years the kingdom of Ephraim shall cease from [being] a people. 023 ISA 007 009 And the head of Ephraim is Somoron, and the head of Somoron the son of Romelias: but if you believe not, neither will you at all understand. 023 ISA 007 010 And the Lord again spoke to Achaz, saying, 023 ISA 007 011 Ask for yourself a sign of the Lord your God, in the depth or in the height. 023 ISA 007 012 And Achaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. 023 ISA 007 013 And he said, Hear you now, O house of David; is it a little thing for you to contend with men? and how do you contend against the Lord? 023 ISA 007 014 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive in the womb, and shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name Emmanuel. 023 ISA 007 015 Butter and honey shall he eat, before he knows either to prefer evil [or] choose the good. 023 ISA 007 016 For before the child shall know good or evil, he refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which you are afraid of because of the two kings. 023 ISA 007 017 But God shall bring upon you, and upon your people, and upon the house of your father, days which have never come, from the day that Ephraim took away from Juda the king of the Assyrians. 023 ISA 007 018 And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the flies, which [insect] shall rule over a part of the river of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of the Assyrians. 023 ISA 007 019 And they all shall enter into the clefts of the land, and into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves, and into every ravine. 023 ISA 007 020 In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard. 023 ISA 007 021 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] a man shall rear a heifer, and two sheep. 023 ISA 007 022 And it shall come to pass from their drinking an abundance of milk, [that] every one that is left on the land shall eat butter and honey. 023 ISA 007 023 And it shall come to pass in that day, [for] every place where there shall be a thousand vines at a thousand shekels, they shall become barren land and thorns. 023 ISA 007 024 [Men] shall enter there with arrow and bow; for all the land shall be [barren] ground and thorns. 023 ISA 007 025 And every mountain shall be certainly plowed: there shall no fear come there: for there shall be from [among] the [barren] ground and thorns that whereon cattle shall feed and oxen shall tread. 023 ISA 008 001 And the Lord said to me, Take to yourself a volume of a great new [book], and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand. 023 ISA 008 002 And make me witnesses [of] faithful men, Urias, and Zacharias the son of Barachias. 023 ISA 008 003 And I went in to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me, Call his name, Spoil quickly, plunder speedily. 023 ISA 008 004 For before the child shall know [how] to call [his] father or [his] mother, [one] shall take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria before the king of the Assyrians. 023 ISA 008 005 And the Lord spoke to me yet again, [saying], 023 ISA 008 006 Because this people chooses not the water of Siloam that goes softly, but wills to have Rassin, and the son of Romelias [to be] king over you; 023 ISA 008 007 therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon you the water of the river, strong and abundant, [even] the king of the Assyrians, and his glory: and he shall come up over every valley of yours, and shall walk over every wall of yours: 023 ISA 008 008 and he shall take away from Juda [every] man who shall be able to lift up his head, [and every one] able to accomplish anything; and his camp shall fill the breadth of your land, [O] God with us. 023 ISA 008 009 Know, you Gentiles, and be conquered; listen you, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after you strengthened yourselves; for even if you should again strengthen yourselves, you shall again be conquered. 023 ISA 008 010 And whatever counsel you shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nothing; and whatever word you shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us. 023 ISA 008 011 Thus says the Lord, With a strong hand they revolt from the course of the way of this people, saying, 023 ISA 008 012 Let them not say, [It is] hard, for whatever this people says, is hard: but fear not you their fear, neither be dismayed. 023 ISA 008 013 Sanctify you the Lord himself; and he shall be your fear. 023 ISA 008 014 And if you shall trust in him, he shall be to you for a sanctuary; and you shall not come against [him] as against a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit. 023 ISA 008 015 Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw near, and men shall be taken securely. 023 ISA 008 016 Then shall those who seal themselves that they may not learn the law be made manifest. 023 ISA 008 017 And [one] shall say, I will wait for God, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in him. 023 ISA 008 018 Behold I and the children which God has given me: and they shall be [for] signs and wonders in the house of Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells in mount Sion. 023 ISA 008 019 And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living? 023 ISA 008 020 For he has given the law for a help, that they should not speak according to this word, concerning which there are no gifts to give for it. 023 ISA 008 021 And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, [that] when you shall be hungry, you shall be grieved, and you shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above, 023 ISA 008 022 and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that [one can’t] see; and he that is in anguish shall not be distressed only for a time. 023 ISA 009 001 Drink this first. Act quickly, O land of Zabulon, land of Nephthalim, and the rest [inhabiting] the sea-coast, and [the land] beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. 023 ISA 009 002 O people walking in darkness, behold a great light: you that dwell in the region [and] shadow of death, a light shall shine upon you. 023 ISA 009 003 The multitude of the people which you have brought down in your joy, they shall even rejoice before you as they that rejoice in harvest, and as they that divide the spoil. 023 ISA 009 004 Because the yoke that was laid upon them has been taken away, and the rod that was on their neck: for he has broken the rod of the exactors, as in the day of Madiam. 023 ISA 009 005 For they shall compensate for every garment that has been acquired by deceit, and [all] raiment with restitution; and they shall be willing, [even] if they were burnt with fire. 023 ISA 009 006 For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him. 023 ISA 009 007 His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: [it shall be] upon the throne of David, and [upon] his kingdom, to establish it, and to support [it] with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The seal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this. 023 ISA 009 008 The Lord has sent death upon Jacob, and it has come upon Israel. 023 ISA 009 009 And all the people of Ephraim, and they that lived in Samaria shall know, who say in their pride and lofty heart, 023 ISA 009 010 The bricks are fallen down, but come, let us hew stones, and cut down sycamores and cedars, and let us build for ourselves a tower. 023 ISA 009 011 And God shall dash down them that rise up against him on mount Sion, and shall scatter his enemies; 023 ISA 009 012 [even] Syria from the rising of the sun, and the Greeks from the setting of the sun, who devour Israel with open mouth. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but still [his] hand is exalted. 023 ISA 009 013 But the people turned not until they were struck, and they sought not the Lord. 023 ISA 009 014 So the Lord took away from Israel the head and tail, great and small, in one day: 023 ISA 009 015 the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail. 023 ISA 009 016 And they that pronounce this people blessed shall mislead them; and they mislead them that they may devour them. 023 ISA 009 017 Therefore the Lord shall not take pleasure in their young men, neither shall he have pity on their orphans or on their widows: for they are all transgressors and wicked, and every mouth speaks unjustly. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted. 023 ISA 009 018 And iniquity shall burn as fire, and shall be devoured by fire as dry grass: and it shall burn in the thickets of the wood, and shall devour all that is round about the hills. 023 ISA 009 019 The whole earth is set on fire because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people shall be as men burnt by fire: no man shall pity his brother. 023 ISA 009 020 But [one] shall turn aside to the right hand, for he shall be hungry; and shall eat on the left, and a man shall by no means be satisfied with eating the flesh of his own arm. 023 ISA 009 021 For Manasses shall eat [the flesh] of Ephraim, and Ephraim [the flesh] of Manasses; for they shall besiege Juda together. For all this [his] anger is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted. 023 ISA 010 001 Woe to them that write wickedness; for when they write they do write wickedness, 023 ISA 010 002 perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgment of the needy ones of my people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil. 023 ISA 010 003 And what will they do in the day of visitation? for affliction shall come to you from afar: and to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory, 023 ISA 010 004 that you may not fall into captivity? For all this [his] wrath is not turned away, but [his] hand is yet exalted. 023 ISA 010 005 Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their hands. 023 ISA 010 006 I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make them dust. 023 ISA 010 007 But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his mind shall change, and [that] to destroy nations not a few. 023 ISA 010 008 And if they should say to him, You alone are ruler; 023 ISA 010 009 then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Chalanes, where the tower was built? and have I [not] taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria? 023 ISA 010 010 As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms: howl, you idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria. 023 ISA 010 011 For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I do also to Jerusalem and her idols. 023 ISA 010 012 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have finished doing all things on Mount Sion and Jerusalem, [that] I will visit upon the proud heart, [even] upon the ruler of the Assyrians, and upon the boastful haughtiness of his eyes. 023 ISA 010 013 For he said, I will act in strength, and in the wisdom of [my] understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and will spoil their strength. 023 ISA 010 014 And I will shake the inhabited cities: and I will take with my hand all the world as a nest: and I will even take them as eggs that have been left; and there is none that shall escape me, or contradict me. 023 ISA 010 015 Shall the axe glorify itself without him that hews with it? or shall the saw lift up itself without him that uses it, as if one should lift a rod or staff? but it shall not be so; 023 ISA 010 016 but the Lord of hosts shall send dishonor upon your honor, and burning fire shall be kindled upon your glory. 023 ISA 010 017 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and he shall sanctify him with burning fire, and it shall devour the wood as grass. 023 ISA 010 018 In that day the mountains shall be consumed, and the hills, and the forests, and [fire] shall devour [both] soul and body: and he that flees shall be as one fleeing from burning flame. 023 ISA 010 019 And they that are left of them shall be a [small] number, and a child shall write them. 023 ISA 010 020 And it shall come to pass in that day [that] the remnant of Israel shall no more join themselves with, and the saved of Jacob shall no more trust in, them that injured them; but they shall trust in the Holy God of Israel, in truth. 023 ISA 010 021 And the remnant of Jacob shall [trust] on the mighty God. 023 ISA 010 022 And though the people of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be saved. 023 ISA 010 023 He will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because the Lord will make a short work in all the world. 023 ISA 010 024 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, Be not afraid, my people who dwell in Sion, of the Assyrians, because he shall strike you with a rod: for I am bringing a stroke upon you, that [you] may see the way of Egypt. 023 ISA 010 025 For yet a little while, and the indignation shall cease: but my wrath shall be against their council. 023 ISA 010 026 And God will stir up [enemies] against them, according to the stroke of Madiam in the place of affliction: and his wrath shall be by the way of the sea, [even] to the way that leads to Egypt. 023 ISA 010 027 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his yoke shall be taken away from your shoulder, and his fear from you, and the yoke shall be destroyed from off your shoulders. 023 ISA 010 028 For he shall arrive at the city of Angai, and shall pass on to Maggedo, and shall lay up his stores in Machmas. 023 ISA 010 029 And he shall pass by the valley, and shall arrive at Angai: fear shall seize upon Rama, the city of Saul. 023 ISA 010 030 The daughter of Gallim shall flee; Laisa shall hear; one shall hear in Anathoth. 023 ISA 010 031 Madebena also is amazed, and the inhabitants of Gibbir. 023 ISA 010 032 Exhort you [them] today to remain in the way: exhort you [beckoning] with the hand the mountain, the daughter of Sion, even you hills that are in Jerusalem. 023 ISA 010 033 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will mightily confound the glorious ones; and the haughty in pride shall be crushed, and the lofty shall be brought low: 023 ISA 010 034 and the lofty ones shall fall by the sword, and the Libanus shall fall with his lofty ones. 023 ISA 011 001 And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from [his] root: 023 ISA 011 002 and the Spirit of God shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and godliness shall fill him; 023 ISA 011 003 the spirit of the fear of God. He shall not judge according to appearance, nor reprove according to report: 023 ISA 011 004 but he shall judge the cause of the lowly, and shall reprove the lowly of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the word of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he destroy the ungodly one. 023 ISA 011 005 And he shall have his loins girded with righteousness, and his sides clothed with truth. 023 ISA 011 006 And the wolf shall feed with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the young calf and bull and lion shall feed together; and a little child shall lead them. 023 ISA 011 007 And the ox and bear shall feed together; and their young shall be together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 023 ISA 011 008 And an infant shall put his hand on the holes of asps, and on the nest of young asps. 023 ISA 011 009 And they shall not hurt, nor shall they at all be able to destroy any one on my holy mountain: for the whole [world] is filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as much water covers the seas. 023 ISA 011 010 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall arise to rule over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust, and his rest shall be glorious. 023 ISA 011 011 And it shall be in that day, [that] the Lord shall again show his hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and [that] from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia. 023 ISA 011 012 And he shall lift up a standard for the nations, and he shall gather the lost ones of Israel, and he shall gather the dispersed of Juda from the four corners of the earth. 023 ISA 011 013 And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away, and the enemies of Juda shall perish: Ephraim shall not envy Juda, and Juda shall not afflict Ephraim. 023 ISA 011 014 And they shall fly in the ships of the Philistines: they shall at the same time spoil the sea, and them [that come] from the east, and Idumea: and they shall lay their hands on Moab first; but the children of Ammon shall first obey [them.] 023 ISA 011 015 And the Lord shall make desolate the sea of Egypt; and he shall lay his hand on the river with a strong wind, and he shall strike the seven channels, so that men shall pass through it dry-shod. 023 ISA 011 016 And there shall be a passage for my people that is left in Egypt: and it shall be to Israel as the day when he came forth out of the land of Egypt. 023 ISA 012 001 And in that day you shall say, I [will] bless you, O Lord; for you were angry with me, but you have turned aside your wrath, and have pitied me. 023 ISA 012 002 Behold, my God is my Saviour; I will trust in him, and not be afraid: for the Lord is my glory and my praise, and is become my salvation. 023 ISA 012 003 Draw you therefore water with joy out of the wells of salvation. 023 ISA 012 004 And in that day you shall say, sing to the Lord, call aloud upon his name, proclaim his glorious [deeds] among the Gentiles; make mention that his name is exalted. 023 ISA 012 005 Sing praise to the name of the Lord; for he has done great [things]: declare this in all the earth. 023 ISA 012 006 Exalt and rejoice, you that dwell in Sion: for the Holy One of Israel is exalted in the midst of her. 023 ISA 013 001 THE VISION WHICH ESAIAS SON OF AMOS SAW AGAINST BABYLON. 023 ISA 013 002 Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open [the gates], you rulers. 023 ISA 013 003 I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfil my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting. 023 ISA 013 004 A voice of many nations on the mountains, [even] like [to that] of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a warlike nation, 023 ISA 013 005 to come from a land afar off, from the utmost foundation of heaven; the Lord and his warriors [are coming] to destroy all the world. 023 ISA 013 006 Howl you, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from God shall arrive. 023 ISA 013 007 Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed. 023 ISA 013 008 The elders shall be troubled, and pangs shall seize them, as of a woman in travail: and they shall mourn one to another, and shall be amazed, and shall change their countenance as a flame. 023 ISA 013 009 For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which can’t be escaped, [a day] of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate, and to destroy sinners out of it. 023 ISA 013 010 For the stars of heaven, and Orion, and all the host of heaven, shall not give their light; and it shall be dark at sunrise, and the moon shall not give her light. 023 ISA 013 011 And I will command evils for the whole world, and [will visit] their sins on the ungodly: and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty. 023 ISA 013 012 And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir. 023 ISA 013 013 For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on. 023 ISA 013 014 And they that are left shall be as a fleeing fawn, and as a stray sheep, and there shall be none to gather [them]: so that a man shall turn back to his people, and a man shall flee to his own land. 023 ISA 013 015 For whoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword. 023 ISA 013 016 And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives. 023 ISA 013 017 Behold, I will stir up against you the Medes, who do not regard silver, neither have they need of gold. 023 ISA 013 018 They shall break the bows of the young men; and they shall have no mercy on your children; nor shall their eyes spare your children. 023 ISA 013 019 And Babylon, which is called glorious by the king of the Chaldeans, shall be as [when] God overthrew Sodoma, and Gomorrha. 023 ISA 013 020 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall any enter into it for many generations: neither shall the Arabians pass through it; nor shall shepherds at all rest in it. 023 ISA 013 021 But wild beasts shall rest there; and the houses shall be filled with howling; and monsters shall rest there, and devils shall dance there, and satyrs shall dwell there; and hedgehogs shall make their nests in their houses. It will come soon, and will not wait. 023 ISA 014 001 And the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and they shall rest on their land: and the stranger shall be added to them, yes, shall be added to the house of Jacob. 023 ISA 014 002 And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and they shall inherit them, and they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaidens: and they that took them captives shall become captives [to them]; and they that had lordship over them shall be under [their] rule. 023 ISA 014 003 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall give you rest from your sorrow and vexation, [and from] your hard servitude wherein you did serve them. 023 ISA 014 004 And you shall take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased! 023 ISA 014 005 The Lord has broken the yoke of sinners, the yoke of princes. 023 ISA 014 006 Having struck a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, striking a nation with a wrathful plague, which spared [them] not, he rested in quiet. 023 ISA 014 007 All the earth cries aloud with joy: 023 ISA 014 008 the trees also of Libanus rejoice against you, and the cedar of Libanus, [saying], From the time that you have been laid low, no one has come up to cut us down. 023 ISA 014 009 Hell from beneath is provoked to meet you: all the great ones that have ruled over the earth have risen up together against you, they that have raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 023 ISA 014 010 All shall answer and say to you, You also have been taken, even as we; and you are numbered among us. 023 ISA 014 011 Your glory has come down to Hades, and your great mirth: under you they shall spread corruption, and the worm shall be your covering. 023 ISA 014 012 How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! He that sent [orders] to all the nations is crushed to the earth. 023 ISA 014 013 But you said in your heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven: I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains toward the north: 023 ISA 014 014 I will go up above the clouds: I will be like the Most High. 023 ISA 014 015 But now you shall go down to hell, even to the foundations of the earth. 023 ISA 014 016 They that see you shall wonder at you, and say, This is the man that troubled the earth, that made kings to shake; 023 ISA 014 017 that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity. 023 ISA 014 018 All the kings of the nations lie in honor, [every] man in his house. 023 ISA 014 019 But you shall be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcase, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave. 023 ISA 014 020 As a garment defiled with blood shall not be pure, so neither shall you be pure; because you have destroyed my land, and have slain my people: you shall not endure for ever, —[you] an evil seed. 023 ISA 014 021 Prepare your children to be slain for the sins of their father; that they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars. 023 ISA 014 022 And I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and I will destroy their name, and remnant, and seed: thus says the Lord. 023 ISA 014 023 And I will make the region of Babylon desert, so that hedgehogs shall dwell [there], and it shall come to nothing: and I will make it a pit of clay for destruction. 023 ISA 014 024 Thus says the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be: and as I have purposed, so [the matter] shall remain: 023 ISA 014 025 [even] to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains: and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders. 023 ISA 014 026 This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth: and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations. 023 ISA 014 027 For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? and who shall turn back his uplifted hand? 023 ISA 014 028 In the year in which king Achaz died this word came. 023 ISA 014 029 Rejoice not, all you Philistines, because the yoke of him that struck you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents, 023 ISA 014 030 And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy your seed with hunger, and shall destroy your remnant. 023 ISA 014 031 Howl, you gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, [even] all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no [possibility] of living. 023 ISA 014 032 And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord has founded Sion, and by him the poor of the people shall be saved. 023 ISA 015 001 THE WORD AGAINST THE LAND OF MOAB. By night the land of Moab shall be destroyed; for by night the wall of the land of Moab shall be destroyed. 023 ISA 015 002 Grieve for yourselves; for even Debon, where your altar is, shall be destroyed: there shall you go up to weep, over Nabau of the land of Moab: howl you: baldness shall be on every head, [and] all arms [shall be] wounded. 023 ISA 015 003 Gird yourselves with sackcloth in her streets: and lament upon her roofs, and in her streets, and in her ways; howl all of you with weeping. 023 ISA 015 004 For Esebon and Eleale have cried: their voice was heard to Jassa: therefore the loins of the region of Moab cry aloud; her soul shall know. 023 ISA 015 005 The heart of the region of Moab cries within her to Segor; for it is [as] a heifer of three years old: and on the ascent of Luith they shall go up to you weeping by the way of Aroniim: she cries, Destruction, and trembling. 023 ISA 015 006 The water of Nemerim shall be desolate, and the grass thereof shall fail: for there shall be no green grass. 023 ISA 015 007 Shall [Moab] even thus be delivered? for I [will] bring the Arabians upon the valley, and they shall take it. 023 ISA 015 008 For the cry has reached the border of the region of Moab, [even] of Agalim; and her howling [has gone] as far as the well of Aelim. 023 ISA 015 009 And the water of Dimon shall be filled with blood: for I will bring Arabians upon Dimon, and I will take away the seed of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Adama. 023 ISA 016 001 I will send as it were reptiles on the land: is [not] the mount of the daughter of Sion a desolate rock? 023 ISA 016 002 For you shall be as a young bird taken away from a bird that has flown: [even] you shall be [so], daughter of Moab: and then do you, O Arnon, 023 ISA 016 003 take farther counsel, and continually make you a shelter from grief: they flee in darkness at mid-day; they are amazed; be not you led captive. 023 ISA 016 004 The fugitives of Moab shall sojourn with you; they shall be to you a shelter from the face of the pursuer: for your alliance has been taken away, and the oppressing ruler has perished from off the earth. 023 ISA 016 005 And a throne shall be established with mercy; and one shall sit upon it with truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and earnestly seeking judgments, and hasting righteousness. 023 ISA 016 006 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud. I have cut off his pride: your prophecy shall not be thus, [no] not thus. 023 ISA 016 007 Moab shall howl; for all shall howl in the land of Moab: but you shall care for them that dwell in Seth, and you shall not be ashamed. 023 ISA 016 008 The plains of Esebon shall mourn, the vine of Sebama: swallowing up the nations, trample you her vines, even to Jazer: you shall not come together; wander you in the desert: they that were sent are deserted, for they have gone over to the sea. 023 ISA 016 009 Therefore will I weep as with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sebama; Esebon and Eleale have cast down your trees; for I will trample on your harvest and on your vintages, and all [your plants] shall fall. 023 ISA 016 010 And gladness and rejoicing shall be taken away from the vineyards; and they shall not at all tread wine into the vats; for [the vintage] has ceased. 023 ISA 016 011 Therefore my belly shall sound as a harp for Moab, and you have repaired my inward parts as a wall. 023 ISA 016 012 And it shall be to your shame, (for Moab is wearied at the altars, ) that he shall go in to the idols thereof to pray, but they shall not be at all able to deliver him. 023 ISA 016 013 This is the word which the Lord spoke against Moab, when he spoke. 023 ISA 016 014 And now I say, in three years, of the years of an hireling, the glory of Moab shall be dishonored [with] all his great wealth; and he shall be left few in number, and not honored. 023 ISA 017 001 THE WORD AGAINST DAMASCUS. Behold, Damascus shall be taken away from among cities, and shall become a ruin; 023 ISA 017 002 abandoned for ever, to [be] a fold and resting-place for flocks, and there shall be none to go after them. 023 ISA 017 003 And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for you are no better than the children of Israel, [even] than their glory; thus says the Lord of hosts. 023 ISA 017 004 There shall be in that day a failure of the glory of Jacob, and the riches of his glory shall be shaken. 023 ISA 017 005 And it shall be as if one should gather standing corn, and reap the grain of the ears; and it shall be as if one should gather ears in a rich valley; 023 ISA 017 006 and [as if] there should be left stubble therein, or [as it were] the berries of an olive tree, two or three on the topmost bough, or [as if] four or five should be left on their branches; thus says the Lord, the God of Israel. 023 ISA 017 007 In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. 023 ISA 017 008 And they shall not at all trust in their altars, nor in the works of their hands, which their fingers made; and they shall not look to the trees, nor to their abominations. 023 ISA 017 009 In that day your cities shall be deserted, as the Amorites and the Evaeans deserted [theirs], because of the children of Israel; and they shall be desolate. 023 ISA 017 010 Because you have forsaken God your Saviour, and have not been mindful of the Lord your helper; therefore shall you plant a false plant, and a false seed. 023 ISA 017 011 In the day wherein you shall plant you shall be deceived; but if you sow in the morning, [the seed] shall spring up for a crop in the day wherein you shall obtain an inheritance, and as a man's father, you shall obtain an inheritance for your sons. 023 ISA 017 012 Woe [to] the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall you be confounded; and the force of many nations shall sound like water; 023 ISA 017 013 many nations like much water, as when much water rushes violently: and they shall drive him away, and pursue him afar, as the dust of chaff when men winnow before the wind, and as a storm whirling the dust of the wheel. 023 ISA 017 014 Toward evening, and there shall be grief; before the morning, and he shall not be. This is the portion of them that spoiled you, and the inheritance to them that robbed you of your inheritance. 023 ISA 018 001 Woe to you, you wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia. 023 ISA 018 002 He sends messengers by the sea, and paper letters on the water: for swift messengers shall go to a lofty nation, and to a strange and harsh people. Who is beyond it? a nation not looked for, and trodden down. 023 ISA 018 003 Now all the rivers of the land shall be inhabited as an inhabited country; their land shall be as when a signal is raised from a mountain; it shall be audible as the sound of a trumpet. 023 ISA 018 004 For thus said the Lord to me, There shall be security in my city, as the light of noonday heat, and it shall be as a cloud of dew in the day of harvest. 023 ISA 018 005 Before the reaping time, when the flower has been completely formed, and the unripe grape has put forth its flower and blossomed, then shall he take away the little clusters with pruning-hooks, and shall take away the small branches, and cut them off; 023 ISA 018 006 And he shall leave [them] together to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth: and the fowls of the sky shall be gathered upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall come upon him. 023 ISA 018 007 In that time shall presents be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people afflicted and peeled, and from a people great from henceforth and for ever; a nation hoping and [yet] trodden down, which is in a part of a river of his land, to the place where is the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Sion. 023 ISA 019 001 THE VISION OF EGYPT. Behold, the Lord sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them. 023 ISA 019 002 And the Egyptians shall be stirred up against the Egyptians: and a man shall fight against his brother, and a man against his neighbor, city against city, and law against law. 023 ISA 019 003 And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them; and I will frustrate their counsel: and they shall enquire of their gods and their images, and them that speak out of the earth, and them that have in them a divining spirit. 023 ISA 019 004 And I will deliver Egypt into the hands of men, of cruel lords; and cruel kings shall rule over them: thus says the Lord of hosts. 023 ISA 019 005 And the Egyptians shall drink the water that is by the sea, but the river shall fail, and be dried up. 023 ISA 019 006 And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and papyrus. 023 ISA 019 007 And all the green herbage round about the river, and everything sown by the side of the river, shall be blasted with the wind and dried up. 023 ISA 019 008 And the fishermen shall groan, and all that cast a hook into the river shall groan; they also that cast nets, and the anglers shall mourn. 023 ISA 019 009 And shame shall come upon them that work fine flax, and them that make fine linen. 023 ISA 019 010 And they that work at them shall be in pain, and all that make beer shall be grieved, and be pained in their souls. 023 ISA 019 011 And the princes of Tanis shall be fools: [as for] the king's wise counselors, their counsel shall be turned into folly: how will you say to the king, we are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings? 023 ISA 019 012 Where are now your wise men? and let them declare to you, and say, What has the Lord of hosts purposed upon Egypt? 023 ISA 019 013 The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are lifted up [with pride], and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes. 023 ISA 019 014 For the Lord has prepared for them a spirit of error, and they have caused Egypt to err in all their works, as one staggers who is drunken and vomits also. 023 ISA 019 015 And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end. 023 ISA 019 016 But in that day the Egyptians shall be as women, in fear and in trembling because of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall bring upon them. 023 ISA 019 017 And the land of the Jews shall be for a terror to the Egyptians: whoever shall name it to them, they shall fear, because of the counsel which the Lord of hosts has purposed concerning it. 023 ISA 019 018 In that day there shall be five cities in Egypt speaking the language of Chanaan, and swearing by the name of the Lord of hosts; one city shall be called the city of Asedec. 023 ISA 019 019 In that day there shall be an altar to the Lord in the land of the Egyptians, and a pillar to the Lord by its border. 023 ISA 019 020 And it shall be for a sign to the Lord for ever in the land of Egypt: for they shall presently cry to the Lord by reason of them that afflict them, and he shall send them a man who shall save them; he shall judge and save them. 023 ISA 019 021 And the Lord shall be known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day; and they shall offer sacrifices, and shall vow vows to the Lord, and pay [them]. 023 ISA 019 022 And the Lord shall strike the Egyptians with a stroke, and shall completely heal them: and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall hear them, and thoroughly heal them. 023 ISA 019 023 In that day there shall be a way from Egypt to the Assyrians, and the Assyrians shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptians shall go to the Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrians. 023 ISA 019 024 In that day shall Israel be third with the Egyptians and the Assyrians, blessed in the land which the Lord of hosts has blessed, 023 ISA 019 025 saying, Blessed be my people that is in Egypt, and that is among the Assyrians, and Israel mine inheritance. 023 ISA 020 001 In the year when Tanathan came to Azotus, when he was sent by Arna king of the Assyrians, and warred against Azotus, and took it; 023 ISA 020 002 then the Lord spoke to Esaias the son of Amos, saying, Go and take the sackcloth off your loins, and loose your sandals from off your feet, and do thus, going naked and barefoot. 023 ISA 020 003 And the Lord said, As my servant Esaias has walked naked and barefoot three years, there shall be three years for signs and wonders to the Egyptians and Ethiopians; 023 ISA 020 004 for thus shall the king of the Assyrians lead the captivity of Egypt and the Ethiopians, young men and old, naked and barefoot, having the shame of Egypt exposed. 023 ISA 020 005 And the Egyptians being defeated shall be ashamed of the Ethiopians, in whom they had trusted; for they were their glory. 023 ISA 020 006 And they that dwell in this island shall say in that day, Behold, we trusted to flee to them for help, who could not save themselves from the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be saved? 023 ISA 021 001 THE VISION OF THE DESERT. As though a whirlwind should pass through the desert, coming from a desert, [even] from such a land, 023 ISA 021 002 [so] a fearful and a grievous vision was declared to me: he that is treacherous deals treacherously, the transgressor transgresses. The Elamites are upon me, and the ambassadors of the Persians come against me: now will I groan and comfort myself. 023 ISA 021 003 Therefore are my loins filled with feebleness, and pangs have seized me as a travailing woman: I dealt wrongfully that I might not hear; I hasted that I might not see. 023 ISA 021 004 My heart wanders, and transgression overwhelms me; my soul is occupied with fear. 023 ISA 021 005 Prepare the table, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and prepare [your] shields. 023 ISA 021 006 For thus said the Lord to me, Go and station a watchman for yourself, and declare whatever you shall see. 023 ISA 021 007 And I saw two mounted horsemen, and a rider on an ass, and a rider on a camel. 023 ISA 021 008 Listen with great attention, and call you Urias to the watch-tower: the Lord has spoken. I stood continually during the day, and I stood in the camp all night: 023 ISA 021 009 and, behold, he comes riding in a chariot and pair: and he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all her images and her idols have been crushed to the ground. 023 ISA 021 010 Hear, you that are left, and you that are in pain, hear what things I have heard of the Lord of hosts [which] the God of Israel has declared to us. THE VISION OF IDUMEA. 023 ISA 021 011 Call to me out of Seir; guard you the bulwarks. 023 ISA 021 012 I watch in the morning and the night: if you would enquire, enquire, and dwell by me. 023 ISA 021 013 You may lodge in the forest in the evening, or in the way of Daedan. 023 ISA 021 014 You that dwell in the country of Thaeman, bring water to meet him that is thirsty; 023 ISA 021 015 meet the fugitives with bread, because of the multitude of the slain, and because of the multitude of them that lose their way, and because of the multitude of swords, and because of the multitude of bent bows, and because of the multitude of them that have fallen in war. 023 ISA 021 016 For thus said the Lord to me, Yet a year, as the year of an hireling, [and] the glory of the sons of Kedar shall fail: 023 ISA 021 017 and the remnant of the strong bows of the sons of Kedar shall be small: for the Lord God of Israel has spoken [it]. 023 ISA 022 001 THE WORD OF THE VALLEY OF SION. What has happened to you, that now you are all gone up to the housetops which help you not? 023 ISA 022 002 The city is filled with shouting [men]: your slain are not slain with swords, nor are your dead those who have died in battle. 023 ISA 022 003 All your princes have fled, and [your] captives are tightly bound, and the mighty [men] in you have fled far away. 023 ISA 022 004 Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people. 023 ISA 022 005 For [it is] a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and [there is] perplexity [sent] from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the valley of Sion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains. 023 ISA 022 006 And the Elamites took [their] quivers, and [there were] men mounted on horses, and [there was] a gathering for battle. 023 ISA 022 007 And it shall be [that] your choice valleys shall be filled with chariots, and horsemen shall block up your gates. 023 ISA 022 008 And they shall uncover the gates of Juda, and they shall look in that day on the choice houses of the city. 023 ISA 022 009 And they shall uncover the secret places of the houses of the citadel of David: and they saw that they were many, and that one [had] turned the water of the old pool into the city; 023 ISA 022 010 and that they [had] pulled down the houses of Jerusalem, to fortify the wall of the city. 023 ISA 022 011 And you procured to yourselves water between the two walls within the ancient pool: but you looked not to him that made it from the beginning, and regarded not him that created it. 023 ISA 022 012 And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth: 023 ISA 022 013 but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die. 023 ISA 022 014 And these things are revealed in the ears of the Lord of hosts: for this sin shall not be forgiven you, until you die. 023 ISA 022 015 Thus says the Lord of hosts, Go into the chamber, to Somnas the treasurer, and say to him, Why are you here? 023 ISA 022 016 and what have you to do here, that you have here hewn yourself a sepulchre, and made yourself a sepulchre on high, and have graven for yourself a dwelling in the rock? 023 ISA 022 017 Behold now, the Lord of hosts casts forth and will utterly destroy [such] a man, and will take away your robe and your glorious crown, 023 ISA 022 018 and will cast you into a great and unmeasured land, and there you shall die: and he will bring your fair chariot to shame, and the house of your prince to be trodden down. 023 ISA 022 019 And you shall be removed from your stewardship, and from your place. 023 ISA 022 020 And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Chelcias: 023 ISA 022 021 and I will put on him your robe, and I will grant him your crown with power, and I will give your stewardship into his hands: and he shall be as a father to them that dwell in Jerusalem, and to them that dwell in Juda. 023 ISA 022 022 And I will give him the glory of David; and he shall rule, and there shall be none to speak against him: and I will give him the key of the house of David [upon] his shoulder; and he shall open, and there shall be none to shut; and he shall shut, and there shall be none to open. 023 ISA 022 023 And I will make him a ruler in a sure place, and he shall be for a glorious throne of his father's house. 023 ISA 022 024 And every one that is glorious in the house of his father shall trust in him, from the least to the greatest; and they shall depend upon him in that day. 023 ISA 022 025 Thus says the Lord of hosts, The man that is fastened in the sure place shall be removed and be taken away, and shall fall; and the glory that is upon him shall be utterly destroyed: for the Lord has spoken it. 023 ISA 023 001 THE WORD CONCERNING TYRE. Howl, you ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and [men] no longer arrive from the land of the Citians: she is led captive. 023 ISA 023 002 To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phoenice, passing over the sea 023 ISA 023 003 in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, [so are] these traders with the nations. 023 ISA 023 004 Be ashamed, O Sidon: the sea has said, yes, the strength of the sea has said, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, nor have I brought up young men, nor reared virgins. 023 ISA 023 005 Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre. 023 ISA 023 006 Depart you to Carthage; howl, you that dwell in this island. 023 ISA 023 007 Was not this your pride from the beginning, before she was given up? 023 ISA 023 008 Who has devised this counsel against Tyre? Is she inferior? or has she no strength? her merchants were the glorious princes of the earth. 023 ISA 023 009 The Lord of hosts has purposed to bring down all the pride of the glorious ones, and to disgrace every glorious thing on the earth. 023 ISA 023 010 Till your land; for ships no more come out of Carthage. 023 ISA 023 011 And your hand prevails no more by sea, which troubled kings: the Lord of hosts has given a command concerning Chanaan, to destroy the strength thereof. 023 ISA 023 012 And [men] shall say, You shall no longer at all continue to insult and injure the daughter of Sidon: and if you depart to the Citians, neither there shall you have rest. 023 ISA 023 013 And [if you depart] to the land of the Chaldeans, this also is laid waste by the Assyrians, for her wall is fallen. 023 ISA 023 014 Howl, you ships of Carthage: for your strong hold is destroyed. 023 ISA 023 015 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Tyre shall be left seventy years, as the time of a king, as the time of a man: and it shall come to pass after seventy years, [that] Tyre shall be as the song of a harlot. 023 ISA 023 016 Take a harp, go about, O city, you harlot that have been forgotten; play well on the harp, sing many [songs], that you may be remembered. 023 ISA 023 017 And it shall come to pass after the seventy years, [that] God will visit Tyre, and she shall be again restored to her primitive state, and she shall be a mart for all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. 023 ISA 023 018 And her trade and her gain shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be gathered for them, but for those that dwell before the Lord, [even] all her trade, to eat and drink and be filled, and for a covenant [and] a memorial before the Lord. 023 ISA 024 001 Behold, the Lord is about to lay waste the world, and will make it desolate, and will lay bare the surface of it, and scatter them that dwell therein. 023 ISA 024 002 And the people shall be as the priest, and the servant as the lord, and the maid as the mistress; the buyer shall be as the seller, the lender as the borrower, and the debtor as his creditor. 023 ISA 024 003 The earth shall be completely laid waste, and the earth shall be utterly spoiled: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things. 023 ISA 024 004 The earth mourns, and the world is ruined, the lofty ones of the earth are mourning. 023 ISA 024 005 And she has sinned by reason of her inhabitants; because they have transgressed the law, and changed the ordinances, [even] the everlasting covenant. 023 ISA 024 006 Therefore a curse shall consume the earth, because the inhabitants thereof have sinned: therefore the dwellers in the earth shall be poor, and few men shall be left. 023 ISA 024 007 The wine shall mourn, the vine shall mourn, all the merry-hearted shall sigh. 023 ISA 024 008 The mirth of timbrels has ceased, the sound of the harp has ceased. 023 ISA 024 009 They are ashamed, they have not drunk wine; strong drink has become bitter to them that drink [it]. 023 ISA 024 010 All the city has become desolate: one shall shut his house so that none shall enter. 023 ISA 024 011 There is a howling for the wine everywhere; all the mirth of the land has ceased, all the mirth of the land has departed. 023 ISA 024 012 And cities shall be left desolate, and houses being left shall fall to ruin. 023 ISA 024 013 All this shall be in the land in the midst of the nations, as if one should strip an olive tree, so shall they strip them; but when the vintage is done, 023 ISA 024 014 these shall cry aloud; and they that are left on the land shall rejoice together in the glory of the Lord: the water of the sea shall be troubled. 023 ISA 024 015 Therefore shall the glory of the Lord be in the isles of the sea; the name of the Lord shall be glorious. 023 ISA 024 016 O Lord God of Israel, from the ends of the earth we have heard wonderful things, [and there is] hope to the godly: but they shall say, Woe to the despisers, that despise the law. 023 ISA 024 017 Fear, and a pit, and a snare, are upon you that dwell on the earth. 023 ISA 024 018 And it shall come to pass, [that] he that flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that comes up out of the pit shall be caught by the snare: for windows have been opened in heaven, and the foundations of the earth shall be shaken, 023 ISA 024 019 the earth shall be utterly confounded, and the earth shall be completely perplexed. 023 ISA 024 020 It reels as a drunkard and one oppressed with wine, and the earth shall be shaken as a storehouse of fruits; for iniquity has prevailed upon it, and it shall fall, and shall not be able to rise. 023 ISA 024 021 And God shall bring [his] hand upon the host of heaven, and upon the kings of the earth. 023 ISA 024 022 And they shall gather the multitude thereof into prisons, and they shall shut them into a strong hold: after many generations they shall be visited. 023 ISA 024 023 And the brick shall decay, and the wall shall fall; for the Lord shall reign from out of Sion, and out of Jerusalem, and shall be glorified before [his] elders. 023 ISA 025 001 O Lord God, I will glorify you, I will sing to your name; for you have done wonderful things, [even] an ancient [and] faithful counsel. So be it. 023 ISA 025 002 For you have made cities a heap, [even] cities [made] strong that their foundations should not fall: the city of ungodly men shall not be built for ever. 023 ISA 025 003 Therefore shall the poor people bless you, and cities of injured men shall bless you. 023 ISA 025 004 For you have been a helper to every lowly city, and a shelter to them that were disheartened by reason of poverty: you shall deliver them from wicked men: [you have been] a shelter of them that thirst, and a refreshing air to injured men. 023 ISA 025 005 [We were] as faint-hearted men thirsting in Sion, by reason of ungodly men to whom you did deliver us. 023 ISA 025 006 And the Lord of hosts shall make [a feast] for all the nations: on this mount they shall drink gladness, they shall drink wine: 023 ISA 025 007 they shall anoint themselves with ointment in this mountain. Impart you all these things to the nations; for this is [God's] counsel upon all the nations. 023 ISA 025 008 Death has prevailed and swallowed [men] up; but again the Lord God has taken away every tear from every face. He has taken away the reproach of [his] people from all the earth: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. 023 ISA 025 009 And in that day they shall say, behold our God in whom we have trusted, and he shall save us: this [is] the Lord; we have waited for him, and we have exulted, and will rejoice in our salvation. 023 ISA 025 010 God will give rest on this mountain, and the country of Moab shall be trodden down, as they tread the floor with waggons. 023 ISA 025 011 And he shall spread forth his hands, even as he also brings down [man] to destroy [him]: and he shall bring low his pride [in regard to the thing] on which he has laid his hands. 023 ISA 025 012 And he shall bring down the height of the refuge of the wall, and it shall come down even to the ground. 023 ISA 026 001 In that day they shall sing this song in the land of Judea; Behold a strong city; and he shall make salvation [its] wall and bulwark. 023 ISA 026 002 Open you the gates, let the nation enter that keeps righteousness, and keeps truth, 023 ISA 026 003 supporting truth, and keeping peace: for on you, O Lord, 023 ISA 026 004 they have trusted with confidence for ever, the great, the eternal God; 023 ISA 026 005 who have humbled and brought down them that dwell on high, you shall cast down strong cities, and bring them to the ground. 023 ISA 026 006 And the feet of the meek and lowly shall trample them. 023 ISA 026 007 The way of the godly is made straight: the way of the godly is also prepared. 023 ISA 026 008 For the way of the Lord is judgment: we have hoped in your name, and on the remembrance [of you], 023 ISA 026 009 which our soul longs for: my spirit seeks you very early in the morning, O God, for your commandments are a light on the earth: learn righteousness, you that dwell upon the earth. 023 ISA 026 010 For the ungodly one is put down: no one who will not learn righteousness on the earth, shall be able to do the truth: let the ungodly be taken away, that he see not the glory of the Lord. 023 ISA 026 011 O Lord, your arm is exalted, yet they knew it not: but when they know they shall be ashamed: jealousy shall seize upon an untaught nation, and now fire shall devour the adversaries. 023 ISA 026 012 O Lord our God, give us peace: for you have rendered to us all things. 023 ISA 026 013 O Lord our God, take possession of us: O Lord, we know not [any] other beside you: we name your name. 023 ISA 026 014 But the dead shall not see life, neither shall physicians by any means raise [them] up: therefore you have brought [wrath] upon [them], and slain [them], and have taken away every male of them. Bring more evils upon them, O Lord; 023 ISA 026 015 bring more evils on the glorious ones of the earth. 023 ISA 026 016 Lord, in affliction I remembered you; your chastening was to us with small affliction. 023 ISA 026 017 And as a woman in travail draws near to be delivered, [and] cries out in her pain; so have we been to your beloved. 023 ISA 026 018 We have conceived, O Lord, because of your fear, and have been in pain, and have brought forth the breath of your salvation, which we have wrought upon the earth: we shall not fall, but all that dwell upon the land shall fall. 023 ISA 026 019 The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from you is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish. 023 ISA 026 020 Go, my people, enter into your closets, shut your door, hide yourself for a little season, until the anger of the Lord have passed away. 023 ISA 026 021 For, behold, the Lord is bringing wrath from [his] holy place upon the dwellers on the earth: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall not cover her slain. 023 ISA 027 001 In that day God shall bring [his] holy and great and strong sword upon the dragon, even the serpent that flees, upon the dragon, the crooked serpent: he shall destroy the dragon. 023 ISA 027 002 In that day [there shall be] a fair vineyard, [and] a desire to commence [a song] concerning it. 023 ISA 027 003 I am a strong city, a city in a siege: in vain shall I water it; for it shall be taken by night, and by day the wall shall fall. 023 ISA 027 004 There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed. 023 ISA 027 005 I am burnt up; they that dwell in her shall cry, Let us make peace with him, let us make peace, 023 ISA 027 006 they that are coming are the children of Jacob. Israel shall bud and blossom, and the world shall be filled with his fruit. 023 ISA 027 007 Shall he himself be thus struck, even as he struck? and as he killed, shall he be thus slain? 023 ISA 027 008 Fighting and reproaching he will dismiss them; did you not meditate with a harsh spirit, to kill them with a wrathful spirit? 023 ISA 027 009 Therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be taken away; and this is his blessing, when I shall have taken away his sin; when they shall have broken to pieces all the stones of the altars as fine dust, and their trees shall not remain, and their idols shall be cut off, as a thicket afar off. 023 ISA 027 010 The flock that lived [there] shall be left, as a deserted flock; and [the ground] shall be for a long time for pasture, and there shall flocks lie down to rest. 023 ISA 027 011 And after a time there shall be in it no green thing because of [the grass] being parched. Come hither, you women that come from a sight; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them shall have no pity upon them, and he that formed them shall have no mercy [upon them]. 023 ISA 027 012 And it shall come to pass in that day [that] God shall fence [men] off from the channel of the river as far as Rhinocorura; but do you gather one by one the children of Israel. 023 ISA 027 013 And it shall come to pass in that day [that] they shall blow the great trumpet, and the lost ones in the land of the Assyrians shall come, and the lost ones in Egypt, and shall worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. 023 ISA 028 001 Woe to the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, the flower that has fallen from the glory of the top of the fertile mountain, they that are drunken without wine. 023 ISA 028 002 Behold, the anger of the Lord is strong and severe, as descending hail where there is no shelter, violently descending; as a great body of water sweeping away the soil, he shall make rest for the land. 023 ISA 028 003 The crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten down with the hands and with the feet. 023 ISA 028 004 And the fading flower of the glorious hope on the top of the high mountain shall be as the early fig; he that sees it, before he takes it into his hand, will desire to swallow it down. 023 ISA 028 005 In that day the Lord of hosts shall be the crown of hope, the woven [crown] of glory, to the remnant of the people. 023 ISA 028 006 They shall be left in the spirit of judgment for judgment, and for the strength of them that hinder slaying. 023 ISA 028 007 For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered through drunkenness; they have erred: this is [their] vision. 023 ISA 028 008 A curse shall devour this counsel, for this [is their] counsel for the sake of covetousness. 023 ISA 028 009 To whom have we reported evils? and to whom have we reported a message? [even to those] that are weaned from the milk, who are drawn from the breast. 023 ISA 028 010 Expect you affliction on affliction, hope upon hope: yet a little, [and] yet a little, 023 ISA 028 011 by reason of the contemptuous [words] of the lips, by means of another language: for they shall speak to this people, saying to them, 023 ISA 028 012 This is the rest to him that is hungry, and this is the calamity: but they would not hear. 023 ISA 028 013 Therefore the oracle of God shall be to them affliction on affliction, hope on hope, yet a little, [and] yet a little, that they may go and fall backward; and they shall be crushed and shall be in danger, and shall be taken. 023 ISA 028 014 Therefore hear you the word of the Lord, you afflicted men, and you princes of this people that is in Jerusalem. 023 ISA 028 015 Because you have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us: we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected: 023 ISA 028 016 Therefore thus says the Lord, [even] the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Sion a costly stone, a choice, a corner-stone, a precious [stone], for its foundations; and he that believes [on him] shall by no means be ashamed. 023 ISA 028 017 And I will cause judgment [to be] for hope, and my compassion shall be for [just] measures, and you that trust vainly in falsehood [shall fall]: for the storm shall by no means pass by you, 023 ISA 028 018 except it also take away your covenant of death, and your trust in Hades shall by no means stand: if the rushing storm should come upon you, you shall be beaten down by it. 023 ISA 028 019 Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear, 023 ISA 028 020 you that are distressed; we can’t fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered. 023 ISA 028 021 The Lord shall rise up as a mountain of ungodly [men], and shall be in the valley of Gabaon; he shall perform his works with wrath, [even] a work of bitterness, and his wrath shall deal strangely, and his destruction shall be strange. 023 ISA 028 022 Therefore do not you rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth. 023 ISA 028 023 Listen, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my words. 023 ISA 028 024 Will the plowman plow all the day? or will he prepare the seed beforehand, before he tills the ground? 023 ISA 028 025 Does he not, when he has levelled the surface thereof, then sow the small black poppy, or cumin, and afterward sow wheat, and barley, and millet, and bread-corn in your borders? 023 ISA 028 026 So you shall be chastened by the judgment of your God, and shall rejoice. 023 ISA 028 027 For the black poppy is not cleansed with harsh treatment, nor will a wagon-wheel pass over the cumin; but the black poppy is threshed with a rod, and the cumin shall be eaten with bread; 023 ISA 028 028 for I will not be angry with you for ever, neither shall the voice of my anger crush you. 023 ISA 028 029 And these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort. 023 ISA 029 001 Alas for the city of Ariel, which David besieged. Gather you fruits year by year; eat you, for you shall eat with Moab. 023 ISA 029 002 For I will grievously afflict Ariel: and her strength and her wealth shall be mine. 023 ISA 029 003 And I will compass you about like David, and will raise a mound about you, and set up towers round you. 023 ISA 029 004 And your words shall be brought down to the earth, and your words shall sink down to the earth, and your voice shall be as they that speak out of the earth, and your voice shall be lowered to the ground. 023 ISA 029 005 But the wealth of the ungodly shall be as dust from a wheel, and the multitude of them that oppress you as flying chaff, and it shall be suddenly as a moment, 023 ISA 029 006 from the Lord of Hosts: for there shall be a visitation with thunder, and earthquake, and a loud noise, a rushing tempest, and devouring flame of fire. 023 ISA 029 007 And the wealth of all the nations together, as many as have fought against Ariel, and all they that war against Jerusalem, and all who are gathered against her, and they that distress her, shall be as one that dreams in sleep by night. 023 ISA 029 008 And as men drink and eat in sleep, and when they have arisen, the dream is vain: and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank, and having arisen is still thirsty, and his soul has desired in vain: so shall be the wealth of all the nations, as many as have fought against the mount Sion. 023 ISA 029 009 Faint you, and be amazed, and be overpowered, not with strong drink nor with wine. 023 ISA 029 010 For the Lord has made you to drink a spirit of deep sleep; and he shall close their eyes, and [the eyes] of their prophets and of their rulers, who see secret things. 023 ISA 029 011 And all these things shall be to you as the words of this sealed book, which if they shall give to a learned man, saying, Read this, he shall then say, I can’t read [it], for it is sealed. 023 ISA 029 012 And this book shall be given into the hands of a man that is unlearned, and [one] shall say to him, Read this; and he shall say, I am not learned. 023 ISA 029 013 And the Lord has said, This people draw near to me with their mouth, and they honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me: but in vain do they worship me, teaching the commandments and doctrines of men. 023 ISA 029 014 Therefore behold I will proceed to remove this people, and I will remove them: and I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will hide the understanding of the prudent. 023 ISA 029 015 Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do? 023 ISA 029 016 Shall you not be counted as clay of the potter? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, You did not form me? or the work to the maker, You have not made me wisely? 023 ISA 029 017 [Is it] not yet a little while, and Libanus shall be changed as the mountains of Chermel, and Chermel shall be reckoned as a forest? 023 ISA 029 018 And in that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and they that are in darkness, and they that are in mist: the eyes of the blind shall see, 023 ISA 029 019 and the poor shall rejoice with joy because of the Lord, and they that had no hope among men shall be filled with joy. 023 ISA 029 020 The lawless man has come to nothing, and the proud man has perished, and they that transgress mischievously have been utterly destroyed: 023 ISA 029 021 and they that cause men to sin by a word: and men shall make all that reprove in the gates an offense, because they have unjustly turned aside the righteous. 023 ISA 029 022 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the house of Jacob, whom he set apart from Abraam, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall he now change countenance. 023 ISA 029 023 But when their children shall have seen my works, they shall sanctify my name for my sake, and they sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. 023 ISA 029 024 And they that erred in spirit shall know understanding, and the murmurers shall learn obedience, and the stammering tongues shall learn to speak peace. 023 ISA 030 001 Woe to the apostate children, says the Lord: you have framed counsel, not by me, and covenants not by my Spirit, to add sins to sins: 023 ISA 030 002 [even] they that proceed to go down into Egypt, but they have not enquired of me, that they might be helped by Pharao, and protected by the Egyptians. 023 ISA 030 003 For the protection of Pharaoh shall be to you a disgrace, and [there shall be] a reproach to them that trust in Egypt. 023 ISA 030 004 For there are princes in Tanes, evil messengers. 023 ISA 030 005 In vain shall they labor [in seeking] to a people, which shall not profit them for help, but [shall be] for a shame and reproach. 023 ISA 030 006 THE VISION OF THE QUADRUPEDS IN THE DESERT. In affliction and distress, [where are] the lion and lion's whelp, thence [come] also asps, and the young of flying asps, [there shall they be] who bore their wealth on asses and camels to a nation which shall not profit them. 023 ISA 030 007 The Egyptians shall help you utterly in vain: tell them, This your consolation is vain. 023 ISA 030 008 Now then sit down and write these words on a tablet, and in a book; for these things shall be for [many long] days, and even for ever. 023 ISA 030 009 For the people is disobedient, false children, who would not hear the law of God: 023 ISA 030 010 who say to the prophets, Report not to us; and to them that see visions, Speak [them] not to us, but speak and report to us another error; 023 ISA 030 011 and turn us aside from this way; remove from us this path, and remove from us the oracle of Israel. 023 ISA 030 012 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, Because you have refused to obey these words, and have trusted in falsehood; and because you have murmured, and been confident in this respect: 023 ISA 030 013 therefore shall this sin be to you as a wall suddenly falling when a strong city has been taken, of which the fall is very near at hand. 023 ISA 030 014 And the fall thereof shall be as the breaking of an earthen vessel, [as] small fragments of a pitcher, so that you should not find among them a sherd, with which you might take up fire, and with which you should draw a little water. 023 ISA 030 015 Thus says the Lord, the Holy Lord of Israel; When you shall turn and mourn, then you shall be saved; and you shall know where you were, when you did trust in vanities: [then] your strength became vain, yet you would not listen: 023 ISA 030 016 but you said, We will flee upon horses; therefore shall you flee: and, We will be aided by swift riders; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. 023 ISA 030 017 A thousand shall flee because of the voice of one, and many shall flee on account of the voice of five; until you be left as a signal-post upon a mountain, and as one bearing an ensign upon a hill. 023 ISA 030 018 And the Lord will again wait, that he may pity you, and will therefore be exalted that he may have mercy upon you: because the Lord your God is a judge: blessed are they that stay themselves upon him. 023 ISA 030 019 For the holy people shall dwell in Sion: and [whereas] Jerusalem has wept bitterly, [saying], Pity me; he shall pity you: when he perceived the voice of your cry, he listened to you. 023 ISA 030 020 And [though] the Lord shall give you the bread of affliction and scant water, yet they that cause you to err shall no more at all draw near to you; for your eyes shall see those that cause you to err, 023 ISA 030 021 and your ears shall hear the words of them that went after you to lead you astray, who say, This [is] the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left. 023 ISA 030 022 And you shall pollute the plated idols, and you shall grind to powder the gilt ones, and shall scatter them as the water of a removed [woman], and you shall thrust them forth as dung. 023 ISA 030 023 Then shall there be rain to the seed of your land; and the bread of the fruit of your land shall be plenteous and rich: and your cattle shall feed in that day in a fertile and spacious place. 023 ISA 030 024 Your bulls and your oxen that till the ground, shall eat chaff mixed with winnowed barley. 023 ISA 030 025 And there shall be upon every lofty mountain and upon every high hill, water running in that day, when many shall perish, and when the towers shall fall. 023 ISA 030 026 And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold in the day when the Lord shall heal the breach of his people, and shall heal the pain of your wound. 023 ISA 030 027 Behold, the name of the Lord comes after a [long] time, burning wrath: the word of his lips is with glory, a word full of anger, and the anger of his wrath shall devour as fire. 023 ISA 030 028 And his breath, as rushing water in a valley, shall reach as far as the neck, and be divided, to confound the nations for [their] vain error: error also shall pursue them, and overtake them. 023 ISA 030 029 Must you always rejoice, and go into my holy places continually, as they that keep a feast? and must you go with a pipe, as those that rejoice, into the mountain of the Lord, to the God of Israel? 023 ISA 030 030 And the Lord shall make his glorious voice to be heard, and the wrath of his arm, to make a display with wrath and anger and devouring flame: he shall lighten terribly, and [his wrath shall be] as water and violent hail. 023 ISA 030 031 For by the voice of the Lord the Assyrians shall be overcome, [even] by the stroke wherewith he shall strike them. 023 ISA 030 032 And it shall happen to him from every side, [that] they from whom their hope of assistance was, in which he trusted, themselves shall war against him in turn with drums and with harp. 023 ISA 030 033 For you shall be required before [your] time: has it been prepared for you also to reign? nay, God has [prepared for you] a deep trench, wood piled, fire and much wood: the wrath of the Lord [shall be] as a trench kindled with sulphur. 023 ISA 031 001 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, [which are] a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord. 023 ISA 031 002 Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope, 023 ISA 031 003 [even] an Egyptian, a man, and not God; the flesh of horses, and there is no help [in them]: but the Lord shall bring his hand upon them, and the helpers shall fail, and all shall perish together. 023 ISA 031 004 For thus said the Lord to me, As a lion would roar, or a lion's whelp over prey which he has taken, and cry over it, until the mountains are filled with his voice, and [the animals] are awe-struck and tremble at the fierceness of his wrath: so the Lord of hosts shall descend to fight upon the mount Sion, [even] upon her mountains. 023 ISA 031 005 As birds flying, so shall the Lord of hosts defend; he shall defend Jerusalem, and he shall rescue, and save and deliver. 023 ISA 031 006 Turn, you children of Israel, who devise a deep and sinful counsel. 023 ISA 031 007 For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols and [their] golden idols, which their hands made. 023 ISA 031 008 And the Assyrian shall fall: not the sword of a great man, nor the sword of a mean man shall devour him; neither shall he flee from the face of the sword: but the young men shall be overthrown: 023 ISA 031 009 for they shall be compassed with rocks as with a trench, and shall be worsted; and he that flees shall be taken. Thus says the Lord, Blesses is he that has a seed in Sion, and household friends in Jerusalem. 023 ISA 032 001 For, behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgment. 023 ISA 032 002 And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Sion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land. 023 ISA 032 003 And they shall no more trust in men, but they shall incline their ears to hear. 023 ISA 032 004 And the heart of the weak ones shall attend to hear, and the stammering tongues shall soon learn to speak peace. 023 ISA 032 005 And they shall no more at all tell a fool to rule, and your servants shall no more at all say, Be silent. 023 ISA 032 006 For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty. 023 ISA 032 007 For the counsel of the wicked will devise iniquity, to destroy the poor with unjust words, and ruin the cause of the poor in judgment. 023 ISA 032 008 But the godly have devised wise [measures], and this counsel shall stand. 023 ISA 032 009 Rise up, you rich women, and hear my voice; you confident daughters, listen to my words. 023 ISA 032 010 Remember for a full year in pain, yet with hope: the vintage has been cut off; it has ceased, it shall by no means come again. 023 ISA 032 011 Be amazed, be pained, you confident ones: strip you, bare yourselves, gird your loins; 023 ISA 032 012 and beat your breasts, because of the pleasant field, and the fruit of the vine. 023 ISA 032 013 [As for] the land of my people, the thorn and grass shall come upon [it], and joy shall be removed from every house. 023 ISA 032 014 [As for] the rich city, the houses are deserted; they shall abandon the wealth of the city, [and] the pleasant houses: and the villages shall be caves for ever, the joy of wild asses, shepherds' pastures; 023 ISA 032 015 until the Spirit shall come upon you from on high, and Chermel shall be desert, and Chermel shall be counted for a forest. 023 ISA 032 016 Then judgment shall abide in the wilderness, and righteousness shall dwell in Carmel. 023 ISA 032 017 And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall ensure rest, and [the righteous] shall be confident for ever. 023 ISA 032 018 And his people shall inhabit a city of peace, and dwell in [it] in confidence, and they shall rest with wealth. 023 ISA 032 019 And if the hail should come down, it shall not come upon you; and they that dwell in the forests shall be in confidence, as those in the plain country. 023 ISA 032 020 Blessed are they that sow by every water, where the ox and ass tread. 023 ISA 033 001 Woe to them that afflict you; but no one makes you miserable: and he that deals perfidiously with you does not deal perfidiously: they that deal perfidiously shall be taken and given up, and as a moth on a garment, so shall they be spoiled. 023 ISA 033 002 Lord, have mercy upon us; for we have trusted in you: the seed of the rebellious is gone to destruction, but our deliverance was in a time of affliction. 023 ISA 033 003 By reason of the terrible sound the nations were dismayed for fear of you, and the heathen were scattered. 023 ISA 033 004 And now shall the spoils of your small and great be gathered: as if one should gather locusts, so shall they mock you. 023 ISA 033 005 The God who dwells on high is holy: Sion is filled with judgment and righteousness. 023 ISA 033 006 They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness. 023 ISA 033 007 Behold now, these shall be terrified with fear of you: those whom you feared shall cry out because of you: messengers shall be sent, bitterly weeping, entreating for peace. 023 ISA 033 008 For the ways of these shall be made desolate: the terror of the nations has been made to cease, and the covenant with these is taken away, and you shall by no means deem them men. 023 ISA 033 009 The land mourns; Libanus is ashamed: Saron is become marshes; Galilee shall be laid bare, and Chermel. 023 ISA 033 010 Now will I arise, says the Lord, now will I be glorified; now will I be exalted. 023 ISA 033 011 Now shall you see, now shall you perceive; the strength of your breath, shall be vain; fire shall devour you. 023 ISA 033 012 And the nations shall be burnt up; as a thorn in the field cast out and burnt up. 023 ISA 033 013 They that are afar off shall hear what I have done; they that draw near shall know my strength. 023 ISA 033 014 The sinners in Sion have departed; trembling shall seize the ungodly. Who will tell you that a fire is kindled? Who will tell you of the eternal place? 023 ISA 033 015 He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgment of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice. 023 ISA 033 016 he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure. 023 ISA 033 017 You shall see a king with glory: your eyes shall behold a land from afar. 023 ISA 033 018 Your soul shall meditate terror. Where are the scribes? where are the counselors, where is he that numbers them that are growing up, 023 ISA 033 019 [even] the small and great people? with whom he took not counsel, neither did he understand [a people] of deep speech, so that a despised people should not hear, and there is no understanding to him that hears. 023 ISA 033 020 Behold the city of Sion, our refuge: your eyes shall behold Jerusalem, a rich city, tabernacles which shall not be shaken, neither shall the pins of her tabernacle be moved for ever, neither shall her cords be at all broken: 023 ISA 033 021 for the name of the Lord is great to you: you shall have a place, [even] rivers and wide and spacious channels: you shall not go this way, neither a vessel with oars go [thereby]. 023 ISA 033 022 For my God is great: the Lord our judge shall not pass me by: the Lord is our prince, the Lord is our king; the Lord, he shall save us. 023 ISA 033 023 Your cords are broken, for they had no strength: your meat has given way, it shall not spread the sails, it shall not bear a signal, until it be given up for plunder; therefore shall many lame men take spoil. 023 ISA 033 024 And the people dwelling among them shall by no means say, I am in pain: for their sin shall be forgiven them. 023 ISA 034 001 Draw near, you nations; and listen, you princes; let the earth hear, and they that are in it; the world, and the people that are therein. 023 ISA 034 002 For the wrath of the Lord is upon all nations, and [his] anger upon the number of them, to destroy them, and give them up to slaughter. 023 ISA 034 003 And their slain shall be cast forth, and their corpses; and their [ill] savor shall come up, and the mountains shall be made wet with their blood. 023 ISA 034 004 And all the powers of the heavens shall melt, and the sky shall be rolled up like a scroll: and all the stars shall fall like leaves from a vine, and as leaves fall from a fig tree. 023 ISA 034 005 My sword has been made drunk in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and with judgment upon the people doomed to destruction. 023 ISA 034 006 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is glutted with fat, with the blood of goats and lambs, and with the fat of goats and rams: for the Lord has a sacrifice in Bosor, and a great slaughter in Idumea. 023 ISA 034 007 And the mighty ones shall fall with them, and the rams and the bulls; and the land shall be soaked with blood, and shall be filled with their fat. 023 ISA 034 008 For it is the day of judgment of the Lord, and the year of the recompence of Sion in judgment. 023 ISA 034 009 And her valleys shall be turned into pitch, and her land into sulphur; and her land shall be as pitch burning night and day; 023 ISA 034 010 and it shall never be quenched, and her smoke shall go up: it shall be made desolate throughout her generations, 023 ISA 034 011 and for a long time birds and hedgehogs, and ibises and ravens shall dwell in it: and the measuring line of desolation shall be cast over it, and satyrs shall dwell in it. 023 ISA 034 012 Her princes shall be no more; for her kings and her great men shall be destroyed. 023 ISA 034 013 And thorns shall spring up in their cities, and in her strong holds: and they shall be habitations of monsters, and a court of ostriches. 023 ISA 034 014 And devils shall meet with satyrs, and they shall cry one to the other: there shall satyrs rest, having found for themselves [a place of] rest. 023 ISA 034 015 There has the hedgehog made its nest, and the earth has safely preserved its young: there have the deer met, and seen one another's faces. 023 ISA 034 016 They passed by in [full] number, and not one of them perished: they sought not one another; for the Lord commanded them, and his Spirit gathered them. 023 ISA 034 017 And he shall cast lots for them, and his hand has portioned out [their] pasture, [saying], You shall inherit [the land] for ever: they shall rest on it [through] all generations. 023 ISA 035 001 Be glad, you thirsty desert: let the wilderness exult, and flower as the lily. 023 ISA 035 002 And the desert places of Jordan shall blossom and rejoice; the glory of Libanus has been given to it, and the honor of Carmel; and my people shall see the glory of the Lord, and the majesty of God. 023 ISA 035 003 Be strong, you relaxed hands and palsied knees. 023 ISA 035 004 Comfort one another, you faint-hearted; be strong, fear not; behold, our God renders judgment, and he will render [it]; he will come and save us. 023 ISA 035 005 Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall hear. 023 ISA 035 006 Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall speak plainly; for water has burst forth in the desert, and a channel [of water] in a thirsty land. 023 ISA 035 007 And the dry land shall become pools, and a fountain of water shall [be poured] into the thirsty land; there shall there be a joy of birds, ready habitations and marshes. 023 ISA 035 008 There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray. 023 ISA 035 009 And there shall be no lion there, neither shall any evil beast go up upon it, nor at all be found there; but the redeemed and gathered on the Lord's behalf, shall walk in it, 023 ISA 035 010 and shall return, and come to Sion with joy, and everlasting joy [shall be] over their head; for on their head [shall be] praise and exultation, and joy shall take possession of them: sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away. 023 ISA 036 001 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of the reign of Ezekias, [that] Sennacherim, king of the Assyrians, came up against the strong cities of Judea, and took them. 023 ISA 036 002 And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces out of Laches to Jerusalem to king Ezekias with a large force: and he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller's field. 023 ISA 036 003 And there went forth to him Heliakim the steward, the [son] of Chelcias, and Somnas the scribe, and Joach the [son] of Asaph, the recorder. 023 ISA 036 004 And Rabsaces said to them, Say to Ezekias, Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians, Why are you secure? 023 ISA 036 005 Is war carried on with counsel and [mere] words of the lips? and now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? 023 ISA 036 006 Behold, you trust on this bruised staff of reed, on Egypt: [as soon] as a man leans upon it, it shall go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt and all that trust in him. 023 ISA 036 007 But if you say, We trust in the Lord our God; 023 ISA 036 008 yet now make an agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you shall be able to set riders upon them. 023 ISA 036 009 And how can you [then] turn to the face of the satraps? They that trust on the Egyptians for horse and rider, are [our] servants. 023 ISA 036 010 And now, Have we come up against this land to fight against it without the Lord? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. 023 ISA 036 011 Then Eliakim and Somnas and Joach said to him, Speak to your servants in the Syrian tongue; for we understand [it]: and speak not to us in the Jewish tongue: and therefore speak you in the ears of the men on the wall? 023 ISA 036 012 And Rabsaces said to them, Has my lord sent me to your lord or to you, to speak these words? [has he] not [sent] me to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat dung, and drink [their] water together with you? 023 ISA 036 013 And Rabsaces stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and said, Hear you the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians: 023 ISA 036 014 thus says the king, Let not Ezekias deceive you with words: he will not be able to deliver you. 023 ISA 036 015 And let not Ezekias say to you, That God will deliver you, and this city will not at all be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians. 023 ISA 036 016 Listen not to Ezekias: thus says the king of the Assyrians, If you wish to be blessed, come out to me: and you shall eat every one [of] his vine and his fig-trees, and you shall drink water out of your own cisterns: 023 ISA 036 017 until I come and take you to a land, like your own land, a land of corn and wine, and bread, and vineyards. 023 ISA 036 018 Let not Ezekias deceive you, saying, God will deliver you. Have the gods of the nations delivered each one his own land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians? 023 ISA 036 019 Where is the god of Emath, and Arphath? and where is the god of Eppharuaim? have they been able to deliver Samaria out of my hand? 023 ISA 036 020 Which is the god of all these nations, that has delivered his land out of my hand, that God should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? 023 ISA 036 021 And they were silent, and none answered him a word; because the king had commanded that none should answer. 023 ISA 036 022 And Heliakim the [son] of Chelcias, the steward, and Somnas the military scribe, and Joach the [son] of Asaph, the recorder, came in to Ezekias, having their garments tore, and they reported to him the words of Rabsaces. 023 ISA 037 001 And it came to pass, when king Ezekias heard [it, that] he tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord. 023 ISA 037 002 And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the son of Amos, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias, 023 ISA 037 003 To-day is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger: for the pangs are come upon the travailing [woman], but she has not strength to bring forth. 023 ISA 037 004 May the Lord your God hear the words of Rabsaces, which the king of the Assyrians has sent, to reproach the living God, even to reproach with the words which the Lord your God has heard: therefore you shall pray to your Lord for these that are left. 023 ISA 037 005 So the servants of king Ezekias came to Esaias. 023 ISA 037 006 And Esaias said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says the Lord, Be not you afraid at the words which you have heard, wherewith the ambassadors of the king of the Assyrians have reproached me, 023 ISA 037 007 Behold, I [will] send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and return to his own country, and he shall fall by the sword in his own land. 023 ISA 037 008 So Rabsaces returned, and found the king of the Assyrians besieging Lobna: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachis. 023 ISA 037 009 And Tharaca king of the Ethiopians went forth to attack him. And when he heard it, he turned aside, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying, 023 ISA 037 010 Thus shall you say to Ezekias king of Judea, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians. 023 ISA 037 011 Hast you not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyed the whole earth? and shall you be delivered? 023 ISA 037 012 Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them, both Gozan, and Charrhan, and Rapheth, which are in the land of Theemath? 023 ISA 037 013 Where are the kings of Emath? and where [is the king of] Arphath? and where [is the king] of the city of Eppharuaim, [and of] Anagugana? 023 ISA 037 014 And Ezekias received the letter from the messengers, and read it, and went up to the house of the Lord, and opened it before the Lord. 023 ISA 037 015 And Ezekias prayed to the Lord, saying, 023 ISA 037 016 O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, who sit upon the cherubs, you alone are the God of every kingdom of the world: you have made heaven and earth. 023 ISA 037 017 Incline your ear, O Lord, listen, O Lord; open your eyes, O Lord, look, O Lord: and behold the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 023 ISA 037 018 For of a truth, Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have laid waste the whole world, and the countries thereof, 023 ISA 037 019 and have cast their idols into the fire: for, they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have cast them away. 023 ISA 037 020 But now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hands, that every kingdom of the earth may know that you are God alone. 023 ISA 037 021 And Esaias the son of Amos was sent to Ezekias, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, I have heard your prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians. 023 ISA 037 022 This is the word which God has spoken concerning him; The virgin daughter of Sion has despised you, and mocked you; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you. 023 ISA 037 023 Whom have you reproached and provoked? and against whom have you lifted up your voice? and have you not lifted up your eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel? 023 ISA 037 024 For you have reproached the Lord by messengers; for you have said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region: 023 ISA 037 025 and I have made a bridge, and dried up the waters, and every pool of water. 023 ISA 037 026 Hast you not heard of these things which I did of old? I appointed [them] from ancient times; but now have I manifested [my purpose] of desolating nations in [their] strong holds, and them that dwell in strong cities. 023 ISA 037 027 I weakened [their] hands, and they withered; and they became as dry grass on the housetops, and as grass. 023 ISA 037 028 But now I know your rest, and your going out, and your coming in. 023 ISA 037 029 And your wrath wherewith you have been enraged, and your rancour has come up to me; therefore I will put a hook in your nose, and a bit in your lips, and will turn you back by the way by which you came. 023 ISA 037 030 And this shall be a sign to you, Eat this year what you have sown; and the second year that which is left: and the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 023 ISA 037 031 And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward: 023 ISA 037 032 for out of Jerusalem there shall be a remnant, and the saved ones out of mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this. 023 ISA 037 033 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, nor cast a weapon against it, nor bring a shield against it, nor make a rampart round it. 023 ISA 037 034 But by the way by which he came, by it shall he return, and shall not enter into this city: thus says the Lord. 023 ISA 037 035 I will protect this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 023 ISA 037 036 And the angel of the Lord went forth, and killed out of the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they arose in the morning and found all [these] bodies dead. 023 ISA 037 037 And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians turned and departed, and lived in Nineve. 023 ISA 037 038 And while he was worshipping Nasarach his country's god in the house, Adramelech and Sarasar his sons struck him with swords; and they escaped into Armenia: and Asordan his son reigned in his stead. 023 ISA 038 001 And it came to pass at that time, [that] Ezekias was sick even to death. And Esaias the prophet the son of Amos came to him, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Give orders concerning your house: for you shall die, and not live. 023 ISA 038 002 And Ezekias turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying, 023 ISA 038 003 Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before you in truth, with a true heart, and have done that which was pleasing in your sight. And Ezekias wept bitterly. 023 ISA 038 004 And the word of the Lord came to Esaias, saying, Go, and say to Ezekias, 023 ISA 038 005 Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, and seen your tears: behold, I [will] add to your time fifteen years. 023 ISA 038 006 And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians: and I will defend this city. 023 ISA 038 007 And this [shall be] a sign to you from the Lord, that God will do this thing; 023 ISA 038 008 behold, I will turn back the shadow of the degrees [of the dial] by which ten degrees on the house of your father the sun has gone down—I will turn back the sun the ten degrees; so the sun went back the ten degrees by which the shadow had gone down. 023 ISA 038 009 THE PRAYER OF EZEKIAS KING OF JUDEA, WHEN HE HAD BEEN SICK, AND WAS RECOVERED FROM HIS SICKNESS. 023 ISA 038 010 I said in the end of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I shall part with the remainder of my years. 023 ISA 038 011 I said, I shall no more at all see the salvation of God in the land of the living: I shall no more at all see the salvation of Israel on the earth: I shall no more at all see man. 023 ISA 038 012 [My life] has failed from among my kindred: I have parted with the remainder of my life: it has gone forth and departed from me, as one that having pitched a tent takes it down [again]: my breath was with me as a weaver's web, when she that weaves draws near to cut off [the] thread. 023 ISA 038 013 In that day I was given up as to a lion until the morning: so has he broken all my bones: for I was so given up from day [even] to night. 023 ISA 038 014 As a swallow, so will I cry, and as a dove, so do I mourn: for mine eyes have failed with looking to the height of heaven to the Lord, who has delivered me, and removed the sorrow of my soul. 023 ISA 038 016 [Yes], O Lord, for it was told you concerning this; and you have revived my breath; and I am comforted, and live. 023 ISA 038 017 For you have chosen my soul, that it should not perish: and you have cast all [my] sins behind me. 023 ISA 038 018 For they that are in the grave shall not praise you, neither shall the dead bless you, neither shall they that are in Hades hope for your mercy. 023 ISA 038 019 The living shall bless you, as I also [do]: for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare your righteousness, 023 ISA 038 020 O God of my salvation; and I will not cease blessing you with the lute all the days of my life before the house of God. 023 ISA 038 021 Now Esaias had said to Ezekias; Take a cake of figs, and mash them, and apply them as a plaster, and you shall be well. 023 ISA 038 022 And Ezekias said, This is a sign to Ezekias, that I shall go up to the house of God. 023 ISA 039 001 At that time Marodach Baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylonia, sent letters and ambassadors and gifts to Ezekias: for he had heard that he had been sick [even] to death, and was recovered. 023 ISA 039 002 And Ezekias was glad of their coming, and he showed them the house of [his] spices, and of silver, and gold, and myrrh, and incense, and ointment, and all the houses of his treasures, and all that he had in his stores: and there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, which Ezekias did not show. 023 ISA 039 003 And Esaias the prophet came to king Ezekias, and said to him, What say these men? and whence came they to you? and Ezekias said, They are come to me from a land afar off, from Babylon. 023 ISA 039 004 And Esaias said, What have they seen in your house? and Ezekias said, They have seen everything in my house; and there is nothing in my house which they have not seen: yes, also the [possessions] in my treasuries. 023 ISA 039 005 And Esaias said to him, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: 023 ISA 039 006 Behold, the days come, when they shall take all the [things that are] in your house, and all that your fathers have gathered until this day, shall go to Babylon; and they shall not leave anything at all: and God has said, 023 ISA 039 007 that they shall take also of your children whom you shall beget; and they shall make them eunuchs in the house of the king of the Babylonians. 023 ISA 039 008 And Ezekias said to Esaias, Good is the word of the Lord, which he has spoken: let there, I pray, be peace and righteousness in my days. 023 ISA 040 001 Comfort you, comfort you my people, says God. 023 ISA 040 002 Speak, you priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord's hand double [the amount of] her sins. 023 ISA 040 003 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God. 023 ISA 040 004 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low: and all the crooked [ways] shall become straight, and the rough [places] plains. 023 ISA 040 005 And the glory of the Lord shall appear, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God: for the Lord has spoken [it]. 023 ISA 040 006 The voice of one saying, Cry; and I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass: 023 ISA 040 008 The grass withers, and the flower fades: but the word of our God abides for ever. 023 ISA 040 009 O you that bring glad tidings to Zion, go up on the high mountain; lift up your voice with strength, you that bring glad tidings to Jerusalem; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Juda, Behold your God! 023 ISA 040 010 Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and [his] arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and [his] work before him. 023 ISA 040 011 He shall tend his flock as a shepherd, and he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and shall soothe them that are with young. 023 ISA 040 012 Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance? 023 ISA 040 013 Who has known the mind of the Lord? and who has been his counsellor, to instruct him? 023 ISA 040 014 Or with whom has he taken counsel, and he has instructed him? or who has taught him judgment, or who has taught him the way of understanding; 023 ISA 040 015 since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, [and] shall be counted as spittle? 023 ISA 040 016 And Libanus is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole burnt offering: 023 ISA 040 017 and all the nations are as nothing, and counted as nothing. 023 ISA 040 018 To whom have you compared the Lord? and with what likeness have you compared him? 023 ISA 040 019 Has not the artificer made an image, or the goldsmith having melted gold, gilt it over, [and] made it a similitude? 023 ISA 040 020 For the artificer chooses out a wood that will not rot, and will wisely enquire how he shall set up his image, and [that so] that it should not be moved. 023 ISA 040 021 Will you not know? will you not hear? has it not been told you of old? Have you not known the foundations of the earth? 023 ISA 040 022 [It is] he that comprehends the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants in it are as grasshoppers; he that set up the heaven as a chamber, and stretched [it] out as a tent to dwell in: 023 ISA 040 023 he that appoints princes to rule as nothing, and has made the earth as nothing. 023 ISA 040 024 For they shall not plant, neither shall they sow, neither shall their root be fixed in the ground: he has blown upon them, and they are withered, and a storm shall carry them away like sticks. 023 ISA 040 025 Now then to whom have you compared me, that I may be exalted? says the Holy One. 023 ISA 040 026 Lift up your eyes on high, and see, who has displayed all these things? [even] he that brings forth his host by number: he shall call them all by name by [means of his] great glory, and by the power of his might: nothing has escaped you. 023 ISA 040 027 For say not you, O Jacob, and why have you spoken, Israel, [saying], My way is hid from God, and my God has taken away [my] judgement, and has departed? 023 ISA 040 028 And now, have you not known? have you not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding. 023 ISA 040 029 He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering. 023 ISA 040 030 For the young [men] shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice [men] shall be powerless: 023 ISA 040 031 but they that wait on God shall renew [their] strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger. 023 ISA 041 001 Hold a feast to me, you islands: for the princes shall renew [their] strength: let them draw near and speak together: then let them declare judgment. 023 ISA 041 002 Who raised up righteousness from the east, [and] called it to his feet, so that it should go? shall appoint [it] an adversary of Gentiles, and shall dismay kings, and bury their swords in the earth, and cast forth their bows and arrows as sticks? 023 ISA 041 003 And he shall pursue them; the way of his feet shall proceed in peace. 023 ISA 041 004 Who has wrought and done these things? he has called it who called it from the generations of old; I God, the first and to [all] futurity, I AM. 023 ISA 041 005 The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew near, and came together, 023 ISA 041 006 every one judging for his neighbor and [that] to assist his brother: and one will say, 023 ISA 041 007 The artificer has become strong, and the coppersmith that smites with the hammer, [and] forges also: sometimes he will say, It is a piece well joined: they have fastened them with nails; they will fix them, and they shall not be moved. 023 ISA 041 008 But you, Israel, are my servant Jacob, and he whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraam, whom I have loved: 023 ISA 041 009 whom I have taken hold of from the ends of the earth, and from the high places of it I have called you, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and I have not forsaken you. 023 ISA 041 010 Fear not; for I am with you: wander not; for I am your God, who have strengthened you; and I have helped you, and have established you with my just right hand. 023 ISA 041 011 Behold, all your adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as if they were not: and all your opponents shall perish. 023 ISA 041 012 You shall seek them, and you shall not find the men who shall insolently rage against you: for they shall be as if they were not, and they that war against you shall not be. 023 ISA 041 013 For I am your God, who holds your right hand, who says to you, 023 ISA 041 014 Fear not, Jacob, [and you] Israel few in number; I have helped you, says your God, he that redeems you, O Israel. 023 ISA 041 015 Behold, I have made you as new saw-shaped threshing wheels of a waggon; and you shall thresh the mountains, and beat the hills to powder, and make [them] as chaff: 023 ISA 041 016 and you shall winnow [them], and the wind shall carry them away, and a tempest shall scatter them: but you shall rejoice in the holy ones of Israel. 023 ISA 041 017 And the poor and the needy shall exult; for [when] they shall seek water, and there shall be none, [and] their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord God, I the God of Israel will hear, and will not forsake them: 023 ISA 041 018 but I will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will make the desert pools of water, and a thirsty land watercourses. 023 ISA 041 019 I will plant in the dry land the cedar and box, the myrtle and cypress, and white poplar: 023 ISA 041 020 that they may see, and know, and perceive, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord has wrought these [works], and the Holy One of Israel has displayed [them]. 023 ISA 041 021 Your judgment draws near, says the Lord God; your counsels have drawn near, says the King of Jacob. 023 ISA 041 022 Let them draw near, and declare to you what things shall come to pass; or tell [us] what things were of old, and we will apply [our] understanding, and we shall know what are the last and the future things: 023 ISA 041 023 tell us, declare you to us the things that are coming on at the last [time], and we shall know that you are gods: do good, and do evil, and we shall wonder, and see at the same time 023 ISA 041 024 whence you are, and whence is your works: they have chosen you an abomination out of the earth. 023 ISA 041 025 But I have raised up him that [comes] from the north, and him that [comes] from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter's clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall you be trodden down. 023 ISA 041 026 For who will declare the things from the beginning, that we may know also the former things, and we will say that they are true? there is no one that speaks beforehand, nor anyone that hears your words. 023 ISA 041 027 I will give dominion to Sion, and will comfort Jerusalem by the way. 023 ISA 041 028 For from among the nations, behold, [there was] no one; and of their idols there was none to declare [anything]: and if I should ask them, Whence are you? they could not answer me. 023 ISA 041 029 For [these] are your makers, [as you think], and they that cause you to err in vain. 023 ISA 042 001 Jacob is my servant, I will help him: Israel is my chosen, my soul has accepted him; I have put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. 023 ISA 042 002 He shall not cry, nor lift up [his voice], nor shall his voice be heard without. 023 ISA 042 003 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench; but he shall bring forth judgment to truth. 023 ISA 042 004 He shall shine out, and shall not be discouraged, until he have set judgment on the earth: and in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 023 ISA 042 005 Thus says the Lord God, who made the heaven, and established it; who settled the earth, and the things in it, and gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that tread on it: 023 ISA 042 006 I the Lord God have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will strengthen you: and I have given you for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles: 023 ISA 042 007 to open the eyes of the blind, to bring the bound and them that sit in darkness out of bonds and the prison-house. 023 ISA 042 008 I am the Lord God: that is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praises to graven images. 023 ISA 042 009 Behold, the ancient things have come to pass, and [so will] the new things which I tell you: yes, before I tell [them] they are made known to you. 023 ISA 042 010 Sing a new hymn to the Lord: you [who are] his dominion, glorify his name from the end of the earth: you that go down to the sea, and sail upon it; the islands, and they that dwell in them. 023 ISA 042 011 Rejoice, you wilderness, and the villages thereof, the hamlets, and the dwellers in Kedar: the inhabitants of the rock shall rejoice, they shall shout from the top of the mountains. 023 ISA 042 012 They shall give glory to God, [and] shall proclaim his praises in the islands. 023 ISA 042 013 The Lord God of hosts shall go forth, and crush the war: he shall stir up jealousy, and shall shout mightily against his enemies. 023 ISA 042 014 I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear: I have endured like a travailing [woman]: I will [now] amaze and wither at once. 023 ISA 042 015 I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools. 023 ISA 042 016 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, and I will cause them to tread paths which they have not known: I will turn darkness into light for them, and crooked things into straight. These things will I do, and will not forsake them. 023 ISA 042 017 But they are turned back: be you utterly ashamed that trust in graven [images], who say to the molten [images], You are our gods. 023 ISA 042 018 Hear, you deaf, and look up, you blind, to see. 023 ISA 042 019 And who is blind, but my servants? and deaf, but they that rule over them? yes, the servants of God have been made blind. 023 ISA 042 020 You have often seen, and have not taken heed; [your] ears have been opened, and you have not heard. 023 ISA 042 021 The Lord God has taken counsel that he might be justified, and might magnify [his] praise. 023 ISA 042 022 And I saw, and the people were spoiled and plundered: for [there is] a snare in the secret chambers everywhere, and in the houses also, where they have hidden them: they became a spoil, and there was no one that delivered the prey, and there was none who said, Restore. 023 ISA 042 023 Who [is there] among you that will give ear to these things? listen you to the things which are coming to pass. 023 ISA 042 024 For what did he give to Jacob up to spoil, and Israel to them that plundered him? Did not God [do it] against whom they sinned? [and] they would not walk in his ways, nor listen to his law. 023 ISA 042 025 So he brought upon them the fury of his wrath; and the war, and those that burnt round about them, prevailed against them; yet no one of them knew [it], neither did they lay [it] to heart. 023 ISA 043 001 And now thus says the Lord God that made you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you [by] your name; you are mine. 023 ISA 043 002 And if you pass through water, I am with you; and the rivers shall not overflow you: and if you go through fire, you shall not be burned; the flame shall not burn you. 023 ISA 043 003 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves you: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia your ransom, and [given] Soene for you. 023 ISA 043 004 Since you became precious in my sight, you have become glorious, and I have loved you: and I will give men for you, and princes for your life. 023 ISA 043 005 Fear not; for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and will gather you from the west. 023 ISA 043 006 I will say to the north, Bring; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from the [land] afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; 023 ISA 043 007 [even] all who are called by my name: for I have prepared him for my glory, and I have formed him, and have made him: 023 ISA 043 008 and I have brought forth the blind people; for [their] eyes are alike blind, and they that have ears are deaf. 023 ISA 043 009 All the nations are gathered together, and princes shall be gathered out of them: who will declare these things? or who will declare to you things from the beginning? let them bring forth their witnesses, and be justified; and let them hear, and declare the truth. 023 ISA 043 010 Be you my witnesses, and I [too am] a witness, says the Lord God, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know, and believe, and understand that I am [he]: before me there was no other God, and after me there shall be none. 023 ISA 043 011 I am God; and beside me there is no Saviour. 023 ISA 043 012 I have declared, and have saved; I have reproached, and there was no strange [god] among you: you are my witnesses, and I am the Lord God, 023 ISA 043 013 even from the beginning; and there is none that can deliver out of my hands: I will work, and who shall turn it back? 023 ISA 043 014 Thus says the Lord God that redeems you, the Holy One of Israel; for your sakes I will send to Babylon, and I will stir up all that flee, and the Chaldeans shall be bound in ships. 023 ISA 043 015 I am the Lord God, your Holy One, who have appointed for Israel your king. 023 ISA 043 016 Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty water; 023 ISA 043 017 who brought forth chariots and horse, and a mighty multitude: but they have lain down, and shall not rise: they are extinct, as quenched flax. 023 ISA 043 018 Remember you not the former things, and consider not the ancient things. 023 ISA 043 019 Behold, I [will] do new things, which shall presently spring forth, and you shall know them: and I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land. 023 ISA 043 020 the beasts of the field shall bless me, the owls and young ostriches; for I have given water in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land, to give drink to my chosen race, 023 ISA 043 021 my people whom I have preserved to tell forth my praises. 023 ISA 043 022 I have not now called you, O Jacob; neither have I made you weary, O Israel. 023 ISA 043 023 You have not brought me the sheep of your whole burnt offering; neither have you glorified me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with sacrifices, neither have I wearied you with frankincense. 023 ISA 043 024 Neither have you purchased for me victims for silver, neither have I desired the fat of your sacrifices: but you did stand before me in your sins, and in your iniquities. 023 ISA 043 025 I, [even] I, am he that blots out your transgressions for mine own sake, and your sins; and I will not remember [them]. 023 ISA 043 026 But do you remember, and let us plead [together]: do you first confess your transgressions, that you may be justified. 023 ISA 043 027 Your fathers first, and your princes have transgressed against me. 023 ISA 043 028 And the princes have defiled my sanctuaries: so I gave Jacob [to enemies] to destroy, and Israel to reproach. 023 ISA 044 001 But now hear, Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen. 023 ISA 044 002 Thus says the Lord God that made you, and he that formed you from the womb; You shall yet be helped: fear not, my servant Jacob; and beloved Israel, whom I have chosen. 023 ISA 044 003 For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land: I will put my Spirit upon your seed, and my blessings upon your children: 023 ISA 044 004 and they shall spring up as grass between brooks, and as willows on [the banks of] running water. 023 ISA 044 005 One shall say, I am God's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand, I am God's, and shall call himself by the name of Israel. 023 ISA 044 006 Thus says God the King of Israel, and the God of hosts that delivered him; I am the first, and I am hereafter: beside me there is no God. 023 ISA 044 007 Who is like me? let him stand, and call, and declare, and prepare for me from the time that I made man for ever; and let them tell you the things that are coming before they arrive. 023 ISA 044 008 Hide not yourselves, nor go astray: have you not heard from the beginning, and [have not] I told you? you are witnesses if there is a God beside me. 023 ISA 044 009 But they that framed [false gods] did not then listen; and they that graved [images] are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed 023 ISA 044 010 that form a god, and all that grave worthless things: 023 ISA 044 011 and all by whom they were made are withered: yes, let all the deaf be gathered from [among] men, and let them stand together; and let them be ashamed and confounded together: 023 ISA 044 012 For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions [the idol] with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water. 023 ISA 044 013 The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house. 023 ISA 044 014 He cuts wood out of the forest, which the Lord planted, [even] a pine tree, and the rain made it grow, 023 ISA 044 015 that it might be for men to burn: and having taken part of it he warms himself; yes, they burn part of it, and bake loaves thereon; and [of] the rest they make for themselves gods, and they worship them. 023 ISA 044 016 Half thereof he burns in the fire, and with half of it he bakes loaves on the coals; and having roasted flesh on it he eats, and is satisfied, and having warmed himself he says, I am comfortable, for I have warmed myself, and have seen the fire. 023 ISA 044 017 And the rest he makes a graven god, and worships, and prays, saying, Deliver me; for you are my God. 023 ISA 044 018 They have no understanding to perceive; for they have been blinded so that they should not see with their eyes, nor perceive with their heart. 023 ISA 044 019 And one has not considered in his mind, nor known in his understanding, that he has burnt up half of it in the fire, and baked loaves on the coals thereof and has roasted and eaten flesh, and of the rest of it he has made an abomination, and they worship it. 023 ISA 044 020 Know you that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, you will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand. 023 ISA 044 021 Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant; I have formed you [to be] my servant: and do you, Israel, not forget me. 023 ISA 044 022 For behold, I have blotted out as a cloud your transgressions, and your sin as darkness: turn to me, and I will redeem you. 023 ISA 044 023 Rejoice, you heavens; for God has had mercy upon Israel: sound the trumpet, you foundations of the earth: you mountains, shout [with] joy, you hills, and all the trees therein: for God has redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified. 023 ISA 044 024 Thus says the Lord that redeems you, and who formed you from the womb, I am the Lord that performs all things: I stretched out the heaven alone, and established the earth. 023 ISA 044 025 Who else will frustrate the tokens of those that have divining spirits, and prophecies from the heart of [man]? turning the wise back, and making their counsel foolishness; 023 ISA 044 026 and confirming the word of his servant, and verifying the counsel of his messengers: who says to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Idumea, You shall be built, and her desert places shall spring forth. 023 ISA 044 027 Who says to the deep, You shall be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers. 023 ISA 044 028 Who bids Cyrus be wise, and he shall perform all my will: who says to Jerusalem, You shall be built, and I will lay the foundation of my holy house. 023 ISA 045 001 Thus says the Lord God to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, that nations might be obedient before him; and I will break through the strength of kings; I will open doors before him, and cities shall not be closed. 023 ISA 045 002 I will go before you, and will level mountains: I will break to pieces brazen doors, and burst iron bars. 023 ISA 045 003 And I will give you the treasures of darkness, I will open to you hidden, unseen [treasures], that you may know that I, the Lord your God, that call you by name, am the God of Israel. 023 ISA 045 004 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, I will call you by your name, and accept you: but you have not known me. 023 ISA 045 005 For I am the Lord God, and there is no other God beside me; I strengthened you, and you have not known me. 023 ISA 045 006 That they that [come] from the east and they that [come] from the west may know that there is no God but me. I am the Lord God, and there is none beside. 023 ISA 045 007 I am he that prepared light, and formed darkness; who make peace, and create evil; I am the Lord God, that does all these things. 023 ISA 045 008 Let the heaven rejoice from above, and let the clouds rain righteousness: let the earth bring forth, and blossom [with] mercy, and bring forth righteousness likewise: I am the Lord that created you. 023 ISA 045 009 What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the plowman plow the earth all day? shall the clay say to the potter, What are you doing that you do not work, nor have hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it? 023 ISA 045 010 As though one should say to [his] father, What will you beget me? and to his mother, What are you bringing forth? 023 ISA 045 011 For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, who has formed the things that are to come, Enquire of me concerning my sons, and concerning the works of my hands command me. 023 ISA 045 012 I have made the earth, and man upon it: I with my hand have established the heaven; I have given commandment to all the stars. 023 ISA 045 013 I have raised him up [to be] a king with righteousness, and all his ways are right: he shall build my city, and shall turn the captivity of my people, not for ransoms, nor for rewards, says the Lord of hosts. 023 ISA 045 014 Thus says the Lord of hosts, Egypt has laboured [for you]; and the merchandise of the Ethiopians, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall pass over to you, and shall be your servants; and they shall follow after you bound in fetters, and shall pass over to you, and shall do obeisance to you, and make supplication to you: because God is in you; and there is no God beside you, [O Lord]. 023 ISA 045 015 For you are God, yet we knew [it] not, the God of Israel, the Saviour. 023 ISA 045 016 All that are opposed to him shall be ashamed and confounded, and shall walk in shame: you isles, keep a feast to me. 023 ISA 045 017 Israel is saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation: they shall not be ashamed nor confounded for evermore. 023 ISA 045 018 Thus says the Lord that made the heaven, this God that created the earth, and made it; he marked it out, he made it not in vain, but formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is none beside. 023 ISA 045 019 I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth: I said not to the seed of Jacob, Seek vanity: I, even I, am the Lord, speaking righteousness, and proclaiming truth. 023 ISA 045 020 Assemble yourselves and come; take counsel together, you that escape of the nations: they that set up wood, [even] their graven image, have no knowledge, nor they who pray to gods that do not save. 023 ISA 045 021 If they will declare, let them draw near, that they may know together, who has caused these things to be heard from the beginning: then was it told you. I am God, and there is not another beside me; a just [God] and a Saviour; there is none but me. 023 ISA 045 022 Turn you to me, and you shall be saved, you that [come] from the end of the earth: I am God, and there is none other. 023 ISA 045 023 By myself I swear, righteousness shall surely proceed out of my mouth; my words shall not be frustrated; that to me every knee shall bend, and every tongue shall swear by God, 023 ISA 045 024 saying, Righteousness and glory shall come to him: and all that remove them from their borders shall be ashamed. 023 ISA 045 025 By the Lord shall they be justified, and in God shall all the seed of the children of Israel be glorified. 023 ISA 046 001 Bel has fallen, Nabo is broken to pieces, their graven images are gone to the wild beasts and the cattle: you take them packed up as a burden to the weary, exhausted, hungry, and [at the same time] helpless man; 023 ISA 046 002 who will not be able to save themselves from war, but they themselves are led [away] captive. 023 ISA 046 003 Hear me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of Israel, who are borne [by me] from the womb, and taught [by me] from infancy, [even] to old age: 023 ISA 046 004 I am [he]; and until you shall have grown old, I am [he]: I bear you, I have made, and I will relieve, I will take up and save you. 023 ISA 046 005 To whom have you compared me? see, consider, you that go astray. 023 ISA 046 006 They that furnish gold out of a purse, and silver by weight, will weigh it in a scale, and they hire a goldsmith and make idols, and bow down, and worship them. 023 ISA 046 007 They bear it upon the shoulder, and go; and if they put it upon its place, it remains, it can’t move: and whoever shall cry to it, it can’t hear; it can’t save him from trouble. 023 ISA 046 008 Remember you these things, and groan: repent, you that have gone astray, return in your heart; 023 ISA 046 009 and remember the former things [that were] of old: for I am God, and there is none other beside me, 023 ISA 046 010 telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together: and I said, all my counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned: 023 ISA 046 011 calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned: I have spoken, and brought [him]; I have created and made [him]; I have brought him, and prospered his way. 023 ISA 046 012 Listen to me, you senseless ones, that are far from righteousness: 023 ISA 046 013 I have brought near my righteousness, and I will not be slow with the salvation that is from me: I have given salvation in Sion to Israel for glory. 023 ISA 047 001 Come down, sit on the ground, O virgin daughter of Babylon: sit on the ground, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and luxurious. 023 ISA 047 002 Take a millstone, grind meal: remove your veil, uncover your white hairs, make bare the leg, pass through the rivers. 023 ISA 047 003 Your shame shall be uncovered, your reproaches shall be brought to light: I will exact of you due vengeance, I will no longer deliver you to men. 023 ISA 047 004 Your deliverer is the Lord of hosts, the Holy One of Israel is his name. 023 ISA 047 005 Sit you down pierced with woe, go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: you shall no more be called the strength of a kingdom. 023 ISA 047 006 I have been provoked with my people; you have defiled mine inheritance: I gave them into your hand, but you did not extend mercy to them: you made the yoke of the aged man very heavy, 023 ISA 047 007 and said, I shall be a princess for ever: you did not perceive these things in your heart, nor did you remember the latter end. 023 ISA 047 008 But now hear these words, you luxurious one, [who are] the one that sits [at ease], that is secure, that says in her heart, I am, and there is not another; I shall not sit a widow, neither shall I know bereavement. 023 ISA 047 009 But now these two things shall come upon you suddenly in one day, the loss of children and widowhood shall come suddenly upon you, for your sorcery, for the strength of your enchantments, 023 ISA 047 010 for your trusting in wickedness: for you said, I am, and there is not another: know you, the understanding of these things and your harlotry shall be your shame; for you said in your heart, I am, and there is not another. 023 ISA 047 011 And destruction shall come upon you, and you shall not be aware; [there shall be a] pit, and you shall fall into it: and grief shall come upon you, and you shall not be able to be clear; and destruction shall come suddenly upon you, and you shall not know. 023 ISA 047 012 Stand now with your enchantments, and with the abundance of your sorcery, which you have learned from your youth; if you can be profited. 023 ISA 047 013 You are wearied in your counsels. Let now the astrologers of the heaven stand and deliver you, let them that see the stars tell you what is about to come upon you. 023 ISA 047 014 Behold, they all shall be burnt up as sticks in the fire; neither shall they at all deliver their life from the flame. Because you have coals of fire, sit you upon them; 023 ISA 047 015 these shall be your help. You have wearied yourself with traffic from your youth: every man has wandered to his own home, but you shall have no deliverance. 023 ISA 048 001 Hear these [words], you house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of Juda, who swear by the name of the Lord God of Israel, making mention [of it, but] not with truth, nor with righteousness; 023 ISA 048 002 maintaining also the name of the holy city, and staying themselves on the God of Israel: the Lord of hosts is his name. The former things I have already declared; 023 ISA 048 003 and they that have proceeded out of my mouth, and it became well known; I wrought suddenly, and [the events] came to pass. 023 ISA 048 004 I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your forehead brazen. 023 ISA 048 005 And I told you of old what [should be] before it came upon you; I made it known to you, lest you should say, [My] idols have done [it] for me; and should say, [My] graven and molten images have commanded me. 023 ISA 048 006 You have heard all this, but you have not known: yet I have made known to you the new things from henceforth, which are coming to pass, and you said not, 023 ISA 048 007 Now they come to pass, and not formerly: and you heard not of them in former days: say not you, Yes, I know them. 023 ISA 048 008 You have neither known, nor understood, neither from the beginning have I opened your ears: for I knew that you would surely deal treacherously, and would be called a transgressor even from the womb. 023 ISA 048 009 For mine own sake will I show you my wrath, and will bring before you my glorious acts, that I may not utterly destroy you. 023 ISA 048 010 Behold, I have sold you, [but] not for silver; but I have rescued you from the furnace of affliction. 023 ISA 048 011 For mine own sake I will do [this] for you, because my name is profaned; and I will not give my glory to another. 023 ISA 048 012 Hear me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call; I am the first, and I endure for ever. 023 ISA 048 013 My hand also has founded the earth, and my right hand has fixed the sky: I will call them, and they shall stand together. 023 ISA 048 014 And all shall be gathered, and shall hear: who has told them these things? Out of love to you I have fulfilled your desire on Babylon, to abolish the seed of the Chaldeans. 023 ISA 048 015 I have spoken, I have called, I have brought him, and made his way prosperous. 023 ISA 048 016 Draw near to me, and hear you these words; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning: when it took place, there was I, and now the Lord, [even] the Lord, and his Spirit, has sent me. 023 ISA 048 017 Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the Holy One of Israel; I am your God, I have shown you how you should find the way wherein you should walk. 023 ISA 048 018 And if you had listened to my commandments, [then] would your peace have been like a river, and your righteousness as a wave of the sea. 023 ISA 048 019 Your seed also would have been as the sand, and the offspring of your belly as the dust of the ground: neither now shall you by any means be utterly destroyed, neither shall your name perish before me. 023 ISA 048 020 Go forth of Babylon, you that flee from the Chaldeans: utter aloud a voice of joy, and let this be made known, proclaim it to the end of the earth; say you, The Lord has delivered his servant Jacob. 023 ISA 048 021 And if they shall thirst, he shall lead them through the desert; he shall bring forth water to them out of the rock: the rock shall be cloven, and the water shall flow forth, and my people shall drink. 023 ISA 048 022 There is no joy, says the Lord, to the ungodly. 023 ISA 049 001 Listen to me, you islands; and attend, you Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, says the Lord: from my mother's womb he has called my name: 023 ISA 049 002 and he has made my mouth as a sharp sword, and he has hid me under the shadow of his hand; he has made me as a choice shaft, and he has hid me in his quiver; 023 ISA 049 003 and said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, and in you I will be glorified. 023 ISA 049 004 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labor before my God. 023 ISA 049 005 And now, thus says the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his own servant, to gather Jacob to him and Israel. I shall be gathered and glorified before the Lord, and my God shall be my strength. 023 ISA 049 006 And he said to me, [It is] a great thing for you to be called my servant, to establish the tribes of Jacob, and to recover the dispersion of Israel: behold, I have given you for the covenant of a race, for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the end of the earth. 023 ISA 049 007 Thus says the Lord that delivered you, the God of Israel, Sanctify him that despises his life, him that is abhorred by the nations that are the servants of princes: kings shall behold him, and princes shall arise, and shall worship him, for the Lord's sake: for the Holy One of Israel is faithful, and I have chosen you. 023 ISA 049 008 Thus says the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation have I succored you: and I have formed you, and given you for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages: 023 ISA 049 009 saying to them that are in bonds, Go forth; and [bidding] them that are in darkness show themselves. They shall be fed in all the ways, and in all the paths [shall be] their pasture. 023 ISA 049 010 They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort [them], and by fountains of waters shall he lead them. 023 ISA 049 011 And I will make every mountain a way, and every path a pasture to them. 023 ISA 049 012 Behold, these shall come from far: [and] these from the north and the west, and others from the land of the Persians. 023 ISA 049 013 Rejoice, you heavens; and let the earth be glad: let the mountains break forth [with] joy; for the Lard has had mercy on his people, and has comforted the lowly ones of his people. 023 ISA 049 014 But Sion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and, The Lord has forgotten me. 023 ISA 049 015 Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget you, says the Lord. 023 ISA 049 016 Behold, I have painted your walls on my hands, and you are continually before me. 023 ISA 049 017 And you shall soon be built by those by whom you were destroyed, and they that made you desolate shall go forth of you. 023 ISA 049 018 Lift up your eyes round about, and look on them all; behold, they are gathered together, and are come to you. [As] I live, says the Lord, you shall clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and put them on as a bride her attire. 023 ISA 049 019 For your desert and marred and ruined [places] shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured you shall be removed far from you. 023 ISA 049 020 For your sons whom you have lost shall say in your ears, The place [is too] narrow for me: make room for me that I may dwell. 023 ISA 049 021 And you shall say in your heart, Who has begotten me these? whereas I [was] childless, and a widow; but who has brought up these for me? and I was left alone; but whence came these to me? 023 ISA 049 022 Thus says the Lord, [even] the Lord, Behold, I lift up mine hand to the nations, and I will lift up my signal to the islands: and they shall bring your sons in [their] bosom, and shall bear your daughters on [their] shoulders. 023 ISA 049 023 And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their princesses your nurses, they shall bow down to you on the face of the earth, and shall lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the Lord, and they that wait on me shall not be ashamed. 023 ISA 049 024 Will any one take spoils from a giant? and if one should take [a man] captive unjustly, shall he be delivered? 023 ISA 049 025 For thus says the Lord, If one should take a giant captive, he shall take spoils, and he who takes [them] from a mighty [man] shall be delivered: for I will plead your cause, and I will deliver your children. 023 ISA 049 026 And they that afflicted you shall eat their own flesh; and they shall drink their own blood as new wine, and shall be drunken: and all flesh shall perceive that I am the Lord that delivers you, and that upholds the strength of Jacob. 023 ISA 050 001 Thus says the Lord, Of what kind is your mother's bill of divorcement, by which I put her away? or to which debtor have I sold you? Behold, you are sold for your sins, and for your iniquities have I put your mother away. 023 ISA 050 002 Why did I come, and there was no man? [why] did I call, and there was none to listen? Is not my hand strong to redeem? or can I not deliver? behold, by my rebuke I will dry up the sea, and make rivers a wilderness; and their fish shall be dried up because there is no water, and shall die for thirst. 023 ISA 050 003 I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth. 023 ISA 050 004 The Lord [even] God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an ear to hear: 023 ISA 050 005 and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute. 023 ISA 050 006 I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not away my face from the shame of spitting: 023 ISA 050 007 but the Lord God became my helper; therefore I was not ashamed, but I set my face as a solid rock; and I know that I shall never be ashamed, 023 ISA 050 008 for he that has justified me draws near; who is he that pleads with me? let him stand up against me at the same time: yes, who is he that pleads with me? let him draw near to me. 023 ISA 050 009 Behold, the Lord, the Lord, will help me; who will hurt me? behold, all you shall wax old as a garment, and a moth shall devour you. 023 ISA 050 010 Who is among you that fears the Lord? let him listen to the voice of his servant: you that walk in darkness, and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon God. 023 ISA 050 011 Behold, you all kindle a fire, and feed a flame: walk in the light of your fire, and in the flame which you have kindled. This has happened to you for my sake; you shall lie down in sorrow. 023 ISA 051 001 Listen to me, you that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which you have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which you have dug. 023 ISA 051 002 Look to Abraam your father, and to Sarrha that bore you: for he was alone when I called him, and blessed him, and loved him, and multiplied him. 023 ISA 051 003 And now I will comfort you, O Sion: and I have comforted all her desert places; and I will make her desert places as a garden, and her western places as the garden of the Lord; they shall find in her gladness and exultation, thanksgiving and the voice of praise. 023 ISA 051 004 Hear me, hear me, my people; and you kings, listen to me: for a law shall proceed from me, and my judgment [shall be] for a light of the nations. 023 ISA 051 005 My righteousness speedily draws near, and my salvation shall go forth as light, and on mine arm shall the Gentiles trust: the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 023 ISA 051 006 Lift up your eyes to the sky, and look on the earth beneath: for the sky was darkened like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and the inhabitants shall die in like manner: but my righteousness shall not fail. 023 ISA 051 007 Hear me, you that know judgment, the people in whose heart is my law: fear not the reproach of men, and be not overcome by their contempt. 023 ISA 051 008 For as a garment will be devoured by time, and as wool will be devoured by a moth, [so shall they be consumed]; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation for all generations. 023 ISA 051 009 Awake, awake, O Jerusalem, and put on the strength of your arm; awake as in the early time, as the ancient generation. 023 ISA 051 010 Are you not it that dried the sea, the water, [even] the abundance of the deep; that made the depths of the sea a way of passage for the delivered and redeemed? 023 ISA 051 011 for by [the help of] the Lord they shall return, and come to Sion with joy and everlasting exultation, for praise and joy shall come upon their head: pain, and grief, and groaning, have fled away. 023 ISA 051 012 I, [even] I, am he that comforts you: consider who you are, that you were afraid of mortal man, and of the son of man, who are withered as grass. 023 ISA 051 013 And you have forgotten God who made you, who made the sky and founded the earth; and you were continually afraid because of the wrath of him that afflicted you: for [whereas] he counselled to take you away, yet now where is the wrath of him that afflicted you? 023 ISA 051 014 For in your deliverance he shall not halt, nor wait; 023 ISA 051 015 for I am your God, that troubles the sea, and causes the waves thereof to roar: the Lord of hosts is my name. 023 ISA 051 016 I will put my words into your mouth, and I will shelter you under the shadow of mine hand, with which I fixed the sky, and founded the earth: and [the Lord] shall say to Sion, You are my people. 023 ISA 051 017 Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury: for you have drunk out and drained the cup of calamity, the cup of wrath: 023 ISA 051 018 and there was none to comfort you of all the children whom you bore; and there was none to take hold of your hand, not even of all the children whom you has reared. 023 ISA 051 019 Therefore these things are against you; who shall sympathize with you in your grief? downfall, and destruction, famine, and sword: who shall comfort you? 023 ISA 051 020 Your sons are the perplexed ones, that sleep at the top of every street as a half-boiled beet; they that are full of the anger of the Lord, caused to faint by the Lord God. 023 ISA 051 021 Therefore hear, you afflicted one, and drunken, [but] not with wine; 023 ISA 051 022 thus says the Lord God that judges his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of calamity, the cup of my wrath; and you shall not drink it any more. 023 ISA 051 023 And I will give it into the hands of them that injured you, and them that afflicted you; who said to your soul, Bow down, that we may pass over: and you did level your body with the ground to them passing by without. 023 ISA 052 001 Awake, awake, Sion; put on your strength, O Sion; and o you put on your glory, Jerusalem the holy city: there shall no more pass through you, the uncircumcised and unclean. 023 ISA 052 002 Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, Jerusalem: put off the band of your neck, captive daughter of Sion. 023 ISA 052 003 For thus says the Lord, You have been sold for nothing; and you shall not be ransomed with silver. 023 ISA 052 004 Thus says the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians. 023 ISA 052 005 And now why are you here? Thus says the Lord, Because my people was taken for nothing, wonder you and howl. Thus says the Lord, On account of you my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles. 023 ISA 052 006 Therefore shall my people know my name in that day, for I am he that speaks: I am present, 023 ISA 052 007 as a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad tidings of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish your salvation, saying, O Sion, your God shall reign. 023 ISA 052 008 For the voice of them that guard you is exalted, and with the voice together they shall rejoice: for eyes shall look to eyes, when the Lord shall have mercy upon Sion. 023 ISA 052 009 Let the waste places of Jerusalem break forth [in] joy together, because the Lord has had mercy upon her, and has delivered Jerusalem. 023 ISA 052 010 And the Lord shall reveal his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation that [comes] from our God. 023 ISA 052 011 Depart you, depart, go out from thence, and touch not the unclean thing; go you out from the midst of her; separate yourselves, you that bear the vessels of the Lord. 023 ISA 052 012 For you shall not go forth with tumult, neither go by flight: for the Lord shall go first in advance of you; and the God of Israel shall be he that brings up your rear. 023 ISA 052 013 Behold, my servant shall understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly. 023 ISA 052 014 As many shall be amazed at you, so shall your face be without glory from men, and your glory [shall not be honored] by the sons of men. 023 ISA 052 015 Thus shall many nations wonder at him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut: for they to whom no report was brought concerning him, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall consider. 023 ISA 053 001 O Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 023 ISA 053 002 We brought a report as [of] a child before him; [he is] as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty. 023 ISA 053 003 But his form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; [he was] a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for his face is turned from [us]: he was dishonored, and not esteemed. 023 ISA 053 004 He bears our sins, and is pained for us: yet we accounted him to be in trouble, and in suffering, and in affliction. 023 ISA 053 005 But he was wounded on account of our sins, and was bruised because of our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; [and] by his bruises we were healed. 023 ISA 053 006 All we as sheep have gone astray; every one has gone astray in his way; and the Lord gave him up for our sins. 023 ISA 053 007 And he, because of his affliction, opens not his mouth: he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. 023 ISA 053 008 In [his] humiliation his judgment was taken away: who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken away from the earth: because of the iniquities of my people he was led to death. 023 ISA 053 009 And I will give the wicked for his burial, and the rich for his death; for he practised no iniquity, nor craft with his mouth. 023 ISA 053 010 The Lord also is pleased to purge him from his stroke. If you can give an offering for sin, your soul shall see a long-lived seed: 023 ISA 053 011 the Lord also is pleased to take away from the travail of his soul, to show him light, and to form [him] with understanding; to justify the just one who serves many well; and he shall bear their sins. 023 ISA 053 012 Therefore he shall inherit many, and he shall divide the spoils of the mighty; because his soul was delivered to death: and he was numbered among the transgressors; and he bore the sins of many, and was delivered because of their iniquities. 023 ISA 054 001 Rejoice, you barren that bear not; break forth and cry, you that do not travail: for more are the children of the desolate than of her that has a husband: for the Lord has said, 023 ISA 054 002 Enlarge the place of your tent, and of your curtains: fix [the pins], spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your pins; 023 ISA 054 003 spread forth [your tent] yet to the right and the left: for your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and you shall make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 023 ISA 054 004 Fear not, because you has been put to shame, neither be confounded, because you was reproached: for you shall forget your former shame, and shall no more at all remember the reproach of your widowhood. 023 ISA 054 005 For [it is] the Lord that made you; the Lord of hosts is his name: and he that delivered you, he is the God of Israel, [and] shall be called [so] by the whole earth. 023 ISA 054 006 The Lord has not called you as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor as a woman hated from [her] youth, says your God. 023 ISA 054 007 For a little while I left you: but with great mercy will I have compassion upon you. 023 ISA 054 008 In a little wrath I turned away my face from you; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon you, says the Lord that delivers you. 023 ISA 054 009 From the time of the water of Noe this is my [purpose]: as I sware to him at that time, [saying] of the earth, I will no more be angry with you, neither when you are threatened, 023 ISA 054 010 shall the mountains depart, nor shall your hills be removed: so neither shall my mercy fail you, nor shall the covenant of your peace be at all removed: for the Lord [who is] gracious to you has spoken [it]. 023 ISA 054 011 Afflicted and outcast you has not been comforted: behold, I [will] prepare carbuncle [for] your stones, and sapphire for your foundations; 023 ISA 054 012 and I will make your buttresses jasper, and your gates crystal, and your border precious stones. 023 ISA 054 013 And [I will cause] all your sons [to be] taught of God, and your children [to be] in great peace. 023 ISA 054 014 And you shall be built in righteousness: abstain from injustice, and you shall not fear; and trembling shall not come near you. 023 ISA 054 015 Behold, strangers shall come to you by me, and shall sojourn with you, and shall run to you for refuge. 023 ISA 054 016 Behold, I have created you, not as the coppersmith blowing coals, and bringing out a vessel [fit] for work; but I have created you, not for ruin, that [I] should destroy [you]. 023 ISA 054 017 I will not suffer any weapon formed against you to prosper; and every voice that shall rise up against you for judgment, you shall vanquish them all; and your adversaries shall be [condemned] thereby. There is an inheritance to them that serve the Lord, and you shall be righteous before me, says the Lord. 023 ISA 055 001 You that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go [and] buy; and eat [and drink] wine and fat without money or price. 023 ISA 055 002 Therefore do you value at the price of money, and [give] your labor for that which will not satisfy? listen to me, and you shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things. 023 ISA 055 003 Give heed with your ears, and follow my ways: listen to me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David. 023 ISA 055 004 Behold I have made him a testimony among the Gentiles, a prince and commander to the Gentiles. 023 ISA 055 005 Nations which know you not, shall call upon you, and peoples which are not acquainted with you, shall flee to you for refuge, for the sake of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you. 023 ISA 055 006 Seek you the Lord, and when you find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw near to you, 023 ISA 055 007 let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins. 023 ISA 055 008 For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, says the Lord. 023 ISA 055 009 But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind. 023 ISA 055 010 For as rain shall come down, or snow, from heaven, and shall not return until it have saturated the earth, and it bring forth, and bud, and give seed to the sower, and bread for food: 023 ISA 055 011 so shall my word be, whatever shall proceed out of my mouth, it shall by no means turn back, until all the things which I willed shall have been accomplished; and I will make your ways prosperous, and [will effect] my commands. 023 ISA 055 012 For you shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches. 023 ISA 055 013 And instead of the bramble shall come up the cypress, and instead of the nettle shall come up the myrtle: and the Lord shall be for a name, and for an everlasting sign, and shall not fail. 023 ISA 056 001 Thus says the Lord, Keep you judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my mercy to be revealed. 023 ISA 056 002 Blessed is the man that does these things, and the man that holds by them, and keeps the sabbaths from profaning them, and keeps his hands from doing unrighteousness. 023 ISA 056 003 Let not the stranger who attaches himself to the Lord, say, Surely the Lord will separate me from his people: and let not the eunuch say, I am a dry tree. 023 ISA 056 004 Thus says the Lord to the eunuchs, as many as shall keep my sabbaths, and choose the things which I take pleasure in, and take hold of my covenant; 023 ISA 056 005 I will give to them in my house and within my walls an honorable place, better than sons and daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, and it shall not fail. 023 ISA 056 006 And [I will give it] to the strangers that attach themselves to the Lord, to serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be to him servants and handmaids; and [as for] all that keep my sabbaths from profaning [them], and that take hold of my covenant; 023 ISA 056 007 I will bring them to my holy mountain, and gladden them in my house of prayer: their whole burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon mine altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations, 023 ISA 056 008 says the Lord that gathers the dispersed of Israel; for I will gather to him a congregation. 023 ISA 056 009 All you beasts of the field, come, devour, all you beasts of the forest. 023 ISA 056 010 See how they are all blinded: they have not known; [they are] dumb dogs [that] will not bark; dreaming of rest, loving to slumber. 023 ISA 056 011 Yes, they are insatiable dogs, that know not what it is to be filled, and they are wicked, having no understanding: all have followed their own ways, each according to his [will]. 023 ISA 057 001 See how the just man has perished, and no one lays [it] to heart: and righteous men are taken away, and no one considers: for the righteous has been removed out of the way of injustice. 023 ISA 057 002 His burial shall be in peace: he has been removed out of the way. 023 ISA 057 003 But draw you near hither, you lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot. 023 ISA 057 004 Wherein have you been rioting? and against whom have you opened your mouth, and against whom have you loosed your tongue? are you not children of perdition? a lawless seed? 023 ISA 057 005 who call upon idols under the leafy trees, slaying your children in the valleys among the rocks? 023 ISA 057 006 That is your portion, this is your lot: and to them have you poured forth drink-offerings, and to these have you offered meat-offerings. Shall I not therefore be angry for these things? 023 ISA 057 007 On a lofty and high mountain, there is your bed, and there you carried up your meat-offerings: 023 ISA 057 008 and behind the posts of your door you did place your memorials. Did you think that if you should depart from me, you would gain? you have loved those that lay with you; 023 ISA 057 009 and you have multiplied your whoredom with them, and you have increased the number of them that are far from you, and have sent ambassadors beyond your borders, and have been debased even to hell. 023 ISA 057 010 You has wearied yourself with your many ways; yet you said not, I will cease to strengthen myself: for you has done these things; therefore you has not supplicated me. 023 ISA 057 011 Through dread of whom have you feared, and lied against me, and has not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yes, though when I see you I pass you by, yet you has not feared me. 023 ISA 057 012 And I will declare your righteousness, and your sins, which shall not profit you. 023 ISA 057 013 When you cry out, let them deliver you in your affliction: for all these the wind shall take, and the tempest shall carry [them] away: but they that cleave to me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain. 023 ISA 057 014 And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people. 023 ISA 057 015 Thus says the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted: 023 ISA 057 016 I will not take vengeance on you for ever, neither will I be always angry with you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have created all breath. 023 ISA 057 017 On account of sin for a little while I grieved him, and struck him, and turned away my face from him; and he was grieved, and he went on sorrowful in his ways. 023 ISA 057 018 I have seen his ways, and healed him, and comforted him, and given him true comfort; 023 ISA 057 019 peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are near: and the Lord has said, I will heal them. 023 ISA 057 020 But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest. 023 ISA 057 021 There is no joy to the ungodly, said God. 023 ISA 058 001 Cry aloud, and spare not; lift up your voice as with a trumpet, and declare to my people their sins, and to the house of Jacob their iniquities. 023 ISA 058 002 They seek me day by day, and desire to know my ways, as a people that had done righteousness, and had not forsaken the judgment of their God: they now ask of me righteous judgment, and desire to draw near to God, 023 ISA 058 003 saying, Why have we fasted, and you regard not? [why] have we afflicted our souls, and you did not know it? Nay, in the days of your fasts you find your pleasures, and all them that are under your power you wound. 023 ISA 058 004 If you fast for quarrels and strifes, and strike the lowly with [your] fists, therefore do you fast to me as [you do] this day, so that your voice may be heard in crying? 023 ISA 058 005 I have not chosen this fast, nor [such] a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though you should bend down your neck as a ring, and spread under you sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall you call a fast acceptable. 023 ISA 058 006 I have not chosen such a fast, says the Lord; but do you loose every burden of iniquity, do you untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account. 023 ISA 058 007 Break your bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to your house: if you see one naked, clothe [him], and you shall not disregard the relations of your own seed. 023 ISA 058 008 Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall speedily spring forth: and your righteousness shall go before you, and the glory of God shall compass you. 023 ISA 058 009 Then shall you cry, and God shall listen to you; while you are yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If you remove from you the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech; 023 ISA 058 010 and [if] you give bread to the hungry from your heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light spring up in darkness, and your darkness [shall be] as noon-day: 023 ISA 058 011 and your God shall be with you continually, and you shall be satisfied according as your soul desires; and your bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain [from] which the water has not failed. 023 ISA 058 012 And your old waste desert [places] shall be built up, and your foundations shall last through all generations; and you shall be called a repairer of breaches, and you shall cause your paths between to be in peace. 023 ISA 058 013 If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, so as not to do your pleasure on the holy days, and shall call the sabbaths delightful, holy to God; [if] you shall not lift up your foot to work, nor speak a word in anger out of your mouth, 023 ISA 058 014 then shall you trust on the Lord; and he shall bring you up to the good places of the land, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this. 023 ISA 059 001 Has the hand of the Lord no power to save? or has he made his ear heavy, so that he should not hear? 023 ISA 059 002 Nay, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has he turned away [his] face from you, so as not to have mercy [upon you]. 023 ISA 059 003 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with sins; your lips also have spoken iniquity, and your tongue meditates unrighteousness. 023 ISA 059 004 None speaks justly, neither is there true judgment: they trust in vanities, and speak empty [words]; for they conceive trouble, and bring forth iniquity. 023 ISA 059 005 They have hatched asps' eggs, and weave a spider's web: and he that is going to eat of their eggs, having crushed an addled egg, has found also in it a basilisk. 023 ISA 059 006 Their web shall not become a garment, nor shall they at all clothe themselves with their works; for their works are works of iniquity. 023 ISA 059 007 And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways; 023 ISA 059 008 and the way of peace they know not, neither is there judgment in their ways; for their paths by which they go are crooked, and they know not peace. 023 ISA 059 009 Therefore has judgment departed from them, and righteousness shall not overtake them: while they waited for light, darkness came upon them; while they waited for brightness, they walked in perplexity. 023 ISA 059 010 They shall feel for the wall as blind [men], and shall feel [for it] as if they had no eyes: and they shall feel at noon-day as at midnight; they shall groan as dying men. 023 ISA 059 011 They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone far from us. 023 ISA 059 012 For our iniquity is great before you, and our sins have risen up against us: for our iniquities are in us, and we know our unrighteous deeds. 023 ISA 059 013 We have sinned, and dealt falsely, and revolted from our God: we have spoken unrighteous words, and have been disobedient; we have conceived and uttered from our heart unrighteous words. 023 ISA 059 014 And we have turned judgment back, and righteousness has departed afar off: for truth is consumed in their ways, and they could not pass by a straight [path]. 023 ISA 059 015 And truth has been taken away, and they have turned aside [their] mind from understanding. And the Lord saw it, and it pleased him not that there was no judgment. 023 ISA 059 016 And he looked, and there was no man, and he observed, and there was none to help: so he defended them with his arm, and established [them] with [his] mercy. 023 ISA 059 017 And he put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and placed the helmet of salvation on his head; and he clothed himself with the garment of vengeance, and with his cloak, 023 ISA 059 018 as one about to render a recompence, [even] reproach to his adversaries. 023 ISA 059 019 So shall they of the west fear the name of the Lord, and they [that come] from the rising of the sun his glorious name: for the wrath of the Lord shall come as a mighty river, it shall come with fury. 023 ISA 059 020 And the deliverer shall come for Sion's sake, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. 023 ISA 059 021 And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord; My Spirit which is upon you, and the words which I have put in your mouth, shall never fail from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your seed, for the Lord has spoken it, henceforth and for ever. 023 ISA 060 001 Be enlightened, be enlightened, O Jerusalem, for your light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. 023 ISA 060 002 Behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and [there shall be] gross darkness on the nations: but the Lord shall appear upon you, and his glory shall be seen upon you. 023 ISA 060 003 And kings shall walk in your light, and nations in your brightness. 023 ISA 060 004 Lift up your eyes round about, and behold your children gathered: all your sons have come from far, and your daughters shall be borne on [men's] shoulders. 023 ISA 060 005 Then shall you see, and fear, and be amazed in your heart; for the wealth of the sea shall come round to you, and of nations and peoples; and herds of camels shall come to you, 023 ISA 060 006 and the camels of Madiam and Gaepha shall cover you: all from Saba shall come bearing gold, and shall bring frankincense, and they shall publish the salvation of the Lord. 023 ISA 060 007 And all the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered, and the rams of Nabaeoth shall come; and acceptable sacrifices shall be offered on my altar, and my house of prayer shall be glorified. 023 ISA 060 008 Who are these [that] fly as clouds, and as doves with young ones to me? 023 ISA 060 009 The isles have waited for me, and the ships of Tharsis among the first, to bring your children from afar, and their silver and their gold with them, and [that] for the sake of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorified. 023 ISA 060 010 And strangers shall build your walls, and their kings shall wait upon you: for by reason of my wrath I struck you, and by reason of mercy I loved you. 023 ISA 060 011 And your gates shall be opened continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; to bring in to you the power of the Gentiles, and their kings as captives. 023 ISA 060 012 For the nations and the kings which will not serve you shall perish; and those nations shall be made utterly desolate. 023 ISA 060 013 And the glory of Libanus shall come to you, with the cypress, and pine, and cedar together, to glorify my holy place. 023 ISA 060 014 And the sons of them that afflicted you, and of them that provoked you, shall come to you in fear; and you shall be called Sion, the city of the Holy One of Israel. 023 ISA 060 015 Because you has become desolate and hated, and there was no helper, therefore I will make you a perpetual gladness, a joy of many generations. 023 ISA 060 016 And you shall suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shall eat the wealth of kings: and shall know that I am the Lord that saves you and delivers you, the Holy One of Israel. 023 ISA 060 017 And for brass I will bring you gold, and for iron I will bring you silver, and instead of wood I will bring you brass, and instead of stones, iron; and I will make your princes peaceful, and your overseers righteous. 023 ISA 060 018 And injustice shall no more be heard in your land, nor destruction nor misery in your coasts; but your walls shall be called Salvation, and your gates Sculptured Work. 023 ISA 060 019 And you shall no more have the sun for a light by day, nor shall the rising of the moon lighten your night; but the Lord shall be your everlasting light, and God your glory. 023 ISA 060 020 For the sun shall no more set, nor shall the moon be eclipsed; for the Lord shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be completed. 023 ISA 060 021 Your people also shall be all righteous; they shall inherit the land for ever, preserving that which they have planted, [even] the works of their hands, for glory. 023 ISA 060 022 The little one shall become thousands, and the least a great nation; I the Lord will gather them in [due] time. 023 ISA 061 001 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind; 023 ISA 061 002 to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompence; to comfort all that mourn; 023 ISA 061 003 that there should be given to them that mourn in Sion glory instead of ashes, the oil of joy to the mourners, the garment of glory for the spirit of heaviness: and they shall be called generations of righteousness, the planting of the Lord for glory. 023 ISA 061 004 And they shall build the old waste places, they shall raise up those that were before made desolate, and shall renew the desert cities, [even] those that had been desolate for [many] generations. 023 ISA 061 005 And strangers shall come and feed your flocks, and aliens [shall be your] plowmen and vine-dressers. 023 ISA 061 006 But you shall be called priests of the Lord, the ministers of God: you shall eat the strength of nations, and shall be admired because of their wealth. 023 ISA 061 007 Thus shall they inherit the land a second time, and everlasting joy shall be upon their head. 023 ISA 061 008 For I am the Lord who love righteousness, and hate robberies of injustice; and I will give their labor to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them. 023 ISA 061 009 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring in the midst of peoples: every one that sees them shall take notice of them, that they are a seed blessed of God; 023 ISA 061 010 and they shall greatly rejoice in the Lord. Let my soul rejoice in the Lord; for he has clothed me with the robe of salvation, and the garment of joy: he has put a mitre on me as on a bridegroom, and adorned me with ornaments as a bride. 023 ISA 061 011 And as the earth putting forth her flowers, and as a garden its seed; so shall the Lord, [even] the Lord, cause righteousness to spring forth, and exultation before all nations. 023 ISA 062 001 For Sion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as light, and my salvation burn as a torch. 023 ISA 062 002 And the Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and kings your glory: and one shall call you [by] a new name, which the Lord shall name. 023 ISA 062 003 And you shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. 023 ISA 062 004 And you shall no more be called Forsaken; and your land shall no more be called Desert: for you shall be called My Pleasure, and your land Inhabited: for the Lord has taken pleasure in you, and your land shall be inhabited. 023 ISA 062 005 And as a young man lives with a virgin, so shall your sons dwell in [you]: and it shall come to pass [that] as a bridegroom will rejoice over a bride, so will the Lord rejoice over you. 023 ISA 062 006 And on your walls, O Jerusalem, have I set watchmen all day and all night, who shall never cease making mention of the Lord. 023 ISA 062 007 For there is none like you, when he shall have established, and made Jerusalem a praise on the earth. 023 ISA 062 008 For the Lord has sworn by his glory, and by the might of his arm, I will no more give your corn and your provisions to your enemies; nor shall strangers any more drink your wine, for which you has laboured. 023 ISA 062 009 But they that have gathered them shall eat them, and they shall praise the Lord; and they that have gathered [the grapes] shall drink thereof in my holy courts. 023 ISA 062 010 Go through my gates, and make a way for my people; and cast the stones out of the way; lift up a standard for the Gentiles. 023 ISA 062 011 For behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth, say you to the daughter of Sion, Behold, your Saviour has come to you, having his reward and his work before his face. 023 ISA 062 012 And one shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord: and you shall be called a city sought out, and not forsaken. 023 ISA 063 001 Who is this that is come from Edom, [with] red garments from Bosor? thus fair in his apparel, with mighty strength? I speak of righteousness and saving judgment. 023 ISA 063 002 Therefore are your garments red, and your raiment as [if fresh] from a trodden winepress? 023 ISA 063 003 I am full of trodden [grape], and of the nations there is not a man with me; and I trampled them in my fury, and dashed them to pieces as earth, and brought down their blood to the earth. 023 ISA 063 004 For the day of recompence has come upon them, and the year of redemption is at hand. 023 ISA 063 005 And I looked, and there was no helper; and I observed, and none upheld: therefore my arm delivered them, and mine anger drew near. 023 ISA 063 006 And I trampled them in mine anger, and brought down their blood to the earth. 023 ISA 063 007 I remembered the mercy of the Lord, the praises of the Lord in all things wherein he recompenses us. The Lord is a good judge to the house of Israel; he deals with us according to his mercy, and according to the abundance of his righteousness. 023 ISA 063 008 And he said, Is it not my people? the children surely will not be rebellious: and he became to them deliverance 023 ISA 063 009 out of all their affliction: not an ambassador, nor a messenger, but himself saved them, because he loved them and spared them: he himself redeemed them, and took them up, and lifted them up all the days of old. 023 ISA 063 010 But they disobeyed, and provoked his Holy Spirit: so he turned to be an enemy, he himself contended against them. 023 ISA 063 011 Then he remembered the ancient days, [saying], Where is he that brought up from the sea the shepherd of the sheep? where is he that put his Holy Spirit in them? 023 ISA 063 012 who led Moses with his right hand, the arm of his glory? he forced the water [to separate] from before him, to make himself an everlasting name. 023 ISA 063 013 He led them through the deep, as a horse through the wilderness, and they fainted not, 023 ISA 063 014 and as cattle through a plain: the Spirit came down from the Lord, and guided them: thus you led your people, to make yourself a glorious name. 023 ISA 063 015 Turn from heaven, and look from your holy habitation and [from] your glory: where is your zeal and your strength? where is the abundance of your mercy and of your compassions, that you have withholden yourself from us? 023 ISA 063 016 For you are our Father; for [though] Abraham knew us not, and Israel did not acknowledge us, yet do you, O Lord, our Father, deliver us: your name has been upon us from the beginning. 023 ISA 063 017 Why have you caused us to err, O Lord, from your way? [and] has hardened our hearts, that we should not fear you? Return for your servants' sake, for the sake of the tribes of your inheritance, 023 ISA 063 018 that we may inherit a small part of your holy mountain. 023 ISA 063 019 We are become as at the beginning, when you did not rule over us, and your name was not called upon us. 023 ISA 064 001 If you would open the heaven, trembling will take hold upon the mountains from you, and they shall melt, 023 ISA 064 002 as wax melts before the fire; and fire shall burn up the enemies, and your name shall be manifest among the adversaries: at your presence the nations shall be troubled, 023 ISA 064 003 whenever you shall work gloriously; trembling from you shall take hold upon the mountains. 023 ISA 064 004 From of old we have not heard, neither have our eyes seen a God beside you, and your works which you will perform to them that wait for mercy. 023 ISA 064 005 For [these blessings] shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember your ways: behold, you were angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred, 023 ISA 064 006 and we are all become as unclean, and all our righteousness as a filthy rag: and we have fallen as leaves because of our iniquities; thus the wind shall carry us [away]. 023 ISA 064 007 And there is none that calls upon your name, or that remembers to take hold on you: for you have turned your face away from us, and have delivered us up because of our sins. 023 ISA 064 008 And now, O Lord, you are our Father, and we are clay, all [of us] the work of your hands. 023 ISA 064 009 Be not very angry with us, and remember not our sins for ever; but now look on [us], for we are all your people. 023 ISA 064 010 The city of your holiness has become desolate, Sion has become as a wilderness, Jerusalem a curse. 023 ISA 064 011 The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burnt with fire: and all our glorious things have gone to ruin. 023 ISA 064 012 And for all these things you, O Lord, has withholden, yourself, and been silent, and have brought us very low. 023 ISA 065 001 I became manifest to them that asked not for me; I was found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold, I am [here], to a nation, who called not on my name. 023 ISA 065 002 I have stretched forth my hands all day to a disobedient and gainsaying people, to them that walked in a way that was not good, but after their sins. 023 ISA 065 003 This is the people that provokes me continually in my presence; they offer sacrifices in gardens, and burn incense on bricks to devils, which exist not. 023 ISA 065 004 They lie down to sleep in the tombs and in the caves for the sake of dreams, [even] they that eat swine's flesh, and the broth of [their] sacrifices: all their vessels are defiled: 023 ISA 065 005 who say, Depart from me, draw not near to me, for I am pure. This is the smoke of my wrath, a fire burns with it continually. 023 ISA 065 006 Behold, it is written before me: I will not be silent until I have recompensed into their bosom, 023 ISA 065 007 their sins and [the sins] of their fathers, says the Lord, who have burnt incense on the mountains, and reproached me on the hills: I will recompense their works into their bosom. 023 ISA 065 008 Thus says the Lord, As a grape-stone shall be found in the cluster, and they shall say, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for the sake of him that serves me, for his sake I will not destroy [them] all. 023 ISA 065 009 And I will lead forth the seed [that came] of Jacob and of Juda, and they shall inherit my holy mountain: and mine elect and my servants shall inherit it, and shall dwell there. 023 ISA 065 010 And there shall be in the forest folds of flocks, and the valley of Achor [shall] be for a resting-place of herds for my people, who have sought me. 023 ISA 065 011 But you are they that have left me, and forget my holy mountain, and prepare a table for the devil, and fill up the drink-offering to Fortune. 023 ISA 065 012 I will deliver you up to the sword, you shall all fall by slaughter: for I called you, and you listened not; I spoke, and you refused to hear; and you did evil in my sight, and chose the things wherein I delighted not. 023 ISA 065 013 Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall hunger: behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall thirst: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed: 023 ISA 065 014 behold, my servants shall exult with joy, but you shall cry for the sorrow of your heart, and shall howl for the vexation of your spirit. 023 ISA 065 015 For you shall leave your name for a loathing to my chosen, and the Lord shall destroy you: but my servants shall be called by a new name, 023 ISA 065 016 which shall be blessed on the earth; for they shall bless the true God: and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for they shall forget the former affliction, it shall not come into their mind. 023 ISA 065 017 For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth: and they shall not at all remember the former, neither shall they at all come into their mind. 023 ISA 065 018 But they shall find in her joy and exultation; for, behold, I make Jerusalem a rejoicing, and my people a joy. 023 ISA 065 019 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and will be glad in my people: and there shall no more be heard in her the voice of weeping, or the voice of crying. 023 ISA 065 020 Neither shall there be there any more a [child that dies] untimely, or an old man who shall not complete his time: for the youth shall be a hundred years [old], and the sinner who dies at a hundred years shall also be accursed: 023 ISA 065 021 and they shall build houses, and themselves shall dwell in [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and themselves shall eat the fruit thereof. 023 ISA 065 022 They shall by no means build, and others inhabit; and they shall by no means plant, and others eat: for as the days of the tree of life shall be the days of my people, they shall long enjoy the fruits of their labors. 023 ISA 065 023 My chosen shall not toil in vain, neither shall they beget children to be cursed; for they are a seed blessed of God, and their offspring with them. 023 ISA 065 024 And it shall come to pass, [that] before they call, I will listen to them; while they are yet speaking, I will say, What is it? 023 ISA 065 025 Then wolves and lambs shall feed together, and the lion shall eat chaff like the ox, and the serpent earth as bread. They shall not injure nor destroy in my holy mountain, says the Lord. 023 ISA 066 001 Thus says the Lord, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of a house will you build me? and of what kind [is to be] the place of my rest? 023 ISA 066 002 For all these things are mine, says the Lord: and to whom will I have respect, but to the humble and meek, and the [man] that trembles [at] my words? 023 ISA 066 003 But the transgressor that sacrifices a calf to me, is as he that kills a dog; and he that offers fine flour, as [one that offers] swine's blood; he that gives frankincense for a memorial, is as a blasphemer. Yet they have chosen their own ways, and their soul has delighted in their abominations. 023 ISA 066 004 I also will choose their mockeries, and will recompense their sins upon them; because I called them, and they did not listen to me; I spoke, and they heard not: and they did evil before me, and chose the things wherein I delighted not. 023 ISA 066 005 Hear the words of the Lord, you that tremble at his word; speak you, our brethren, to them that hate you and abominate you, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may appear their joy; but they shall be ashamed. 023 ISA 066 006 A voice of a cry from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord rendering recompence to [his] adversaries. 023 ISA 066 007 Before she that travailed brought forth, before the travail-pain came on, she escaped [it] and brought forth a male. 023 ISA 066 008 Who has heard such a thing? and who has seen after this manner? Has the earth travailed in one day? or has even a nation been born at once, that Sion has travailed, and brought forth her children? 023 ISA 066 009 But I have raised this expectation, yet you have not remembered me, says the Lord: behold, have not I made the bearing and barren woman? says your God. 023 ISA 066 010 Rejoice, O Jerusalem, and all you that love her hold in her a general assembly: rejoice greatly with her, all that [now] mourn over her: 023 ISA 066 011 that you may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolation; that you may milk out, and delight yourselves with the influx of her glory. 023 ISA 066 012 For thus says the Lord, Behold, I turn toward them as a river of peace, and as a torrent bringing upon them in a flood the glory of the Gentiles: their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and comforted on the knees. 023 ISA 066 013 As if his mother should comfort one, so will I also comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 023 ISA 066 014 And you shall see, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall thrive like grass: and the hand of the Lord shall be known to them that fear him, and he shall threaten the disobedient. 023 ISA 066 015 For, behold, the Lord will come as fire, and his chariots as a storm, to render his vengeance with wrath, and his rebuke with a flame of fire. 023 ISA 066 016 For with the fire of the Lord all the earth shall be judged, and all flesh with his sword: many shall be slain by the Lord. 023 ISA 066 017 They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves in the gardens, and eat swine's flesh in the porches, and the abominations, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, says the Lord. 023 ISA 066 018 And I [know] their works and their imagination. I am going to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. 023 ISA 066 019 And I will leave a sign upon them, and I will send forth them that have escaped of them to the nations, to Tharsis, and Phud, and Lud, and Mosoch, and to Thobel, and to Greece, and to the isles afar off, to those who have not heard my name, nor seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. 023 ISA 066 020 And they shall bring your brethren out of all nations for a gift to the Lord with horses, and chariots, in litters [drawn by] mules with awnings, to the holy city Jerusalem, said the Lord, as though the children of Israel should bring their sacrifices to me with psalms into the house of the Lord. 023 ISA 066 021 And I will take of them priests and Levites, says the Lord. 023 ISA 066 022 For as the new heaven and the new earth, which I make, remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your seed and your name continue. 023 ISA 066 023 And it shall come to pass from month to month, and from sabbath to sabbath, [that] all flesh shall come to worship before me in Jerusalem, says the Lord. 023 ISA 066 024 And they shall go forth, and see the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched; and they shall be a spectacle to all flesh. # # BOOK 024 JER Jeremiah Jeremias 024 JER 001 001 The word of God which came to Jeremias the [son] of Chelcias, of the priests, who lived in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: 024 JER 001 002 [accordingly] as the word of God came to him in the days of Josias son of Amos king of Juda, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 024 JER 001 003 And it was in the days of Joakim, son of Josias king of Juda, until the eleventh year of Sedekias king of Juda, [even] until the captivity of Jerusalem in the fifth month. 024 JER 001 004 And the word of the Lord came to him, [saying], 024 JER 001 005 Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you; and before you came forth from the womb, I sanctified you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations. 024 JER 001 006 And I said, O Lord, you that are supreme Lord, behold, I know not [how] to speak, for I am a child. 024 JER 001 007 And the Lord said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all to whoever I shall send you, and according to all [the words] that I shall command you, you shall speak. 024 JER 001 008 Be not afraid before them: for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord. 024 JER 001 009 And the Lord stretched forth his hand to me, and touched my mouth: and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put my words into your mouth. 024 JER 001 010 Behold, I have appointed you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to rebuild, and to plant. 024 JER 001 011 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, What see you? And I said, A rod of an almond tree. 024 JER 001 012 And the Lord said to me, You have well seen: for I have watched over my words to perform them. 024 JER 001 013 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What see you? And I said, A caldron on the fire; and the face of it is toward the north. 024 JER 001 014 And the Lord said to me, From the north shall flame forth evils upon all the inhabitants of the land. 024 JER 001 015 For, behold, I call together all the kingdoms of the earth from the north, says the Lord; and they shall come, and shall set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls round about her, and against all the cities of Juda. 024 JER 001 016 And I will speak to them in judgment, concerning all their iniquity, [forasmuch] as they have forsaken me, and sacrificed to strange gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. 024 JER 001 017 And do you gird up your loins, and stand up, and speak all [the words] that I shall command you: be not afraid of their face, neither be you alarmed before them; for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord. 024 JER 001 018 Behold, I have made you this day as a strong city, and as a brazen wall, strong [against] all the kings of Juda, and the princes thereof, and the people of the land. 024 JER 001 019 And they shall fight against you; but they shall by no means prevail against you; because I am with you, to deliver you, says the Lord. 024 JER 002 001 And he said, Thus says the Lord, 024 JER 002 002 I remember the kindness of your youth, and the love of your espousals, 024 JER 002 003 in following the Holy One of Israel, says the Lord, Israel was the holy [people] to the Lord, [and] the first fruits of his increase: all that devoured him shall offend; evils shall come upon them, says the Lord. 024 JER 002 004 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and every family of the house of Israel. 024 JER 002 005 Thus says the Lord, What trespass have your fathers found in me, that they have revolted far from me, and gone after vanities, and become vain? 024 JER 002 006 And they said not, Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who guided us in the wilderness, in an untried and trackless land, in a land which no man at all went through, and no man lived there? 024 JER 002 007 And I brought you to Carmel, that you should eat the fruits thereof, and the good thereof; and you went in, and defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. 024 JER 002 008 The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that held by the law knew me not: the shepherds also sinned against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after that which profited not. 024 JER 002 009 Therefore I will yet plead with you, and will plead with your children's children. 024 JER 002 010 For go to the isles of the Chettians, and se; and send to Kedar, and observe accurately, and see if such things have been done; 024 JER 002 011 if the nations will change their gods, though they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory, [for that] from which they shall not be profited. 024 JER 002 012 The heaven is amazed at this, and is very exceedingly horror-struck, says the Lord. 024 JER 002 013 For my people has committed two [faults], and evil ones: they have forsaken me, the fountain of water of life, and hewn out for themselves broken cisterns, which will not be able to hold water. 024 JER 002 014 Is Israel a servant, or a home-born slave? why has he become a spoil? 024 JER 002 015 The lions roared upon him, and uttered their voice, which have made his land a wilderness: and his cities are broken down, that they should not be inhabited. 024 JER 002 016 Also the children of Memphis and Taphnas have known you, and mocked you. 024 JER 002 017 Has not your forsaking me brought these things upon you? says the Lord your God. 024 JER 002 018 And now what have you to do with the way of Egypt, to drink the water of Geon? and what have you to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of rivers? 024 JER 002 019 Your apostasy shall correct you, and your wickedness shall reprove you: know then, and see, that your forsaking me [has been] bitter to you, says the Lord your God; and I have taken no pleasure in you, says the Lord your God. 024 JER 002 020 For of old you have broken your yoke, and plucked asunder your bands; and you has said, I will not serve you, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication. 024 JER 002 021 Yet I planted you a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how are you a strange vine turned to bitterness! 024 JER 002 022 Though you should wash yourself with nitre, and multiply to yourself soap, [still] you are stained by your iniquities before me, says the Lord. 024 JER 002 023 How will you say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? behold your ways in the burial-ground, and know what you have done: her voice has howled in the evening: 024 JER 002 024 she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up [to them], who will turn her back? none that seek her shall be weary; at [the time of] her humiliation they shall find her. 024 JER 002 025 Withdraw your foot from a rough way, and your throat from thirst: but she said I will strengthen myself: for she loved strangers, and went after them. 024 JER 002 026 As is the shame of a thief when he is caught, so shall the children of Israel be ashamed; they, and their kings, and their princes, and their priests, and their prophets. 024 JER 002 027 They said to a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You has begotten me: and they have turned [their] backs to me, and not their faces: yet in the time of their afflictions they will say, Arise, and save us. 024 JER 002 028 And where are your gods, which you made for yourself? will they arise and save in the time of your affliction? for according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem they sacrificed to Baal. 024 JER 002 029 Therefore do you speak to me? you all have been ungodly, and you all have transgressed against me, says the Lord. 024 JER 002 030 In vain have I struck your children; you have not received correction: a sword has devoured your prophets as a destroying lion; yet you feared not. 024 JER 002 031 Hear you the word of the Lord: thus says the Lord, Have I been a wilderness or a dry land to Israel? therefore has my people said, We will not be ruled over, and will not come to you any more? 024 JER 002 032 Will a bride forget her ornaments, or a virgin her girdle? but my people has forgotten me days without number. 024 JER 002 033 What fair device will you yet employ in your ways, so as to seek love? [it shall] not [be] so; moreover you has done wickedly in corrupting your ways; 024 JER 002 034 and in your hands has been found the blood of innocent souls; I have not found them in holes, but on every oak. 024 JER 002 035 Yet you said, I am innocent: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I [will] plead with you, whereas you say, I have not sinned. 024 JER 002 036 For you has been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat your ways; but you shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assur. 024 JER 002 037 For you shall go forth thence also with your hands upon your head; for the Lord has rejected your hope, and you shall not prosper in it. 024 JER 003 001 If a man put away his wife, and she depart from him, and become another man's, shall she return to him any more at all? shall not that woman be utterly defiled? you you have gone a-whoring with many shepherds, and have returned to me, says the Lord. 024 JER 003 002 Lift up your eyes [to look] straight forward, and see where you have not been utterly defiled. You have sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and have defiled the land with your fornications and your wickedness. 024 JER 003 003 And you did retain many shepherds for a stumbling block to yourself: you had a whore's face, you did become shameless toward all. 024 JER 003 004 Hast you not called me as it were a home, and the father and guide of your virgin-time? 024 JER 003 005 Will [God's anger] continue for ever, or be preserved to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done these bad things, and had power [to do them]. 024 JER 003 006 And the Lord said to me in the days of Josias the king, Hast you seen what things the house of Israel has done to me? they have gone on every high mountain, and under every shady tree, and have committed fornication there. 024 JER 003 007 And I said after she had committed all these acts of fornication, Turn again to me. Yet she returned not. And faithless Juda saw her faithlessness. 024 JER 003 008 And I saw that (for all the sins of which she was convicted, wherein the house of Israel committed adultery, and I put her away, and gave into her hands a bill of divorcement, ) yet faithless Juda feared not, but went and herself also committed fornication. 024 JER 003 009 And her fornication was nothing accounted of; and she committed adultery with wood and stone. 024 JER 003 010 And for all these things faithless Juda turned not to me with all her heart, but falsely. 024 JER 003 011 And the Lord said to me, Israel has justified himself more than faithless Juda. 024 JER 003 012 Go and read these words toward the north, and you shall say, Return to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord; and I will not set my face against you: for I am merciful, says the Lord, and I will not be angry with you for ever. 024 JER 003 013 Nevertheless, know your iniquity, that you have sinned against the Lord your God, and have scattered your ways to strangers under every shady tree, but you did not listen to my voice, says the Lord. 024 JER 003 014 Turn, you children that have revolted, says the Lord; for I will rule over you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you in to Sion: 024 JER 003 015 and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall certainly tend you with knowledge. 024 JER 003 016 And it shall come to pass that when you are multiplied and increased upon the land, says the Lord, in those days they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the Holy One of Israel: it shall not come to mind; it shall not be named; neither shall it be visited; nor shall [this] be done any more. 024 JER 003 017 In those days and at that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered to it: and they shall not walk any more after the imaginations of their evil heart. 024 JER 003 018 In those days the house of Juda, shall come together to the house of Israel, and they shall come, together, from the land of the north, and from all the countries, to the land, which I caused their fathers to inherit. 024 JER 003 019 And I said, So be it, Lord, for [you said] I will set you among children, and will give you a choice land, the inheritance of the Almighty God of the Gentiles: and I said, You shall call me Father; and you shall not turn away from me. 024 JER 003 020 But as a wife acts treacherously against her husband, so has the house of Israel dealt treacherously against me, says the Lord. 024 JER 003 021 A voice from the lips was heard, [even] of weeping and supplication of the children of Israel: for they have dealt unrighteously in their ways, they have forgotten God their Holy One. 024 JER 003 022 Turn, you children that are given to turning, and I will heal your bruises. Behold, we will be your servants; for you are the Lord our God. 024 JER 003 023 Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. 024 JER 003 024 But shame has consumed the labors of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, and their sons and their daughters. 024 JER 003 025 We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us: because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God. 024 JER 004 001 If Israel will return to me, says the Lord, he shall return: and if he will remove his abominations out of his mouth, and fear before me, and swear, 024 JER 004 002 The Lord lives, with truth, in judgment and righteousness, then shall nations bless by him, and by him they shall praise God in Jerusalem. 024 JER 004 003 For thus says the Lord to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Break up fresh ground for yourselves, and sow not among thorns. 024 JER 004 004 Circumcise yourselves to your God, and circumcise your hardness of heart, you men of Juda, and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my wrath go forth as fire, and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your devices. 024 JER 004 005 Declare you in Juda, and let it be heard in Jerusalem: say you, Sound the trumpet in the land; cry you aloud: say you, Gather yourselves together, and let us enter into the fortified cities. 024 JER 004 006 Gather up [your wares] and flee to Sion: hasten, stay not: for I will bring evils from the north, and great destruction. 024 JER 004 007 The lion is gone up from his lair, he has roused [himself] to the destruction of the nations, and has gone forth out of his place, to make the land desolate; and the cities shall be destroyed, so as to be without inhabitant. 024 JER 004 008 For these things gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you. 024 JER 004 009 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be amazed, and the prophets shall wonder. 024 JER 004 010 And I said, O sovereign Lord, verily you have deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, There shall be peace; whereas behold, the sword has reached even to their soul. 024 JER 004 011 At that time they shall say to this people and to Jerusalem, [There is] a spirit of error in the wilderness: the way of the daughter of my people is not to purity, nor to holiness. 024 JER 004 012 [But] a spirit of full vengeance shall come upon me; and now I declare my judgments against them. 024 JER 004 013 Behold, he shall come up as a cloud, and his chariots as a tempest: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are in misery. 024 JER 004 014 Cleanse your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved: how long will your grievous thoughts be within you? 024 JER 004 015 For a voice of one publishing from Dan shall come, and trouble out of mount Ephraim shall be heard of. 024 JER 004 016 Remind you the nations; behold, they are come: proclaim [it] in Jerusalem, that bands are approaching from a land afar off, and have uttered their voice against the cities of Juda. 024 JER 004 017 As keepers of a field, they have surrounded her; because you, says the Lord, has neglected me. 024 JER 004 018 Your ways and your devices have brought these things upon you; this is your wickedness, for [it is] bitter, for it has reached to your heart. 024 JER 004 019 I am pained in my bowels, my bowels, and the sensitive powers of my heart; my soul is in great commotion, my heart is torn: I will not be silent, for my soul has heard the sound of a trumpet, the cry of war, and of distress: it calls on destruction; 024 JER 004 020 for all the land is distressed: suddenly [my] tabernacle is distressed, my curtains have been tore asunder. 024 JER 004 021 How long shall I see fugitives, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 024 JER 004 022 For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but [how] to do good they have not known. 024 JER 004 023 I looked upon the earth, and, behold, [it was] not; and to the sky, an there was no light in it. 024 JER 004 024 I saw the mountains, and they trembled, and [I saw] all the hills in commotion. 024 JER 004 025 I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky were scared. 024 JER 004 026 I saw, and, behold, Carmel was desert, and all the cities were burnt with fire at the presence of the Lord, and at the presence of his fierce anger they were utterly destroyed. 024 JER 004 027 Thus says the Lord, The whole land shall be desolate; but I will not make a full end. 024 JER 004 028 For these things let the earth mourn, and let the sky be dark above: for I have spoken, and I will not repent; I have purposed, and I will not turn back from it. 024 JER 004 029 The whole land has recoiled from the noise of the horseman and the bent bow; they have gone into the caves, and have hidden themselves in the groves, and have gone up upon the rocks: every city was abandoned, no man lived in them. 024 JER 004 030 And what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, and adorn yourself with golden ornaments; though you adorn your eyes with stibium, your beauty [will be] in vain: your lovers have rejected you, they seek your life. 024 JER 004 031 For I have heard your groaning as the voice of a woman in travail, as of her that brings forth her first child; the voice of the daughter of Zion shall fail through weakness, and she shall lose the strength of her hands, [saying], Woe is me! for my soul faints because of the slain. 024 JER 005 001 Run you about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if you can find [one], if there is any one that does judgment, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, says the Lord. 024 JER 005 002 The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely? 024 JER 005 003 O Lord, your eyes are upon faithfulness: you have scourged them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return. 024 JER 005 004 Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgment of God. 024 JER 005 005 I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds. 024 JER 005 006 Therefore has a lion out of the forest struck them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to [their] houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings. 024 JER 005 007 In what [way] shall I forgive you for these things? Your sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses. 024 JER 005 008 They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbor's wife. 024 JER 005 009 Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this. 024 JER 005 010 Go up upon her battlements, and break [them] down; but make not a full end: leave her buttresses: for they are the Lord's. 024 JER 005 011 For the house of Israel have indeed dealt treacherously against me, says the Lord: the house of Juda also 024 JER 005 012 have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine. 024 JER 005 013 Our prophets became wind, and the word of the Lord was not in them. 024 JER 005 014 Therefore thus says the Lord Almighty, Because you have spoken this word, behold, I have made my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. 024 JER 005 015 Behold, I [will] bring upon you a nation from far, O house of Israel, says the Lord; a nation the sound of whose language one shall not understand. 024 JER 005 016 [They are] all mighty men: 024 JER 005 017 and they shall devour your harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig-plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword. 024 JER 005 018 And it shall come to pass in those days, says the Lord your God, that I will not utterly destroy you. 024 JER 005 019 And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Therefore has the Lord our God done all these things to us? that you shall say to them, Because you served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours. 024 JER 005 020 Proclaim these things to the house of Jacob, and let them be heard in the house of Juda. 024 JER 005 021 Hear you now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not: 024 JER 005 022 will you not be afraid of me? says the Lord; and will you not fear before me, who have set the sand for a bound to the sea, [as] a perpetual ordinance, and it shall not pass it: yes, it shall rage, but not prevail; and its waves shall roar, but not pass over it. 024 JER 005 023 But this people has a disobedient and rebellious heart; and they have turned aside and gone back: 024 JER 005 024 and they have not said in their heart, Let us fear now the Lord our God, who gives us the early and latter rain, according to the season of the fulfillment of the ordinance of harvest, and has preserved [it] for us. 024 JER 005 025 Your transgressions have turned away these things, and your sins have removed good things from you. 024 JER 005 026 For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught [them]. 024 JER 005 027 As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich: 024 JER 005 028 and they have transgressed [the rule of] judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow. 024 JER 005 029 Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 024 JER 005 030 Shocking and horrible deeds have been done on the land; 024 JER 005 031 the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved [to have it] thus: and what will you do for the future. 024 JER 006 001 Strengthen yourselves, you children of Benjamin, [to flee] out of the midst of Jerusalem, and sound an alarm with the trumpet in Thecue, and set up a signal over Baethacharma: for evil threatens from the north, and a great destruction is coming. 024 JER 006 002 And [your] pride, O daughter of Sion, shall be taken away. 024 JER 006 003 The shepherds and their flocks shall come to her; and they shall pitch [their] tents against her round about, and shall feed [their flocks] each with his hand. 024 JER 006 004 Prepare yourselves for war against her; rise up, and let us go up against her at noon. Woe to us! for the day has gone down, for the shadows of the day fail. 024 JER 006 005 Rise, and let us go up against her by night, and destroy her foundations. 024 JER 006 006 For thus says the Lord, Hew down her trees, array a numerous force against Jerusalem. O false city; [there is] all oppression in her. 024 JER 006 007 As a cistern cools water, so her wickedness cools her, ungodliness and misery shall be heard in her, [as] continually before her. 024 JER 006 008 You shall be chastened, O Jerusalem, with pain and the scourge, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you a desert land, which shall not be inhabited. 024 JER 006 009 For thus says the Lord, Glean, glean thoroughly as a vine the remnant of Israel: turn back [your hands] as a grape-gatherer to his basket. 024 JER 006 010 To whom shall I speak, and testify, that he may listen? behold, your ears are uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hear: behold, the word of the Lord is become to them a reproach, they will not at all desire it. 024 JER 006 011 And I allowed my wrath to come to full, yet I kept [it] in, and did not utterly destroy them: I will pour it out on the children without, and on the assembly of young men together: for man and woman shall be taken together, the old man with him that is full of days. 024 JER 006 012 And their houses shall be turned to others, [with] their fields and their wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of this land, says the Lord. 024 JER 006 013 For from the least of them even to the greatest they have all committed iniquity; from the priest even to the false prophet they have all wrought falsely. 024 JER 006 014 And they healed the breach of my people [imperfectly], making light [of it], and saying, Peace, peace, and where is peace? 024 JER 006 015 They were ashamed because they failed; yet they were not ashamed as those who are [truly] ashamed, and they knew not their own disgrace: therefore shall they [utterly] fall when they do fall, and in the time of visitation shall they perish, said the Lord. 024 JER 006 016 Thus says the Lord, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths of the Lord; and see what is the good way, and walk in it, and you shall find purification for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [in them]. 024 JER 006 017 I have set watchmen over you, [saying], Hear you the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hear [it]. 024 JER 006 018 Therefore have the nations heard, and they that feed their flocks. 024 JER 006 019 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evils upon this people, [even] the fruit of their rebellions; for they have not heeded my words, and they have rejected my law. 024 JER 006 020 Therefore do you bring me frankincense from Saba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me. 024 JER 006 021 Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] bring weakness upon this people, and the fathers and sons shall be weak together; the neighbor and his friend shall perish. 024 JER 006 022 Thus says the Lord, Behold, a people comes from the north, and nations shall be stirred up from the end of the earth. 024 JER 006 023 They shall lay hold on bow and spear; [the people] is fierce, and will have no mercy; their voice is as the roaring sea; they shall array themselves for war against you as fire on horses and chariots, O daughter of Sion. 024 JER 006 024 We have heard the report of them: our hands are weakened: anguish has seized us, the pangs as of a woman in travail. 024 JER 006 025 Go not forth into the field, and walk not in the ways; for the sword of the enemy lingers round about. 024 JER 006 026 O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth: sprinkle [yourself] with ashes; make for yourself pitiable lamentation, [as] the mourning for a beloved [son]: for misery will come suddenly upon you. 024 JER 006 027 I have caused you to be tried among tried nations, and you shall know me when I have tried their way. 024 JER 006 028 [They are] all disobedient, walking perversely: [they are] brass and iron; they are all corrupted. 024 JER 006 029 The bellows have failed from the fire, the lead has failed: the silversmith works at his trade in vain; their wickedness is not consumed. 024 JER 006 030 Call you them reprobate silver, because the Lord has rejected them. 024 JER 007 002 Hear you the word of the Lord, all Judea. 024 JER 007 003 Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Correct your ways and your devices, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. 024 JER 007 004 Trust not in yourselves with lying words, for they shall not profit you at all, saying, It is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord. 024 JER 007 005 For if you thoroughly correct your ways and your practices, and do indeed execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; 024 JER 007 006 and oppress not the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, and go not after strange gods to your hurt: 024 JER 007 007 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land which I gave to your fathers of old and for ever. 024 JER 007 008 But whereas you have trusted in lying words, whereby you shall not be profited; 024 JER 007 009 and you murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom you know not, 024 JER 007 010 so that it is evil with you; yet have you come, and stood before me in the house, whereon my name is called, and you have said, We have refrained from doing all these abominations. 024 JER 007 011 Is my house, whereon my name is called, a den of robbers in your eyes? And, behold, I have seen [it], says the Lord. 024 JER 007 012 For go you to my place with is in Selo, where I caused my name to dwell before, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel. 024 JER 007 013 And now, because you have done all these deeds, and I spoke to you, but you listened not to me; and I called you, but you answered not; 024 JER 007 014 therefore I also will do to the house whereon my name is called, wherein you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Selo. 024 JER 007 015 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast away your brethren, all the seed of Ephraim. 024 JER 007 016 Therefore pray not you for this people, and intercede not for them to be pitied, yes, pray not, and approach me not for them: for I will not listen [to you]. 024 JER 007 017 Seest you not what they do in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem? 024 JER 007 018 Their children gather wood, and their fathers kindle a fire, and their women knead dough, to make cakes to the host of heaven; and they have poured out drink-offerings to strange gods, that they might provoke me to anger. 024 JER 007 019 Do they provoke me to anger? says the Lord: do they not [provoke] themselves, that their faces may be ashamed? 024 JER 007 020 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, my anger and wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon every tree of their field, and upon the fruits of the land; and it shall burn, and not be quenched. 024 JER 007 021 Thus says the Lord, Gather your whole burnt offerings with your meat-offerings, and eat flesh. 024 JER 007 022 For I spoke not to your fathers, and commanded them not in the day wherein I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, concerning whole burnt offerings and sacrifice: 024 JER 007 023 but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hear you my voice, and I will be to you a God, and you shall be to me a people: and walk you in all my ways which I shall command you, that it may be well with you. 024 JER 007 024 But they listened not to me, and their ear gave no heed, but they walked in the imaginations of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward; 024 JER 007 025 from the day that their fathers went forth out of the land of Egypt, even until this day. And I sent to you all my servants, the prophets, by day and early in the morning: yes, I sent [them], 024 JER 007 026 but they listened not to me, and their ear gave no heed; and they made their neck harder than their fathers. 024 JER 007 027 Therefore you shall speak this word to them; 024 JER 007 028 This is the nation which has not listened to the voice of the Lord, nor received correction: truth has failed from their mouth. 024 JER 007 029 Cut off your hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on your lips; for the Lord has reprobated and rejected the generation that does these things. 024 JER 007 030 For the children of Juda have wrought evil before me, says the Lord; they have set their abominations in the house on which my name is called, to defile it. 024 JER 007 031 And they have built the altar of Taphes, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons and their daughters with fire; which I did not command them [to do], neither did I design it in my heart. 024 JER 007 032 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, The altar of Taphes, and the valley of the son of Ennom, but, The valley of the slain; and they shall bury in Taphes, for lack of room. 024 JER 007 033 And the dead bodies of this people shall be for food to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to drive [them] away. 024 JER 007 034 And I will destroy out of the cities of Juda, and the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of them that make merry, and the voice of them that rejoice, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride; for the whole land shall become a desolation. 024 JER 008 001 At that time, says the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Juda, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves; 024 JER 008 002 and they shall spread them out to the sun, and the moon, and to all the stars, and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and to which they have held, and which they have worshipped; they shall not be mourned for, neither shall they be buried; but they shall be for an example on the face of the earth, 024 JER 008 003 because they chose death rather than life, even to all the remnant that are left of that family, in every place whither I shall drive them out. 024 JER 008 004 For thus says the Lord, Shall not he that falls arise? or he that turns away, shall he not turn back again? 024 JER 008 005 Therefore has this my people turned away with a shameless revolting, and strengthened themselves in their willfulness, and refused to return? 024 JER 008 006 Listen, I pray you, and hear: will they not speak thus, There is no man that repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? the runner has failed from his course, as a tired horse in his neighing. 024 JER 008 007 Yes, the stork in the heaven knows her time, [also] the turtle-dove and wild swallow; the sparrows observe the times of their coming in; but this my people knows not the judgments of the Lord. 024 JER 008 008 How will you say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribes used a false pen. 024 JER 008 009 The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; what wisdom is there in them? 024 JER 008 010 Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to [new] inheritors; and they shall gather their fruits, says the Lord. 024 JER 008 013 There are no grapes on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig-trees, and the leaves have fallen off. 024 JER 008 014 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the strong cities, and let us be cast out there: for God has cast us out, and made us drink water of gall, because we have sinned before him. 024 JER 008 015 We assembled for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, but behold anxiety. 024 JER 008 016 We shall hear the neighing of his swift horses out of Dan: the whole land quaked at the sound of the neighing of his horses; and he shall come, and devour the land and the fullness of it; the city, and them that dwell in it. 024 JER 008 017 For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which can’t be charmed, and they shall bite you 024 JER 008 018 mortally with the pain of your distressed heart. 024 JER 008 019 Behold, [there is] a sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off: Is not the Lord in Sion? is there not a king there? because they have provoked me with their graven [images], and with strange vanities. 024 JER 008 020 The summer is gone, the harvest is past, and we are not saved. 024 JER 008 021 For the breach of the daughter of my people I have been saddened: in my perplexity pangs have seized upon me as of a woman in travail. 024 JER 008 022 And is there no balm in Galaad, or is there no physician there? why has not the healing of the daughter of my people taken place? 024 JER 009 001 Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? then would I weep for this my people day and night, [even] for the slain of the daughter of my people. 024 JER 009 002 Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, an assembly of treacherous men. 024 JER 009 003 And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, says the Lord. 024 JER 009 004 Beware you each of his neighbor, and trust you not in your brethren: for every one will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily. 024 JER 009 005 Every one will mock his friend; they will not speak truth: their tongue has learned to speak falsehoods; they have committed iniquity, they ceased not, so as to return. 024 JER 009 006 [There is] usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, says the Lord. 024 JER 009 007 Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do [thus] because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people. 024 JER 009 008 Their tongue is a wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: [one] speaks peaceably to his neighbor, but in himself retains enmity. 024 JER 009 009 Shall I not visit for these things? says the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a people as this? 024 JER 009 010 Take up a lamentation for the mountains, and a mournful dirge for the paths of the wilderness, for they are desolate for lack of men; they heard not the sound of life from the birds of the sky, nor the cattle: they were amazed, they are gone. 024 JER 009 011 And I will remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling-place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Juda, so that they shall not be inhabited. 024 JER 009 012 Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? and he that has the word of the mouth of the Lord [addressed] to him, let him tell you therefore the land has been destroyed, has been ravaged by fire like a desert, so that no one passes through it. 024 JER 009 013 And the Lord said to me, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not listened to my voice; 024 JER 009 014 but went after the lusts of their evil heart, and after the idols which their fathers taught them [to worship]: 024 JER 009 015 therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them with trouble and will cause them to drink water of gall: 024 JER 009 016 and I will scatter them among the nations, to them whom neither they nor their fathers knew; and I will send a sword upon them, until I have consumed them with it. 024 JER 009 017 Thus says the Lord, Call you the mourning women, and let them come; and send to the wise women, and let them utter their voice; 024 JER 009 018 and let them take up a lamentation for you, and let your eyes pour down tears, and your eyelids drop water. 024 JER 009 019 For a voice of lamentation has been heard in Sion, How are we become wretched! we are greatly ashamed, for we have forsaken the land, and have abandoned our tabernacles! 024 JER 009 020 Hear now, you women, the word of God, and let your ears receive the words of his mouth, and teach your daughters lamentation, and [every] woman her neighbor a dirge. 024 JER 009 021 For death has come up through your windows, it has entered into our land, to destroy the infants without, and the young men from the streets. 024 JER 009 022 And the carcases of the men shall be for an example on the face of the field of your land, like grass after the mower, and there shall be none to gather [them]. 024 JER 009 023 Thus says the Lord, Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth; 024 JER 009 024 but let him that boasts boast in this, the understanding and knowing that I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and righteousness, upon the earth; for in these things is my pleasure, says the Lord. 024 JER 009 025 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will visit upon all the circumcised their uncircumcision; 024 JER 009 026 on Egypt, and on Idumea, and on Edom, and on the children of Ammon, and on the children of Moab, and on every one that shaves his face round about, [even] them that dwell in the wilderness; for all the Gentiles are uncircumcised in flesh, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised [in] their hearts. 024 JER 010 001 Hear you the word of the Lord, which he has spoken to you, O house of Israel. 024 JER 010 002 Thus says the Lord, Learn you not the ways of the heathen, and be not alarmed at the signs of the sky; for they are alarmed at them, [falling] on their faces. 024 JER 010 003 For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image. 024 JER 010 004 [They are] beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails; 024 JER 010 005 they will set them up that they may not move; it is wrought silver, they will not walk, it is forged silver They must certainly be borne, for they can’t ride [of themselves]. Fear them not; for they can’t do any evil, and there is no good in them. 024 JER 010 011 Thus shall you say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and earth perish from off the earth, and from under this sky. 024 JER 010 012 It is the Lord that made the earth by his strength, who set up the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the sky, 024 JER 010 013 and set abundance of waters in the sky, and brought up clouds from the ends of the earth; he made lightnings for the rain, and brought forth light out of his treasures. 024 JER 010 014 Every man is deprived of knowledge, every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images; for he has cast false gods, there is no breath in them. 024 JER 010 015 They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 024 JER 010 016 Such is not the portion of Jacob; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name. 024 JER 010 017 He has gathered your substance from without the lodged in choice [vessels]. 024 JER 010 018 For thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] overthrow the inhabitants of this land with affliction, that your plague may be discovered. 024 JER 010 019 Alas for your ruin! your plague is grievous: and I said, Surely this is your wound, and it has overtaken you. 024 JER 010 020 Your tabernacle is in a ruinous state, it has perished; and all your curtains have been torn asunder: my children and my cattle are no more: there is no more any place for my tabernacle, [nor] place for my curtains. 024 JER 010 021 For the shepherds have become foolish, and have not sought the Lord; therefore the whole pasture has failed, and [the sheep] have been scattered. 024 JER 010 022 Behold, there comes a sound of a noise, and a great earthquake from the land of the north, to make the cities of Juda a desolation, and a resting-place for ostriches. 024 JER 010 023 I know, O Lord, that man's way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct his going. 024 JER 010 024 Chasten us, O Lord, but with judgment; and not in wrath, lest you make us few. 024 JER 010 025 Pour out your wrath upon the nations that have not known you, and upon the families that have not called upon your name: for they have devoured Jacob, and consumed him, and have made his pasture desolate. 024 JER 011 001 The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord, saying, 024 JER 011 002 Hear you the words of this covenant, and you shall speak to the men of Juda, and to the dwellers in Jerusalem; 024 JER 011 003 and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Cursed is the man, who shall not listen to the words of this covenant, 024 JER 011 004 which I commanded your fathers, in the day wherein I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Listen to my voice, and do all things that I shall command you; so shall you be to me a people, and I will be to you a God; 024 JER 011 005 that I may confirm mine oath, which I sware to your fathers, to give them a land flowing [with] milk and honey, as [it is] this day. Then I answered and said, So be it, O Lord. 024 JER 011 006 And the Lord said to me, Read these words in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them. 024 JER 011 008 But they did [them] not. 024 JER 011 009 And the Lord said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Juda, and among the dwellers in Jerusalem. 024 JER 011 010 They are turned [aside] to the iniquities of their fathers that were of old, who would not listen to my words: and, behold, they go after strange gods, to serve them: and the house of Israel and the house of Juda have broken my covenant, which I made with their fathers. 024 JER 011 011 Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold, I bring evils upon this people, out of which they shall not be able to come forth; and they shall presently cry to me, but I will not listen to them. 024 JER 011 012 And the cities of Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem shall go, and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense; which shall not deliver them in the time of their troubles. 024 JER 011 013 For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Juda; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to burn incense to Baal. 024 JER 011 014 And you, pray not for this people, and intercede not for them in supplication and prayer: for I will not hear in the day in which they call upon me, in the day of their affliction. 024 JER 011 015 Why has [my] beloved wrought abomination in my house? will prayers and holy offerings take away your wickedness from you, or shall you escape by these things? 024 JER 011 016 The Lord called your name a fair olive tree, of a goodly shade in appearance, at the noise of its being lopped, fire was kindled against it; great is the affliction [coming] upon you: her branches are become good for nothing. 024 JER 011 017 And the Lord that planted you has pronounced evils against you, because of the iniquity of the house of Israel and the house of Juda, whatever they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger by burning incense to Baal. 024 JER 011 018 O Lord, teach me, and I shall know: then I saw their practices. 024 JER 011 019 But I as an innocent lamb led to the slaughter, knew not: against me they devised an evil device, saying, Come and let us put wood into his bread, and let us utterly destroy him from off the land of the living, and let his name not be remembered any more. 024 JER 011 020 O Lord, that judge righteously, trying the reins and hearts, let me see your vengeance [taken] upon them, for to you I have declared my cause. 024 JER 011 021 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek my life, that say, You shall not prophesy at all in the name of the Lord, but if you do, you shall die by our hands: 024 JER 011 022 behold, I will visit them: their young men shall die by the sword; and their sons and their daughters shall die of famine: 024 JER 011 023 and there shall be no remnant [left] of them; for I will bring evil upon the dwellers in Anathoth, in the year of their visitation. 024 JER 012 001 Righteous are you, O Lord, that I may make my defence to you, yes, I will speak to you [of] judgments. Why [is it] that the way of ungodly [men] prospers? [that] all that deal very treacherously are flourishing? 024 JER 012 002 You have planted them, and they have taken root; they have begotten children, and become fruitful; you are near to their mouth, and far from their reins. 024 JER 012 003 But you, Lord, know me; you have proved my heart before you; purify them for the day of their slaughter. 024 JER 012 004 How long shall the land mourn, and the grass of the field wither, for the wickedness of them, that dwell in it? the beasts and birds are utterly destroyed; because [the people] said, God shall not see our ways. 024 JER 012 005 Your feet run, and they cause you to faint; how will you prepare [to ride] upon horses? and you have been confident in the land of your peace? how will you do in the roaring of Jordan? 024 JER 012 006 For even your brethren and the house of your father, even these have dealt treacherously with you; and they have cried out, they are gathered together in pursuit of you; trust not you in them, though they shall speak fair [words] to you. 024 JER 012 007 I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given my beloved one into the hands of her enemies. 024 JER 012 008 My inheritance has become to me as a lion in a forest; she has uttered her voice against me; therefore have I hated her. 024 JER 012 009 Is not my inheritance to me a hyaena's cave, or a cave round about her? Go you, gather together all the wild beasts of the field, and let them come to devour her. 024 JER 012 010 Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have defiled my portion, they have made my desirable portion a trackless wilderness; 024 JER 012 011 it is made a complete ruin: for my sake the whole land has been utterly ruined, because there is none that lays [the matter] to heart. 024 JER 012 012 The ravagers are come to every passage in the wilderness: for the sword of the Lord will devour from one end of the land to the other: no flesh has any peace. 024 JER 012 013 Sow wheat, and reap thorns; their portions shall not profit them: be ashamed of your boasting, because of reproach before the Lord. 024 JER 012 014 For thus says the Lord, concerning all the evil neighbors that touch mine inheritance, which I have divided to my people Israel; Behold, I [will] draw them away from their land, and I will cast out Juda from the midst of them. 024 JER 012 015 And it shall come to pass, after I have cast them out, [that] I will return, and have mercy upon them, and will cause them to dwell every one in his inheritance, and every one in his land. 024 JER 012 016 And it shall be, if they will indeed learn the way of my people, to swear by my name, [saying], The Lord lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall [that nation] be built in the midst of my people. 024 JER 012 017 But if they will not return, then will I cut off that nation with utter ruin and destruction. 024 JER 013 001 Thus says the Lord, Go and procure for yourself a linen girdle, and put it about your loins, and let it not be put in water. 024 JER 013 002 So I procured the girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it about my loins. 024 JER 013 003 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 024 JER 013 004 Take the girdle that is upon your loins, and arise, and go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. 024 JER 013 005 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. 024 JER 013 006 And it came to pass after many days, that the Lord said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take thence the girdle, which I commanded you to hide there. 024 JER 013 007 So I went to the river Euphrates, and dug, and took the girdle out of the place where I [had] buried it: and, behold, it was rotten, utterly good for nothing. 024 JER 013 008 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thus says the Lord, 024 JER 013 009 Thus will I mar the pride of Juda, and the pride of Jerusalem; 024 JER 013 010 [even] this great pride [of the men] that will not listen to my words, and have gone after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them: and they shall be as this girdle, which can be used for nothing. 024 JER 013 011 For as a girdle cleaves about the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave to myself the house of Israel, and the whole house of Juda; that they might be to me a famous people, and a praise, and a glory: but they did not listen to me. 024 JER 013 012 And you shall say to this people, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and it shall come to pass, if they shall say to you, Shall we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? that you shall say to them, 024 JER 013 013 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] fill the inhabitants of this land, and their kings the sons of David that sit upon their throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and Juda and all the dwellers in Jerusalem, with strong drink. 024 JER 013 014 And I will scatter them a man and his brother, and their fathers and their sons together: I will not have compassion, says the Lord, and I will not spare, neither will I pity [to save them] from destruction. 024 JER 013 015 Hear you, and give ear, and be not proud: for the Lord has spoken. 024 JER 013 016 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and you shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness. 024 JER 013 017 But if you will not listen, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord's flock is sorely bruised. 024 JER 013 018 Say you to the king and the princes, Humble yourselves, and sit down; for your crown of glory is removed from your head. 024 JER 013 019 The cities toward the south were shut, and there was none to open [them]: Juda is removed [into captivity, ]they have suffered a complete removal. 024 JER 013 020 Lift up your eyes, O Jerusalem, and behold them that come from the north; where is the flock that was given you, the sheep of your glory? 024 JER 013 021 What will you say when they shall visit you, for you did teach them lessons for rule against yourself; shall not pangs seize you as a woman in travail? 024 JER 013 022 And if you should say in your heart, Therefore have these things happened to me? Because of the abundance of your iniquity have your skirts been discovered, that your heels might be exposed. 024 JER 013 023 If the Ethiopian shall change his skin, or the leopardess her spots, then shall you be able to do good, having learned evil. 024 JER 013 024 So I scattered them as sticks carried by the wind into the wilderness. 024 JER 013 025 Thus is your lot, and the reward of your disobedience to me, says the Lord; as you did forget me, and trust in lies, 024 JER 013 026 I also will expose your skirts upon your face, and your shame shall be seen; 024 JER 013 027 your adultery also, and your neighing, and the looseness of your fornication: on the hills and in the fields I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem, for you have not been purified so as to follow me; how long yet [shall it be]? 024 JER 014 001 AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS CONCERNING THE DROUGHT. 024 JER 014 002 Judea has mourned, and her gates are emptied, and are darkened upon the earth; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 024 JER 014 003 And her nobles have sent their little ones to the water: they came to the wells, and found no water: and brought back their vessels empty. 024 JER 014 004 And the labors of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. 024 JER 014 005 And hinds calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass. 024 JER 014 006 The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass. 024 JER 014 007 Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do you for us for your own sake; for our sins are many before you; for we have sinned against you. 024 JER 014 008 O Lord, [you are] the hope of Israel, and deliver [us] in time of troubles; why are you become as a sojourner upon the land, or as one born in the land, yet turning aside for a resting-place? 024 JER 014 009 Will you be as a man asleep, or as a [strong] man that can’t save? yet you are among us, O Lord, and your name is called upon us; forget us not. 024 JER 014 010 Thus says the Lord to this people, They have loved to wander, and they have not spared, therefore God has not prospered them; now will he remember their iniquity. 024 JER 014 011 And the Lord said to me, Pray not for this people for [their] good: 024 JER 014 012 for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence. 024 JER 014 013 And I said, O [ever] living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, You shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place. 024 JER 014 014 Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and devices of their own heart. 024 JER 014 015 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy lies in my name, and I sent them not, who say, Sword and famine shall not be upon this land; they shall die by a grievous death, and the prophets shall be consumed by famine. 024 JER 014 016 And the people to whom they prophesy, they also shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the sword and famine; and there shall be none to bury them: their wives also, and their sons, and their daughters [shall die thus]; and I will pour out their wickedness upon them. 024 JER 014 017 And you shall speak this word to them; Let your eyes shed tears day and night, and let them not cease: for the daughter of my people has been sorely bruised, and her plague is very grievous. 024 JER 014 018 If I go forth into the plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not. 024 JER 014 019 Hast you utterly rejected Juda? and has your soul departed from Sion? therefore has you struck us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble! 024 JER 014 020 We know, O Lord, our sins, [and] the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before you. 024 JER 014 021 Refrain for your name's sake, destroy not the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us. 024 JER 014 022 Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness [at their bidding]? Are not you he? we will even wait on you, O Lord: for you have made all these things. 024 JER 015 001 And the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before my face, my soul could not be toward them: dismiss this people, and let them go forth. 024 JER 015 002 And it shall be, if they say to you, Whither shall we go forth? then you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; As many as are for death, to death; and as many as are for famine, to famine; and as many as are for the sword, to the sword; and as many as are for captivity, to captivity. 024 JER 015 003 And I will punish them with four kinds [of death], says the Lord, the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the wild beasts of the earth, and the birds of the sky to devour and destroy. 024 JER 015 004 And I will deliver them up for distress to all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasses son of Ezekias king of Juda, for all that he did in Jerusalem. 024 JER 015 005 Who will spare you, O Jerusalem? and who will fear for you? or who will turn back [to ask] for your welfare? 024 JER 015 006 You have turned away from me, says the Lord, you will go back: therefore I will stretch out my hand, and will destroy you, and will no more spare them. 024 JER 015 007 And I will completely scatter them; in the gates of my people they are bereaved of children: they have destroyed my people because of their iniquities. 024 JER 015 008 Their widows have been multiplied more than the sand of the sea: I have brought young men against the mother, [even] distress at noon-day: I have suddenly cast upon her trembling and anxiety. 024 JER 015 009 She that bore seven is spent; her soul has fainted under trouble; her sun is gone down while it is yet noon; she is ashamed and disgraced: I will give the remnant of them to the sword before their enemies. 024 JER 015 010 Woe is me, [my] mother! you have born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped [others], nor has any one helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me. 024 JER 015 011 Be it so, Lord, in their prosperity; surely I stood before you in the time of their calamities, and in the time of their affliction, for [their] good against the enemy. 024 JER 015 012 Will iron be known? whereas your strength is a brazen covering. 024 JER 015 013 Yes, I will give your treasures for a spoil as a recompence, because of all your sins and [that] in all your borders. 024 JER 015 014 And I will enslave you to your enemies round about, in a land which you have not known; for a fire has been kindled out of my wrath; it shall burn upon you. 024 JER 015 015 O Lord, remember me, and visit me, and vindicate me before them that persecute me; do not bear long with them; know how I have met with reproach for your sake, from those who set at nothing your words; 024 JER 015 016 consume them; and your word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart: for your name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty. 024 JER 015 017 I have not sat in the assembly of them as they mocked, but I feared because of your power: I sat alone, for I was filled with bitterness. 024 JER 015 018 Why do they that grieve me prevail against me? my wound is severe; whence shall I be healed? it is indeed become to me as deceitful water, that has no faithfulness. 024 JER 015 019 Therefore thus says the Lord, If you will return, then will I restore you, and you shall stand before my face: and if you will bring forth the precious from the worthless, you shall be as my mouth: and they shall return to you; but you shall not return to them. 024 JER 015 020 And I will make you to this people as a strong brazen wall; and they shall fight against you, but they shall by no means prevail against you; 024 JER 015 021 for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you out of the hand of wicked [men]; and I will ransom you out of the hand of pestilent [men]. 024 JER 016 001 And you shall not take a wife, says the Lord God of Israel: 024 JER 016 002 and there shall be no son born to you, nor daughter in this place. 024 JER 016 003 For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that have born them, and concerning their fathers that have begotten them in this land; 024 JER 016 004 They shall die of grievous death; they shall not be lamented, nor buried; they shall be for an example on the face of the earth; and they shall be for the wild beasts of the land, and for the birds of the sky: they shall fall by the sword, and shall be consumed with famine. 024 JER 016 005 Thus says the Lord, Enter not into their mourning feast, and go not to lament, and mourn not for them: for I have removed my peace from this people. 024 JER 016 006 They shall not bewail them, nor make cuttings for them, and they shall not shave themselves [for them]: 024 JER 016 007 and there shall be no bread broken in mourning for them for consolation over the dead: they shall not give one to drink a cup for consolation over his father or his mother. 024 JER 016 008 You shall not enter into the banquet-house, to sit with them to eat and to drink. 024 JER 016 009 For thus says the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I [will] make to cease out of this place before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. 024 JER 016 010 And it shall come to pass, when you shall report to this people all these words, and they shall say to you, Therefore has the Lord pronounced against us all these evils? what is our unrighteousness? and what is our sin which we have sinned before the Lord our God? 024 JER 016 011 Then you shall say to them, Because your fathers forsook me, says the Lord, and went after strange gods and served them, and worshipped them, and forsook me, and kept not my law; 024 JER 016 012 (and you sinned worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the lusts of your own evil heart, so as not to listen to me); 024 JER 016 013 therefore I will cast you off from this good land into a land which neither you nor your fathers have known; and you shall serve their other gods, who shall have no mercy upon you. 024 JER 016 014 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, The Lord lives, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 024 JER 016 015 but, The Lord lives, who brought up the house of Israel from the land of the north, and from all countries whither they were thrust out: and I will restore them to their own land, which I gave to their fathers. 024 JER 016 016 Behold, I [will] send many fishers, says the Lord, and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send many hunters, and they shall hunt them upon every mountain, and upon every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 024 JER 016 017 For mine eyes are upon all their ways; and their iniquities have not been hidden from mine eyes. 024 JER 016 018 And I will recompense their mischiefs doubly, and their sins, whereby they have profaned my land with the carcases of their abominations, and with their iniquities, whereby they have trespassed against mine inheritance. 024 JER 016 019 O Lord, you are my strength, and mine help, and my refuge in days of evil: to you the Gentiles shall come from the end of the earth, and shall say, How vain [were the] idols [which] our fathers procured to themselves, and there is no help in them. 024 JER 016 020 Will a man make gods for himself, whereas these are no gods? 024 JER 016 021 Therefore, behold, I will at this time manifest my hand to them, and will make known to them my power; and they shall know that my name is the Lord. 024 JER 017 001 Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord. 024 JER 017 006 And he shall be as the wild tamarisk in the desert: he shall not see when good comes; but he shall dwell in barren [places], and in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited. 024 JER 017 007 But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord shall be. 024 JER 017 008 And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist place: he shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be upon him shady branches: he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit. 024 JER 017 009 The heart is deep beyond all things, and it is the man, and who can know him? 024 JER 017 010 I the Lord try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices. 024 JER 017 011 The partridge utters her voice, she gathers [eggs] which she did not lay; [so is a man] gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days [his riches] shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool. 024 JER 017 012 An exalted throne of glory is our sanctuary. 024 JER 017 013 O Lord, the hope of Israel, let all that have left you be ashamed, let them that have revolted be written on the earth, because they have forsaken the fountain of life, the Lord. 024 JER 017 014 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for you are my boast. 024 JER 017 015 Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come. 024 JER 017 016 But I have not been weary of following you, nor have I desired the day of man; you know; the [words] that proceed out of my lips are before your face. 024 JER 017 017 Be not to me a stranger, [but] spare me in the evil day. 024 JER 017 018 Let them that persecute me be ashamed, but let me not be ashamed: let them be alarmed, but let me not be alarmed: bring upon them the evil day, crush them with double destruction. 024 JER 017 019 Thus says the Lord; Go and stand in the gates of the children of your people, by which the kings of Juda enter, and by which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem: 024 JER 017 020 and you shall say to them, Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Juda, and all Judea, and all Jerusalem, [all] who go in at these gates: 024 JER 017 021 thus says the Lord; Take heed to your souls, and take up no burdens on the sabbath-day, and go not forth [through] the gates of Jerusalem; 024 JER 017 022 and carry forth no burdens out of your houses on the sabbath-day, and you shall do no work: sanctify the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers. 024 JER 017 023 But they listened not, and inclined not their ear, but stiffened their neck more than their fathers [did], so as not to hear me, and not to receive correction. 024 JER 017 024 And it shall come to pass, if you will listen to me, says the Lord, to carry in no burdens through the gates of this city on the sabbath-day, and to sanctify the sabbath-day, so as to do no work [upon it], 024 JER 017 025 that there shall enter through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, and riding on their chariots and horses, they, and their princes, the men of Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem: and this city shall be inhabited for ever. 024 JER 017 026 And [men] shall come out of the cities of Juda, and from round about Jerusalem, and out of the land of Benjamin, and out of the plain country, and from the hill country, and from the south [country], bringing whole burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and incense, and manna, and frankincense, bringing praise to the house of the Lord. 024 JER 017 027 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to me to sanctify the sabbath-day, to bear no burdens, nor go in [with them by] the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath-day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the streets of Jerusalem, and shall not be quenched. 024 JER 018 001 The word that came from the Lord to 024 JER 018 002 Jeremias, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there you shall hear my words. 024 JER 018 003 So I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a vessel on the stones. 024 JER 018 004 And the vessel which he was making with his hands fell: so he made it again another vessel, as it seemed good to him to make [it]. 024 JER 018 005 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 024 JER 018 006 Shall I not be able, O house of Israel, to do to you as this potter? behold, as the clay of the potter are you in my hands. 024 JER 018 007 [If] I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation, or upon a kingdom, to cut them off, and to destroy [them]; 024 JER 018 008 and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them. 024 JER 018 009 And [if] I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant [it]; 024 JER 018 010 and they do evil before me, so as not to listen to my voice, then will I repent of the good which I spoke of, to do it to them. 024 JER 018 011 And now say to the men of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Behold, I prepare evils against you, and devise a device against you: let every one turn now from his evil way, and amend your practices. 024 JER 018 012 And they said, We will quit ourselves like men, for we will pursue our perverse ways, and we will perform each the lusts of his evil heart. 024 JER 018 013 Therefore thus says the Lord; Enquire now among the nations, who has heard such very horrible things as the virgin of Israel has done? 024 JER 018 014 Will fertilising streams fail [to flow] from a rock, or snow [fail] from Libanus? will water violently impelled by the wind turn aside? 024 JER 018 015 For my people have forgotten me, they have offered incense in vain, and they fail in their ways, [leaving] the ancient tracks, to enter upon impassable paths; 024 JER 018 016 to make their land a desolation, and a perpetual hissing; all that go through it shall be amazed, and shall shake their heads. 024 JER 018 017 I will scatter them before their enemies like an east wind; I will show them the day of their destruction. 024 JER 018 018 Then they said, Come, and let us devise a device against Jeremias; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and we will hear all his words. 024 JER 018 019 Hear me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my pleading. 024 JER 018 020 Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they [meant] for me; remember that I stood before your face, to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them. 024 JER 018 021 Therefore do you deliver their sons to famine, and gather them to the power of the sword: let their women be childless and widows; and let their men be cut off by death, and their young men fall by the sword in war. 024 JER 018 022 Let there be a cry in their houses: you shall bring upon them robbers suddenly: for they have formed a plan to take me, and have hidden snares for me. 024 JER 018 023 And you, Lord, know all their deadly counsel against me: account not their iniquities guiltless, and blot not out their sins from before you: let their weakness come before you; deal with them in the time of your wrath. 024 JER 019 001 Then said the Lord to me, Go and get an earthen bottle, the work of the potter, and you shall bring [some] of the elders of the people, and of the priests; 024 JER 019 002 and you shall go forth to the burial-place of the sons of their children, which is at the entrance of the gate of Charsith; and do you read there all these words which I shall speak to you: 024 JER 019 003 and you shall say to them, Hear you the word of the Lord, you kings of Juda, and men of Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and they that enter in by these gates; thus says the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I [will] bring evil upon this place, so that the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle. 024 JER 019 004 Because they forsook me, and profaned this place, and burnt incense in it to strange gods, which they and their fathers knew not; and the kings of Juda have filled this place with innocent blood, 024 JER 019 005 and built high places for Baal, to burn their children in the fire, which things I commanded not, neither did I design [them] in my heart: 024 JER 019 006 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when this place shall no more be called, The fall and burial-place of the son of Ennom, but, The burial-place of slaughter. 024 JER 019 007 And I will destroy the counsel of Juda and the counsel of Jerusalem in this place; and I will cast them down with the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the sky and to the wild beasts of the earth. 024 JER 019 008 And I will bring this city to desolation and [make it] a hissing; every one that passes by it shall scowl, and hiss because of all her plague. 024 JER 019 009 And they shall eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his neighbor in the blockade, and in the siege wherewith their enemies shall besiege them. 024 JER 019 010 And you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men that go forth with you, 024 JER 019 011 and you shall say, Thus says the Lord, Thus will I break in pieces this people, and this city, even as an earthen vessel is broken in pieces which can’t be mended again. 024 JER 019 012 Thus will I do, says the Lord, to this place, and to the inhabitants of it, that this city may be given up, as one that is falling to ruin. 024 JER 019 013 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Juda shall be as a ruinous place, because of their uncleannesses in all the houses, wherein they burnt incense upon their roofs to all the host of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to strange gods. 024 JER 019 014 And Jeremias came from [the place] of the Fall, whither the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord's house: and said to all the people, Thus says the Lord; 024 JER 019 015 Behold I bring upon this city, and upon all the cities belonging to it, and upon the villages of it, all the evils which I have spoken against it, because they have hardened their neck, [that they might not] listen to my commands. 024 JER 020 001 Now Paschor the son of Emmer, the priest, who also had been appointed chief of the house of the Lord, heard Jeremias prophesying these words. 024 JER 020 002 And he struck him, and cast him into the dungeon which was by the gate of the upper house that was set apart, which was by the house of the Lord. 024 JER 020 003 And Paschor brought Jeremias out of the dungeon: and Jeremias said to him, [The Lord] has not called your name Paschor, but Exile. 024 JER 020 004 For thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] give you up to captivity with all your friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see [it]: and I will give you and all Juda into the hands of the king of Babylon, and they shall carry them captives, and cut them in pieces with swords. 024 JER 020 005 And I will give all the strength of this city, and all the labors of it, and all the treasures of the king of Juda, into the hands of his enemies, and they shall bring them to Babylon. 024 JER 020 006 And you and all the dwellers in your house shall go into captivity: and you shall die in Babylon, and there you and all your friends shall be buried, to whom you have prophesied lies. 024 JER 020 007 You have deceived me, O Lord, and I have been deceived: you have been strong, and has prevailed: I am become a laughing stock, I am continually mocked every day. 024 JER 020 008 For I will laugh with my bitter speech, I will call upon rebellion and misery: for the word of the Lord is become a reproach to me and a mockery all my days. 024 JER 020 009 Then I said, I will by no means name the name of the Lord, and I will no more at all speak in his name. But it was a burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am utterly weakened on all sides, and can’t bear [up]. 024 JER 020 010 For I have heard the reproach of many gathering round, [saying], Conspire you, and let us conspire together against him, [even] all his friends: watch his intentions, if perhaps he shall be deceived, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall be avenged on him. 024 JER 020 011 But the Lord was with me as a mighty man of war: therefore they persecuted [me], but could not perceive [anything against me]; they were greatly confounded, for they perceived not their disgrace, which shall never be forgotten. 024 JER 020 012 O Lord, that prove just [deeds], understanding the reins and hearts, let me see your vengeance upon them: for to you I have revealed my cause. 024 JER 020 013 Sing you to the Lord, sing praise to him: for he has rescued the soul of the poor from the hand of evil-doers. 024 JER 020 014 Cursed be the day wherein I was born: the day wherein my mother brought me forth, let it not be blessed. 024 JER 020 015 Cursed be the man who brought the glad tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to you. 024 JER 020 016 Let that man rejoice as the cities which the Lord overthrew in wrath, and repented not: let him hear crying in the morning, and loud lamentation at noon; 024 JER 020 017 because he killed me not in the womb, and my mother became not my tomb, and her womb always great with me. 024 JER 020 018 Why is it that I came forth of the womb to see troubles and distresses, and my days are spent in shame? 024 JER 021 001 THE WORD THAT CAME FROM THE LORD TO JEREMIAS, WHEN KING SEDEKIAS SENT TO HIM PASCHOR THE SON OF MELCHIAS, AND SOPHONIAS SON OF BASAEAS, THE PRIEST, SAYING, 024 JER 021 002 Enquire of the Lord for us; for the king of Babylon has risen up against us; if the Lord will do according to all his wonderful works, and [the king] shall depart from us. 024 JER 021 003 And Jeremias said to them, Thus shall you say to Sedekias king of Juda, 024 JER 021 004 Thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] turn back the weapons of war wherewith you fight against the Chaldeans that have besieged you from outside the wall, and I will gather them into the midst of this city. 024 JER 021 005 And I will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, with wrath and great anger. 024 JER 021 006 And I will strike all the dwellers in this city, [both] men and cattle, with grievous pestilence: and they shall die. 024 JER 021 007 And after this, thus says the Lord; I will give Sedekias king of Juda, and his servants, and the people that is left in this city from the pestilence, and from the famine, and from the sword, into the hands of their enemies, that seek their lives: and they shall cut them in pieces with the edge of the sword: I will not spare them, and I will not have compassion upon them. 024 JER 021 008 And you shall say to this people, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I have set before you the way of life, and the way of death. 024 JER 021 009 He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by famine: but he that goes forth to advance to the Chaldeans that have besieged you, shall live, and his life shall be to him for a spoil, and he shall live. 024 JER 021 010 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good: it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall consume it with fire. 024 JER 021 011 O house of the king of Juda, hear you the word of the Lord. 024 JER 021 012 O house of David, thus says the Lord; Judge judgment in the morning, and act rightly, and rescue the spoiled one from the hand of him that wrongs him, lest mine anger be kindled like fire, and it burn, and there be none to quench [it]. 024 JER 021 013 Behold, I am against you that dwell in the valley of Sor; in the plain country, [even against] them that say, Who shall alarm us? or who shall enter into our habitation? 024 JER 021 014 And I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. 024 JER 022 001 Thus says the Lord; Go you, and go down to the house of the king of Juda, and you shall speak there this word, 024 JER 022 002 and you shall say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Juda, that sit on the throne of David, you, and your house, and your people, and they that go in at these gates: 024 JER 022 003 thus says the Lord; Execute you judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place. 024 JER 022 004 For if you will indeed perform this word, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, and riding on chariots and horses, they, and their servants, and their people. 024 JER 022 005 But if you will not perform these words, by myself have I sworn, says the Lord, that this house shall be [brought] to desolation. 024 JER 022 006 For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Juda; You are Galaad to me, [and] the head of Libanus: [yet] surely I will make you a desert, [even] cities that shall not be inhabited: 024 JER 022 007 and I will bring upon you a destroying man, and his axe: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast [them] into the fire. 024 JER 022 008 And nations shall pass through this city, and each shall say to his neighbor, Why has the Lord done thus to this great city? 024 JER 022 009 And they shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped strange gods, and served them. 024 JER 022 010 Weep not for the dead, nor lament for him: weep bitterly for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native land. 024 JER 022 011 For thus says the Lord concerning Sellem the son of Josias, who reigns in the place of Josias his father, who has gone forth out of this place; He shall not return there any more: 024 JER 022 012 but in that place whither I have carried him captive, there shall he die, and shall see this land no more. 024 JER 022 013 He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbor for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward. 024 JER 022 014 You have built for yourself a well-proportioned house, airy chambers, fitted with windows, and wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion. 024 JER 022 015 Shall you reign, because you are provoked with your father Achaz? they shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for you to execute judgment and justice. 024 JER 022 016 They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this your not knowing me? says the Lord. 024 JER 022 017 Behold, your eyes are not good, nor your heart, but [they go] after your covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them. 024 JER 022 018 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Joakim son of Josias, king of Juda, even concerning this man; they shall not bewail him, [saying], Ah brother! neither shall they at all weep for him, [saying], Alas Lord. 024 JER 022 019 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass; he shall be dragged roughly along and cast outside the gate of Jerusalem. 024 JER 022 020 Go up to Libanus, and cry; and utter your voice to Basan, and cry aloud to the extremity of the sea: for all your lovers are destroyed. 024 JER 022 021 I spoke to you on [occasion of] your trespass, but you said, I will not listen. This [has been] your way from your youth, you have not listened to my voice. 024 JER 022 022 The wind shall tend all your shepherds, and your lovers shall go into captivity; for then shall you be ashamed and disgraced because of all your lovers. 024 JER 022 023 O you that dwell in Libanus, making your nest in the cedars, you shall groan heavily, when pangs as of a travailing woman are come upon you. 024 JER 022 024 [As] I live, says the Lord, though Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda were indeed the seal upon my right hand, thence would I pluck you; 024 JER 022 025 and I will deliver you into the hands of them that seek your life, before whom you are afraid, into the hands of the Chaldeans. 024 JER 022 026 And I will cast forth you, and your mother that bore you, into a land where you were not born; and there you shall die. 024 JER 022 027 But they shall by no means return to the land which they long for in their souls. 024 JER 022 028 Jechonias is dishonored as a good-for-nothing vessel; for he is thrown out and cast forth into a land which he knew not. 024 JER 022 029 Land, land, hear the word of the Lord. 024 JER 022 030 Write you this man an outcast: for there shall none of his seed at all grow up to sit on the throne of David, [or as] a prince yet in Juda. 024 JER 023 001 Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture! 024 JER 023 002 Therefore thus says the Lord against them that tend my people; You have scattered my sheep, and driven them out, and you have not visited them: behold, I [will] take vengeance upon you according to your evil practices. 024 JER 023 003 And I will gather in the remnant of my people in every land, whither I have driven them out, and will set them in their pasture; and they shall increase and be multiplied. 024 JER 023 004 And I will raise up shepherds to them, who shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be alarmed, says the Lord. 024 JER 023 005 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgment and righteousness on the earth. 024 JER 023 006 In his days both Juda shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell securely: and this is his name, which the Lord shall call him, Josedec among the prophets. 024 JER 023 007 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, The Lord lives, who brought up the house of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 024 JER 023 008 but The Lord lives, who has gathered the whole seed of Israel from the north land, and from all the countries whither he [had] driven them out, and has restored them into their own land. 024 JER 023 009 My heart is broken within me; all my bones are shaken: I am become as a broken-down man, and as a man overcome with wine, because of the Lord, and because of the excellence of his glory. 024 JER 023 010 For because of these things the land mourns; the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is become evil, and so [also] their strength. 024 JER 023 011 For priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house. 024 JER 023 012 Therefore let their way be to them slippery and dark: and they shall be tripped up and fall in it: for I will bring evils upon them, in the year of their visitation. 024 JER 023 013 And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray. 024 JER 023 014 Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha. 024 JER 023 015 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth [into] all the land. 024 JER 023 016 Thus says the Lord Almighty, Listen not to the words of the prophets: for they frame a vain vision for themselves; they speak from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord. 024 JER 023 017 They say to them that reject the word of the Lord, There shall be peace to you; and to all that walk after their own lusts, and to everyone that walks in the error of his heart, they have said, No evil shall come upon you. 024 JER 023 018 For who has stood in the counsel of the Lord, and seen his word? who has listened, and heard? 024 JER 023 019 Behold, [there is] an earthquake from the Lord, and anger proceeds to a convulsion, it shall come violently upon the ungodly. 024 JER 023 020 And the Lord's wrath shall return no more, until he have accomplished it, and until he have established it, according to the purpose of his heart: at the end of the days they shall understand it. 024 JER 023 021 I sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they prophesied. 024 JER 023 022 But if they had stood in my counsel, and if they had listened to my words, then would they have turned my people from their evil practices. 024 JER 023 023 I am a God near at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off. 024 JER 023 024 Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord. 024 JER 023 025 I have heard what the prophets say, what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, I have seen a night vision. 024 JER 023 026 How long shall [these things] be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, when they prophesy the purposes of their own heart? 024 JER 023 027 who devise that [men] may forget my law by their dreams, which they have told every one to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name in [the worship of] Baal. 024 JER 023 028 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and [he] in whom is my word [spoken] to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, says the Lord. 024 JER 023 029 Behold, are not my words as fire? says the Lord; and as an axe cutting the rock? 024 JER 023 030 Behold, I am therefore against the prophets, says the Lord God, that steal my words every one from his neighbor. 024 JER 023 031 Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep. 024 JER 023 032 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets that prophesy false dreams, and have not told them [truly], and have caused my people to err by their lies, and by their errors; yet I sent them not, and commanded them not; therefore, they shall not profit this people at all. 024 JER 023 033 And if this people, or the priest, or the prophet, should ask, What is the burden of the Lord? then you shall say to them, You are the burden, and I will dash you down, says the Lord. 024 JER 023 034 [As for] the prophet, and the priests, and the people, who shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will even take vengeance on that man, and on his house. 024 JER 023 035 Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the Lord answered? and, what has the Lord said? 024 JER 023 036 And do you name no more the burden of the Lord; for his own word shall be a man's burden. 024 JER 023 037 But therefore, [say you], has the Lord our God spoken? 024 JER 023 038 Therefore thus says the Lord our God; Because you have spoken this word, The burden of the Lord, and I sent to you, saying, you shall not say, The burden of the Lord; 024 JER 023 039 therefore, behold, I [will] seize, and dash down you and the city which I gave to you and your fathers. 024 JER 023 040 And I will bring upon you an everlasting reproach, and everlasting disgrace, which shall not be forgotten. 024 JER 024 001 The Lord showed me two baskets of figs, lying in front of the temple of the Lord, after Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried captive Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda, and the princes, and the artificers, and the prisoners, and the rich men out of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. 024 JER 024 002 The one basket was [full] of very good figs, as the early figs; and the other basket was [full] of very bad figs, which could not be eaten, for their badness. 024 JER 024 003 And the Lord said to me, What see you, Jeremias? and I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, which can’t be eaten, for their badness. 024 JER 024 004 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 024 JER 024 005 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel; As these good figs, so will I acknowledge the Jews that have been carried away captive, whom I have sent forth out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for good. 024 JER 024 006 And I will fix mine eyes upon them for good, and I will restore them into this land for good: and I will build them up, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. 024 JER 024 007 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God: for they shall turn to me with all their heart. 024 JER 024 008 And as the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, for their badness; thus says the Lord, So will I deliver Sedekias king of Juda, and his nobles, and the remnant of Jerusalem, them that are left in this land, and the dwellers in Egypt. 024 JER 024 009 And I will cause them to be dispersed into all the kingdoms of the earth, and they shall be for a reproach, and a proverb, and an [object of] hatred, and a curse, in every place whither I have driven them out. 024 JER 024 010 And I will send against them famine, and pestilence, and the sword, until they are consumed from off the land which I gave them. 024 JER 025 001 THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS concerning all the people of Juda in the fourth year of Joakim, son of Josias, king of Juda; 024 JER 025 002 which he spoke to all the people of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, 024 JER 025 003 In the thirteenth year of Josias, son of Amos, king of Juda, even until this day for three and twenty years, I have both spoken to you, rising early and speaking, 024 JER 025 004 and I sent to you my servants the prophets, sending them early; (but you listened not, and listened not with your ears; ) saying, 024 JER 025 005 Turn you every one from his evil way, and from your evil practices, and you shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers, of old and for ever. 024 JER 025 006 Go you not after strange gods, to serve them, and to worship them, that you provoke me not by the works of your hands, to do you hurt. 024 JER 025 007 But you listened not to me. 024 JER 025 008 Therefore thus says the Lord; Since you believed not my words, 024 JER 025 009 behold I [will] send and take a family from the north, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all the nations round about it, and I will make them utterly waste, and make them a desolation, and a hissing, and an everlasting reproach. 024 JER 025 010 And I will destroy from [among] them the voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the scent of ointment, and the light of a candle. 024 JER 025 011 And all the land shall be a desolation; and they shall serve among the Gentiles seventy years. 024 JER 025 012 And when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will take vengeance on that nation, and will make them a perpetual desolation. 024 JER 025 013 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have spoken against it, [even] all things that are written in this book. 024 JER 025 034 THE PROPHECIES OF JEREMIAS AGAINST THE NATIONS OF AeLAM. 024 JER 025 035 Thus says the Lord, The bow of Aelam is broken, [even] the chief of their power. 024 JER 025 036 And I will bring upon Aelam the four winds from the four corners of heaven, and I will disperse them toward all these winds; and there shall be no nation [to] which they shall not come—[even] the outcasts of Aelam. 024 JER 025 037 And I will put them in fear before their enemies that seek their life; and I will bring evils upon them according to my great anger; and I will send forth my sword after them, until I have utterly destroyed them. 024 JER 025 038 And I will set my throne in Aelam, and will send forth thence king and rulers. 024 JER 025 039 But it shall come to pass at the end of days, that I will turn the captivity of Aelam, says the Lord. 024 JER 026 001 In the beginning of the reign of king Sedekias, there came this word concerning Aelam. 024 JER 026 002 FOR EGYPT, AGAINST THE POWER OF PHARAO NECHAO KING OF EGYPT, who was by the river Euphrates in Charmis, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Joakim king of Juda. 024 JER 026 003 Take up arms and spears, and draw near to battle; 024 JER 026 004 and harness the horses: mount, you horsemen, and stand ready in your helmets; advance the spears, and put on your breastplates. 024 JER 026 005 Why do they fear, and turn back? even because their mighty men shall be slain: they have utterly fled, and being hemmed in they have not rallied, says the Lord. 024 JER 026 006 Let not the swift flee, and let not the mighty man escape to the north: the [forces] at Euphrates are become feeble, and they have fallen. 024 JER 026 007 Who is this [that] shall come up as a river, and as rivers roll [their] waves? 024 JER 026 008 The waters of Egypt shall come up like a river: and he said, I will go up, and will cover the earth, and will destroy the dwellers in it. 024 JER 026 009 Mount you the horses, prepare the chariots; go forth, you warriors of the Ethiopians, and Libyans armed with shields; and mount, you Lydians, bend the bow. 024 JER 026 010 And that day [shall be] to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on his enemies: and the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood: for the Lord [has] a sacrifice from the land of the north at the river Euphrates. 024 JER 026 011 Go up to Galaad, and take balm for the virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain have you multiplied your medicines; there is no help in you. 024 JER 026 012 The nations have heard your voice, and the land has been filled with your cry: for the warriors have fainted fighting one against another, [and] both are fallen together. 024 JER 026 013 THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE by Jeremias, concerning the coming of the king of Babylon to strike the land of Egypt. 024 JER 026 014 Proclaim [it] at Magdol, and declare [it] at Memphis: say you, Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured your yew tree. 024 JER 026 015 Therefore has Apis fled from you? your choice calf has not remained; for the Lord has utterly weakened him. 024 JER 026 016 And your multitude has fainted and fallen; and each one said to his neighbor, Let us arise, and return into our country to our people, from the Grecian sword. 024 JER 026 017 Call you the name of Pharao Nechao king of Egypt, Saon esbeie moed. 024 JER 026 018 [As] I live, says the Lord God, he shall come as Itabyrion among the mountains, and as Carmel that is on the sea. 024 JER 026 019 O daughter of Egypt dwelling [at home], prepare you stuff for removing: for Memphis shall be utterly desolate, and shall be called Woe, because there are no inhabitants in it. 024 JER 026 020 Egypt is a fair heifer, [but] destruction from the north is come upon her. 024 JER 026 021 Also her hired [soldiers] in the midst of her are as fatted calves fed in her; for they also have turned, and fled with one accord: they stood not, for the day of destruction was come upon them, and the time of their retribution. 024 JER 026 022 Their voice is as [that] of a hissing serpent, for they go upon the sand; they shall come upon Egypt with axes, as men that cut wood. 024 JER 026 023 They shall cut down her forest, says the Lord, for [their number] can’t at all be conjectured, for it exceeds the locust in multitude, and they are innumerable. 024 JER 026 024 The daughter of Egypt is confounded; she is delivered into the hands of a people from the north. 024 JER 026 025 Behold, I [will] avenge Ammon her son upon Pharao, and upon them that trust in him. 024 JER 026 027 But fear not you, my servant Jacob, neither be you alarmed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be at ease, and sleep, and there shall be no one to trouble him. 024 JER 026 028 Fear not you, my servant Jacob, says the Lord; for I am with you: she [that was] without fear and in luxury, has been delivered up: for I will make a full end of every nation among whom I have thrust you forth; but I will not cause you to fail: yet will I chastise you in the way of judgment, and will not hold you entirely guiltless. 024 JER 027 001 THE WORD OF THE LORD WHICH HE SPOKE AGAINST BABYLON. 024 JER 027 002 Proclaim you among the Gentiles, and cause the tidings to be heard, and suppress [them] not: say you, Babylon is taken, Belus is confounded; the fearless, the luxurious Maerodach is delivered up. 024 JER 027 003 For a nation has come up against her from the north, he shall utterly ravage her land, and there shall be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast. 024 JER 027 004 In those days, and at that time, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Juda together; they shall proceed, weeping as they go, seeking the Lord their God. 024 JER 027 005 They shall ask the way till [they come to] Sion, for that way shall they set their face; and they shall come and flee for refuge to the Lord their God; for the everlasting covenant shall not be forgotten. 024 JER 027 006 My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds thrust them out, they caused them to wander on the mountains: they went from mountain to hill, they forgot their resting-place. 024 JER 027 007 All that found them consumed them: their enemies said, Let us not leave them alone, because they have sinned against the Lord: he that gathered their fathers [had] a pasture of righteousness. 024 JER 027 008 Flee you out of the midst of Babylon, and from the land of the Chaldeans, and go forth, and be as serpents before sleep. 024 JER 027 009 For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty. 024 JER 027 010 And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied. 024 JER 027 011 Because you rejoiced, and boasted, [while] plundering mine heritage; because you exulted as calves in the grass, and pushed with the horn as bulls. 024 JER 027 012 Your mother is greatly ashamed; your mother that bore you for prosperity is confounded: [she is] the last of the nations, desolate, 024 JER 027 013 by reason of the Lord's anger: it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be all a desolation; and every one that passes through Babylon shall scowl, and they shall hiss at all her plague. 024 JER 027 014 Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you that bend the bow; shoot at her, spare not your arrows, 024 JER 027 015 and prevail against her: her hands are weakened, her bulwarks are fallen, and her wall is broken down: for it is vengeance from God: take vengeance upon her; as she has done, do to her. 024 JER 027 016 Utterly destroy seed out of Babylon, [and] him that holds a sickle in time of harvest: for fear of the Grecian sword, they shall return every one to his people, and every one shall flee to his own land. 024 JER 027 017 Israel is a wandering sheep; the lions have driven him out: the king of Assyria first devoured him, and afterward this king of Babylon [has gnawed] his bones. 024 JER 027 018 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] take vengeance on the king of Babylon, and upon his land, as I took vengeance on the king of Assyria. 024 JER 027 019 And I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he shall feed on Carmel and on mount Ephraim and in Galaad, and his soul shall be satisfied. 024 JER 027 020 In those days, and at that time, they shall seek for the iniquity of Israel, and there shall be none; and for the sins of Juda, and they shall not be found: for I will be merciful to them that are left 024 JER 027 021 on the land, says the Lord. Go up against it roughly, and against them that dwell on it: avenge, O sword, and destroy utterly, says the Lord, and do according to all that I command you. 024 JER 027 022 A sound of war, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans! 024 JER 027 023 How is the hammer of the whole earth broken and crushed! How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 024 JER 027 024 They shall come upon you, and you shall not know it, Babylon, that you will even be taken captive: you are found and taken, because you did resist the Lord. 024 JER 027 025 The Lord has opened his treasury, and brought forth the weapons of his anger: for the Lord God [has] a work in the land of the Chaldeans. 024 JER 027 026 For her times are come: open you her storehouses: search her as a cave, and utterly destroy her: let there be no remnant of her. 024 JER 027 027 Dry you up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution. 024 JER 027 028 A voice of men fleeing and escaping from the land of Babylon, to declare to Sion the vengeance [that comes] from the Lord our God. 024 JER 027 029 Summon many against Babylon, [even] every one that bends the bow: camp against her round about; let no one of her [people] escape: render to her according to her works; according to all that she has done, do to her: for she has resisted the Lord, the Holy God of Israel. 024 JER 027 030 Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her warriors shall be cast down, says the Lord. 024 JER 027 031 Behold, I am against you the haughty one, says the Lord: for your day is come, and the time of your retribution. 024 JER 027 032 And your pride shall fail, and fall, and there shall be no one to set it up again: and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all things round about her. 024 JER 027 033 Thus says the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Juda have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go. 024 JER 027 034 But their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name: he will enter into judgment with his adversaries, that he may destroy the earth; 024 JER 027 035 and he will sharpen a sword against the Chaldeans, and against the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her nobles and upon her wise men; 024 JER 027 036 a sword upon her warriors, and they shall be weakened: a sword upon their horses, and upon their chariots: 024 JER 027 037 a sword upon their warriors and upon the mixed people in the midst of her; and they shall be as women: a sword upon the treasures, and they shall be scattered upon her water, 024 JER 027 038 and they shall be ashamed: for it is a land of graven [images]; and in the islands, where they boasted. 024 JER 027 039 Therefore shall idols dwell in the islands, and the young of monsters shall dwell in it: it shall not be inhabited any more for ever. 024 JER 027 040 As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities bordering upon them, says the Lord: no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn there. 024 JER 027 041 Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth; holding bow and dagger: 024 JER 027 042 [the people] is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against you, O daughter of Babylon. 024 JER 027 043 The king of Babylon heard the sound of them, and his hands were enfeebled: anguish overcame him, pangs as of a woman in travail. 024 JER 027 044 Behold, he shall come up as a lion from Jordan to Gaethan; for I will speedily drive them from her, and I will set all the youths against her: for who is like me? and who will resist me? and who is this shepherd who will stand before me? 024 JER 027 045 Therefore hear you the counsel of the Lord, which he has taken against Babylon; and his devices, which he has devised upon the Chaldeans inhabiting [it]: surely lambs of their flock shall be destroyed: surely pasture shall be cut off from them. 024 JER 027 046 For at the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth shall quake, and a cry shall be heard among the nations. 024 JER 028 001 Thus says the Lord; Behold, I stir up against Babylon, and against the Chaldeans dwelling therein, a deadly burning wind. 024 JER 028 002 And I will send forth against Babylon spoilers, and they shall spoil her, and shall ravage her land. Woe to Babylon round about [her] in the day of her affliction. 024 JER 028 003 Let the archer bend his bow, and him that has armor put it on: and spare you not her young men, but destroy you all her host. 024 JER 028 004 And slain men shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and [men] pierced through shall fall without it. 024 JER 028 005 For Israel and Juda have not been forsaken of their God, of the Lord Almighty; whereas their land was filled with iniquity against the holy things of Israel. 024 JER 028 006 Flee you out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every one his soul: and be not overthrown in her iniquity; for it is the time of her retribution from the Lord; he is rendering to her a recompence. 024 JER 028 007 Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, causing all the earth to be drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore they were shaken. 024 JER 028 008 And Babylon is fallen suddenly, and is broken to pieces: lament for her; take balm for her deadly wound, if by any means she may be healed. 024 JER 028 009 We tried to heal Babylon, but she was not healed: let us forsake her, and depart every one to his own country: for her judgment has reached to the heaven, it has mounted up to the stars. 024 JER 028 010 The Lord has brought forth his judgment: come, and let us declare in Sion the works of the Lord our God. 024 JER 028 011 Prepare the arrows; fill the quivers: the Lord has stirred up the spirit of the king of the Medes: for his wrath is against Babylon, to destroy it utterly; for it is the Lord's vengeance, it is the vengeance of his people. 024 JER 028 012 Lift up a standard on the walls of Babylon, prepare the quivers, rouse the guards, prepare the weapons: for the Lord has taken [the work] in hand, and will execute what he has spoken against the inhabitants of Babylon, 024 JER 028 013 dwelling on many waters, and amidst the abundance of her treasures; your end is come verily into your bowels. 024 JER 028 014 For the Lord has sworn by his arm, [saying, ]I will fill you with men as with locusts; and they that come down shall cry against you. 024 JER 028 015 The Lord made the earth by his power, preparing the world by his wisdom, by his understanding he stretched out the heaven. 024 JER 028 016 At [his] voice he makes a sound of water in the heaven, and brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth; he makes lightnings for rain, and brings light out of his treasures. 024 JER 028 017 Every man has completely lost understanding; every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven [images]: for they have cast false [gods], there is no breath in them. 024 JER 028 018 They are vain works, objects of scorn; in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 024 JER 028 019 Not such is Jacob's portion; for he that formed all things, he is his inheritance; the Lord is his name. 024 JER 028 020 You scatter for me the weapons of war: and I will scatter nations by you, and will destroy kings by means of you. 024 JER 028 021 And by you I will scatter the horse and his rider; and by you I will scatter chariots and them that ride in them. 024 JER 028 022 And by you I will scatter youth and maid; and by you I will scatter man and woman. 024 JER 028 023 And by you I will scatter the shepherd and his flock; and by you I will scatter the husbandman and his husbandry; and by you I will scatter leaders and the captains. 024 JER 028 024 And I will recompense to Babylon and to all the Chaldeans that dwell [there] all their mischiefs that they have done to Sion before your eyes, says the Lord. 024 JER 028 025 Behold, I am against you, the ruined mountain, that destroys the whole earth; and I will stretch out mine hand upon you, and will roll you down upon the rocks, and will make you as a burnt mountain. 024 JER 028 026 And they shall not take from you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for a foundation: for you shall be a desolation for ever, says the Lord. 024 JER 028 027 Lift up a standard in the land, sound the trumpet among the nations, consecrate the nations against her, raise up kings against her by me, and [that] for the people of Achanaz; set against her engines of war; bring up against her horses as a multitude of locusts. 024 JER 028 028 Bring up nations against her, [even] the king of the Medes and of the whole earth, his rulers, and all his captains. 024 JER 028 029 The earth has quaked and been troubled, because the purpose of the Lord has risen up against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, and uninhabitable. 024 JER 028 030 The warrior of Babylon has failed to fight; they shall sit there in the siege; their power is broken; they are become like women; her tabernacles have been set on fire; her bars are broken. 024 JER 028 031 One shall rush, running to meet [another] runner, and one [shall go] with tidings to meet [another] with tidings, to bring tidings to the king of Babylon, that his city is taken. 024 JER 028 032 At the end of his passages they were taken, and his cisterns they have burnt with fire, and his warriors are going forth. 024 JER 028 033 For thus says the Lord, The houses of the king of Babylon shall be threshed as a floor in the season; yet a little while, and her harvest shall come. 024 JER 028 034 He has devoured me, he has torn me asunder, airy darkness has come upon me; Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon has swallowed me up, as a dragon has he filled his belly with my delicacies. 024 JER 028 035 My troubles and my distresses have driven me out into Babylon, shall she that dwells in Sion say; and my blood [shall be] upon the Chaldeans dwelling [there], shall Jerusalem say. 024 JER 028 036 Therefore thus says the Lord, Behold, I will judge your adversary, and I will execute vengeance for you; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain. 024 JER 028 037 And Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited. 024 JER 028 038 For they rose up together as lions, and as lions' whelps. 024 JER 028 039 In their heat I will give them a draught, and make them drunk, that they may be stupified, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and not awake, says the Lord. 024 JER 028 040 And bring you them down as lambs to the slaughter, and rams with kids. 024 JER 028 041 How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations! 024 JER 028 042 The sea has come up upon Babylon with the sound of its waves, and she is covered. 024 JER 028 043 Her cities are become like a dry and trackless land; not so much as one [man] shall dwell in it, neither shall a son of man lodge in it. 024 JER 028 044 And I will take vengeance on Babylon, and bring forth out of her mouth what she has swallowed down, and the nations shall no more be gathered to her: 024 JER 028 049 and in Babylon the slain men of all the earth shall fall. 024 JER 028 050 Go forth of the land, you that escape, and stay not; you that are afar off, remember the Lord, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. 024 JER 028 051 We are ashamed, because we have heard our reproach; disgrace has covered our face; aliens are come into our sanctuary, [even] into the house of the Lord. 024 JER 028 052 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will take vengeance upon her graven [images]: and slain men shall fall in all her land. 024 JER 028 053 For though Babylon should go up as the heaven, and though she should strengthen her walls with her power, from me shall come they that shall destroy her, says the Lord. 024 JER 028 054 A sound of a cry in Babylon, and great destruction in the land of the Chaldeans: 024 JER 028 055 for the Lord has utterly destroyed Babylon, and cut off from her the great voice sounding as many waters: he has consigned her voice to destruction. 024 JER 028 056 For distress has come upon Babylon, her warriors are taken, their bows are useless: for God recompenses them. 024 JER 028 057 The Lord recompenses, and will make her leaders and her wise men and her captains completely drunk, says the King, the Lord Almighty is his name. 024 JER 028 058 Thus says the Lord, The wall of Babylon was made broad, but it shall be completely broken down, and her high gates shall be burnt with fire; and the peoples shall not labor in vain, nor the nations fail in [their] rule. 024 JER 028 059 THE WORD WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED THE PROPHET JEREMIAS to say to Saraeas son of Nerias, son of Maasaeas, when he went from Sedekias king of Juda to Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. And Saraeas was over the bounties. 024 JER 028 060 And Jeremias wrote in a book all the evils which should come upon Babylon, [even] all these words that are written against Babylon. 024 JER 028 061 And Jeremias said to Saraeas, When you are come to Babylon, and shall see and read all these words; 024 JER 028 062 then you shall say, O Lord God, you have spoken against this place, to destroy it, and that there should be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast; for it shall be a desolation for ever. 024 JER 028 063 And it shall come to pass, when you shall cease from reading this book, that you shall bind a stone upon it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates; 024 JER 028 064 and shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and not rise, because of the evils which I bring upon it. 024 JER 029 001 THUS SAITH THE LORD AGAINST THE PHILISTINES; 024 JER 029 002 Behold, waters come up from the north, and shall become a sweeping torrent, and it shall sweep away the land, and its fulness; the city, and them that dwell in it: and men shall cry and all that dwell in the land shall howl, 024 JER 029 003 at the sound of his rushing, at [the sound of] his hoofs, and at the rattling of his chariots, at the noise of his wheels: the fathers turned not to their children because of the weakness of their hands, 024 JER 029 004 in the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines: and I will utterly destroy Tyre and Sidon and all the rest of their allies: for the Lord will destroy the remaining [inhabitants] of the islands. 024 JER 029 005 Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ascalon is cast away, and the remnant of the Enakim. 024 JER 029 006 How long will you strike, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere you are quiet? return into your sheath, rest, and be removed. 024 JER 029 007 How shall it be quiet, whereas the Lord has given it a commission against Ascalon, and against the regions on the sea-coast, to awake against the remaining [countries]! CONCERNING IDUMEA, thus says the Lord; There is no longer wisdom in Thaeman, counsel has perished from the wise ones, their wisdom is gone, 024 JER 029 008 their place has been deceived. Dig deep for a dwelling, you that inhabit Daedam, for he has wrought grievously: I brought trouble upon him in the time at which I visited him. 024 JER 029 009 For grape gatherers are come, who shall not leave you a remnant; as thieves by night, they shall lay their hand upon [your possessions]. 024 JER 029 010 For I have stripped Esau, I have uncovered their secret places; they shall have no power to hide themselves, they have perished [each] by the hand of his brother, my neighbor, and it is impossible 024 JER 029 011 for your fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me. 024 JER 029 012 For thus says the Lord; They who were not appointed to drink the cup have drunk [it]; and you shall by no means be cleared: 024 JER 029 013 for by myself I have sworn, says the Lord, that you shall be in the midst of her an impassable [land], and a reproach, and a curse; and all her cities shall be desert for ever. 024 JER 029 014 I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent messengers to the nations, [saying, ]Assemble yourselves, and come against her; rise you up to war. 024 JER 029 015 I have made you small among the nations, utterly contemptible among men. 024 JER 029 016 Your insolence has risen up against you, the fierceness of your heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high: thence will I bring you down. 024 JER 029 017 And Idumea shall be a desert: every one that passes by shall hiss at it. 024 JER 029 018 As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha and they that sojourned in her, says the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man inhabit there. 024 JER 029 019 Behold, he shall come up as a lion out of the midst of Jordan to the place of Aetham: for I will speedily drive them from it, and do you set the young men against her: for who is like me? and who will withstand me? and who [is] this shepherd, who shall confront me? 024 JER 029 020 Therefore hear you the counsel of the Lord, which he has framed against Idumea; and his device, which he has devised against the inhabitants of Thaeman: surely the least of the sheep shall be swept off; surely their dwelling shall be made desolate for them. 024 JER 029 021 For at the sound of their fall the earth was scared, and the cry of the sea was not heard. 024 JER 029 022 Behold, he shall look [upon her] as an eagle, and spread forth [his] wings over her strongholds; and the heart of the mighty men of Idumea shall be in that day as the heart of a woman in her pangs. 024 JER 030 001 CONCERNING THE SONS OF AMMON thus says the Lord, Are there no sons in Israel? or have they no one to succeed [them]? therefore has Melchol inherited Galaad, and why shall their people dwell in their cities? 024 JER 030 002 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will cause to be heard in Rabbath a tumult of wars; and they shall become a waste and ruined place, and her altars shall be burned with fire; then shall Israel succeed to his dominion. 024 JER 030 003 Howl, O Esebon, for Gai has perished; cry, you daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament; for Melchol shall go into banishment, his priests and his princes together. 024 JER 030 004 Why do you exult in the plains of the Enakim, you haughty daughter, that trust in [your] treasures, that say, Who shall come in to me? 024 JER 030 005 Behold, I [will] bring terror upon you, says the Lord, from all the country round about you; and you shall be scattered every one right before him, and there is none to gather you. 024 JER 030 023 CONCERNING DAMASCUS. Emath is brought to shame, and Arphath: for they have heard an evil report: they are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest. 024 JER 030 024 Damascus is utterly weakened, she is put to flight; trembling has seized upon her. 024 JER 030 025 How has she not left my city, they have loved the village? 024 JER 030 026 Therefore shall the young men fall in your streets, and all your warriors shall fall, says the Lord. 024 JER 030 027 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the streets of the son of Ader. 024 JER 030 028 CONCERNING KEDAR THE QUEEN OF THE PALACE, WHOM NABUCHODONOSOR KING OF BABYLON SMOTE, thus says the Lord; Arise you, and go up to Kedar, and fill the sons of Kedem. 024 JER 030 029 They shall take their tents and their sheep, they shall take for themselves their garments, and all their baggage and their camels; and summon you destruction against them from every side. 024 JER 030 030 Flee you, dig very deep for a dwelling-place, you that dwell in the palace; for the king of Babylon has framed a counsel, and devised a device against you. 024 JER 030 031 Rise up, and go up against a nation settled [and] dwelling at ease, who have no doors, nor bolts, nor bars, [who] dwell alone. 024 JER 030 032 And their camels shall be a spoil, and the multitude of their cattle shall be destroyed: and I will scatter them as chaff with every wind, having their hair cut about their foreheads, I will bring on their overthrow from all sides, says the Lord. 024 JER 030 033 And the palace shall be a resting-place for ostriches, and desolate for ever: no man shall abide there, and no son of man shall dwell there. 024 JER 031 001 Thus has the Lord said concerning MOAB, Woe to Nabau! for it has perished: Cariathaim is taken: Amath and Agath are put to shame. 024 JER 031 002 There is no longer any healing for Moab, [nor] glorying in Esebon: he has devised evils against her: we have cut her off from [being] a nation, and she shall be completely still: after you shall go a sword; 024 JER 031 003 for [there is] a voice of [men] crying out of Oronaim, destruction and great ruin. 024 JER 031 004 Moab is ruined, proclaim [it] to Zogora: 024 JER 031 005 for Aloth is filled with weeping: one shall go up weeping by the way of Oronaim; you have heard a cry of destruction. 024 JER 031 006 Flee you, and save your lives, and you shall be as a wild ass in the desert. 024 JER 031 007 Since you have trusted in your strong-hold, therefore you shall be taken: and Chamos shall go forth into captivity, and his priests, and his princes together. 024 JER 031 008 And destruction shall come upon every city, it shall by no means escape; the valley also shall perish, and the plain country shall be completely destroyed, as the Lord has said. 024 JER 031 009 Set marks upon Moab, for she shall be touched with a plague-spot, and all her cities shall become desolate; whence [shall there be] an inhabitant for her? 024 JER 031 010 Cursed is the man that does the works of the Lord carelessly, keeping back his sword from blood. 024 JER 031 011 Moab has been at ease from a child, and trusted in his glory; he has not poured out [his liquor] from vessel to vessel, and has not gone into banishment, therefore his taste remained in him, and his smell departed not. 024 JER 031 012 Therefore, behold, his days come, says the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder. 024 JER 031 013 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chamos, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Baethel their hope, having trusted in them. 024 JER 031 014 How will you say, We are strong, and men strong for war? 024 JER 031 015 Moab is ruined, [even] his city, and his choice young men have gone down to slaughter. 024 JER 031 016 The day of Moab is near at hand, and his iniquity moves swiftly [to vengeance]. 024 JER 031 017 Shake [the head] at him, all you that are round about him; all [of you] utter his name; say you, How is the glorious staff broken to pieces, the rod of magnificence! 024 JER 031 018 Come down from [your] glory, and sit down in a damp place: Daebon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against you one to ravage your strong-hold. 024 JER 031 019 Stand by the way, and look, you that dwell in Arer; and ask him that is fleeing, and him that escapes, and say, What has happened? 024 JER 031 020 Moab is put to shame, because he is broken: howl and cry; proclaim in Arnon, that Moab has perished. 024 JER 031 021 And judgment is coming against the land of Misor, upon Chelon, and Rephas, and Mophas, 024 JER 031 022 and upon Daebon, and upon Nabau, and upon the house of Daethlathaim, 024 JER 031 023 and upon Cariathaim, and upon the house of Gaemol, and upon the house of Maon, 024 JER 031 024 and upon Carioth, and upon Bosor, and upon all the cities of Moab, far and near. 024 JER 031 025 The horn of Moab is broken, and his arm is crushed. 024 JER 031 026 Make you him drunk; for he has magnified himself against the Lord: and Moab shall clap with his hand, and shall be also himself a laughing stock. 024 JER 031 027 For surely Israel was to you a laughing stock, and was found among your thefts, because you did fight against him. 024 JER 031 028 The inhabitants of Moab have left the cities, and lived in rocks; they have become as doves nestling in rocks, at the mouth of a cave. 024 JER 031 029 And I have heard of the pride of Moab, he has greatly heightened his pride and his haughtiness, and his heart has been lifted up. 024 JER 031 030 But I know his works: is it not enough for him? has he not done thus? 024 JER 031 031 Therefore howl you for Moab on all sides; cry out against the shorn men [in] a gloomy place. I will weep for you, 024 JER 031 032 O vine of Aserema, as with the weeping of Jazer: your branches are gone over the sea, they reached the cities of Jazer: destruction has come upon your fruits, [and] upon your grape gatherers. 024 JER 031 033 Joy and gladness have been utterly swept off the land of Moab: and [though] there was wine in your presses, in the morning they trod it not, neither in the evening did they raise the cry of joy. 024 JER 031 034 From the cry of Esebon even to Aetam their cities uttered their voice, from Zogor to Oronaim, and their tidings [as] a heifer of three years old, for the water also of Nebrin shall be dried up. 024 JER 031 035 And I will destroy Moab, says the Lord, as he comes up to the altar, and burns incense to his gods. 024 JER 031 036 Therefore the heart of Moab shall sound as pipes, my heart shall sound as a pipe for the shorn men; forasmuch as what [every] man has gained has perished from him. 024 JER 031 037 They shall all have their heads shaved in every place, and every beard shall be shaved; and all hands shall beat [the breasts], and on all loins shall be sackcloth. 024 JER 031 038 And on all the housetops of Moab, and in his streets [shall be mourning]: for I have broken [him], says the Lord, as a vessel, which is useless. 024 JER 031 039 How has he changed! how has Moab turned [his] back! Moab is put to shame, and become a laughing stock, and an object of anger to all that are round about him. 024 JER 031 040 For thus said the Lord; 024 JER 031 041 Carioth is taken, and the strongholds have been taken together. 024 JER 031 042 And Moab shall perish from being a multitude, because he has magnified himself against the Lord. 024 JER 031 043 A snare, and fear, and the pit, are upon you, O inhabitant of Moab. 024 JER 031 044 He that flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he that comes up out of the pit shall even be taken in the snare: for I will bring these things upon Moab in the year of their visitation. 024 JER 032 015 Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Take the cup of this unmixed wine from mine hand, and you shall cause all the nations to drink, to whom I send you. 024 JER 032 016 And they shall drink, and vomit, and be mad, because of the sword which I send among them. 024 JER 032 017 So I took the cup out of the Lord's hand, and caused the nations to whom the Lord sent me to drink: 024 JER 032 018 Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings of Juda, and his princes, to make them a desert place, a desolation, and a hissing; 024 JER 032 019 and Pharao king of Egypt, and his servants, and his nobles, and all his people; 024 JER 032 020 and all the mingled [people], and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ascalon, and Gaza, and Accaron, and the remnant of Azotus, 024 JER 032 021 and Idumea, and the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, 024 JER 032 022 and the kings of Tyre, and the kings of Sidon, and the kings in the [country] beyond the sea, 024 JER 032 023 and Daedan, and Thaeman, and Ros, and every one that is shaved round about the face, 024 JER 032 024 and all the mingled [people] lodging in the wilderness, 024 JER 032 025 and all the kings of Aelam, and all the kings of the Persians, 024 JER 032 026 and all the kings from the north, the far and the near, each one with his brother, and all the kingdoms which are on the face of the earth. 024 JER 032 027 And you shall say to them, Thus said the Lord Almighty; Drink you, be you drunken; and you shall vomit, and shall fall, and shall in nowise rise, because of the sword which I send among you. 024 JER 032 028 And it shall come to pass, when they refuse to take the cup out of your hand, to drink it, that you shall say, Thus said the Lord; You shall surely drink. 024 JER 032 029 For I am beginning to afflict the city whereon my name is called, and you shall by no means be held guiltless: for I am calling a sword upon all that dwell upon the earth. 024 JER 032 030 And you shall prophesy against them these words, and shall say, The Lord shall speak from on high, from his sanctuary he will utter his voice; he will pronounce a declaration on his place; and these shall answer like men gathering grapes: and destruction is coming on them that dwell on the earth, 024 JER 032 031 [even] upon [the extreme] part of the earth; for the Lord [has] a controversy with the nations, he is pleading with all flesh, and the ungodly are given to the sword, says the Lord. 024 JER 032 032 Thus said the Lord; Behold, evils are proceeding from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind goes forth from the end of the earth. 024 JER 032 033 And the slain of the Lord shall be in the day of the Lord from [one] end of the earth even to the [other] end of the earth: they shall not be buried; they shall be as dung on the face of the earth. 024 JER 032 034 Howl, you shepherds, and cry; and lament, you rams of the flock: for your days have been completed for slaughter, and you shall fall as the choice rams. 024 JER 032 035 And flight shall perish from the shepherds, and safety from the rams of the flock. 024 JER 032 036 A voice of the crying of the shepherds, and a moaning of the sheep and the rams: for the Lord has destroyed their pastures. 024 JER 032 037 And the peaceful abodes that remain shall be destroyed before the fierceness of my anger. 024 JER 032 038 He has forsaken his lair, as a lion: for their land is become desolate before the great sword. 024 JER 033 001 IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF KING JOAKIM SON OF JOSIAS THERE CAME THIS WORD FROM THE LORD. 024 JER 033 002 Thus said the Lord; Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and you shall declare to all the Jews, and to all that come to worship in the house of the Lord, all the words which I commanded you to speak to them; abate not one word. 024 JER 033 003 Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their evil practices. 024 JER 033 004 And you shall say, Thus said the Lord; If you will not listen to me, to walk in my statutes which I set before you, 024 JER 033 005 to listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send to you early in the morning; yes, I sent them, but you listened not to me; 024 JER 033 006 then will I make this house as Selo, and I will make [this] city a curse to all the nations of all the earth. 024 JER 033 007 And the priests, and the false prophets, and all the people heard Jeremias speaking these words in the house of the Lord. 024 JER 033 008 And it came to pass, when Jeremias had ceased speaking all that the Lord had ordered him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the false prophets and all the people took him, saying, 024 JER 033 009 You shall surely die, because you have prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be as Selo, and this city shall be made quite destitute of inhabitants. And all the people assembled against Jeremias in the house of the Lord. 024 JER 033 010 And the princes of Juda heard this word, and they went up out of the house of the king to the house of the Lord, and sat in the entrance of the new gate. 024 JER 033 011 Then the priests and the false prophets said to the princes and to all the people, The judgment of death [is due] to this man; because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears. 024 JER 033 012 Then Jeremias spoke to the princes, and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city, all the words which you have heard. 024 JER 033 013 And now amend your ways and your works, and listen to the voice of the Lord; and the Lord shall cease from the evils which he has pronounced against you. 024 JER 033 014 And behold, I am in your hands; do to me as is expedient, and as it is best for you. 024 JER 033 015 But know for a certainty, that if you kill me, you bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon them that dwell in it; for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak in your ears all these words. 024 JER 033 016 Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the false prophets; Judgment of death is not [due] to this man; for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God. 024 JER 033 017 And there rose up men of the elders of the land, and said to all the assembly of the people, 024 JER 033 018 Michaeas the Morathite lived in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and said to all the people of Juda, Thus says the Lord; Sion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become a desolation, and the mountain of the house shall be a thicket of trees. 024 JER 033 019 Did Ezekias and all Juda in any way kill him? Was it not that they feared the Lord, and they made supplication before the Lord, and the Lord ceased from the evils which he [had] pronounced against them? whereas we have wrought great evil against our own souls. 024 JER 033 020 And there was [another] man prophesying in the name of the Lord, Urias the son of Samaeas of Cariathiarim; and he prophesied concerning this land according to all the words of Jeremias. 024 JER 033 021 And king Joakim and all the princes heard all his words, and sought to kill him; and Urias heard [it] and went into Egypt. 024 JER 033 022 And the king sent men into Egypt; 024 JER 033 023 and they brought him thence, and brought him into the king; and he struck him with the sword, and cast him into the sepulchre of the children of his people. 024 JER 033 024 Nevertheless the hand of Achicam son of Saphan was with Jeremias, to prevent his being delivered into the hands of the people, or being killed. 024 JER 034 001 Thus said the Lord; Make to yourself bonds and yokes, and put [them] about your neck, 024 JER 034 003 and you shall send them to the king of Idumea, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hands of their messengers that come to meet them at Jerusalem to Sedekias king of Juda. 024 JER 034 004 And you shall commission them to say to their lords, Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall you say to your lords; 024 JER 034 005 I have made the earth by my great power, and with my high arm, and I will give it to whoever it shall seem [good] in mine eyes. 024 JER 034 006 I gave the earth to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to serve him, and the wild beasts of the field to labor for him. 024 JER 034 008 And the nation and kingdom, all that shall not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, with sword and famine will I visit them, says the Lord, until they are consumed by his hand. 024 JER 034 009 And listen you not to your false prophets, nor to them that divine to you, nor to them that foretell events by dreams to you, nor to your auguries, nor your sorcerers, that say, You shall by no means work for the king of Babylon: 024 JER 034 010 for they prophesy lies to you, to remove you far from your land. 024 JER 034 011 But the nation which shall put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, I will even leave it upon its land, and it shall serve him, and dwell in it. 024 JER 034 012 I spoke also to Sedekias king of Juda according to all these words, saying, Put your neck into [the yoke], and serve the king of Babylon. 024 JER 034 014 For they prophesy unrighteous [words] to you, 024 JER 034 015 for I sent them not, says the Lord; and they prophesy [in] my name unjustly, that I might destroy you, and you should perish, and your prophets, who unrighteously prophesy lies to you. 024 JER 034 016 I spoke to you, and to all this people, and to the priests, saying, Thus said the Lord; Listen not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall return from Babylon: for they prophesy to you unrighteous [words]. 024 JER 034 017 I sent them not. 024 JER 034 018 If they are prophets, and if the word of the Lord is in them, let them meet me, for thus has the Lord said. 024 JER 034 019 And as for the remaining vessels, 024 JER 034 020 which the king of Babylon took not, when he carried Jechonias prisoner out of Jerusalem, 024 JER 034 022 they shall go into Babylon, says the Lord. 024 JER 035 001 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Sedekias king of Juda, in the fifth month, [that] Ananias the false prophet, the son of Azor, from Gabaon, spoke to me in the house of the Lord, in the sight of the priests and all the people, saying, 024 JER 035 002 Thus says the Lord; I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. 024 JER 035 003 Yet two full years, and I will return into this place the vessels of the house of the Lord, 024 JER 035 004 and Jechonias, and the captivity of Juda: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. 024 JER 035 005 Then Jeremias spoke to Ananias in the sight of all the people, and in the sight of the priests that stood in the house of the Lord, 024 JER 035 006 and Jeremias said, May the Lord indeed do thus; may he confirm your word which you do prophesy, to return the vessels of the house of the Lord, and all the captivity, out of Babylon to this place. 024 JER 035 007 Nevertheless hear you the word of the Lord which I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people. 024 JER 035 008 The prophets that were before me and before you of old, also prophesied over much country, and against great kingdoms, concerning war. 024 JER 035 009 [As for] the prophet that has prophesied for peace, when the word has come [to pass], they shall know the prophet whom the Lord has sent them in truth. 024 JER 035 010 Then Ananias took the yokes from the neck of Jeremias in the sight of all the people, and broke them to pieces. 024 JER 035 011 And Ananias spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus said the Lord; Thus will I break the yoke of the king of Babylon from the necks of all the nations. And Jeremias went his way. 024 JER 035 012 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, after that Ananias had broken the yokes off his neck, saying, 024 JER 035 013 Go and speak to Ananias, saying, Thus says the Lord; You have broken the yokes of wood; but I will make instead of them yokes of iron. 024 JER 035 014 For thus said the Lord, I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all the nations, that they may serve the king of Babylon. 024 JER 035 015 And Jeremias said to Ananias, The Lord has not sent you; and you have caused this people to trust in unrighteousness. 024 JER 035 016 Therefore thus said the Lord: Behold, I [will] cast you off from the face of the earth: this year you shall die. 024 JER 035 017 So he died in the seventh month. 024 JER 036 001 And these are the words of the book which Jeremias sent from Jerusalem to the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the false prophets, even an epistle to Babylon for the captivity, and to all the people; 024 JER 036 002 (after the departure of Jechonias the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem; ) 024 JER 036 003 by the hand of Eleasan son of Saphan, and Gamarias son of Chelcias, (whom Sedekias king of Juda sent to the king of Babylon to Babylon) saying, 024 JER 036 004 Thus said the Lord God of Israel concerning the captivity which I caused to be carried away from Jerusalem; 024 JER 036 005 Build you houses, and inhabit [them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruits thereof; 024 JER 036 006 and take you wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, and be multiplied, and be not diminished. 024 JER 036 007 And seek the peace of the land into which I have carried you captive, and you shall pray to the Lord for the people: for in its peace you shall [have] peace. 024 JER 036 008 For thus says the Lord; Let not the false prophets that are among you persuade you, and let not your diviners persuade you, and listen not to your dreams which you dream. 024 JER 036 009 For they prophesy to you unrighteous [words] in my name; and I sent them not. 024 JER 036 010 For thus said the Lord; When seventy years shall be on the point of being accomplished at Babylon, I will visit you, and will confirm my words to you, to bring back your people to this place. 024 JER 036 011 And I will devise for you a device of peace, and not evil, to bestow upon you these [good things]. 024 JER 036 012 And do you pray to me, and I will listen to you: and do you earnestly seek me, and you shall find me; 024 JER 036 013 for you shall seek me with your whole heart. 024 JER 036 014 And I will appear to you: 024 JER 036 015 whereas you said, The Lord has appointed for us prophets in Babylon: 024 JER 036 021 Thus says the Lord concerning Achiab, and concerning Sedekias; Behold, I [will] deliver them into the hands of the king of Babylon; and he shall strike them in your sight. 024 JER 036 022 And they shall make of them a curse in all the captivity of Juda in Babylon, saying, The Lord do to you as he did to Sedekias, and as he did to Achiab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire; 024 JER 036 023 because of the iniquity which they wrought in Israel, and [because] they committed adultery with the wives of their fellow-citizens; and spoke a word in my name, which I did not command them [to speak], and I am witness, says the Lord. 024 JER 036 024 And to Samaeas the Aelamite you shall say, 024 JER 036 025 I sent you not in my name: and to Sophonias the priest the son of Maasaeas say you, 024 JER 036 026 The Lord has made you priest in the place of Jodae the priest, to be ruler in the house of the Lord over every prophet, and to every madman, and you shall put them in prison, and into the dungeon. 024 JER 036 027 And now therefore have you reviled together Jeremias of Anathoth, who prophesied to you? 024 JER 036 028 Did he not send for this purpose? for in the course of this month he sent to you to Babylon, saying, It is far off: build you houses, and inhabit [them]; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 024 JER 036 029 And Sophonias read the book in the ears of Jeremias. 024 JER 036 030 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying, 024 JER 036 031 Send to the captivity, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Samaeas the Aelamite, Since Samaeas has prophesied to you, and I sent him not, and he has made you to trust in iniquity, 024 JER 036 032 therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I will visit Samaeas, and his family: and there shall not be a man of them in the midst of you to see the good which I will do to you: they shall not see [it]. 024 JER 037 001 THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS FROM THE LORD, SAYING, 024 JER 037 002 Thus speaks the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. 024 JER 037 003 For, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel and Juda, said the Lord: and I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their fathers, and they shall be lords of it. 024 JER 037 004 AND THESE ARE THE WORDS WHICH THE LORD SPOKE CONCERNING ISRAEL AND JUDA; 024 JER 037 005 Thus said the Lord: You shall hear a sound of fear, [there is] fear, and there is not peace. 024 JER 037 006 Enquire, and see if a male has born a child? and [ask] concerning the fear, wherein they shall hold their loins, and [look for] safety: for I have seen every man, and his hands are on his loins; [their] faces are turned to paleness. 024 JER 037 007 For that day is great, and there is not such [another]; and it is a time of straitness to Jacob; but he shall be saved out of it. 024 JER 037 008 In that day, said the Lord, I will break the yoke off their neck, and will burst their bonds, and they shall no longer serve strangers: 024 JER 037 009 but they shall serve the Lord their God; and I will raise up to them David their king. 024 JER 037 012 Thus says the Lord; I have brought on [you] destruction; your stroke is painful. 024 JER 037 013 There is none to judge your cause: you have been painfully treated for healing, there is no help for you. 024 JER 037 014 All your friends have forgotten you; they shall not ask [about you] at all, for I have struck you with he stroke of an enemy, [even] severe correction: your sins have abounded above all your iniquity. 024 JER 037 015 Your sins have abounded beyond the multitude of your iniquities, [therefore] they have done these things to you. Therefore all that devour you shall be eaten, and all your enemies shall eat all their [own] flesh. 024 JER 037 016 And they that spoil you shall become a spoil, and I will give up to be plundered all that have plundered you. 024 JER 037 017 For I will bring about your healing, I will heal you of your grievous wound, says the Lord; for you are called Dispersed: she is your prey, for no one seeks after her. 024 JER 037 018 Thus said the Lord; Behold, I will turn the captivity of Jacob, and will have pity upon his prisoners; and the city shall be built upon her hill, and the people shall settle after their manner. 024 JER 037 019 And there shall go forth from them singers, [even] the sound of men making merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not at all be diminished. 024 JER 037 020 And their sons shall go in as before, and their testimonies shall be established before me, and I will visit them that afflict them. 024 JER 037 021 And their mighty ones shall be over them, and their prince shall proceed of themselves; and I will gather them, and they shall return to me: for who is this that has set his heart to return to me? says the Lord. 024 JER 037 023 For the wrathful anger of the lord has gone forth, [even] a whirlwind of anger has gone forth: it shall come upon the ungodly. 024 JER 037 024 The fierce anger of the Lord shall not return, until he shall execute [it], and until he shall establish the purpose of his heart: in the latter days you shall know these things. 024 JER 038 001 At that time, says the Lord, I will be a God to the family of Israel, and they shall be to me a people. 024 JER 038 002 Thus says the Lord, I found him warm in the wilderness with them that were slain with the sword: go you and destroy not Israel. 024 JER 038 003 The Lord appeared to him from afar, [saying], I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn you in compassion. 024 JER 038 004 For I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall yet take your timbrel, and go forth with the party of them that make merry. 024 JER 038 005 For you have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant you, and praise. 024 JER 038 006 For it is a day when those that plead on the mountains of Ephraim shall call, [saying], Arise you, and go up to Sion to the Lord your God. 024 JER 038 007 For thus says the Lord to Jacob; Rejoice you, and exult over the head of the nations: make proclamation, and praise you: say, The Lord has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel. 024 JER 038 008 Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the passover: and [the people] shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither. 024 JER 038 009 They went forth with weeping, and I will bring them back with consolation, causing them to lodge by the channels of waters in a straight way, and they shall not err in it: for I am become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. 024 JER 038 010 Hear the words of the Lord, you nations, and proclaim [them] to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock. 024 JER 038 011 For the Lord has ransomed Jacob, he has rescued him out of the hand of them [that were] stronger than he. 024 JER 038 012 And they shall come, and shall rejoice in the mount of Sion, and shall come to the good things of the Lord, [even] to a land of corn, and wine, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep: and their soul shall be as a fruitful tree; and they shall hunger no more. 024 JER 038 013 Then shall the virgins rejoice in the assembly of youth, and the old men shall rejoice; and I will turn their mourning into joy, and will make them merry. 024 JER 038 014 I will expand and cheer with wine the soul of the priests the sons of Levi, and my people shall be satisfied with my good things: thus says the Lord. 024 JER 038 015 A voice was heard in Rama, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not. 024 JER 038 016 Thus says the Lord; Let your voice cease from weeping, and your eyes from your tears: for their is a reward for your works; and they shall return from the land of [your] enemies. 024 JER 038 017 [There shall be] an dwelling [home] for your children. 024 JER 038 018 I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, [and saying], You have chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not [willingly] taught: turn you me, and I shall turn; for you [are] the Lord my God. 024 JER 038 019 For after my captivity I repented; and after I knew, I groaned for the day of shame, and showed you that I bore reproach from my youth. 024 JER 038 020 Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to me: for because my words are in him, I will surely remember him: therefore I made haste [to help] him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the Lord. 024 JER 038 021 Prepare yourself, O Sion; execute vengeance; look to your ways: return, O virgin of Israel, by the way by which you went, return mourning to your cities. 024 JER 038 022 How long, O disgraced daughter, will you turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety. 024 JER 038 023 For thus says the Lord; They shall yet speak this word in the land of Juda, and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn his captivity; blessed be the Lord on his righteous holy mountain! 024 JER 038 024 And there shall be dwellers in the cities of Juda, and in all his land, together with the husbandman, and [the shepherd] shall go forth with the flock. 024 JER 038 025 For I have saturated every thirsting soul, and filled every hungry soul. 024 JER 038 026 Therefore I awake, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me. 024 JER 038 027 Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of man, and the seed of beast. 024 JER 038 028 And it shall come to pass, that as I watched over them, to pull down, and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, says the Lord. 024 JER 038 029 In those days they shall certainly not say, The fathers ate a sour grape, and the children's teeth were set on edge. 024 JER 038 030 But every one shall die in his own sin; and the teeth of him that eats the sour grape shall be set on edge. 024 JER 038 031 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Juda: 024 JER 038 032 not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took hold of their hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; for they abode not in my covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord. 024 JER 038 033 For this is my covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, says the Lord, I will surely put my laws into their mind, and write them on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. 024 JER 038 034 And they shall not at all teach every one his [fellow] citizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them: for I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more. 024 JER 038 035 Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for a light by day, the moon and the stars for a light by night, and [makes] a roaring in the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; the Lord Almighty is his name: 024 JER 038 036 if these ordinances cease from before me, says the Lord, then shall the family of Israel cease to be a nation before me forever. 024 JER 038 037 Though the sky should be raised to a [greater] height, says the Lord, and though the ground of the earth should be sunk [lower] beneath, yet I will not cast off the family of Israel, says the Lord, for all that they have done. 024 JER 038 038 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Anameel to the gate of the corner. 024 JER 038 039 And the measurement of it shall proceed in front of them as far as the hills of Gareb, and it shall be compassed with a circular wall of choice stones. 024 JER 038 040 And all the Asaremoth even to Nachal Kedron, as far as the corner of the horse-gate eastward, shall be holiness to the Lord; and it shall not fail any more, and shall not be destroyed for ever. 024 JER 039 001 The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias in the tenth year of king Sedekias, this is the eighteenth year of king Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon. 024 JER 039 002 And the host of the king of Babylon had made a rampart against Jerusalem: and Jeremias was kept in the court of the prison, which is in the king's house; 024 JER 039 003 in which king Sedekias [had] shut him up, saying, Therefore do you prophesy, saying, Thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 024 JER 039 004 and Sedekias shall by no means be delivered out of the hand of the Chaldeans, for he shall certainly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and his mouth shall speak to his mouth, and his eyes shall look upon his eyes; 024 JER 039 005 and Sedekias shall go into Babylon, and dwell there? 024 JER 039 006 AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAS, SAYING, 024 JER 039 007 Behold, Anameel the son of Salom your father's brother is coming to you, saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth: for you [have] the right to take [it] as a purchase. 024 JER 039 008 So Anameel the son of Salom my father's brother came to me into the court of the prison, and said, Buy you my field that is in the land of Benjamin, in Anathoth: for you [have] a right to buy it, and you are the elder. So I knew that it was the word of the Lord. 024 JER 039 009 And I bought the field of Anameel the son of my father's brother, and I weighed him seventeen shekels of silver. 024 JER 039 010 And I wrote [it] in a book, and sealed [it], and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance. 024 JER 039 011 And I took the book of the purchase that was sealed; 024 JER 039 012 and I gave it to Baruch son of Nerias, son of Maasaeas, in the sight of Anameel my father's brother's son, and in the sight of the men that stood by and wrote in the book of the purchase, and in the sight of the Jews that were in the court of the prison. 024 JER 039 013 And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty; 024 JER 039 014 Take this book of the purchase, and the book that has been read; and you shall put it into an earthen vessel, that it may remain many days. 024 JER 039 015 For thus says the Lord; There shall yet be bought fields and houses and vineyards in this land. 024 JER 039 016 And I prayed to the Lord after I had given the book of the purchase to Baruch the son of Nerias, saying, 024 JER 039 017 O [ever] living Lord! you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power, and with your high and lofty arm: nothing can be hidden from you. 024 JER 039 018 Granting mercy to thousands, and recompensing the sins of the fathers into the bosoms of their children after them: the great, the strong God; 024 JER 039 019 the Lord of great counsel, and mighty in deeds, the great Almighty God, and Lord of great name: your eyes are upon the ways of the children of men, to give to every one according to his way: 024 JER 039 020 who have wrought signs and wonders in the land of Egypt even to this day, and in Israel, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and you did make for yourself a name, as at this day; 024 JER 039 021 and you did bring out your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights; 024 JER 039 022 and you gave them this land, which you did swear [to give] to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey; 024 JER 039 023 and they went in, and took it; but they listened not to your voice, and walked not in your ordinances; they did none of the things which you did command them, and they caused all these calamities to happen to them. 024 JER 039 024 Behold, a multitude is come against the city to take it; and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans that fight against it, by the power of the sword, and the famine: as you have spoken, so has it happened. 024 JER 039 025 And you say to me, Buy you the field for money; and I wrote a book, and sealed [it], and took the testimony of witnesses: and the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans. 024 JER 039 026 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 024 JER 039 027 I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: shall anything be hidden from me! 024 JER 039 028 Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel; This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it: 024 JER 039 029 and the Chaldeans shall come to war against this city, and they shall burn this city with fire, and shall burn down the houses wherein they burnt incense on the roofs thereof to Baal, and poured drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me. 024 JER 039 030 For the children of Israel and the children of Juda alone did evil in my sight from their youth. 024 JER 039 031 For this city was [obnoxious] to my anger and my wrath, from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from my presence, 024 JER 039 032 because of all the wickedness of the children of Israel and Juda, which they wrought to provoke me, they and their kings, and their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, the men of Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem. 024 JER 039 033 And they turned the back to me, and not the face: whereas I taught them early in the morning, but they listened no more to receive instructions. 024 JER 039 034 And they set their pollutions in the house, on which my name was called, by their uncleannesses. 024 JER 039 035 And they built to Baal the altars that are in the valley of the son of Ennom, to offer their sons and their daughters to king Moloch; which things I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Juda to sin. 024 JER 039 036 And now thus has the Lord God of Israel said concerning this city, of which you say, it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by famine, and banishment. 024 JER 039 037 Behold, I [will] gather them out of every land, where I have scattered them in my anger, and my wrath, and great fury; and I will bring them back into this place, and will cause them to dwell safely: 024 JER 039 038 and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a god. 024 JER 039 039 And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear me continually, and [that] for good to them and their children after them. 024 JER 039 040 And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, which I will by no means turn away from them, and I will put my fear into their heart, that they may not depart from me. 024 JER 039 041 And I will visit [them] to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, and with all my heart, and with all [my] soul. 024 JER 039 042 For thus says the Lord; As I have brought upon this people all these great evils, so will I bring upon them all the good things which I pronounced upon them. 024 JER 039 043 And there shall yet be fields bought in the land, of which you say, it shall be destitute of man and beast; and they are delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. 024 JER 039 044 And they shall buy fields for money, and you shall write a book, and seal [it], and shall take the testimony of witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, and in the cities of the mountain, and in the cities of the plain, and in the cities of the south: for I will turn their captivity. 024 JER 040 001 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the second time, when he was yet bound in the court of the prison, saying, 024 JER 040 002 Thus says the Lord, who made the earth and formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name; 024 JER 040 003 Cry to me, and I will answer you, and I will declare to you great and mighty things, which you know not. 024 JER 040 004 For thus says the Lord concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the king of Juda, which have been pulled down for mounds and fortifications, 024 JER 040 005 to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill it with the corpses of men, whom I struck in mine anger and my wrath, and turned away my face from them, for all their wickedness: 024 JER 040 006 Behold, I bring upon her healing and cure, and I will show [myself] to them, and will heal her, and make both peace and security. 024 JER 040 007 And I will turn the captivity of Juda, and the captivity of Israel, and will build them, even as before. 024 JER 040 008 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and will not remember their sins, whereby they have sinned against me, and revolted from me. 024 JER 040 009 And it shall be for joy and praise, and for glory to all the people of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I will do: and they shall fear and be provoked for all the good things and for all the peace which I will bring upon them. 024 JER 040 010 Thus says the Lord; There shall yet be heard in this place, of which you say, it is destitute of men and cattle, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, [the places] that have been made desolate for lack of men and cattle, 024 JER 040 011 the voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of men saying, Give thanks to the Lord Almighty: for the Lord is good; for his mercy [endures] fore ever: and they shall bring gifts into the house of the Lord; for I will turn all the captivity of that land as before, said the Lord. 024 JER 040 012 Thus says the Lord of hosts; There shall yet be in this place, that is desert for lack of man and beast, in all the cities thereof, resting-places for shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. 024 JER 040 013 In the cities of the hill country, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the [cities] round about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda, flocks shall yet pass under the hand of him that numbers [them], says the Lord. 024 JER 041 001 The word that came to Jeremias from the Lord (now Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the country of his dominion, were warring against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Juda, ) saying, 024 JER 041 002 Thus has the Lord said; Go to Sedekias king of Juda, and you shall say to him, Thus has the Lord said, This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it, and shall burn it with fire: 024 JER 041 003 and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall certainly be taken, and shall be given into his hands; and your eyes shall see his eyes, and you shall enter into Babylon. 024 JER 041 004 But hear the word of the Lord, O Sedekias king of Juda; Thus says the Lord, 024 JER 041 005 You shall die in peace: and as they wept for your fathers that reigned before you, they shall weep also for you, [saying], Ah lord! and they shall lament for you down to the grave: for I have spoken the word, said the Lord. 024 JER 041 006 And Jeremias spoke to king Sedekias all these words in Jerusalem. 024 JER 041 007 And the host of the king of Babylon warred against Jerusalem, and against the cities of Juda, and against Lachis, and against Azeca: for these strong cities were left among the cities of Juda. 024 JER 041 008 The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after king Sedekias had concluded a covenant with the people, to proclaim a release; 024 JER 041 009 That every one should set at liberty his servant, and every one has handmaid, the Hebrew man and Hebrew woman, that no man of Juda should be a bondman. 024 JER 041 010 Then all the nobles, and all the people who had entered into the covenant, [engaging] to set free every one his man-servant, and every one his maid, turned, 024 JER 041 011 and gave them over to be menservants and maidservants. 024 JER 041 012 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying, 024 JER 041 013 Thus says the Lord; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day wherein I took them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying, 024 JER 041 014 When six years are accomplished, you shall set free your brother the Hebrew, who shall be sold to you: for he shall serve you six years, and [then] you shall let him go free: but they listened not to me, and inclined not their ear. 024 JER 041 015 And this day they turned to do that which was right in my sight, to proclaim every one the release of his neighbor; and they had concluded a covenant before me, in the house whereon my name is called. 024 JER 041 016 But you turned and profaned my name, to bring back every one his servant, and every one his handmaid, whom you had sent forth free [and] at their own disposal, to be to you menservants and maidservants. 024 JER 041 017 Therefore thus said the Lord; You have not listened to me, to proclaim a release every one to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a release to you, to the sword, and to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will give you up to dispersion [among] all the kingdoms of the earth. 024 JER 041 018 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, who have not kept my covenant, which they made before me, the calf which they prepared to sacrifice with it, 024 JER 041 019 the princes of Juda, and the men in power, and the priests, and the people; 024 JER 041 020 I will even give them to their enemies, and their carcases shall be food for the birds of the sky and for the wild beasts of the earth. 024 JER 041 021 And I will give Sedekias king of Judea, and their princes, into the hands of their enemies, and the host of the king of Babylon [shall come upon] them that run away from them. 024 JER 041 022 Behold, I [will] give command, says the Lord, and will bring them back to this land; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire, and the cities of Juda; and I will make them desolate without inhabitants. 024 JER 042 001 THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS from the Lord in the days of Joakim, king of Juda, saying, 024 JER 042 002 Go to the house of the Archabin, and you shall bring them to the house of the Lord, into one of the courts, and give them wine to drink. 024 JER 042 003 So I brought forth Jechonias the son of Jeremin the son of Chabasin, and his brethren, and his sons, and all the family of the Archabin; 024 JER 042 004 and I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Joanan, the son of Ananias, the son of Godolias, a man of God, who dwells near the house of the princes that are over the house of Maasaeas the son of Selom, who kept the court. 024 JER 042 005 And I set before them a jar of wine, and cups, and I said, Drink you wine. 024 JER 042 006 But they said, We will on no account drink wine, for our father Jonadab the son of Rechab commanded us, saying, You shall on no account drink wine, [neither] you, nor your sons for ever: 024 JER 042 007 nor shall you at all build houses, nor sow any seed, nor shall you have a vineyard: for you shall dwell in tents all your days; that you may live many days upon the land, in which you sojourn. 024 JER 042 008 And we listened to the voice of Jonadab our father, so as to drink no wine all our days, we, and our wives, and our sons, and our daughters; 024 JER 042 009 and so as to build no houses to dwell in: and we have had no vineyard, nor field, nor seed: 024 JER 042 010 but we have lived in tents, and have listened, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. 024 JER 042 011 And it came to pass, when Nabuchodonosor came up against the land, that we said we would come in; and we entered into Jerusalem, for fear of the host of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the host of the Assyrians: and we lived there. 024 JER 042 012 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 024 JER 042 013 Thus says the Lord, Go, and say to the men of Juda, and to them that dwell in Jerusalem, Will you not receive correction to listen to my words? 024 JER 042 014 The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the word which he commanded his children, that they should drink no wine; and they have not drunk [it]: but I spoke to you early, and you listened not. 024 JER 042 015 And I sent to you my servants the prophets, saying, Turn you every one from his evil way, and amend your practices, and go not after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell upon the land which I gave to you and to your fathers: but you inclined not your ears, and listened not. 024 JER 042 016 But the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command of their father; but this people has not listened to me. 024 JER 042 017 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] bring upon Juda and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evils which I pronounced against them. 024 JER 042 018 Therefore thus says the Lord; Since the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have listened to the command of their father, to do as their father commanded them: 024 JER 042 019 there shall never be lacking a man of the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab to stand before my face while the earth remains. 024 JER 043 001 IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF JOAKIM son of Josias king of Juda, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 024 JER 043 002 Take you a roll of a book, and write upon it all the words which I spoke to you against Jerusalem, and against Juda, and against all the nations, from the day when I spoke to you, from the days of Josias king of Juda, even to this day. 024 JER 043 003 Perhaps the house of Juda will hear all the evils which I purpose to do to them; that they may turn from their evil way; and [so] I will be merciful to their iniquities and their sins. 024 JER 043 004 So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and he wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken to him, on a roll of a book. 024 JER 043 005 And Jeremias commanded Baruch, saying, I am in prison; I can’t enter into the house of the Lord: 024 JER 043 006 so you shall read in this roll in the ears of the people in the house of the Lord, on the fast day; and in the ears of all Juda that come out of their cities, you shall read to them. 024 JER 043 007 Peradventure their supplication will come before the Lord, and they will turn from their evil way: for great is the wrath and the anger of the Lord, which he has pronounced against this people. 024 JER 043 008 And Baruch did according to all that Jeremias commanded him—reading in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house. 024 JER 043 009 And it came to pass in the eighth year of king Joakim, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem, and the house of Juda, proclaimed a fast before the Lord. 024 JER 043 010 And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremias in the house of the Lord, in the house of Gamarias son of Saphan the scribe, in the upper court, in the entrance of the new gate of the house of the Lord, and in the ears of all the people. 024 JER 043 011 And Michaeas the son of Gamarias the son of Saphan heard all the words of the Lord, out of the book. 024 JER 043 012 And he went down to the king's house, into the house of the scribe: and, behold, there were sitting there all the princes, Elisama the scribe, and Dalaeas the son of Selemias, and Jonathan the son of Acchobor, and Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedekias the son of Ananias, and all the princes. 024 JER 043 013 And Michaeas reported to them all the words which he had heard Baruch reading in the ears of the people. 024 JER 043 014 And all the princes sent to Baruch son of Nerias Judin the son of Nathanias, the son of Selemias, the son of Chusi, saying, Take in your hand the roll in which you read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch took the roll, and went down to them. 024 JER 043 015 And they said to him, Read [it] again in our ears. And Baruch read [it]. 024 JER 043 016 And it came to pass, when they [had] heard all the words, [that] they took counsel each with his neighbor, and said, Let us by all means tell the king all these words. 024 JER 043 017 And they asked Baruch, saying, Where did you write all these words? 024 JER 043 018 And Baruch said, Jeremias told me from his [own] mouth all these words, and I wrote them in a book. 024 JER 043 019 And they said to Baruch, Go, and hide, you and Jeremias; let no man know where you [are]. 024 JER 043 020 And they went in to the king into the court, and gave the roll [to one] to keep in the house of Elisama; and they told the king all these words. 024 JER 043 021 And the king sent Judin to fetch the roll: and he took it out of the house of Elisama: and Judin read in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who stood round the king. 024 JER 043 022 Now the king was sitting in the winter house: and [there was] a fire on the hearth before him. 024 JER 043 023 And it came to pass when Judin had read three or four leaves, he cut them off with a penknife, and cast [them] into the fire that was on the hearth, until the whole roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 024 JER 043 024 And the king and his servants that heard all these words sought not [the Lord], and tore not their garments. 024 JER 043 025 But Elnathan and Godolias suggested to the king that he should burn the roll. 024 JER 043 026 And the king commanded Jeremeel the king's son, and Saraeas the son of Esriel, to take Baruch and Jeremias: but they were hidden. 024 JER 043 027 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, after the king had burnt the roll, [even] all the words which Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias, saying, 024 JER 043 028 Again take you another roll, and write all the words that were on the roll, which king Joakim has burnt. 024 JER 043 029 And you shall say, Thus says the Lord; You have burnt this roll, saying, Why have you written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come in, and destroy this land, and man and cattle shall fail from off it? 024 JER 043 030 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Joakim king of Juda; He shall not have [a man] to sit on the throne of David: and his carcass shall be cast forth in the heat by day, and in the frost by night. 024 JER 043 031 And I will visit him, and his family, and his servants: and I will bring upon him, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the land of Juda, all the evils which I spoke of to them; and they listened not. 024 JER 043 032 And Baruch took another roll, and wrote upon it from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the book which Joakim had burnt: and there were yet more words added to it like the former. 024 JER 044 001 And Sedekias the son of Josias reigned instead of Joakim, whom Nabuchodonosor appointed to reign over Juda. 024 JER 044 002 And he and his servants and the people of the land listened not to the words of the Lord, which he spoke by Jeremias. 024 JER 044 003 And king Sedekias sent Joachal son of Selemias and Sophonias the priest son of Maasaeas to Jeremias, saying, Pray now for us to the Lord. 024 JER 044 004 Now Jeremias came and went through the midst of the city: for they [had] not put him into the house of the prison. 024 JER 044 005 And the host of Pharao was come forth out of Egypt; and the Chaldeans heard the report of them, and they went up from Jerusalem. 024 JER 044 006 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying, 024 JER 044 007 Thus said the Lord; Thus shall you say to the king of Juda who sent to you, to seek me; Behold, the army of Pharao which is come forth to help you: they shall return to the land of Egypt: 024 JER 044 008 and the Chaldeans themselves shall turn again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. 024 JER 044 009 For thus says the Lord; Suppose not in your hearts, saying, The Chaldeans will certainly depart from us: for they shall not depart. 024 JER 044 010 And though you should strike the whole host of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there should be left a few wounded [men], these should rise up each in his place, and burn this city with fire. 024 JER 044 011 And it came to pass, when the host of the Chaldeans had gone up from Jerusalem for fear of the host of Pharao, 024 JER 044 012 that Jeremias went forth from Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to buy thence [a property] in the midst of the people. 024 JER 044 013 And he was in the gate of Benjamin, and [there was] there a man with whom he lodged, Saruia the son of Selemias, the son of Ananias; and he caught Jeremias, saying, You are fleeing to the Chaldeans. 024 JER 044 014 And he said, [It is] false; I do not flee to the Chaldeans. But he listened not to him; and Saruia caught Jeremias, and brought him to the princes. 024 JER 044 015 And the princes were very angry with Jeremias, and struck him, and sent him into the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made this a prison. 024 JER 044 016 So Jeremias came into the dungeon, and into the cells, and he remained there many days. 024 JER 044 017 Then Sedekias sent, and called him; and the king asked him secretly, saying, Is there a word from the Lord? and he said, There is: you shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon. 024 JER 044 018 And Jeremias said to the king, Wherein have I wronged you, or your servants, or this people, that you put me in prison? 024 JER 044 019 And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against this land? 024 JER 044 020 Now therefore, my lord the king, let my supplication come before your face: and why do you send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe? and let me not on any account die there. 024 JER 044 021 Then the king commanded, and they cast him into the prison, and gave him a loaf a day out of the place where they bake, until the bread failed out of the city. So Jeremias continued in the court of the prison. 024 JER 045 001 And Saphanias the son of Nathan, and Godolias the son of Paschor, and Joachal the son of Semelias, heard the words which Jeremias spoke to the people, saying, 024 JER 045 002 Thus says the Lord; He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine: but he that goes out to the Chaldeans shall live; and his soul shall be given him for a found treasure, and he shall live. 024 JER 045 003 For thus says the Lord; This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the host of the king of Babylon, and they shall take it. 024 JER 045 004 And they said to the king, Let that man, we pray you, be slain, for he weakens the hands of the fighting men that are left in the city, and the hands of all the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man does not prophesy peace to this people, but evil. 024 JER 045 005 Then the king said, Behold, he is in your hands. For the king could not resist them. 024 JER 045 006 And they cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the king's son, which was in the court of the prison; and they let him down into the pit: and there was no water in the pit, but mire: and he was in the mire. 024 JER 045 007 And Abdemelech the Ethiopian heard, (now he was in the king's household, ) that they [had] put Jeremias into the dungeon; and the king was in the gate of Benjamin: 024 JER 045 008 and he went forth to him, and spoke to the king and said, 024 JER 045 009 You have done evil in what you have done to kill this man with hunger: for there is no more bread in the city. 024 JER 045 010 And the king commanded Abdemelech, saying, Take with you hence thirty men, and bring him up out of the dungeon, that he die not. 024 JER 045 011 So Abdemelech took the men and went into the underground [part of the] king's house, and took thence old rags and old ropes, and threw them to Jeremias into the dungeon. 024 JER 045 012 And he said, Put these under the ropes. And Jeremias did so. 024 JER 045 013 And they drew him with the ropes, and lifted him out of the dungeon: and Jeremias remained in the court of the prison. 024 JER 045 014 Then the king sent, and called him to himself into the house of Aselisel, which was in the house of the Lord: and the king said to him, I will ask you a question, and I pray you hide nothing from me. 024 JER 045 015 And Jeremias said to the king, If I tell you, will you not certainly put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not at all listen to me. 024 JER 045 016 And the king swore to him, saying, [As] the Lord lives who gave us this soul, I will not kill you, neither will I give you into the hands of these men. 024 JER 045 017 And Jeremias said to him, Thus says the Lord; If you will indeed go forth to the captains of the king of Babylon, your soul shall live, and this city shall certainly not be burnt with fire; and you shall live, and your house. 024 JER 045 018 But if you will not go forth this city shall be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall by no means escape. 024 JER 045 019 And the king said to Jeremias, I consider the Jews that have gone over to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hands, and they mock me. 024 JER 045 020 And Jeremias said, They shall in no wise deliver you up. Hear the word of the Lord which I speak to you; and it shall be better for you, and your soul shall live. 024 JER 045 021 But if you will not go forth, this is the word which the Lord has shown me. 024 JER 045 022 And, behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Juda were brought forth to the princes of the king of Babylon; and they said, The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and will prevail against you; and they shall cause your foot to slide and fail, they have turned back from you. 024 JER 045 023 And they shall bring forth your wives and your children to the Chaldeans: and you shall by no means escape, for you shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burnt. 024 JER 045 024 Then the king said to him, Let no man know [any] of these words, and certainly you shall not die. 024 JER 045 025 And if the princes shall hear that I have spoken to you, and they come to you, and say to you, Tell us, what said the king to you? hide [it] not from us, and we will in no wise kill you, and what said the king to you? 024 JER 045 026 Then you shall say to them, I brought my supplication before the presence of the king, that he would not send me back into the house of Jonathan, that I should die there. 024 JER 045 027 And all the princes came to Jeremias, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words, which the king had commanded him. And they were silent, because the word of the Lord was not heard. 024 JER 045 028 And Jeremias remained in the court of the prison, until the time when Jerusalem was taken. 024 JER 046 001 And it came to pass in the ninth month of Sedekias king of Juda, [that] Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. 024 JER 046 002 And in the eleventh year of Sedekiass, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken [up]. 024 JER 046 003 And all the leaders of the king of Babylon went in, and sat in the middle gate, Marganasar, and Samagoth, and Nabusachar, and Nabusaris, Nagargas, Naserrabamath, and the rest of the leaders of the king of Babylon, 024 JER 046 014 and they sent, and took Jeremias out of the court of the prison, and gave him [in charge] to Godolias the son of Achicam, the son of Saphan: and they brought him out, and he sat in the midst of the people. 024 JER 046 015 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in the court of the prison, saying, 024 JER 046 016 Go and say to Abdemelech the Ethiopian, Thus said the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I [will] bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good. 024 JER 046 017 But I will save you in that day, and I will by no means deliver you into the hands of the men before whom you are afraid. 024 JER 046 018 For I will surely save you, and you shall by no means fall by the sword; and you shall find your life, because you did trust in me, says the Lord. 024 JER 047 001 The word that came from the Lord to Jeremias, after that Nabuzardan the captain of the guard had let him go out of Rama, when he had taken him in manacles in the midst of the captivity of Juda, [even] those who were carried to Babylon. 024 JER 047 002 And the chief captain of the guard took him, and said to him, The Lord your God has pronounced all these evils upon this place: 024 JER 047 003 and the Lord has done it; because you sinned against him, and listened not to his voice. 024 JER 047 004 Behold, I have loosed you from the manacles that were upon your hands. If it seem good to you to go with me to Babylon, then will I set mine eyes upon you. 024 JER 047 005 But if not, depart; return to Godolias the son of Achicam, the son of Saphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed governor in the land of Juda, and dwell with him in the midst of the people in the land of Juda: to whatever places it seems good in your eyes to go, do you even go. And the captain of the guard made him presents, and let him go. 024 JER 047 006 And he came to Godolias to Massepha, and lived in the midst of his people that was left in the land. 024 JER 047 007 And all the leaders of the host that was in the country, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Godolias [governor] in the land, and they committed to him the men and their wives, whom [Nabuchodonosor had] not removed to Babylon. 024 JER 047 008 And there came to Godolias to Massepha Ismael the son of Nathanias, and Joanan son of Caree, and Saraeas the son of Thanaemeth, and the sons of Jophe the Netophathite, and Ezonias son of the Mochathite, they and their men. 024 JER 047 009 And Godolias swore to them and to their men, saying, Be not afraid before the children of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be better for you. 024 JER 047 010 And, behold, I dwell in your presence at Massepha, to stand before the Chaldeans who shall come against you: and do you gather grapes, and fruits, and oil, and put [them] into your vessels, and dwell in the cities which you have obtained possession of. 024 JER 047 011 And all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the children of Ammon, and those [that were] in Idumea, and those [that were] in all [the rest of] the country, heard that the king of Babylon [had] granted a remnant to Juda, and that he had appointed over them Godolias the son of Achicam. 024 JER 047 012 And they came to Godolias into the land of Juda, to Massepha, and gathered grapes, and very much summer fruit, and oil. 024 JER 047 013 And Joanan the son of Caree, and all the leaders of the host, who were in the fields, came to Godolias to Massepha, 024 JER 047 014 and said to him, Do you indeed know that king Beleissa son of Ammon has sent Ismael to you to kill you? But Godolias believed them not. 024 JER 047 015 And Joanan said to Godolias secretly in Massepha, I will go now and strike Ismael, and let no man know [it]; lest he kill you, and all the Jews that are gathered to you be dispersed, and the remnant of Juda perish. 024 JER 047 016 But Godolias said to Joanan, Do not the thing, for you speak lies concerning Ismael. 024 JER 048 001 Now it came to pass in the seventh month that Ismael the son of Nathanias the son of Eleasa of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, to Godolias to Massepha: and they ate bread there together. 024 JER 048 002 And Ismael rose up, and the ten men that were with him, and struck Godolias, whom the king of Babylon had appointed [governor] over the land, 024 JER 048 003 and all the Jews that were with him in Massepha, and all the Chaldeans that were found there. 024 JER 048 004 And it came to pass on the second day after he had struck Godolias, and no man knew [of it], 024 JER 048 005 that there came men from Sychem, and from Salem, and from Samaria, [even] eighty men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes tore, and beating their breasts, and [they had] manna and frankincense in their hands, to bring [them] into the house of the Lord. 024 JER 048 006 And Ismael went out to meet them; [and] they went on and wept: and he said to them, Come in to Godolias. 024 JER 048 007 And it came to pass, when they had entered into the midst of the city, [that] he killed them [and cast them] into a pit. 024 JER 048 008 But ten men were found there, and they said to Ismael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he passed by, and killed them not in the midst of their brethren. 024 JER 048 009 Now the pit into which Ismael cast all whom he struck, is the great pit, which king Asa had made for fear of Baasa king of Israel: [even] this Ismael filled with slain men. 024 JER 048 010 And Ismael brought back all the people that were left in Massepha, and the king's daughter, whom the captain of the guard had committed in charge to Godolias the son of Achicam: and he went away beyond the children of Ammon. 024 JER 048 011 And Joanan the son of Caree, and all the leaders of the host that were with him, heard of all the evil deeds which Ismael had done. 024 JER 048 012 And they brought all their army, and went to fight against him, and found him near much water in Gabaon. 024 JER 048 013 And it came to pass, when all the people that was with Ismael saw Joanan, and the leaders of the host that was with him, 024 JER 048 014 that they returned to Joanan. 024 JER 048 015 But Ismael escaped with eight men and went to the children of Ammon. 024 JER 048 016 And Joanan, and all the leaders of the host that were with him, took all the remnant of the people, whom he [had] brought back from Ismael, mighty men in war, and the women, and the other [property], and the eunuchs, whom they [had] brought back from Gabaon: 024 JER 048 017 and they departed, and lived in Gaberoch-amaa, that is by Bethleem, to go into Egypt, for fear of the Chaldeans: 024 JER 048 018 for they were afraid of them, because Ismael had struck Godolias, whom the king of Babylon made [governor] in the land. 024 JER 049 001 Then came all the leaders of the host, and Joanan, and Azarias the son of Maasaeas, and all the people great and small, 024 JER 049 002 to Jeremias the prophet, and said to him, Let now our supplication come before your face, and pray you to the Lord your God for this remnant; for we are left few out of many, as your eyes see. 024 JER 049 003 And let the Lord your God declare to us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing which we should do. 024 JER 049 004 And Jeremias said to them, I have heard [you]; behold, I will pray for you to the Lord our God, according to your words; and it shall come to pass, [that] whatever word the Lord God shall answer, I will declare [it] to you; I will not hide anything from you. 024 JER 049 005 And they said to Jeremias, Let the Lord be between us for a just and faithful witness, if we do not according to every word which the Lord shall send to us. 024 JER 049 006 And whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil, we will listen to the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, because we shall listen to the voice of the Lord our God. 024 JER 049 007 And it came to pass after ten days, [that] the word of the Lord came to Jeremias. 024 JER 049 008 And he called Joanan, and the leaders of the host, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, 024 JER 049 009 and he said to them, Thus says the Lord; 024 JER 049 010 If you will indeed dwell in this land, I will build you, and will not pull [you] down, but will plant you, and in no wise pluck you up: for I have ceased from the calamities which I brought upon you. 024 JER 049 011 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; be not afraid of him, says the Lord: for I am with you, to deliver you, and save you out of their hand. 024 JER 049 012 And I will grant you mercy, and pity you, and will restore you to your land. 024 JER 049 013 But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, that we may not listen to the voice of the Lord; 024 JER 049 014 for we will go into the land of Egypt, and we shall see no war, and shall not hear the sound of a trumpet, and we shall not hunger for bread; and there we will dwell: 024 JER 049 015 then hear the word of the Lord; thus says the Lord; 024 JER 049 016 If you set your face toward Egypt, and go in there to dwell; then it shall be, [that] the sword which you fear shall find you in the land of Egypt, and the famine to which you have regard, shall overtake you, [coming] after you in Egypt; and there you shall die. 024 JER 049 017 And all the men, and all the strangers who have set their face toward the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall be consumed by the sword, and by the famine: and there shall not one of them escape from the evils which I bring upon them. 024 JER 049 018 For thus says the Lord; As my wrath has dropped upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath drop upon you, when you have entered into Egypt: and you shall be a desolation, and under the power of others, and a curse and a reproach: and you shall no more see this place. 024 JER 049 019 [These are the words] which the Lord has spoken concerning you the remnant of Juda; Enter you not into Egypt: and now know you for a certainty, 024 JER 049 020 that you have wrought wickedness in your hearts, when you sent me, saying, Pray you for us to the Lord; and according to all that the Lord shall speak to you we will do. 024 JER 049 021 And you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, with which he sent me to you. 024 JER 049 022 Now therefore you shall perish by sword and by famine, in the place which you desire to go into to dwell there. 024 JER 050 001 And it came to pass, when Jeremias ceased speaking to the people all the words of the Lord, [for] which the Lord had sent him to them, [even] all these words, 024 JER 050 002 that Azarias son of Maasaeas spoke, and Joanan, the son of Caree, and all the men who had spoken to Jeremias, saying, [It is] false: the Lord has not sent you to us, saying, Enter not into Egypt to dwell there: 024 JER 050 003 but Baruch the son of Nerias sets you against us, that you may deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, to kill us, and that we should be carried away captives to Babylon. 024 JER 050 004 So Joanan, and all the leaders of the host, and all the people, refused to listen to the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Juda. 024 JER 050 005 And Joanan, and all the leaders of the host, took all the remnant of Juda, who had returned to dwell in the land; 024 JER 050 006 the mighty men, and the women, and the children that were left, and the daughters of the king, and the souls which Nabuzardan had left with Godolias the son of Achicam and Jeremias the prophet, and Baruch the son of Nerias. 024 JER 050 007 And they came into Egypt: for they listened not to the voice of the Lord: and they entered into Taphnas. 024 JER 050 008 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias in Taphnas, saying, 024 JER 050 009 Take you great stones, and hide them in the entrance, at the gate of the house of Pharao in Taphnas, in the sight of the men of Juda: 024 JER 050 010 and you shall say, Thus has the Lord said; Behold, I [will] send, and will bring Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and he shall place his throne upon these stones which you have hidden, and he shall lift up weapons against them. 024 JER 050 011 And he shall enter in, and strike the land of Egypt, [delivering] some for death to death; and some for captivity to captivity; and some for the sword to the sword. 024 JER 050 012 And he shall kindle a fire in the houses of their gods, and shall burn them, and shall carry them away captives: and shall search the land of Egypt, as a shepherd searches his garment; and he shall go forth in peace. 024 JER 050 013 And he shall break to pieces the pillars of Heliopolis that are in On, and shall burn their houses with fire. 024 JER 051 001 THE WORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAS for all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt, and for those settled in Magdolo and in Taphnas, and in the land of Pathura, saying, 024 JER 051 002 Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; You have seen all the evils which I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon the cities of Juda; and, behold, they are desolate without inhabitants, 024 JER 051 003 because of their wickedness, which they have wrought to provoke me, [by] going to burn incense to other gods, whom you knew not. 024 JER 051 004 yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not you this abominable thing which I hate. 024 JER 051 005 But they listened not to me, and inclined not their ear to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn incense to strange gods. 024 JER 051 006 So mine anger and my wrath dropped [upon them], and was kindled in the gates of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became a desolation and a waste, as at this day. 024 JER 051 007 And now thus has the Lord Almighty said, Therefore do you commit [these] great evils against your souls? to cut off man and woman of you, infant and suckling from the midst of Juda, to the end that not one of you should be left; 024 JER 051 008 by provoking me with the works of your hands, to burn incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, into which you entered to dwell there, that you might be cut off, and that you might become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? 024 JER 051 009 Have you forgotten the sins of your fathers, and the sins of the kings of Juda, and the sins of your princes, and the sins of your wives, which they wrought in the land of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem? 024 JER 051 010 And have not ceased even to this day, and they have not kept to my ordinances, which I set before their fathers. 024 JER 051 011 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold I do set my face against [you] 024 JER 051 012 to destroy all the remnant that are in Egypt; and they shall fall by the sword, and by famine, and shall be consumed small and great: and they shall be for reproach, and for destruction, and for a curse. 024 JER 051 013 And I will visit them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have visited Jerusalem, with sword and with famine: 024 JER 051 014 and there shall not one be preserved of the remnant of Juda that sojourn in the land of Egypt, to return to the land of Juda, to which they hope in their hearts to return: they shall not return, but only they that escape. 024 JER 051 015 Then all the men that knew that their wives burned incense, and all the women, a great multitude, and all the people that lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathura, answered Jeremias, saying, 024 JER 051 016 [As for] the word which you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to you. 024 JER 051 017 For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and [so] we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils. 024 JER 051 018 But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine. 024 JER 051 019 And whereas we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to her, did we make cakes to her, and pour drink-offerings to her, without our husbands? 024 JER 051 020 Then Jeremias answered all the people, the mighty men, and the women, and all the people that returned him [these] words for answer, saying, 024 JER 051 021 Did not the Lord remember the incense which you burned in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you, and your fathers, and your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land? and came it not into his heart? 024 JER 051 022 And the Lord could no longer bear [you], because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which you wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as at this day; 024 JER 051 023 because of your burning incense, and [because] of the things wherein you sinned against the Lord: and you have not listened to the voice of the Lord, and have not walked in his ordinances, and in his law, and in his testimonies; and so these evils have come upon you. 024 JER 051 024 And Jeremias said to the people, and to the women, Hear you the word of the Lord. 024 JER 051 025 Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; You women have spoken with your mouth, and you fulfilled [it] with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her: full well did you keep to your vows, and you have indeed performed [them]. 024 JER 051 026 Therefore hear you the word of the Lord, all Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, says the Lord, my name shall no longer be in the mouth of every Jew to say, The Lord lives, in all the land of Egypt. 024 JER 051 027 For I have watched over them, to hurt them, and not to do them good: and all the Jews dwelling in the land of Egypt shall perish by sword and by famine, until they are utterly consumed. 024 JER 051 028 And they that escape the sword shall return to the land of Juda few in number, and the remnant of Juda, who have continued in the land [of] Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand. 024 JER 051 029 And this [shall be] a sign to you, that I will visit you for evil. 024 JER 051 030 Thus said the Lord; Behold, I [will] give Uaphres king of Egypt into the hands of his enemy, and into the hands of one that seeks his life; as I gave Sedekias king of Juda into the hands of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, his enemy, and who sought his life. 024 JER 051 031 THE WORD WHICH JEREMIAS THE PROPHET spoke to Baruch son of Nerias, when he wrote these words in the book from the mouth of Jeremias, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda. 024 JER 051 032 Thus has the Lord said to you, O Baruch. 024 JER 051 033 Whereas you have said, Alas! alas! for the Lord has laid a grievous trouble upon me; I lay down in groaning, I found no rest; 024 JER 051 034 say you to him, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I pull down those whom I have built up, and I pluck up those whom I have planted. 024 JER 051 035 And will you seek great things for yourself? seek [them] not: for, behold, I bring evil upon all flesh, says the Lord: but I will give [to you] your life for a spoil in every place whither you shall go. 024 JER 052 001 It was the twenty-first year of Sedekias, when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Amitaal, the daughter of Jeremias, of Lobena. 024 JER 052 004 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the ninth month, on the tenth day of the month, [that] Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and they made a rampart round it, and built a wall round about it with large stones. 024 JER 052 005 So the city was besieged, until the eleventh year of king Sedekias, 024 JER 052 006 on the ninth day of the month, and [then] the famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 024 JER 052 007 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went out by night by the way of the gate, between the wall and the outworks, which were by the king's garden; and the Chaldeans were by the city round about; and they went by the way [leading] to the wilderness. 024 JER 052 008 But the host of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the [country] beyond Jericho; and all his servants were dispersed from [about] him. 024 JER 052 009 And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Deblatha, and he judged him. 024 JER 052 010 And the king of Babylon killed the sons of Sedekias before his eyes; and he killed all the princes of Juda in Deblatha. 024 JER 052 011 And he put out the eyes of Sedekias, and bound him in fetters; and the king of Babylon brought him to Babylon, and put him into the grinding-house, until the day when he died. 024 JER 052 012 And in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nabuzardan the captain of the guard, who waited on the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem; 024 JER 052 013 and he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house; and all the houses of the city, and every great house he burnt with fire. 024 JER 052 014 And the host of the Chaldeans that was with the captain of the guard pulled down all the wall of Jerusalem round about. 024 JER 052 016 But the captain of the guard left the remnant of the people to be vinedressers and husbandmen. 024 JER 052 017 And the Chaldeans broke in pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord, and they took the brass thereof, and carried it away to Babylon. 024 JER 052 018 Also the rim, and the bowls, and the flesh hooks, and all the brazen vessels, wherewith they ministered; 024 JER 052 019 and the basins, and the snuffers, and the oil-funnels, and the candlesticks, and the censers, and the cups, the golden, of gold, and the silver, of silver, the captain of the guard took away. 024 JER 052 020 And the two pillars, and the one sea, and the twelve brazen oxen under the sea, which [things] king Solomon made for the house of the Lord; the brass of which [articles] was without weight. 024 JER 052 021 And as for the pillars, the height of one pillar was thirty-five cubits; and a line of twelve cubits compassed it round; and the thickness of it [all] round was four fingers. 024 JER 052 022 And [there was] a brazen chapiter upon them, and the length was five cubits, [even] the height of one chapiter; and [there were] on the chapiter round about network and pomegranates, all of brass: and correspondingly the second pillar [had] eight pomegranates to a cubit for the twelve cubits. 024 JER 052 023 And the pomegranates were ninety-six on a side; and all the pomegranates on the network round about were a hundred. 024 JER 052 024 And the captain of the guard took the chief priest, and the second priest, and those that kept the way; 024 JER 052 025 and one eunuch, who was over the men of war, and seven men of renown, who were in the king's presence that were found in the city; and the scribe of the forces, who did the part of a scribe to the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the midst of the city. 024 JER 052 026 And Nabuzardan the captain of the king's guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Deblatha. 024 JER 052 027 And the king of Babylon struck them in Deblatha, in the land of Aemath. 024 JER 052 031 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year after that Joakim king of Juda had been carried away captive, in the twelfth month, on the four and twentieth [day] of the month, [that] Ulaemadachar king of Babylon, in the year in which he began to reign, raised the head of Joakim king of Juda, and shaved him, and brought him out of the house where he was kept, 024 JER 052 032 and spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the kings that were with him in Babylon, 024 JER 052 033 and changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days that he lived. 024 JER 052 034 And his appointed portion was given him continually by the king of Babylon from day to day, until the day when he died. # # BOOK 025 LAM Lamentations Lamentations 025 LAM 001 001 And it came to pass, after Israel was taken captive, and Jerusalem made desolate, [that] Jeremias sat weeping, and lamented [with] this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said, ALEPH. How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! she is become as a widow: she that was magnified among the nations, [and] princess among the provinces, has become tributary. 025 LAM 001 002 BETH. She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; and there is none of all her lovers to comfort her: all that were her friends have dealt deceitfully with her, they are become her enemies. 025 LAM 001 003 GIMEL. Judea is gone into captivity by reason of her affliction, and by reason of the abundance of her servitude: she dwells among the nations, she has not found rest: all her pursuers have overtaken her between her oppressors. 025 LAM 001 004 DALETH. The ways of Sion mourn, because there are none that come to the feast: all her gates are ruined: her priests groan, her virgins are led captive, and she is in bitterness in herself. 025 LAM 001 005 HE. Her oppressors are become the head, and her enemies have prospered; for the Lord has afflicted her because of the multitude of her sins: her young children are gone into captivity before the face of the oppressor. 025 LAM 001 006 VAU. And all her beauty has been taken away from the daughter of Sion: her princes were as rams finding no pasture, and are gone [away] in weakness before the face of the pursuer. 025 LAM 001 007 ZAIN. Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction, and her rejection; [she thought on] all her desirable things which were from the days of old, when her people fell into the hands of the oppressor, and there was none to help her: when her enemies saw [it] they laughed at her habitation. 025 LAM 001 008 HETH. Jerusalem has sinned a [great] sin; therefore has she come into tribulation, all that used to honor her have afflicted her, for they have seen her shame: yes, she herself groaned, and turned backward. 025 LAM 001 009 TETH. Her uncleanness is before her feet; she remembered not her last end; she has lowered her boasting [tone], there is none to comfort her. Behold, O Lord, my affliction: for the enemy has magnified himself. 025 LAM 001 010 JOD. The oppressor has stretched out his hand on all her desirable things: for she has seen the Gentiles entering into her sanctuary, [concerning] whom you did command that they should not enter into your congregation. 025 LAM 001 011 CHAPH. All her people groan, seeking bread: they have given their desirable things for meat, to restore their soul: behold, Lord, and look; for she is become dishonored. 025 LAM 001 012 LAMED. All you that pass by the way, turn, and see if there is sorrow like to my sorrow, which has happened [to me]. The Lord who spoke by me has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. 025 LAM 001 013 MEM. He has sent fire from his lofty habitation, he has brought it into my bones: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: he has made me desolate [and] mourning all the day. 025 LAM 001 014 NUN. He has watched over my sins, they are twined about my hands, they have come up on my neck: my strength has failed; for the Lord has laid pains on my hands, I shall not be able to stand. 025 LAM 001 015 SAMECH. The Lord has cut off all my strong men from the midst of me: he has summoned against me a time for crushing my choice men: the Lord has trodden a wine-press for the virgin daughter of Juda: for these things I weep. 025 LAM 001 016 AIN. Mine eye has poured out water, because he that should comfort me, that should restore my soul, has been removed far from me: my sons have been destroyed, because the enemy has prevailed. 025 LAM 001 017 PHE. Sion has spread out her hand, [and] there is none to comfort her: the Lord has commanded [concerning] Jacob, his oppressors are round about him: Jerusalem has become among them as a removed woman. 025 LAM 001 018 TSADE. The Lord is righteous; for I have provoked his mouth: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my grief: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. 025 LAM 001 019 KOPH. I called my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders failed in the city; for they sought meat that they might restore their souls, and found [it] not. 025 LAM 001 020 RHECHS. Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: my belly is troubled, and my heart is turned within me; for I have been grievously rebellious: abroad the sword has bereaved me, even as death at home. 025 LAM 001 021 CHSEN. Hear, I pray you, for I groan: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard [of] mine afflictions, and rejoice because you have done [it]: you have brought on the day, you have called the time: they are become like to me. 025 LAM 001 022 THAU. Let all their wickedness come before your face; and strip them, as they have made a gleaning for all my sins: for my groans are many, and my heart is grieved. 025 LAM 002 001 ALEPH. How has the Lord darkened in his wrath the daughter of Sion! he has cast down the glory of Israel from heaven to earth, and has not remembered his footstool. 025 LAM 002 002 BETH. In the day of his wrath the Lord has overwhelmed [her] as in the sea, [and] not spared: he has brought down in his fury all the beautiful things of Jacob; he has brought down to the ground the strongholds of the daughter of Juda; he has profaned her kings and her princes. 025 LAM 002 003 GIMEL. He has broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he has turned back his right hand from the face of the enemy, and has kindled a flame in Jacob as a fire, and it has devoured all things round about. 025 LAM 002 004 DALETH. He has bent his bow as an opposing enemy: he has strengthened his right hand as an adversary, and has destroyed all the desirable things of my eyes in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion: he has poured forth his anger as fire. 025 LAM 002 005 HE. The Lord is become as an enemy: he has overwhelmed Israel as in the sea, he has overwhelmed her palaces: he has destroyed her strongholds, and has multiplied the afflicted and humbled ones to the daughter of Juda. 025 LAM 002 006 VAU. And he has scattered his tabernacle as a vine, he has marred his feast: the Lord has forgotten the feast and the sabbath which he appointed in Sion, and in the fury of his wrath has vexed the king, and priest, and prince. 025 LAM 002 007 ZAIN. The Lord has rejected his altar, he has cast off his sanctuary, he has broken by the hand of the enemy the wall of her palaces; they have uttered their voice in the house of the Lord as on a feast day. 025 LAM 002 008 HETH. And he has turned to destroy the wall of the daughter of Sion: he has stretched out the measuring line, he has not turned back his hand from afflicting [her]: therefore the bulwark mourned, and the wall was weakened with it. 025 LAM 002 009 TETH. Her gates are sunk into the ground: he has destroyed and broken to pieces her bars, [and] her king and her prince among the Gentiles: there is no law, nay, her prophets have seen no vision from the Lord. 025 LAM 002 010 JOD. The elders of the daughter of Sion have sat upon the ground, they have kept silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloths: they have brought down to the ground the chief virgins in Jerusalem. 025 LAM 002 011 CHAPH. Mine eyes have failed with tears, my heart is troubled, my glory is cast down to the ground, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; while the infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city. 025 LAM 002 012 LAMED. They said to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? while they fainted like wounded men in the streets of the city, while their souls were poured out into their mother's bosom. 025 LAM 002 013 MEM. What shall I testify to you, or what shall I compare to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? who shall save and comfort you, O virgin daughter of Sion? for the cup of your destruction is enlarged: who shall heal you? 025 LAM 002 014 NUN. Your prophets have seen for you vanities and folly: and they have not discovered your iniquity, to turn back your captivity; but they have seen for you vain burdens, and worthless visions. 025 LAM 002 015 SAMECH. All that go by the way have clapped their hands at you; they have hissed and shaken their head at the daughter of Jerusalem. Is this the city, they say, the crown of joy of all the earth? 025 LAM 002 016 AIN. All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they have hissed and gnashed their teeth, and said, We have swallowed her up: moreover this is the day which we looked for; we have found it, we have seen it. 025 LAM 002 017 PHE. The Lord has done that which he purposed; he has accomplished his word, [even] the things which he commanded from the ancient days: he has thrown down, and has not spared: and he has caused the enemy to rejoice over you, he has exalted the horn of him that afflicted you. 025 LAM 002 018 TSADE. Their heart cried to the Lord, You walls of Sion, pour down tears like torrents day and night: give yourself no rest; let not the apple of your eyes cease. 025 LAM 002 019 KOPH. Arise, rejoice in the night at the beginning of your watch: pour out your heart as water before the face of the Lord; lift up your hands to him for the life of your infants, who faint for hunger at the top of all the streets. 025 LAM 002 020 RHECHS. Behold, O Lord, and see for whom you has gathered thus. Shall the women eat the fruit of their womb? the cook has made a gathering: shall the infants sucking at the breasts be slain? will you kill the priest and prophet in the sanctuary of the Lord? 025 LAM 002 021 CHSEN. The child and old man have lain down in the street: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity: you have slain [them] with the sword and with famine; in the day of your wrath you have mangled [them], you has not spared. 025 LAM 002 022 THAU. He has called my sojourners round about to a solemn day, and there was not in the day of the wrath of the Lord any one that escaped or was left; whereas I have strengthened and multiplied all mine enemies. 025 LAM 003 001 ALEPH. I am the man that sees poverty, through the rod of his wrath upon me. 025 LAM 003 002 He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, and not [into] light. 025 LAM 003 003 Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day. 025 LAM 003 004 He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones. 025 LAM 003 005 BETH. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail [upon me]. 025 LAM 003 006 He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead. 025 LAM 003 007 He has builded against me, and I can’t come forth: he has made my brazen [chain] heavy. 025 LAM 003 008 GIMEL. Yes, [though] I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer. 025 LAM 003 009 DALETH. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths; 025 LAM 003 010 he has troubled me, [as] a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me [as] a lion in secret places. 025 LAM 003 011 He pursued [me] after I departed, and brought me to a stand: he has utterly ruined me. 025 LAM 003 012 HE. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. 025 LAM 003 013 He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. 025 LAM 003 014 I became a laughing stock to all my people; and their song all the day. 025 LAM 003 015 VAU. He has filled me with bitterness, he has drenched me with gall. 025 LAM 003 016 And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, he has fed me with ashes. 025 LAM 003 017 He has also removed my soul from peace: I forgot prosperity. 025 LAM 003 018 Therefore my success has perished, and my hope from the Lord. 025 LAM 003 019 ZAIN. I remembered by reason of my poverty, and because of persecution my bitterness and gall shall be remembered; 025 LAM 003 020 and my soul shall meditate with me. 025 LAM 003 021 This will I lay up in my heart, therefore I will endure. 025 LAM 003 022 HETH. [It is] the mercies of the Lord, that he has not failed me, because his compassions are not exhausted. Pity [us], O Lord, early [every] month: for we are not brought to an end, because his compassions are not exhausted. 025 LAM 003 023 [They are] new every morning: great is your faithfulness. 025 LAM 003 024 The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I wait for him. 025 LAM 003 025 TETH. The Lord is good to them that wait for him: the soul which shall seek him 025 LAM 003 026 [is] good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation of the Lord. 025 LAM 003 027 TETH. [It is] good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth. 025 LAM 003 028 He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne [it] upon him. 025 LAM 003 030 JOD. He will give [his] cheek to him that smites him: he will be filled full with reproaches. 025 LAM 003 031 For the Lord will not reject for ever. 025 LAM 003 032 CHAPH. For he that has brought down will pity, and [that] according to the abundance of his mercy. 025 LAM 003 033 He has not answered [in anger] from his heart, though he has brought low the children of a man. 025 LAM 003 034 LAMED. To bring down under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, 025 LAM 003 035 to turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the Most High, 025 LAM 003 036 to condemn a man [unjustly] in his judgment, the Lord has not given commandment. 025 LAM 003 037 Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? the Lord has not commanded it. 025 LAM 003 038 Out of the mouth of the Most High there shall not come forth evil and good. 025 LAM 003 039 MEM. Why should a living man complain, a man concerning his sin? 025 LAM 003 040 NUN. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord. 025 LAM 003 041 Let us lift up our hearts with [our] hand to the lofty One in heaven. 025 LAM 003 042 We have sinned, we have transgressed; and you have not pardoned. 025 LAM 003 043 SAMECH. You has visited [us] in wrath, and driven us away: you has slain, you has not pitied. 025 LAM 003 044 You have veiled yourself with a cloud because of prayer, that I might be blind, 025 LAM 003 045 and be cast off. AIN. You have set us [alone] in the midst of the nations. 025 LAM 003 046 All our enemies have opened their mouth against us. 025 LAM 003 047 Fear and wrath are come upon us, suspense and destruction. 025 LAM 003 048 Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 025 LAM 003 049 PHE. Mine eye is drowned [with tears], and I will not be silent, so that there shall be no rest, 025 LAM 003 050 until the Lord look down, and behold from heaven. 025 LAM 003 051 Mine eye shall prey upon my soul, because of all the daughters of the city. 025 LAM 003 052 TSADE. The fowlers chased me as a sparrow, all mine enemies destroyed my life in a pit without cause, 025 LAM 003 053 and laid a stone upon me. 025 LAM 003 054 Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off. 025 LAM 003 055 KOPH. I called upon your name, O Lord, out of the lowest dungeon. 025 LAM 003 056 You heard my voice: close not your ears to my supplication. 025 LAM 003 057 You drew near to my help: in the day wherein I called upon you you said to me, Fear not. 025 LAM 003 058 RECHS. O Lord, you has pleaded the causes of my soul; you has redeemed my life. 025 LAM 003 059 You have seen, O Lord, my troubles: you have judged my cause. 025 LAM 003 060 You have seen all their vengeance, [you have looked] on all their devices against me. 025 LAM 003 061 CHSEN. You have heard their reproach [and] all their devices against me; 025 LAM 003 062 the lips of them that rose up against me, and their plots against me all the day; 025 LAM 003 063 their sitting down and their rising up: look you upon their eyes. 025 LAM 003 064 You will render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands. 025 LAM 003 065 THAU. You will give them [as] a covering, the grief of my heart. 025 LAM 003 066 You will persecute them in anger, and will consume them from under the heaven, O Lord. 025 LAM 004 001 ALEPH. How will the gold be tarnished, [and] the fine silver changed! the sacred stones have been poured forth at the top of all the streets. 025 LAM 004 002 BETH. The precious sons of Zion, who were equalled in value with gold, how are they counted as earthen vessels, the works of the hands of the potter! 025 LAM 004 003 GIMEL. Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, they give suck to their young, the daughters of my people are incurably cruel, as an ostrich in a desert. 025 LAM 004 004 DALETH. The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the little children ask for bread, [and] there is none to break [it] to them. 025 LAM 004 005 HE. They that feed on dainties are desolate in the streets: they that used to be nursed in scarlet have clothed themselves with dung. 025 LAM 004 006 VAU. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been increased beyond the iniquities of Sodoma, [the city] that was overthrown very suddenly, and none laboured against her [with their] hands. 025 LAM 004 007 ZAIN. Her Nazarites were made purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were purified [as] with fire, their polishing was superior to sapphire stone. 025 LAM 004 008 HETH. Their countenance is become blacker than smoke; they are not known in the streets: their skin has cleaved to their bones; they are withered, they are become as a stick. 025 LAM 004 009 TETH. The slain with the sword were better than they that were slain with hunger: they have departed, pierced through from [lack of] the fruits of the field. 025 LAM 004 010 JOD. The hands of tender-hearted women have sodden their own children: they became meat for them in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 025 LAM 004 011 CHAPH. The Lord has accomplished his wrath; he has poured out fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Sion, and it has devoured her foundations. 025 LAM 004 012 LAMED. The kings of the earth, [even] all that dwell in the world, believed not that an enemy and oppressor would enter through the gates of Jerusalem. 025 LAM 004 013 MEM. For the sins of her prophets, [and] iniquities of her priests, who shed righteous blood in the midst of her, 025 LAM 004 014 NUN. her watchmen staggered in the streets, they were defiled with blood in their weakness, they touched their raiment [with it]. 025 LAM 004 015 SAMECH. Depart you from the unclean ones: call you them: depart, depart, touch [them] not: for they are on fire, yes, they stagger: say you among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [there]. 025 LAM 004 016 AIN. The presence of the Lord [was] their portion; [but] he will not again look upon them: they regarded not the person of the priests, they pitied not the prophets. 025 LAM 004 017 PHE. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. TSADE. We looked to a nation that could not save. 025 LAM 004 018 We have hunted [for] our little ones, that they should not walk in our streets. KOPH. Our time has drawn near, our days are fulfilled, our time is come. 025 LAM 004 019 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, they flew on the mountains, in the wilderness they laid wait for us. 025 LAM 004 020 RECHS. The breath of our nostrils, [our] anointed Lord, was taken in their destructive snares, of whom we said, In his shadow we shall live among the Gentiles. 025 LAM 004 021 CHSEN. Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Idumea, that dwell in the land: yet the cup of the Lord shall pass through to you: you shall be drunken, and pour forth. 025 LAM 004 022 THAU. O daughter of Sion, your iniquity has come to an end; he shall no more carry you captive: he has visited your iniquities, O daughter of Edom; he has discovered your sins. 025 LAM 005 001 Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: behold, and look on our reproach. 025 LAM 005 002 Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers: 025 LAM 005 003 we are become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows. 025 LAM 005 004 We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us [for a burden] on our neck: 025 LAM 005 005 we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no rest. 025 LAM 005 006 Egypt gave the hand [to us], Assur to their own satisfaction. 025 LAM 005 007 Our fathers sinned, [and] are not: we have borne their iniquities. 025 LAM 005 008 Servants have ruled over us: there is none to ransom [us] out of their hand. 025 LAM 005 009 We shall bring in our bread with [danger of] our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness. 025 LAM 005 010 Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine. 025 LAM 005 011 They humbled the women in Sion, the virgins in the cities of Juda. 025 LAM 005 012 Princes were hanged up by their hands: the elders were not honored. 025 LAM 005 013 The chosen men lifted up [the voice in] weeping, and the youths fainted under the wood. 025 LAM 005 014 And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music. 025 LAM 005 015 The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. 025 LAM 005 016 The crown has fallen [from] our head: yes, woe to us! for we have sinned. 025 LAM 005 017 For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: for this our eyes are darkened. 025 LAM 005 018 Over the mountain of Sion, because it is made desolate, foxes have walked therein. 025 LAM 005 019 But you, O Lord, shall dwell for ever; your throne [shall endure] to generation and generation. 025 LAM 005 020 Therefore will you utterly forget us, and abandon us a long time? 025 LAM 005 021 Turn us, O Lord, to you, and we shall be turned; and renew our days as before. 025 LAM 005 022 For you have indeed rejected us; you have been very angry against us. # # BOOK 026 EZE Ezekiel Jezekiel 026 EZE 001 001 Now it came to pass in the thirties year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, that I was in the midst of the captivity by the river of Chobar; and the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 026 EZE 001 002 On the fifth day of the month; this was the fifth year of the captivity of king Joakim. 026 EZE 001 003 And the word of the Lord came to Jezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river of Chobar; and the hand of the Lord was upon me. 026 EZE 001 004 And I looked, and, behold, a sweeping wind came from the north, and a great cloud on it, and [there was] brightness round about it, and gleaming fire, and in the midst of it as it were the appearance of amber in the midst of the fire, and brightness in it. 026 EZE 001 005 And in the midst as it were the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; the likeness of a man was upon them. 026 EZE 001 006 And each one [had] four faces, and each one [had] four wings. 026 EZE 001 007 And their legs were straight; and their feet were winged, and [there were] sparks, like gleaming brass, and their wings were light. 026 EZE 001 008 And the hand of a man was under their wings on their four sides. 026 EZE 001 009 And the faces of them four turned not when they went; they went everyone straight forward. 026 EZE 001 010 And the likeness of their faces was the face of a man, and the face of a lion on the right of the four; and the face of a calf on the left of the four; and the face of an eagle to the four. 026 EZE 001 011 And the four had their wings spread out above; each one [had] two joined to one another, and two covered their bodies. 026 EZE 001 012 And each one went straight forward: wherever the spirit was going they went, and turned not back. 026 EZE 001 013 And in the midst of the living creatures [there was] an appearance as of burning coals of fire, as an appearance of lamps turning among the living creatures; and the brightness of fire, and out of the fire came forth lightning. 026 EZE 001 015 And I looked, and, behold, the four [had each] one wheel on the ground near the living creatures. 026 EZE 001 016 And the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of beryl: and the four had one likeness: and their work was as it were a wheel in a wheel. 026 EZE 001 017 They went on their four sides: they turned not as they went; 026 EZE 001 018 neither did their backs [turn]: and they were high: and I saw them, and the backs of them four were full of eyes round about. 026 EZE 001 019 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures lifted themselves off the earth, the wheels were lifted off. 026 EZE 001 020 Wherever the cloud happened to be, there was the spirit ready to go: the wheels went and were lifted up with them; because the spirit of life was in the wheels. 026 EZE 001 021 When those went, [the wheels] went; and when those stood, [the wheels] stood; and when those lifted themselves off the earth, they were lifted off with them: for the spirit of life was in the wheels. 026 EZE 001 022 And the likeness over the heads of the living creatures was as a firmament, as the appearance of crystal, spread out over their wings above. 026 EZE 001 023 And their wings were spread out under the firmament, reaching one to the other; two [wings] to each, covering their bodies. 026 EZE 001 024 And I heard the sound of their wings when they went, as the sound of much water: and when they stood, their wings were let down. 026 EZE 001 025 And behold! a voice from above the firmament 026 EZE 001 026 that was over their head, [there was] as the appearance of a sapphire stone, [and] the likeness of a throne upon it: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as an appearance of a man above. 026 EZE 001 027 And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber from the appearance of the loins and upwards, and from the appearance of the loins and under I saw an appearance of fire, and the brightness thereof round about. 026 EZE 001 028 As the appearance of the bow when it is in the cloud in days of rain, so was the form of brightness round about. 026 EZE 002 001 This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And I saw and fell upon my face, and heard the voice of one speaking: and he said to me, Son of man, stand upon your feet, and I will speak to you. 026 EZE 002 002 And the Spirit came upon me, and took me up, and raised me, and set me on my feet: and I heard him speaking to me. 026 EZE 002 003 And he said to me, Son of Man, I send you forth to the house of Israel, them that provoke me; who have provoked me, they and their fathers to this day. 026 EZE 002 004 And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord. 026 EZE 002 005 Whether then indeed they shall hear or fear, (for it is a provoking house, ) yet they shall know that you are a prophet in the midst of them. 026 EZE 002 006 And you, son of man, fear them not, nor be dismayed at their face; (for they will madden and will rise up against you round about, and you dwell in the midst of scorpions): be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their countenance, for it is a provoking house. 026 EZE 002 007 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear or fear: for it is a provoking house. 026 EZE 002 008 And you, son of man, hear him that speaks to you; be not you provoking, as the provoking house: open your mouth, and eat what I give you. 026 EZE 002 009 And I looked, and behold, a hand stretched out to me, and in it a volume of a book. 026 EZE 002 010 And he unrolled it before me: and in it the front and the back were written [upon]: and there was written [in it] Lamentation, and mournful song, and woe. 026 EZE 003 001 And he said to me, Son of Man, eat this volume, and go and speak to the children of Israel. 026 EZE 003 002 So he opened my mouth, and caused me to eat the volume. And he said to me, Son of man, 026 EZE 003 003 your mouth shall eat, and your belly shall be filled with this volume that is given to you. So I ate it; and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey. 026 EZE 003 004 And he said to me, Son of man, go your way, and go in to the house of Israel, and speak my words to them. 026 EZE 003 005 For you are not sent to a people of hard speech, [but] to the house of Israel; 026 EZE 003 006 neither to many nations of other speech and other tongues, nor of harsh language, whose words you would not understand: although if I [had] sent you to such, they would have listened to you. 026 EZE 003 007 But the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are stubborn and hard-hearted. 026 EZE 003 008 And, behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and I will strengthen your power against their power. 026 EZE 003 009 And it shall be continually stronger than a rock: be not afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their faces, because it is a provoking house. 026 EZE 003 010 And he said to me, Son of man, receive into your heart all the words that I have spoken to you, and hear [them] with your ears. 026 EZE 003 011 And go your way, go in to the captivity, to the children of your people, and you shall speak to them, and say to them, Thus says the Lord; whether they will hear, [or] whether they will forbear. 026 EZE 003 012 Then the Spirit took me up, and I heard behind me the voice [as] of a great earthquake, [saying], Blessed [be] the glory of the Lord from his place. 026 EZE 003 013 And I perceived the sound of the wings of the living creatures clapping one to the other, and the sound of the wheels was near them, and the sound of the earthquake. 026 EZE 003 014 And the Spirit lifted me, and took me up, and I went in the impulse of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was mighty upon me. 026 EZE 003 015 Then I passed through the air and came into the captivity, and went round [to] them that lived by the river of Chobar who were there; and I sat there seven days, conversant in the midst of them. 026 EZE 003 016 And after the seven days the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, 026 EZE 003 017 I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; and you shall hear a word of my mouth, and shall threaten them from me. 026 EZE 003 018 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you have not warned him, to give warning to the wicked, to turn from his ways, that he should live; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. 026 EZE 003 019 But if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, and from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, and you shall deliver your soul. 026 EZE 003 020 And when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits a trespass, and I shall bring punishment before him, he shall die, because you did not warn him: he shall even die in his sins, because his righteousness shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand. 026 EZE 003 021 But if you warn the righteous not to sin, and he sin not, the righteous shall surely live, because you have warned him; and you shall deliver your own soul. 026 EZE 003 022 And the hand of the Lord came upon me; and he said to me, Arise, and go forth into the plain, and there shall you be spoken to. 026 EZE 003 023 And I arose, and went forth to the plain: and, behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, according to the vision, and according to the glory of the Lord, which I saw by the river of Chobar: and I fell on my face. 026 EZE 003 024 Then the Spirit came upon me, and set me on my feet, and spoke to me, and said to me, Go in, and shut yourself up in the midst of your house. 026 EZE 003 025 And you, son of man, behold, bonds are prepared for you, and they shall bind you with them, and you shall not come forth of the midst of them. 026 EZE 003 026 Also I will bind your tongue, and you shall be dumb, and shall not be to them a reprover: because it is a provoking house. 026 EZE 003 027 But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord, He that hears, let him hear; and he that is disobedient, let him be disobedient: because it is a provoking house. 026 EZE 004 001 And you, son of man, take you a brick, and you shall set it before your face, and shall portray on it the city, [even] Jerusalem. 026 EZE 004 002 And you shall besiege it, and build works against it, and throw up a mound round about it, and pitch camps against it, and set up engines round about. 026 EZE 004 003 And take you to yourself an iron pan, and you shall set it [for] an iron wall between you and the city: and you shall set your face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and you shall besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel. 026 EZE 004 004 And you shall lie upon your left side, and lay the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the hundred and fifty days [during] which you shall lie upon it: and you shall bear their iniquities. 026 EZE 004 005 For I have appointed you their iniquities for a number of days, for a hundred and ninety days: so you shall bear the iniquities of the house of Israel. 026 EZE 004 006 And you shall accomplish this, and [then] shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquities of the house of Juda forty days: I have appointed you a day for a year. 026 EZE 004 007 So you shall set your face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shall strengthen your arm, and shall prophesy against it. 026 EZE 004 008 And, behold, I have prepared bonds for you, land you may not turn from your one side to the other, until the days of your siege shall be accomplished. 026 EZE 004 009 Take you also to you wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and bread-corn; and you shall cast them into one earthen vessel, and shall make them into loaves for yourself; and you shall eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days [during] which you sleep on your side. 026 EZE 004 010 And you shall eat your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat them. 026 EZE 004 011 And you shall drink water by measure, even from time to time you shall drink the sixth part of a hin. 026 EZE 004 012 And you shall eat them [as] a barley cake: you shall bake them before their eyes in man's dung. 026 EZE 004 013 And you shall say, Thus says the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall the children of Israel eat unclean things among the Gentiles. 026 EZE 004 014 Then I said, Not so, Lord God of Israel: surely my soul has not been defiled with uncleanness; nor have I eaten, that which died of itself or was torn of beasts from my birth until now; neither has any corrupt flesh entered into my mouth. 026 EZE 004 015 And he said to me, Behold, I have given you dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and you shall prepare your loaves upon it. 026 EZE 004 016 And he said to me, Son of man, behold, I break the support of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight and in lack; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin: 026 EZE 004 017 that they may lack bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities. 026 EZE 005 001 And you, son of man, take you a sword sharper than a barber's razor; you shall procure it for yourself, and shall bring it upon your head, and upon your beard: and you shall take a pair of scales, and shall separate the hair. 026 EZE 005 002 A fourth part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, at the fulfillment of the days of the siege: and you shall take a fourth part, and burn it up in the midst of it: and a fourth part you shall cut with a sword round about it: and a fourth part you shall scatter to the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. 026 EZE 005 003 And you shall take thence a few in number, and shall wrap them in the fold of your garment. 026 EZE 005 004 And you shall take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them up with fire: from thence shall come forth fire; and you shall say to the whole house of Israel, 026 EZE 005 005 Thus says the Lord; This is Jerusalem: I have set her and the countries round about her in the midst of the nations. 026 EZE 005 006 And you shall declare mine ordinances to the lawless one from out of the nations; and my statutes [to the sinful one] of the countries round about her: because they have rejected mine ordinances, and have not walked in my statutes. 026 EZE 005 007 Therefore thus says the Lord, Because your occasion [for sin has been taken] from the nations round about you, and you have not walked in my statutes, nor kept mine ordinances, nay, you have not even done according to the ordinances of the nations round about you; therefore thus says the Lord; 026 EZE 005 008 Behold, I am against you, and I will execute judgment in the midst of you in the sight of the nations. 026 EZE 005 009 And I will do in you things which I have not done, and the like of which I will not do again, for all your abominations. 026 EZE 005 010 Therefore the fathers shall eat [their] children in the midst of you, and children shall eat [their] fathers; and I will execute judgments in you, and I will scatter all that are left of you to every wind. 026 EZE 005 011 Therefore, [as] I live, says the Lord; surely, because you have defiled my holy things with all your abominations, I also will reject you; mine eye shall not spare, and I will have no mercy. 026 EZE 005 012 A fourth part of you shall be cut off by pestilence, and a fourth part of you shall be consumed in the midst of you with famine: and [as for another] fourth part of you, I will scatter them to every wind; and a fourth part of you shall fall by sword round about you, and I will draw out a sword after them. 026 EZE 005 013 And my wrath and mine anger shall be accomplished upon them: and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken in my jealousy, when I have accomplished mine anger upon them. 026 EZE 005 014 And I will make you desolate, and your daughters round about you, in the sight of every one that passes through. 026 EZE 005 015 And you shall be mourned over and miserable among the nations round about you, when I have executed judgments in you in the vengeance of my wrath. I the Lord have spoken. 026 EZE 005 016 And when I have sent against them shafts of famine, then they shall be consumed, and I will break the strength of your bread. 026 EZE 005 017 So I will send forth against you famine and evil beasts, and I will take vengeance upon you; and pestilence and blood shall pass through upon you; and I will bring a sword upon you round about. I the Lord have spoken. 026 EZE 006 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 006 002 Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them; 026 EZE 006 003 and you shall say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; thus says the Lord to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the valleys, and to the forests; Behold, I bring a sword upon you, and your high places shall be utterly destroyed. 026 EZE 006 004 And your altars shall be broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats; and I will cast down your slain [men] before your idols. 026 EZE 006 005 And I will scatter your bones round about your altars, 026 EZE 006 006 and in all your habitations: the cities shall be made desolate, and the high places utterly laid waste; that your altars may be destroyed, and your idols be broken to pieces, and your consecrated plats be abolished. 026 EZE 006 007 And slain [men] shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 006 008 When there are [some] of you escaping from the sword among the Gentiles, and when you are scattered in the countries; 026 EZE 006 009 then they of you that escape among the nations whither they were carried captive shall remember me; (I have sworn [an oath] against their heart that goes a-whoring from me, and their eyes that go a-whoring after their practices; ) and they shall mourn over themselves for all their abominations. 026 EZE 006 010 And they shall know that I the Lord have spoken. 026 EZE 006 011 Thus says the Lord; Clap with [your] hand, and stamp with [your] foot and say, Aha, aha! for all the abominations of the house of Israel: they shall fall by the sword, and by pestilence, and by famine. 026 EZE 006 012 He that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that is far off shall die by the pestilence; and he that is in the siege shall be consumed with famine: and I will accomplish mine anger upon them. 026 EZE 006 013 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when your slain are in the midst of your idols round about your altars, on every high hill, and under [every] shady tree, where they offered a sweet savor to all their idols. 026 EZE 006 014 And I will stretch out my hand against them, and I will make the land desolate and ruined from the wilderness of Deblatha, in all their habitations: [and] you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 007 001 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Also, you, son of man, say, 026 EZE 007 002 Thus says the Lord; An end is come to the land of Israel, the end is come on the four corners of the land. 026 EZE 007 003 The end is come on you, 026 EZE 007 004 the inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day has drawn near, not with tumult, nor with pangs. 026 EZE 007 005 Now I will pour out my anger upon you near at hand, and I will accomplish my wrath on you: and I will judge you for your ways, and recompense upon you all your abominations. 026 EZE 007 006 Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the Lord that strike [you]. 026 EZE 007 007 Now the end [is come] to you, and I will send [judgment] upon you: and I will take vengeance on your ways, and will recompense all your abominations upon you. 026 EZE 007 008 Mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy: for I will recompense your way upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 007 009 For thus says the Lord; Behold, the end is come. 026 EZE 007 010 Behold, the day of the Lord! although the rod has blossomed, 026 EZE 007 011 pride has sprung up, and will break the staff of the wicked one, and [that] not with tumult, nor with haste. 026 EZE 007 012 The time is come, behold the day: let not the buyer rejoice, and let not the seller mourn. 026 EZE 007 013 For the buyer shall never again return to the seller, neither shall a man cleave with the eye [of hope] to his life. 026 EZE 007 014 Sound you the trumpet, and pass sentence on all together. 026 EZE 007 015 [There shall be] war with the sword without, and famine and pestilence within: he that is in the field shall die by the sword; and famine and pestilence shall destroy them that are in the city. 026 EZE 007 016 But they that escape of them shall be delivered, and shall be upon the mountains: and I will kill all [the rest], every one for his iniquities. 026 EZE 007 017 All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture. 026 EZE 007 018 And they shall gird themselves with sackcloth, and amazement shall cover them; and shame shall be upon them, [even] upon every face, and baldness upon every head. 026 EZE 007 019 Their silver shall be cast forth in the streets, and their gold shall be despised: their souls shall not be satisfied, and their bellies shall not be filled: for it was the punishment of their iniquities. 026 EZE 007 020 [As for] their choice ornaments, they employed them for pride, and they made of them images of their abominations: therefore have I made them uncleanness to them. 026 EZE 007 021 And I will deliver them into the hands of strangers to make them a prey, and to the pests of the earth for a spoil; and they shall profane them. 026 EZE 007 022 And I will turn away my face from them, and they shall defile my charge, and shall go in to them unguardedly, and profane them. 026 EZE 007 023 And they shall work uncleanness: because the land is full of strange nations, and the city is full of iniquity. 026 EZE 007 024 And I will turn back the boasting of their strength; and their holy things shall be defiled. 026 EZE 007 025 And [though] propitiation shall come, and [one] shall seek peace, yet there shall be none. 026 EZE 007 026 There shall be woe upon woe, and there shall be message upon message; and a vision shall be sought from a prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders. 026 EZE 007 027 The prince shall clothe himself with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be made feeble: I will do to them according to their ways, and according to their judgments will I punish them; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 008 001 And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the fifth month, on the fifth [day] of the month, I was sitting in the house, and the elders of Juda were sitting before me: and the hand of the Lord came upon me. 026 EZE 008 002 And I looked, and, behold, the likeness of a man: from his loins and downwards [there was] fire, and from his loins upwards [there was] as the appearance of amber. 026 EZE 008 003 And he stretched forth the likeness of a hand, and took me by the crown of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and sky, and brought me to Jerusalem in a vision of God, to the porch of the gate that looks to the north, where was the pillar of the Purchaser. 026 EZE 008 004 And, behold, the glory of the Lord God of Israel was there, according to the vision which I saw in the plain. 026 EZE 008 005 And he said to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes toward the north, and, behold, [I looked] from the north toward the eastern gate. 026 EZE 008 006 And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what these do? They commit great abominations here so that I should keep away from my sanctuary: and you shall see yet greater iniquities. 026 EZE 008 007 And he brought me to the porch of the court. 026 EZE 008 008 And he said to me, Son of man, dig: so I dug, and behold a door. 026 EZE 008 009 And he said to me, Go in, and behold the iniquities which they practise here. 026 EZE 008 010 So I went in and looked; and saw vain abominations, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon them round about. 026 EZE 008 011 And seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and Jechonias the son of Saphan stood in their presence in the midst of them, and each one held his censer in his hand; and the smoke of the incense went up. 026 EZE 008 012 And he said to me, You have seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do, each one of them in their secret chamber: because they have said, The Lord see not; The Lord has forsaken the earth. 026 EZE 008 013 And he said to me, You shall see yet greater iniquities which these do. 026 EZE 008 014 And he brought me in to the porch of the house of the Lord that looks to the north; and, behold [there were] women sitting there lamenting for Thammuz. 026 EZE 008 015 And he said to me, Son of man, you have seen; but you shall yet see [evil] practices greater then these. 026 EZE 008 016 And he brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty men, with their back parts toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces [turned] the opposite way; and these were worshipping the sun. 026 EZE 008 017 And he said to me, Son of man, you have seen this. [Is it] a little thing to the house of Juda to practise the iniquities which they have practised here? for they have filled the land with iniquity: and, behold, these are as scorners. 026 EZE 008 018 Therefore will I deal with them in wrath: mine eye shall not spare, nor will I have any mercy. 026 EZE 009 001 And he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, The judgment of the city has drawn near; and each had the weapons of destruction in his hand. 026 EZE 009 002 And, behold, six men came from the way of the high gate that looks toward the north, and each one's axe was in his hand; and there was one man in the midst of them clothed with a long robe down to the feet, and a sapphire girdle was on his loins: and they came in and stood near the brazen altar. 026 EZE 009 003 And the glory of the God of Israel, that was upon them, went up from the cherubs to the porch of the house. And he called the man that was clothed with the long robe, who had the girdle on his loins; 026 EZE 009 004 And said to him, Go through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that groan and that grieve for all the iniquities that are done in the midst of them. 026 EZE 009 005 And he said to the first in my hearing, Go after him into the city, and strike: and let not your eyes spare, and have no mercy. 026 EZE 009 006 Slay utterly old man and youth, and virgin, and infants, and women: but go you not near any on whom is the mark: begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elder men who were within in the house. 026 EZE 009 007 And he said to them, Defile the house, and go out and fill the ways with dead bodies, and strike. 026 EZE 009 008 And it came to pass as they were striking, that I fell upon my face, and cried out, and said, Alas, O Lord! will you destroy the remnant of Israel, in pouring out your wrath upon Jerusalem? 026 EZE 009 009 Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Juda is become very exceedingly great: for the land is filled with many nations, and the city is filled with iniquity and uncleanness: because they have said, The Lord has forsaken the earth, The Lord looks not upon [it]. 026 EZE 009 010 Therefore mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have any mercy: I have recompensed their ways upon their heads. 026 EZE 009 011 And, behold, the man clothed with the long robe, and girded with the girdle about his loins, answered and said, I have done as you did command me. 026 EZE 010 001 Then I looked, and, behold, over the firmament that was above the head of the cherubs [there was] a likeness of a throne over them, as a sapphire stone. 026 EZE 010 002 And he said to the man clothed with the [long] robe, Go in between the wheels that are under the cherubs, and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter [them] over the city. And he went in my sight. 026 EZE 010 003 And the cherubs stood on the right hand of the house, as the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. 026 EZE 010 004 Then the glory of the Lord departed from the cherubs to the porch of the house; and the cloud filled the house, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord. 026 EZE 010 005 And the sound of the cherubs' wings was heard as far as the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God speaking. 026 EZE 010 006 And it came to pass, when he gave a charge to the man clothed with the sacred robe, saying, Take fire from between the wheels from between the cherubs, that he went in, and stood near the wheels. 026 EZE 010 007 And he stretched forth his hand into the midst of the fire that was between the cherubs, and took [thereof], and put [it] into the hands of the man clothed with the sacred robe: and he took [it], and went out. 026 EZE 010 008 And I saw the cherubs [having] the likeness of men's hands under their wings. 026 EZE 010 009 And I saw, and behold, four wheels stood by the cherubs, one wheel by each cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the appearance of a carbuncle stone. 026 EZE 010 010 And [as for] their appearance, [there was] one likeness to the four, as if there should be a wheel in the midst of a wheel. 026 EZE 010 011 When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not when they went, for whichever way the first head looked, they went; and they turned not as they went. 026 EZE 010 012 And their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about the four wheels. 026 EZE 010 013 And these wheels were called Gelgel in my hearing. 026 EZE 010 015 And the cherubs were the same living creature which I saw by the river of Chobar. 026 EZE 010 016 And when the cherubs went, the wheels went, and they were close to them: and when the cherubs lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, their wheels turned not. 026 EZE 010 017 When they stood, [the wheels] stood; and when they mounted up, [the wheels] mounted up with them: because the spirit of life was in them. 026 EZE 010 018 Then the glory of the Lord departed from the house, and went up on the cherubs. 026 EZE 010 019 And the cherubs lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went forth, the wheels were also beside them, and they stood at the entrance of the front gate of the house of the Lord; and the glory of the God of Israel was upon them above. 026 EZE 010 020 This is the living creature which I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chobar; and I knew that they were cherubs. 026 EZE 010 021 Each one [had] four faces, and each one [had] eight wings; and under their wings was the likeness of men's hands. 026 EZE 010 022 And [as for] the likeness of their faces, these are the [same] faces which I saw under the glory of the God of Israel by the river of Chobar: and they went each straight forward. 026 EZE 011 001 Moreover the Spirit took me up, and brought me to the front gate of the house of the Lord, that looks eastward: and behold at the entrance of the gate were about five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jechonias the son of Ezer, and Phaltias the son of Banaeas, the leaders of the people. 026 EZE 011 002 And the Lord said to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise vanities, and take evil counsel in this city: 026 EZE 011 003 who say, Have not the houses been newly built? This is the caldron, and we are the flesh. 026 EZE 011 004 Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, son of man. 026 EZE 011 005 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and said to me, say; Thus says the Lord; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: and I know the devices of your spirit. 026 EZE 011 006 You have multiplied your dead in this city, and you have filled your ways with slain men. 026 EZE 011 007 Therefore thus says the Lord; Your dead whom you have struck in the midst of it, these are the flesh, and this[city] is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. 026 EZE 011 008 You fear the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord. 026 EZE 011 009 And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it, and will deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. 026 EZE 011 010 You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you on the mountains of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 011 011 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, that Phaltias the son of Banaeas died. And I fell upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Alas, alas, O Lord! will you utterly destroy the remnant of Israel? 026 EZE 011 014 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 011 015 Son of man, your brethren, and the men of your captivity, and all the house of Israel are come to the full, to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem said, Keep you far away from the Lord: the land is given to us for an inheritance. 026 EZE 011 016 Therefore say you, Thus says the Lord; I will cast them off among the nations, and will disperse them into every land, yet will I be to them for a little sanctuary in the countries which they shall enter. 026 EZE 011 017 Therefore say you, Thus says the Lord; I will also take them from the heathen, and gather them out of the lands wherein I have scattered them, and will give them the land of Israel. 026 EZE 011 018 And they shall enter in there, and shall remove all the abominations of it, and all its iniquities from it. 026 EZE 011 019 And I will give them another heart, and will put a new spirit within them; and will extract the heart of stone from their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh: 026 EZE 011 020 that they may walk in my commandments, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God. 026 EZE 011 021 And as for the heart [set upon] their abominations and their iniquities, as their heart went [after them], I have recompensed their ways on their heads, says the Lord. 026 EZE 011 022 Then the cherubs lifted up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. 026 EZE 011 023 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood on the mountain which was in front of the city. 026 EZE 011 024 And the Spirit took me up, and brought me to the land of the Chaldeans, to the captivity, in a vision by the Spirit of God: and I went up after the vision which I saw. 026 EZE 011 025 And I spoke to the captivity all the words of the Lord which he had showed me. 026 EZE 012 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 012 002 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the iniquities of those, who have eyes to see, and see not; and have ears to hear, and hear not: because it is a provoking house. 026 EZE 012 003 You therefore, son of man, prepare yourself baggage for going into captivity by day in their sight; and you shall be led into captivity from your place into another place in their sight; that they may see that it is a provoking house. 026 EZE 012 004 And you shall carry forth your baggage, baggage for captivity, by day before their eyes: and you shall go forth at even, as a captive goes forth, in their sight. 026 EZE 012 005 Dig for yourself into the wall [of the house], and you shall pass through it in their sight: 026 EZE 012 006 you shall be lifted up on [men's] shoulders, and shall go forth in secret: you shall cover your face, and shall not see the ground: because I have made you a sign to the house of Israel. 026 EZE 012 007 And I did thus according to all that he commanded me; and I carried forth my baggage for captivity by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall for myself, and went out secretly; I was taken up on [men's] shoulders before them. 026 EZE 012 008 And the word of the Lord came to me in the morning, saying, 026 EZE 012 009 Son of man, have not the house of Israel, the provoking house, said to you, What do you? 026 EZE 012 010 Say to them, Thus says the Lord God, the Prince and the Ruler in Israel, even to all the house of Israel who are in the midst of them: 026 EZE 012 011 say, I am performing signs: as I have done, so shall it be to him: they shall go into banishment and captivity. 026 EZE 012 012 And the prince in the midst of them shall be borne upon shoulders, and shall go forth in secret through the wall, and shall dig so that he may go forth thereby: he shall cover his face, that he may not be seen by [any] eye, and he himself shall not see the ground. 026 EZE 012 013 And I will spread out my net upon him, and he shall be caught in my toils: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; but he shall not see it, though he shall die there. 026 EZE 012 014 And I will scatter to every wind all his assistants round about him, and all that help him; and I will draw out a sword after them; 026 EZE 012 015 And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have scattered them among the nations; and I will disperse them in the countries. 026 EZE 012 016 And I will leave of them [a few] men in number [spared] from the sword, and from famine, and pestilence; that they may declare all their iniquities among the nations whither they have gone; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 012 017 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 012 018 Son of man, eat your bread with sorrow, and drink [your] water with torment and affliction. 026 EZE 012 019 And you shall say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, on the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread in scarcity, and shall drink their water in desolation, that the land may be desolate with all that it contains: for all that dwell in it are ungodly. 026 EZE 012 020 And their inhabited cities shall be laid utterly waste, and the land shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 012 021 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 012 022 Son of man, what is your parable on the land of Israel, that you say, The days are long, the vision has perished? 026 EZE 012 023 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord; I will even set aside this parable, and the house of Israel shall no more at all use this parable: for you shall say to them, The days are at hand, and the import of every vision. 026 EZE 012 024 For there shall no more be any false vision, nor any one prophesying flatteries in the midst of the children of Israel. 026 EZE 012 025 For I the Lord will speak my words; I will speak and perform [them], and will no more delay, for in your days, O provoking house, I will speak the word, and will perform [it], says the Lord. 026 EZE 012 026 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 012 027 Son of man, behold, the provoking house of Israel boldly say, The vision which this man sees is for many days, and he prophesies for times afar off. 026 EZE 012 028 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord; Henceforth none of my words shall linger, which I shall speak: I will speak and do, says the Lord. 026 EZE 013 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 013 002 Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, and you shall prophesy, and shall say to them, Hear you the word of the Lord: 026 EZE 013 003 Thus says the Lord, Woe to them that prophesy out of their own heart, and who see nothing at all. 026 EZE 013 004 Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes in the deserts. 026 EZE 013 005 They have not continued steadfast, and they have gathered flocks against the house of Israel, they that say, 026 EZE 013 006 In the day of the Lord, have not stood, seeing false [visions], prophesying vanities, who say, The Lord says, and the Lord has not sent them, and they began [to try] to confirm the word. 026 EZE 013 007 Have you not seen a false vision? and spoken vain prophecies? 026 EZE 013 008 And therefore say, Thus says the Lord; Because your words are false, and your prophecies are vain, therefore, behold, I am against you, says the Lord. 026 EZE 013 009 And I will stretch forth my hand against the prophets that see false [visions], and those that utter vanities: they shall not partake of the instruction of my people, neither shall they be written in the roll of the house of Israel, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 013 010 Because they have caused my people to err, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and one builds a wall, and they plaster it, —it shall fall. 026 EZE 013 011 Say to them that plaster [it], It shall fall; and there shall be a flooding rain; and I will send great stones upon their joinings, and they shall fall; and there shall be a sweeping wind, and it shall be broken. 026 EZE 013 012 And behold! the wall has fallen; and will they not say to you, Where is your plaster wherewith you plastered [it]? 026 EZE 013 013 Therefore thus says the Lord; I will even cause to burst forth a sweeping blast with fury, and there shall be a flooding rain in my wrath; and in [my] fury I will bring on great stones for complete destruction. 026 EZE 013 014 And I will break down the wall which you have plastered, and it shall fall; and I will lay it on the ground, and its foundations shall be discovered, and it shall fall; and you shall be consumed with rebukes: and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 013 015 And I will accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that plaster it; it shall fall: and I said to you, The wall is not, nor they that plaster it, 026 EZE 013 016 even the prophets of Israel, who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see [visions of] peace for her, and there is no peace, says the Lord. 026 EZE 013 017 And you, son of man, set your face firmly against the daughters of your people, that prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy against them. 026 EZE 013 018 And you shall say, Thus says the Lord, Woe to the [women] that sew pillows under every elbow, and make kerchiefs on the head of every stature to pervert souls! The souls of my people are perverted, and they have saved souls alive. 026 EZE 013 019 And they have dishonored me before my people for a handful of barley, and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls which should not die, and to save alive the souls which should not live, while you speak to a people hearing vain speeches. 026 EZE 013 020 Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against your pillows, whereby you there confound souls, and I will tear them away from your arms, and will set at liberty their souls which you pervert to scatter them. 026 EZE 013 021 And I will tear your kerchiefs, and will rescue my people out of your hands, and they shall no longer be in your hands to be confounded; and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 013 022 Because you have perverted the heart of the righteous, whereas I perverted him not, and [that] in order to strengthen the hands of the wicked, that he should not at all turn from his evil way and live: 026 EZE 013 023 therefore you shall not see false [visions], and you shall no more utter prophecies: but I will deliver my people out of your hand; and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 014 001 And there came to me men of the people of Israel, of the elders, and sat before me. 026 EZE 014 002 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 014 003 Son of man, these men have conceived their devices in their hearts, and have set before their faces the punishment of their iniquities: shall I indeed answer them? 026 EZE 014 004 Therefore speak to them, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; Any man of the house of Israel, who shall conceive his devices in his heart, and shall set the punishment of his iniquity before his face, and shall come to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him [according to the things] in which his mind is entangled, 026 EZE 014 005 that he should turn aside the house of Israel, according to their hearts that are estranged from me in their thoughts. 026 EZE 014 006 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God, Be converted, and turn from your [evil] practices, and from all your sins, and turn your faces back again. 026 EZE 014 007 For any man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who shall separate himself from me, and conceive his imaginations in his heart, and set before his face the punishment of his iniquity, and come to the prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him, [according to the things] wherein he is entangled. 026 EZE 014 008 And I will set my face against that man, and will make him desolate and ruined, and will cut him off from the midst of my people; and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 014 009 And if a prophet should cause to err and should speak, I the Lord have caused that prophet to err, and will stretch out my hand upon him, and will utterly destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. 026 EZE 014 010 And they shall bear their iniquity according to the trespass of him that asks; and it shall be in like manner to the prophet according to the trespass: 026 EZE 014 011 that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, and that they may no more defile themselves with any of their transgressions: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord. 026 EZE 014 012 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 014 013 Son of man, if a land shall sin against me by committing a trespass, then will I stretch out my hand upon it, and will break its staff of bread, and will send forth famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast. 026 EZE 014 014 And though these three men should be in the midst of it, Noe, and Daniel, and Job, they [alone] should be delivered by their righteousness, says the Lord. 026 EZE 014 015 If again I bring evil beasts upon the land, and take vengeance upon it, and it be ruined, and there be no one to pass through for fear of the wild beasts: 026 EZE 014 016 and [if] these three men should be in the midst of it, [as] I live, says the Lord, neither sons nor daughters shall be saved, but these only shall be saved, and the land shall be destroyed. 026 EZE 014 017 Or again if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Let the sword go through the land; and I cut off from them man and beast: 026 EZE 014 018 though these three men were in the midst of it, as I live, says the Lord, they shall not deliver sons or daughters, but they only shall be saved themselves. 026 EZE 014 019 Or [if] again I send pestilence upon that land, and pour out my wrath upon it in blood, to destroy from off it man and beast: 026 EZE 014 020 and should Noe, and Daniel, and Job, be in the midst of it, [as] I live, says the Lord, there shall be left [them] neither sons nor daughters; [only] they by their righteousness shall deliver their souls. 026 EZE 014 021 Thus says the Lord, And if I even send upon Jerusalem my four sore judgments, sword, and famine, and evil beasts, and pestilence, to destroy from out of it man and beast; 026 EZE 014 022 yet, behold, [there shall be] men left in it, the escaped thereof, who [shall] lead forth of it sons and daughters: behold, they [shall] go forth to you, and you shall see their ways and their thoughts: and you shall mourn over the evils which I have brought upon Jerusalem, [even] all the evils which I have brought upon it. 026 EZE 014 023 And they shall comfort you, because you shall see their ways and their thoughts: and you shall know that I have not done in vain all that I have done in it, says the Lord. 026 EZE 015 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 015 002 And you, son of man—of all the wood, of the branches that are among the trees of the forest, what shall be made of the wood of the vine? 026 EZE 015 003 Will they take wood of it to make [it fit] for work? will they take of it a peg to hang any vessel upon it? 026 EZE 015 004 It is only given to the fire to be consumed; the fire consumes that which is yearly pruned of it, and it is utterly gone. Will it be useful for [any] work? 026 EZE 015 005 Not even while it is yet whole will it be [useful] for [any] work: if the fire shall have utterly consumed it, will it still be [fit] for work? 026 EZE 015 006 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord, As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire to be consumed, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 026 EZE 015 007 And I will set my face against them; they shall go forth of the fire, and [yet] fire shall devour them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set my face against them. 026 EZE 015 008 And I will give up the land to ruin, because they have utterly transgressed, says the Lord. 026 EZE 016 001 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 016 002 Son of man, testify to Jerusalem [of] her iniquities; 026 EZE 016 003 and you shall say, Thus says the Lord to Jerusalem; Your root and your birth are of the land of Chanaan: your father was an Amorite, and your mother a Chettite. 026 EZE 016 004 And [as for] your birth in the day wherein you were born, you did not bind your breasts, and you were not washed in water, neither was you salted with salt, neither was you swathed in swaddling-bands. 026 EZE 016 005 Nor did mine eye pity you, to do for you one of all these things, to feel at all for you; but you were cast out on the face of the field, because of the deformity of your person, in the day wherein you were born. 026 EZE 016 006 And I passed by to you, and saw you polluted in your blood; and I said to you, [Let there be] life out of your blood: 026 EZE 016 007 increase; I have made you as the springing grass of the field. So you did increase and grow, and did enter into great cities: your breasts were set, and your hair grew, whereas you were naked and bare. 026 EZE 016 008 And I passed by you and saw you, and, behold, [it was] your time and a time of resting; and I spread my wings over you, and covered your shame, and swear to you: and I entered into covenant with you, says the Lord, and you became mine. 026 EZE 016 009 And I washed you in water, and washed your blood from you, and anointed you with oil. 026 EZE 016 010 And I clothed you with embroidered [garments], and clothed you beneath with purple, and girded you with fine linen, and clothed you with silk, 026 EZE 016 011 and decked you also with ornaments, and put bracelets on your hands, and a necklace on your neck. 026 EZE 016 012 And I put a pendant on your nostril, and rings in your ears, and a crown of glory on your head. 026 EZE 016 013 So you were adorned with gold and silver; and your raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and variegated work: you did eat fine flour, and oil, and honey, and did become extremely beautiful. 026 EZE 016 014 And your name went forth among the nations for your beauty: because it was perfected with elegance, [and] in the comeliness which I put upon you, says the Lord. 026 EZE 016 015 You did trust in your beauty, and did go a-whoring because of your renown, and did pour out your fornication on every passer by. 026 EZE 016 016 And you did take of your garments, and made to yourself idols of needlework, and did go a-whoring after them; therefore you shall never come in, nor shall [the like] take place. 026 EZE 016 017 And you took your fair ornaments of my gold and of my silver, of what I gave you, and you made to yourself male images, and you did commit whoredom with them. 026 EZE 016 018 And you did take your variegated apparel and did clothe them, and you did set before them mine oil and mine incense. 026 EZE 016 019 And [you took] my bread which I gave you, ([yes] I fed you with fine flour and oil and honey) and did set them before them for a sweet smelling savor: yes, it was so, says the Lord. 026 EZE 016 020 And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore, and did sacrifice [these] to them to be destroyed. You did go a-whoring as [if that were] little, 026 EZE 016 021 and did kill your children, and gave them up in offering them to them for an expiation. 026 EZE 016 022 This is beyond all your fornication, and you did not remember your infancy, when you were naked and bare, [and] did live [though] defiled in your blood. 026 EZE 016 023 And it came to pass after all your wickedness, says the Lord, 026 EZE 016 024 that you did build yourself a house of fornication, and did make yourself a public place in every street; 026 EZE 016 025 and on the head of every way you did set up your fornications, and did defile your beauty, and did open your feet to every passer by, and did multiply your fornication. 026 EZE 016 026 And you did go a-whoring after the children of Egypt your neighbors, great of flesh; and did go a-whoring, often to provoke me to anger. 026 EZE 016 027 And if I stretch out my hand against you, then will I abolish your statutes, and deliver [you] up to the wills of them that hate you, [even to] the daughters of the Philistines that turned you aside from the way wherein you sinned. 026 EZE 016 028 And you did go a-whoring to the daughters of Assur, and not even thus was you satisfied; yes, you did go a-whoring, and was not satisfied. 026 EZE 016 029 And you did multiply your covenants with the land of the Chaldeans; and not even with these was you satisfied. 026 EZE 016 030 Why should I make a covenant with your daughter, says the Lord, while you do all these things, the works of a harlot? and you have gone a-whoring in a threefold degree with your daughters. 026 EZE 016 031 You have built a house of harlotry in every top of a way, and have set up your high place in every street; and you did become as a harlot gathering hires. 026 EZE 016 032 An adulteress resembles you, taking rewards of her husband. 026 EZE 016 033 She has even given rewards to all that went a-whoring after her, and you have given rewards to all your lovers, yes, you did load them with rewards, that they should come to you from every side for your fornication. 026 EZE 016 034 And there has happened in you perverseness in your fornication beyond [other] women, and they have committed fornication with you, in that you give hires over and above, and hires were not given to you; and [thus] perverseness happened in you. 026 EZE 016 035 Therefore, harlot, hear the word of the Lord: 026 EZE 016 036 Thus says the Lord, Because you have poured forth your money, therefore your shame shall be discovered in your harlotry with your lovers, and [with] regard to all the imaginations of your iniquities, and for the blood of your children which you have given to them. 026 EZE 016 037 Therefore, behold, I [will] gather all your lovers with whom you have consorted, and all whom you have loved, with all whom you did hate; and I will gather them against you round about, and will expose your wickedness to them, and they shall see all your shame. 026 EZE 016 038 And I will be avenged on you with the vengeance of an adulteress, and I will bring upon you blood of fury and jealousy. 026 EZE 016 039 And I will deliver you into their hands, and they shall break down your house of harlotry, and destroy your high place; and they shall strip you of your garments, and shall take your proud ornaments, and leave you naked and bare. 026 EZE 016 040 And they shall bring multitudes upon you, and they shall stone you with stones, and pierce you with their swords. 026 EZE 016 041 And they shall burn your houses with fire, and shall execute vengeance on you in the sight of many women: and I will turn you back from harlotry, and I will no more give [you] rewards. 026 EZE 016 042 So will I slacken my fury against you, and my jealousy shall be removed from you, and I will rest, and be no more careful [for you]. 026 EZE 016 043 Because you did not remember your infancy, and you did grieve me in all these things; therefore, behold, I have recompensed your ways upon your head, says the Lord: for thus have you wrought ungodliness above all your [other] iniquities. 026 EZE 016 044 These are all the things they have spoken against you in a proverb, saying, 026 EZE 016 045 As is the mother, so is your mother's daughter: you are she that has rejected her husband and her children; and the sisters of your sisters have rejected their husbands and their children: your mother was a Chettite, and [your] father an Amorite. 026 EZE 016 046 Your elder sister who dwells on your left hand is Samaria, she and her daughters: and your younger sister, that dwells on the right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. 026 EZE 016 047 Yet notwithstanding you have not walked in their ways, neither have you done according to their iniquities within a little, but you have exceeded them in all your ways. 026 EZE 016 048 [As] I live, says the Lord, this Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done. 026 EZE 016 049 Moreover this was the sin of your sister Sodom, pride: she and her daughters lived in pleasure, in fullness of bread [and] in abundance: this belonged to her and her daughters, and they helped not the hand of the poor and needy. 026 EZE 016 050 And they boasted, and wrought iniquities before me: so I cut them off as I saw [fit]. 026 EZE 016 051 Also Samaria has not sinned according to half of your sins; but you have multiplied your iniquities beyond them, and you have justified your sisters in all your iniquities which you have committed. 026 EZE 016 052 You therefore bear your punishment, for that you have corrupted your sisters by your sins which you have committed beyond them; and you have made them [appear] more righteous than yourself: you therefore be ashamed, and bear your dishonor, in that you have justified your sisters. 026 EZE 016 053 And I will turn their captivity, [even] the captivity of Sodom and her daughters; and I will turn the captivity of Samaria and her daughters; and I will turn your captivity in the midst of them: 026 EZE 016 054 that you may bear your punishment, and be dishonored for all that you have done in provoking me to anger. 026 EZE 016 055 And your sister Sodom and her daughters shall be restored as they were at the beginning, and you and your daughters shall be restored as you were at the beginning. 026 EZE 016 056 And surely your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the days of your pride: 026 EZE 016 057 before your wickedness was discovered, even now you are the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, [even] of the daughters of the Philistines that compass you round about. 026 EZE 016 058 [As for] your ungodliness and your iniquities, you have borne them, says the Lord. 026 EZE 016 059 Thus says the Lord; I will even do to you as you have done, as you have dealt shamefully in these things to transgress my covenant. 026 EZE 016 060 And I will remember my covenant [made] with you in the days of your infancy, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant. 026 EZE 016 061 Then you shall remember your way, and shall be utterly dishonored when you receive your elder sisters with your younger ones: and I will give them to you for building up, but not by your covenant. 026 EZE 016 062 And I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall know that I am the Lord: 026 EZE 016 063 that you may remember, and be ashamed, and may no more be able to open your mouth for your shame, when I am reconciled to you for all that you have done, says the Lord. 026 EZE 017 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 017 002 Son of man, relate a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel: 026 EZE 017 003 and you shall say, Thus says the Lord; A great eagle with large wings, spreading them out very far, with many claws, which has the design of entering into Libanus—and he took the choice [branches] of the cedar: 026 EZE 017 004 he cropped off the ends of the tender twigs, and brought them into the land of Chanaan; he laid them up in a walled city. 026 EZE 017 005 And he took of the seed of the land, and sowed it in a field planted by much water; he set it in a conspicuous place. 026 EZE 017 006 And it sprang up, and became a weak and little vine, so that the branches thereof appeared [upon] it, and its roots were under it: and it became a vine, and put forth shoots, and sent forth its tendrils. 026 EZE 017 007 And there was another great eagle, with great wings and many claws: and, behold, this vine bent itself round toward him, and her roots [were turned] towards him, and she sent forth her branches towards him, that [he] might water her together with the growth of her plantation. 026 EZE 017 008 She thrives in a fair field by much water, to produce shoots and bear fruit, that she might become a great vine. 026 EZE 017 009 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord; Shall it prosper? shall not the roots of her tender stem and her fruit be blighted? yes, all her early shoots shall be dried up, and [that] not by a mighty arm, nor by many people, to tear her up from her roots. 026 EZE 017 010 And, behold, it thrives: shall it prosper? shall it not wither as soon as the east wind touches it? it shall be withered together with the growth of its shoots. 026 EZE 017 011 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me saying, 026 EZE 017 012 Son of man, say now to the provoking house, Know you not what these things were? say [to them], Whenever the king of Babylon shall come against Jerusalem, then he shall take her king and her princes, and shall take them home to Babylon. 026 EZE 017 013 And he shall take of the seed royal, and shall make a covenant with him, and shall bind him with an oath: and he shall take the princes of the land: 026 EZE 017 014 that it may become a weak kingdom, so as never to lift itself up, that he may keep his covenant, and establish it. 026 EZE 017 015 And [if] he shall revolt from him, to send his messengers into Egypt, that [they] may give him horses and much people; shall he prosper? shall he that acts as an adversary be preserved? and shall he that transgresses the covenant be preserved? 026 EZE 017 016 [As] I live, says the Lord, verily in [the] place where the king is that made him king, who dishonored my oath, and who broke my covenant, shall he die with him in the midst of Babylon. 026 EZE 017 017 And Pharaoh shall make war upon him not with a large force or great multitude, in throwing up a mound, and in building of forts, to cut off souls. 026 EZE 017 018 Whereas he has profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when, behold, I engage his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape. 026 EZE 017 019 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord; [As] I live, surely mine oath which he has profaned, and my covenant which he has transgressed, I will even recompense it upon his head. 026 EZE 017 020 And I will spread a net upon him, and he shall be caught in its snare. 026 EZE 017 021 In every battle of his they shall fall by the sword, and I will scatter [his] remnant to every wind: and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken it. 026 EZE 017 022 For thus says the Lord; I will even take of the choice [branches] of the cedar from the top [thereof], I will crop off their hearts, and I will plant it on a high mountain: 026 EZE 017 023 and I will hang it on a lofty mountain of Israel: yes, I will plant it, and it shall put forth shoots, and shall bear fruit, and it shall be a great cedar: and every bird shall rest beneath it, even every fowl shall rest under its shadow: its branches shall be restored. 026 EZE 017 024 And all the trees of the field shall know that I am the Lord that bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and wither the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish: I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it]. 026 EZE 018 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 018 002 Son of man, what mean you by this parable among the children of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten unripe grapes, and the children's teeth have been set on edge? 026 EZE 018 003 [As] I live, says the Lord, surely this parable shall no more be spoken in Israel. 026 EZE 018 004 For all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son, they are mine: the soul that sins, it shall die. 026 EZE 018 005 But the man who shall be just, who executes judgment and righteousness, 026 EZE 018 006 who shall not eat upon the mountains, and shall not at all lift up his eyes to the devices of the house of Israel, and shall not defile his neighbor's wife, and shall not draw near to her that is removed, 026 EZE 018 007 and shall not oppress any man, [but] shall return the pledge of the debtor, and shall be guilty of no plunder, shall give his bread to the hungry, and clothe the naked; 026 EZE 018 008 and shall not lend his money upon usury, and shall not receive usurious increase, and shall turn back his hand from injustice, shall execute righteous judgment between a man and his neighbor, 026 EZE 018 009 and has walked in my commandments and kept mine ordinances, to do them; he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord. 026 EZE 018 010 And if he beget a mischievous son, shedding blood and committing sins, 026 EZE 018 011 who has not walked in the way of his righteous father, but has even eaten upon the mountains, and has defiled his neighbor's wife, 026 EZE 018 012 and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought iniquities, 026 EZE 018 013 has lent upon usury, and taken usurious increase; he shall by no means live: he has wrought all these iniquities; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. 026 EZE 018 014 And if he beget a son, and [the son] see all his father's sins which he has wrought, and fear, and not do according to them, 026 EZE 018 015 and [if he] has not eaten on the mountains, and has not set his eyes on the devices of the house of Israel, and has not defiled his neighbor's wife, 026 EZE 018 016 and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the naked, 026 EZE 018 017 and has turned back his hand from unrighteousness, has not received interest or usurious increase, has wrought righteousness, and walked in mine ordinances; he shall not die for the iniquities of his father, he shall surely live. 026 EZE 018 018 But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity. 026 EZE 018 019 But you will say, Why has not the son borne the iniquity of the father? Because the son has wrought judgment and mercy, has kept all my statues, and done them, he shall surely live. 026 EZE 018 020 But the soul that sins shall die: and the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the iniquity of the transgressor shall be upon him. 026 EZE 018 021 And if the transgressor turn away from all his iniquities which he has committed, and keep all my commandments, and do justice and mercy, he shall surely live, and shall by no means die. 026 EZE 018 022 None of his trespasses which he has committed shall be remembers: in his righteousness which he has done he shall live. 026 EZE 018 023 Shall I at all desire death of the sinner, says the Lord, as I [desire] that he should turn from [his] evil way, and live? 026 EZE 018 024 But when the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, according to all the transgressions which the transgressor has wrought, none of his righteousness which he has wrought shall be at all remembered: in his trespass wherein he has trespassed, and in his sins wherein he has sinned, in them shall he die. 026 EZE 018 025 Yet you have said, The way of the Lord is not straight. Hear now, all the house of Israel; will not my way be straight? Is your way straight? 026 EZE 018 026 When the righteous turns away from his righteousness and commits a trespass, and dies in the trespass he has committed, he shall [even] die in it. 026 EZE 018 027 And when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and shall do judgment and justice, he has kept his soul, 026 EZE 018 028 and has turned away from all his ungodliness which he has committed: he shall surely live, he shall not die. 026 EZE 018 029 Yet the house of Israel say, The way of the Lord is not right. Is not my way right, O house of Israel? is not your way wrong? 026 EZE 018 030 I will judge you, O house of Israel, says the Lord, each one according to his way: be converted, and turn from all your ungodliness, and it shall not become to you the punishment of iniquity. 026 EZE 018 031 Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness wherein you have sinned against me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why should you die, O house of Israel? 026 EZE 018 032 For I desire not the death of him that dies, says the Lord. 026 EZE 019 001 Moreover do you take up a lamentation for the prince of Israel, 026 EZE 019 002 and say, Why is your mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps. 026 EZE 019 003 And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men. 026 EZE 019 004 And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains. 026 EZE 019 005 And she saw that he was driven away from her, [and] her hope [of him] perished, and she took another of her whelps; she made him a lion. 026 EZE 019 006 And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and learned to take prey, he devoured men. 026 EZE 019 007 And he prowled in his boldness and laid waste their cities, and made the land desolate, and the fullness of it, by the voice of his roaring. 026 EZE 019 008 Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him: he was taken in their pit. 026 EZE 019 009 And they put him in chains and in a cage, [and] he came to the king of Babylon; and he cast him into prison, that his voice should not be heard on the mountains of Israel. 026 EZE 019 010 Your mother was as a vine and as a blossom on a pomegranate tree, planted by water: her fruit and her shoot abounded by reason of much water. 026 EZE 019 011 And she became a rod for a tribe of princes, and was elevated in her bulk in the midst of [other] trees, and she saw her bulk in the multitude of her branches. 026 EZE 019 012 But she was broken down in wrath, she was cast upon the ground, and the east wind dried up her choice [branches]: vengeance came upon them, and the rod of her strength was withered; fire consumed it. 026 EZE 019 013 And now they have planted her in the wilderness, in a dry land. 026 EZE 019 014 And fire is gone out of a rod of her choice [boughs], and has devoured her; and there was no rod of strength in her. Her race is become a parable of lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation. 026 EZE 020 001 And it came to pass in the seventh year, on the fifteenth day of the month, there came men of the elders of the house of Israel to enquire of the Lord, and they sat before me. 026 EZE 020 002 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 020 003 Son of man, speak to the elders of the house of Israel, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; Are you come to enquire of me? [As] I live, I will not be enquired of by you, says the Lord. 026 EZE 020 004 Shall I utterly take vengeance on them, son of man? testify to them of the iniquities of their fathers: 026 EZE 020 005 and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; From the day that I chose the house of Israel, and became known to the seed of the house of Jacob, and was known to them in the land of Egypt, and helped them with my hand, saying, I am the Lord your God; 026 EZE 020 006 in that day I helped them with my hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into the land which I prepared for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is abundant beyond every land. 026 EZE 020 007 And I said to them, Let every one cast away the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the devices of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. 026 EZE 020 008 But they revolted from me, and would not listen to me: they cast not away the abominations of their eyes, and forsook not the devices of Egypt: then I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them, to accomplish my wrath upon them in the midst of Egypt. 026 EZE 020 009 But I wrought [so] that my name should not be at all profaned in the sight of the Gentiles, in the midst of whom they are, among whom I was made known to them in their sight, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. 026 EZE 020 010 And I brought them into the wilderness. 026 EZE 020 011 And I gave them my commandments, and made known to them mine ordinances, all which [if] a man shall do, he shall even live in them. 026 EZE 020 012 And I gave them my sabbaths, that they should be for a sign between me and them, that they should know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. 026 EZE 020 013 And I said to the house of Israel in the wilderness, Walk you in my commandments: but they walked not [in them], and they rejected mine ordinances, which [if] a man shall do, he shall even live in them; and they grievously profaned my sabbaths: and I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. 026 EZE 020 014 But I wrought [so] that my name should not be at all profaned before the Gentiles, before whose eyes I brought them out. 026 EZE 020 015 But I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness once for all, that I would not bring them into the land which I gave them, a land flowing with milk and honey, it is sweeter than all lands: 026 EZE 020 016 because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my commandments, but profaned my sabbaths, and went after the imaginations of their hearts. 026 EZE 020 017 Yet mine eyes spared them, so as [not] to destroy them utterly, and I did not make an end of them in the wilderness. 026 EZE 020 018 And I said to their children in the wilderness, Walk not you in the customs of your fathers, and keep not their ordinances, and have no fellowship with their practices, nor defile yourselves [with them]. 026 EZE 020 019 I [am] the Lord your God; walk in my commandments, and keep mine ordinances, and do them; 026 EZE 020 020 and hallow my sabbaths, and let them be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the Lord your God. 026 EZE 020 021 But they provoked me, and their children walked not in my commandments, and they took no heed to mine ordinances to do them, which [if] a man shall do, he shall even live in them, and they profaned my sabbaths: then I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to accomplish mine anger upon them. 026 EZE 020 022 But I wrought so that my name might not be at all profaned before the Gentiles; and I brought them out in their sight. 026 EZE 020 023 I lifted up my hand against them in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the Gentiles, [and] disperse them in the countries; 026 EZE 020 024 because they kept not mine ordinances, and rejected my commandments, and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes went after the imaginations of their fathers. 026 EZE 020 025 So I gave them commandments [that were] not good, and ordinances in which they should not live. 026 EZE 020 026 And I will defile them by their [own] decrees, when I pass through upon every one that opens the womb, that I may destroy them. 026 EZE 020 027 Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: Hitherto have your fathers provoked me in their trespasses in which they transgressed against me. 026 EZE 020 028 Whereas I brought them into the land concerning which I lifted up mine hand to give it them; and they looked upon every high hill, and every shady tree, and they sacrificed there to their gods, and offered there sweet smelling savor, and there they poured out their drink-offerings. 026 EZE 020 029 And I said to them, What is Abama, that you go in there? and they called its name Abama, until this day. 026 EZE 020 030 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord, Do you pollute yourselves with the iniquities of your fathers, and do you go a-whoring after their abominations, 026 EZE 020 031 and [do you pollute yourselves] with the first fruits of your gifts, in the offerings wherewith you pollute yourselves in all your imaginations, until this day; and shall I answer you, O house of Israel? [As] I live, says the Lord, I will not answer you, neither shall this thing come upon your spirit. 026 EZE 020 032 And it shall not be as you say, We will be as the nations, and as the tribes of the earth, to worship stocks and stones. 026 EZE 020 033 Therefore, [as] I live, says the Lord, I will reign over you with a strong hand, and with a high arm, and with outpoured wrath: 026 EZE 020 034 I will bring you out from the nations, and will take you out of the lands wherein you were dispersed, with a strong hand, and with a high arm, and with outpoured wrath. 026 EZE 020 035 And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and will plead with you there face to face. 026 EZE 020 036 As I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I judge you, says the Lord. 026 EZE 020 037 And I will cause you to pass under my rod, and I will bring you in by number. 026 EZE 020 038 And I will separate from among you the ungodly and the revolters; for I will lead them forth out of their place of sojourning, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am the Lord, [even] the Lord. 026 EZE 020 039 And [as to] you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord, [even] the Lord; Put away each one his [evil] practices, and hereafter if you listen to me, then shall you no more profane my holy name by your gifts and by devices. 026 EZE 020 040 For upon my holy mountain, on the high mountain, says the Lord, [even] the Lord, there shall all the house of Israel serve me for ever: and there will I accept [you], and there will I have respect to your first fruits, and the first fruits of your offerings, in all your holy things. 026 EZE 020 041 I will accept you with a sweet smelling savor, when I bring you out from the nations, and take you out of the countries wherein you have been dispersed; and I will be sanctified among you in the sight of the nations. 026 EZE 020 042 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have brought you into the land of Israel, into the land concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers. 026 EZE 020 043 And you shall there remember your ways, and your devices wherewith you defiled yourselves; and you shall bewail yourselves for all your wickedness. 026 EZE 020 044 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have done thus to you, that my name may not be profaned in your evil ways, and in your corrupt devices, says the Lord. 026 EZE 020 045 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 020 046 Son of man, set your face against Thaeman, and look toward Darom, and prophesy against the chief forest of Nageb, 026 EZE 020 047 and you shall say to the forest of Nageb, Hear the word of the Lord; thus says the Lord, [even] the Lord; Behold, I [will] kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour in you every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame that is kindled shall not be quenched, and every face shall be scorched with it from the south to the north. 026 EZE 020 048 And all flesh shall know that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. 026 EZE 020 049 And I said, Not so, O Lord God! they say to me, Is not this that is spoken a parable? 026 EZE 021 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 021 002 Therefore prophesy, son of man, set your face steadfastly toward Jerusalem, and look toward their holy places, and you shall prophesy against the land of Israel, 026 EZE 021 003 and you shall say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against you, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and I will destroy out of you the transgressor and unrighteous. 026 EZE 021 004 Because I will destroy out of you the unrighteous and the transgressor, [therefore] so shall my sword come forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: 026 EZE 021 005 and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more. 026 EZE 021 006 And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your loins; you shall even groan heavily in their sight. 026 EZE 021 007 And it shall come to pass, if they shall say to you, Therefore do you groan? that you shall say, For the report; because it comes: and every heart shall break, and all hands shall become feeble, and all flesh and every spirit shall faint, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture: behold, it comes, says the Lord. 026 EZE 021 008 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 021 009 Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say, Thus says the Lord; Say, Sword, sword, be sharpened and rage, 026 EZE 021 010 that you may kill victims; be sharpened that you may be bright, ready for slaughter, kill, set at nothing, despise every tree. 026 EZE 021 011 And he made it ready for his hand to hold: the sword is sharpened, it is ready to put into the hand of the slayer. 026 EZE 021 012 Cry out and howl, son of man: for this [sword] is come upon my people, this [sword is come] upon all the princes of Israel: they shall be as strangers: [judgment] with the sword is come upon my people: therefore clap your hands, for sentence has been passed: 026 EZE 021 013 and what if even the tribe be rejected? it shall not be, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 021 014 And you, son of man, prophesy, and clap your hands, and take a second sword: the third sword is [the sword] of the slain, the great sword of the slain: and you shall strike them with amazement, lest the heart should faint 026 EZE 021 015 and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate—they are given up to the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, it is well fitted for glittering. 026 EZE 021 016 And do you go on, sharpen yourself on the right and on the left wherever your face may set itself. 026 EZE 021 017 And I also will clap my hands, and let loose my fury: I the Lord have spoken [it]. 026 EZE 021 018 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 021 019 and you, son of man, appoint you two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may enter in: the two shall go forth of one country; and [there shall be] a force at the top of the way of the city, you shall set [it] at the top of the way, 026 EZE 021 020 that the sword may enter in upon Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and upon Judea, and upon Jerusalem in the midst thereof. 026 EZE 021 021 For the king of Babylon shall stand on the old way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination, to make bright the arrow, and to enquire of the graven images, and to examine [the victims]. 026 EZE 021 022 On his right was the divination against Jerusalem, to cast a mound, to open the mouth in shouting, to lift up the voice with crying, to cast a mound against her gates, to cast up a heap, and to build forts. 026 EZE 021 023 And he was to them as one using divination before them, and he himself recounting his iniquities, that they might be borne in mind. 026 EZE 021 024 Therefore thus says the Lord, Because you have caused your iniquities to be remembered, in the discovery of your wickedness, so that your sins should be seen, in all your wickedness and in your [evil] practices; because you have caused remembrance [of them], in these shall you be taken. 026 EZE 021 025 And you profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day, [even] an end, is come in a sea of iniquity, thus says the Lord; 026 EZE 021 026 You have taken off the mitre and put on the crown, it shall not have such [another] after it: you have abased that which was high, and exalted that which was low. 026 EZE 021 027 Injustice, injustice, injustice, will I make it: woe to it: such shall it be until he comes to whom it belongs; and I will deliver [it] to him. 026 EZE 021 028 And you, son of man, prophesy, and you shall say, Thus says the Lord, concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and you shall say, O sword, sword, drawn for slaughter, and drawn for destruction, awake, that you may gleam. 026 EZE 021 029 While you are seeing vain [visions], and while you are prophesying falsehoods, to bring yourself upon the necks of ungodly transgressors, the day is come, [even] an end, in a season of iniquity. 026 EZE 021 030 Turn, rest not in this place wherein you were born: in your own land will I judge you. 026 EZE 021 031 And I will pour out my wrath upon you, I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of barbarians skilled in working destruction. 026 EZE 021 032 You shall be fuel for fire; your blood shall be in the midst of your land; there shall be no remembrance at all of you: for I the Lord have spoken [it]. 026 EZE 022 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 022 002 And you, son of man, will you judge the bloody city? yes, declare you to her all her iniquities. 026 EZE 022 003 And you shall say, Thus says the Lord God: O city that sheds blood in the midst of her, so that her time should come, and that forms devices against herself, to defile herself; 026 EZE 022 004 in their blood which you have shed, you have transgressed; and in your devices which you have formed, you have polluted yourself; and you have brought near your days, and have brought on the time of your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the Gentiles, and a mockery to all the countries, 026 EZE 022 005 to those near you, and to those far distant from you; and they shall mock you, [you that are] notoriously unclean, and abundant in iniquities. 026 EZE 022 006 Behold, the princes of the house of Israel have conspired in you each one with his kindred, that they might shed blood. 026 EZE 022 007 In you they have reviled father and mother; and in you they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger: they have oppressed the orphan and widow. 026 EZE 022 008 And they have set at nothing my holy things, and in you they have profaned my sabbaths. 026 EZE 022 009 [There are] robbers in you, to shed blood in you; and in you they have eaten upon the mountains: they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of you. 026 EZE 022 010 In you they have uncovered the father's shame; and in you they have humbled her that was set apart for uncleanness. 026 EZE 022 011 They have dealt unlawfully each one with his neighbor's wife; and each one in ungodliness has defiled his daughter-in-law: and in you they have humbled each one his sister, the daughter of his father. 026 EZE 022 012 In you they have received gifts to shed blood; they have received in you interest and usurious increase; and by oppression you have brought your wickedness to the full, and have forgotten me, says the Lord. 026 EZE 022 013 And if I shall strike my hand at [your iniquities] which you have accomplished, which you have wrought, and at your blood that has been shed in the midst of you, 026 EZE 022 014 shall your heart endure? shall your hands be strong in the days which I bring upon you? I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it]. 026 EZE 022 015 And I will scatter you among the nations, and disperse you in the countries, and your uncleanness shall be removed out of you. 026 EZE 022 016 And I will give heritages in you in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 022 017 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 022 018 Son of man, behold, the house of Israel are all become to me [as it were] mixed with brass, and iron, and tin, and lead; they are mixed up in the midst of the silver. 026 EZE 022 019 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God; Because you have become one mixture, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. 026 EZE 022 020 As silver, and brass, and iron, and tin, and lead, are gathered into the midst of the furnace, to blow fire into it, that they may be melted: so will I take [you] in my wrath, and I will gather and melt you. 026 EZE 022 021 And I will blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst thereof. 026 EZE 022 022 As silver is melted in the midst of a furnace, so shall you be melted in the midst thereof; and you shall know that I the Lord have poured out my wrath upon you. 026 EZE 022 023 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 022 024 Son of man, say to her, You are the land that is not rained upon, neither has rain come upon you in the day of wrath; 026 EZE 022 025 whose princes in the midst of her are as roaring lions seizing prey, devouring souls by oppression, and taking bribes; and your widows are multiplied in the midst of you. 026 EZE 022 026 Her priests also have set at nothing my law, and profaned my holy things: they have not distinguished between the holy and profane, nor have they distinguished between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I was profaned in the midst of them. 026 EZE 022 027 Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain. 026 EZE 022 028 And her prophets that daub them shall fall, that see vanities, that prophesy falsehoods, saying, Thus says the Lord, when the Lord has not spoken. 026 EZE 022 029 That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger. 026 EZE 022 030 And I sought from among them a man behaving uprightly, and standing before me perfectly in the time of wrath, so that I should not utterly destroy her: but I found [him] not. 026 EZE 022 031 So I have poured out my wrath upon her in the fury of mine anger, to accomplish [it]. I have recompensed their ways on their own heads, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 023 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 023 002 Son of man, there were two women, daughters of one mother: 026 EZE 023 003 and they went a-whoring in Egypt in their youth: there their breasts fell, there they lost their virginity. 026 EZE 023 004 And their names were Oola the elder, and Ooliba her sister: and they were mine, and bore sons and daughters: and [as for] their names, Samaria was Oola, and Jerusalem was Ooliba. 026 EZE 023 005 And Oola went a-whoring from me, and doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians that were her neighbors, 026 EZE 023 006 clothed with purple, princes and captains; [they were] young men and choice, all horseman riding on horses. 026 EZE 023 007 And she bestowed her fornication upon them; all were choice sons of the Assyrians: and on whoever she doted herself, with them she defiled herself in all [their] devices. 026 EZE 023 008 And she forsook not her fornication with the Egyptians: for in her youth they committed fornication with her, and they deflowered her, and poured out their fornication upon her. 026 EZE 023 009 Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the children of the Assyrians, on whom she doted. 026 EZE 023 010 They uncovered her shame: they took her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword: and she became a byword among women: and they wrought vengeance in her for the sake of the daughters. 026 EZE 023 011 And her sister Ooliba saw [it], and she indulged in her fondness more corruptly than she, and in her fornication more than the fornication of her sister. 026 EZE 023 012 She doted upon the sons of the Assyrian, princes and captains, her neighbors, clothed with fine linen, horsemen riding on horses; [they were] all choice young men. 026 EZE 023 013 And I saw that they were defiled, [that] the two [had] one way. 026 EZE 023 014 And she increased her fornication, and she saw men painted on the wall, likenesses of the Chaldeans painted with a pencil, 026 EZE 023 015 having variegated girdles on their loins, having also richly dyed [attire] upon their heads; all had a princely appearance, the likeness of the children of the Chaldeans, of their native land. 026 EZE 023 016 And she doted upon them as soon as she saw them, and sent forth messengers to them into the land of the Chaldeans. 026 EZE 023 017 And the sons of Babylon came to her, into the bed of rest, and they defiled her in her fornication, and she was defiled by them, and her soul was alienated from them. 026 EZE 023 018 And she exposed her fornication, and exposed her shame: and my soul was alienated from her, even as my soul was alienated from her sister. 026 EZE 023 019 And you did multiply your fornication, so as to call to remembrance the days of your youth, wherein you did commit whoredom in Egypt, 026 EZE 023 020 and you did dote upon the Chaldeans, whose flesh is as the flesh of the asses, and their members [as] the members of horses. 026 EZE 023 021 And you did look upon the iniquity of your youth, [the things] which you wrought in Egypt in your lodgings, where were the breasts of your youth. 026 EZE 023 022 Therefore, Ooliba, thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] stir up your lovers against you, from whom your soul is alienated, and I will bring them upon you round about, 026 EZE 023 023 the children of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, Phacuc, and Sue, and Hychue, and all the sons of the Assyrians with them; choice young men, governors and captains, all princes and renowned, riding on horses. 026 EZE 023 024 And they all shall come upon you from the north, chariots and wheels, with a multitude of nations, shields and targets; and [the enemy] shall set a watch against you round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall take vengeance on you with their judgments. 026 EZE 023 025 And I will bring upon you my jealousy, and they shall deal with you in great wrath: they shall take away your nose and your ears; and shall cast down your remnant with the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your remnant fire shall devour. 026 EZE 023 026 And they shall strip you of your raiment, and take [away] your ornaments. 026 EZE 023 027 So I will turn back your ungodliness from you, and your fornication from the land of Egypt: and you shall not lift up your eyes upon them, and shall no more remember Egypt. 026 EZE 023 028 Therefore thus says the Lord God; Behold, I [will] deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, from whom your soul is alienated. 026 EZE 023 029 And they shall deal with you in hatred, and shall take all [the fruits] of your labors and your toils, and you shall be naked and bare: and the shame of your fornication shall be exposed: and your ungodliness and your fornication 026 EZE 023 030 brought this upon you, in that you went a-whoring after the nations, and did defile yourself with their devices. 026 EZE 023 031 You did walk in the way of your sister; and I will put her cup into your hands. 026 EZE 023 032 Thus says the Lord; Drink your sister's cup, deep and large, and full, to cause complete drunkenness. 026 EZE 023 033 And you shall be thoroughly weakened; and the cup of destruction, the cup of your sister Samaria, 026 EZE 023 034 drink you it, and I will take away her feasts and her new moons: for I have spoken [it], says the Lord. 026 EZE 023 035 Therefore thus says the Lord; Because you has forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore receive you [the reward] of your ungodliness and your fornication. 026 EZE 023 036 And the Lord said to me, Son of man, will you not judge Oola and Ooliba? and declare to them their iniquities? 026 EZE 023 037 For they have committed adultery, and blood was in their hands, they committed adultery with their devices, and they passed through the fire to them their children which they bore to me. 026 EZE 023 038 So long too as they did these things to me, they defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my sabbaths. 026 EZE 023 039 And when they sacrificed their children to their idols, they also went into my sanctuary to profane it: and whereas they did thus in the midst of my house; 026 EZE 023 040 and whereas they did thus to the men that came from afar, to whom they sent messengers, and as soon as they came, immediately you did wash yourself, and did paint your eyes and adorn yourself with ornaments, 026 EZE 023 041 and sat on a prepared bed, and before it [there was] a table set out, and [as for] mine incense and mine oil, they rejoiced in them, 026 EZE 023 042 and they raised a sound of music, and [that] with men coming from the wilderness out of a multitude of men, and they put bracelets on their hands, and a crown of glory on their heads; 026 EZE 023 043 Therefore I said, Do they not commit adultery with these? and has she also gone a-whoring [after] the manner of a harlot? 026 EZE 023 044 And they went in to her, as [men] go in to a harlot; so they went in to Oola and to Ooliba to work iniquity. 026 EZE 023 045 And they are just men, and shall take vengeance on them with the judgment of an adulteress and the judgment of blood: for they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. 026 EZE 023 046 Thus says the Lord God, Bring up a multitude upon them, and send trouble and plunder into the midst of them. 026 EZE 023 047 And stone them with the stones of a multitude, and pierce them with their swords: they shall kill their sons and their daughters, and shall burn up their houses. 026 EZE 023 048 And I will remove ungodliness out of the land, and all the women shall be instructed, and shall not do according to their ungodliness. 026 EZE 023 049 And your ungodliness shall be recompensed upon you, and you shall bear the guilt of your devices: and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 024 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth [day] of the month, saying, 026 EZE 024 002 Son of man, write for yourself daily from this day, on which the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem, [even] from this day. 026 EZE 024 003 And speak a parable to the provoking house, and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it: 026 EZE 024 004 and put the pieces into it, every prime piece, the leg and shoulder taken off from the bones, 026 EZE 024 005 [which are] taken from choice cattle, and burn the bones under them: her bones are boiled and cooked in the midst of her. 026 EZE 024 006 Therefore thus says the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron in which there is scum, and the scum has not gone out of, she has brought it forth piece by piece, no lot has fallen upon it. 026 EZE 024 007 For her blood is in the midst of her; I have set it upon a smooth rock: I have not poured it out upon the earth, so that the earth should cover it; 026 EZE 024 008 that my wrath should come up for complete vengeance to be taken: I set her blood upon a smooth rock, so as not to cover it. 026 EZE 024 009 Therefore thus says the Lord, I will also make the firebrand great, 026 EZE 024 010 and I will multiply the wood, and kindle the fire, that the flesh may be consumed, and the liquor boiled away; 026 EZE 024 011 and that [it] may stand upon the coals, that her brass may be thoroughly heated, and be melted in the midst of her filthiness, and her scum may be consumed, 026 EZE 024 012 and her abundant scum may not come forth of her. 026 EZE 024 013 Her scum shall become shameful, because you did defile yourself: and what if you shall be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath? 026 EZE 024 014 I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do [it]; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge you, says the Lord, according to your ways, and according to your devices: therefore will I judge you according to your bloodshed, and according to your devices will I judge you, you unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one. 026 EZE 024 015 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 024 016 Son of man, behold I take from you the desire of your eyes by violence: you shall not lament, neither shall you weep. 026 EZE 024 017 You shall groan for blood, and have mourning upon your loins; your hair shall not be braided upon you, and your sandals [shall be] on your feet; you shall in no wise be comforted by their lips, and you shall not eat the bread of men. 026 EZE 024 018 And I spoke to the people in the morning, as he commanded me in the evening, and I did in the morning as it was commanded me. 026 EZE 024 019 And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are that you do? 026 EZE 024 020 Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 024 021 Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] profane my sanctuary, the boast of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and for which your souls are concerned; and your sons and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword. 026 EZE 024 022 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not be comforted at their mouth, and you shall not eat the bread of men. 026 EZE 024 023 And your hair [shall be] upon your head, and your shoes on your feet: neither shall you at all lament or weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and shall comfort every one his brother. 026 EZE 024 024 And Jezekiel shall be for a sign to you: according to all that I have done shall you do, when these things shall come; and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 024 025 And you, son of man, [shall it] not [be] in the day when I take their strength from them, the pride of their boasting, the desires of their eyes, and the pride of their soul, their sons and their daughters, 026 EZE 024 026 that in that day he that escapes shall come to you, to tell [it] you in your ears? 026 EZE 024 027 In that day your mouth shall be opened to him that escapes; you shall speak, and shall be no longer dumb: and you shall be for a sign to them, and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 025 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 025 002 Son of man, set your face steadfastly against the children of Ammon, and prophesy against them; 026 EZE 025 003 and you shall say to the children of Ammon, Hear you the word of the Lord; thus says the Lord; Forasmuch as you have rejoiced against my sanctuary, because it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, because it was laid waste; and against the house of Juda, because they went into captivity; 026 EZE 025 004 therefore, behold, I [will] deliver you to the children of Kedem for an inheritance, and they shall lodge in you with their stuff, and they shall pitch their tents in you: they shall eat your fruits, and they shall drink your milk. 026 EZE 025 005 And I will give up the city of Ammon for camels' pastures, and the children of Ammon for a pasture of sheep: and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 025 006 For thus says the Lord; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with your foot, and heartily rejoiced against the land of Israel; 026 EZE 025 007 therefore I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you a spoil to the nations; and I will utterly destroy you from among the peoples, and I will completely cut you off from out of the countries: and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 025 008 Thus says the Lord; Because Moab has said, Behold, are not the house of Israel and Juda like all the [other] nations? 026 EZE 025 009 Therefore, behold, I will weaken the shoulder of Moab from his frontier cities, [even] the choice land, the house of Bethasimuth above the fountain of the city, by the sea-side. 026 EZE 025 010 I have given him the children of Kedem in addition to the children of Ammon for an inheritance, that there may be no remembrance of the children of Ammon. 026 EZE 025 011 And I will execute vengeance on Moab; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 025 012 Thus says the Lord; Because of what the Idumeans have done in taking vengeance on the house of Juda, and [because they] have remembered injuries, and have exacted full recompense; 026 EZE 025 013 therefore thus says the Lord; I will also stretch out my hand upon Idumea, and will utterly destroy out of it man and beast; and will make it desolate; and they that are pursued out of Thaeman shall fall by the sword. 026 EZE 025 014 And I will execute my vengeance on Idumea by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall deal in Idumea according to mine anger and according to my wrath, and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord. 026 EZE 025 015 Therefore thus says the Lord, Because the Philistines have wrought revengefully, and raised up vengeance rejoicing from their heart to destroy [the Israelites] to a man; 026 EZE 025 016 therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] stretch out my hand upon the Philistines, and will utterly destroy the Cretans, and will cut off the remnant that dwell by the sea-coast. 026 EZE 025 017 And I will execute great vengeance upon them; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have brought my vengeance upon them. 026 EZE 026 001 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 026 002 Son of man, because Sor has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is crushed: the nations are destroyed: she is turned to me: she that was full is made desolate: 026 EZE 026 003 therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against you, O Sor, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea comes up with its waves. 026 EZE 026 004 And they shall cast down the walls of Sor, and shall cast down your towers: and I will scrape her dust from off her, and make her a bare rock. 026 EZE 026 005 She shall be in the midst of the sea a place for repairing nets: for I have spoken [it], says the Lord: and it shall be a spoil for the nations. 026 EZE 026 006 And her daughters [which are] in the field shall be slain with the sword, and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 026 007 For thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] bring up against you, O Sor, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon from the north: he is a king of kings, with horses, and chariots, and horsemen, and a concourse of very many nations. 026 EZE 026 008 He shall kill your daughters that are in the field with the sword, and shall set a watch against you, and build forts around you, and carry a rampart round against you, and set up warlike works, and array his spears against you. 026 EZE 026 009 He shall cast down with his swords your walls and your towers. 026 EZE 026 010 By reason of your multitude of his horses their dust shall cover you, and by reason of the sound of his horsemen and the wheels of his chariots the walls shall be shaken, when he enters into your gates, as one entering into a city from the plain. 026 EZE 026 011 With the hoofs of his horses they shall trample all your streets: he shall kill your people with the sword, and shall bring down to the ground the support of your strength. 026 EZE 026 012 And he shall prey upon your power, and plunder your substance, and shall cast down your walls, and break down your pleasant houses: and he shall cast your stones and your timber and your dust into the midst of your sea. 026 EZE 026 013 And he shall destroy the multitude of your musicians, and the sound of your lutes shall be heard no more. 026 EZE 026 014 And I will make you a bare rock: you shall be a place to spread nets upon; you shall be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken [it], says the Lord. 026 EZE 026 015 For thus says the Lord God to Sor; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, while the wounded are groaning, while they have drawn a sword in the midst of you? 026 EZE 026 016 And all the princes of the nations of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and shall take off their crowns from their heads, and shall take off their embroidered raiment: they shall be utterly amazed; they shall sit upon the ground, and fear their [own] destruction, and shall groan over you. 026 EZE 026 017 And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and shall say to you, How are you destroyed from out of the sea, the renowned city, that brought her terror upon all her inhabitants. 026 EZE 026 018 And the isles shall be alarmed at the day of your fall. 026 EZE 026 019 For thus says the Lord God; When I shall make the city desolate, as the cities that shall not be inhabited, when I have brought the deep up upon you, 026 EZE 026 020 and great waters shall cover you; and I shall bring you down to them that go down to the pit, to the people of old time, and shall cause you to dwell in the depths of the earth, as in everlasting desolation, with them that go down to the pit, that you may not be inhabited, nor stand upon the land of life; 026 EZE 026 021 I will make you a destruction, and you shall be no more for ever, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 027 001 And the word of the Lord came to me saying, 026 EZE 027 002 And you, son of man, take up a lamentation against Sor; 026 EZE 027 003 and you shall say to Sor that dwells at the entrance of the sea, to the mart of the nations coming from many islands, Thus says the Lord to Sor; You have said, I have clothed myself with my beauty. 026 EZE 027 004 In the heart of the sea your sons have put beauty upon you for Beelim. 026 EZE 027 005 Cedar in Senir was employed for you in building: boards of cypress timber were taken out of Libanus, and wood to make you masts of fir. 026 EZE 027 006 They made your oars [of wood] out of the land of Basan; your sacred utensils they made of ivory, your shady houses of wood from the isles of Chetiim. 026 EZE 027 007 Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied the couch, to put honor upon you, and to clothe you with blue and purple from the isles of Elisai; and they became your coverings. 026 EZE 027 008 And your princes were the dwellers in Sidon, and the Aradians were your rowers: your wise men, O Sor, who were in you, these were your pilots. 026 EZE 027 009 The elders of the Biblians, and their wise men, who were in you, these helped your counsel: and all the ships of the sea and their rowers traded for you to the utmost west. 026 EZE 027 010 Persians and Lydians and Libyans were in your army: your warriors hung in you shields and helmets; these gave [you] your glory. 026 EZE 027 011 The sons of the Aradians and your army were upon the walls; there were guards in your towers: they hung their quivers on your battlements round about; these completed your beauty. 026 EZE 027 012 The Carthaginians were your merchants because of the abundance of all your strength; they furnished your market with silver, and gold, and iron, and tin, and lead. 026 EZE 027 013 Greece, both the whole [world], and the adjacent coasts, these traded with you in the persons of men, and they gave [as] your merchandise vessels of brass. 026 EZE 027 014 Out of the house of Thogarma horses and horsemen furnished the market. 026 EZE 027 015 The sons of the Rhodians were your merchants; from the islands they multiplied your merchandise, [even] elephants' teeth: and to them that came in you did return your prices, 026 EZE 027 016 [even] men [as] your merchandise, from the multitude of your trading [population], myrrh and embroidered works from Tharsis: Ramoth also and Chorchor furnished your market. 026 EZE 027 017 Juda and the children of Israel, these were your merchants; in the sale of corn and ointments and cassia: and they gave the best honey, and oil, and resin, to your trading [population]. 026 EZE 027 018 [The people of] Damascus were your merchants by reason of the abundance of all your power; wine out of Chelbon, and wool from Miletus; and they brought wine into your market. 026 EZE 027 019 Out of Asel [came] wrought iron, and there is the sound of wheels among your trading [population]. 026 EZE 027 020 [The people of] Daedan were your merchants, with choice cattle for chariots. 026 EZE 027 021 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, these were your traders with you, [bringing] camels, and lambs, and rams, in which they trade with you. 026 EZE 027 022 The merchants of Sabba and Ramma, these were your merchants, with choice spices, and precious stones: and they brought gold to your market. 026 EZE 027 023 Charra, and Chanaa, these were your merchants: Assur, and Charman, were your merchants: 026 EZE 027 024 bringing [for] merchandise blue, and choice stores bound with cords, and cypress wood. 026 EZE 027 025 Ships were your merchants, in abundance, with your trading [population]: and you were filled and very heavily loaded in the heart of the sea. 026 EZE 027 026 Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the south wind has broken you in the heart of the sea. 026 EZE 027 027 Your forces, and your gain, and that of your traders, and your rowers, and your pilots, and your counselors, and they that traffic with you, and all your warriors that are in you: and all your company in the midst of you shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of your fall. 026 EZE 027 028 At the cry of your voice your pilots shall be greatly terrified. 026 EZE 027 029 And all the rowers and the mariners shall come down from the ships, and the pilots of the sea shall stand on the land. 026 EZE 027 030 And they shall wail over you with their voice, and cry bitterly, and put earth on their heads, and spread ashes under them. 026 EZE 027 032 And their sons shall take up a [lament] for you, even a lamentation for Sor, [saying], 026 EZE 027 033 How large a reward have you gained from the sea? you have filled nations out of your abundance; and out of your mixed merchandise you have enriched all the kings of the earth. 026 EZE 027 034 Now are you broken in the sea, your traders are in the deep water, and all your company in the midst of you: all your rowers have fallen. 026 EZE 027 035 All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over you, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept. 026 EZE 027 036 Merchants from the nations have hissed at you; you are utterly destroyed, and shall not be any more for ever. 026 EZE 028 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 028 002 And you, son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus says the Lord; Because your heart has been exalted, and you have said, I am God, I have inhabited the dwelling of God in the heart of the sea; yet you are man and not God, though you have set your heart as the heart of God: 026 EZE 028 003 are you wiser than Daniel? or have not the wise instructed you with their knowledge? 026 EZE 028 004 Hast you gained power for yourself by your [own] knowledge or your [own] prudence, and [gotten] gold and silver in your treasures? 026 EZE 028 005 By your abundant knowledge and your traffic you have multiplied your power; your heart has been lifted up by your power. 026 EZE 028 006 Therefore thus says the Lord; Since you have set your heart as the hart of God; 026 EZE 028 007 because of this, behold, I [will] bring on you strange plagues from the nations; and they shall draw their swords against you, and against the beauty of your knowledge, 026 EZE 028 008 and they shall bring down your beauty to destruction. And they shall bring you down; and you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the sea. 026 EZE 028 009 Will you indeed say, I am God, before them that kill you? whereas you are man, and not God. 026 EZE 028 010 You shall perish by the hands of strangers among the multitude of the uncircumcised: for I have spoken it, says the Lord. 026 EZE 028 011 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 028 012 Son of man, take up a lamentation for the prince of Tyre, and say to him, Thus says the Lord God; You are a seal of resemblance, and crown of beauty. 026 EZE 028 013 You were in the delight of the paradise of God; you have bound upon you every precious stone, the sardius, and topaz, and emerald, and carbuncle, and sapphire, and jasper, and silver, and gold, and ligure, and agate, and amethyst, and chrysolite, and beryl, and onyx: and you have filled your treasures and your stores in you with gold. 026 EZE 028 014 From the day that you were created you [was] with the cherub: I set you on the holy mount of God; you were in the midst of the stones of fire. 026 EZE 028 015 You were faultless in your days, from the day that you were created, until iniquity was found in you. 026 EZE 028 016 Of the abundance of your merchandise you have filled your storehouses with iniquity, and have sinned: therefore you have been cast down wounded from the mount of God, and the cherub has brought you out of the midst of the stones of fire. 026 EZE 028 017 Your heart has been lifted up because of your beauty; your knowledge has been corrupted with your beauty: because of the multitude of your sins I have cast you to the ground, I have caused you to be put to open shame before kings. 026 EZE 028 018 Because of the multitude of your sins and the iniquities of your merchandise, I have profaned your sacred things; and I will bring fire out of the midst of you, this shall devour you; and I will make you [to be] ashes upon your land before all that see you. 026 EZE 028 019 And all that know you among the nations shall groan over you: you are gone to destruction, and you shall not exist any more. 026 EZE 028 020 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 028 021 Son of man, set your face against Sidon, and prophesy against it, 026 EZE 028 022 and say, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; and I will be glorified in you; and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have wrought judgments in you, and I will be sanctified in you. 026 EZE 028 023 Blood and death [shall be] in your streets; and [men] wounded with swords shall fall in you and on every side of you; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 028 024 And there shall no more be in the house of Israel a thorn of bitterness and a pricking briar proceeding from them that are round about them, who dishonored them; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 028 025 Thus says the Lord God; I will also gather Israel from the nations, among whom they have been scattered, and I will be sanctified among them, and before the peoples and nations: and they shall dwell upon their land, which I gave to my servant Jacob. 026 EZE 028 026 Yes, they shall dwell upon it safely, and they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and dwell securely, when I shall execute judgment on all that have dishonored them, [even] on those [that are] round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God, and the God of their fathers. 026 EZE 029 001 In the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 029 002 Son of man, set your face against Pharao king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against the whole of Egypt: 026 EZE 029 003 and say, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against Pharao, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, that says, The rivers are mine, and I made them. 026 EZE 029 004 And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your river to stick to your sides, and I will bring you up out of the midst of your river: 026 EZE 029 005 and I will quickly cast down you and all the fish of your river: you shall fall on the face of the plain, and shall by no means be gathered, and shall not be brought together: I have given you for food to the wild beasts of the earth and to the fowls of the sky. 026 EZE 029 006 And all the dwellers in Egypt shall know that I am the Lord, because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 026 EZE 029 007 When they took hold of you with their hand, you did break: and when every hand was clapped against them, and when they leaned on you, you were utterly broken, and did crush the loins of them all. 026 EZE 029 008 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast; 026 EZE 029 009 and the land of Egypt shall be ruined and desert; and they shall know that I am the Lord; because you say, The rivers are mine, and I made them. 026 EZE 029 010 Therefore, behold, I am against you, and against all your rivers, and I will give up the land of Egypt to desolation, and the sword, and destruction, from Magdol and Syene even to the borders of the Ethiopians. 026 EZE 029 011 No foot of man shall pass through it, and no foot of beast shall pass through it, and it shall not be inhabited for forty years. 026 EZE 029 012 And I will cause her land to be utterly destroyed in the midst of a land that is desolate, and her cities shall be [desolate] forty years in the midst of cities that are desolate: and I will disperse Egypt among the nations, and will utterly scatter them into the countries. 026 EZE 029 013 Thus says the Lord; After forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations among whom they have been scattered; 026 EZE 029 014 and I will turn the captivity of the Egyptians, and will cause them to dwell in the land of Phathore, in the land whence they were taken; 026 EZE 029 015 and it shall be a base kingdom beyond all [other] kingdoms; it shall not any more be exalted over the nations; and I will make them few in number, that they may not be [great] among the nations. 026 EZE 029 016 And they shall no more be to the house of Israel a confidence bringing iniquity to remembrance, when they follow after them; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 029 017 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 029 018 Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was bald, and every shoulder peeled; yet there was no reward to him or to his army [serving] against Tyre, nor for the service wherewith they served against it. 026 EZE 029 019 Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I [will] give to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon the land of Egypt, and he shall take the plunder thereof, and seize the spoils thereof; and [it] shall be a reward for his army. 026 EZE 029 020 In return for his service wherewith he served against Tyre, I have given him the land of Egypt; thus says the Lord God: 026 EZE 029 021 In that day shall a horn spring forth for all the house of Israel, and I will give you an open mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 030 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 030 002 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord; Woe, woe [worth] the day! 026 EZE 030 003 For the day of the Lord is near, a day of cloud; it shall be the end of the nations. 026 EZE 030 004 And the sword shall come upon the Egyptians, and there shall be tumult in Ethiopia, and in Egypt [men] shall fall down slain together, and her foundations shall fall. 026 EZE 030 005 Persians, and Cretans, and Lydians, and Libyans, and all the mixed multitude, and they of the children of my covenant, shall fall by the sword therein. 026 EZE 030 006 And the supports of Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her strength shall come down from Magdol to Syene: they shall fall by the sword in it, says the Lord. 026 EZE 030 007 And it shall be made desolate in the midst of desolate countries, and their cities shall be [desolate] in the midst of desolate cities: 026 EZE 030 008 and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall send fire upon Egypt, and [when] all that help her shall be broken. 026 EZE 030 009 In that day shall messengers go forth hasting to destroy Ethiopia utterly, and there shall be tumult among them in the day of Egypt: for, behold it comes. 026 EZE 030 010 Thus says the Lord God; I will also destroy the multitude of the Egyptians by the hand of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, 026 EZE 030 011 his [hand] and his people's; [they are] plagues sent forth from the nations to destroy the land: and they all shall unsheath their swords against Egypt, and the land shall be filled with slain. 026 EZE 030 012 And I will make their rivers desolate, and will destroy the land and the fulness of it by the hands of strangers: I the Lord have spoken. 026 EZE 030 013 For thus says the Lord God; I will also destroy the nobles from Memphis, and the princes of Memphis out of the land of Egypt; and they shall be no more. 026 EZE 030 014 And I will destroy the land of Phathore, and will send fire upon Tanis, and will execute vengeance on Diospolis. 026 EZE 030 015 And I will pour out my wrath upon Sais the strength of Egypt, and will destroy the multitude of Memphis. 026 EZE 030 016 And I will send fire upon Egypt; and Syene shall be sorely troubled; and there shall be a breaking in Diospolis, and waters shall be poured out. 026 EZE 030 017 The youths of Heliopolis and Bubastum shall fall by the sword, and the women shall go into captivity. 026 EZE 030 018 And the day shall be darkened in Taphnae, when I have broken there the scepters of Egypt: and the pride of her strength shall perish there: and a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be taken prisoners. 026 EZE 030 019 And I will execute judgment on Egypt; and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 030 020 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 030 021 Son of man, I have broken the arms of Pharao, king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up to be healed, to have a plaster put upon it, [or] to be strengthened to lay hold of the sword. 026 EZE 030 022 Therefore thus says the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharao king of Egypt, and I will break his strong and outstretched arms, and will strike down his sword out of his hand. 026 EZE 030 023 And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and will utterly scatter them among the countries. 026 EZE 030 024 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword into his hand: and he shall bring it upon Egypt, and shall take her plunder and seize her spoils. 026 EZE 030 025 Yes, I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharao shall fail: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have put my sword into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out over the land of Egypt. 026 EZE 030 026 And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations, and utterly scatter them among the countries; and they all shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 031 001 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 031 002 Son of man, say to Pharao king of Egypt, and to his multitude; To whom have you compared yourself in your haughtiness? 026 EZE 031 003 Behold, the Assyrian was a cypress in Libanus, and was fair in shoots, and high in stature: his top reached to the midst of the clouds. 026 EZE 031 004 The water nourished him, the depth made him grow tall; she led her rivers round about his plants, and she sent forth her streams to all the trees of the field. 026 EZE 031 005 Therefore was his stature exalted above all the trees of the field, and his branches spread far by the help of much water. 026 EZE 031 006 All the birds of the sky made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches all the wild beasts of the field bred; the whole multitude of nations lived under his shadow. 026 EZE 031 007 And he was fair in his height by reason of the multitude of his branches: for his roots were amidst much water. 026 EZE 031 008 And such cypresses [as this] were in the paradise of God; and there were no pines like his shoots, and there were no firs like his branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty, 026 EZE 031 009 because of the multitude of his branches: and the trees of God's paradise of delight envied him. 026 EZE 031 010 Therefore thus says the Lord; Because you are grown great, and have set your top in the midst of the clouds, and I saw when he was exalted; 026 EZE 031 011 therefore I delivered him into the hands of the prince of the nations, and he wrought his destruction. 026 EZE 031 012 And ravaging strangers from the nations have destroyed him, and have cast him down upon the mountains: his branches fell in all the valleys, and his boughs were broken in every field of the land; and all the people of the nations are gone down from their shelter, and have laid him low. 026 EZE 031 013 All the birds of the sky have settled on his fallen trunk, and all the wild beasts of the field came upon his boughs: 026 EZE 031 014 in order that none of the trees by the water should exalt themselves by reason of their size: whereas they set their top in the midst of the clouds, yet they continued not in their high state in their place, all that drank water, all were consigned to death, to the depth of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. 026 EZE 031 015 Thus says the Lord God; In the day wherein he went down to Hades, the deep mourned for him: and I stayed her floods, and restrained her abundance of water: and Libanus saddened for him, all the trees of the field fainted for him. 026 EZE 031 016 At the sound of his fall the nations quaked, when I brought him down to Hades with them that go down to the pit: and all the trees of Delight comforted him in the heart, and the choice of [plants] of Libanus, all that drink water. 026 EZE 031 017 For they went down to hell with him among the slain with the sword; and his seed, [even] they that lived under his shadow, perished in the midst of their life. 026 EZE 031 018 To whom are you compared? descend, and be you debased with the trees of paradise to the depth of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword. Thus shall Pharao be, and the multitude of his host, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 032 001 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 032 002 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao king of Egypt, and say to him, You are become like a lion of the nations, and as a serpent that is in the sea: and you did make assaults with your rivers, and did disturb the water with your feet, and did trample your rivers. 026 EZE 032 003 Thus says the Lord; I will also cast over you the nets of many nations, and will bring you up with my hook: 026 EZE 032 004 and I will stretch you upon the earth: the fields shall be covered [with you], and I will cause all the birds of the sky to settle upon you, and I will fill [with you] all the wild beasts of the earth. 026 EZE 032 005 And I will cast your flesh upon the mountains, and will saturate [them] with your blood. 026 EZE 032 006 And the land shall be drenched with your dung, because of your multitude upon the mountains: I will fill the valleys with you. 026 EZE 032 007 And I will veil the heavens when you are extinguished, and will darken the stars thereof; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. 026 EZE 032 008 All the [bodies] that give light in the sky, shall be darkened over you, and I will bring darkness upon the earth, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 032 009 And I will provoke to anger the heart of many people, when I shall lead you captive among the nations, to a land which you have not known. 026 EZE 032 010 And many nations shall mourn over you, and their kings shall be utterly amazed, when my sword flies in their faces, as they wait for their [own] fall from the day of your fall. 026 EZE 032 011 For thus says the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you, 026 EZE 032 012 with the swords of mighty men; and I will cast down your strength: [they are] all destroying ones from the nations, and they shall destroy the pride of Egypt, and all her strength shall be crushed. 026 EZE 032 013 And I will destroy all her cattle from [beside] the great water; and the foot of man shall not trouble it any more, and the step of cattle shall no more trample it. 026 EZE 032 014 Thus shall their waters then be at rest, and their rivers shall flow like oil, says the Lord, 026 EZE 032 015 when I shall give up Egypt to destruction, and the land shall be made desolate with the fullness thereof; when I shall scatter all that dwell in it, and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 032 016 There is a lamentation, and you shall utter it; and the daughters of the nations shall utter it, [even] for Egypt, and they shall mourn for it over all the strength thereof, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 032 017 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the first month, on the fifteenth [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 032 018 Son of man, lament over the strength of Egypt, for the nations shall bring down her daughters dead to the depth of the earth, to them that go down to the pit. 026 EZE 032 020 They shall fall with him in the midst of them [that are] slain with the sword, and all his strength shall perish: the giants also shall say to you, 026 EZE 032 021 Be you in the depth of the pit: to whom are you superior? yes, go down, and lie with the uncircumcised, in the midst of them [that are] slain with the sword. 026 EZE 032 022 There are Assur and all his company: all [his] slain have been laid there: 026 EZE 032 023 and their burial is in the depth of the pit, and his company are set around about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, who had caused the fear of them [to be] upon the land of the living. 026 EZE 032 024 There is Aelam and all his host round about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, and the uncircumcised that go down to the deep of the earth, who caused their fear to be upon the land of the living: and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit, 026 EZE 032 025 in the midst of the slain. 026 EZE 032 026 There were laid Mosoch, and Thobel, and all his strength round about his tomb: all his slain men, all the uncircumcised, slain with the sword, who caused their fear to be in the land of the living. 026 EZE 032 027 And they are laid with the giants that fell of old, who went down to Hades with [their] weapons of war: and they laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities were upon their bones, because they terrified all men during their life. 026 EZE 032 028 And you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that have been slain by the sword. 026 EZE 032 029 There are laid the princes of Assur, who yielded their strength to a wound of the sword: these are laid with the slain, with them that go down to the pit. 026 EZE 032 030 There are the princes of the north, [even] all the captains of Assur, who go down slain [to Hades]: they lie uncircumcised among the slain with the sword together with their terror and their strength, and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit. 026 EZE 032 031 King Pharao shall see them, and shall be comforted over all their force, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 032 032 For I have caused his fear to be upon the land of the living yet he shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, [even] Pharao, and all his multitude with him, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 033 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 033 002 Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and you shall say to them, On whatever land I shall bring a sword, and the people of the land take one man of them, and set him for their watchman: 026 EZE 033 003 and he shall see the sword coming upon the land, and blow the trumpet, and sound an alarm to the people; 026 EZE 033 004 and he that hears the sound of the trumpet shall hear [indeed], and [yet] not take heed, and the sword shall come upon him, and overtake him, his blood shall be upon his [own] head. 026 EZE 033 005 Because he heard the sound of the trumpet, and took no heed, his blood shall be upon him: but the other, because he took heed, has delivered his soul. 026 EZE 033 006 But if the watchman see the sword coming, and do not sound the trumpet, and the people do not watch; and the sword come, and take a soul from among them, that [soul] is taken because of its iniquity; but the blood [thereof] will I require at the watchman's hand. 026 EZE 033 007 And you, son of man, I have set you [as] a watchman to the house of Israel, and you shall hear a word from my mouth. 026 EZE 033 008 When I say to the sinner, You shall surely die; [if] you speak not to warn the wicked from his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. 026 EZE 033 009 But if you forewarn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he turn not from his way, he shall die in his ungodliness; but you have delivered your own soul. 026 EZE 033 010 And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel; Thus have you spoken, saying, Our errors, and our iniquities weigh upon us, and we pine away in them, and how then shall we live? 026 EZE 033 011 Say to them, Thus says the Lord; [As] I live, I desire not the death of the ungodly, as that the ungodly should turn from his way and live: turn you heartily from your way; for why will you die, O house of Israel? 026 EZE 033 012 Say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him, in the day wherein he errs: and the iniquity of the ungodly shall not harm him, in the day wherein he turns from his iniquity, but the righteous [erring] shall not be able to deliver himself. 026 EZE 033 013 When I say to the righteous, [You shall live; and] he trusts in his righteousness, and shall commit iniquity, none of his righteousnesses shall be remembered; in his unrighteousness which he has wrought, in it shall he die. 026 EZE 033 014 And when I say to the ungodly, You shall surely die; and he shall turn from his sin, and do judgment and justice, 026 EZE 033 015 and return the pledge, and repay that which he has robbed, [and] walk in the ordinances of life, so as to do no wrong; he shall surely live, and shall not die. 026 EZE 033 016 None of his sins which he has committed shall be remembered: because he has wrought judgment and righteousness; by them shall he live. 026 EZE 033 017 Yet the children of your people will say, The way of the Lord is not straight: whereas this their way is not straight. 026 EZE 033 018 When the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and shall commit iniquities, then shall he die in them. 026 EZE 033 019 And when the sinner turns from his iniquity, and shall do judgment and righteousness, he shall live by them. 026 EZE 033 020 And this is that which you said, The way of the Lord is [not] straight. I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one for his ways. 026 EZE 033 021 And it came to pass in the tenth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the fifth [day] of the month, [that] one that had escaped from Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is taken. 026 EZE 033 022 Now the hand of the Lord had come upon me in the evening, before he came; and he opened my mouth, when he came to me in the morning: and my mouth was open, it was no longer kept closed. 026 EZE 033 023 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 033 024 Son of man, they that inhabit the desolate [places] on the land of Israel say, Abram was one, and he possessed the land: and we are more numerous; to us the land is given for a possession. 026 EZE 033 027 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God, [As] I live, surely they that are in the desolate places shall fall by swords and they that are in the open plain shall be given for food to the wild beasts of the field, and them that are in the fortified [cities] and them that are in the caves I will kill with pestilence. 026 EZE 033 028 And I will make the land desert, and the pride of her strength shall perish; and the mountains of Israel shall be made desolate by reason of no man passing through. 026 EZE 033 029 And they shall know that I am the Lord; and I will make their land desert, and it shall be made desolate because of all their abominations which they have wrought. 026 EZE 033 030 And [as for] you, son of man, the children of your people are they that speak concerning you by the walls, and in the porches of the houses, and they talk one to another, saying, Let us come together, and let us hear the [words] that proceed from the Lord. 026 EZE 033 031 They approach you as a people comes together, and sit before you, and hear your words, but they will not do them: for [there is] falsehood in their mouth, and their heart [goes] after their pollutions. 026 EZE 033 032 And you are to them as a sound of a sweet, well-tuned lute, and they will hear your words, but they will not do them. 026 EZE 033 033 But whenever it shall come [to pass], they will say, Behold, it is come: and they shall know that there was a prophet in the midst of them. 026 EZE 034 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 034 002 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God; O shepherds of Israel, do shepherds feed themselves? do not the shepherds feed the sheep? 026 EZE 034 003 Behold, you feed on the milk, and clothe yourselves with the wool, and kill the fat: but you feed not my sheep. 026 EZE 034 004 The weak one you have not strengthened, and the sick you have not cherished, and the bruised you have not bound up, and the stray one you have not turned back, and the lost you have not sought; and the strong you have wearied with labor. 026 EZE 034 005 And my sheep were scattered, because there were no shepherds: and they became meat to all the wild beasts of the field. 026 EZE 034 006 And my sheep were scattered on every mountain, and on every high hill: yes, they were scattered on the face of the earth, and there was none to seek them out, nor to bring them back. 026 EZE 034 007 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. 026 EZE 034 008 [As] I live, says the Lord God, surely because my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became meat to all the wild beasts of the field, because there were no shepherds, and the shepherds sought not out my sheep, and the shepherds fed themselves, but fed not my sheep. 026 EZE 034 009 For this cause, O shepherds, 026 EZE 034 010 thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hands, and will turn them back that they shall not feed my sheep, and the shepherds shall no longer feed them; and I will deliver my sheep out of their mouth, and they shall no longer be meat for them. 026 EZE 034 011 For thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will seek out my sheep, and will visit them. 026 EZE 034 012 As the shepherd seeks his flock, in the day when there is darkness and cloud, in the midst of the sheep that are separated: so will I seek out my sheep, and will bring them back from every place where they were scattered in the day of cloud and darkness. 026 EZE 034 013 And I will bring them out from the Gentiles, and will gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land, and will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, and in the valleys, and in every inhabited place of the land. 026 EZE 034 014 I will feed them in a good pasture, on a high mountain of Israel: and their folds shall be there, and they shall lie down, and there shall they rest in perfect prosperity, and they shall feed in a fat pasture on the mountains of Israel. 026 EZE 034 015 I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to rest; and they shall know that I am the Lord: thus says the Lord God. 026 EZE 034 016 I will seek that which is lost, and I will recover the stray one, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen the fainting, and will guard the strong, and will feed them with judgment. 026 EZE 034 017 And [as for] you, you sheep, thus says the Lord God, Behold, I will distinguish between sheep and sheep, [between] rams and he-goats. 026 EZE 034 018 And [is it] not enough for you that you fed on the good pasture, that you trampled with your feet the remnant of your pasture? and [that] you drank the standing water, [that] you disturbed the residue with your feet? 026 EZE 034 019 So my sheep fed on that which you had trampled with your feet; and they drank the water that had been disturbed by your feet. 026 EZE 034 020 Therefore thus says the Lord God; Behold, I will separate between the strong sheep and the weak sheep. 026 EZE 034 021 You did thrust with your sides and shoulders, and pushed with your horns, and you cruelly treated all the sick. 026 EZE 034 022 Therefore I will save my sheep, and they shall not be any more for a prey; and will judge between ram and ram. 026 EZE 034 023 And I will raise up one shepherd over them, and he shall tend them, [even] my servant David, and he shall be their shepherd; 026 EZE 034 024 and I the Lord will be to them a God, and David a prince in the midst of them; I the Lord have spoken it. 026 EZE 034 025 And I will make with David a covenant of peace and I will utterly destroy evil beasts from off the land; and they shall dwell in the wilderness, and sleep in the forests. 026 EZE 034 026 And I will settle them round about my mountain; and I will give you the rain, the rain of blessing. 026 EZE 034 027 And the trees that are in the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield her strength, and they shall dwell in the confidence of peace on their land, and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken their yoke; and I will deliver them out of the hand of those that enslaved them. 026 EZE 034 028 And they shall no more be a spoil to the nations, and the wild beasts of the land shall no more at all devour them; and they shall dwell safely, and there shall be none to make them afraid. 026 EZE 034 029 And I will raise up for them a plant of peace, and they shall no more perish with hunger upon the land, and they shall no more bear the reproach of the nations. 026 EZE 034 030 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, and they my people. O house of Israel, says the Lord God, 026 EZE 034 031 you are my sheep, even the sheep of my flock, and I am the Lord your God, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 035 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 035 002 Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 026 EZE 035 003 and say to it, Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I am against you, O mount Seir, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and will make you a waste, and you shall be made desolate. 026 EZE 035 004 And I will cause desolation in your cities, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 035 005 Because you have been a perpetual enemy, and have laid wait craftily for the house of Israel, with the hand of enemies with a sword, in the time of injustice, at the last: 026 EZE 035 006 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, verily you have sinned even to blood, therefore blood shall pursue you. 026 EZE 035 007 And I will make mount Seir a waste, and desolate, and I will destroy from off it men and cattle: 026 EZE 035 008 and I will fill your hills and your valleys with slain men, and in all your plains there shall fall in you men slain with the sword. 026 EZE 035 009 I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities shall not be inhabited any more: and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 035 010 Because you said, The two nations and the two countries shall be mine, and I shall inherit them; whereas the Lord is there: 026 EZE 035 011 therefore, [as] I live, says the Lord, I will even deal with you according to your enmity, and I will be made known to you when I shall judge you: 026 EZE 035 012 and you shall know that I am the Lord. I have heard the voice of your blasphemies, whereas you have said, The desert mountains of Israel are given to us for food; 026 EZE 035 013 and you have spoken swelling words against me with your mouth: I have heard [them]. 026 EZE 035 014 Thus says the Lord; When all the earth is rejoicing, I will make you desert. 026 EZE 035 015 You shall be desert, O mount Seir, and all Idumea; and it shall be utterly consumed: and you shall know that I am the Lord their God. 026 EZE 036 001 And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say to the mountains of Israel, Hear you the word of the Lord: 026 EZE 036 002 Thus says the Lord God; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, the old waste places are become a possession for us: 026 EZE 036 003 therefore prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God; Because you have been dishonored, and hated by those round about you, that you might be a possession to the remainder of the nations, and you became a byword, and a reproach to the nations: 026 EZE 036 004 therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; Thus says the Lord to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the streams, and to the valleys, and to [the places] that have been made desolate and destroyed, and to the cities that have been deserted, and have become a spoil and a trampling to the nations that were left round about; 026 EZE 036 005 therefore, thus says the Lord; Verily in the fire of my wrath have I spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Idumea, because they have appropriated my land to themselves for a possession with joy, disregarding the lives [of the inhabitants], to destroy [it] by plunder: 026 EZE 036 006 therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the valleys, and to the forests, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the reproaches of the heathen: 026 EZE 036 007 therefore I will lift up my hand against the nations that are round about you; they shall bear their reproach. 026 EZE 036 008 But your grapes and your fruits, O mountains of Israel, shall my people eat; for they are hoping to come. 026 EZE 036 009 For, behold, I am toward you, and I will have respect to you, and you shall be tilled and sown: 026 EZE 036 010 and I will multiply men upon you, [even] all the house of Israel to the end: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the desolate land shall be built upon. 026 EZE 036 011 And I will multiply men and cattle upon you; and I will cause you to dwell as at the beginning, and will treat you well, as in your former [times]: and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 036 012 And I will increase men upon you, [even] my people Israel; and they shall inherit you, and you shall be to them for a possession; and you shall no more be bereaved of them. 026 EZE 036 013 Thus says the Lord God: Because they said to you, You [land] devour men, and have been bereaved of your nation; 026 EZE 036 014 therefore you shall no more devour men, and you shall no more bereave your nation, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 036 015 And there shall no more be heard against you the reproach of the nations, and you shall no more bear the revilings of the peoples, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 036 016 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 036 017 Son of man, the house of Israel lived upon their land, and defiled it by their way, and with their idols, and with their uncleannesses; and their way was before me like the uncleanness of a removed woman. 026 EZE 036 018 So I poured out my wrath upon them: 026 EZE 036 019 and I dispersed them among the nations, and utterly scattered them through the countries: I judged them according to their way and according to their sin. 026 EZE 036 020 And they went in among the nations, among which they went, and they profaned my holy name, while it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord, and they came forth out of his land. 026 EZE 036 021 But I spared them for the sake of my holy name, which the house of Israel profaned among the nations, among whom they went. 026 EZE 036 022 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord; I do not this, O house of Israel, for your sakes, but because of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations, among whom you went. 026 EZE 036 023 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which you profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, when I am sanctified among you before their eyes. 026 EZE 036 024 And I will take you out from the nations, and will gather you out of all the lands, and will bring you into your own land: 026 EZE 036 025 and I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be purged from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, and I will cleanse you. 026 EZE 036 026 And I will give you a new heart, and will put a new spirit in you: and I will take away the heart of stone out of your flesh, and will give you a heart of flesh. 026 EZE 036 027 And I will put my Spirit in you, and will cause you to walk in mine ordinances, and to keep my judgments, and do [them]. 026 EZE 036 028 And you shall dwell upon the land which I gave to your fathers; and you shall be to me a people, and I will be to you a God. 026 EZE 036 029 And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and multiply it, and will not bring famine upon you. 026 EZE 036 030 And I will multiply the fruit of the trees, and the produce of the field, that you may not bear the reproach of famine among the nations. 026 EZE 036 031 And you shall remember your evil ways and your practices that were not good, and you shall be hateful in your own sight for your transgressions and for your abominations. 026 EZE 036 032 Not for your sakes do I [this], says the Lord God, [as] it is known to you: be you ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel. 026 EZE 036 033 Thus says the Lord God; In the day wherein I shall cleanse you from all your iniquities I will also cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste [places] shall be built upon: 026 EZE 036 034 and the desolate land shall be cultivated, whereas it was desolate in the eyes of every one that passed by. 026 EZE 036 035 And they shall say, That desolate land is become like a garden of delight; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are inhabited. 026 EZE 036 036 And the nations, as many as shall have been left round about you, shall know that I the Lord have built the ruined [cities] and planted the waste [lands]: I the Lord have spoken, and will do [it]. 026 EZE 036 037 Thus says the Lord God; Yet [for] this will I be sought by the house of Israel, to establish them; I will multiply them [even] men as sheep; 026 EZE 036 038 as holy sheep, as the sheep of Jerusalem in her feasts; thus shall the desert cities be full of flocks of men: and they shall know that I [am] the Lord. 026 EZE 037 001 And the hand of the Lord came upon me, and the Lord brought me forth by the Spirit, and set me in the midst of the plain, and it was full of human bones. 026 EZE 037 002 And he led me round about them every way: and, behold, [there were] very many on the face of the plain, very dry. 026 EZE 037 003 And he said to me, Son of man, will these bones live? and I said, O Lord God, you know this. 026 EZE 037 004 And he said to me, Prophesy upon these bones, and you shall say to them, You dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 026 EZE 037 005 Thus says the Lord to these bones; Behold, I [will] bring upon you the breath of life: 026 EZE 037 006 and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and will spread skin upon you, and will put my Spirit into you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 037 007 So I prophesied as [the Lord] commanded me: and it came to pass while I was prophesying, that, behold, [there was] a shaking, and the bones approached each one to his joint. 026 EZE 037 008 And I looked, and behold, sinews and flesh grew upon them, and skin came upon them above: but there was not breath in them. 026 EZE 037 009 And he said to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus says the Lord; Come from the four winds, and breathe upon these dead [men], and let them live. 026 EZE 037 010 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath entered into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, a very great congregation. 026 EZE 037 011 And the Lord spoke to me, saying, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: and they say, Our bones are become dry, our hope has perished, we are quite spent. 026 EZE 037 012 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I [will] open your tombs, and will bring you up out of your tombs, and will bring you into the land of Israel. 026 EZE 037 013 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, that I may bring up my people from [their] graves. 026 EZE 037 014 And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you upon your own land: and you shall know that I [am] the Lord; I have spoken, and will do [it], says the Lord. 026 EZE 037 015 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 037 016 Son of man, take for yourself a rod, and write upon it, Juda, and the children of Israel his adherents; and you shall take for yourself another rod, and you shall inscribe it for Joseph, the rod of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel that belong to him. 026 EZE 037 017 And you shall joint them together for yourself, so as that they should bind themselves into one stick; and they shall be in your hand. 026 EZE 037 018 And it shall come to pass, when the children of your people shall say to you, Will you not tell us what you meanest by these things? 026 EZE 037 019 Then shall you say to them, Thus says the Lord; behold, I will take the tribe of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel that belong to him, and I will add them to the tribe of Juda, and they shall become one rod in the hand of Juda. 026 EZE 037 020 And the rods on which you did write shall be in your hand in their presence. 026 EZE 037 021 And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I [will] take the whole house of Israel out of the midst of the nations, among whom they have gone, and I will gather them from all that are round about them, and I will bring them into the land of Israel. 026 EZE 037 022 And I will make them a nation in my land, even on the mountains of Israel; and they shall have one prince: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided any more at all into two kingdoms: 026 EZE 037 023 that they may no more defile themselves with their idols; and I will deliver them from all their transgressions whereby they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be to me a people, and I the Lord will be to them a God. 026 EZE 037 024 And my servant David [shall be] a prince in the midst of them: there shall be one shepherd of [them] all; for they shall walk in mine ordinances, and keep my judgments, and do them. 026 EZE 037 025 And they shall dwell in their land, which I have given to my servant Jacob, where their fathers lived; and they shall dwell upon it: and David my servant [shall be their] prince forever. 026 EZE 037 026 And I will make with them a covenant of peace; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will establish my sanctuary in the midst of them for ever. 026 EZE 037 027 And my tabernacle shall be among them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be my people. 026 EZE 037 028 And the nations shall know that I am the Lord that sanctifies them, when my sanctuary is in the midst of them for ever. 026 EZE 038 001 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 026 EZE 038 002 Son of man, set your face against Gog, and the land of Magog, Rhos, prince of Mesoch and Thobel, and prophesy against him, 026 EZE 038 003 and say to him, Thus says the Lord God; Behold, I am against you, Rhos prince of Mesoch and Thobel: 026 EZE 038 004 and I will gather you, and all your host, horses and horsemen, all wearing breastplates, with a great multitude, shields and helmets and swords: 026 EZE 038 005 Persians, and Ethiopians, and Libyans; all with helmets and shields. 026 EZE 038 006 Gomer, and all belonging to him; the house of Thorgama, from the end of the north, and all belonging to him; and many nations with you. 026 EZE 038 007 Be you prepared, prepare yourself, you, and all your multitude that is assembled with you, and you shall be to me for a guard. 026 EZE 038 008 He shall be prepared after many days, and he shall come at the end of years, and shall come to a land that is brought back from the sword, when [the people] are gathered from many nations against the land of Israel, which was entirely desolate: and he is come forth out of the nations, and they shall all dwell securely. 026 EZE 038 009 And you shall go up as rain, and shall arrive as a cloud to cover the land, and there shall be you, and all that are about you, and many nations with you. 026 EZE 038 010 Thus says the Lord God; It shall also come to pass in that day, that thoughts shall come up into your heart, and you shall devise evil devices. 026 EZE 038 011 And you shall say, I will go up to the rejected land; I will come upon them that are at ease in tranquility, and dwelling in peace, all inhabiting a land in which there is no wall, nor bars, nor have they doors; 026 EZE 038 012 to seize plunder, and to take their spoil; to turn my hands against the desolate land that is [now] inhabited, and against a nation that is gathered from many nations, that have acquired property, dwelling in the midst of the land. 026 EZE 038 013 Sabba, and Daedan, and Carthaginian merchants, and all their villages shall say to you, You are come for plunder to take a prey, and to get spoils: you have gathered your multitude to take silver and gold, to carry off property, to take spoils. 026 EZE 038 014 Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord; Will you not arise in that day, when my people Israel are dwelling securely, 026 EZE 038 015 and come out of your place from the farthest north, and many nations with you? all of them mounted on horses, a great gathering, and a large force? 026 EZE 038 016 And you shall come up upon my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land; it shall come to pass in the last days, that I will bring you up upon my land, that all the nations may know me, when I am sanctified in you before them. 026 EZE 038 017 Thus says the Lord God, to Gog; You are [he] concerning whom I spoke in former times, by the hand of my servants the prophets of Israel, in those days and years, that I would bring you up against them. 026 EZE 038 018 And it shall come to pass in that day, in the day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, 026 EZE 038 019 [that] my wrath and my jealousy shall arise, I have spoken in the fire of mine anger, verily in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; 026 EZE 038 020 and the fish of the sea shall quake at the presence of the Lord, and the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field, and all the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth; and the mountains shall be tore, and the valleys shall fall, and every wall on the land shall fall. 026 EZE 038 021 And I will summon against it even every fear, says the Lord: the sword of [every] man shall be against his brother. 026 EZE 038 022 And I will judge him with pestilence, and blood, and sweeping rain, and hailstones; and I will rain upon him fire and brimstone, and upon all that are with him, and upon many nations with him. 026 EZE 038 023 And I will be magnified, and sanctified, and glorified; and I will be known in the presence of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 039 001 And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I am against you, O Gog, Rhos prince of Mesoch and Thobel: 026 EZE 039 002 and I will assemble you, and guide you, and raise you up on the extremity of the north, and I will bring you up upon the mountains of Israel. 026 EZE 039 003 And I will destroy the bow out of your left hand, and your arrows out of your right hand, and I will cast you down on the mountains of Israel; 026 EZE 039 004 and you and all that belong to you shall fall, and the nations that are with you shall be given to multitudes of birds, [even] to every fowl, and I have given you to all the wild beasts of the field to be devoured. 026 EZE 039 005 You shall fall on the face of the field: for I have spoken [it], says the Lord. 026 EZE 039 006 And I will send a fire upon Gog, and the islands shall be securely inhabited: and they shall know that I am the Lord. 026 EZE 039 007 And my holy name shall be known in the midst of my people Israel; and my holy name shall no more be profaned: and the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy [One] in Israel. 026 EZE 039 008 Behold it is come, and you shall know that it shall be, says the Lord God; this is the day concerning which I have spoken. 026 EZE 039 009 And they that inhabit the cities of Israel shall come forth, and make a fire with the arms, the shields and the spears, and bows and arrows, and hand-staves, and lances, and they shall keep fire burning with them for seven years: 026 EZE 039 010 and they shall not take any wood out of the field, neither shall they cut any out of the forests, but they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall plunder those that plundered them, and spoil those that spoiled them, says the Lord. 026 EZE 039 011 And it shall come to pass [that] in that day I will give to Gog a place of renown, a tomb in Israel, the burial-place of them that approach the sea: and they shall build round about the outlet of the valley, and there they shall bury Gog and all his multitude: and [the place] shall then be called the burial-place of Gog. 026 EZE 039 012 And the house of Israel shall bury them, that the land may be cleansed in the space of seven months. 026 EZE 039 013 Yes, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a [place] of renown in the day wherein it was glorified, says the Lord. 026 EZE 039 014 And they shall appoint men continually to go over the land, to bury them that have been left on the face of the earth, to cleanse it after the space of seven months, and they shall seek [them] out. 026 EZE 039 015 And every one that goes through the land, and sees a man's bone, shall set up a mark by it, until the buriers shall have buried it in the valley, the burial place of Gog. 026 EZE 039 016 For the name of the city [shall be] Burial-place: so shall the land be cleansed. 026 EZE 039 017 And you, son of man, say, Thus says the Lord; Say to every winged bird, and to all the wild beasts of the field, Gather yourselves, and come; gather yourselves from all [places] round about to my sacrifice, which I have made for you, [even] a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, and you shall eat flesh, and drink blood. 026 EZE 039 018 You shall eat the flesh of mighty men, and you shall drink the blood of princes of the earth, rams, and calves and goats, and they are all fatted calves. 026 EZE 039 019 And you shall eat fat till you are full, and shall drink wine till you are drunken, of my sacrifice which I have prepared for you. 026 EZE 039 020 And you shall be filled at my table, [eating] horse, and rider, and mighty man, and every warrior, says the Lord. 026 EZE 039 021 And I will set my glory among you, and all the nations shall see my judgment which I have wrought, and my hand which I have brought upon them. 026 EZE 039 022 And the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God, from this day and onwards. 026 EZE 039 023 And all the nations shall know that the house of Israel were led captive because of their sins, because they rebelled against me, and I turned away my face from them, and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 026 EZE 039 024 According to their uncleannesses and according to their transgressions did I deal with them, and I turned away my face from them. 026 EZE 039 025 Therefore thus says the Lord God, Now will I turn back captivity in Jacob, and will have mercy on the house of Israel, and will be jealous for the sake of my holy name. 026 EZE 039 026 And they shall bear their reproach, and the iniquity which they committed when they lived upon their land in peace. Yet there shall be none to terrify [them] 026 EZE 039 027 when I have brought them back from the nations, and gathered them out of the countries of the nations: and I will be sanctified among them in the presence of the nations. 026 EZE 039 028 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, when I have been manifested to them among the nations. 026 EZE 039 029 And I will no more turn away my face from them, because I have poured out my wrath upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 040 001 And it came to pass in the twenty-fifth year of our captivity, in the first month, on the tenth [day] of the month, in the fourteenth year after the taking of the city, in that day the hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me 026 EZE 040 002 in a vision of God into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, and upon it [there was] as it were the frame of a city before [me]. 026 EZE 040 003 And he brought me in there, and, behold, [there was] a man, and the appearance of him was as the appearance of shining brass, and in his hand was a builder's line, and a measuring reed; and he stood at the gate. 026 EZE 040 004 And the man said to me, Look with your eyes at him whom you have seen, son of man, and hear with your ears, and lay up in your heart all things that I show you; for you have come in hither that [I] might show you, and you shall show all things that you see to the house of Israel. 026 EZE 040 005 And behold a wall round about the house without, and in the man's hand a reed, the measure [of it was] six cubits by the cubit, and a span: and he measured across the front wall; the breadth was equal to the reed, and the length of it equal to the reed. 026 EZE 040 006 And he entered by seven steps into the gate that looks eastward, and he measured across the porch of the gate equal to the reed. 026 EZE 040 007 And the chamber was equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed; and the porch between the chambers six cubits; and the second chamber equal in breadth to the reed, and equal in length to the reed, and the porch five cubits. 026 EZE 040 008 And the third chamber equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed. 026 EZE 040 009 And the porch of the gateway (near the porch of the gate) eight cubits; and the posts there of two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward: 026 EZE 040 010 and the chambers of the gate of the chamber in front [were] three on one side and three on the other, and [there was] one measure to the three: [there was] one measure to the porches on this side and on that. 026 EZE 040 011 And he measured the breadth of the door of the gateway, ten cubits; and the breadth of the gateway thirteen cubits. 026 EZE 040 012 And the space before the chambers was narrowed to a cubit in front of the chambers on this side and on that side: and the chamber was six cubits this way, and six cubits that way. 026 EZE 040 013 And he measured the gate from the wall of one chamber to the wall of the other chamber: the breadth was twenty-five cubits, the one gate over against the other gate. 026 EZE 040 014 And the open space of the porch of the gate without, was twenty cubits to the chambers round about the gate. 026 EZE 040 015 And the open space of the gate without to the open space of the porch of the gate within was fifty cubits. 026 EZE 040 016 And [there were] secret windows to the chambers, and to the porches within the gate of the court round about, and in the same manner windows to the porches round about within: and on the porch [there were] palm-trees on this side and on that side. 026 EZE 040 017 And he brought me into the inner court, and, behold, [there were] chambers, and peristyles round about the court; thirty chambers within the ranges of columns. 026 EZE 040 018 And the porticos were behind the gates; according to the length of the gates, was the lower peristyle. 026 EZE 040 019 And he measured the breadth of the court, from the open space of the outer gate inwards to the open space of the gate looking outwards: a hundred cubits [was the distance to the place] of the gate looking eastward: and he brought me to the north; 026 EZE 040 020 and behold a gate looking northwards [belonging to] the outer court, and he measured it, both the length of it and the breadth; 026 EZE 040 021 and the chambers, three on this side and three on that; and the posts, and the porches, and the palm-trees thereof: and they were according to the measures of the gate that looks eastward: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was twenty-five cubits. 026 EZE 040 022 And its windows, and its porches, and its palm-trees, were according to [the dimensions of] the gate looking eastward; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the porches were within. 026 EZE 040 023 And [there was] a gate to the inner court looking toward the north gate, after the manner of the gate looking toward the east; and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits. 026 EZE 040 024 And he brought me to the south side, and behold a gate looking southwards: and he measured it, and its chambers, and its posts, and its porches, according to these dimensions. 026 EZE 040 025 And its windows and its porches round about were according to the windows of the porch: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was five and twenty cubits. 026 EZE 040 026 And it had seven steps, and porches within: and it [had] palm-trees on the posts, one on one side, and one on the other side. 026 EZE 040 027 And [there was] a gate opposite the gate of the inner court southward: and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits in breadth southward. 026 EZE 040 028 And he brought me into the inner court of the south gate: and he measured the gate according to these measures; 026 EZE 040 029 and the chambers, and the posts, 026 EZE 040 030 and the porches, according to these measures: and [there were] windows to it and to the porches round about: its length was fifty cubits, and [its] breadth twenty-five cubits, 026 EZE 040 031 from the porch to the outer court: and [there were] palm-trees to the post [thereof], and eight steps. 026 EZE 040 032 And he brought me in at the gate that looks eastward: and he measured it according to these measures: 026 EZE 040 033 and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches according to these measures: and [there were] windows to it, and porches round about: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty-five cubits. 026 EZE 040 034 And [there were] porches [opening] into the inner court, and palm-trees on the posts on this side and on that side: and it [had] eight steps. 026 EZE 040 035 And he brought me in at the northern gate, and measured [it] according to these measures; 026 EZE 040 036 and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches: and it [had] windows round about, and [it had] its porches: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits. 026 EZE 040 037 And its porches were toward the inner court; and [there were] palm-trees to the posts on this side and on that side: and it [had] eight steps. 026 EZE 040 038 Its chambers and its door-ways, and its porches at the second gate [served as] a drain, 026 EZE 040 039 that they might kill in it the sin-offerings, and the trespass-offerings. 026 EZE 040 040 And behind the drain for the whole burnt offerings at the north [gate], two tables eastward behind the second gate; and [behind] the porch of the gate two tables eastward. 026 EZE 040 041 Four on one side and four on the other side behind the gate; upon them they kill the victims, in front of the eight tables of sacrifices. 026 EZE 040 042 And [there were] four tables of hewn stone for whole burnt offerings, the breadth [of them was] a cubit and a half, and the length [of them] two cubits [and] a half, and [their] height was a cubit: on them they shall place the instruments with which they kill there the whole burnt offerings and the victims. 026 EZE 040 043 And they shall have within a border of hewn stone round about of a span broad, and over the tables above screens for covering [them] from the wet and from the heat. 026 EZE 040 044 And he brought me into the inner court, and behold [there were] two chambers in the inner court, one behind the gate looking to the north, turning southward, and one behind the southern gate, but which looks to the north. 026 EZE 040 045 And he said to me, This chamber that looks to the south, is for the priests that keep the charge of the house. 026 EZE 040 046 And the chamber that looks to the north is for the priests that keep the charge of the altar: they are the sons of Sadduc, those of the tribe of Levi who draw near to the Lord to serve him. 026 EZE 040 047 And he measured the court, the length [whereof was] a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, on its four sides; and the altar in front of the house. 026 EZE 040 048 And he brought me into the porch of the house; and he measured the post of the porch, the breadth was five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other side; and the breadth of the door [was] fourteen cubits, and the side-pieces of the door of the porch [were] three cubits on one side, and three cubits on the other side. 026 EZE 040 049 And the length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits; and they went up to it by ten steps; and [there were] pillars to the porch, one on this side and one on that side. 026 EZE 041 001 And he brought me into the temple, the porch of which he measured, six cubits the breadth on one side, and six cubits the breadth of the porch on the other side. 026 EZE 041 002 And the breadth of the gateway was ten cubits, and the side-pieces of the gateway were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length of it, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits. 026 EZE 041 003 And he went into the inner court, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the side-pieces of the door, seven cubits on one side, and seven cubits on the other side. 026 EZE 041 004 And he measured the length of the doors, forty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, in front of the temple: and he said, This is the holy of holies. 026 EZE 041 005 And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits: and the breadth of [each] side, four cubits round about. 026 EZE 041 006 And the sides were twice ninety, side against side; and [there was] a space in the wall of the house at the sides round about, that they should be for them that take hold of them to see, that they should not at all touch the walls of the house. 026 EZE 041 007 And the breadth of the upper side [was made] according to the projection out of the wall, against the upper one round about the house, that it might be enlarged above, and that [men] might go up to the upper chambers from those below, and from the ground-sills to the third story. 026 EZE 041 008 And as for the height of the house round about, [each] space between the sides was equal to a reed of six cubits; 026 EZE 041 009 and the breadth of the wall of each side without was five cubits; and the spaces that were left between the sides of the house, 026 EZE 041 010 and between the chambers, were a width of twenty cubits, the circumference of the house. 026 EZE 041 011 And the doors of the chambers were toward the space left by the one door that looked northward, and [there was] one door southward; and the breadth of the remaining open space [was] five cubits in extent round about. 026 EZE 041 012 And the partition [wall] in front of the remaining space, toward the west, was seventy cubits in breadth; the breadth of the partition wall was five cubits round about, and the length of it ninety cubits. 026 EZE 041 013 And he measured in front of the house a length of a hundred cubits, and the remaining spaces and the partitions; and the walls thereof were in length a hundred cubits. 026 EZE 041 014 And the breadth in front of the house, and the remaining [spaces] before [it were] a hundred cubits. 026 EZE 041 015 And he measured the length of the partition in front of the space left by the back parts of that house; and the [spaces] left on this side and on that side were in length a hundred cubits: and the temple and the corners and the outer porch were ceiled. 026 EZE 041 016 And the windows were latticed, [giving] light round about to the three [stories], so as to look through: and the house and the parts adjoining were planked round about, and [so was] the floor, and from the floor up to the windows, and the window [shutters] folded back in three parts for one to look through. 026 EZE 041 017 And almost all the way to the inner, and close to the outer [side], and upon all the wall round about within and without, 026 EZE 041 018 were carved cherubs and palm-trees between the cherubs, [and each] cherub [had] two faces. 026 EZE 041 019 The face of a man was toward one palm tree on this side and on that side, and the face of a lion toward another palm tree on this side and on that side: the house was carved all round. 026 EZE 041 020 From the floor to the ceiling were cherubs and palm-trees carved. 026 EZE 041 021 And the holy place and the temple opened on four sides; in front of the holy places the appearance was as the look of 026 EZE 041 022 a wooden altar, the height of it three cubits, and the length two cubits, and the breadth two cubits; and it had horns, and the base of it and the sides of it were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table, which is before the face of the Lord. 026 EZE 041 023 And the temple [had] two doors, and the sanctuary [had] two doors, with two turning leaves [apiece]; 026 EZE 041 024 two leaves to the one, and two leaves to the other door. 026 EZE 041 025 And [there was] carved work upon them, and cherubs on the doors of the temple, and palm-trees according to the carving of the sanctuary; and [there were] stout planks in front of the porch without. 026 EZE 041 026 And [there were] secret windows; and he measured from side to side, to the roofing of the porch; and the sides of the house were closely planked. 026 EZE 042 001 And he brought me into the inner court eastward, opposite the northern gate: and he brought me in, and behold five chambers near the vacant space, and near the northern partition, 026 EZE 042 002 a hundred cubits in length toward the north, and in breadth fifty, 026 EZE 042 003 ornamented accordingly as the gates of the inner court, and arranged accordingly as the peristyles of the outer court, [with] triple porticos fronting one another. 026 EZE 042 004 And in front of the chambers was a walk ten cubits in breadth, the length [reaching] to a hundred cubits; and their doors were northward. 026 EZE 042 005 And the upper walks were in like manner: for the peristyle projected from it, [even] from the range of columns below, and [there was] a space between; so [were there] a peristyle and a space between, and so [were there] two porticos. 026 EZE 042 006 For they were triple, and they had not pillars like the pillars of the outer ones: therefore they projected from the lower ones and the middle ones from the ground. 026 EZE 042 007 And [there was] light without, corresponding to the chambers of the outer court looking toward the front of the northern chambers; the length [of them was] fifty cubits. 026 EZE 042 008 For the length of the chambers looking toward the inner court was fifty cubits, and these are the ones that front the others; the whole was a hundred cubits. 026 EZE 042 009 And [there were] doors of these chambers for an outlet toward the east, so that one should go through them out of the outer court, 026 EZE 042 010 by the opening of the walk at the corner; and the south parts were toward the south, toward the remaining space, and toward the partition, and [so were] the chambers. 026 EZE 042 011 And the walk was in front of them, according to the measures of the chambers toward the north, both according to the length of them, and according to the breadth of them, and according to all their openings, an according to all their turnings, and according to their lights, and according to their doors. 026 EZE 042 012 [So were the measures] of the chambers toward the south, and according to the doors at the entrance of the walk, as it were the distance of a reed for light, and eastward as one went in by them. 026 EZE 042 013 And he said to me, The chambers toward the north, and the chambers toward the south, in front of the void spaces, these are the chambers of the sanctuary, wherein the priests the sons of Sadduc, who draw night to the Lord, shall eat the most holy things: and there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat-offering, and the sin-offerings, and the trespass-offerings; because the place is holy. 026 EZE 042 014 None shall go in there except the priests, [and] they shall not go forth of the holy place into the outer court, that they that draw near [to me] may be continually holy, and may not touch their garments in which they minister, [with defilement], for they are holy; and they shall put on other garments whenever they come in contact with the people. 026 EZE 042 015 So the measurement of the house within was accomplished: and he brought me forth by the way of the gate that looks eastward, and measured the plan of the house round about in order. 026 EZE 042 016 And he stood behind the gate looking eastward, and measured five hundred [cubits] with the measuring reed. 026 EZE 042 017 And he turned to the north and measured in front of the north [side] five hundred cubits with the measuring reed. 026 EZE 042 018 And he turned to the west, and measured in front of the west side, five hundred [cubits] with the measuring reed. 026 EZE 042 019 And he turned to the south, and measured in front of the south side, five hundred [cubits] by the measuring reed. 026 EZE 042 020 The [four sides he measured] by the same reed, and he marked out the house and the circumference of the parts round about, [a space] of five hundred [cubits] eastward, and a breadth of five hundred cubits, to make a division between the sanctuary and the outer wall, that [belonged to] the design of the house. 026 EZE 043 001 Moreover he brought me to the gate looking eastward, and led me forth. 026 EZE 043 002 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came by the eastern way; and [there was] a voice of an army, as the sound of many redoubling [their shouts], and the earth shone like light from the glory round about. 026 EZE 043 003 And the vision which I saw was like the vision which I saw when I went in to anoint the city: and the vision of the chariot which I saw was like the vision which I saw at the river Chobar; and I fell upon my face. 026 EZE 043 004 And the glory of the Lord came into the house, by the way of the gate looking eastward. 026 EZE 043 005 And the Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the house of the Lord was full of glory. 026 EZE 043 006 And I stood, and behold [there was] a voice out of the house of one speaking to me, and a man stood near me, 026 EZE 043 007 and he said to me, Son of man, you have seen the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, in which my name shall dwell in the midst of the house of Israel for ever; and the house of Israel shall no more profane my holy name, they and their princes, by their fornication, or by the murders of [their] princes in the midst of them; 026 EZE 043 008 when they set my door-way by their door-way, and my thresholds near to their thresholds: and they made my wall as it were joining myself and them, and they profaned my holy name with their iniquities which they wrought: and I destroyed them in my wrath and with slaughter. 026 EZE 043 009 And now let them put away from me their fornication, and the murders of their princes, and I will dwell in the midst of them forever. 026 EZE 043 010 And you, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may cease from their sins; and [show] its aspect and the arrangement of it. 026 EZE 043 011 And they shall bear their punishment for all the things that they have done: and you shall describe the house, and its entrances, and the plan thereof, and all its ordinances, and you shall make known to them all the regulations of it, and describe [them] before them: and they shall keep all my commandments, and all my ordinances, and do them. 026 EZE 043 012 And you shall show the plan of the house on the top of the mountain: all its limits round about [shall be] most holy. 026 EZE 043 013 And these are the measures of the altar by the cubit of a cubit and a span, the cavity [shall be] a cubit deep, and a cubit shall be the breadth, and the border on the rim of it round about shall be a span: and this [shall be] the height of the altar 026 EZE 043 014 from the bottom at the commencement of the hollow part to this great mercy-seat, from beneath was two cubits, and the breadth was a cubit; and from the little mercy-seat to the great mercy-seat, four cubits, and the breadth was a cubit. 026 EZE 043 015 And the altar [shall be] four cubits; and from the altar and above the horns a cubit. 026 EZE 043 016 And the altar [shall be] of the length of twelve cubits, by twelve cubits [in breadth], square upon its four sides. 026 EZE 043 017 And the mercy-seat [shall be] fourteen cubits in length, by fourteen cubits in breadth on its four sides; and [there shall be] a border to it carried round about it of half a cubit; and the rim of it [shall be] a cubit round about; and the steps thereof looking eastward. 026 EZE 043 018 And he said to me, Son of man, thus says the Lord God of Israel; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day of its being made, to offer upon it whole burnt offerings, and to pour blood upon it. 026 EZE 043 019 And you shall appoint to the priests the Levites of the seed of Sadduc, that draw near to me, says the Lord God, to minister to me, a calf of the herd for a sin-offering. 026 EZE 043 020 And they shall take of its blood, and shall put [it] on the four horns of the altar, and upon the four corners of the propitiatory, and upon the base round about, and they shall make atonement for it. 026 EZE 043 021 And they shall take the calf of the sin-offering, and it shall be consumed by fire in the separate place of the house, outside the sanctuary. 026 EZE 043 022 And on the second day they shall take two kids of the goats without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall make atonement for the altar, as they made atonement with the calf. 026 EZE 043 023 And after they have finished the atonement, they shall bring an unblemished calf of the herd, and an unblemished ram of the flock. 026 EZE 043 024 And you shall offer [them] before the Lord, and the priests shall sprinkle salt upon them, and shall offer them up [as] whole burnt offerings to the Lord. 026 EZE 043 025 Seven days shall you offer a kid daily for a sin-offering, and a calf of the herd, and a ram out of the flock: they shall sacrifice them unblemished for seven days: 026 EZE 043 026 and they shall make atonement for the altar, and shall purge it; and they shall consecrate themselves. 026 EZE 043 027 And it shall come to pass from the eighth day and onward, [that] the priests shall offer your whole burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace-offerings; and I will accept you, says the Lord. 026 EZE 044 001 Then he brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary that looks eastward; and it was shut. 026 EZE 044 002 And the Lord said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no one shall pass through it; for the Lord God of Israel shall enter by it, and it shall be shut. 026 EZE 044 003 For the prince, he shall sit in it, to eat bread before the Lord; he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and shall go forth by the way of the same. 026 EZE 044 004 And he brought me in by the way of the gate that looks northward, in front of the house: and I looked, and, behold, the house was full of the glory of the Lord: and I fell upon my face. 026 EZE 044 005 And the Lord said to me, Son of man, attend with your heart, and see with [your] eyes, and hear with your ears all that I say to you, according to all the ordinances of the house of the Lord, and all the regulations thereof; and you shall attend well to the entrance of the house, according to all its outlets, in all the holy things. 026 EZE 044 006 And you shall say to the provoking house, [even] to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God; Let it suffice you [to have committed] all your iniquities, O house of Israel! 026 EZE 044 007 that you have brought in aliens, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, and to profane it, when you offered bread, flesh, and blood; and you transgressed my covenant by all your iniquities; 026 EZE 044 008 and you appointed [others] to keep the charges in my sanctuary. 026 EZE 044 009 Therefore thus says the Lord God; No alien, uncircumcised in heart or uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of all the children of strangers that are in the midst of the house of Israel. 026 EZE 044 010 But as for the Levites who departed far from me when Israel went astray from me after their imaginations, they shall even bear their iniquity. 026 EZE 044 011 yet they shall minister in my sanctuary, [being] porters at the gates of the house, and serving the house: they shall kill the victims and the whole burnt offerings for the people, and they shall stand before the people to minister to them. 026 EZE 044 012 Because they ministered to them before their idols, and it became to the house of Israel a punishment of iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 044 013 And they shall not draw near to me to minister to me in the priests' office, nor to approach the holy things of the children of Israel, nor [to approach] my holy of holies: but they shall bear their reproach for the error wherein they erred. 026 EZE 044 014 They shall bring them to keep the charges of the house, for all the service of it, and for all that they shall do. 026 EZE 044 015 The priests the Levites, the sons of Sadduc, who kept the charges of my sanctuary when the house of Israel went astray from me, these shall draw night to me to minister to me, and shall stand before my face, to offer sacrifice to me, the fat and the blood, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 044 016 These shall enter into my sanctuary, and these shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charges. 026 EZE 044 017 And it shall come to pass when they enter the gates of the inner court, [that] they shall put on linen robes; and they shall not put on woollen garments when they minister at the gate of the inner court. 026 EZE 044 018 And they shall have linen mitres upon their heads, and shall have linen drawers upon their loins; and they shall not tightly gird themselves. 026 EZE 044 019 And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their robes, in which they minister; and they shall lay them up in the chambers of the sanctuary, and shall put on other robes, and they shall not sanctify the people with their robes. 026 EZE 044 020 And they shall not shave their heads, nor shall they pluck off their hair; they shall carefully cover their heads. 026 EZE 044 021 And no priest shall drink any wine, when they go into the inner court. 026 EZE 044 022 Neither shall they take to themselves to wife a widow, or one that is put away, but a virgin of the seed of Israel: but if there should happen to be a priest's widow, they shall take [her]. 026 EZE 044 023 And they shall teach my people [to distinguish] between holy and profane, and they shall make known to them [the difference] between unclean and clean. 026 EZE 044 024 And these shall attend at a judgment of blood to decide it: they shall rightly observe my ordinances, and judge my judgments, and keep my statutes and my commandments in all my feasts; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 026 EZE 044 025 And they shall not go in to the dead body of a man to defile themselves: only [a priest] may defile himself for a father, or for a mother, or for a son, or for a daughter, or for a brother, or for his sister, who has not been married. 026 EZE 044 026 And after he has been cleansed, let him number to himself seven days. 026 EZE 044 027 And on whatever day they shall enter into the inner court to minister in the holy place, they shall bring a propitiation, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 044 028 And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and no possession shall be given them among the children of Israel; for I am their possession. 026 EZE 044 029 And these shall eat the meat-offerings, and the sin-offerings, and the trespass-offerings; and every special offering in Israel shall be theirs. 026 EZE 044 030 [And] the first fruits of all things, and the firstborn of all [animals] and all offerings, of all your first fruits there shall be [a share] for the priests; and you shall give your earliest produce to the priest, to bring your blessings upon your houses. 026 EZE 044 031 And the priests shall eat no bird or beast that dies of itself, or is taken of wild beasts. 026 EZE 045 001 And when you measure the land for inheritance, you shall set apart first fruits to the Lord, a holy space of the land, in length twenty and five thousand [reeds], and in breadth twenty thousand; it shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. 026 EZE 045 002 And there shall be a sanctuary out of this, five hundred [reeds in length] by five hundred in breadth, a square round about; and [there shall be] a vacant space [beyond] this of fifty cubits round about. 026 EZE 045 003 And out of this measurement shall you measure the length five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand: and in it shall be the holy of holies. 026 EZE 045 004 Of the land shall be [a portion] for the priests that minister in the holy place, and it shall be for them that draw near to minister to the Lord: and it shall be to them a place for houses set apart for their sacred office; 026 EZE 045 005 the length [shall be] twenty-five thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand: and the Levites that attend the house, they shall have cities to dwell in for a possession. 026 EZE 045 006 And you shall appoint [for] the possession of the city five thousand in breadth, and in length twenty-five thousand: after the manner of the first fruits of the holy portion, they shall be for all the house of Israel. 026 EZE 045 007 And the prince [shall have a portion] out of this, and out of this [there shall be a portion] for the first fruits of the sanctuary, [and] for the possession of the city, in front of the first fruits of the sanctuary, and in front of the possession of the city westward, and from the western parts eastward: and the length [shall be] equal to one of the parts of the western borders, and the length [shall be] to the eastern borders of the land. 026 EZE 045 008 And he shall have it for a possession in Israel: and the princes of Israel shall no more oppress my people; but the house of Israel shall inherit the land according to their tribes. 026 EZE 045 009 Thus says the Lord God; Let it suffice you, you princes of Israel: remove injustice and misery, execute judgment and justice; take away oppression from my people, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 045 010 You shall have a just balance, and a just measure, and a just choenix for measure. 026 EZE 045 011 And in like manner there shall be one choenix as a measure of capacity; the tenth of the homer [shall be] the choenix, and the tenth of the homer shall be in fair proportion to the homer. 026 EZE 045 012 And the weights [shall be] twenty oboli, your pound shall be five shekels, fifteen shekels and fifty shekels. 026 EZE 045 013 And these are the first fruits which you shall offer; a sixth part of a homer of wheat, and the sixth part of it [shall consist] of an ephah of a core of barley. 026 EZE 045 014 And [you shall give as] the appointed measure of oil one bath of oil out of ten baths; for ten baths are a homer. 026 EZE 045 015 And one sheep from the flock out of ten, as an oblation from all the tribes of Israel, for sacrifices, and for whole burnt offerings, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for you, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 045 016 And all the people shall give these first fruits to the prince of Israel. 026 EZE 045 017 And through the prince shall be [offered] the whole burnt offerings and the meat-offerings, and the drink-offerings in the feasts, and at the new moons, and on the sabbaths; and in all the feasts of the house of Israel: he shall offer the sin-offerings, and the meat-offering, and the whole burnt offerings, and the peace-offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel. 026 EZE 045 018 Thus says the Lord God; In the first month, on the first [day] of the month, you shall take a calf without blemish out of the herd, to make atonement for the holy place. 026 EZE 045 019 And the priest shall take of the blood of the atonement, and put it on the thresholds of the house, and upon the four corners of the temple, and upon the altar, and upon the thresholds of the gate of the inner court. 026 EZE 045 020 And thus shall you do in the seventh month; on the first [day] of the month you shall take a rate from each one; and you shall make atonement for the house. 026 EZE 045 021 And in the first [month], on the fourteenth [day] of the month, you shall have the feast of the passover; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread. 026 EZE 045 022 And the prince shall offer in that day a calf for a sin-offering for himself, and the house, and for all the people of the land. 026 EZE 045 023 And for the seven days of the feast he shall offer as whole burnt offerings to the Lord seven calves and seven rams without blemish daily for the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin-offering, and a meat-offering. 026 EZE 045 024 And you shall prepare a cake for the calf, and cakes for the ram, and a hin of oil for the cake. 026 EZE 045 025 And in the seventh month, on the fifteenth [day] of the month, you shall sacrifice in the feast in the same way seven days, as [they sacrificed] the sin-offerings, and the whole burnt offerings, and the free will offering, and the oil. 026 EZE 046 001 Thus says the Lord God; The gate that is in the inner court, that looks eastward, shall be shut the six working days; [but] let it be opened on the sabbath-day, and it shall be opened on the day of the new moon. 026 EZE 046 002 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the inner gate, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his whole burnt offerings and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the entrance of the gate: then shall he come forth; but the gate shall not be shut till evening. 026 EZE 046 003 And the people of the land shall worship at the entrance of that gate, both on the sabbaths and at the new moons, before the Lord. 026 EZE 046 004 And the prince shall offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord on the sabbath-day, six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish; 026 EZE 046 005 and a free will offering, a meat-offering for the ram, and a meat-offering for the lambs, the gift of his hand, and a hin of oil for the meat-offering. 026 EZE 046 006 And on the day of the new moon a calf without blemish, and six lambs, and there shall be a ram without blemish; 026 EZE 046 007 and a meat-offering for the ram, and there shall be a meat-offering for the calf as a free will offering, and for the lambs, according as his hand can furnish, and [there shall be] a hin of oil for the cake. 026 EZE 046 008 And when the prince goes in, he shall go in by the way of the porch of the gate, and he shall go forth by the way of the gate. 026 EZE 046 009 And whenever the people of the land shall go in before the Lord at the feasts, he that goes in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that goes in by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the gate by which he entered, but he shall go forth opposite it. 026 EZE 046 010 And the prince shall enter with them in the midst of them when they go in; and when they go forth, he shall go forth. 026 EZE 046 011 And in the feasts and in the general assemblies the free will oblation shall be a meat-offering for the calf, and a meat-offering for the ram, and for the lambs, as his hand can furnish, and a hin of oil for the meat-offering. 026 EZE 046 012 And if the prince should prepare [as] a thanksgiving a whole burnt-peace-offering to the Lord, and should open for himself the gate looking eastward, and offer his whole burnt offering, and his peace-offerings, as he does on the sabbath-day; then shall he go out, and shall shut the doors after he has gone out. 026 EZE 046 013 And he shall prepare daily as a whole burnt offering to the Lord a lamb of a year old without blemish: in the morning shall he prepare it. 026 EZE 046 014 And he shall prepare a free will offering for it in the morning, the sixth part of a measure [of flour], and a third part of a hin of oil to mix [therewith] the fine flour, [as] a free will offering to the Lord, a perpetual ordinance. 026 EZE 046 015 You shall prepare the lamb, and the free will offering, and the oil in the morning, [for] a perpetual whole burnt sacrifice. 026 EZE 046 016 Thus says the Lord God; If the prince shall give a gift to one of his sons out of his inheritance, this shall be to his sons a possession [as] an inheritance. 026 EZE 046 017 But if he give a gift to one of his servants, then it shall belong to him until the year of release; and [then] he shall restore [it] to the prince: but of the inheritance of his sons [the possession] shall continue to them. 026 EZE 046 018 And the prince shall by no means take of the inheritance of the people, to oppress them: he shall give an inheritance to his sons out of his [own] possession: that my people be not scattered, every one from his possession. 026 EZE 046 019 And he brought me into the entrance of the [place] behind the gate, into the chamber of the sanctuary belonging to the priests, that looks toward the north: and, behold, there was a place set apart. 026 EZE 046 020 And he said to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass-offerings and the sin-offerings, and there shall they bake the meat-offering always; so as not to carry [them] out into the outer court, to sanctify the people. 026 EZE 046 021 And he brought me into the outer court, and led me round upon the four sides of the court; and, behold, there was a court on [each of] the sides of the court, 026 EZE 046 022 on [every] side a court, [even] a court for all the four [sides], and [each] little court belonging to the court was in length forty cubits, and [in] breadth thirty cubits, [there was] one measure to the four. 026 EZE 046 023 And [there were] chambers in them round about, round about the four, and cooking-places formed under the chambers round about. 026 EZE 046 024 And he said to me, These are the cooks' houses, where they that serve the house shall boil the sacrifices of the people. 026 EZE 047 001 And he brought me to the entrance of the house; and, behold, water issued from under the porch eastward, for the front of the house looked eastward; and the water came down from the right side, from the south to the altar. 026 EZE 047 002 And he brought me out by the way of the northern gate, and he led me round by the way outside to the gate of the court that looks eastward; and, behold, water came down from the right side, 026 EZE 047 003 in [the direction] in which a man went forth opposite; and [there was] a measuring line in his hand, and he measured a thousand [cubits] with the measure; 026 EZE 047 004 and he passed through the water; [it was] water of a fountain: and [again] he measured a thousand, and passed through the water; and the water was up to the thighs: and [again] he measured a thousand; and he passed through water up to the loins. 026 EZE 047 005 and [again] he measured a thousand; and he could not pass through: for [the water] rose as of a torrent which [men] can’t pass over. 026 EZE 047 006 And he said to me, Hast you seen [this], son of man? Then he brought me, and led me back to the brink of the river 026 EZE 047 007 as I returned; and, behold, on the brink of the river [there were] very many trees on this side and on that side. 026 EZE 047 008 And he said to me, This is the water that goes forth to Galilee that lies eastward, and it is gone down to Arabia, and has reached as far as to the sea to the outlet of the water: and it shall heal the waters. 026 EZE 047 009 And it shall come to pass, [that] every animal of living [and] moving creatures, all on which the river shall come, shall live: and there shall be there very many fish; for this water shall go there, and it shall heal [them], and they shall live: everything on which the river shall come shall live. 026 EZE 047 010 And fishers shall stand there from Ingadin to Enagallim; it shall be a place to spread out nets upon; it shall be distinct; and the fishes thereof [shall be] as the fishes of the great sea, a very great multitude. 026 EZE 047 011 But at the outlet of the water, and the turn of it, and where it overflows [its banks], they shall not heal at all; they are given to salt. 026 EZE 047 012 And every fruit tree shall grow by the river, [even] on the bank of it on this side and on that side: they shall not decay upon it, neither shall their fruit fail: they shall bring forth the first-fruit of their early crop, for these their waters come forth of the sanctuary: and their fruit shall be for meat, and their foliage for health. 026 EZE 047 013 Thus says the Lord God; You shall inherit these borders of the land; [they are] given by lot to the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. 026 EZE 047 014 And you shall inherit it, each according to his brother's portion, [even the land] concerning which I lifted up my hand to give [it] to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you by lot. 026 EZE 047 015 And these are the borders of the land that lies northward, from the great sea that comes down, and divides the entrance of Emaseldam; 026 EZE 047 016 Maabthera, Ebrameliam, between the coasts of Damascus and the coasts of Emathi, the habitation of Saunan, which [places] are above the coasts of Auranitis. 026 EZE 047 017 These are the borders from the sea, from the habitations of Aenan, the coasts of Damascus, and the northern [coasts]. 026 EZE 047 018 And the eastern coasts between Loranitis, and Damascus, and the land of Galaad, and the land of Israel, the Jordan divides to the sea that is east of the city of palm-trees. These are the eastern [coasts]. 026 EZE 047 019 And the southern and south-western [coasts are] from Thaeman and the city of palm-trees, to the water of Marimoth Cadem, reaching forth to the great sea. This part is the south and southwest. 026 EZE 047 020 This part of the great sea forms a border, till [one comes] opposite the entrance of Emath, [even] as far as the entrance thereof. These are the parts west of Emath. 026 EZE 047 021 So you shall divide this land to them, [even] to the tribes of Israel. 026 EZE 047 022 You shall cast the lot upon it, for yourselves and the strangers that sojourn in the midst of you, who have begotten children in the midst of you: and they shall be to you as natives among the children of Israel; they shall eat with you in [their] inheritance in the midst of the tribes of Israel. 026 EZE 047 023 And they shall be in the tribe of proselytes among the proselytes that are with them: there shall you give them an inheritance, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 048 001 And these are the names of the tribes from the northern corner, on the side of the descent that draws a line to the entrance of Emath the palace of Aelam, the border of Damascus northward on the side of Emath the palace; and they shall have the eastern parts as far as the sea, for Dan, one [portion]. 026 EZE 048 002 And from the borders of Dan eastward as far as the west sea-coast, for Asser, one. 026 EZE 048 003 And from the borders of Asser, from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts, for Nephthalim, one. 026 EZE 048 004 And from the borders of Nephthalim, from the east as far as the west coasts, for Manasse, one. 026 EZE 048 005 And from the borders of Manasse, from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts, for Ephraim, one. 026 EZE 048 006 And from the borders of Ephraim, from the eastern parts to the west coasts, for Ruben, one. 026 EZE 048 007 And from the borders of Ruben, from the eastern parts as far as the west coasts, for Juda, one. 026 EZE 048 008 And from the borders of Juda, from the eastern parts shall be the offering of first fruits, in the breadth twenty-five thousand [reeds], and in length as one of the portions [measured] from the east even to the western parts: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of them. 026 EZE 048 009 [As for] the first fruits which they shall offer to the Lord, [it shall be] in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth twenty-five thousand. 026 EZE 048 010 Out of this shall be the first fruits of the holy things to the priests, northward, five and twenty-thousand, and towards the west, ten thousand, and southward, five and twenty thousand: and the mountain of the sanctuary, shall be in the midst of it, 026 EZE 048 011 for the priests, for the consecrated sons of Sadduc, who keep the charges of the house, who erred not in the error of the children of Israel, as the Levites erred. 026 EZE 048 012 And the first fruits shall be given to them out of the first fruits of the land, [even] a most holy portion from the borders of the Levites. 026 EZE 048 013 And the Levites [shall have] the [part], next to the borders of the priests, in length twenty-five thousand, and in breadth ten thousand: the whole length [shall be] five and twenty thousand, and the breadth twenty thousand. 026 EZE 048 014 No [part] of it shall be sold, nor measured [as for sale], neither shall the first fruits of the land be taken away: for they are holy to the Lord. 026 EZE 048 015 But [concerning] the five thousand that remain in the breadth in the five and twenty thousand, they shall be a suburb to the city for dwelling, and for a space before it: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. 026 EZE 048 016 And these [shall be] its dimensions; from the northern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the southern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the eastern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the western side [they shall measure] four thousand five hundred. 026 EZE 048 017 And there shall be a space to the city northward two hundred and fifty, and southward two hundred and fifty, and eastward two hundred and fifty, and westward two hundred and fifty. 026 EZE 048 018 And the remainder of the length that is next to the first fruits of the holy [portion shall be] ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and they shall be the first fruits of the sanctuary; and the fruits thereof shall be for bread to them that labor for the city. 026 EZE 048 019 And they that labor for the city shall labor for it out of all the tribes of Israel. 026 EZE 048 020 The whole offering [shall be] a square of twenty-five thousand by twenty-five thousand: you shall separate [again part] of it, the first fruits of the sanctuary, from the possession of the city. 026 EZE 048 021 And the prince [shall have] the remainder on this side and on that side from the first fruits of the sanctuary, and [there shall be] a possession of the city, for five and twenty thousand cubits in length, to the eastern and western borders, for five and twenty thousand to the western borders, next to the portions of the prince; and the first fruits of the holy things and the sanctuary of the house [shall be] in the midst of it. 026 EZE 048 022 And there shall be [a portion taken] from the Levites, from the possession of the city in the midst of the princes between the borders of Juda and the borders of Benjamin, and it shall be [the portion] of the princes. 026 EZE 048 023 And [as for] the rest of the tribes, from the eastern parts as far as the western, Benjamin [shall have] one [portion]. 026 EZE 048 024 And from the borders of Benjamin, from the eastern parts to the western, Symeon, one. 026 EZE 048 025 And from the borders of Symeon, from the eastern parts to the western, Issachar, one. 026 EZE 048 026 And from the borders of Issachar, from the eastern parts to the western, Zabulon, one. 026 EZE 048 027 And from the borders of Zabulon, from the east to the western parts, Gad, one. 026 EZE 048 028 And from the borders of Gad, from the eastern parts to the south-western parts; his coasts shall even be from Thaeman, and the water of Barimoth Cades, for an inheritance, to the great sea. 026 EZE 048 029 This is the land, which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, says the Lord God. 026 EZE 048 030 And these are the goings out of the city northward, four thousand and five hundred by measure. 026 EZE 048 031 And the gates of the city [shall be] after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; the gate of Ruben, one, and the gate of Juda, one, and the gate of Levi, one. 026 EZE 048 032 And eastward four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; the gate of Joseph, one, and the gate of Benjamin, one, and the gate of Dan, one. 026 EZE 048 033 And southward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: and three gates; the gate of Symeon, one, and the gate of Issachar, one, and the gate of Zabulon, one. 026 EZE 048 034 And westward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: [and] three gates; the gate of Gad, one, and the gate of Asser, one, and the gate of Nephthalim, one. 026 EZE 048 035 The circumference, eighteen thousand [measures]: and the name of the city, from the day that it shall be finished, shall be the name thereof. # # BOOK 027 DAN Daniel Daniel 027 DAN 001 001 In the third year of the reign of Joakim king of Juda, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it. 027 DAN 001 002 And the Lord gave into his hand Joakim king of Juda, and part of the vessels of the house of God: and he brought them into the land of Sennaar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god. 027 DAN 001 003 And the king told Asphanez his chief eunuch, to bring in some of the captive children of Israel, and of the seed of the kingdom, and of the princes; 027 DAN 001 004 young men in whom was no blemish, and beautiful in appearance, and skilled in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and acquainted with prudence, and who had ability to stand in the house before the king, and the king gave commandment to teach them the learning and language of the Chaldeans. 027 DAN 001 005 And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king's table, and from the wine which he drank; and [gave orders] to nourish them three years, and [that] afterwards they should stand before the king. 027 DAN 001 006 Now these were among them of the children of Juda, Daniel, and Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael. 027 DAN 001 007 And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Baltasar; and to Ananias, Sedrach; and to Misael, Misach; and to Azarias, Abdenago. 027 DAN 001 008 And Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the king's table, nor with the wine of his drink: and he entreated the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 027 DAN 001 009 Now God [had] brought Daniel into favor and compassion with the chief of the eunuchs. 027 DAN 001 010 And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your meat and your drink, lest he see your countenances gloomy in comparison of the young men your equals; also shall you endanger my head to the king. 027 DAN 001 011 And Daniel said to Amelsad, whom the chief of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Ananias, Misael, [and] Azarias. 027 DAN 001 012 Prove now your servants ten days; and let them give us pulse, and let us eat, and let us drink water: 027 DAN 001 013 And let our countenances be seen by you, and the countenances of the children that eat [at] the king's table; and deal with your servants according as you shall see. 027 DAN 001 014 And he listened to them, and proved them ten days. 027 DAN 001 015 And at the end of the ten days their countenances appeared fairer and stouter in flesh, than the children that fed at the king's table. 027 DAN 001 016 So Amelsad took away their supper and the wine of their drink, and gave them pulse. 027 DAN 001 017 And [as for] these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 027 DAN 001 018 And at the end of the days, [after] which the king had given orders to bring them in, then the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nabuchodonosor. 027 DAN 001 019 And the king spoke with them; and there were not found out of them all any like Daniel, and Ananias and Misael, and Azarias: and they stood before the king. 027 DAN 001 020 And in every matter of wisdom and knowledge wherein the king questioned them, he found them ten times wiser than all the enchanters and sorcerers that were in all his kingdom. 027 DAN 001 021 And Daniel continued till the first year of king Cyrus. 027 DAN 002 001 In the second year of [his] reign Nabuchodonosor dreamed a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him. 027 DAN 002 002 And the king gave orders to call the enchanters, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to declare to the king his dreams. And they came and stood before the king. 027 DAN 002 003 And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 027 DAN 002 004 And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, [saying], O king, live for ever: do you tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation. 027 DAN 002 005 The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing has departed from me: if you do not make known to me the dream and the interpretation, you shall be destroyed, and your houses shall be spoiled. 027 DAN 002 006 But if you make known to me the dream, and the interpretation thereof, you shall receive of me gifts and presents and much honor: only tell me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. 027 DAN 002 007 They answered the second time, and said, Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation. 027 DAN 002 008 And the king answered and said, I verily know that you are trying to gain time, because you see that the thing has gone from me. 027 DAN 002 009 If then you do not tell me the dream, I know that you have concerted to utter before me a false and corrupt tale, until the time shall have past: tell me my dream, and I shall know that you will also declare to me the interpretation thereof. 027 DAN 002 010 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king's matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean. 027 DAN 002 011 For the question which the king asks is difficult, and there is no one else who shall answer it before the king, but the gods, whose dwelling is not with any flesh. 027 DAN 002 012 Then the king in rage and anger commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 027 DAN 002 013 So the decree went forth, and they began to kill the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to kill [them]. 027 DAN 002 014 Then Daniel answered [with] counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the royal guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon; [saying], 027 DAN 002 015 Chief magistrate of the king, therefore has the preemptory command proceeded from the king? So Arioch made known the matter to Daniel. 027 DAN 002 016 And Daniel entreated the king to give him time, and that he might [thus] declare to the king the interpretation of it. 027 DAN 002 017 So Daniel went into his house, and made known the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias, his friends. 027 DAN 002 018 And they sought mercies from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 027 DAN 002 019 Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night; and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, and said, 027 DAN 002 020 May the name of God be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting: for wisdom and understanding are his. 027 DAN 002 021 And he changes times and seasons: he appoints kings, and removes [them], giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding: 027 DAN 002 022 he reveals deep and secret [matters]; knowing what is in darkness, and the light is with him. 027 DAN 002 023 I give thanks to you, and praise [you], O God of my fathers, for you has given me wisdom and power, and has made known to me the things which we asked of you; and you has made known to me the king's vision. 027 DAN 002 024 And Daniel came to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon, but bring me in before the king, and I will declare the interpretation to the king. 027 DAN 002 025 Then Arioch in haste brought in Daniel before the king, and said to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judea, who will declare the interpretation to the king. 027 DAN 002 026 And the king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltasar, Canst you declare to me the dream which I saw, and the interpretation thereof? 027 DAN 002 027 And Daniel answered before the king, and said, The mystery which the king asks [the explanation of] is not [in the power] of the wise men, magicians, enchanters, [or] soothsayers to declare to the king. 027 DAN 002 028 But there is a God in heaven revealing mysteries, and he has made known to king Nabuchodonosor what things must come to pass in the last days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, are as follows, 027 DAN 002 029 O king: your thoughts upon your bed arose [as to] what must come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals mysteries has made known to you what must come to pass. 027 DAN 002 030 Moreover, this mystery has not been revealed to me by reason of wisdom which is in me beyond all [others] living, but for the sake of making known the interpretation to the king, that you might know the thoughts of your heart. 027 DAN 002 031 You, O king, saw, and behold an image: that image was great, and the appearance of it excellent, standing before your face; and the form of it was terrible. 027 DAN 002 032 [It was] an image, the head of which was of fine gold, its hands and breast and arms of silver, [its] belly and thighs of brass, 027 DAN 002 033 its legs of iron, its feet, part of iron and part of earthenware. 027 DAN 002 034 You saw until a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it struck the image upon its feet of iron and earthenware, and utterly reduced them to powder. 027 DAN 002 035 Then once for all the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold, were ground to powder, and became as chaff from the summer threshing floor; and the violence of the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them: and the stone which had struck the image became a great mountain, and filled all the earth. 027 DAN 002 036 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. 027 DAN 002 037 You, O king, are a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given a powerful and strong and honorable kingdom, 027 DAN 002 038 in every place where the children of men dwell: and he has given into your hand the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and he has made you lord of all. 027 DAN 002 039 You are the head of gold. And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, an a third kingdom which is the brass, which shall have dominion over all the earth; 027 DAN 002 040 and a fourth kingdom, which shall be strong as iron: as iron beats to powder and subdues all things, so shall it beat to powder and subdue. 027 DAN 002 041 And whereas you saw the feet and the toes, part of earthenware and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet there shall be in it of the strength of iron, as you saw the iron mixed with earthenware. 027 DAN 002 042 And [whereas] the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of earthenware, part of the kingdom shall be strong, and [part] of it shall be broken. 027 DAN 002 043 Whereas you saw the iron mixed with earthenware, they shall be mingled with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave together, as the iron does not mix itself with earthenware. 027 DAN 002 044 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and his kingdom shall not be left to another people, [but] it shall beat to pieces and grind to powder all [other] kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 027 DAN 002 045 Whereas you saw that a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it beat to pieces the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold; the great God has made known to the king what must happen hereafter: and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof sure. 027 DAN 002 046 Then king Nabuchodonosor fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and gave orders to offer to him gifts and incense. 027 DAN 002 047 And the king answered and said to Daniel, Of a truth your God is a God of gods, and Lord of kings, who reveals mysteries; for you has been able to reveal this mystery. 027 DAN 002 048 And the king promoted Daniel, and gave him great and abundant gifts, and set him over the whole province of Babylon, and [made him] chief satrap over all the wise men of Babylon. 027 DAN 002 049 And Daniel asked of the king, and he appointed Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the king's palace. 027 DAN 003 001 In [his] eighteenth year Nabuchodonosor the king made a golden image, its height was sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits: and he set it up in the plain of Deira, in the province of Babylon. 027 DAN 003 002 And he sent forth to gather the governors, and the captains, and the heads of provinces, chiefs, and princes, and those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, to come to the dedication of the image. 027 DAN 003 003 So the heads of provinces, the governors, the captains, the chiefs, the great princes, those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, were gathered to the dedication of the image which king Nabuchodonosor had set up; and they stood before the image. 027 DAN 003 004 Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, you peoples, tribes, [and] languages, 027 DAN 003 005 at what hour you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and lute, and every kind of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image which king Nabuchodonosor has set up. 027 DAN 003 006 And whoever shall not fall down and worship, in the same hour he shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace. 027 DAN 003 007 And it came to pass when the nations heard the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and lute, and all kinds of music, all the nations, tribes, [and] languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image which king Nabuchodonosor had set up. 027 DAN 003 008 Then came near [certain] Chaldeans, and accused the Jews to the king, [saying], 027 DAN 003 009 O king, live for ever. 027 DAN 003 010 You, O king, has made a decree that every man who shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, sackbut, and lute, and all kinds of music, 027 DAN 003 011 and shall not fall down and worship the golden image, shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace. 027 DAN 003 012 There are [certain] Jews whom you has appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Sedrach, Misach, [and] Abdenago, who have not obeyed your decree, O king: they serve not your gods, and worship not the golden image which you have set up. 027 DAN 003 013 Then Nabuchodonosor in wrath and anger commanded to bring Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago: and they were brought before the king. 027 DAN 003 014 And Nabuchodonosor answered and said to them, Is it true, Sedrach, Misach, [and] Abdenago, that you serve not my gods, and worship not the golden image which I have set up? 027 DAN 003 015 Now then if you be ready, whenever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and lute, and harmony, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the golden image which I have made; [well]: but if you worship not, in the same hour you shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand? 027 DAN 003 016 Then answered Sedrach, Misach [and] Abdenago and said to king Nabuchodonosor, We have no need to answer you concerning this matter. 027 DAN 003 017 For our God whom we serve is in the heavens, able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will rescue us from your hands, O king. 027 DAN 003 018 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we [will] not serve your gods, nor worship the image which you have set up. 027 DAN 003 019 Then Nabuchodonosor was filled with wrath, and the form of his countenance was changed toward Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago: and he gave orders to heat the furnace seven times [more than usual], until it should burn to the uttermost. 027 DAN 003 020 And he commanded mighty men to bind Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and to cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace. 027 DAN 003 021 Then those men were bound with their coats, and caps, and hose, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace, 027 DAN 003 022 forasmuch as the king's word prevailed; and the furnace was made exceeding hot. 027 DAN 003 023 Then these three men, Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, fell bound into the midst of the burning furnace, and walked in the midst of the flame, singing praise to God, and blessing the Lord. 027 DAN 003 024 And Nabuchodonosor heard them singing praises; and he wondered, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? and they said to the king, Yes, O king. 027 DAN 003 025 And the king said, But I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there has no harm happened to them; and the appearance of the fourth is like the Son of God. 027 DAN 003 026 Then Nabuchodonosor drew near to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said, Sedrach, Misach, [and] Abdenago, you servants of the most high God, proceed forth, and come here. So Sedrach, Misach, [and] Abdenago, came forth out of the midst of the fire. 027 DAN 003 027 Then were assembled the satraps, and captains, and heads of provinces, and the royal princes; and they saw the men, [and perceived] that the fire had not had power against their bodies, and the hair of their head was not burnt, and their coats were not scorched, nor was the smell of fire upon them. 027 DAN 003 028 And king Nabuchodonosor answered and said, Blessed be the God of Sedrach, Misach, [and] Abdenago, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants, because they trusted in him; and they have changed the king's word, and delivered their bodies to be burnt, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. 027 DAN 003 029 Therefore I publish a decree: Every people, tribe, [or] language, that shall speak reproachfully against the God of Sedrach, Misach, [and] Abdenago shall be destroyed, and their houses shall be plundered: because there is no other God who shall be able to deliver thus. 027 DAN 003 030 Then the king promoted Sedrach, Misach, [and] Abdenago, in the province of Babylon, and advanced them, and gave them authority to rule over all the Jews who were in his kingdom. 027 DAN 004 001 King Nabuchodonosor to all nations, tribes, and tongues, who dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you. 027 DAN 004 002 It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me, 027 DAN 004 003 how great and mighty [they are]: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his power to all generations. 027 DAN 004 004 I Nabuchodonosor was thriving in my house, and prospering. 027 DAN 004 005 I saw a vision, and it terrified me, and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me. 027 DAN 004 006 And I made a decree to bring in before me all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 027 DAN 004 007 So the enchanters, magicians, soothsayers, [and] Chaldeans came in: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation thereof; 027 DAN 004 008 until Daniel came, whose name is Baltasar, according to the name of my God, who has within him the Holy Spirit of God; to whom I said, 027 DAN 004 009 O Baltasar, chief of the enchanters, of whom I know that the Holy Spirit of God is in you, and no mystery is too hard for you, hear the vision of my dream which I had, and tell me the interpretation of it. 027 DAN 004 010 I had a vision upon my bed; and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great. 027 DAN 004 011 The tree grew large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its extent to the extremity of the whole earth: 027 DAN 004 012 its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was meat for all; and under it the wild beasts of the field took shelter, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches of it, and all flesh was fed of it. 027 DAN 004 013 I saw in the night vision upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven and cried aloud, and thus he said, 027 DAN 004 014 Cut down the tree, and pluck off its branches, and shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the wild beasts be removed from under it, and the birds from its branches. 027 DAN 004 015 Only leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and [bind it] with an iron and brass band; and it shall lie in the grass that is without and in the dew of heaven, and its portion [shall be] with the wild beasts in the grass of the field. 027 DAN 004 016 His heart shall be changed from that of man, and the heart of a wild beast shall be given to him; and seven times shall pass over him. 027 DAN 004 017 The matter is by the decree of the watcher, and the demand is a word of the holy ones; that the living may known that the Lord is most high [over] the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whoever he shall please, and will set up over it that which is set at nothing of men. 027 DAN 004 018 This is the vision which I king Nabuchodonosor saw: and do you, Baltasar, declare the interpretation, for none of the wise men of my kingdom are able to show me the interpretation of it: but you, Daniel, are able; for the Holy Spirit of God is in you. 027 DAN 004 019 Then Daniel, whose name is Baltasar, was amazed about one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. And Baltasar answered and said, [My] lord, let the dream be to them that hate you, and the interpretation of it to your enemies. 027 DAN 004 020 The tree which you saw, that grew large and strong, whose height reached to the sky and its extent to all the earth; 027 DAN 004 021 and whose leaves were flourishing, and its fruit abundant, (and it was meat for all; under it the wild beasts lodged, and the birds of the sky took shelter in its branches: ) 027 DAN 004 022 is yourself, O king; for you are grown great and powerful, and your greatness has increased and reached to heaven, and your dominion to the ends of the earth. 027 DAN 004 023 And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and [bind it] with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the grass that is without, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it; 027 DAN 004 024 this is the interpretation of it, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king. 027 DAN 004 025 And they shall drive you forth from men, and your dwelling shall be with wild beasts, and they shall feed you with grass as an ox, and you shall have your lodging under the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you known that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whom he shall please. 027 DAN 004 026 And whereas they said, Leave the stumps of the roots of the tree; your kingdom abides [sure] to you from the time that you shall know the power of the heavens. 027 DAN 004 027 Therefore, O king, let my counsel please you, and atone for your sins by alms, and [your] iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be longsuffering to your trespasses. 027 DAN 004 028 All these things came upon king Nabuchodonosor. 027 DAN 004 029 After a twelvemonth, as he walked in his palace in Babylon, 027 DAN 004 030 the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honor of my glory? 027 DAN 004 031 While the word was yet in the king's mouth, there came a voice from heaven, [saying], To you, king Nabuchodonosor, they say, The kingdom has departed from you. 027 DAN 004 032 And they [shall] drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the wild beasts of the field, and they shall feed you with grass as an ox: and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whoever he shall please. 027 DAN 004 033 In the same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor: and he was driven forth from men, and he ate grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hairs were grown like lions' [hairs], and his nails as birds' [claws]. 027 DAN 004 034 And at the end of the time I Nabuchodonosor lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives for ever, and gave [him] glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [lasts] to all generations: 027 DAN 004 035 and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What has you done? 027 DAN 004 036 At the same time my reason returned to me, and I came to the honor of my kingdom; and my [natural] form returned to me, and my princes, and my nobles, sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and more abundant majesty was added to me. 027 DAN 004 037 Now therefore I Nabuchodonosor praise and greatly exalt and glorify the King of heaven; for all his works are true, and his paths are judgment: and all that walk in pride he is able to abase. 027 DAN 005 001 Baltasar the king made a great supper for his thousand nobles, and [there was] wine before the thousand. 027 DAN 005 002 And Baltasar drinking gave orders as he tasted the wine that they should bring the gold and silver vessels, which Nabuchodonosor his father had brought forth from the temple in Jerusalem; that the king, and his nobles, and his mistresses, and his concubines, should drink out of them. 027 DAN 005 003 So the gold and silver vessels were brought which [Nabuchodonosor] had taken out of the temple of God in Jerusalem; and the king, and his nobles, and his mistresses, and his concubines, drank out of them. 027 DAN 005 004 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of iron, and of wood, and of stone. 027 DAN 005 005 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote in front of the lamp on the plaster of the wall of the king's house: and the king saw the knuckles of the hand that wrote. 027 DAN 005 006 Then the king's countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one another. 027 DAN 005 007 And the king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, Chaldeans, [and] soothsayers; and he said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, and [there shall be] a golden chain upon his neck, and he shall be the third ruler in my kingdom. 027 DAN 005 008 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known the interpretation to the king. 027 DAN 005 009 And king Baltasar was troubled, and his countenance changed upon him, and his nobles were troubled with him. 027 DAN 005 010 Then the queen came into the banquet house, and said, O king, live for ever: let not your thoughts trouble you, and let not your countenance be changed. 027 DAN 005 011 There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the Spirit of God; and in the days of your father watchfulness and understanding were found in him; and king Nabuchodonosor your father made him chief of the enchanters, magicians, Chaldeans, [and] soothsayers. 027 DAN 005 012 For [there is] an excellent spirit in him, and sense and understanding in him, interpreting dreams [as he does], and answering hard [questions], and solving difficulties: [it is] Daniel, and the king gave him the name of Baltasar: now then let him be called, and he shall tell you the interpretation of the writing. 027 DAN 005 013 Then Daniel was brought in before the king: and the king said to Daniel, Are you Daniel, of the children of the captivity of Judea, which the king my father brought? 027 DAN 005 014 I have heard concerning you, that the Spirit of God is in you, and [that] watchfulness and understanding and excellent wisdom have been found in you. 027 DAN 005 015 And now, the wise men, magicians, [and] soothsayers, have come in before me, to read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation: but they could not tell it me. 027 DAN 005 016 And I have heard concerning you, that you are able to make interpretations: now then if you shall be able to read the writing, and to make known to me the interpretation of it, you shall be clothed with purple, and there shall be a golden chain upon your neck, and you shall be third ruler in my kingdom. 027 DAN 005 017 And Daniel said, before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give the present of your house to another; but I will read the writing, and will make known to you the interpretation of it. 027 DAN 005 018 O king, the most high God gave to your father Nabuchodonosor a kingdom, and majesty, and honor, and glory: 027 DAN 005 019 and by reason of the majesty which he gave to him, all nations, tribes, [and] languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he killed; and whom he would he struck; and whom he would he exalted; and whom he would he abased. 027 DAN 005 020 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was emboldened to act proudly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and [his] honor was taken from him. 027 DAN 005 021 And he was driven forth from men; and his heart was given him after the nature of wild beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; and they fed him with grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the most high God is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whoever he shall please. 027 DAN 005 022 And you accordingly, his son, O Baltasar, has not humbled your heart before God: know you not all this? 027 DAN 005 023 And you has been exalted against the Lord God of heaven; and they have brought before you the vessels of his house, and you, and your nobles, and your mistresses, and your concubines, have drunk wine out of them; and you has praised the gods of gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and wood, and stone, which see not, and which hear not, and know not: and the God in whose hand are your breath, and all your ways has you not glorified. 027 DAN 005 024 Therefore from his presence has been sent forth the knuckle of a hand; and he has ordered the writing. 027 DAN 005 025 And this is the ordered writing, Mane, Thekel, Phares. 027 DAN 005 026 This is the interpretation of the sentence: Mane; God has measured your kingdom, and finished it. 027 DAN 005 027 Thekel; it has been weighed in the balance, and found lacking. 027 DAN 005 028 Phares; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 027 DAN 005 029 Then Baltasar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put the golden chain about his neck, and proclaimed concerning him that he was the third ruler in the kingdom. 027 DAN 005 030 In the same night was Baltasar the Chaldean king slain. 027 DAN 005 031 And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being sixty-two years [old]. 027 DAN 006 001 And it pleased Darius, and he set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be in all his kingdom; 027 DAN 006 002 and over them three governors, of whom one was, Daniel; for the satraps to give account to them, that the king should not be troubled. 027 DAN 006 003 And Daniel was over them, for [there was] an excellent spirit in him; and the king set him over all his kingdom. 027 DAN 006 004 Then the governors and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel; but they found against him no occasion, nor trespass, nor error, because he was faithful. 027 DAN 006 005 And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God. 027 DAN 006 006 Then the governors and satraps stood by the king, and said to him, King Darius, live for ever. 027 DAN 006 007 All who preside over your kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statue and to confirm a decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. 027 DAN 006 008 Now then, O king, establish the decree, and publish a writ, that the decree of the Persians and Medes be not changed. 027 DAN 006 009 Then king Darius commanded the decree to be written. 027 DAN 006 010 And when Daniel knew that the decree was ordered, he went into his house; and his windows were opened in his chambers toward Jerusalem, and three times in the day he knelt upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he used to do before. 027 DAN 006 011 Then these men watched, and found Daniel praying and supplicating to his God. 027 DAN 006 012 And they came and said to the king, O king, has you not made a decree, that whatever man shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, but of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? And the king said, The word is true, and the decree of the Medes and Persians shall not pass. 027 DAN 006 013 Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judea, has not submitted to your decree; and three times in the day he makes his requests of his God. 027 DAN 006 014 Then the king, when he heard the saying, was much grieved for Daniel and he greatly exerted himself for Daniel to deliver him: and he exerted himself till evening to deliver him. 027 DAN 006 015 Then those men said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that we must not change any decree of statue which the king shall make. 027 DAN 006 016 Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. But the king said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you. 027 DAN 006 017 And they brought a stone, and put it on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed [it] with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles; that the case might not be altered with regard to Daniel. 027 DAN 006 018 And the king departed to his house, and lay down fasting, and they brought him no food; and his sleep departed from him. But God shut the mouths of the lions, and they not molest Daniel. 027 DAN 006 019 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and came in have to the den of lions. 027 DAN 006 020 And when he drew near to the den, he cried with a loud voice, Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lion's mouth? 027 DAN 006 021 And Daniel said to the king, O king, live for ever. 027 DAN 006 022 My God has sent his angel, and stopped the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me: for uprightness was found in me before him; and moreover before you, O king, I have committed no trespass. 027 DAN 006 023 Then the king was very glad for him, and he commanded to bring Daniel out of the den. So Daniel was brought out of the den, and there was found no hurt upon him, because he believed in his God. 027 DAN 006 024 And the king commanded, and they brought the men that had accused Daniel, and they were cast into the den of lions, they, and their children, and their wives: and they reached not the bottom of the den before the lions had the mastery of them, and utterly broke to pieces all their bones. 027 DAN 006 025 Then king Darius wrote to all nations, tribes, [and] languages, who dwell in all the earth, [saying], Peace be multiplied to you. 027 DAN 006 026 This decree has been set forth by me in every dominion of my kingdom, that [men] tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living and eternal God, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his dominion is for ever. 027 DAN 006 027 He helps and delivers, and works signs and wonders in the heaven and on the earth, who has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions. 027 DAN 006 028 And Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. 027 DAN 007 001 In the first year of Baltasar, king of the Chaldeans Daniel had a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: and he wrote his dream. 027 DAN 007 002 I Daniel saw, and, behold, the four winds of heaven blew violently upon the great sea. 027 DAN 007 003 And there came up four great beasts out of the sea, differing from one another. 027 DAN 007 004 The first [was] as a lioness, and her wings as an eagle's; I saw until her wings were plucked, ands she was lifted off from the earth, and she stood on human feet, and a man's heart was given to her. 027 DAN 007 005 And, behold, a second beast like a bear, and it supported itself on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth: and thus they said to it, Arise, devour much flesh. 027 DAN 007 006 After this one I looked, and behold another wild beast as a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird upon it: and the wild beast had four heads, and power was given to it. 027 DAN 007 007 After this one I looked, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong, and its teeth were of iron; devouring and crushing to atoms, and it trampled the remainder with its feet: and it was altogether different from the beasts that were before it; and it [had] ten hours. 027 DAN 007 008 I noticed his horns, and behold, another little horn came up in the midst of them, and before it three of the former horns were rooted out: and, behold, [there were] eyes as the eyes of a man in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things. 027 DAN 007 009 I saw until the thrones were set, and the Ancient of days sat; and his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head, as pure wool: his throne was a flame of fire, [and] his wheels burning fire. 027 DAN 007 010 A stream of fire rushed forth before him: thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousands of myriads, attended upon him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened. 027 DAN 007 011 I saw then because of the voice of the great words which that horn spoke, until the wild beast was slain and destroyed, and his body given to be burnt with fire. 027 DAN 007 012 And the dominion of the rest of the wild beasts was taken away; but a prolonging of life was given them for certain times. 027 DAN 007 013 I saw in the night vision, and, behold, [one] coming with the clouds of heaven as the Son of man, and he came on to the Ancient of days, and was brought near to him. 027 DAN 007 014 And to him was given the dominion, and the honor, and the kingdom; and all nations, tribes, and languages, shall serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed. 027 DAN 007 015 [As for] me Daniel, my spirit in my body trembled, and the visions of my head troubled me. 027 DAN 007 016 And I drew near to one of them that stood by, and I sought to learn of him the truth of all these things: and he told me the truth, and made known to me the interpretation of the things. 027 DAN 007 017 These four beasts are four kingdoms [that] shall rise up on the earth: 027 DAN 007 018 which shall be taken away; and the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess it for ever and ever. 027 DAN 007 019 Then I enquired carefully concerning the fourth beast; for it differed from every [other] beast, exceeding dreadful: its teeth were of iron, and its claws of brass, devouring, and utterly breaking to pieces, and it trampled the remainder with its feet: 027 DAN 007 020 and concerning it ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and rooted up [some] of the former, which had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and his look was bolder than the rest. 027 DAN 007 021 I saw, and that horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; 027 DAN 007 022 until the Ancient of days came, and he gave judgment to the saints of the Most High; and the time came on, and the saints possessed the kingdom. 027 DAN 007 023 And he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on the earth, which shall excel all [other] kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and trample and destroy it. 027 DAN 007 024 And his ten horns are ten kings [that] shall arise: and after them shall arise another, who shall exceed all the former ones in wickedness and he shall subdue three kings. 027 DAN 007 025 And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change times and law: and [power] shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time. 027 DAN 007 026 And the judgment has sat, and they shall remove [his] dominion to abolish it, and to destroy it utterly. 027 DAN 007 027 And the kingdom and the power and the greatness of the kings that are under the whole heaven were given to the saints of the Most High; and his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all powers shall serve and obey him. 027 DAN 007 028 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance was changed: but I kept the matter in my heart. 027 DAN 008 001 In the third year of the reign of king Baltasar a vision appeared to me, [even] to me Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first. 027 DAN 008 002 And I was in Susa the palace, which is in the land of Aelam, and I was on the [bank of] Ubal. 027 DAN 008 003 And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a ram standing in front of the Ubal; and he had high horns; and one was higher than the other, and the high one came up last. 027 DAN 008 004 And I saw the ram butting westward, and northward, and southward; and no beast could stand before him, and there was none that could deliver out of his hand; and he did according to his will, and became great. 027 DAN 008 005 And I was considering, and, behold, a he-goat came from the southwest on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the earth: and the goat [had] a horn between his eyes. 027 DAN 008 006 And he came to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing in front of the Ubal, and he ran at him with the violence of his strength. 027 DAN 008 007 And I saw him coming up close to the ram, and he was furiously enraged against him, and he struck the ram, and broke both his horns: and there was no strength in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him on the ground, and trampled on him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. 027 DAN 008 008 And the he-goat grew exceedingly great: and when he was strong, his great horn was broken; and four other [horns] rose up in its place toward the four winds of heaven. 027 DAN 008 009 And out of one of them came forth one strong horn, and it grew very great toward the south, and toward the host: 027 DAN 008 010 and it magnified itself to the host of heaven; and there fell to the earth [some] of the host of heaven and of the stars, and they trampled on them. 027 DAN 008 011 And [this shall be] until the chief captain shall have delivered the captivity: and by reason of him the sacrifice was disturbed, and he prospered; and the holy place shall be made desolate. 027 DAN 008 012 And a sin-offering was given for the sacrifice, and righteousness was cast down to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. 027 DAN 008 013 And I heard one saint speaking, and a saint said to a certain one speaking, How long shall the vision continue, [even] the removal of the sacrifice, and the bringing in of the sin of desolation; and [how long] shall the sanctuary and host be trampled? 027 DAN 008 014 And he said to him, Evening and morning [there shall be] two thousand and four hundred days; and [then] the sanctuary shall be cleansed. 027 DAN 008 015 And it came to pass, as I, [even] I Daniel, saw the vision, and sought to understand it, that, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 027 DAN 008 016 And I heard the voice of a man between [the banks of] the Ubal; and he called, and said, Gabriel, cause that man to understand the vision. 027 DAN 008 017 And he came and stood near where I stood: and when he came, I was struck with awe, and fell upon my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man: for yet the vision is for an appointed time. 027 DAN 008 018 And while he spoke with me, I fell upon my face to the earth: and he touched me, and set me on my feet. 027 DAN 008 019 And he said, Behold, I make you know the things that shall come to pass at the end of the wrath: for the vision [is] yet for an appointed time. 027 DAN 008 020 The ram which you saw that had the horns is the king of the Medes and Persians. 027 DAN 008 021 The he-goat is the King of the Greeks: and the great horn which was between his eyes, he is the first king. 027 DAN 008 022 And [as for] the one that was broken, in whose place there stood up four horns, four kings shall arise out of his nation, but not in their [own] strength. 027 DAN 008 023 And at the latter time of their kingdom, when their sins are coming to the full, there shall arise a king bold in countenance, and understanding riddles. 027 DAN 008 024 And his power [shall be] great, and he shall destroy wonderfully, and prosper, and practise, and shall destroy mighty men, and the holy people. 027 DAN 008 025 And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: [there is] craft in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by craft shall destroy many, and he shall stand up for the destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his hand. 027 DAN 008 026 And the vision of the evening and morning that was mentioned is true: and do you seal the vision; for [it is] for many days. 027 DAN 008 027 And I Daniel fell asleep, and was sick: then I arose, and did the king's business; and I wondered at the vision, and there was none that understood [it]. 027 DAN 009 001 In the first year of Darius the son of Assuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans, 027 DAN 009 002 I Daniel understood by books the number of the years which was the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremias, [even] seventy years for the accomplishment of the desolation of Jerusalem. 027 DAN 009 003 And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek [him] diligently by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth. 027 DAN 009 004 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and confessed, and said, O Lord, the great and wonderful God, keeping your covenant and your mercy to them that love you, and to them that keep your commandments; we have sinned, 027 DAN 009 005 we have done iniquity, we have transgressed, and we have departed and turned aside from your commandments and from your judgments: 027 DAN 009 006 and we have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, and our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 027 DAN 009 007 To you, O Lord, [belongs] righteousness, an to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Juda, and to the dwellers in Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the earth, wherever you has scattered them, for the sin which they committed. 027 DAN 009 008 In you, O Lord, is our righteousness, and to us [belongs] confusion of faced, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to our fathers, forasmuch as we have sinned. 027 DAN 009 009 To you, the Lord our God, [belong] compassions and forgivenesses, whereas we have departed [from you]; 027 DAN 009 010 neither have we listened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by the hands of his servants the prophets. 027 DAN 009 011 Moreover all Israel have transgressed your law, and have refused to listen to your voice; so the curse has come upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. 027 DAN 009 012 And he has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, [by] bringing upon us great evils, such as have not happened under the whole heaven, according to what has happened in Jerusalem. 027 DAN 009 013 As it is written in the law of Moses, all these evils have come upon us: yet we have not implored the Lord our God, that we might turn away from our iniquities, and have understanding in all your truth. 027 DAN 009 014 The Lord also has watched, and brought the evils upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his work which he has executed, but we have not listened to his voice. 027 DAN 009 015 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made to yourself a name, as [at] this day; we have sinned, we have transgressed. 027 DAN 009 016 O Lord, your mercy is over all: let, I pray you, your wrath turn away, and your anger from your city Jerusalem, [even] your holy mountain: for we have sinned, and because of our iniquities, and those of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach among all that are round about us. 027 DAN 009 017 And now, O lord our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and his supplications, and cause your face to shine on your desolate sanctuary, for your [own] sake, O Lord. 027 DAN 009 018 Incline your ear, O my God, and hear; open your eyes and behold our desolation, and that of your city on which your name is called: for we do not bring our pitiful case before you on [the ground of] our righteousness, but on [the ground of] your manifold compassions, O Lord. 027 DAN 009 019 Listen, O Lord; be propitious, O Lord; attend, O Lord; delay not, O my God, for your own sake: for your name is called upon your city and upon your people. 027 DAN 009 020 And while I was yet speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins and the sins of my people Israel, and bringing my pitiful case before the Lord my God concerning the holy mountain; 027 DAN 009 021 yes, while I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, [came] flying, and he touched me about the hour of the evening sacrifice. 027 DAN 009 022 And he instructed me, and spoke with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to impart to you understanding. 027 DAN 009 023 At the beginning of your supplication the word came forth, and I am come to tell you; for you are a man much beloved: therefore consider the matter, understand the vision. 027 DAN 009 024 Seventy weeks have been determined upon your people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy. 027 DAN 009 025 And you shall know and understand, that from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince [there shall be] seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks; and then [the time] shall return, and the street shall be built, and the wall, and the times shall be exhausted. 027 DAN 009 026 And after the sixty-two weeks, the anointed one shall be destroyed, and there is no judgment in him: and he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary with the prince that is coming: they shall be cut off with a flood, and to the end of the war which is rapidly completed he shall appoint [the city] to desolations. 027 DAN 009 027 And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple [shall be] the abomination of desolations; and at the end of time an end shall be put to the desolation. 027 DAN 010 001 In the third year of Cyrus king of the Persians a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Baltasar; and the thing was true, and great power and understanding in the vision was given to him. 027 DAN 010 002 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. 027 DAN 010 003 I ate no pleasant bread, and no flesh or wine entered into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself with oil, until three whole weeks were accomplished. 027 DAN 010 004 On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was near the great river, which is Tigris Eddekel. 027 DAN 010 005 And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, and his loins were girded with gold of Ophaz: 027 DAN 010 006 and his body was as Tharsis, and his face was a the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his legs as the appearance of shining brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude. 027 DAN 010 007 And I Daniel only saw the vision: and the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great amazement fell upon them, and they fled in fear. 027 DAN 010 008 So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there was no strength left in me, and my glory was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength. 027 DAN 010 009 Yet I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard him I was pricked [in the heart], and [I fell with] my face to the earth. 027 DAN 010 010 And, behold, a hand touched me, and it raised me on my knees. 027 DAN 010 011 And he said to me, O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words which I speak to you, and stand upright: for I am now sent to you. And when he had spoken to me this word, I stood trembling. 027 DAN 010 012 And he said to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to afflict yourself before the Lord your God, they words were heard, and I am come because of your words. 027 DAN 010 013 But the prince of the kingdom of the Persians withstood me twenty-one days: and behold, Michael, one of the princes, came to help me; and I left him there with the chief of the kingdom of the Persians: 027 DAN 010 014 and I have come to inform you of all that shall befall your people in the last days: for the vision is yet for [many] days. 027 DAN 010 015 And when he had spoken with me according to these words, I turned my face to the ground, and was pricked [in the heart]. 027 DAN 010 016 And, behold, as it were the likeness of a son of man touched my lips; and I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him that stood before me, O [my] lord, at the sight of you my bowels were turned within me, and I had no strength. 027 DAN 010 017 And how shall your servant be able, O [my] lord, to speak with this my lord? and as for me, from henceforth strength will not remain in me, and there is no breath left in me. 027 DAN 010 018 And there touched me again as it were the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, 027 DAN 010 019 and said to me, Fear not, man greatly beloved: peace be to you, quit yourself like a man, and be strong. And when he had spoken with me, I received strength, and said, Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me. 027 DAN 010 020 And he said, Know you, therefore I am come to you? and now I will return to fight with the prince of the Persians: and I was going in, and the prince of the Greeks came. 027 DAN 010 021 But I will tell you that which is ordained in the scripture of truth: and there is no one that holds with me in these matters but Michael your prince. 027 DAN 011 001 And I in the first year of Cyrus stood to strengthen and confirm [him]. 027 DAN 011 002 And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, there shall yet rise up three kings in Persia: and the fourth shall be very far richer than all: and after that he is master of his wealth, he shall rise up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks. 027 DAN 011 003 An there shall rise up a mighty king, and he shall be lord of a great empire, and shall do according to his will. 027 DAN 011 004 And when his kingdom shall stand up, it shall be broken, and shall be divided to the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled over: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, and [given] to others beside these. 027 DAN 011 005 And the king of the south shall be strong; and one of their princes shall prevail against him, and shall obtain a great dominion. 027 DAN 011 006 And after his years they shall associate; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north, to make agreements with him: but she shall not retain power of arm; neither shall his seed stand: and she shall be delivered up, and they that brought her, and the maiden, and he that strengthened her in these times. 027 DAN 011 007 [But] out of the flower of her root there shall arise [one on] his place, and shall come against the host, and shall enter into the strongholds of the king of the north, and shall fight against them, and prevail. 027 DAN 011 008 Yes, he shall carry with a body of captives into Egypt their gods with their molten [images, and] all their precious vessels of silver and gold; and he shall last longer than the king of the north. 027 DAN 011 009 And he shall enter into the kingdom of the king of the south, and shall return to his own land. 027 DAN 011 010 And his sons shall gather a multitude among many: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through, and he shall rest, and collect his strength. 027 DAN 011 011 And the king of the south shall be greatly enraged, and shall come forth, and shall war with the king of the north: and he shall raise a great multitude; but the multitude shall be delivered into his hand. 027 DAN 011 012 And he shall take the multitude, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down many thousands; but he shall not prevail. 027 DAN 011 013 For the king of the north shall return, and bring a multitude greater than the former, and at the end of the times of years an invading army shall come with a great force, and with much substance. 027 DAN 011 014 And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south; and the children of the spoilers of your people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; and they shall fail. 027 DAN 011 015 And the king of the north shall come in, and cast up a mound, and take strong cities: and the arms of the king of the south shall withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up, but there shall be no strength to stand. 027 DAN 011 016 And he that comes in against him shall do according to his will, and there is no one to stand before him: and he shall stand in the land of beauty, and it shall be consumed by his hand. 027 DAN 011 017 And he shall set his face to come in with the force of his whole kingdom, and shall cause everything to prosper with him: and he shall give him the daughter of women to corrupt her: but she shall not continue, neither be on his side. 027 DAN 011 018 And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many, and cause princes to cease from their reproach: nevertheless his own reproach shall return to him. 027 DAN 011 019 Then he shall turn back his face to the strength of his own land: but he shall become weak, and fall, and not be found. 027 DAN 011 020 And there shall arise out of his root one that shall cause a plant of the kingdom to pass over his place, earning kingly glory: and yet in those days shall he be broken, yet not openly, nor in war. 027 DAN 011 021 [One] shall stand on his place, [who] has been set a nothing, and they have not put upon him the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in prosperously, and obtain the kingdom by deceitful ways. 027 DAN 011 022 And the arms of him that overflows shall be washed away as with a flood from before him, and shall be broken, and [so shall be] the head of the covenant. 027 DAN 011 023 And because of the leagues made with him he shall work deceit: and he shall come up, and overpower them with a small nation. 027 DAN 011 024 And he shall enter with prosperity, and [that] into fertile districts; and he shall do what his fathers and his fathers' fathers have not done; he shall scatter among them plunder, and spoils, and wealth; and he shall devise plans against Egypt, even for a time. 027 DAN 011 025 And his strength and his heart shall be stirred up against the king of the south with a great force; and the king of the south shall engage in war with a great and very strong force; but [his forces] shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him: 027 DAN 011 026 and they shall eat his provisions, and shall crush him, and he shall carry away armies as with a flood, and many shall fall down slain. 027 DAN 011 027 And [as for] both the kings, their hearts [are set] upon mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end is for a [fixed] time. 027 DAN 011 028 And he shall return to his land with much substance; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall perform [great deeds], and return to his own land. 027 DAN 011 029 At the [set] time he shall return, and shall come into the south, but the last [expedition] shall [not] be as the first. 027 DAN 011 030 For the Citians issuing forth shall come against him, and he shall be brought low, and shall return, and shall be incensed against the holy covenant: and he shall do [thus], and shall return, and have intelligence with them that have forsaken the holy covenant. 027 DAN 011 031 And seeds shall spring up out of him, and they shall profane the sanctuary of strength, and they shall remove the perpetual [sacrifice], and make the abomination desolate. 027 DAN 011 032 And the transgressors shall bring about a covenant by deceitful ways: but a people knowing their God shall prevail, and do [valiantly]. 027 DAN 011 033 And the intelligent of the people shall understand much: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, and by captivity, and by spoil of [many] days. 027 DAN 011 034 And when they are weak they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall attach themselves to them with treachery. 027 DAN 011 035 And [some] of them that understand shall fall, to try them as with fire, and to test [them], and that they may be manifested at the time of the end, for the matter [is] yet for a [set] time. 027 DAN 011 036 And he shall do according to his will, and the king shall exalt and magnify himself against every god, and shall speak great swelling words, and shall prosper until the indignation shall be accomplished: for it is coming to an end. 027 DAN 011 037 And he shall not regard any gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, neither shall he regard any deity: for he shall magnify himself above all. 027 DAN 011 038 And he shall honor the god of forces on his place: and a god whom his fathers knew not he shall honor with gold, and silver, and precious stones, and desirable things. 027 DAN 011 039 And he shall do [thus] in the strong places of refuge with a strange god, and shall increase his glory: and he shall subject many to them, and shall distribute the land in gifts. 027 DAN 011 040 And at the end of the time he shall conflict with the king of the south: and the king of the north shall come against him with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and they shall enter into the land: and he shall break in pieces, and pass on: 027 DAN 011 041 and he shall enter into the land of beauty, and many shall fail: but these shall escape out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 027 DAN 011 042 And he shall stretch forth [his] hand over the land; and the land of Egypt shall not escape. 027 DAN 011 043 And he shall have the mastery over the secret [treasures] of gold and silver, and over all the desirable [possessions] of Egypt, and of the Libyans and Ethiopians in their strongholds. 027 DAN 011 044 But rumors and anxieties out of the east and from the north shall trouble him; and he shall come with great wrath to destroy many. 027 DAN 011 045 And he shall pitch the tabernacle of his palace between the seas in the holy mountain of beauty: [but] he shall come to his portion, and there is none to deliver him. 027 DAN 012 001 And at that time Michael the great prince shall stand up, that stands over the children of your people: and there shall be a time of tribulation, such tribulation as has not been from the time that there was a nation on the earth until that time: at that time your people shall be delivered, [even] every one that is written in the book. 027 DAN 012 002 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame. 027 DAN 012 003 And the wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and [some] of the many righteous as the stars for ever and ever. 027 DAN 012 004 And you, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book to the time of the end; until many are taught, and knowledge is increased. 027 DAN 012 005 And I Daniel saw, and, behold, two others stood, on one side of the bank of the river, and the other on the other side of the bank of the river. 027 DAN 012 006 And [one] said to the man clothed in linen, who was over the water of the river, When [will be] the end of the wonders which you has mentioned? 027 DAN 012 007 And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was over the water of the river, and he lifted up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and sware by him that lives for ever, that [it should be] for a time of times and half a time: when the dispersion is ended they shall know all these things. 027 DAN 012 008 And I heard, but I understood not: and I said, O Lord, what [will be] the end of these things? 027 DAN 012 009 And he said, Go, Daniel: for the words are closed and sealed up to the time of the end. 027 DAN 012 010 Many must be tested, and thoroughly whitened, and tried with fire, and sanctified; but the transgressors shall transgress: and none of the transgressors shall understand; but the wise shall understand. 027 DAN 012 011 And from the time of the removal of the perpetual sacrifice, when the abomination of desolation shall be set up, [there shall be] a thousand two hundred and ninety days. 027 DAN 012 012 Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days. 027 DAN 012 013 But go you, and rest; for [there are] yet days and seasons to the fulfillment of the end; and you shall stand in your lot at the end of the days. # # BOOK 028 HOS Hosea Osee 028 HOS 001 001 The word of the Lord which came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joas, king of Israel. 028 HOS 001 002 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go, take to yourself a wife of fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go a-whoring in departing from the Lord. 028 HOS 001 003 So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Debelaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son. 028 HOS 001 004 And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezrael; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezrael on the house of Juda, and will make to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 028 HOS 001 005 And it shall be, in that day, [that] I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael. 028 HOS 001 006 And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against them. 028 HOS 001 007 But I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen. 028 HOS 001 008 And she weaned Unpitied; and she conceived again, and bore a son. 028 HOS 001 009 And he said, Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I am not your [God]. 028 HOS 001 010 Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God. 028 HOS 001 011 And the children of Juda shall be gathered, and the children of Israel together, and shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great [shall be] the day of Jezrael. 028 HOS 002 001 Say to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied. 028 HOS 002 002 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband: and I will remove her fornication out of my presence, and her adultery from between her breasts: 028 HOS 002 003 that I may strip her naked, and make her again as she was at the day of her birth: and I will make her desolate, and make her as a dry land, and will kill her with thirst. 028 HOS 002 004 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication. 028 HOS 002 005 And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced [them]: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and my necessaries. 028 HOS 002 006 Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path. 028 HOS 002 007 And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go, and return to my former husband; for it was better with me than now. 028 HOS 002 008 And she knew not that I gave her her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied silver to her: but she made silver and gold [images] for Baal. 028 HOS 002 009 Therefore I will return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its time; and I will take away my raiment and my linen clothes, so that she shall not cover her nakedness. 028 HOS 002 010 And now I will expose her uncleanness before her lovers, and no one shall by any means deliver her out of my hand. 028 HOS 002 011 And I will take away all her gladness, her feasts, and her festivals at the new moon, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies. 028 HOS 002 012 And I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig-trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them. 028 HOS 002 013 And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says the Lord. 028 HOS 002 014 Therefore, behold, I [will] cause her to err, and will make her as desolate, and will speak comfortably to her. 028 HOS 002 015 And I will giver her possessions from thence, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be afflicted there according to the days of her infancy, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt. 028 HOS 002 016 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, [that] she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim. 028 HOS 002 017 And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and their names shall be remembered no more at all. 028 HOS 002 018 And I will make for them in that day a covenant with the wild beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the reptiles of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from off the earth, and will cause you to dwell safely. 028 HOS 002 019 And I will betroth you to myself for ever; yes, I will betroth you to myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy, and in tender compassions; 028 HOS 002 020 and I will betroth you to myself in faithfulness: and you shall know the Lord. 028 HOS 002 021 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, I will listen to the heaven, and it shall listen to the earth; 028 HOS 002 022 and the earth shall listen to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall listen to Jezrael. 028 HOS 002 023 And I will sow her to me on the earth; and will love her that was not loved, and will say to that which was not my people, You are my people; and they shall say, You are the Lord my God. 028 HOS 003 001 And the Lord said to me, Go yet, and love a woman that loves evil things, an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, and they have respect to strange gods, and love cakes of dried grapes. 028 HOS 003 002 So I hired [her] to myself for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a flagon of wine. 028 HOS 003 003 And I said to her, You shall wait for me many days; and you shall not commit fornication, neither shall you be for [another] man; and I [will be] for you. 028 HOS 003 004 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an altar, and without a priesthood, and without manifestations. 028 HOS 003 005 And afterward shall the children of Israel return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall be amazed at the Lord and at his goodness in the latter days. 028 HOS 004 001 Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel: for the Lord [has] a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 028 HOS 004 002 Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood. 028 HOS 004 003 Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail: 028 HOS 004 004 that neither any one may plead, nor any one reprove [another]; but my people are as a priest spoken against. 028 HOS 004 005 Therefore they shall fall by day, and the prophet with you shall fall: I have compared your mother to night. 028 HOS 004 006 My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall not minister as priest to me: and [as] you has forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. 028 HOS 004 007 According to their multitude, so they sinned against me: I will turn their glory into shame. 028 HOS 004 008 They will devour the sins of my people, and will set their hearts on their iniquities. 028 HOS 004 009 And the priest shall be as the people: and I will avenge on them their ways, and I will recompense to them their counsels. 028 HOS 004 010 And they shall eat, and shall not be satisfied: they have gone a-whoring, and shall by no means prosper: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord. 028 HOS 004 011 The heart of my people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink. 028 HOS 004 012 They asked counsel by [means of] signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of whoredom, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God. 028 HOS 004 013 They have sacrificed on the tops of the mountains, and on the hills they have sacrificed under the oak and poplar, and under the shady tree, because the shade was good: therefore your daughters shall go a-whoring, and your daughters-in-law shall commit adultery. 028 HOS 004 014 And I will not visit upon your daughters when they shall commit fornication, nor your daughters-in-law when they shall commit adultery: for they themselves mingled themselves with harlots, and sacrificed with polluted ones, and the people that understood not entangled itself with a harlot. 028 HOS 004 015 But you, O Israel, be not ignorant, and go you not, [men of] Juda, to Galgala; and go not up to the house of On, and swear not by the living Lord. 028 HOS 004 016 For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place. 028 HOS 004 017 Ephraim, joined with idols, has laid stumbling blocks in his own way. 028 HOS 004 018 He has chosen the Chananites: they have grievously gone a-whoring: they have loved dishonor through her insolence. 028 HOS 004 019 You are a blast of wind in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars. 028 HOS 005 001 Hear these things, you priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and listen, O house of the king; for the controversy is with you, because you have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spread on Itabyrium, 028 HOS 005 002 which they that hunt the prey have fixed: but I will correct you. 028 HOS 005 003 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not far from me: for now Ephraim has gone grievously a-whoring, Israel is defiled. 028 HOS 005 004 They have not framed their counsels to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in them, and they have not known the Lord. 028 HOS 005 005 And the pride of Israel shall be brought low before his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquities; and Judas also shall fall with them. 028 HOS 005 006 They shall go with sheep and calves diligently to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him, for he has withdrawn himself from them. 028 HOS 005 007 For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages. 028 HOS 005 008 Blow you the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim in the house of On, Benjamin is amazed. 028 HOS 005 009 Ephraim has come to nothing in the days of reproof: in the tribes of Israel I have shown faithful [dealings]. 028 HOS 005 010 The princes of Juda became as they that removed the bounds: I will pour out upon them my fury as water. 028 HOS 005 011 Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities. 028 HOS 005 012 Therefore I [will be] as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Juda. 028 HOS 005 013 And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judas his pain; then Ephraim went to the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to king Jarim: but he could not heal you, and your pain shall in nowise cease from you. 028 HOS 005 014 Therefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Juda: and I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver. 028 HOS 005 015 I will go and return to my place, until they are brought to nothing, and [then] shall they seek my face. 028 HOS 006 001 In their affliction they will seek me early, saying, Let us go, and return to the Lord our God; for he has torn, and will heal us; he will strike, and bind us up. 028 HOS 006 002 After two days he will heal us: in the third day we shall arise, and live before him, and shall know [him]: 028 HOS 006 003 let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth. 028 HOS 006 004 What shall I do to you, Ephraim? What shall I do to you, Juda? whereas your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that goes away. 028 HOS 006 005 Therefore have I mown down your prophets; I have slain them with the word of my mouth: and my judgment shall go forth as the light. 028 HOS 006 006 For I will [have] mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole burnt offerings. 028 HOS 006 007 But they are as a man transgressing a covenant: 028 HOS 006 008 there the city Galaad despised me, working vanity, troubling water. 028 HOS 006 009 And your strength [is that] of a robber: the priests have hid the way, they have murdered [the people of] Sicima; for they have wrought iniquity in the house of Israel. 028 HOS 006 010 I have seen horrible [things] there, [even] the fornication of Ephraim: Israel and Juda are defiled; 028 HOS 006 011 begin together grapes for yourself, when I turn the captivity of my people. 028 HOS 007 001 When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, [even] a robber spoiling in his way; 028 HOS 007 002 that they may concert together as [men] singing in their heart: I remember all their wickedness: now have their own counsels compassed them about; they came before my face. 028 HOS 007 003 They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies. 028 HOS 007 004 They are all adulterers, as an oven glowing with flame for hot-baking, on account of the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened. 028 HOS 007 005 [In] the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows. 028 HOS 007 006 Therefore their hearts are inflamed as an oven, while they rage all the night: Ephraim is satisfied with sleep; the morning is come; he is burnt up as a flame of fire. 028 HOS 007 007 They are all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges: all their kings are fallen; there was not among them one that called on me. 028 HOS 007 008 Ephraim is mixed among his people; Ephraim became a cake not turned. 028 HOS 007 009 Strangers devoured his strength, and he knew [it] not; and grey hairs came upon him, and he knew [it] not. 028 HOS 007 010 And the pride of Israel shall be brought down before his face: yet they have not returned to the Lord their God, neither have they diligently sought him for all this. 028 HOS 007 011 And Ephraim was as a silly dove, not having a heart: he called to Egypt, and they went to the Assyrians. 028 HOS 007 012 Whenever they shall go, I will cast my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the sky, I will chasten them with the rumor of their [coming] affliction. 028 HOS 007 013 Woe to them! for they have started aside from me: they are cowards; for they have sinned against me: yet I redeemed them, but they spoke falsehoods against me. 028 HOS 007 014 And their hearts did not cry to me, but they howled on their beds: they pined for oil and wine. 028 HOS 007 015 They were instructed by me, and I strengthened their arms; and they devised evils against me. 028 HOS 007 016 They turned aside to that which is not, they became as a bent bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, by reason of the unbridled state of their tongue: this is their setting at nothing in the land of Egypt. 028 HOS 008 001 [He shall come] into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law. 028 HOS 008 002 They shall soon cry out to me, [saying], O God, we know you. 028 HOS 008 003 For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy. 028 HOS 008 004 They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to me: [of] their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed. 028 HOS 008 005 Cast off your calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel? 028 HOS 008 006 Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; therefore your calf, Samaria, was a deceiver: 028 HOS 008 007 for they sowed blighted [seed], and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it. 028 HOS 008 008 Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel. 028 HOS 008 009 For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts. 028 HOS 008 010 Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes. 028 HOS 008 011 Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, [his] beloved altars are become sins to him. 028 HOS 008 012 I will write down a multitude [of commands] for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, [even] the beloved altars. 028 HOS 008 013 For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians. 028 HOS 008 014 And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations. 028 HOS 009 001 Rejoice not, O Israel, neither make merry, as [other] nations: for you have gone a-whoring from your God; you have loved gifts upon every threshing floor. 028 HOS 009 002 The threshing floor and wine-press knew them not, and the wine disappointed them. 028 HOS 009 003 They lived not in the Lord's land: Ephraim lived in Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians. 028 HOS 009 004 They have not offered wine to the Lord, neither have their sacrifices been sweet to him, [but] as the bread of mourning to them; all that eat them shall be defiled; for their bread for their soul shall not enter into the house of the Lord. 028 HOS 009 005 What will you do in the day of the general assembly, and in the day of the feast of the Lord? 028 HOS 009 006 Therefore, behold, they go forth from the trouble of Egypt, and Memphis shall receive them, and Machmas shall bury them: [as for] their silver, destruction shall inherit it; thorns [shall be] in their tents. 028 HOS 009 007 The days of vengeance are come, the days of your recompense are come; and Israel shall be afflicted as the prophet that is mad, as a man deranged: by reason of the multitude of your iniquities your madness has abounded. 028 HOS 009 008 The watchman of Ephraim [was] with God: the prophet is a crooked snare in all his ways: they have established madness in the house of God. 028 HOS 009 009 They have corrupted themselves according to the days of the hill: he will remember their iniquities, he will take vengeance on their sins. 028 HOS 009 010 I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness, and I saw their fathers as an early watchman in a fig tree: they went in to Beel-phegor, and were shamefully estranged, and the abominable became as the beloved. 028 HOS 009 011 Ephraim has flown away as a bird; their glories from the birth, and the travail, and the conception. 028 HOS 009 012 For even if they should rear their children, yet shall they be utterly bereaved: therefore also there is woe to them, [though] my flesh is of them. 028 HOS 009 013 Ephraim, [even] as I saw, gave their children for a prey; yes, Ephraim [was ready] to bring out his children to slaughter. 028 HOS 009 014 Give them, O Lord: what will you give them? a miscarrying womb, and dry breasts. 028 HOS 009 015 All their wickedness is in Galgal: for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their practices, I will cast them out of my house, I will not love them any more: all their princes are disobedient. 028 HOS 009 016 Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall in no wise any more bear fruit: therefore even if they should beget [children], I will kill the desired [fruit] of their womb. 028 HOS 009 017 God shall reject them, because they have not listened to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. 028 HOS 010 001 Israel is a vine with goodly branches, her fruit is abundant: according to the multitude of her fruits she has multiplied [her] altars; according to the wealth of his land, he has set up pillars. 028 HOS 010 002 They have divided their hearts; now shall they be utterly destroyed: he shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn. 028 HOS 010 003 Because now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord: 028 HOS 010 004 and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions [as his] words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field. 028 HOS 010 005 The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of On; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them. 028 HOS 010 006 And having bound it for the Assyrians, they carried it away as presents to king Jarim: Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel. 028 HOS 010 007 Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water. 028 HOS 010 008 And the altars of On, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away: thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. 028 HOS 010 009 From the time the hills [existed] Israel has sinned: there they stood: war [waged] against the children of iniquity 028 HOS 010 010 to chastise them shall not overtake them on the hill, the nations shall be gathered against them, when they are chastened for their two sins, 028 HOS 010 011 Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the fair part of her neck: I will mount Ephraim; I will pass over Juda in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him. 028 HOS 010 012 Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light you for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord till the fruits of righteousness come upon you. 028 HOS 010 013 Therefore have you passed over ungodliness in silence, and reaped the sins of it? you have eaten false fruit; for you has trusted in your sins, in the abundance of your power. 028 HOS 010 014 Therefore shall destruction rise up among your people, and all your strong places shall be ruined: as a prince Solomon [departed] out of the house of Jeroboam, in the days of battle they dashed the mother to the ground upon the children, 028 HOS 010 015 thus will I do to you, O house of Israel, because of the unrighteousness of your sins. 028 HOS 011 001 Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children. 028 HOS 011 002 As I called them, so they departed from my presence: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images. 028 HOS 011 003 Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew not that I healed them. 028 HOS 011 004 When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man striking [another] on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him. 028 HOS 011 005 Ephraim lived in Egypt; and [as for] the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return. 028 HOS 011 006 And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased [to war] with his hands: and they shall eat [of the fruit] of their own devices: 028 HOS 011 007 and his people [shall] cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him. 028 HOS 011 008 How shall I deal with you, Ephraim? [how] shall I protect you, Israel? what shall I do with you? I will make you as Adama, and as Seboim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited. 028 HOS 011 009 I will not act according to the fury of my wrath, I will not abandon Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One within you: and I will not enter into the city. 028 HOS 011 010 I will go after the Lord: he shall utter [his voice] as a lion: for he shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed. 028 HOS 011 011 They shall be amazed [and fly] as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will restore them to their houses, says the Lord. 028 HOS 011 012 Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and Juda with ungodliness: [but] now God knows them, and they shall be called God's holy people. 028 HOS 012 001 But Ephraim is an evil spirit, he has chased the east wind all the day: he has multiplied empty and vain things, and made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil has gone in the way of traffic into Egypt. 028 HOS 012 002 And the Lord [has] a controversy with Juda, in order to punish Jacob: according to his ways and according to his practices will he recompense him. 028 HOS 012 003 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labors he had power with God. 028 HOS 012 004 And he prevailed with the angel and was strong: they wept, and entreated me: they found me in the house of On, and there [a word] was spoken to them. 028 HOS 012 005 But the Lord God Almighty shall be his memorial. 028 HOS 012 006 You therefore shall return to your God: keep you mercy and judgment, and draw near to your God continually. 028 HOS 012 007 [As for] Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize. 028 HOS 012 008 And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to myself. None of his labors shall be found [available] to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed. 028 HOS 012 009 But I the Lord your God brought you up out of the land of Egypt: I will yet cause you to dwell in tabernacles, according to the days of the feast. 028 HOS 012 010 And I will speak to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets I was represented. 028 HOS 012 011 If Galaad exists not, then the chiefs in Galaad when they sacrificed were false, and their altars were as heaps on the ground of the field. 028 HOS 012 012 And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife. 028 HOS 012 013 And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserve. 028 HOS 012 014 Ephraim was angry and excited, therefore his blood shall be poured out upon him, and the Lord shall recompense to him his reproach. 028 HOS 013 001 According to the word of Ephraim he adopted ordinances for himself in Israel; and he established them for Baal, and died. 028 HOS 013 002 And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves have come to an end. 028 HOS 013 003 Therefore shall they be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as chaff blown away from the threshing floor, and as a vapor from tears. 028 HOS 013 004 But I am the Lord your God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I showed them not to you that you should go after them: and I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and you shall know no God but me; and there is no Saviour beside me. 028 HOS 013 005 I tended you as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land. 028 HOS 013 006 According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me. 028 HOS 013 007 And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard. 028 HOS 013 008 I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions' whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces. 028 HOS 013 009 O Israel, who will aid [you] in your destruction? 028 HOS 013 010 Where is this your king? let him even save you in all your cities: let him judge you, of whom you said, Give me a king and a prince. 028 HOS 013 011 And I gave you a king in mine anger, and kept [him] back in my wrath. 028 HOS 013 012 Ephraim [has framed] a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden. 028 HOS 013 013 Pains as of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is your wise son, because he shall not stay in the destruction of [your] children. 028 HOS 013 014 I will deliver [them] out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is your penalty, O death? O Hades, where is your sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes. 028 HOS 013 015 Forasmuch as he will cause a division among [his] brethren, the Lord shall bring upon him an east wind from the desert, and shall dry up his veins [and] quite drain his fountains: he shall dry up his land, and [spoil] all his precious vessels. 028 HOS 013 016 Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women with child ripped up. 028 HOS 014 001 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God; for the people have fallen through your iniquities. 028 HOS 014 002 Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God: speak to him, that you may not receive [the reward of] unrighteousness, but that you may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of our lips. 028 HOS 014 003 Assur shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in you shall pity the orphan. 028 HOS 014 004 I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him. 028 HOS 014 005 I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus. 028 HOS 014 006 His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as [the smell] of Libanus. 028 HOS 014 007 They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Libanus. 028 HOS 014 008 What [has] he to do any more with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is your fruit found. 028 HOS 014 009 Who is wise, and will understand these things? or prudent, and will know them? for the ways of the Lord are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the ungodly shall fall therein. # # BOOK 029 JOE Joel Joel 029 JOE 001 001 The word of the Lord which came to Joel the son of Bathuel. 029 JOE 001 002 Hear these [words], you elders, and listen all you that inhabit the land. Have such things happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers? 029 JOE 001 003 Tell your children concerning them, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation. 029 JOE 001 004 The leavings of the caterpillar has the locust eaten, and the leavings of the locust has the palmerworm eaten, and the leavings of the palmerworm has the cankerworm eaten. 029 JOE 001 005 Awake, you drunkards, from your wine, and weep: mourn, all you that drink wine to drunkenness: for joy and gladness and removed are from your mouth. 029 JOE 001 006 For a strong and innumerable nation is come up against my land, their teeth are lion's teeth, and their back teeth those of a [lion's] whelp. 029 JOE 001 007 He has ruined my vine, and utterly broken my fig-trees: he has utterly searched [my vine], and cast it down; he has peeled its branches. 029 JOE 001 008 Lament to me more than a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 029 JOE 001 009 The meat-offering and drink-offering are removed from the house of the Lord: mourn, you priests that serve at the altar of the Lord. 029 JOE 001 010 For the plains languish: let the land mourn, for the corn languishes; the wine is dried up, the oil becomes scarce; 029 JOE 001 011 the husbandmen are consumed: mourn your property on account of the wheat and barley; for the harvest has perished from off the field. 029 JOE 001 012 The vine is dried up, and the fig-trees are become few; the pomegranate, and palm tree, and apple, and all trees of the field are dried up: for the sons of men have have abolished joy. 029 JOE 001 013 Gird yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament, you priests: mourn, you that serve at the altar: go in, sleep in sackcloths, you that minister to God: for the meat-offering and drink-offering are withheld from the house of your God. 029 JOE 001 014 Sanctify a fast, proclaim a [solemn] service, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God, and cry earnestly to the Lord, 029 JOE 001 015 Alas, Alas, Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as trouble upon trouble. 029 JOE 001 016 [Your] meat has been destroyed before your eyes, joy and gladness from out of the house of your God. 029 JOE 001 017 The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the wine presses are broken down; for the corn is withered. 029 JOE 001 018 What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed. 029 JOE 001 019 To you, O Lord, will I cry: for fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness, and a flame has burnt up all the trees of the field. 029 JOE 001 020 And the cattle of the field have looked up to you: for the fountains of waters have been dried up, and fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness. 029 JOE 002 001 Sound the trumpet in Sion, make a proclamation in my holy mountain, and let all the inhabitants of the land be confounded: for the day of the Lord is near; 029 JOE 002 002 for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been from the beginning one like it, and after it there shall not be again even to the years of many generations. 029 JOE 002 003 Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape. 029 JOE 002 004 Their appearance is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they pursue. 029 JOE 002 005 As the sound of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, and as the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, and as a numerous and strong people setting themselves in array for battle. 029 JOE 002 006 Before them shall the people be crushed: every face [shall be] as the blackness of a caldron. 029 JOE 002 007 As warriors shall they run, and as men of war shall they mount on the walls; and each shall move in his [right] path, and they shall not turn aside from their tracks: 029 JOE 002 008 and not one shall stand aloof from his brother: they shall go on weighed down with their arms, and they fall upon their weapons, yet shall they in no wise be destroyed. 029 JOE 002 009 They shall seize upon the city, and run upon the walls, and go up upon the houses, and enter in through the windows as thieves. 029 JOE 002 010 Before them the earth shall be confounded, and the sky shall be shaken: the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light. 029 JOE 002 011 And the Lord shall utter his voice before his host: for his camp is very great: for the execution of his words is mighty: for the day of the Lord is great, very glorious, and who shall be able to [resist] it? 029 JOE 002 012 Now therefore, says the Lord your God, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation: 029 JOE 002 013 and rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy, and repents of evils. 029 JOE 002 014 Who knows if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering to the Lord your God? 029 JOE 002 015 Sound the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, proclaim a [solemn] service: 029 JOE 002 016 gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. 029 JOE 002 017 Between the porch and the altar let the priests that minister to the Lord weep, and say, Spare your people, O Lord, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them, lest they should say among the heathen, Where is their God? 029 JOE 002 018 But the Lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people. 029 JOE 002 019 And the Lord answered and said to his people, Behold, I [will] send you corn, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied with them: and I will no longer make you a reproach among the Gentiles. 029 JOE 002 020 And I will chase away from you the northern [adversary], and will drive him away into a dry land, and I will sink his face in the former sea, and his back parts in the latter sea, and his ill savor shall come up, and his stink come up, because he has wrought great things. 029 JOE 002 021 Be of good courage, O land; rejoice and be glad: for the Lord has done great things. 029 JOE 002 022 Be of good courage, you beasts of the plain, for the plains of the wilderness have budded, for the trees have borne their fruit, the fig tree and the vine have yielded their strength. 029 JOE 002 023 Rejoice then and be glad, you children of Sion, in the Lord your God: for he has given you food fully, and he will rain on you the early and the latter rain, as before. 029 JOE 002 024 And the floors shall be filled with corn, and the presses shall overflow with wine and oil. 029 JOE 002 025 And I will recompense you for the years which the locust, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, and the cankerworm have eaten, [even] my great army, which I sent against you. 029 JOE 002 026 And you shall eat abundantly, and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of the Lord your God [for the things] which he has wrought wonderfully with you: and my people shall not be ashamed for ever. 029 JOE 002 027 And you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and [that] I am the Lord your God, and [that] there is none else beside me; and my people shall no more be ashamed for ever. 029 JOE 002 028 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. 029 JOE 002 029 And on my servants and on [my] handmaids in those days will I pour out of my Spirit. 029 JOE 002 030 And I will show wonders in heaven, and upon the earth, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 029 JOE 002 031 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come. 029 JOE 002 032 And it shall come to pass [that] whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved: for in mount Sion and in Jerusalem shall the saved one be as the Lord has said, and they that have glad tidings preached to them, whom the Lord has called. 029 JOE 003 001 For, behold, in those days and at that time, when I shall have turned the captivity of Juda and Jerusalem, 029 JOE 003 002 I will also gather all the Gentiles, and bring them down to the valley of Josaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and my heritage Israel, who have been dispersed among the Gentiles; and [these Gentiles] have divided my land, 029 JOE 003 003 and cast lots over my people, and have given [their] boys to harlots, and sold [their] girls for wine, and have drunk. 029 JOE 003 004 And what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles? do you render me a recompense? or do you bear malice against me? quickly and speedily will I return your recompense on your own heads: 029 JOE 003 005 because you have taken my silver and my gold, and you have brought my choice ornaments into your temples; 029 JOE 003 006 and you have sold the children of Juda and the children of Jerusalem to the children of the Greeks, that you might expel them from their coasts. 029 JOE 003 007 Therefore, behold, I [will] raise them up out of the place whither you have sold them, and I will return your recompense on your own heads. 029 JOE 003 008 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them into captivity to a far distant nation: for the Lord has spoken [it]. 029 JOE 003 009 Proclaim these things among the Gentiles; declare war, arouse the warriors, draw near and go up, all you men of war. 029 JOE 003 010 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your sickles into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 029 JOE 003 011 Gather yourselves together, and go in, all you nations round about, and gather yourselves there; let the timid become a warrior. 029 JOE 003 012 Let them be aroused, let all the nations go up to the valley of Josaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the Gentiles round about. 029 JOE 003 013 Bring forth the sickles, for the vintage is come: go in, tread [the grapes], for the press is full: cause the vats to overflow; for their wickedness is multiplied. 029 JOE 003 014 Noises have resounded in the valley of judgment: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgment. 029 JOE 003 015 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light. 029 JOE 003 016 And the Lord shall cry out of Sion, and shall utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heaven and the earth shall be shaken, but the Lord shall spare his people, and shall strengthen the children of Israel. 029 JOE 003 017 And you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who dwell in Sion my holy mountain: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall not pass through her anymore. 029 JOE 003 018 And it shall come to pass in that day [that] the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the fountains of Juda shall flow with water, and a fountain shall go forth of the house of the Lord, and water the valley of flags. 029 JOE 003 019 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Idumea shall be a desolate plain, because of the wrongs of the children of Juda, because they have shed righteous blood in their land. 029 JOE 003 020 But Judea shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to all generations. 029 JOE 003 021 And I will make inquisition for their blood, and will by no means leave it unavenged: and the Lord shall dwell in Sion. # # BOOK 030 AMO Amos Amos 030 AMO 001 001 The words of Amos which came [to him] in Accarim out of Thecue, which he saw concerning Jerusalem, in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 030 AMO 001 002 And he said, The Lord has spoken out of Sion, and has uttered his voice out of Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is dried up. 030 AMO 001 003 And the Lord said, For three sins of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they sawed with iron saws the women with child of the Galaadites. 030 AMO 001 004 And I will send a fire on the house of Azael, and it shall devour the foundations of the son of Ader. 030 AMO 001 005 And I will break to pieces the bars of Damascus, and will destroy the inhabitants out of the plain of On, and will cut in pieces a tribe out of the men of Charrhan: and the famous people of Syria shall be led captive, says the Lord. 030 AMO 001 006 Thus says the Lord; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon, to shut [them] up into Idumea. 030 AMO 001 007 And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Gaza, and it shall devour its foundations. 030 AMO 001 008 And I will destroy the inhabitants out of Azotus, and a tribe shall be cut off from Ascalon, and I will stretch out my hand upon Accaron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord. 030 AMO 001 009 Thus says the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they shut up the prisoners of Solomon into Idumea, and remembered not the covenant of brethren. 030 AMO 001 010 And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Tyre, and it shall devour the foundations of it. 030 AMO 001 011 Thus says the Lord; For three sins of Idumea, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they pursued their brother with the sword, and destroyed the mother upon the earth, and summoned up his anger for a testimony, and kept up his fury to the end. 030 AMO 001 012 And I will send forth a fire upon Thaman, and it shall devour the foundations of her walls. 030 AMO 001 013 Thus says the Lord; For three sins of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they ripped up the women with child of the Galaadites, that they might widen their coasts. 030 AMO 001 014 And I will kindle a fire on the walls of Rabbath, and it shall devour her foundations with shouting in the day of war, and she shall be shaken in the days of her destruction: 030 AMO 001 015 and her kings shall go into captivity, their priests and their rulers together, says the Lord. 030 AMO 002 001 Thus says the Lord; For three sins of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they burnt the bones of the king of Idumea to lime. 030 AMO 002 002 But I will send forth a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the foundations of its cities: and Moab shall perish in weakness, with a shout, and with the sound of a trumpet. 030 AMO 002 003 And I will destroy the judge out of her, and kill all her princes with him, says the Lord. 030 AMO 002 004 Thus says the Lord; For three sins of the children of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his ordinances, and their vain [idols] which they made, which their fathers followed, caused them to err. 030 AMO 002 005 And I will send a fire on Juda, and it shall devour the foundations of Jerusalem. 030 AMO 002 006 Thus says the Lord; for three sins of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for sandals, 030 AMO 002 007 wherewith to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have struck upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly: and a son and his father have gone into the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God. 030 AMO 002 008 And binding their clothes with cords they have made them curtains near the altar, and they have drunk wine gained by extortion in the house of their God. 030 AMO 002 009 Nevertheless I cut off the Amorite from before them, whose height was as the height of a cedar, and he was strong as an oak; and I dried up his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. 030 AMO 002 010 And I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you about in the desert forty years, that you should inherit the land of the Amorites. 030 AMO 002 011 And I took of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for consecration. Are not these things so, you sons of Israel? says the Lord. 030 AMO 002 012 But you gave the consecrated ones wine to drink; and you commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. 030 AMO 002 013 Therefore, behold, I roll under you, as a waggon full of straw is rolled. 030 AMO 002 014 And flight shall perish from the runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life: 030 AMO 002 015 and the archer shall not withstand, and he that is swift of foot shall in no wise escape; and the horseman shall not save his life. 030 AMO 002 016 And the strong shall find no confidence in power: the naked shall flee away in that day, says the Lord. 030 AMO 003 001 Hear you this word, O house of Israel, which the Lord has spoken concerning you, and against the whole family whom I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying, 030 AMO 003 002 You especially have I known out of all the families of the earth: therefore will I take vengeance upon you for all your sins. 030 AMO 003 003 Shall two walk together at all, if they do not know one another? 030 AMO 003 004 Will a lion roar out of his thicket if he has no prey? will a [lion's] whelp utter his voice at all out of his lair, if he have taken nothing? 030 AMO 003 005 Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up from the earth without having taken anything? 030 AMO 003 006 Shall the trumpet sound in the city, and the people not be alarmed? shall there be evil in a city which the Lord has not wrought? 030 AMO 003 007 For the Lord God will do nothing, without revealing instruction to his servants the prophets. 030 AMO 003 008 A lion shall roar, and who will not be alarmed? the Lord God has spoken, and who will not prophesy? 030 AMO 003 009 Proclaim it to the regions among the Assyrians, and to the regions of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves to the mountain of Samaria, and behold many wonderful things in the midst of it, and the oppression that is in it. 030 AMO 003 010 And she knew not what things would come against her, says the Lord, [even] those that store up wrong and misery in their countries. 030 AMO 003 011 Therefore thus says the Lord God; O Tyre, your land shall be made desolate round about [you]; and he shall bring down your strength out of you, and your countries shall be spoiled. 030 AMO 003 012 Thus says the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of [a foreign] tribe, and in Damascus. 030 AMO 003 013 Hear, O you priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, says the Lord God Almighty. 030 AMO 003 014 For in the day wherein I shall take vengeance of the sins of Israel upon him, I will also take vengeance on the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be broken down, and they shall fall upon the ground. 030 AMO 003 015 I will crush and strike the turreted-house upon the summer-house; and the ivory-houses shall be destroyed, and many other houses also, says the Lord. 030 AMO 004 001 Hear you this word, you heifers of the land of Basan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink. 030 AMO 004 002 The Lord swears by his holiness, that, behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling caldrons. 030 AMO 004 003 And you shall be brought forth naked in the presence of each other; and you shall be cast forth on the mountain Romman, says the Lord. 030 AMO 004 004 You went into Bethel, and sinned, and you multiplied sin at Galgala; and you brought your meat-offerings in the morning, [and] your tithes every third day. 030 AMO 004 005 And they read the law without, and called for public professions: proclaim aloud that the children of Israel have loved these things, says the Lord. 030 AMO 004 006 And I will give you dullness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places: yet you returned not to me, says the Lord. 030 AMO 004 007 Also I withheld from you the rain three months before the harvest: and I will rain upon one city, and on another city I will not rain: one part shall be rained upon, and the part on which I shall not rain shall be dried up. 030 AMO 004 008 And [the inhabitants of] two or three cities shall be gathered to one city to drink water, and they shall not be satisfied: yet you have not returned to me, says the Lord. 030 AMO 004 009 I struck you with parching, and with blight: you multiplied your gardens, your vineyards, and your fig-grounds, and the cankerworm devoured your olive yards: yet not [even] thus did you return to me, says the Lord. 030 AMO 004 010 I sent pestilence among you by the way of Egypt, and killed your young men with the sword, together with your horses that were taken captive; and in my wrath against you I set fire to your camps: yet not even thus did you return to me, says the Lord. 030 AMO 004 011 I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodoma and Gomorrha, and you became as a brand plucked out of the fire: yet not even thus did you return to me, says the Lord. 030 AMO 004 012 Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: nay because I will do thus to you, prepare to call on your God, O Israel. 030 AMO 004 013 For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness, and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his name. 030 AMO 005 001 Hear you this word of the Lord, even a lamentation, which I take up against you. The house of Israel is fallen; it shall no more rise. 030 AMO 005 002 The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up. 030 AMO 005 003 Therefore thus says the Lord God; The city out of which there went forth a thousand, [in it] there shall be left a hundred, and [in that] out of which there went forth a hundred, there shall be left ten to the house of Israel. 030 AMO 005 004 Therefore thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live. 030 AMO 005 005 But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgala, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not. 030 AMO 005 006 Seek you the Lord, and you shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel. 030 AMO 005 007 [It is he] that executes judgment in the height [above], and he has established justice on the earth: 030 AMO 005 008 who makes all things, and changes [them], and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name: 030 AMO 005 009 who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress. 030 AMO 005 010 They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech. 030 AMO 005 011 Therefore because they have struck the poor with their fists, and you have received of them choice gifts; you have built polished houses, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine of them. 030 AMO 005 012 For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside [the judgment of] the poor in the gates. 030 AMO 005 013 Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils. 030 AMO 005 014 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as you have said, 030 AMO 005 015 We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore you judgment in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph. 030 AMO 005 016 Therefore thus says the Lord God Almighty; In all the streets [shall be] lamentations; and in all the ways shall it be said, Woe, woe! the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and to them that are skilled in complaining. 030 AMO 005 017 And [there shall be] lamentation in all the ways; because I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord. 030 AMO 005 018 Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light. 030 AMO 005 019 As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him. 030 AMO 005 020 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this [day] gloom without brightness? 030 AMO 005 021 I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell [your] meat-offerings in your general assemblies. 030 AMO 005 022 Therefore if you should bring me your whole burnt sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings. 030 AMO 005 023 Remove from me the sound of your songs, and I will not hear the music of your instruments. 030 AMO 005 024 But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent. 030 AMO 005 025 Have you offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness? 030 AMO 005 026 Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raephan, the images of them which you made for yourselves. 030 AMO 005 027 And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, says the Lord, the Almighty God is his name. 030 AMO 006 001 Woe to them that set at nothing Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered [the harvest of] the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves. 030 AMO 006 002 O house of Israel, pass by all [of you], and see; and pass by thence to Ematrabba; and thence descend to Geth of the Philistines, the chief of all these kingdoms, [see] if their coasts are greater than your coasts. 030 AMO 006 003 You who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths; 030 AMO 006 004 who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls; 030 AMO 006 005 who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as dwelling, not as fleeting [pleasures]; 030 AMO 006 006 who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment; and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph. 030 AMO 006 007 Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim. 030 AMO 006 008 For the Lord has sworn by himself, [saying], Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off [his] city with all who inhabit it. 030 AMO 006 009 And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die. 030 AMO 006 010 But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet [any one] else with you? And he shall say, No [one] else. And [the other] shall say, Be silent, that you name not the name of the Lord. 030 AMO 006 011 For, behold, the Lord commands, and he will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with rents. 030 AMO 006 012 Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for you have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness: 030 AMO 006 013 you who rejoice at vanity, who say, Have we not possessed horns by our own strength? 030 AMO 006 014 For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation, says the Lord of hosts; and they shall afflict you so that you shall not enter into Aemath, and as it were [from] the river of the wilderness. 030 AMO 007 001 Thus has the Lord God showed me; and, behold, a swarm of locusts coming from the east; and, behold, one caterpillar, king Gog. 030 AMO 007 002 And it came to pass when he had finished devouring the grass of the land, that I said, Lord God, be merciful; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. 030 AMO 007 003 Repent, O Lord, for this. And this shall not be, says the Lord. 030 AMO 007 004 Thus has the Lord showed me; and, behold, the Lord called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and devoured the Lord's portion. 030 AMO 007 005 Then I said, O Lord, cease, I pray you: who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. Repent, O Lord, for this. 030 AMO 007 006 This also shall not be, says the Lord. 030 AMO 007 007 Thus the Lord showed me; and behold, he stood upon a wall of adamant, and in his hand [was] an adamant. 030 AMO 007 008 And the Lord said to me, What see you, Amos? And I said, An adamant. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I appoint an adamant in the midst of my people Israel: I will not pass by them any more. 030 AMO 007 009 And the joyful altars shall be abolished, and the sacrifices of Israel shall be set aside; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. 030 AMO 007 010 Then Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos is forming conspiracies against you in the midst of the house of Israel: the land will be utterly unable to bear all his words. 030 AMO 007 011 For thus says Amos, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be led away captive from his land. 030 AMO 007 012 And Amasias said to Amos, Go, seer, remove you into the land of Juda, and live there, and you shall prophesy there: 030 AMO 007 013 but you shall no longer prophesy at Bethel: for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the royal house. 030 AMO 007 014 And Amos answered, and said to Amasias, I was not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruits. 030 AMO 007 015 And the Lord took me from the sheep, and the Lord said to me, Go, and prophesy to my people Israel. 030 AMO 007 016 And now hear the word of the Lord: You say, Prophesy not to Israel, and raise not a tumult against the house of Jacob. 030 AMO 007 017 Therefore thus says the Lord; Your wife shall be a harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be measured with the line; and you shall die in an unclean land; and Israel shall be led captive out of his land. Thus has the Lord God showed me. 030 AMO 008 001 And behold a fowler's basket. 030 AMO 008 002 And he said, What see you, Amos? And I said, A fowler's basket. And the Lord said to me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not pass by them any more. 030 AMO 008 003 And the ceilings of the temple shall howl in that day, says the Lord God: [there shall be] many a fallen one in every place; I will bring silence upon [them]. 030 AMO 008 004 Hear now this, you that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth, 030 AMO 008 005 saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair? 030 AMO 008 006 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit. 030 AMO 008 007 The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten. 030 AMO 008 008 And shall not the land be troubled for these things, and shall not every one who dwells in it mourn? whereas destruction shall come up as a river, and shall descend as the river of Egypt. 030 AMO 008 009 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord God, [that] the sun shall go down at noon, and the light shall be darkened on the earth by day: 030 AMO 008 010 and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make them as the mourning of a beloved [friend], and those with them as a day of grief. 030 AMO 008 011 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I will send forth a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord. 030 AMO 008 012 And the waters shall be troubled from sea to sea, and from the north to the east shall [men] run hither and there, seeking the word of the Lord, and they shall not find [it]. 030 AMO 008 013 In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst; 030 AMO 008 014 they who swear by the propitiation of Samaria, and who say, Your god, O Dan, lives; and, Your god, O Bersabee, lives; and they shall fall, and shall no more rise again. 030 AMO 009 001 I saw the Lord standing on the altar: and he said, Strike the mercy-seat, and the porch shall be shaken: and cut through into the heads of all; and I will kill the remnant of them with the sword: no one of them fleeing shall escape, and no one of them, striving to save himself shall be delivered. 030 AMO 009 002 Though they hid themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 030 AMO 009 003 If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I search [them] out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them. 030 AMO 009 004 And if they should go into captivity before the face of their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall kill them: and I will set mine eyes against them for evil, and not for good. 030 AMO 009 005 And the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, [is he] that takes hold of the land, and causes it to shake, and all that inhabit it shall mourn; and its destruction shall go up as a river, and shall descend as the river of Egypt. 030 AMO 009 006 [It is he] that builds his ascent up to the sky, and establishes his promise on the earth; who calls the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth; the Lord Almighty is his name. 030 AMO 009 007 Are not you to me as the sons of the Ethiopians, O children of Israel? says the Lord. Did I not bring Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of the deep? 030 AMO 009 008 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the kingdom of sinners, and I will cut it off from the face of the earth; only I will not utterly cut off the house of Jacob, says the Lord. 030 AMO 009 009 For I [will] give commandment, and sift the house of Israel among all the Gentiles, as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, and [yet] a fragment shall not in any wise fall upon the earth. 030 AMO 009 010 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, Calamities shall certainly not draw near, nor come upon us. 030 AMO 009 011 In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and will rebuild the ruins of it, and will set up the parts thereof that have been broken down, and will build it up as in the ancient days: 030 AMO 009 012 that the remnant of men, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, may earnestly seek [me], says the Lord who does all these things. 030 AMO 009 013 Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when the harvest shall overtake the vintage, and the grapes shall ripen at seed time; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall be planted. 030 AMO 009 014 And I will turn the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities, and shall inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and shall drink the wine from them; and they shall form gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 030 AMO 009 015 And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no more be plucked up from the land which I have given them, says the Lord God Almighty. # # BOOK 031 OBA Obadiah Obdias 031 OBA 001 001 The vision of Obdias. Thus says the Lord God to Idumea; I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent forth a message to the nations. 031 OBA 001 002 Arise you, and let us rise up against her to war. 031 OBA 001 003 Behold, I have made you small among the Gentiles: you are greatly dishonored. The pride of your heart has elated you, dwelling [as you do] in the holes of the rocks, [as one that] exalts his habitation, saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to the ground? 031 OBA 001 004 If you should mount up as the eagle, and if you should make your nest among the stars, thence will I bring you down, says the Lord. 031 OBA 001 005 If thieves came in to you, or robbers by night, where would you have been cast away? would they not have stolen [just] enough for themselves? and if grape gatherers went in to you, would they not leave a gleaning? 031 OBA 001 006 How has Esau been searched out, and [how] have his hidden things been detected? 031 OBA 001 007 They sent you to your coasts: all the men of your covenant have withstood you; your allies have prevailed against you, they have set snares under you: they have no understanding. 031 OBA 001 008 In that day, says the Lord, I will destroy the wise men out of Idumea, and understanding out of the mount of Esau. 031 OBA 001 009 And your warriors from Thaeman shall be dismayed, to the end that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau. 031 OBA 001 010 Because of the slaughter and the sin [committed against] your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 031 OBA 001 011 From the day that you stood in opposition [to him], in the days when foreigners were taking captive his forces, and strangers entered into his gates, and cast lots on Jerusalem, you also was as one of them. 031 OBA 001 012 And you should not have looked on the day of your brother in the day of strangers; nor should you have rejoiced against the children of Juda in the day of their destruction; neither should you have boasted in the day of [their] affliction. 031 OBA 001 013 Neither should you have gone into the gates of the people in the day of their troubles; nor yet should you have looked upon their gathering in the day of their destruction, nor should you have attacked their host in the day of their perishing. 031 OBA 001 014 Neither should you have stood at the opening of their passages, to destroy utterly those of them that were escaping; neither should you have shut up his fugitives in the day of affliction. 031 OBA 001 015 For the day of the Lord is near upon all the Gentiles: as you have done, so shall it be [done] to you: your recompense shall be returned on your [own] head. 031 OBA 001 016 For as you have drunk upon my holy mountain, [so] shall all the nations drink wine; they shall drink, and go down, and be as if they were not. 031 OBA 001 017 But on mount Sion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be a sanctuary; and the house of Jacob shall take for an inheritance those that took them for an inheritance. 031 OBA 001 018 And the house of Jacob shall be fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau [shall be] for stubble; and [Israel] shall flame forth against them, and shall devour them, and there shall not be a corn-field [left] to the house of Esau; because the Lord has spoken. 031 OBA 001 019 And they [that dwell] in the south shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they in the plain the Philistines: and they shall inherit the mount of Ephraim, and the plain of Samaria, and Benjamin, and the land of Galaad. 031 OBA 001 020 And this [shall be] the domain of the captivity of the children of Israel, the land of the Chananites as far as Sarepta; and the captives of Jerusalem [shall inherit] as far as Ephratha; they shall inherit the cities of the south. 031 OBA 001 021 And they that escape shall come up from mount Sion, to take vengeance on the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's. # # BOOK 032 JON Jonah Jonas 032 JON 001 001 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying, 032 JON 001 002 Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me. 032 JON 001 003 But Jonas rose up to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. 032 JON 001 004 And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken. 032 JON 001 005 And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored. 032 JON 001 006 And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snore you? arise, and call upon your God, that God may save us, and we perish not. 032 JON 001 007 And each man said to his neighbor, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas. 032 JON 001 008 And they said to him, Tell us what is your occupation, and whence come you, and of what country and what people are you? 032 JON 001 009 And he said to them, I am a servant of the Lord; and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea, and the dry [land]. 032 JON 001 010 Then the men feared exceedingly, and said to him, What is this [that] you have done? for the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them. 032 JON 001 011 And they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly. 032 JON 001 012 And Jonas said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 032 JON 001 013 And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them. 032 JON 001 014 And they cried to the Lord, and said, Forbid it, Lord: let us not perish for the sake of this man's life, and bring not righteous blood upon us: for you, Lord, have done as you would. 032 JON 001 015 So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging. 032 JON 001 016 And the men feared the Lord very greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows. 032 JON 001 017 Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights. 032 JON 002 001 And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale, 032 JON 002 002 and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he listened to me, [even] to my cry out of the belly of hell: you heard my voice. 032 JON 002 003 You did cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all your billows and your waves have passed upon me. 032 JON 002 004 And I said, I am cast out of your presence: shall I indeed look again toward your holy temple? 032 JON 002 005 Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down 032 JON 002 006 to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored. 032 JON 002 007 When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple. 032 JON 002 008 They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy. 032 JON 002 009 But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to you, the Lord of [my] salvation. 032 JON 002 010 And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land]. 032 JON 003 001 And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying, 032 JON 003 002 Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to you of. 032 JON 003 003 And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey. 032 JON 003 004 And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown. 032 JON 003 005 And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them. 032 JON 003 006 And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes. 032 JON 003 007 And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king an by his great men, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, taste [any thing], nor feed, nor drink water. 032 JON 003 008 So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying, 032 JON 003 009 Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and [so] we shall not perish? 032 JON 003 010 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did [it] not. 032 JON 004 001 But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded. 032 JON 004 002 And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tharsis; because I knew that you are merciful and compassionate, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness, and repent of evil. 032 JON 004 003 And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live. 032 JON 004 004 And the Lord said to Jonas, Are you very much grieved? 032 JON 004 005 And Jonas went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city. 032 JON 004 006 And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonas rejoiced with great joy for the gourd. 032 JON 004 007 And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it struck the gourd, and it withered away. 032 JON 004 008 And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun struck on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live. 032 JON 004 009 And God said to Jonas, Are you very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am very much grieved, even to death. 032 JON 004 010 And the Lord said, You had pity on the gourd, for which you has not suffered, neither did you rear it; which came up before night, and perished before [another] night: 032 JON 004 011 and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and [also] much cattle? # # BOOK 033 MIC Micah Michaeas 033 MIC 001 001 And the word of the Lord came to Michaeas the son of Morasthi, in the days of Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, concerning what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem. 033 MIC 001 002 Hear [these] words, you people; and let the earth give heed, and all that are in it: and the Lord God shall be among you for a testimony, the Lord out of his holy habitation. 033 MIC 001 003 For, behold, the Lord comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and will go upon the high places of the earth. 033 MIC 001 004 And the mountains shall be shaken under him, and the valleys shall melt like wax before the fire, and as water rushing down a declivity. 033 MIC 001 005 All these [calamities are] for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not Samaria? and what is the sin of the house of Juda? [is it] not Jerusalem? 033 MIC 001 006 Therefore I will make Samaria [as] a store-house of the fruits of the field, and [as] a planting of a vineyard: and I will utterly demolish her stones, and I will expose her foundations. 033 MIC 001 007 And they shall cut in pieces all the graven images, and all that she has hired they shall burn with fire, and I will utterly destroy all her idols: because she has gathered of the hires of fornication, and of the hires of fornication has she amassed [wealth]. 033 MIC 001 008 Therefore shall she lament and wail, she shall go barefooted, and [being] naked she shall make lamentation as [that] of serpents, and mourning as of the daughters of sirens. 033 MIC 001 009 For her plague has become grievous; for it has come even to Juda; and has reached to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 033 MIC 001 010 You that are in Geth, exalt not yourselves, and you Enakim, do not rebuild from [the ruins of] the house in derision: sprinkle dust [in the place of] your laughter. 033 MIC 001 011 The inhabitant of Sennaar, fairly inhabiting her cities, came not forth to mourn for the house next to her: she shall receive of you the stroke of grief. 033 MIC 001 012 Who has begun [to act] for good to her that dwells in sorrow? for calamities have come down from the Lord upon the gates of Jerusalem, 033 MIC 001 013 [even] a sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachis, she is the leader of sin to the daughter of Sion: for in you were found the transgressions of Israel. 033 MIC 001 014 Therefore shall he cause men to be sent forth as far as the inheritance of Geth, [even] vain houses; they are become vanity to the kings of Israel; 033 MIC 001 015 until they bring the heirs, O inhabitant of Lachis: the inheritance shall reach to Odollam, [even] the glory of the daughter of Israel. 033 MIC 001 016 Shave your hair, and make yourself bald for your delicate children; increase your widowhood as an eagle; for [your people] are gone into captivity from you. 033 MIC 002 001 They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God. 033 MIC 002 002 And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance. 033 MIC 002 003 Therefore thus says the Lord; Behold, I devise evils against this family, out of which you shall not lift up your necks, neither shall you walk upright speedily: for the time is evil. 033 MIC 002 004 In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided. 033 MIC 002 005 Therefore you shall have no one to cast a line for the lot. 033 MIC 002 006 Weep not with tears in the assembly of the Lord, neither let [any] weep for these things; for he shall not remove the reproaches, 033 MIC 002 007 who says, The house of Jacob has provoked the Spirit of the Lord; are not these his practices? Are not the Lord's words right with him? and have they not proceeded correctly? 033 MIC 002 008 Even beforetime my people withstood [him] as an enemy against his peace; they have stripped off his skin to remove hope [in] the conflict of war. 033 MIC 002 009 The leaders of my people shall be cast forth from their luxurious houses; they are rejected because of their evil practices; draw you near to the everlasting mountains. 033 MIC 002 010 Arise you, and depart; for this is not your rest because of uncleanness: you have been utterly destroyed; 033 MIC 002 011 you have fled, no one pursuing [you: your] spirit has framed falsehood, it has dropped on you for wine and strong drink. But it shall come to pass, [that] out of the dropping of this people, 033 MIC 002 012 Jacob shall be completely gathered with all [his people: ] I will surely receive the remnant of Israel; I will cause them to return together, as sheep in trouble, as a flock in the midst of their fold: they shall rush forth from among men through the breach made before them: 033 MIC 002 013 they have broken through, and passed the gate, and gone out by it: and their king has gone out before them, and the Lord shall lead them. 033 MIC 003 001 And he shall say, Hear now these words, you heads of the house of Jacob, and you remnant of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know judgment? 033 MIC 003 002 [who] hate good, and seek evil; [who] tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones: 033 MIC 003 003 even as they devoured the flesh of my people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided [them] as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot, 033 MIC 003 004 thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not listen to them; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves. 033 MIC 003 005 Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray, that bit with their teeth, and proclaim peace to them; and [when] nothing was put into their mouth, they raised up war against them: 033 MIC 003 006 therefore there shall be night to you instead of a vision, and there shall be to you darkness instead of prophecy; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be dark upon them. 033 MIC 003 007 And the seers of night-visions shall be ashamed, and the prophets shall be laughed to scorn: and all the people shall speak against them, because there shall be none to listen to them. 033 MIC 003 008 Surely I will strengthen myself with the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of power, to declare to Jacob his transgressions, and to Israel his sins. 033 MIC 003 009 Hear now these words, you chiefs of the house of Jacob, and the remnant of the house of Israel, who hate judgment, and pervert all righteousness; 033 MIC 003 010 who build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 033 MIC 003 011 The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and [yet] they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us. 033 MIC 003 012 Therefore on your account Sion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a storehouse of fruits, and the mountain of the house as a grove of the forest. 033 MIC 004 001 And at the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be manifest, established on the tops of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and the peoples shall hasten to it. 033 MIC 004 002 And many nations shall go, and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and they shall show us his way, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Sion shall go forth a law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 033 MIC 004 003 And he shall judge among many peoples, and shall rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles; and nation shall no more lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war any more. 033 MIC 004 004 And every one shall rest under his vine, and every one under his fig tree; and there shall be none to alarm [them]: for the mouth of the Lord Almighty has spoken these [words]. 033 MIC 004 005 For all [other] nations shall walk everyone in his own way, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. 033 MIC 004 006 In that day, says the Lord, I will gather her that is bruised, and will receive her that is cast out, and those whom I rejected. 033 MIC 004 007 And I will make her that was bruised a remnant, and her that was rejected a mighty nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Sion from henceforth, even for ever. 033 MIC 004 008 And you, dark tower of the flock, daughter of Sion, on you the dominion shall come and enter in, [even] the first kingdom from Babylon to the daughter of Jerusalem. 033 MIC 004 009 And now, why have you known calamities? was there not a king to you? or has your counsel perished that pangs as of a woman in travail have seized upon you? 033 MIC 004 010 Be in pain, and strengthen yourself, and draw near, O daughter of Sion, as a woman in travail: for now you shall go forth out of the city, and shall lodge in the plain, and shall reach even to Babylon: thence shall the Lord your God deliver you, and thence shall he redeem you out of the hand of your enemies. 033 MIC 004 011 And now have many nations gathered against you, saying, We will rejoice, and our eyes shall look upon Sion. 033 MIC 004 012 But they know not the thought of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: for he has gathered them as sheaves of the floor. 033 MIC 004 013 Arise, and thresh them, O daughter of Sion: for I will make your horns iron, and I will make your hoofs brass: and you shall utterly destroy many nations, and shall consecrate their abundance to the Lord, and their strength to the Lord of all the earth. 033 MIC 005 001 Now shall the daughter [of Sion] be completely hedged in: he has laid siege against us: they shall strike the tribes of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. 033 MIC 005 002 And you, Bethleem, house of Ephratha, are few in number to be [reckoned] among the thousands of Juda; [yet] out of you shall one come forth to me, to be a ruler of Israel; and his goings forth were from the beginning, [even] from eternity. 033 MIC 005 003 Therefore shall he appoint them [to wait] till the time of her that travails: she shall bring forth, and [then] the remnant of their brethren shall return to the children of Israel. 033 MIC 005 004 And the Lord shall stand, and see, and feed his flock with power, and they shall dwell in the glory of the name of the Lord their God: for now shall they be magnified to the ends of the earth. 033 MIC 005 005 And she shall have peace when Assur shall come into your land, and when he shall come up upon your country; and there shall be raised up against him seven shepherds, and eight attacks of men. 033 MIC 005 006 And they shall tend the Assyrian with a sword, and the land of Nebrod with her trench: and he shall deliver [you] from the Assyrian, when he shall come upon your land, and when he shall invade your coasts. 033 MIC 005 007 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples, as dew falling from the Lord, and as lambs on the grass; that none may assemble nor resist among the sons of men. 033 MIC 005 008 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many nations, as a lion in the forest among cattle, and as a [lion's] whelp among the flocks of sheep, even as when he goes through, and selects, and carries off [his prey], and there is none to deliver. 033 MIC 005 009 Your hand shall be lifted up against them that afflict you, and all your enemies shall be utterly destroyed. 033 MIC 005 010 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, [that] I will utterly destroy the horses out of the midst of you, and destroy your chariots; 033 MIC 005 011 and I will utterly destroy the cities of your land, and demolish all your strongholds: 033 MIC 005 012 and I will utterly destroy your sorceries out of your hands; and there shall be no soothsayers in you. 033 MIC 005 013 And I will utterly destroy your graven images, and your statues out of the midst of you; and you shall never any more worship the works of your hands. 033 MIC 005 014 And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of you, and I will abolish your cities. 033 MIC 005 015 and I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because they listened not. 033 MIC 006 001 Hear now a word: the Lord God has said; Arise, plead with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 033 MIC 006 002 Hear you, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and [you] valleys [even] the foundations of the earth: for the Lord [has] a controversy with his people, and will plead with Israel. 033 MIC 006 003 O my people, what have I done to you? or wherein have I grieved you? or wherein have I troubled you? answer me. 033 MIC 006 004 For I brought tee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, and sent before you Moses, and Aaron, and Mariam. 033 MIC 006 005 O my people, remember now, what counsel Balac king of Moab took against you, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from the reeds to Galgal; that the righteousness of the Lord might be known. 033 MIC 006 006 Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, [and] lay hold of my God most high? shall I reach him by whole burnt offerings, by calves of a year old? 033 MIC 006 007 Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my firstborn for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 033 MIC 006 008 Has it [not] been told you, O man, what [is] good? or what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord your God? 033 MIC 006 009 The Lord's voice shall be proclaimed in the city, and he shall save those that fear his name: hear, O tribe; and who shall order the city? 033 MIC 006 010 [Is there] not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and [that] with the pride of unrighteousness? 033 MIC 006 011 Shall the wicked be justified by the balanced, or deceitful weights in the bag, 033 MIC 006 012 whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted in their mouth? 033 MIC 006 013 Therefore will I begin to strike you; I will destroy you in your sins. 033 MIC 006 014 You shall eat, and shall not be satisfied; and there shall be darkness upon you; and he shall depart from [you], and you shall not escape; and all that shall escape shall be delivered over to the sword. 033 MIC 006 015 You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall press the olive, but you shall not anoint yourself with oil; and [shall make] wine, but you shall drink no wine: and the ordinances of my people shall be utterly abolished. 033 MIC 006 016 For you have kept the statues of Zambri, and [done] all the works of the house of Achaab; and you have walked in their ways, that I might deliver you to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and you shall bear the reproach of nations. 033 MIC 007 001 Alas for me! for I am become as one gathering straw in harvest, and as [one gathering] grape-gleanings in the vintage, when there is no cluster for me to eat the first-ripe fruit: alas my soul! 033 MIC 007 002 For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders [his way] aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbor: 033 MIC 007 003 they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks [a reward], and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul: 033 MIC 007 004 therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a [rigid] rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, your times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations. 033 MIC 007 005 Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of your wife, so as not to commit anything to her. 033 MIC 007 006 For the son dishonors his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house [shall be] all a man's enemies. 033 MIC 007 007 But I will look to the Lord; I will wait upon God my Saviour: my God will listen to me. 033 MIC 007 008 Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen [yet] shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me. 033 MIC 007 009 I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he make good my cause: he also shall maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness. 033 MIC 007 010 And she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shall clothe herself with shame, who says, Where [is] the Lord your God? mine eyes shall look upon her: now shall she be for trampling as mire in the ways. 033 MIC 007 011 [It is] the day of making of brick; that day shall be your utter destruction, and that day shall utterly abolish your ordinances. 033 MIC 007 012 And your cities shall be levelled, and parted among the Assyrians; and your strong cities shall be parted from Tyre to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. 033 MIC 007 013 And the land shall be utterly desolate together with them that inhabit it, because of the fruit of their doings. 033 MIC 007 014 Tend your people with your rod, the sheep of your inheritance, those that inhabit by themselves the thicket in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in the land of Basan, and in the land of Galaad, as in the days of old. 033 MIC 007 015 And according to the days of your departure out of Egypt shall you see marvelous [things]. 033 MIC 007 016 The nations shall see and be ashamed; and at all their might they shall lay their hands upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened. 033 MIC 007 017 They shall lick the dust as serpents crawling on the earth, they shall be confounded in their holes; they shall be amazed at the Lord our God, and will be afraid of you. 033 MIC 007 018 Who is a God like you, cancelling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy. 033 MIC 007 019 He will return and have mercy upon us; he will sink our iniquities, and they shall be cast into the depth of the sea, [even] all our sins. 033 MIC 007 020 He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraam, as you sware to our fathers, according to the former days. # # BOOK 034 NAH Nahum Naum 034 NAH 001 001 The burden of Nineve: the book of the vision of Naum the Elkesite. 034 NAH 001 002 God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; the Lord avenges with wrath; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he cuts off his enemies. 034 NAH 001 003 The Lord is longsuffering, and his power is great, and the Lord will not hold any guiltless: his way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 034 NAH 001 004 He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Basan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing [trees] of Libanus have come to nothing. 034 NAH 001 005 The mountains quake at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, [even] the world, and all that dwell in it. 034 NAH 001 006 Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger of his wrath? his wrath brings to nothing kingdoms, and the rocks are burst asunder by him. 034 NAH 001 007 The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him. 034 NAH 001 008 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against [him] and his enemies. 034 NAH 001 009 What do you devise against the Lord? he will make a complete end: he will not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time. 034 NAH 001 010 For [the enemy] shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry. 034 NAH 001 011 Out of you shall proceed a device against the Lord, counselling evil things hostile [to him]. 034 NAH 001 012 Thus says the Lord who rules over many waters, Even thus shall they be sent away, and the report of you shall not be heard any more. 034 NAH 001 013 And now will I break his rod from off you, and will burst [your] bonds. 034 NAH 001 014 And the Lord shall give a command concerning you; there shall no more of your name be scattered: I will utterly destroy the graven [images] out of the house of your god, and the molten [images]: I will make your grave; for [they are] swift. 034 NAH 001 015 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings glad tidings, and publishes peace! O Juda, keep your feasts, pay your vows: for they shall no more pass through you to [your] decay. 034 NAH 002 001 It is all over with him, he has been removed, [one] who has been delivered from affliction has come up panting into your presence, watch the way, strengthen [your] loins, be very valiant in [your] strength. 034 NAH 002 002 For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches. 034 NAH 002 003 [They have destroyed] the arms of their power from among men, their mighty men sporting with fire: the reins of their chariots [shall be destroyed] in the day of his preparation, and the horsemen shall be thrown into confusion 034 NAH 002 004 in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings. 034 NAH 002 005 And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences. 034 NAH 002 006 The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin, 034 NAH 002 007 and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maidservants were led [away] as doves moaning in their hearts. 034 NAH 002 008 And [as for] Nineve, her waters [shall be] as a pool of water: and they fled, and staid not, and there was none to look back. 034 NAH 002 009 They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded [with it] upon all their pleasant vessels. 034 NAH 002 010 [There is] thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart-breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all [are] as the blackening of a pot. 034 NAH 002 011 Where is the dwelling-place of the lions, and the pasture that belonged to the whelps? where did the lion go, that the lion's whelp should enter in there, and there was none to scare [him] away? 034 NAH 002 012 The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his [young] lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil. 034 NAH 002 013 Behold, I am against you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will burn up your multitude in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your lions; and I will utterly destroy your prey from off the land, and your deeds shall no more at all be heard of. 034 NAH 003 001 O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled. 034 NAH 003 002 The noise of whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot, 034 NAH 003 003 and of the mounting rider, and of the glittering sword, and of the gleaming arms, and of a multitude of slain, and of heavy falling: and there was no end to her nations, but they shall be weak in their bodies 034 NAH 003 004 because of the abundance of fornication: [she is] a fair harlot, and well-favoured, skilled in sorcery, that sells the nations by her fornication, and peoples by her sorceries. 034 NAH 003 005 Behold, I am against you, says the Lord God Almighty, and I will uncover your skirts in your presence, and I will show the nations your shame, and the kingdoms your disgrace. 034 NAH 003 006 And I will cast abominable filth upon you according to your unclean ways, and will make you a public example. 034 NAH 003 007 And it shall be [that] every one that sees you shall go down from you, and shall say, Wretched Nineve! who shall lament for her? whence shall I seek comfort for her? 034 NAH 003 008 Prepare you a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water. 034 NAH 003 009 And Ethiopia is her strength, and Egypt; and there was no limit of the flight [of her enemies]; and the Libyans became her helpers. 034 NAH 003 010 Yet she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious [possessions], and all her nobles shall be bound in chains. 034 NAH 003 011 And you shall be drunken, and shall be overlooked; and you shall seek for yourself strength because of [your] enemies. 034 NAH 003 012 All your strongholds are as fig-trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater. 034 NAH 003 013 Behold, your people within you are as women: the gates of your land shall surely be opened to your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars. 034 NAH 003 014 Draw you water for a siege, and well secure your strongholds: enter into the clay, and be you trodden in the chaff, make [the fortifications] stronger than brick. 034 NAH 003 015 There the fire shall devour you; the sword shall utterly destroy you, it shall devour you as the locust, and you shall be pressed down as a palmerworm. 034 NAH 003 016 You have multiplied your merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked [it], and has flown away. 034 NAH 003 017 Your mixed [multitude] has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them! 034 NAH 003 018 Your shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low your mighty men: your people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive [them]. 034 NAH 003 019 There is no healing for your bruise; your wound has rankled: all that hear the report of you shall clap their hands against you; for upon whom has not your wickedness passed continually? # # BOOK 035 HAB Habakkuk Ambacum 035 HAB 001 001 The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw. 035 HAB 001 002 How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and you will not listen? [how long] shall I cry out to you being injured, and you will not save? 035 HAB 001 003 Therefore have you shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward. 035 HAB 001 004 Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly [man] prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed. 035 HAB 001 005 Behold, you despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which you will in no wise believe, though a man declare [it to you]. 035 HAB 001 006 Therefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, that walks upon the breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own. 035 HAB 001 007 He is terrible and famous; his judgment shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shall come out of himself. 035 HAB 001 008 And his horses shall bound [more swiftly] than leopards, and [they are] fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat. 035 HAB 001 009 Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand. 035 HAB 001 010 And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it. 035 HAB 001 011 Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, [saying], This strength [belongs] to my god. 035 HAB 001 012 [Are] not you from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, you have established it for judgment, and he has formed me to chasten [with] his correction. 035 HAB 001 013 [His] eye is too pure to behold evil [doings], and to look upon grievous afflictions: therefore do you look upon despisers? will you be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just? 035 HAB 001 014 And will you make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide? 035 HAB 001 015 He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad. 035 HAB 001 016 Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice. 035 HAB 001 017 Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to kill the nations continually. 035 HAB 002 001 I will stand upon my watch, and mount upon the rock, and watch to see what he will say by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 035 HAB 002 002 And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision, and [that] plainly on a tablet, that he that reads it may run. 035 HAB 002 003 For the vision [is] yet for a time, and it shall shoot forth at the end, and not in vain: though he should wait, wait for him; for he will surely come, and will not wait. 035 HAB 002 004 If he should draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him: but the just shall live by my faith. 035 HAB 002 005 But the arrogant man and the scorner, the boastful man, shall not finish anything; who has enlarged his desire as the grave, and like death he is never satisfied, and he will gather to himself all the nations, and will receive to himself all the peoples. 035 HAB 002 006 Shall not all these take up a parable against him? and a proverb to tell against him? and they shall say, Woe to him that multiplies to himself the possessions which are not his! how long? and who heavily loads his yoke. 035 HAB 002 007 For suddenly there shall arise up those that bite him, and they that plot against you shall awake, and you shall be a plunder to them. 035 HAB 002 008 Because you have spoiled many nations, all the nations that are left shall spoil [you], because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it. 035 HAB 002 009 Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils. 035 HAB 002 010 You have devised shame to your house, you have utterly destroyed many nations, and your soul has sinned. 035 HAB 002 011 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the timber shall speak. 035 HAB 002 012 Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness. 035 HAB 002 013 Are not these things of the Lord Almighty? surely many people have been exhausted in the fire, and many nations have fainted. 035 HAB 002 014 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord; it shall cover them as water. 035 HAB 002 015 Woe to him that gives his neighbor to drink the thick lees [of wine], and intoxicates [him], that he may look upon their secret parts. 035 HAB 002 016 Drink you also [your] fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon you, and dishonor has gathered upon your glory. 035 HAB 002 017 For the ungodliness of Libanus shall cover you, and distress because of wild beasts shall dismay you, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it. 035 HAB 002 018 What profit it the graven image, that they have graven it? [one] has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols. 035 HAB 002 019 Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake, arise; and to the stone, Be you exalted! whereas it is an image, and this is a casting of gold and silver, and there is no breath in it. 035 HAB 002 020 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth fear before him. 035 HAB 003 001 A PRAYER OF THE PROPHET AMBACUM, WITH A SONG. 035 HAB 003 002 O Lord, I have heard your report, and was afraid: I considered your works, and was amazed: you shall be known between the two living creatures, you shall be acknowledged when the years draw near; you shall be manifested when the time is come; when my soul is troubled, you will in wrath remember mercy. 035 HAB 003 003 God shall come from Thaeman, and the Holy One from the dark shady mount Pharan. (Pause) 035 HAB 003 004 His excellence covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness shall be as light; [there were] horns in his hands, and he caused a mighty love of his strength. 035 HAB 003 005 Before his face shall go a report, and it shall go forth into the plains, 035 HAB 003 006 the earth stood at his feet and trembled: he saw, and the nations melted away: the mountains were violently burst through, the everlasting hills melted at his everlasting going forth. 035 HAB 003 007 Because of troubles I looked upon the tents of the Ethiopians: the tabernacles also of the land of Madiam shall be dismayed. 035 HAB 003 008 Was you angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or [was] your wrath against the rivers, or your anger against the sea? for you will mount on your horses, and your chariots are salvation. 035 HAB 003 009 Surely you did bend they bow at scepters, says the Lord. (Pause) The land of rivers shall be torn asunder. 035 HAB 003 010 The nations shall see you and be in pain, [as you do] divide the moving waters: the deep uttered her voice, and raised her form on high. 035 HAB 003 011 The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: your darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of your arms. 035 HAB 003 012 You will bring low the land with threatening, and in wrath you will break down the nations. 035 HAB 003 013 You went forth for the salvation of your people, to save your anointed: you shall bring death on the heads of transgressors; you has brought bands upon [their] neck. (Pause) 035 HAB 003 014 You did cut asunder the heads of princes with amazement, they shall tremble in it; they shall burst their bridles, [they shall be] as a poor man devouring in secret. 035 HAB 003 015 And you do cause your horses to enter the sea, disturbing much water. 035 HAB 003 016 I watched, and my belly trembled at the sound of the prayer of my lips, and trembling entered into my bones, and my frame was troubled within me; I will rest in the day of affliction, from going up to the people of my sojourning. 035 HAB 003 017 For [though] the fig tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs; 035 HAB 003 018 yet I will exult in the Lord, I will joy in God my Saviour. 035 HAB 003 019 The Lord God is my strength, and he will perfectly strengthen my feet; he mounts me upon high places, that I may conquer by his song. # # BOOK 036 ZEP Zephaniah Sophonias 036 ZEP 001 001 The word of the Lord which came to Sophonias the son of Chusi, the son of Godolias, the son of Amorias, the son of Ezekias, in the days of Josias son of Amon, king of Juda. 036 ZEP 001 002 Let there be an utter cutting off from the face of the land, says the Lord. 036 ZEP 001 003 Let man and cattle be cut off; let the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea be cut off; and the ungodly shall fail, and I will take away the transgressors from the face of the land, says the Lord. 036 ZEP 001 004 And I will stretch out mine hand upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will remove the names of Baal out of this place, and the names of the priests; 036 ZEP 001 005 and them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and swear by the Lord, and them that swear by their king; 036 ZEP 001 006 and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord. 036 ZEP 001 007 Fear you before the Lord God; for the day of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared his sacrifice, and has sanctified his guests. 036 ZEP 001 008 And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I will take vengeance on the princes, and on the king's house, and upon all that wear strange apparel. 036 ZEP 001 009 And I will openly take vengeance on the porches in that day, [on the men] that fill the house of the Lord their God with ungodliness and deceit. 036 ZEP 001 010 And there shall be in that day, says the Lord, the sound of a cry from the gate of men slaying, and a howling from the second [gate], and a great crashing from the hills. 036 ZEP 001 011 Lament, you that inhabit the [city] that has been broken down, for all the people has become like Chanaan; and all that were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed. 036 ZEP 001 012 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil. 036 ZEP 001 013 And their power shall be for a spoil, and their houses for utter desolation; and they shall build houses, but shall not dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine of them. 036 ZEP 001 014 For the great day of the Lord [is] near, [it is] near, and very speedy; the sound of the day of the Lord is made bitter and harsh. 036 ZEP 001 015 A mighty day of wrath is that day, a day of affliction and distress, a day of desolation and destruction, a day of gloominess and darkness, a day of cloud and vapor, 036 ZEP 001 016 a day of the trumpet and cry against the strong cities, and against the high towers. 036 ZEP 001 017 And I will greatly afflict the men, and they shall walk as blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; therefore he shall pour out their blood as dust, and their flesh as dung. 036 ZEP 001 018 And their silver and their gold shall in nowise be able to rescue them in the day of the Lord's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealously; for he will bring a speedy destruction on all them that inhabit the land. 036 ZEP 002 001 Be you gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation; 036 ZEP 002 002 before you become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you. 036 ZEP 002 003 Seek you the Lord, all you meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that you may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord. 036 ZEP 002 004 For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ascalon shall be destroyed; and Azotus shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Accaron shall be rooted up. 036 ZEP 002 005 Woe to them that dwell on the border of the sea, neighbors of the Cretans! the word of the Lord is against you, O Chanaan, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of [your] dwelling-place. 036 ZEP 002 006 And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep. 036 ZEP 002 007 And the sea cost shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Ascalon; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Juda; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity. 036 ZEP 002 008 I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts. 036 ZEP 002 009 Therefore, [as] I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha; and Damascus [shall be] left as a heap of the threshing floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nations shall inherit them. 036 ZEP 002 010 This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty. 036 ZEP 002 011 The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, [even] all the islands of the nations. 036 ZEP 002 012 You Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword. 036 ZEP 002 013 And he shall stretch forth his hand against the north and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineve a dry wilderness, [even] as a desert. 036 ZEP 002 014 And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was [as] as cedar. 036 ZEP 003 001 This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any [to be] after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! every one that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands. Alas the glorious and ransomed city. 036 ZEP 003 002 The dove listened not to the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord, and she drew not near to her God. 036 ZEP 003 003 Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves of Arabia; they remained not till the morrow. 036 ZEP 003 004 Her prophets are light [and] scornful men: her priests profane the holy things, and sinfully transgress the law. 036 ZEP 003 005 But the just Lord is in the midst of her, and he will never do an unjust thing: morning by morning he will bring out his judgment to the light, and it is not hidden, and he knows not injustice by extortion, nor injustice in strife. 036 ZEP 003 006 I have brought down the proud with destruction; their corners are destroyed: I will make their ways completely waste, so that none shall go through: their cities are come to an end, by reason of no man living or dwelling [in them]. 036 ZEP 003 007 I said, But do you fear me, and receive instruction, and you shall not be cut off from the face of the land [for] all the vengeance I have brought upon her: prepare you, rise early: all their produce is spoilt. 036 ZEP 003 008 Therefore wait upon me, says the Lord, until the day when I rise up for a witness: because my judgment [shall be] on the gatherings of the nations, to draw to me kings, to pour out upon them all [my] fierce anger: for the whole earth shall be consumed with the fire of my jealousy. 036 ZEP 003 009 For then will I turn to the peoples a tongue for her generation, that all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve him under one yoke. 036 ZEP 003 010 From the boundaries of the rivers of Ethiopia will I receive my dispersed ones; they shall offer sacrifices to me. 036 ZEP 003 011 In that day you shall not be ashamed of all your practices, wherein you have transgressed against me: for then will I take away from you your disdainful pride, and you shall no more magnify yourself upon my holy mountain. 036 ZEP 003 012 And I will leave in you a meek and lowly people; 036 ZEP 003 013 and the remnant of Israel shall fear the name of the Lord, and shall do no iniquity, neither shall they speak vanity; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and lie down, and there shall be none to terrify them. 036 ZEP 003 014 Rejoice, O daughter of Sion; cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; rejoice and delight yourself with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 036 ZEP 003 015 The Lord has taken away your iniquities, he has ransomed you from the hand of your enemies: the Lord, the King of Israel, is in the midst of you: you shall not see evil any more. 036 ZEP 003 016 At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Sion; let not your hands be slack. 036 ZEP 003 017 The Lord your God is in you; the Mighty One shall save you: he shall bring joy upon you, and shall refresh you with his love; and he shall rejoice over you with delight as in a day of feasting. 036 ZEP 003 018 And I will gather your afflicted ones. Alas! who has taken up a reproach against her? 036 ZEP 003 019 Behold, I [will] work in you for your sake at that time, says the Lord: and I will save her that was oppressed, and receive her that was rejected; and I will make them a praise, and honored in all the earth. 036 ZEP 003 020 And [their enemies] shall be ashamed at that time, when I shall deal well with you, and at the time when I shall receive you: for I will make you honored and a praise among all the nations of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before you, says the Lord. # # BOOK 037 HAG Haggai Aggaeus 037 HAG 001 001 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Aggaeus, saying, Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, saying, 037 HAG 001 002 Thus says the Lord Almighty, saying, This people say, The time is not come to build the house of the Lord. 037 HAG 001 003 And the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Aggaeus, saying, 037 HAG 001 004 Is it time for you to dwell in your ceiled houses, whereas our house is desolate? 037 HAG 001 005 And now thus says the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways, I pray you. 037 HAG 001 006 You have sown much, but brought in little; you have eaten, and are not satisfied; you have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, you have clothed yourselves, and have not become warm thereby: and he that earns wages has gathered [them] into a bag full of holes. 037 HAG 001 007 Thus says the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways. 037 HAG 001 008 Go up to the mountain, and cut timber; build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and be glorified, says the Lord. 037 HAG 001 009 You looked for much, and there came little; and it was brought into the house, and I blew it away. Therefore thus says the Lord Almighty, Because my house is desolate, and you run everyone into his own house; 037 HAG 001 010 therefore shall the sky withhold dew, and the earth shall keep back her produce. 037 HAG 001 011 And I will bring a sword upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and all that the earth produces, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon all the labors of their hands. 037 HAG 001 012 And Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, listened to the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of the prophet Aggaeus, according as the Lord their God had sent him to them, and the people feared before the Lord. 037 HAG 001 013 And Aggaeus the Lord's messenger spoke among the messengers of the Lord to the people, [saying], I am with you, says the Lord. 037 HAG 001 014 And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and the spirit of the remnant of all the people; and they went in, and wrought in the house of the Lord Almighty their God, 037 HAG 001 015 on the four and twentieth [day] of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. 037 HAG 002 001 In the seventh month, on the twenty-first [day] of the month, the Lord spoke by Aggaeus the prophet, saying, 037 HAG 002 002 Speak now to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, saying, 037 HAG 002 003 Who [is there] of you that saw this house in her former glory? and how do you now look upon it, as it were nothing before your eyes? 037 HAG 002 004 Yet now be strong, O Zorobabel, says the Lord; and strengthen yourself, O Jesus the high priest, the son of Josedec; and let all the people of the land strengthen themselves, says the Lord, and work, for I am with you, says the Lord Almighty; 037 HAG 002 005 and my Spirit remains in the midst of you; be of good courage. 037 HAG 002 006 For thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet once I will shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land]; 037 HAG 002 007 and I will shake all nations, and the choice [portions] of all the nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord Almighty. 037 HAG 002 008 Mine is the silver, and mine the gold, says the Lord Almighty. 037 HAG 002 009 For the glory of this house shall be great, the latter more than the former, says the Lord Almighty: and in this place will I give peace, says the Lord Almighty, even peace of soul for a possession to every one that builds, to raise up this temple. 037 HAG 002 010 On the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Aggaeus the prophet, saying, 037 HAG 002 011 Thus says the Lord Almighty; Inquire now of the priest [concerning] the law, saying, 037 HAG 002 012 If a man should take holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and the skirt of his garment should touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. 037 HAG 002 013 And Aggaeus said, If a defiled person who is unclean by reason of a dead body, touch any of these, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered and said, It shall be defiled. 037 HAG 002 014 And Aggaeus answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, says the Lord; and so are all the works of their hands: and whoever shall approach them, shall be defiled [because of their early burdens: they shall be pained because of their toils; and you have hated him that reproved in the gates]. 037 HAG 002 015 And now consider, I pray you, from this day and beforetime, before they laid a stone on a stone in the temple of the Lord, what manner of men you were. 037 HAG 002 016 When you cast into the corn-bin twenty measures of barley, and there were [only] ten measures of barley: and you went to the vat to draw out fifty measures, and there were [but] twenty. 037 HAG 002 017 I struck you with barrenness, and with blasting, and all the works of your hands with hail; yet you returned not to me, says the Lord. 037 HAG 002 018 Set your hearts now [to think] from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid; 037 HAG 002 019 consider in your hearts, whether [this] shall be known on the corn-floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-trees that bear no fruit [are with you]: from this day will I bless [you]. 037 HAG 002 020 And the word of the Lord came the second time to Aggaeus the prophet, on the four and twentieth [day] of the month, saying, 037 HAG 002 021 Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, saying, I shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land]; 037 HAG 002 022 and I will overthrow the thrones of kings, and I will destroy the power of the kings of the nations; and I will overthrow chariots and riders; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword striving against his brother. 037 HAG 002 023 In that day, says the Lord Almighty, I will take you, O Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, my servant, says the Lord, and will make you as a seal: for I have chosen you, says the Lord Almighty. # # BOOK 038 ZEC Zechariah Zacharias 038 ZEC 001 001 In the eighth month, in the second year of [the reign of] Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying, 038 ZEC 001 002 The Lord has been very angry with your fathers. 038 ZEC 001 003 And you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, says the Lord of hosts. 038 ZEC 001 004 And be you not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn you from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they listened not, and attended not to listen to me, says the Lord. 038 ZEC 001 005 Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever? 038 ZEC 001 006 But do you receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us. 038 ZEC 001 007 On the twenty-fourth [day] in the eleventh month, this is the month Sabat, in the second year of [the reign of] Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying, 038 ZEC 001 008 I saw by night, and behold a man mounted on a red horse, and he stood between the shady mountains; and behind him were red horses, and grey, and piebald, and white. 038 ZEC 001 009 And I said, What are these, [my] lord? And the angel spoke with me said to me, I will show you what these [things] are. 038 ZEC 001 010 And the man that stood between the mountains answered, and said to me, These are [they] whom the Lord has sent forth to go round the earth. 038 ZEC 001 011 And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood between the mountains, and said, We have gone round all the earth, and, behold, all the earth is inhabited, and is at rest. 038 ZEC 001 012 Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord Almighty, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, which you has disregarded these seventy years? 038 ZEC 001 013 And the Lord Almighty answered the angel that spoke with me good words and consolatory sayings. 038 ZEC 001 014 And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry out and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and Sion with great jealousy. 038 ZEC 001 015 And I am very angry with the heathen that combine to attack [her]: forasmuch as I indeed was a little angry, but they combined to attack [her] for evil. 038 ZEC 001 016 Therefore thus says the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, says the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem. 038 ZEC 001 017 And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry yet, and say, Thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet shall cities be spread abroad through prosperity; and the Lord shall yet have mercy upon Sion, and shall choose Jerusalem. 038 ZEC 001 018 And I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold four horns. 038 ZEC 001 019 And I said to the angel that spoke with me, What are these things, [my] lord? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem. 038 ZEC 001 020 And the Lord showed me four artificers. 038 ZEC 001 021 And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Juda, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, [even] the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it. 038 ZEC 002 001 And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line. 038 ZEC 002 002 And I said to him, Whither go you? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it. 038 ZEC 002 003 And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood [by], and another angel went forth to meet him, 038 ZEC 002 004 and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her. 038 ZEC 002 005 And I will be to her, says the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for a glory in the midst of her. 038 ZEC 002 006 Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, says the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, says the Lord, 038 ZEC 002 007 [even] to Sion: deliver yourselves, you that dwell [with] the daughter of Babylon. 038 ZEC 002 008 For thus says the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that touches the apple of his eye. 038 ZEC 002 009 For, behold, I bring my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to them that serve them: and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me. 038 ZEC 002 010 Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Sion: for, behold, I come, and will dwell in the midst of you, says the Lord. 038 ZEC 002 011 And many nations shall flee for refuge to the Lord in that day, and they shall be for a people to him, and they shall dwell in the midst of you: and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. 038 ZEC 002 012 And the Lord shall inherit Juda his portion in the holy [land], and he will yet choose Jerusalem. 038 ZEC 002 013 Let all flesh fear before the Lord: for he has risen up from his holy clouds. 038 ZEC 003 001 And the Lord showed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the Devil stood on his right hand to resist him. 038 ZEC 003 002 And the Lords said to the Devil, The Lord rebuke you, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire? 038 ZEC 003 003 Now Jesus was clothed in filthy raiment, and stood before the angel. 038 ZEC 003 004 And [the Lord] answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy raiment from him: and he said to him, Behold, I have taken away your iniquities: and clothe you him with a long robe, 038 ZEC 003 005 and place a pure mitre upon his head. So they placed a pure mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments: and the angel of the Lord stood [by]. 038 ZEC 003 006 And the angel of the Lord testified to Jesus, saying, 038 ZEC 003 007 Thus says the Lord Almighty; If you will walk in my ways, and take heed to my charges, then shall you judge my house: and if you will diligently keep my court, then will I give you men to walk in the midst of these that stand [here]. 038 ZEC 003 008 Hear now, Jesus the high priest, you, and your neighbors that are sitting before [you]: for they are diviners, for, behold, I bring forth my servant The Branch. 038 ZEC 003 009 For [as for] the stone which I have set before the face of Jesus, on the one stone are seven eyes: behold, I am digging a trench, says the Lord Almighty, and I will search out all the iniquity of that land in one day. 038 ZEC 003 010 In that day, says the Lord Almighty, you shall call together every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree. 038 ZEC 004 001 And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep. 038 ZEC 004 002 And he said to me, What see you? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it: 038 ZEC 004 003 and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left. 038 ZEC 004 004 And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, [my] lord? 038 ZEC 004 005 And the angel that talked with me answered, and spoke to me, saying, Know you not what these things are? And I said, No, [my] lord. 038 ZEC 004 006 And he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying, Not by mighty power, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty. 038 ZEC 004 007 Who are you, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that you should prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the equal of [my ] grace. 038 ZEC 004 008 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 038 ZEC 004 009 The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. 038 ZEC 004 010 For who has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes that look upon all the earth. 038 ZEC 004 011 And I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick? 038 ZEC 004 012 And I asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees that are by the side of the two golden pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels? 038 ZEC 004 013 And he said to me, Know you not what these are? and I said, No, [my] lord. 038 ZEC 004 014 And he said, These are the two anointed ones [that] stand by the Lord of the whole earth. 038 ZEC 005 001 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked and behold a flying sickle. 038 ZEC 005 002 And he said to me, What see you? And I said, I see a flying sickle, of the length of twenty cubits, and of the breadth of ten cubits. 038 ZEC 005 003 And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side. 038 ZEC 005 004 And I will bring it forth, says the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it. 038 ZEC 005 005 And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up your eyes, and see this that goes forth. 038 ZEC 005 006 And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth. 038 ZEC 005 007 And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure. 038 ZEC 005 008 And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it. 038 ZEC 005 009 And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, two women coming forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had stork's wings: and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the sky. 038 ZEC 005 010 And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away the measure? 038 ZEC 005 011 And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Babylon, and to prepare [a place for it]; and they shall set it there on its own base. 038 ZEC 006 001 And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, four chariots coming out from between two mountains; and the mountains were brazen mountains. 038 ZEC 006 002 In the first chariot [were] red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; 038 ZEC 006 003 and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot piebald [and] ash-colored horses. 038 ZEC 006 004 And I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my Lord? 038 ZEC 006 005 And the angel that talked with me answered and said, These are the four winds of heaven, [and] they are going forth to stand before the Lord of all the earth. 038 ZEC 006 006 [As for the chariot] in which were the black horses, they went out to the land of the north; and the white went out after them; and the piebald went out to the land of the south. 038 ZEC 006 007 And the ash-colored went out, and looked to go and compass the earth: and he said, Go, and compass the earth. And they compassed the earth. 038 ZEC 006 008 And he cried out and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these go out to the land of the north, and they have quieted mine anger in the land of the north. 038 ZEC 006 009 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 038 ZEC 006 010 Take the things of the captivity from the chief men, and from the useful men of it, and from them that have understood it; and you shall enter in that day into the house of Josias the son of Sophonias that came out of Babylon. 038 ZEC 006 011 And you shall take silver and gold, and make crowns, and you shall put [them] upon the head of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest; 038 ZEC 006 012 and you shall say to him, Thus says the Lord Almighty; Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall spring up from his stem, and build the house of the Lord. 038 ZEC 006 013 And he shall receive power, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and there shall be a priest on his right hand, and a peaceful counsel shall be between [them] both. 038 ZEC 006 014 And the crown shall be to them that wait patiently, and to the useful men of the captivity, and to them that have known it, and for the favor of the son of Sophonias, and for a psalm in the house of the Lord. 038 ZEC 006 015 And they [that are] far from them shall come and build in the house of the Lord, and you shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you: and [this] shall come to pass, if you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God. 038 ZEC 007 001 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, [that] the word of the Lord came to Zacharias on the fourth [day] of the ninth month, which is Chaseleu. 038 ZEC 007 002 And Sarasar and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, and [that] to propitiate the Lord, 038 ZEC 007 003 speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years. 038 ZEC 007 004 And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, 038 ZEC 007 005 Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though you fasted or lamented in the fifth or seventh [months] (yes, behold, these seventy years) have you at all fasted to me? 038 ZEC 007 006 And if you eat or drink, do you not eat and drink for yourselves? 038 ZEC 007 007 Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and the hill country and the low country was inhabited? 038 ZEC 007 008 And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying, 038 ZEC 007 009 Thus says the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgment, and deal mercifully and compassionately every one with his brother: 038 ZEC 007 010 and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother. 038 ZEC 007 011 But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear. 038 ZEC 007 012 And they made their heart disobedient, so as not to listen to my law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty. 038 ZEC 007 013 And it shall come to pass, [that] as he spoke, and they listened not, so they shall cry, and I will not listen, says the Lord Almighty. 038 ZEC 007 014 And I will cast them out among all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yes they have made the choice land a desolation. 038 ZEC 008 001 And the word of the Lord Almighty came, saying, 038 ZEC 008 002 Thus says the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Sion with great jealousy, and I have been jealous for her with great fury. 038 ZEC 008 003 Thus says the Lord; I will return to Sion, and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a true city, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty a holy mountain. 038 ZEC 008 004 Thus says the Lord Almighty; There shall yet dwell old men and old women in the streets of Jerusalem, every one holding his staff in his hand for age. 038 ZEC 008 005 And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. 038 ZEC 008 006 Thus says the Lord Almighty; If it shall be impossible in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, shall it also be impossible in my sight? says the Lord Almighty. 038 ZEC 008 007 Thus says the Lord Almighty; Behold, I [will] save my people from the east country, and the west country; 038 ZEC 008 008 and I will bring them in, and cause [them] to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God, in truth and in righteousness. 038 ZEC 008 009 Thus says the Lord Almighty; Let your hands be strong, [you that] hear in these days these words out of the mouth of the prophets, from the day that the house of the Lord Almighty was founded, and from the time that the temple was built. 038 ZEC 008 010 For before those days the wages of men could not be profitable, and there could be no hire of cattle, and there could be no peace by reason of the affliction to him that went out or to him that came in: for I would have let loose all men, every one against his neighbor. 038 ZEC 008 011 But now I [will] not do to the remnant of this people according to the former days, says the Lord Almighty. 038 ZEC 008 012 But I will show peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of my people. 038 ZEC 008 013 And it shall come to pass, as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Juda, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: be of good courage, and strengthen your hands. 038 ZEC 008 014 For thus says the Lord Almighty; As I took counsel to afflict you when your fathers provoked me, says the Lord Almighty, and I repented not: 038 ZEC 008 015 so have I prepared and taken counsel in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Juda: be you of good courage. 038 ZEC 008 016 These [are] the things which you shall do; speak truth every one with his neighbor; judge truth and peaceful judgment in your gates: 038 ZEC 008 017 and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbor; and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, says the Lord Almighty. 038 ZEC 008 018 And the word of the Lord Almighty came to me, saying, 038 ZEC 008 019 Thus says the Lord Almighty, The fourth fast, and the fifth fast, and the seventh fast, and the tenth fast, shall be to the house of Juda for joy and gladness, and for good feasts; and you shall rejoice; and love you the truth and peace. 038 ZEC 008 020 Thus says the Lord Almighty; Yet shall many peoples come, and the inhabitants of many cities; 038 ZEC 008 021 and the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city, saying, Let us go to make supplication to the Lord, and to seek the face of the Lord Almighty; I will go also. 038 ZEC 008 022 And many peoples and many nations shall come to seek earnestly the face of the Lord Almighty in Jerusalem, and to obtain favor of the Lord. 038 ZEC 008 023 Thus says the Lord Almighty; In those days [my word shall be fulfilled] if ten men of all the languages of the nations should take hold—even take hold of the hem of a Jew, saying, We will go with you; for we have heard that God is with you. 038 ZEC 009 001 The burden of the word of the Lord, in the land of Sedrach, and his sacrifice [shall be] in Damascus; for the Lord looks upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel. 038 ZEC 009 002 And in Emath, [even] in her coasts, [are] Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise. 038 ZEC 009 003 And Tyrus built strongholds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways. 038 ZEC 009 004 And therefore the Lord will take them for a possession, and will strike her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed with fire. 038 ZEC 009 005 Ascalon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Accaron; for she is ashamed at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited. 038 ZEC 009 006 And aliens shall dwell in Azotus, and I will bring down the pride of the Philistines. 038 ZEC 009 007 And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite. 038 ZEC 009 008 And I will set up a defence for my house, that they may not pass through, nor turn back, neither shall there any more come upon them one to drive them away: for now have I seen with mine eyes. 038 ZEC 009 009 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; proclaim [it] aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, the King is coming to you, just, and a Saviour; he is meek and riding on an ass, and a young foal. 038 ZEC 009 010 And he shall destroy the chariots out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be utterly destroyed; and [there shall be] abundance and peace out of the nations; and he shall rule over the waters as far as the sea, and the rivers [to] the ends of the earth. 038 ZEC 009 011 And you by the blood of your covenant has sent forth your prisoners out of the pit that has no water. 038 ZEC 009 012 You shall dwell in strongholds, you prisoners of the congregation: and for one day of your captivity I will recompense you double. 038 ZEC 009 013 For I have bent you, O Juda, for myself [as] a bow, I have filled Ephraim; and I will raise up your children, O Sion, against the children of the Greeks, and I will handle you as the sword of a warrior. 038 ZEC 009 014 And the Lord shall be over them, and [his] arrow shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord Almighty shall blow with the trumpet; and shall proceed with the tumult of his threatening. 038 ZEC 009 015 The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with sling-stones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill the bowls as the altar. 038 ZEC 009 016 And the Lord their God shall save them in that day, [even] his people as a flock; for holy stones are rolled upon his land. 038 ZEC 009 017 For if he has anything good, and if he has anything fair, the young [men shall have] corn, and [there shall be] fragrant wine to the virgins. 038 ZEC 010 001 Ask you of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them abundant rain, to every one grass in the field. 038 ZEC 010 002 For the speakers have uttered grievous things, and the diviners [have ] [seen] false visions, and they have spoken false dreams, they have given vain comfort: therefore have they fallen away like sheep, and been afflicted, because there was no healing. 038 ZEC 010 003 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I will visit the lambs; and the Lord God Almighty shall visit his flock, the house of Juda, and he shall make them as his goodly horse in war. 038 ZEC 010 004 And from him he looked, and from him he set [the battle in order], and from him [came] the bow in anger, [and] from him shall come forth every oppressor together. 038 ZEC 010 005 And they shall be as warriors treading clay in the ways in war; and they shall set the battle in array, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame. 038 ZEC 010 006 And I will strengthen the house of Juda, and save the house of Joseph, and I will settle them; because I have loved them: and they shall be as [if] I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them. 038 ZEC 010 007 And they shall be as the warriors of Ephraim, and their heart shall rejoice as with wine: and their children also shall see [it], and be glad; and their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. 038 ZEC 010 008 I will make a sign to them, and gather them in; for I will redeem them, and they shall be multiplied according to their number before. 038 ZEC 010 009 And I will sow them among the people; and they that are afar off shall remember me: they shall nourish their children, and they shall return. 038 ZEC 010 010 And I will bring them again from the land of Egypt, and I will gather them in from among the Assyrians; and I will bring them into the land of Galaad and to Libanus; and there shall not even one of them be left behind. 038 ZEC 010 011 And they shall pass through a narrow sea, they shall strike the waves in the sea, and all the deep places of the rivers shall be dried up: and all the pride of the Assyrians shall be taken away, and the sceptre of Egypt shall be removed. 038 ZEC 010 012 And I will strengthen them in the Lord their God; and they shall boast in his name, says the Lord. 038 ZEC 011 001 Open your doors, O Libanus, and let the fire devour your cedars. 038 ZEC 011 002 Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted: howl, you oaks of the land of Basan; for the thickly planted forest has been torn down. 038 ZEC 011 003 [There is] a voice of the shepherds mourning; for their greatness is brought low: a voice of roaring lions; for the pride of Jordan is brought down. 038 ZEC 011 004 Thus says the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter; 038 ZEC 011 005 which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them. 038 ZEC 011 006 Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men every one into the hand of his neighbor, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand. 038 ZEC 011 007 And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Chanaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock. 038 ZEC 011 008 And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me. 038 ZEC 011 009 And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which falls off, let it fall off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of his neighbor. 038 ZEC 011 010 And I will take my beautiful staff, and cast it away, that I may break my covenant which I made with all the people. 038 ZEC 011 011 And it shall be broken in that day; and the Chananites, the sheep that are kept for me, shall know that it is the word of the Lord. 038 ZEC 011 012 And I will say to them, If it be good in your eyes, give [me] my price, or refuse it. And they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. 038 ZEC 011 013 And the Lord said to me, Drop them into the furnace, and I will see if it is good [metal], as I was proved for their sakes. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the furnace in the house of the Lord. 038 ZEC 011 014 And I cast away [my] second rod, [even] Line, that I might break the possession between Juda and Israel. 038 ZEC 011 015 And the Lord said to me, Take yet to you shepherd's implements belonging to an unskillful shepherd. 038 ZEC 011 016 For, behold, I [will] raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice [ones], and shall dislocate the joints [of their necks]. 038 ZEC 011 017 Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword [shall be] upon the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. 038 ZEC 012 001 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel; says the Lord, that stretches out the sky, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. 038 ZEC 012 002 Behold, I [will] make Jerusalem as trembling door-posts to all the nations round about, and in Judea there shall be a siege against Jerusalem. 038 ZEC 012 003 And it shall come to pass in that day [that] I will make Jerusalem a trodden stone to all the nations: every one that tramples on it shall utterly mock at [it], and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it. 038 ZEC 012 004 In that day, says the Lord Almighty, I will strike every horse with amazement, and his rider with madness: but I will open mine eyes upon the house of Juda, and I will strike all the horses of the nations with blindness. 038 ZEC 012 005 And the captains of thousands of Juda shall say in their hearts, We shall find for ourselves the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the Lord Almighty their God. 038 ZEC 012 006 In that day I will make the captains of thousands of Juda as a firebrand among wood, and as a torch of fire in stubble; and they shall devour on the right hand and on the left all the nations round about: and Jerusalem shall dwell again by herself, [even] in Jerusalem. 038 ZEC 012 007 And the Lord shall save the tabernacles of Juda as at the beginning, that the boast of the house of David, and the pride of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, may not magnify themselves against Juda. 038 ZEC 012 008 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the weak one among them in that day shall be as David, and the house of David as the house of God, as the angel of the Lord before them. 038 ZEC 012 009 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. 038 ZEC 012 010 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon me, because they have mocked [me], and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved [friend], and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn [son]. 038 ZEC 012 011 In that day the lamentation in Jerusalem shall be very great, as the mourning for the pomegranate grove cut down in the plain. 038 ZEC 012 012 And the land shall lament in separate families, the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 038 ZEC 012 013 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Symeon by itself, and their wives by themselves; 038 ZEC 012 014 all the families that are left, each family by itself, and their wives by themselves. 038 ZEC 013 001 In that day every place shall be opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for removal and for separation. 038 ZEC 013 002 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, [that] I will utterly destroy the names of the idols from off the land, and there shall be no longer [any] remembrance of them: and I will cut off the false prophets and the evil spirit from the land. 038 ZEC 013 003 And it shall come to pass, if a man will yet prophesy, that his father and his mother which gave birth to him shall say to him, You shall not live; for you has spoken lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother who gave him birth shall bind him as he is prophesying. 038 ZEC 013 004 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision when he prophesies; and they shall clothe themselves with a garment of hair, because they have lied. 038 ZEC 013 005 And [one] shall say, I am not a prophet, for I am a tiller of the ground, for a man brought me up [thus] from my youth. 038 ZEC 013 006 And I will say to him, What are these wounds between your hands? and he shall say, [Those] with which I was wounded in my beloved house. 038 ZEC 013 007 Awake, O sword, against my shepherds, and against the man [who is] my citizen, says the Lord Almighty: strike the shepherds, and draw out the sheep: and I will bring mine hand upon the little ones. 038 ZEC 013 008 And it shall come to pass, [that] in all the land, says the Lord, two parts thereof shall be cut off and perish; but the third shall be left therein. 038 ZEC 013 009 And I will bring the third [part] through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon my name, and I will hear them, and say, This is my people: and they shall say, The Lord [is] my God. 038 ZEC 014 001 Behold, the days of the Lord come, and your spoils shall be divided in you. 038 ZEC 014 002 And I will gather all the Gentiles to Jerusalem to war, and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, but the rest of my people shall not be utterly cut off from the city. 038 ZEC 014 003 And the Lord shall go forth, and fight with those Gentiles as when he fought in the day of war. 038 ZEC 014 004 And his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave asunder, half of it toward the east and the west, a very great division; and half the mountain shall lean to the north, and half of it to the south. 038 ZEC 014 005 And the valley of my mountains shall be closed up, and the valley of the mountains shall be joined on to Jasod, and shall be blocked up as it was blocked up in the days of the earthquake, in the days of Ozias king of Juda; and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with him. 038 ZEC 014 006 And it shall come to pass in that day that there shall be no light, 038 ZEC 014 007 and there shall be for one day cold and frost, and that day [shall be] known to the Lord, and [it shall] not [be] day nor night: but towards evening it shall be light. 038 ZEC 014 008 And in that day living water shall come forth out of Jerusalem; half of it toward the former sea, and half of it toward the latter sea: and so shall it be in summer and spring. 038 ZEC 014 009 And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name one, 038 ZEC 014 010 compassing all the earth, and the wilderness from Gabe to Remmon south of Jerusalem. And Rama shall remain in its place. From the gate of Benjamin to the place of the first gate, to the gate of the corners, and to the tower of Anameel, as far as the king's wine presses, 038 ZEC 014 011 they shall dwell in the city; and there shall be no more any curse, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely. 038 ZEC 014 012 And this shall be the overthrow with which the Lord will strike all the nations, as many as have fought against Jerusalem; their flesh shall consume away while they are standing upon their feet, and their eyes shall melt out of their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 038 ZEC 014 013 And there shall be in that day a great panic from the Lord upon them; and they shall lay hold every man of the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall be clasped with the hand of his neighbor. 038 ZEC 014 014 Juda also shall fight in Jerusalem; and [God] shall gather the strength of all the nations round about, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 038 ZEC 014 015 And this shall be the overthrow of the horses, and mules, and camels, and asses, and all the beasts that are in those camps, according to this overthrow. 038 ZEC 014 016 And it shall come to pass, [that] whoever shall be left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem, shall even come up every year to worship the king, the Lord Almighty, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. 038 ZEC 014 017 And it shall come to pass, [that] whoever of all the families of the earth shall not come up to Jerusalem to worship the king, the Lord Almighty, even these shall be added to the others. 038 ZEC 014 018 And if the family of Egypt shall not go up, nor come; then upon them shall be the overthrow with which the Lord shall strike all the nations, whichever of them shall not come up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 038 ZEC 014 019 This shall be the sin of Egypt, and the sin of all the nations, whoever shall not come up to keep the feast of tabernacles. 038 ZEC 014 020 In that day there shall be upon the bridle of every horse Holiness to the Lord Almighty; and the caldrons in the house of the Lord shall be as bowls before the altar. 038 ZEC 014 021 And every pot in Jerusalem and in Juda shall be holy to the Lord Almighty: and all that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and shall seethe [meat] in them: and in that day there shall be no more the Chananite in the house of the Lord Almighty. # # BOOK 039 MAL Malachi Malachias 039 MAL 001 001 The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by the hand of his messenger. Lay [it], I pray you, to heart. 039 MAL 001 002 I have loved you, says the Lord. And you said, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, 039 MAL 001 003 and hated Esau and laid waste his borders, and made his heritage as dwellings of the wilderness? 039 MAL 001 004 Because one will say, Idumea has been overthrown, but let us return and rebuild the desolate places; thus says the Lord Almighty, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall be called The borders of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord has set himself for ever. 039 MAL 001 005 And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, The Lord has been magnified upon the borders of Israel. 039 MAL 001 006 A son honors [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is mine honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord Almighty. You the priests are they that despise my name: yet you said, Wherein have we despised your name? 039 MAL 001 007 In that you bring to mine altar polluted bread; and you said, Wherein have you polluted it? In that you say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and that which was set thereon you have despised. 039 MAL 001 008 For if you bring a blind [victim] for sacrifices, [is it] not evil? and if you bring the lame or the sick, [is it] not evil? offer it now to your ruler, [and see] if he will receive you, if he will accept your person, says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 001 009 And now entreat the face of your God, and make supplication to him. These things have been done by your hands; shall I accept you? says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 001 010 Because even among you the doors shall be shut, and [one] will not kindle [the fire of] mine altar for nothing, I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord Almighty, and I will not accept a sacrifice at your hands. 039 MAL 001 011 For from the rising of the sun even to the going down [thereof] my name has been glorified among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 001 012 But you profane it, in that you say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and his meats set thereon are despised. 039 MAL 001 013 And you said, These [services] are troublesome: therefore I have utterly rejected them with scorn, says the Lord Almighty: and you brought in torn victims, and lame, and sick: if then you should bring an offering, shall I accept them at your hands? says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 001 014 And cursed [is the man] who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, says the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations. 039 MAL 002 001 And now, O priests, this commandment is to you. 039 MAL 002 002 If you will not listen, and if you will not lay [it] to heart, to give glory to my name, says the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yes, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because you lay not this to heart. 039 MAL 002 003 Behold, I turn my back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time. 039 MAL 002 004 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with the sons of Levi, says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 002 005 My covenant of life and peace was with him, and I gave [it] him that he might reverently fear me, and that he might be awe-struck at my name. 039 MAL 002 006 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked before me directing [his way] in peace, and he turned many from unrighteousness. 039 MAL 002 007 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 002 008 But you have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in [following] the law: you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 002 009 And I have made you despised and cast out among all the people, because you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. 039 MAL 002 010 Have you not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have you forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers? 039 MAL 002 011 Juda has been forsaken, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Juda has profaned the holy things of the Lord, which he delighted in, and has gone after other gods. 039 MAL 002 012 The Lord will utterly destroy the man that does these things, until he be even cast down from out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and from among them that offer sacrifice to the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 002 013 And these things which I hated, you did: you covered with tears the altar of the Lord, and with weeping and groaning because of troubles: [is it] meet [for me] to have respect to your sacrifice, or to receive [anything] from your hands [as] welcome? 039 MAL 002 014 Yet you said, Therefore? Because the Lord has borne witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you has forsaken, and [yet] she was your partner, and the wife of your covenant. 039 MAL 002 015 And did he not do well? and [there was] the residue of his spirit. But you said, What does God seek but a seed? But take you heed to your spirit, and forsake not the wife of your youth. 039 MAL 002 016 But if you should hate [your wife] and put her away, says the Lord God of Israel, then ungodliness shall cover your thoughts, says the Lord Almighty: therefore take you heed to your spirit, and forsake [them] not, 039 MAL 002 017 you that have provoked God with your words. But you said, Wherein have we provoked him? In that you say, Every one that does evil is a pleasing [object] in the sight of the Lord, and he takes pleasure in such; and where is the God of justice? 039 MAL 003 001 Behold, I send forth my messenger, and he shall survey the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come into his temple, even the angel of the covenant, whom you take pleasure in: behold, he is coming, says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 003 002 And who will abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers. 039 MAL 003 003 He shall sit to melt and purify as it were silver, and as it were gold: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness. 039 MAL 003 004 And the sacrifice of Juda and Jerusalem shall be pleasing to the Lord, according to the former days, and according to the former years. 039 MAL 003 005 And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a sift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 003 006 For I am the Lord your God, and I am not changed: 039 MAL 003 007 but you, the sons of Jacob, have not refrained from the iniquities of your fathers: you have perverted my statutes, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty. But you said, Wherein shall we return? 039 MAL 003 008 Will a man insult God? for you insult me. But you say, Wherein have we insulted you? In that the tithes and first fruits are with you [still]. 039 MAL 003 009 And you do surely look off from me, and you insult me. 039 MAL 003 010 The year is completed, and you have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, says the Lord Almighty, [see] if I will not open to you the torrents of heaven, and pour out my blessing upon you, until you are satisfied. 039 MAL 003 011 And I will appoint food for you, and I will not destroy the fruit of your land; and your vine in the field shall not fail, says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 003 012 And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a desirable land, says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 003 013 You have spoken grievous words against me, says the Lord. Yet you said, Wherein have we spoken against you? 039 MAL 003 014 You said, He that serves God labors in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty? 039 MAL 003 015 And now we pronounce strangers blessed; and all they who act unlawfully are built up; and they have resisted God, and [yet] have been delivered. 039 MAL 003 016 Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbor: and the Lord gave heed, and listened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name. 039 MAL 003 017 And they shall be mine, says the Lord Almighty, in the day which I appoint for a peculiar possession; and I will make choice of them, as a man makes choice of his son that serves him. 039 MAL 003 018 Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, and between him that serves God, and him that serves [him] not. 039 MAL 004 001 For, behold, a day comes burning as an oven, and it shall consume them; and all the aliens, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, says the Lord Almighty, and there shall not be left of them root or branch. 039 MAL 004 002 But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing [shall be] in his wings: and you shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds. 039 MAL 004 003 And you shall trample the wicked; for they shall be ashes underneath your feet in the day which I appoint, says the Lord Almighty. 039 MAL 004 004 And, behold, I will send to you Elias the Thesbite, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes; 039 MAL 004 005 who shall turn again the heart of the father to the son, and the heart of a man to his neighbor, lest I come and strike the earth grievously. 039 MAL 004 006 Remember the law of my servant Moses, accordingly as I charged him [with it] in Choreb for all Israel, [even] the commandments and ordinances.