/i/< f^ 1^ 4-6^ ya^^-u^ -^- UJ.c^'^ ""^7— ^i>t>cl ^A/^4'7^ /.wV Ko Kvy x^i-Jn THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES BEING THE VEESION SET FORTH A.D. 1611 COMPARED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT AUTHORITIES AND REVISED A.D. 1881-1885 Wcialg lEtiittti 6g tfje American '^tUmn €;0minittee A.D. 1901 ST AND AMD EDITION NEW YORK THOmAs nelson & SONS 381-386 FOURTH AVENUE Bourfreois 8vo This Standard American Edition of the Revised Version of the Bible, and editions in con- formity with it published by Messrs. Thomas Nelson & Sons and certified by this endorsement, are the only editions authorized by the American Committee of Revision. George E. Day, Secretary of the Committee, and of the Old Testament Company. J. Henry Thayer, Secretary of the New Testament CoTnpany. From the American Standard Edition of the Revised Bible, Copyright, 1901, By THOMAS NELSON & SONS. TO INSURE PURITY OF TEXT. J. S. Gushing & Co. — Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. PREFACE A FEW statements need to be made respecting the origin of this edition of the Revised Version of the English Bible. In the course of the joint labors of the English and American Revisers it was agreed that, respecting all points of ultimate difference, the English Companies, who had had the initiative in the work of revision, should have the decisive vote. But as an offset to this, it was proposed on the British side that the American preferences should be published as an Appendix in every copy of the Revised Bible during a term of fourteen years. The American Committee on their part pledged themselves to give, for the same limited period, no sanction to the publication of any other editions of the Revised Version than those issued by the University Presses of England. There still remained the possibility that the British Revisers, or the University Presses, might eventually adopt in the English editions many, or the most, of the American preferences, in case these should receive the approval of scholars and the general public. But soon after the close of their work in 1885 the English Revision Companies disbanded ; and there has been no indication of an intention on the part of the Presses to amalga- mate the readings of the Appendix, either wholly or in part, with the text of the English editions. The American Revision Committee, after the publication of the Revised Version in 1885, resolved to continue their organization, and have regarded it as a possibility that an American recension of the English Revision might eventually be called for. Accordingly they have been engaged more or less diligently, ever since 1885, and especially since the year 1897, in making ready for such a publication. The judgment of scholars, both in Great Britain and in the United States, has so far approved the American prefer- ences that it now seems to be expedient to issue an edition of the Revised Version with those preferences embodied in the text. If the preparation of this new edition had consisted merely in the mechanical work of transferring the readings of the Appendix to the text, it would have been a comparatively easy task. But the work was in point of fact a much more elaborate one. The Appendix was itself in need of revision; for it had been prepared under circumstances which rendered fulness and accuracy almost impossible. This work could of course not be taken in hand until the revision was concluded ; and since it required a careful consideration of discussions and decisions extending over a period of many years, there was need of many months' time, if the Appendix was to be satisfactorily constructed, especially as it was thought desirable to PREFACE reduce the number of recorded differences, and this required the drawing of a sharp line between the more and the less important. Manifestly such a task would be one of no little difficulty at the best. But when the time came for it to be done, the University Presses deemed that the impatient demand of the Bi-itish public for the speedy publication of the Revision must be respected ; and they insisted on a prompt transmission of the Appendix. Prepared under such pressure and in such haste, it was obvi- ously inevitable that it should be marked by grave imperfections ; and the correction of its errors and the supplementing of its defects has been a work of much time and labor. When the Appendix was originally prepared, an effort was made to pave the way for an eventual acceptance of the American preferences on the part of the English Presses, by reducing the number of the points of difference to the lowest limit, and thus leaving out much the larger part of the emendations which the Revisers had previously by a two-thirds vote pronounced to be in their opinion of decided importance. In now issuing an American edition, the American Revisers, being entirely untram- melled by any connection with the British Revisers and Presses, have felt themselves to be free to go beyond the task of incorporating the Appendix in the text, and are no longer restrained from introducing into the text a large number of those suppressed emendations. The remainder of this Preface has especial reference to the Old Testa- ment. Nothing needs to be said about the various particular proposals which are found in the Appendix of the English Revised Version. But some remarks may be made concerning the General Classes of changes, therein specified, and also concerning those emendations in this edition which are additional to those prescribed in the Appendix. I. The change first proposed in the Appendix — that which substitutes " Jehovah " for " Lord " and " God " (printed in small capitals) — is one which will be unwelcome to many, because of the frequency and famili- arity of the terms displaced. But the American Revisers, after a careful consideration, were brought to the unanimous conviction that a Jewish superstition, which regarded the Divine Name as too sacred to be uttered, ought no longer to dominate in the English or any other version of the Old Testament, as it fortunately does not in the numerous versions made by modern missionaries. This Memorial Name, explained in Ex. iii. 14, 15, and emphasized as such over and over in the original text of the Old Testament, designates God as the personal God, as the covenant God, the God of revelation, the Deliverer, the Friend of his people; — not merely the abstractly " Eternal One " of many French translations, but the ever living Helper of those who are in trouble. This personal name, with its wealth of sacred associations, is now restored to the place in the sacred text to which it has an unquestionable claim. The uniform substitution of " Sheol " for " the grave," " the pit," and " hell," in places where these terms have been retained by the English Revision, has little need of justification. The English Revisers use " Sheol " twenty -nine times out of the sixty-four in which it occurs in the original. iv PREFACE No good reason has been given for such a discrimination. If the new term can be fitly used at all, it is clear that it ought to be used uniformly. The use of " who " and " that " for " which," when relating to persons, should commend itself to all as required by grammatical accuracy. The same remark applies to the substitution of " are " for " be " in indicative clauses, the omission of " for " before infinitives, and the change of " an " to " a " before " h " aspirated. The latter change was made in the English Revision of the New Testament, but not in that of the Old. Likewise we have uniformly adopted the modern spelling in place of antiquated forms. No one would advocate the resumption of the exact orthography of the edition of 1611. The mere fact that in a few cases an older form has happened to be retained constitutes no reason for its perpetual retention. II. Inasmuch as the present edition differs from the English Revision not simply in presenting in the text the American preferences as given in the Appendix, a few remarks may be made with regard to the additional variations which will be found to exist. 1. As has already been intimated, this edition embodies a very con- siderable number of renderings originally adopted by the American Old Testament Company at their second revision (and so by a two-thirds majority), but waived when the Appendix was prepared. These repre- sent the deliberate preference of the American Company ; but, for reasons already assigned, they were not included in the Appendix. 2. Partly coinciding with the foregoing is a number of alterations which consist in a return to the readings of the Authorized Version. While in some cases the older readings, though inaccurate, seem to have been retained in the English Revision through an excessive conservatism, in others they have been abandoned needlessly, and sometimes to the injury of the sense and the sound. In such cases fidelity to the general principle that has governed us has required us to give the preference to the rendering of the Common Version. Among the many instances of these restorations we may note : Ex. xx. 4, 13 ; Lev. xix. 22 ; Ps. xlviii. 1 ; civ. 26 ; cxiv. 4 ; cxvi. 11 ; Prov. xiii. 15 ; Am. vi. 5. 3. Sometimes we have found occasion to recede from proposals origi- nally made, when a more careful and mature consideration required us to do so. Besides individual cases, like Ps. Ixviii. 8 ; Ezek. v. 13, may be mentioned the fact that the requirement of the Appendix, that " be ashamed " should everywhere be changed to " be put to shame," has been found to need qualification. While the change seems desirable in a major- ity of the instances, it is by no means so in all. We have therefore retained " ashamed " in a large number of passages ; in some, however, we have preferred " confounded " as better suiting the connection. 4. Very many of the instances in which we have gone beyond the literal requirements of the Appendix are alterations demanded by consist- ency. Changes were originally proposed in certain passages only, though the reason for the changes equally requires them to be made in numerous others. Thus at Ps. xxxiii. .5, and in twenty-four other places, "justice" was to be put for " judgment." But it is manifest that in a multitude of other passages there is equal need of the same alteration. We have accord- PEEFACE ingly undertaken to introduce it wherever the Hebrew word plainly has this abstract sense. For the same reason we have substituted " ordinance " for " judgment " in the numerous passages, like Lev. xviii. 4, where the word denotes, not a judicial sentence, threatened or inflicted, but a law of action. This rendering of the Hebrew word is found in the Authorized Version in some instances, and has been introduced by the Revised Ver- sion in a few more ; but, since the English word " judgment " in common use never denotes a statute or command, it is manifestly desirable that " ordinance " should be used wherever the Hebrew word has this meaning. Similarly, the English Revision in a few cases, and the Old Testament Appendix in a few more, put " despoil " for " spoil." But the same reason which holds for those few is equally good for the numerous others in which this word occurs. The word " spoil " in the Authorized Version represents a great number of Hebrew words, some of which denote " lay waste," " ruin," or " destroy," rather than " despoil " ; and as " spoil " has nearly lost in popular use its original meaning, and is liable to occasion misconception, we have replaced it by " despoil," " plunder," " ravage," and other terms, each as best adapted to the connection. In like manner we have carried out another alteration which was made to a limited extent by the English Revisers — the distinction between the words "stranger" ("strange"), "foreigner" ("foreign"), and "so- journer." These renderings correspond fairly well to three distinct Hebrew words ; there is no good reason why the correspondence should not be made uniform throughout. Likewise we have carried out con- sistently the substitution of " false," " falsehood," and other terms, for " vain," " vanity," where the meaning of the original requires it. Here too a beginning was made by us in the Appendix. Many other examples might be adduced. Here may be mentioned also that changes made for the sake of eu- phemism have been considerably increased. It has not been possible in every case to find an appropriate substitute for terms which in modern times have become offensive ; but when it has been possible, we have deemed it wise to make the change. Some of the words, as, for example, " bowels," are tolerable when used in their literal sense, but offensive when employed in a psychological sense. Thus, no other word would be appropriate in 2 Sam. xx. 10 ; but in Jer. iv. 19 or Lam. i. 20 to retain that term would be both unpleasant and incorrect. The conception of the writer is not really reproduced by a literal translation. The Hebrews were accustomed to attribute mental actions or emotions to various physi- cal organs, whereas in English such a trope is limited almost entirely to " heart " and " brain." There is nowhere any occasion for using the latter of these in the Bible ; consequently it is almost unavoidable that " heart " should often be used as the translation of different Hebrew words. All scholars know that the Hebrew word commonly rendered " heart " is used very largely to denote not so much the seat of the emotions, as the seat of thought. It is rendered in the Authorized Version more than twenty times by " mind," and might well be so rendered much oftener. The word " reins " is one of those which in the Old Testament is used PREFACE in a psychological relation. This word was retained by the English Revisers, and was also left without mention by the American Revisers when they prepared their Appendix. But if the synonymous word " kid- neys " had been used in these passages, there would be an earnest and unanimous protest. In favor of the continued use of " reins," therefore, one can only urge the poor reason that most readers attach to it no mean- ing whatever. We have consequently regarded it as only a consistent carrying out of our general principle when we have uniformly substituted " heart " for it, whenever it is used in a psychological sense. In this connection it may be remarked that, while the English Revis- ers, yielding to the urgent representations of the Americans, voted to sub- stitute " its " for " his " or " her " when relating to impersonal objects not personified, the substitution was so imperfectly made that we have had occasion to supplement the work in some two hundred cases. Furthermore, the general intention of the American Revisers to elimi- nate obsolete, obscure, and misleading terms, has been more fully carried out by replacing some expressions which were left unmentioned in the Appendix ; e.g.^ " boiled " (Ex. ix. 31), " in good liking " (Job xxxix. 4). 5. Closely connected with the foregoing are certain additional altera- tions which have seemed to be required by regard for pure English idiom. We are not insensible to the justly lauded beauty and vigor of the style of the Authorized Version, nor do we forget that it has been no part of our task to modernize the diction of the Bible. But we are also aware that the rhetorical force and the antique flavor which we desire to retain do not consist in sporadic instances of uncouth, unidiomatic, or obscure phraseology. While we may freely admit that the English of the Scrip- tures can, as a whole, hardly be improved, yet it would be extravagant to hold that it cannot be bettered in any of its details. What was once good usage is often such no longer ; and we can see no sound reason for retain- ing such expressions as " smell thereto " (Ex. xxx. 38), " forth of " (instead of " forth from "), " inquire at " (1 K. xxii. 5), " a fool's vexation is heavier than them both " (Prov. xxvii. 3), or " when ... he be jealous over his wife " (Num. v. 30). These are only a few of the many instances of phraseology which there is the best reason for amending. A change of a more general kind is the introduction of a greater degree of consistency and propriety in the use of the auxiliaries " will " and " shall." The latter is certainly used to excess in the Authorized Version, especially when connected with verbs denoting an action of the Divine Being ; and the two are also often very inconsistently used, as may be observed in such a striking case as Ps. cxxi. 3, 4. Again, the attempt to translate literally from the original has not in- frequently led to Hebraisms which had better be avoided. Many of these have indeed become, as it were, naturalized in our language, and need not be disturbed. But others must be called bad and outlandish. Thus, in Ezek. XX. 17, we read, " mine eye spared them from destroying them," which is a very literal translation of the Hebrew, but very poor English. Scarcely more tolerable is the expression, " that they may be to do the service" (Num. viii. 11), which also comes from over-literalness. To the PEEFACE same class belongs the phrase " by the hand of," as used after such expres- sions as " Jehovah spake " ( or, " commanded "), e.g., in Num. xxvii. 23. This is indeed the literal rendering ; but the Hebrew really means simply " through " or '' by means of," and is in the majority of these instances in the Authorized Version rendered " by," but sometimes " by the hand of." Manifestly the simpler form is every way preferable ; and the change, if any is made, should be in this direction, whereas in the English Revision " by " is, in nine cases out of forty-two, changed to " by the hand of." Similarly, " in the land," in Deut. v. 16 and in several other places, has been changed in the English Revision to " upon the land " ; but as " land " is here equivalent to " country," " in the land " is clearly the most appropri- ate. In both these groups of cases we have everywhere adopted the idiomatic English, rather than the slavishly literal, rendering. 6. In introducing certain translations different from those of the Eng- lish Revised Version, and also not directly or implicitly required by the Appendix, we have been governed by the conviction that, in cases where accuracy and perspicuity clearly required an emendation, we were fully warranted in resorting to it. We have been careful, in making these altera- tions, to consult the best authorities, and especially the recent carefully revised versions of the German, French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian Bibles. Few certainly will object to such alterations as are found in Deut. xxxii. 14 ; Judg, v. 20 ; Is. xxx. 32 ; xxxv. 8 ; Hos. xi. 2 ; Mic. i. 6. We have also not hesitated to insert " the " before " Jordan " and other names of rivers. Likewise, as the English Revisers had with good reason removed the fabulous " unicorn " from the Old Testament, so we have removed the equally fabulous " dragon," as also the " arrow- snake" of the English Revision (Is. xxxiv. 15) — an animal unknown to zoology, the term having obviously been adopted through a too literal translation of the German word " Pfeilschlange." 7. Another particular in which we have to some extent deviated from the requirements of the Appendix relates to our treatment of the refer- ences in the margin to the readings of ancient versions. On account of the extreme difficulty of correcting the Hebrew text by means of those ver- sions, we originally decided that it would be better to make no reference to them at all. The case is radically different from that of the New Testa- ment, where the variant readings are mostly found in Greek manuscripts of the New Testament itself. The authorities referred to in the Old Testament are translations from the Hebrew ; and though the date of these translations is more ancient than any extant manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible, yet there is no means of verifying with certainty the text of these translations ; and one can never get beyond plausible conjecture in attempting to cor- rect the Hebrew text by means of them. It is one thing to admit that the Hebrew text is probably corrupt here and there; quite another, to be sure how to rectify it. In the English Revision there are frequent refer- ences in the margin to the ancient versions. The most of these seem to us at the best of trivial importance, and have been dropped. A few represent only a different vocalization of the Hebrew. A certain number, however, have to do with variations of some importance and such as may, with viii PREFACE considerable probability, be conjectured to represent the original Hebrew. We have therefore retained a little more than one-sixth of the references given in the English Revision, but have been careful to designate which of the ancient versions contain a specified reading, instead of making the vague, and often inaccurate, statement that "some" or "many" ancient versions present the reading in question. 8. For the sake of facilitating the use of the Old Testament we have provided it with marginal references to parallel and illustrative passages, and with topical headings. In preparing the references we have been assisted by able scholars not connected with the Old Testament Company. The aim has been to illustrate and elucidate the meaning by referring to other passages which, either in word or in thought, bear a resemblance to the one under consideration. Previous lists have been consulted, but they have been carefully sifted, and the effort has been made to omit every- thing that is irrelevant or misleading. In preparing the headings we have intended, by means of brief but descriptive terms, to enable the reader to see at a glance what the general contents of each page are. Everything that might seem to savor of a questionable exegesis has been carefully avoided. 9. Considerable attention has been paid to the paragraph divisions and to the punctuation. While the English Revisers did well to abandon the older way of making a paragraph of each verse, they often went to the opposite extreme of making the paragraphs excessively long, leaving in some cases whole pages without a break, as, for example, at Gen. xxiv. and Num. xxii.-xxiv. We have revised the paragraph divisions throughout, making them generally shorter, and sometimes altering the place of the division. In the matter of punctuation, we have aimed to remove many incon- sistencies found in previous editions, and also, while retaining the general system adopted by our predecessors, to make the book conform somewhat more nearly to modern usage. One result is a considerable reduction of the' number of colons, which are often replaced by semicolons, occasionally by periods or commas. In some cases a change of punctuation has modi- fied the sense ; as, e.g.^ in Gen. ii. 5 ; xiv. 24 ; Ezek. xxix. 9, 10. We have also made much more frequent use of the hyphen than has been made in previous editions. In many instances we have recurred to the punctuation of the Authorized Version, especially where the English Revisers have departed from it out of an undue regard to the pausal accents of the Massoretic text ; as, e.g.^ in Lev. vi. 7 ; Zech. xi. 16. Further particulars respecting the points of difference between this edition and the English Revision of 1881-1885 may be learned from the Appendix to the Old Testament, which is published in the first edition of this version of the Bible. Earnestly hoping that our work may contribute to the better under- standing of the Old Testament, we commend it to the considerate judgment of all students of the Sacred Scriptures. NEW INSTRUCTIVE MAPS Illustkating the Bible Lands of THE OLD TESTAMENT. Specially prepared for Nelson's Bibles by Frank Lloyd Rose, Cartographer, and edited by Rev. W. W. Wliite, Ph.D., D.D., President of the Bible Teacher's Training School, New York. These Maps include the results of recent careful surveys and the most authentic iden- tification of Biblical localities. They are placed through the Bible just where they should be to locate and firmly fix in the mind of the reader the places mentioned in the Sacred Text. " Rivers of Eden " facing page 2 " Canaan and Environs " facing page 276 "The Dispersion " 8 " Saul and David " (( " 294 " Abraham and Isaac " " 16 "Canaan" (( " 366 "Jacob" " 36 " Western Asia" li " 384 "The Wanderings" " 94 "Ezra" ii " 466 "Southern Conquest" " 218 "Esther" " " 492 " Ruth " " 266 "Amos" (( " 884 THE NAMES AND ORDER OP THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. PAGE Genesis 1 Exodus 53 Leviticus 97 Numbers 129 Deutebonomy 174 Joshua 213 Judges ...... 239 Ruth 266 L Samuel 270 IL Samuel 304 I. Kings 333 II. Kings 366 I. Chronicles ..... 398 II. Chronicles 428 Ezra 465 Nehemiah ... ... 476 Esther ...... 492 Job 500 Psalms 538 Proverbs 629 PAOB Ecclesiastes . . , . . 660 Song op Solomon .... 669 Isaiah 675 Jeremiah 730i Lamentations 791 Ezekiel 798 Daniel 853 Hosea 870 Joel 879 Amos ....... 883 Obadiah 890 Jonah 892 MiCAH 895 Nahum 900 Habakkuk. ..... 902 Zephaniah ...... 905 Haggai 908 Zechariah 910 Malachi 920 THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED GENESIS fiod's Work of Creation 1" In the beginning * God "created the heavens and the earth. 2 And the earth was '' waste and void ; and " darkness was upon tlie face of the deep : and the Spirit of God ^^ moved tipon the face of the waters. 3 And ''God said, Let there be light : and there was light. 4 And God saw the hght,_ that it was 'good: and God * divided the Hght from the darkness. 5 And 'God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And '" there was evening and there was morning, one day. 6 And God said, Let there be a '^"firmament in the midst of the ■waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 Ax\& God made the firmament, and divided "the waters which were under the firma- ment from the waters '' which were above the firmament : and it was so. 8 And God called the firma- ment Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. 9 And God said, '' Let the waters under the heavens be gathered to- gether unto one pUice, and let 'the dry land appear : and it was so. 10 And God called the dry land Earth ; and the * gatliering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good. 1 1 And God said. Let the earth put forth 'grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth : and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind : and God saw that it was good. 1 3 And there was even- ing and there was morning, a third day. 1 Or, wan brooding upon '^ Heb.. expanse. " Pa. 102. 2;j ; Isa. 40. 21 ; Jn. 1. 1, 2 I" Ps. 89. 11 ; 90. 2 ; Acts 17. 24 " Isa. 42. 5 ; 45. 18 rf Jer. 4. 23 '■ Jobas. 9 / Ps. 104. so "Dt. 32. 11; Isa. 31. 5 '» Ps. 3.i. G, 9; 2 Cor. 4.0 i Ps. 145. 9, 10 * Isa. 45. 1 t Ps. 74. IG '" Ps. 65. 8 " Isa. 40. 22 ".Job 38. 8-11 P Ps. 14S. 4 « Ps. 104. C-9 ; Jer. n. 22 ; 2 Pet. 3. 6 '■Ps. 24. 1, 2; 95. 6 » Ps. 33. 7 ; 95. 5 ; 146. 6 t Ps. 65. S-13; 104. 14 « Ps. 74. 16 ; 1,36. 7 " Ps. 19. 1 ; 150. 1 " .Ter. 10. 2 " Ps. 104. 19 - Ps. 1.36. 8, 9 " Job 38. 7 ; Ps. 8. 3 ; Isa. 40. 26 b Jer. 33. 20, " Ps. 104. d Ch. 2. 19 'ch. 7. 21, 22 ; Jer. 27. 6 14 And God said. Let there be "lights in the " firmament of heaven to divide the day froni the night ; and let them be for -^ signs, and for' * seasons, and for days and years: 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so. 16 And God made the two great lights ; the ' greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made "the stars also. 17 ''And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. 19 And there was even- ing and there was morning, a fourth day. 20 And God said. Let the waters swai'm with swarms of living crea- tures, and let birds fly above the earth ^in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created "the great sea-monsters, and every liv- ing creature that moveth, where- with the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind : and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and mul- tiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. 24 "* And God said. Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind : and it was so. 25 And God made the "beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every- thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind : and God saw that it was good. 26 And 3 Heb. on the face of the expanse of the heavens. 1.27 GENESIS 2.22 God's Work of Creation. Mau made, and placed in Eden. Woman made from Man God said, Let "us make *man in our image, after our likeness : and let them have ''dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 And God cre- ated man "^in his own image, in the image of God created he him ; "male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them : and God said unto thesii, -^Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it ; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that 'moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said. Behold, ''I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for food : 30 and '' to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is " life, / have given_ every green herb for food : and it was so. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very 'good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. 2 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all ^' the host of them. 2 And on ' the seventh day God finished his work which he had made ; and '" he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it ; because that in it he jested from all his work which God had ci'eated and made. 4 "These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in "the day that Jehovah God made, earth and heaven. 5 ^^And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up ; * for Jehovah God had not caused it to i^ain upon the earth : and there was not a man to till the ground; 6 but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 7 '"And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and * man became 1 Or, creepeth 2 Heb. a living soul. " ch. 3. 22 ; 11.7; 19. 24 i> ch. 6. 1 ; 9. 6 ■^ Ps. 8. 6-8 d 1 Cor. 11. 7 " Mt. 19. 4 ; Mk. 10. 6 /ch. 9. 1,7; Ps. 127. 3, 6 9 Ps. 104. 14 ; 136. 25 '' Ps. 145. 15 ' Ps. 104. 24, 28; 119. 68 fc Dt. 4. 19 ; 17. 3 ' Ex. 20. 8-11 "' Heb. 4. 4 "Job 38. 4-11 " ch. 1. 3-31 P ch. 1. U « Jer. 10. 12, 13 >" ch. 3. 19 " 1 Cor. 15. 45 'ch. 13. 10; Isa. f.l. 3; Ezek.28.13 "Ezek.47. 12 " ch. 3. 22 ; Rev. 2. 7 ; 22. 2, 14 ^ Dan. 10. 4 y ch. 15. 18 ' ch. 3. 2, 3 " Dt. 30. 15, 19, 20 ; Ro. 6. 23 ; iTim. 5. 6; Ja. 1. 15 b 1 Cor. 11. 9 " ch. 1. 24 d ch. 1. 26 «ver. 18 / 1 Cor. 11. 8, 9 a living soul. 8 And Jehovah God planted a 'garden eastward, in Eden ; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 " And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sig\ht, and good for food ; " the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Hav- ilah, where there is gold; 12 and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the ^onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Gush. 14 And the name of the third river is *-^Hiddekel: that is it which goeth ^in front of Assyria. And the fourth driver is the Eu- phrates. 15 And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And Jehovah God "= commanded the man, saying. Of every tree of the garden thou may- est freely eat : 1 7 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof "thou shalt surely die. 18 And Jehovah God said. It is not good that the man should be alone ; '' I will make him a heli^ ''meet for him. 19 And ""out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens ; and brought them ''unto the man to see what he would call them : and whatso- ever the man called every living creature, that was the name there- of. 20 And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field ; but for ^ man there was not found "a help meet for him. 21 And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof: 22 and -^the rib, which Jehovah God had taken from the man, * made he a woman, and bx'ought her unto the man. 3 Or, heryl 4 That is, Tiqru. 5 Or, toward the east of 6 Or, answering to V Or, Arhim 8 Heb. buiUled he inta 2.23 GENESIS 4.1 Temptation and Disobedience of Adam and Eve. Their Espnlsion from Eden 23 And thb man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called ^ Woman, because she was taken out of ^ Man. 24 * Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife : and they shall be one flesh. 25 "^And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. 3 Now "^the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said. Ye shall not eat of ^any tree of the gai'den'? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, *0f the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat : 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said. Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 •'And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die : 5 for God doth knov/ that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and "ye shall be as ■^God, knowing good and evil. 6 * And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was ^to be de- sired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they 'knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves ® aprons. 8 And they heard the ''voice of * Jehovah God walking in the garden in the * cool of the day : 'and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And Jehovah God called vinto the man, and said unto him, "'Where art thou'? 10 And he said, "I heard thy ''voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and I hid myself. 11 And he said. Who told thee that thou wast naked 1 Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eaf? 12° And the man said. The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did 1 Heb. Jxahah. 5 Or, drsirable to look upon " Heb. Ish. 6 Or, (ji.rdles 3 Or, aJI the trees ? Or, sowid * Or. gods 8 Heb. wind. ° Eph. 5. 28, 29 >> Mt. 19. 6 ; Mk. 10. 7, 8 ; I Cor. 6. 16 ; Eph. fi. 31 ' ch. 3. 7, 10, 11 d-lCor. 11. 3 ; Kev. 12. 9 ; 20. 2 ' ch. 2. 16, 17 / Jn. 8. 44 " Is. 14. 14; Ezek. 28. 2, 12-17 ft 1 Tim. 2. 14; Jas. 1. 14, 15; 1 Jn. 2. 16 «Is. 47. 3; Lam. 1. 8 fcch. 18. 33; Lev. 26. 12 ; Dt. 23. 14 ' Hos. 10. 8 ; Eev. 6. 1.5-17 '" ch. 4. 9 ; 18. 9 "-Ex. 20. 18, 19 ; Dt. 6. 25 " Job 31. 33 ; Prov. 28. 13 P 2 Cor. 11. 3 ; 1 Tim. 2. 14 9 Dt. 28. 16- 20 '' Isa. 65. 25 ; Mic. 7. 17 ' Eom. 16. 20 ' 1 11m. 2. 15 " 1 Cor. 14. 34 ^ ch. 5. 29 ; Eom. 8. 20-22 "^ Job 6. 7 ; 14. 1 y Ps. 90. 3 ; 104. 29 ; Eccl. 12. 7 ' ch. 2. 7 « 2 Cor. 11. 3 ; 1 Tim. 2. 13 * ch. 1. 26 " ch. 2. 9 « Ex. 2.5. 18- 22; Ezek. 10. 1-20 /ch. 2. 9 eat. 13 And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done "i And the woman said, ^The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, * Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou ® above all cattle, and " above every beast of the field ; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and 'dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : 1 5 and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between th.y seed and her seed : * he shall ^•^ bruise thy head, and thou shalt ^"bruise his heel. 16 Unto the ^voman he said, I wdll greatly mul- tiply thy pain and thy conception ; * in pain thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and "he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said. Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it : " cursed is the ground for thy sake ; ^ in ^^ toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; 1 8 thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; 19 in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou ^return unto the ground; for ^out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou re- turn. 20 And the man called his wife's name ^-"Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 2 1 And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 And Jehovah God said. Be- hold, the man is become as one of * us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of ''the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever — 23 there- fore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So ''he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the ' Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of -^ the tree of life. 4 And the man knew Eve his wife ; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have ^^ gotten 9 Or, frovi amovp 10 Ot, lie in irnit for n Or, snrrov) 12 Heb. Havvah, "that is, Living, or Idfe. 13 Heb. kanah, to get. 4.2 GENESIS 5.4 Cain and Abel. Murder of i1)cl. Cain's Panishment. Cain's Descendants. Birth of Seth. Descendants ot Setli a man with the help of Jehovah. 2 And again she bare his brother Abel. And " Abel was * a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain bi'ought of the fruit of the ground an otter- ing unto Jehovah. 4 And "Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And ''.Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering : 5 but *unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And ^Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And Jehovah said unto Cain, 5 Why art thou wroth 1 and why is thy countenance fallen 1 7 ''If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up"? 'and ii thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door ; and unto thee shall be its desire ; *but do thou rule over it. 8 And Cain ^ told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and ' slew him. 9 And Jehovah said unto Cain, ™ Where is Abel thy brother ■? And he said, I know not : am I my brother's keeper^ 10 And he said, What hast thou done"? "the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto mS from the ground. 1 1 And now "cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand ; 1 2 ^ when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength ; « a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth. 13 And Cain said unto Jehovah, '^ My punishment is greater ^than I can bear. II Be- hold, thou hast 'driven me out this day from the face of the ground ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and * I shall be a fugi- tive and a wanderer in the earth ; and it will come to pass, that 'whosoever findeth me will slay me. 15 "And Jehovah said unto him. Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him " sevenfold. And Jehovah ap- Eointed a sign for Cain, lest any nding him should smite him. 16 And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of *Nod, ®on the east of 1 Heb. aaid unto. * That is, Wandering. "Ot, Mine iniquity ^ Or, in front of 3 Or, than can bejorgiven "■ Lk. 11. 50, 61 b ch. 46. 32 ; 47. 3 " Heb. 11. 4 d 1 S. 15. 22 " Num. 16. 15 ; IS. 16. /Isa. 3. 9; Jude 11 •' Jon. 4. 4 '' Jer. 3. 12; Mic. 7. 18 » Num. 32. 23 fc Job 11. 14, 15; Rom. 6. 12, 16 ' Mt. 23. 35 ; 1 Jn. 3. 12 "* ch. 3. 9 " Num. 35. 33; Dt. 21. 1-9; Heb. 12. 24 ; Rev. 6. 9,10 " ch. 3. 14 P Dt. 28. 15-24 ; Joel 1. 10-20 « Lev. 26. 17, 36 '~ ch. 3. 24 ; Jer. .52. 3 " Dt. 28. 64- fi" « Num. 35. 19 " Rom. 2. 4 " ver. 24 * ch. 2. 24 V Ex. 20. 13; Lev. 19. 18; Dt. 32. 35 ; Ps. 94. 1 ^ ver. 15 " ch. 5. 3 f" ch. 4. 8 " Lk. 3. 38 d ch. 12. 8 ; 26. 26 ' ch. 1. 27. / ]\rk. 10. 6 '' ch. 1. 28 Eden. 17 And Cain knew his wife ; and she conceived, and bare Enoch : and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. 1 8 And unto Enoch was born Irad : and Irad begat Mehujael ; and Mehujael begat j\lethushael ; and Methushael begat Lamech. 19 And Lamech took unto him ^ two wives : the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20 And Adah bare Jabal : he Avas the father of such as dwell in tents and have ca,ttle. 21 And his brother's name was Jubal : he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. 22 And Zillah, she also bai'e Tubal-cain, •" the forger of every cutting instrument of ' orass and iron : and the sister of Tubal- cain was Naamah. 23 And Lamech said unto his wives : Adah and Zillah, hear my voice ; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech : ^For *I have slain a man ®for wounding me. And a young man for bruising me : 24 If Cain shall be avenged ^ seven- fold. Truly Lamech seventy and sev- enfold. 25 And "Adam knew his wife again ; and she bare a son, and called his name ^" Seth : For, said she, God ^Miath appointed me an- other seed instead of Abel ; * for Cain slew him. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born "a son ; and he called his name Enosh. Then began men •* to call upon the name of .Tehovah. 5 This is the book of the gen- erations of Adam. In the day that God created man, ""in the likeness of God made he him ; 2 ■''male and female created he them, and " blessed them, and called their name ^"Adam, in the day when they were created. 3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image ; and called his name Seth : 4 and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years : and he 6 Or, an instructor of every artificer 7 Or, copper (and 8o elsewhere) 8 Or, I will slay s Or, to my wounding, And a young man to my hurt w Heb. Sheth. " Heb. shath. « Or, Man 5.5 GENESIS 6.11 Descendants of Seth. The Gorraption of Mankind. Noah and his Sons begat sons and daughters. 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years : and he died. 6 And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat Enosh : 7 and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters : 8 and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years : and he died. 9 And Enosh lived ninety years. and begat Kenan: 10 and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11 and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years : and he died. 12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel : 1 3 and Kenan lived after he begat Maha- lalel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters : 14 and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years : and he died. 1 5 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared : 1 6 and Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daugh- ters : 1 7 and all the days of Maha- lalel were eight hundred ninety and five years : and he died. 18 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch : 1 9 and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daugh- ters : 20 and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years : and he died._ 21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah : 22 and Enoch "walked with God fiiter he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters : 23 and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years : 24 and Enoch walked with God : and he was not; for God 'took him. 25 And Methuselah lived a hun- dred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech : 26 and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters : 27 and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years : and he died. 28 And Lamech lived a hundred " ch. 6. 9 ; 17. 1 ; 24. 40 ; 48. 15 &2K. 2. 10; Ps. 49. 16 ; 7.3. 24 : Heb. ii. 5 ' ch. 3. 17-19 d ch. 7. 6 ' 1 Pet. 3. 20 /ch. 8. 21; Ps. 14. 1-3 h Dt. 28. 63 ; 29, 20 t Am. 7. 3, 6 k Ei. 33. 17 ' Ps. 37. 39 "' ch. 17. 1 ; Dt. 18. 13; Job 1.1 " ch. 6. 24 "0^31.29; Judg. 2. 19 P Ezek. 8. 17 eighty and two years, and begat a son : 29 and he called his name Noah, saying. This same shall ^comfort us '-^in our work and ^in the toil of our hands, u'hich cometh - because of " the ground which Jehovah hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters : 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years : and he died. 32 And Noah was ''five hundred years old : and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 6 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they wei-e fair ; and they took them wives of all that they chose. 3 And Jehovah said, 'My Spirit shall not ^strive with man for ever, * for that he also is flesh : *yet shall his days be a hundred and twenty years. 4 The "Neph- ilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them : the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown. 5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that •''every imagi- nation of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And ^it repented Jehovah that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And Jehovah said, '' I will ' destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground ; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens ; for ^ it re- penteth me that I have made them. 8 But Noah * found favor in the eyes of Jehovah. 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a ' righteous man, and *™ perfect in his genei'a- tions : Noah "walked with God. 10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 And the earth was ° corrupt before God, and the earth was ^ filled with vio- 1 Heb. nahem, to comfort. s Heb. from. 3 Or, rule in Ace. to Sept., Vulg., and Syr. abide in * Or, 171 their going astray they are flesh 5 Or, therefore 6 Or, giants. See Num. 13. 33. ' Heb. blot out. s Or, blameless 6.12 GENESIS 7.21 Koah commanded to make an Ark. The Ai-k entered. The Flood comes lence. 12 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt ; for "all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. 13 And God said unto Noah, * The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with vio- lence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; ^ rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 15 And this is how thou shalt make it : the length of the ark three^ hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A "li^ht shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it -'upward ; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof ; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. 17 And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; everything that is in the earth shall die. 18 But I will establish " my covenant with thee : and '^ thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 1 9 " And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and fe- male. "20 -^Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 2 1 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. 22 «'Thus did Noah; accoi'ding to all that God commanded him, so did he. 7 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thj'' house into the ark ; for thee have I seen ''righteous before me in this genera- tion. 2 Of every * clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female ; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female : 3 of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 4 For yet * seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the 1 Heb. nests. 2 Or, roof 3 Or, from above " Ps. 14. 1-3 b Is. 34. 1-4 ; Ezek. 7. 2, 3 °ch. 9.9-16; 17. 7 d ch. 7. 7 " ch. 7. 2, 14, l.i /ch. 7. 3 " ch. 7. 5 'i ch. G. 9 'Lev. U. 1- 3i ; Dt. 14. 3-20 * ver. 10 ' ver. 12, 17 '" ch. 6. 7, 13 " ch. 6. 22 " ch. 5. 32 P ver. 13 ; ch. 6. 18 t ver. 2, 3 ; ch. 6. 19, 20 ver. 4 ' ver. 6 ' ch. 8. 2 " ver. 4, 17 " ver. 7 ; ch. 6. 18 ' ver. 9 , ch. y ver. 4, 12 ' ch. 8 ' ver. 'I 4 ; ch. 13, 17 earth ' forty days and forty nights ; and '" every living thing that 1 have made will I ^destroy from oft* the face of the ground. 5 " And Noah did according unto all that Jehovah commanded him. 6 And Noah was "six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 And ^ Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. 8 '' Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground, 9 there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after *■ the seven daj^s, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 1 1 In the * six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seven- teenth day of the month, on the same day were all 'the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And "the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 1 3 In the selfsame day " entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark ; 14 they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every ®sort. 15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, *two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. 16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him : and Jehovah shut him in. 1 7 And the flood was y forty days upon the earth ; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 18 And the waters pre- vailed, and increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered. 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; ^andthe mountains were covered. 21 "And all flesh < Heb. Mot out. 5 Heb. whig. 7.22 GENESIS The Waters abate. The Raven and the Dove. Noah leaves the Ark, and sacrifices. God blesses Soah died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every ^creeping thin^ that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : 22 all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died. 23 '-^And every living thing was ^destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were ^de- stroyed from the earth : and " Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. 24 *And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. 8 And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and "God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; 2 ''the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and "the I'ain from heaven was restrained ; 3 and the waters returned from off the earth continually : and after the end •'^of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 4 And '' the ark rested in the seventh montli, on the seven- teenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually vintil the tenth month : in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the moun- tains seen. 6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the Avindow of the ark which he had made : 7 and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 8 And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground ; 9 but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to tlie ark ; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth : and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. 10 And he stayed yet other seven days ; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark ; 1 1 and the dove came in to him at eventide ; and, lo, in her mouth ■"an olive-leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated ' Or, %^^'ar■mrn'} thivp that atrarmeth 2 Or, And he destroyed every living thing ' Heb. blotteu out. * Or, a jresh olive-leaf " Mt. 24. 38, 39 ; Lk. 17. 26, 27 ; 1 Pet. 3. 20 ; 2 Pet. 2. 5 * ch. 8. 3 "^ Job 12. 16 ; Ps. 29. 10 ; Is. 44. 27 ; Nah. 1. 4 dch. 7. U ' ch. 7. 4, 12 / ch. 7. 24 " ch. 7. 20 A Jer. 48. 28 i ch. 7. 6 * ch. 1. 22, 28 'ch. 13. 12. 7,8; 18; 22.9 ™ch. 7.2 "ch Ex 22. 2; 10. 25 25 29. 18, Pch. 6. 7, 13 9ch. 6. 5 "ch. 9. 11 ' Ps. 74. 17 ; Jer. 33. 20, * ver. 7 ; ch. 1. 28 " ch. 1. 29 7 from off the earth. 12 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth ''the dove; and she re- turned not again unto him any more. 13 And it came to pass in the 'six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth : and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried. 14 And in the second month, on tlie seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. 15 And Gocl spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may ''breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 18 And Noah Avent forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: 19 every beast, every creep- ing thing, and every bird, whatso- ever moveth upon the earth, aftei; their families, went forth out of the ark. 20 And Noah builded 'an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every '"clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered "burnt-offerings on the altar. 21 And Jehovah "smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again ^' curse the ground any more for man's ''sake, for that 'Hhe imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; 'neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done. 22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and * summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. 9 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, ' Be fruitful, and multiply, and re- plenish the earth. 2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens ; with all wherewith the ground "teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they deliv- ered. 3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you ; " as 5 Or. sake : for the * Or, creepeth 3.4 GENESIS 10.8 Noali receives God's Blessing and Injunctions. Covenant of the Rainbow. The Curse of Canaan. Ifoah's Posterity the green herb have I given you all. 4 But flesh with the life thereof, tvhich is " the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 5 And surely *" your blood, the blood of your lives,^ will I require; "at the hand of every beast will I require it : and at the hand of man, -even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. 6 "* Who- so sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God rnade he man. 7 And you, "be ye fruitful, and multiply ; bring forth abundatitly in the earth, and multiply therein. 8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, sajdng, 9 And I, behold, ^1 establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you ; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. 1 1 And I will establish my covenant with you ; "neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood ; ^ neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, This is 'the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations : 13^1 do set my * bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a cov- enant between me and the earth. 1 4 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, 1 -5 and ' I .will remember my cov- enant, which is betAveen me and you and every living ci^eature of all flesh ; and ™ the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud ; and I will look upon it, tliat I may remember the everlast- ing covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. 18 And the sons of Noah, tliat went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and .Japheth : and " Ham is the father of Canaan. - Or. / have set " Lev. 17. 10- 16; Dt. 12. 16, 23 6 Ex. 20. 13 ; 21. 12 " Ex. 21, 28, 29 rf Num. 36. 33 " ver. 1 /ch. 6. 18 '-' ch. 8. 21 '' Is. 64. 9 i ver. 13, IT ; ch. 17. U * Ezek. 1. 28 ' Dt. 7. 9 '" ver. 11 " ver. 26-27 " ver. 1, 7 ; ch. 10. 32 P Hab. 2. 15 1 Dt. 27. 16 " ch. 14. 20 ; 24. 27 ' ch. 10. 2-5 ; Is. 66. 19 < 1 Chr. 1. 6-7 " Ezek. 38. 2, 0 " 2 K. 17. 6 ^ Is. 66. 19 y Ezek. 38. 2 • Jer. 51. 27 " 1 Chr. 1. 6, ' Biphath. b Ezek. 27. 14 <= Ezek. 27. 12, 25 d 1 Chr. 1. 7, Rodanim. " 1 Chr. 1. 8-10 / Is. 43. 3 i' Ezek. 27. 22 '' Ezek. 27. 22 ' Ezek. 27. 16, 20 19 These three were the sons of Noah : and ° of these was the whole earth overspread. 20 And Noah began to be a hus- bandman, and planted a vineyard : 21 and he drank of the wine, and was drunken ; and he was uncov- ered within his tent. 22 And ^ Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoul- ders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their faces were back- ward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his '^ youngest son had done unto him. 25 And he said, * Cursed be Canaan ; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, '■ Blessed be Jehovah, the God oi Shem ; And let Canaan be ^ his servant. 27 'God enlarge Japheth, And * let him dwell in the tents of Shem ; And let Canaan be * his servant. 28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years : and he died. A f\ Now these ai'e the genera- WJ tions of the sons of Noah, namely, of Shem, Ham, and Ja- pheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 * The sons of Japheth : " Gomer, and Magog, and "Madai, and ^Ja- van, and Tubal, and ^Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer : ^Ashkenaz, and "Biphath, and *Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan : Elishah, and " Tarshish, Kittim, and '' Dodanim. 5 Of these were the "isles of the nations di- vided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 6 ^ And the sons of Ham : Cush, and Mizraim, and But, and Canaan. 7 And the sons of Cush: -'Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and •'Btaamah, and Sabteca ; and the sons of Baamah : '' Sheba, and ' Dedan. 8 And Cush begat Nim- rod : he began to be a mighty one 2 Or, younger ' Or, their * Or he shall * Or, coastlands 10.9 GENESIS 11.15 Hoah's Posterity. The Tower of Babel. Confasion of Tongaes. Descendants «f Sh he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, 1 Or. tevhinth 2 Heb. Negeb, the Boutbern tract of Judah. 10 12.17 GENESIS 14.8 Abram retnrns to Canaan. Separates from Lot. Four Kings war with Five in the Vale of Siddim and men-sei'vants, and maid-ser- vants, and she-asses, and camels. 17 And Jehovah "plagued Pha- raoh and his house with great plagues because of 8arai, Abram's wife. 18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, 'What is this that tnou hast done unto me'? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife ? _ 1 9 why saidst thou, (She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife ^ now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh gave men charge con- cerning him : and they brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had. -i O And Abram went up out _L O of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into "the South. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his * jovirneys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, "^ between Beth-el and Ai, 4 unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first : and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah. 5 And *Lot also, who went with Abram, had ilocks, and herds, and tents. 6 And -^the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : ■" for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. 7 ''And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram 's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle : and ' the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land. 8 *^^And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsiften and thy herdsmen ; for we are brethren. 9 Is not the whole land before theel sepai-ate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou tcilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou taJce the right hand, then I will go to the left. 10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the ^ ' Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before Jehovah - de- stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like ™the garden of Jehovah, "like the land of Egypt, as thou goe^t unto "Zoar. 11 So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan ; and Lot 1 Or, Circle " Ps. 106. 14 6 ch. 20. 9, 10 " ch. 12. 9 <' ch. 12. 8 " ch. 12. 5 /ch. 36. 7 " ver. 2 ; ch. 12. 5, 16 '' ch. 26. 20 i ch. 12. 6 ; 15. 19-21 ^ Prov. 15. 18 ; 20. 3 ' ch. 19. 17- 29; Dt. 34. 3 "' ch. 2. 8 " ch. 47. 6 " ch. 14. 8 ; Dt. 34. 3 P ch. 14. 2; 19. 24, 25 9ch. 39. 9; Num. 32. 23; 2 Pet. 2. 7,8 »■ Dt. 3. 27 ; 34. 1-4 ' ch. 12. 7 < ver. 17 ; 15. 7, 8 ; 17. 8 " ch. 16. 10 ; 28. 14 ; Num. 23. 10 " Num. 13. 17-24 ^ ver. 15 y ch. 14. 13 ' ch. 8. 20 ; 12. 7, 8 " ch. 10. 10 ; 11. 2 b Dan. 8. 2 " ch. 10. 19 ri Dt. 29. 23 * ch. 13. 10 /ver. 8, 10 !'Dt. 3. 17; Josh. 3. 16 ■Dt, 1. 4; • Josh. 9. 10 «: Num. 32. 'ch. 36. 20; Dt. 2. 12, 22 "' ch. 21. 21 ; Num. 10. 12 " Num. 13. 26 ' 2 Chr. 20. 2 journeyed east : and they sepa- rated themselves the one from the other. 12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in ^the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and * sinners against Jeho- vah exceedingly. 14 And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was sepa- rated from him, '^ Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and west- ward : 1 5 * for all the land which thou seest, '■ to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 16 And I will make thy seed " as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then nia,y thy seed also be numbered. 17 Arise, "walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for •'unto thee will I give it. 18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the "oaks of ^Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there ^an altar unto Jehovah. ■j A And it came to pass in J-Tl the day.s of Amraphel king of " Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of *Elam, and Tidal king of ^ Goiim, 2 that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of ''Admah, and Shemeber king of ''Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is ^Zoar). 3 All these ■* joined together in -^the vale of Siddim (the same is 'J the Salt Sea). 4 Twelve years they served Che- dorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorla- omer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the '' Rephaim in * Ashteroth-karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in ^ * Shaveh-kiinathaim, 6 and the 'Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-"paran, w^hich is by the wilderness. 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is "Kadesh), and smote all the ^country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in " Hazazon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and 2 Or, trrebinths s Or, nations ■1 Or, joined themselves together against '■> Or, the plain of Kiriathaim « Heb. field 13 14.9 GENESIS 15.13 The Fonr Kin^s captare Lot. ibram delivers Lot. Hekhizedek blesses Abram. Jehovab's Promise to Abram the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) ; and they set the battle in array against them in " the vale of Siddim ; 9 against Che- doi-laomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ella- sar ; four kings against the five. 10 Now the vale of Siddim was full of ^ slime pits ; and '' the kings of Sodom ancl Gomorrah iled, and they fell there, and they that re- mained iied to the mountain. 1 1 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 12 And they took Lot, '^Abram's brother's son, ''who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and de- parted. 1 3 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the " He- brew : now he dwelt by the '^ oaks of •''Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner ; and these were ^confederate with Abram. 14 And when Abram heard that '' his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, ' born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pur- sued as far as *Dan. 15 And 'he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the ^left hand of '"Damascus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back "his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. 1 7 And " the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after ^ his return from the slaughter of Chedorlao- mer and the kings that were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is *the King's Vale). 18 And *■ Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth * bread and wine : and he was ' priest of ■* God Most High. 19 And he blessed him, and said. Blessed be Abram of '*God Most High, ^"possessor of heaven and earth : 20 and blessed be ""God Most High, who hath de- livered thine enemies into thy hand. "And he gave him a tenth of all. 2 1 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the per- 1 That is, hitumen pits. ■•! Or, tereliinths 3 Or, north * Heb. El FAyon. 5 Or, maker " ver. 3 >> ver. 17, 21, " ch. 11. 27 d ch. 13. 12 ' ch. 40. 15 ; Ex. 3. 18 /ch. 13. 18 '■> ch. 21. 27, 32 '' ver. 12 ' ch. 12. .5 ; Eccl. 2. 7 *-■ 1 K. 16. 20 ' Judg. 7. 16 '" ch. 15. 2 " ver. 12, 14 " ver. 10 P Heb. 7 9 2 S. 18. 18 '• Heb. 7. 1 " Ps. 104. 15 «Ps. 110. 4; Heb. 5. 0, 10 " ver. 22 " Heb. 7. 4 ^ ver. 19 !/ 2 K. 6. 16 ' ver. 13 " ver. 4 ; 1 S. 15. 1.0 b ch. 21. 17 ; 26. 24 ' Dt. 33. 29 d Num. 18. 20 « ch. 14. 14 /Gal. 4. 28 ? ch. 22. 17; 26. 4; Dt. 1. 10 ft Ex. 32 . 13; Rom. 4. 18 ' Rom. 4. 3; Gal. 3 6; Jas. 2 23 fc ch. 11 31 ' ch. 13 15, 17 ■ Lk. 1. 18 " ver. 17 0 Lev. 1. 17 P ch. 2. 21 ; 28. 11 ; Job 33. 15 sons, and take the goods to thyself. 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, '*''God Most High, ^possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that ^I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, 1 have made Abram rich : 24 '' save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men that went with me, ^Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre ; let them take their portion. -i pf After these things "the X O word of .Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, *Fear not, Abx'am : I am ''thy shield, ' and thy exceeding great "^ reward. 2 And Abram said, O Lord Jeho- vah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I ^'go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus'? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed : and, lo, one * born in ray house is mine heir. 4 And, be- hold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying. This man shall not be thine heir ; ''but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. 5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said. Look now toward heaven, and ^number the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, ''So shall thy seed be. 6 ' And he believed in Jehovah ; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. 7 And he said unto him, I arn Jehovah that brought thee out of * Ur of the Chaldees, to 'give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he said, O Lord Jehovah, ™ whereby shall I know that I shall inherit if? 9 And he said unto him. Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 10 And he took him all these, and "divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but "the birds divided he not. 11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 12 And when the sun was going down, Pa, deep sleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. 13 And « Or, let there be nothing for me; only that &c. 7 Or, thy reward shall be exceeding great 8 Or, go hence 12 15.14 GENESIS 17.6 Saru and Ha^ar. Expulsion of Ilagar. Birth of Ishmacl. Covenant of Circumcision he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that " thy seed shall be sojournei's in a land that is not theirs, and * shall serve them ; and they shall afflict them "four hun- dred years ; 1 4 and also that na- tion, whom they shall serve, will I judge : and afterward shall they come out ''with great substance. 15 But Hhou shalt go to thy fath- ers in peace ; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 1 6 And in -^the fourth generation they shall come hither again : for " the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that ''passed between these pieces. 18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying. Unto thy seed have I given this land, from Hhe river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 *the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kad- monite, _ 20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Eephaim, 21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Gii^gashite, and the Jebusite. ■\ /Z* Now ' Sarai, Abram 's wife, JLvJ bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, '" an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing ; " go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid ; it may be that I shall ^obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abrsim had dwelt "ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. 4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived : and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, ■'^My wrong be upon thee : I gave my handmaid into thy bosom ; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: « Jehovah judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, "■thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face. 7 And *the angel of Jehovah 1 Heb. be builded by her. " Acts 7. 6, 17 *> Dt. 6. 15 " Ual. 3. 17 ; Ex. 12. 40 d Ex. 12. 32- 38 « ch. 25. 8 ; 47. 30 /ver. 13 " Lev. 18. 24-28 ft Jer. 34. 18, 19 «■ Ex. 23. 31 ; Num. .S4. 1-16 ; Dt. 1. 7, 8 k Ex. 3. 17 ; 23. 28 ; Josb. 21. 43 ; 24. 11 'ch. 11. 30 '" ch. 12. 16 " ch. 30. 3, 4, 9, 10 " ch. 12. 4 P Jer. 61. 35 9 ch. 31. 53 *■ ver. 9 * ch. 21. 17, IS; 22. 11, 15 ; 31. 11 < ch. 20. 1 " ch. 3. 9 ; 1 K. 19. 9, 13 " ch. 17. 20 " Ex. 3. 7, 9 y Job 24. 6 ; 39. 6-8 ' ch. 26. 18 " ch. 32. 30 6ch. 14. 7 " ver. 3 ; ch. 12.4 d ch. 12. 7 ; IS. 1 ' ch. 28. 3 ; 35. 11 /ch. 6. 9; Dt. 18. 13 c ch. 16. 18 ft ch. 13. 16 ; 15. 5 i ver. 17 ; ch. 18. 2 fc ch. 35. 11 ; 48. 19 ' Neh. 9. 7 "* Rom. 4. 17 found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to 'Shur. 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, " whence camest thou '2 and whither goest thoul And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mis- tress Sarai. 9 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. 10 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, "I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. 1 1 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her. Be- hold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son ; and thou shalt call his name '^Ishmael, because ■^ Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. 1 2 And he shall be as a * wild ass among men ; his hand shall he against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell ''-over against all his brethren. 13 And she called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, ^"Thou art ^a God that seeth : for she said. Have I even here looked after him that seeth me? 14 Wherefore the well was called ^ Beer-lahai-roi ; behold, it is be- tween * Kadesh and Bered. 15 And Hagar bare Abram a son : and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ish- mael. 16 And Abram was ''four- score and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. A 'T And when Abram was i I ninety years old and nine, '' Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am ^God * Al- mighty ; walk before me, and be thou -^perfect. 2 And I will make my ''covenant between me and thee, and will ''multiply thee ex- ceedingly. 3 And Abram 'fell on his face : and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a * mul- titude of nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called ** Abram, but 'thy name shall be ^ Abraham ; for "' the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee ex- ceeding fruitful, and I will make 2 That is, God heareth. 3 Or, to the east of * Or, Thou God seest me 5 Heb. £1 mi, that is, God of seeing. 6 That is. The well of the living one who seeth me. 7 Heb. El Shaddai. 8 That is, exalted father. 9 That is, father of a multitude. 13 17.7 GENESIS 18.5 Covenant of Circnmcision. Birth of Isaac promised. Ibraliam's Honsehold circmncised. Three Ingels visit Abrahiim nations of thee, and "kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an '' everlasting covenant, Ho be a God unto thee and ''to thy seed after thee. 8 And ""I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an ever- lasting possession ; and I will be their God. 9 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, •''thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their gen- erations. 10 " This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee : every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ''ve shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is 'eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your gen- erations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thj' seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he * that is bought with bhy money, must needs be circum- cised : and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the un circum- cised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his peo- ple ; he hath broken my covenant. 15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but ^ 8arah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee ' a son of her : yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations ; "* kings of peoples shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham "fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart. Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old 1 and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear"? 18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee ! 19 And God said. Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee "a son; and thou shalt call his name ^ Isaac : and ^ I will establish my covenant with him for an everlast- 1 That is, Princess. 2 From the Heb. word meaning to laugh. " ver. 16; ch. 35. u b ver. 13, 19 ; Ps. lOo. 9, 10 <^Lev. 11. 45; 26, 12, 45 rf Gal. 3. 16 ^ ch. 12. 7 ; 13. 15, 17 / Ex. 19. 5 V Jn. 7. 22 ; Acts 7. 8 li Ex. 12. 48 ; Dt. 10. 16 ' Lev. 12. 3 k Ex. 12. 44 ' ch. 18. 10 "' ver. 6 ; ch. 36. 31 " ver. 3 " ver. 16 , ch. 21. 2 P ch. 26. 2-5 9 ch. 16. 10 *■ ch. 25. 16 * ver. 19 ; ch. IS. 10, 14 t ch. 18. 33 ; 35. 13 "ch. 14. 14 " Eom. 4. U ^ ch. 16. 16 y ch. 12. 7 ; ' ch. 13. 18 ; 14. 13 ' ver. 16, 22 ch. 32. 24 ; Josh, 5. 13 Judg. 13. 6-11 6ch 19 2; 24. 32 43. 24 ''Ju dg. 6.18, 19 13. 15,16 ing covenant for his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee : behold, I have blessed him, and »will make him fruitful, and will multiply him ex- ceedingly ; *■ twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my cove- nant will I establish with * Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. 22 And he left off talking with him, and * God went up from Abraham. 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were "born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when " he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And "" Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, Avhen he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcisefl with him. -[ Q And /Jehovah appeared i O unto him by the " ' oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the daj' ; 2 and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three "men stood over against him : and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, 3 and said, * My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 4 let now a little water be fetched, and * wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree : 5 and " I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart ; after that ye shall pass on : ^ forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said. So do, as thou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said. Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant ; and he hasted to dress it. 8 And he took butter, ' Or, terebinths * Or, 0 Lord 5 Or, for therefore 14 18.9 GENESIS 19.3 Promise «f a Son renewed. The Doom of Sodom. Abraham's Intercession. The Angels visit Sodom " Rom. 9. 9 i> ch. 17. 17 •^ 1 Pet. 3. 6 d Jer. 32. 17, 27 " ver. 10 ; ch. 17. 21 /ver. 2, 22; ch. 19. 1 'J ver. 22, 20, 33 '' ver. 21 ; ch. 19. 24 ' Gal. 3. 8 *•■ Neh. 9. 7 ; Amos 3. 2 ' ch. 17. 9 '" ch. 12. 2, 3 " ch. 19. 13 ; Ezek. 16. 49, 50 °ch. 11. a; Ex. 3. 8 ^ ver. 16 ; ch. 19. 1 9 ver. 17 '' Ex. 23. 7 ' Dt. 1. 16. 17 ' Dt. 32. 4 " ch. 3. 19; Job 30. 19 ; 42. 6 " Ex. 32. 22 and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them ; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife's And he said. Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, " I will certainly return unto thee when the season ^ cometh round ; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. 1 1 Now * Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age ; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 1 2 And Sarah laughed within herself, say- ing, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my ''lord being old also? 13 And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying. Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old? 14 ''Is anything too ~ hard for Jehovah 1 At the "set time I will return unto thee, when the season ^cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son. 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not ; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay ; but thou didst laugh. 16 And -^the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom : and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. 17 And ^Jehovah said. Shall I hide from Abraham that which ''I do; 18 seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and 'all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him "? 19 For I have * known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, ' that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice ; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham '"that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And Je- hovah said, ^"Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and * because their sin is very grievous ; 21 "I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me ; and if not, I will knoAv. 22 And the ^men turned from thence, and went toward Sodom : but Abraham stood yet before * Je- hovah, 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, *■ Wilt thou consume 1 Heb. liveth, or, reviveth. 2 Qr, wonderful 8 Or, Verily " ch. 18. 0-8 15 *ch. 17. 22; 36. 13 y ch. 18. 22 ♦ ch. 18. 2-5 the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure thei'e are fifty righteous within the city : wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so * the righteous should be as the wicked ; that be far from thee : shall not ' the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. 27 And Abraham answered and said. Be- hold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, " who am but ciust and ashes : 28 peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. 29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake. 30 And he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak : peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said. Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord : peradventure there shall be twenty found there. _ And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake. 32 And he said. Oh let not the Lord be angry, ana I will speak yet but this once : peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not de- stroy it for the ten's sake. 33 And " Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham : and Abraham returned unto his place. •^ O And the ^ two angels came JL «!/ to Sodom at even ; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and 'Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them ; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth ; 2 and he said. Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said. Nay ; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he urged them greatly ; and they turned in unto him, and en- tered into his house ; " and he made 19.4 GENESIS 19.30 Wickedness of tlie Men of Sodom. Lot delivered. Cities of the Pliiin destroyed them a feast, and did bake unleav- ened bread, and they did eat. 4 But before they lay down, " the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter ; 5 and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, * Where are the men that came jn to thee this night % bring them out unto us, that we may know them. 6 And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him. 7 And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly. 8 Behold now, " I have two daugh- ters that have not known man ; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, ■" forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof. 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said. This one fellow came in to sojourn, and "* he will needs be a judge : now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. 10 But ''the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. 1 1 And -^ they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door. 12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son- in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of the place: 13 for we will destroy this place, because ^the cry of them is waxed great before Jeho- vah; and ''Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it. 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who ^married his daughters, and said, L^p, get you out of this place ; for Jehovah will destroy the city. ' But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked. 1 5 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the ^iniquity of the city. 16 But he lingered ; and the men * laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon 1 Or, /or thoxfore * Or, irere to marry 3 Or, punishment ■^ch. 13. 13; Ch. 18. 20 «■ Judg. 19. 22; Lev. 18. 22 ' Judg. 19. 24 d Ex. 2. 14 '' ver. 1 /Dt. 28. 28, 29; Acts l.J. 11 B ch. 18. 20 '' Lev. 26. 30- 33 ; Dt. 4. 26 ; 28. 46 ' Jer. 43. 1, 2 '" Dt. 5. 15 ; 6. 21 , 7. 8 ' Jer. 48. 6 "' ver. 26 " ch. 13. 10 " ch. 14. 10 P Lk. 17. 29 ; Jude 7 1 Dt. 29. 23 ; Is. 1.3. 19; Lam. 4. 6 ; 2 Pet. 2. 0 " ver. 17 ; Lk. 17. 32 ' ch. 18. 22 < Rev. 9. 2 " Dt. 7. 8 i 9. fi, 27 " 2 Pet. 2. 7 the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him : and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 1 7 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, 'Escape for thy life ; "'look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the " Plain ; escape to " the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them. Oh, not so, ■* my lord : 1 9 behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest *evil overtake me, and I die : 20 behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither (is it not a little one 1), and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him. See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither ; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called ®^oar. 23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar. 24 Then Jehovah ^rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brim- stone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven; 25 and 'he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 26 But his wife ''looked biick from behind him, and she be- came a pillar of salt. 27 And Abraham gat up early in the morn- ing to "the place where he had stood before Jehovah : 28 and he looked toward Sodom and Gomor- rah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, 'the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that "God remembered Abra- ham, and "sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt. 30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him ; for he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he * Or, 0 Lord ^ Or, the evil « That is, Little. See ver. 20 ; ch. 14. & 16 19.31 GENESIS 21.2 Birth of.Moali and Ben-iimuii. Abraham in (ierar. He deceives Abimelcch. Isaac born dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth : 32 come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve 'seed of our father. 33 And they made their father drink wine that night : and the first-born went in, and lay with her father ; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father : let us make him drink wine this night also ; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also : and the younger arose, and lay with him ; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the first-born bare a son, and called his name " Moab : the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben- ammi : the same is the father of the children of * Ammon unto this day. C}(~\ And Abraham journeyed ^yj from ''thence toward the land of '*the South, and dwelt be- tween Kadesh and Shur ; and he sojourned in "Gerar. 2 And Abra- ham said of Sarah his wife, -'She is my sister : and " Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 3 ''But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him. Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken ; for she is a man's wife. 4 Now Abimelech had not come near her : and he said. Lord, wilt thou slay even a righteous nation? 5 Said he not himself unto me. She is my sister 1 and she, even 'she herself said. He is my brother : in * the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this. 6 And God said unto him in the dream. Yea, I know that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I also withheld thee from_ sin- ning against me : therefore sufiered " Dt, 2. 9 l> Dt. 2. 19 "" ch. 18. 1 rf ch. 12. 9 '^ ch. 26. 1, 6 / ver. 12 ; ch. 12. 13 " ch. 12. 13 ''Ch, 12. 17, 18 ' ver. 1.3 * 1 K. 9. 4 ; Ps. 7. 8 ; 26.6 ' 1 Sam. 7. 5 ; Job 42. 8 "' ch. 12. 18 "ch. 12. 12; 26. 7 " ver. 5 P ch. 12. 16 « ch. 34. 10 ■ Num. 12. 13; 21. 7 ' ch. 12. 17 ' ch. 17. 16, 21; 18. 10, 14 « Gal. 4. 22 , Heb. 11. 11 " ch. 17. 21 ; 18. 10, 14 I thee not to touch her, 7 Now therefore restore the man's wife ; for 'he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live : and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. 8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears : and the men were sore afraid. 9 "'Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him. What hast thou done unto usl and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sini thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing'? 11 And Abraham said. Because 1 thought. Surely the fear of God is not in this place ; and "they will slay me for my wife's sake. 1 2 And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daugh- ter of my mother ; and she became my wife: 13 and it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me : at every place whither we shall come, " say of me. He is my brother. 14 And ^Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 1 5 And Abimelech said, 'Behold, my land is before thee : dwell where it pleaseth thee. 16 And unto Sarah he said. Behold, I have given thy brother a thou- sand pieces of silver : behold, ^ it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee ; and ^ in respect of all thou art righted. 17 And ''Abraham prayed unto God: a;nd God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-ser- vants ; and they bare children. 18 *For .Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Aoimelech, because of Sarah, Abra- ham's wife. O 'i * And Jehovah visited w _L Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 "And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at " the set time of which God 1 Or, he 2 Or, before aV men 17 21.3 GENESIS 22.1 Isaac born. Ila^ar and Isbmael sent away. Tlie Coveuant of Beer-sheba had spoken to him. 3 And Abra- ham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, "Isaac. I And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was ''eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 And Abraham was ''a hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6 And Sarah said, God hath ^made me to ''laugh; every one that heareth will laugh with me. 7 And she said, * Who would have said ujito Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? for I have borne him a son in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 9 And Sarah saw 'the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abra- ham, -mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, " Cast out this handmaid and her son : for the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 1 1 ''And the thing was very griev- ous in Abraham's sight on account of his son. 12 And God sa,id unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid ; in all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice ; for ' in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of *the son of the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a ^ bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her "away : and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of ' Beer-sheba. 1 5 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 1 6 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot : for she said. Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and '"lifted up her voice, and wept. 17 And God " heard the voice of the lad ; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar % •fear not ; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 1 Or, prenared laughter for me 8 Or, playing s Or, skin " ch. 17. 19, 21 ''ch. 17. 12; Acts 7. 8 " ch. 17. 17 dch. 18. 13; Is. 54. 1 « ch. 18. 13 /ch. 16. 15 i' Gal. 4. 30 '« ch. 17. 18 i Rom. 9. 7 ; Heb. 11. 18 * ver. 18 ; ch. 16. 10 ; 25. 12-18 ' ver. 31 '" Jer. 6. 26 ; Am. 8. 10 " Ex. 3. 7 ; Dt. 26. 7 ; Ps. 6. 8 " ch. 20. 24 P ver. 13; ch. 16. 10; 25. 12 1 ch. 16. 7, 14 "■ ch. 28. 15 ; 39. 2, 3, 21 ' ch. 25. 18 t ch. 20. 14 ; " ch. 26. 1.5, 18, 20-22 ^ ch. 26. 31 " ver. 14 ; ch. 26. 33 * ch. 12. 8 «Ex. 15. 18; Dt. 32. 40; Ps. 90. 2 ; Is. 40. 28 ; Jer. 10. 10 b ch. 22. 19 « Dt. 8. 2, 16 18 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand ; ^for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw *a %yell of water ; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And *" God was with the lad, and he grew ; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer. 21 And 'he dwelt in the wilder- ness of Paran : and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 And it came to pass at that time, that 'Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, "God is with thee in all that thou doest : 23 now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with •* my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. 24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech 's servants "had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to-day. 27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech ; and •''they two made a covenant. 28 And_ Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. 29 And Abimelech said unto Abra- ham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by them- selves'? 30 And he said. These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place " Beer-sheba ; because there they sware both of them. 32 So they made a covenant at Beer- sheba : and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. 33 And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer- sheba, and ^called there on the name of Jehovah, the " Everlasting God. 34 And Abraham sojoui-ned 'in the land of the Philistines many days. O r) And it came to pass after «Wii^ these things, that "-'God did prove Abraham, and said unto hiio, * Or, my offspring, nor with my posterity 22.2 GENESIS 23.8 Abraham tempted to oTer Isaac. Kahor's Family. Tbe Death of Sarah " Abraham ; and he said, Here am I. 2 And he said, Take now '' thy son, thine only son, whom thou lov- est, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of " Aloriah ; and olfer him there for a "^burnt-ofiering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. 3 And Abraham. rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son ; and he clave the wood' for the burnt- oli'erin^, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. 4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said unto his young men. Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder ; and we will worship, and come again to you. 6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and " laid it upon Isaac his son ; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife ; and they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, ]\Iy father : and he said. Here am I, my son. And he said. Behold, the fire and the wood : but where is the ''lamb for a burnt-offering'? 8 And Abraham said, God will ^ provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offer- ing, my son : so they went both of them together. 9_ And they came to f the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built ''the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and 'laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 And *the angel of Jehovah called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham. Abra- ham : and he said. Here am I. 12 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any- thing unto him ; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld 'thy son, thine only son, from me. 1 3 And Abra- ham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, behind hi)n a ram caught in the thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt- offering in the stead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the nanie of that place ' Jehovah-jireh : as it ' Heb. see for himself. 2 That is, Jehovah will see, or provide. " ver. n t> ver. 12, 16 ; Jii. 3. 16; I Jn. 4. 9 " ■! Cbr. 3. 1 d Cli. S. 'M ' Jn. I'J. 17 / Ex. '.'9. 3S- 42; Jn. 1. 29, 36 ; Rev. 13, 8 V ver. 2 A ch. 12. r, 8 ; 13. 18 »Heb. n. 17-19 * ch. 16. 7- II ; 21. 17, 18 ' ver. 2, 16 ™ ver. 8 " Heb. 6. 13, 14 °ch. 15. 5; 20. 4 P Ch. 32. 12 « ch. 24. 60 "■ Gal. 3. 8, 16; Acts 3. 26 ' ch. 18. 19 ' ver. 5 " ch. 24. 15 '^ Josh. 14. 15; 15. 13; 21. 11 y ch. 10. 15 ; lu. 20 ' Lev. 25. 23 ; 1 Chr. 29. 15 ; Ps. 39. 12; Heb. 11. 9, 13 "ch. 14. 14; 20. 7 is said to this day. In the mount of Jehovah ^™it shall be provided. 15 And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said, "By myself have I sworn, saith Jehovah, be- cause thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, 17 that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiply- ing I will multiply thy seed as the " stars of the heavens, and as f the sand which is upon the sea-shore ; and « thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; 1 8 and 'in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth ^ be blessed ; because thou hast 'obeyed my voice. 19 'So Abra- ham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba ; and Abraham dv/elt at Beer-sheba. 20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abra- ham, saying. Behold, "Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor : 2 1 Uz his first- born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, 22 and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 23 And Bethuel oegat '' Eebekah : these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. 24 And his concubine, whose name was Eeu- mah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah. O O And the life of Sarah was w O a hundred and seven and twenty years : these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died in -^ Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. 3 And Al)raham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of ^Heth, saying, 4 I am 'a stran- ger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 5 And the chil- dren of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord ; thou art a " prince of God among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead ; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the chil- dren of Heth. 8 And he communed 3 Or, he shall be seen * Or, bless themselves 19 23.9 GENESIS 24.14 Parchase of the Field of Hachpelah. Bnrial of Sarah. Betrothal of Isaac aiid Rebekah with them, saying. If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and en- treat for me to "Ephron the son of Zohar, 9 that he may give me the cave of ]\Iachpelah, which he hath, wliich is in the end of his field ; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a burying-place. 10 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth : and JEphron the Hittite answered Abra- ham in the audience of the chil- dren of Heth, even * of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, 1 1 Nay, my lord, hear me : the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the children of my peo- ple give I it thee: bury thy dead. 12 And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. 13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me : I will give the price of the field ; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 14 And Ephron answered Abra- ham, saying unto him, 15 My lord, hearken unto me : a piece of land vN^orth four hundred ''shekels of sil- ver, what is that betwixt me and thee 1 bury therefore thy dead. 16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham '^ weighed to Ephron the silver wlych he had named in the audience of the chil- dren of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. 1 7 So " the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was be- fore Mami'e, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the border thereof round about, were made sure 18 unto Abraham for a possession -^in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. 19 And after this, Abra- ham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth. iy A And Abraham w^as old, ^ T! and well stricken in age : ° Ch. 25. 9 6 ver. 18 ; ch. 3i. 20, 24 ; Ruth 4. " Ex. 30. 13 d 2 S. 14. 26 ; Jer. 32. 9 ; Zech. 11. 12 « ch. 25. 9 ; 49. 29, 30 ; 50. 13 /ver. 10 c ver. 35 ; ch. 12. 2 '' ch. 47, 29 • ch. 14. 19, 22 * ch. 10. 18, 19 ; 26. 34, 35 ; 28. 1, 2, 8 ' ch. 12. 1 ; Heb. 11. 15 "' ver. 8 " ver. 3 0 ch. 12. 7 ; 13. 16 ; 15. 18 P ch. IG. 7 ; 21. 17 ; 22. 11 ; Ex. 23. 20, 23 « ver. 6 *■ ver. 2 ; ch. 30. 25 " Judg. 19. 4 P ch. 35. 8 1 ch. 17. 16 " ch. 22. 17 ' ch. 16. 14 ; 25. 11 « ch. 20. 1 " Ps. 119. 15, 27,48; 143. 5 ; 145. 5 " ch. 18. 2 " ch. 29. 18 y ch. 23. 1, 2 ; 25. 20 - 1 Chr. 1. 32, 33 ' ch. 24. Zh 36 me not, seeing Jehovah hath pros- pered my way ; send me away that I may go to my master. 57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. 58 Ana they called Rebekah, and said unto her. Wilt thou go with this manl And she said, I will go. 59 And they sent away Rebekah their sis- ter, and p her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou ithe ■mother of thou.sands of ten thou- sands, and let ''thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them. 61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man : and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 62 And Isaac came from the way of "Beer-lahai- roi ; for he dwelt in the land of 'the South. 63 And Isaac went out " to meditate in the field at the eventide : and " he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. 65 And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said. It is my master : and she took her veil, and covered herself. 66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sa- rah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife ; and ^ he loved her : and Isaac was com- forted after ^his mother's death. O pf And Abraham took an- w tJ other wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 And ^she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Le- tushim, and Leummim. 4 And the sons of Midian : Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 "And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 7 And these are the days of the years of 21 25.8 GENESIS 26.4 Ibraliam's Death. Descendarits of Ishmael. Birtli of Esan and Jacob. Esan sells his Birthright. Isaac in Gerar Abraham's life which lie lived, "a hundred thi'eescore and fifteen years. 8 And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died '' in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was "gathered to his people. 9 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in "^ the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre ; 10 the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth : there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 1 1 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that ''God blessed Isaac his son : and Isaac dwelt by ^ Beer-lahai-roi. _ 1 2 Now these are the genera* tions of ^ Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sa- rah's handmaid, bare unto Abra- ham: 13 and these are the names of ''the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their genera- tions : the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth ; and Kedar, and Adbeel. and Mibsam, 14 and Mishma, ana Dumah, ana Massa, 15 Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah : 1 6 these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their narnes, by their villages, and by their encampments ; 'twelve princes according to their nations. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, *a hundred and thirty and seven years : and he gave up the ghost and died, and was ' gath- ered unto his people. 18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto "* Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria : "he ^ abode over against all his brethren. _ 19 And these are the genera- tions of Isaac, Abraham's son : Abraham begat Isaac : 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took "Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the 'Syrian of Paddan- aram, the sister of Laban the ^Syrian, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac entreated .lehovah for his wife, because she was barren : and ^Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 And the children struggled together within her ; and she said, If it be so, ^ wherefore do I live 1 And she went to inquire of Jeho- vah. 23 And Jehovah said unto her, '^ Or, settled Heb. fell. 2 Heb. Aramean. "Or, wherefore am I thus T " ch. 12. 4 b ch. 15. 15 ■^ ver. 17 ; ch. 35. 29 ; 49. 29, 33 d ch. 23. 17, 18 ' ch. 12. 2, 3 ; 22. 17 ; 2t>. 3 /ch. 24. 62 " ch. 16. 15 hi Chr.l. 29-31 i ch. 17. 20 * ch. 16. 16 ' ver. 8 '" ch. 20. 1 " ch. 16. 12 " ch. 24. 16, 29 PPs. 127. 3; 1 S. 1. 17 « ch. 17. 4-6, 16; Num. 20. 14; Dt. 2. 4, 8 ^ ch. 27. 29 *ch. 27. 40; Mai. 1. 2, 3 ; Rom. 9. 12 < Hos. 12. 3 " ver. 20 ^ 2 K. 4. 38 'Dt. 21. 16, 17 ; 1 Chr. 6. 1,2 y Heb. 12. 16 ^ ch. 12. 10 " ch. 20. 1, 2 * ch. 12. 7 ; 17. 1 ; IS. 1 " ch. 12. 1 d ver. 24 ; ch. 28. 15 ; 31. 3 « ch. 12. 7 ; 13. 15 ; 15. 18 /ch. 22. 16-18 9 ch. 15. 6 J 22. 17 ; Ex 32. 13 "Two nations are in thy womb. And two peoples shall be sepa- rated from thy bowels : ''And the one people shall be stronger than the other people ; And 'the elder shall serve the younger. 24 And when her days to be de- livered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 And the first came forth *red, all over like a hairy garment ; and they called his name Esau. 26 And after that came forth his brother, and 'his hand had hold on Esau's heel ; and his name was called ^ Jacob : and Isaac was " threescore years old when she bare them. 27 And the boys grew : and Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field ; and Jacob was a ^ qiiiet man, dwelling in tents. 28 ISow Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison : and Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 And Jacob boiled "pot- tage : and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint : 30 and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with ' that same red pottage ; for I am faint : therefore washisnamecalled^'Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me ^ first thy ^birthright. 32 And Esau said^ Behold, I am about to die : and what profit shall the birthright do to me % 33 And Jacob said. Swear to me ^ first ; and he sware unto him : and ^ he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils ; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way : so Esau despised his birthright. 0 /Z* And there was ^ a famine w yj in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto " Abimelech king of the Philis- tines, unto Gerar. 2 And Jeho- vah * appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; "dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of : 3 sojourn in this land, and '' I will be with thee, and will bless thee ; for " unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and 1 will establish ^ the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; 4 and ^I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give * Or, ruddy 6 That IB, One that takes bytheheel or supplants- 6 Or, harmless Heb. perfect. ' Heb. the red pottage, this red pottage. 8 That is, Red. 9 Heb. today. 23 26.5 GENESIS 26.34 Isaac in Gerar. He deceives Abimclecli. Isaac prospers and is envied. Dis Covenant witli ibimelecb unto thy seed all these lands ; and "in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth ^ be blessed ; 5 be- cause that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar : 7 and the men of the place asked hun of his wife ; and he said, * She is my sister : for he feared to say, My wife ; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Re- bekah ; because she was " fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said. Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou. She is my sister 1 And Isaac said unto him. Because I said. Lest I die because of her. 1 0 And "^ Abim- elech said. What is this thou hast done unto us"? one of the people might easily have lain witn tliy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 11 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying. He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. 1 2 And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hun- dredfold: and * Jehovah blessed him. 13 And the man waxed great, and gi'ew more and more un- til he became very great : 1 4 and ■'^he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household : and the Philistines en- vied him. 15 Now ^all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the _days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth. 16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us ; for thou art much mightier than we. 17 And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father ; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham : and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of 1 Or, hless themselves °ch. 22. 18; Gal. 3. 8 b ch. 12. 13 ; 20. 2, 12 " ch. 12. 11 ; 29. 17 d ch. 20. 9 * ver. 3 /ch. 24. 35 ; 25. 6 " ch. 21. 25, 30 APs Is. 4. 64. i; 2 ich. 22. 19 fc vei . 2 I ch. 17. 24. 12 ; 3.6 "■ ver. 3 17 r,8 Ex 22. "ch 13. 12. 7, 8 4 "ch 21 22 P ch. 21. 22, « ch. 21. 31 .^ ch. 21. 31 "springing water. 20 And the herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying. The water is ours : and he called the name of the well ^Esek, because they contended with him. 21 And they digged another well, and they strove for that also : and he called the name of it ''Sitnah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well ; and for that they strove not : and he called the name of it ^ Rehoboth ; and he said, '' For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to 'Beer-sheba. 24 And Jehovah * appeared unto him the same night, and said, 'I am the God of Abra- ham thy father : fear not, for I am with thee, and '" will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for_my servant Abraham's sake. 25 And he builded an " altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. 26 Then " Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of liis host. 27 And Isaac said unto them. Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you ] 28 And they said. We saw plainly ^that Jehovah was with thee : and we said. Let there now be an oath be- twixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee, 29 that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace : thou art now the blessed of Jehovah. 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. 31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and * sware one to another : and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and i3old him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him. We have found water. 33 And he called it *" Shibah : therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. 34 And when Esau was foi'ty 2 Heb. livina. 3 That is, Contention. * That is, Enmity. 5 That is, Broad places, or, Room. 24 26.36 GENESIS 27.30 lEsau's Wives. Jacob obtains Isaac's Blessing years old "he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: 35 and ''they were ' a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. O 'y And it came to pass, that /Li I when Isaac was old, and 'his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his_^ "* elder son, and said unto him, My son : and he said unto him. Here am I. 2 "And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death. 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and 'take me venison ; 4 and make me savory food, such as 1 love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that f my soul may bless thee before I die. 5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for veni- son, and to bring it. 6 And ''Re- bekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying. Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, say- ing, 7 Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death. 8 Now therefore, my son, *obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats ; and I will make them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth : 10 and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death. 1 1 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother. Behold, Esau my brother is a * hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 12 ' My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a ^ deceiver ; and I shall bring a curse vipon me, and not a blessing. 13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son; only '"obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother : and his mother made savory food, such as his father loved. 15 And Re- bekah took the goodly "garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son; 16 and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon - Heb. hitlernesa of spirit. 2 Or, mocker "Ch. 28. 8; 36. 2 6 Ch. 27. 46 " ch. 48. 10 ; 1 S. 3. 2 d ch. 26. 26, 33, 34 ' ch. 47. 29 /ch. 25. 28 'J ver. 19, 26, 31 '' ch. 25. 28 ' ver. 13, 43 * ch. 25. 26 ' ver, 21, 22 "' ver. 8 " ver. 27 " ver. 31 p ver. 4 < ver. 4 " Heb. 11. 20 "8.8.4. 11 * Pa. 65. 10 V ver. 39 ; Dt. 33. 13, 28 ; Prov. 3. 20; Zech. 8. 12 ~ ch. 25. 23 ; Is. 45. 14 ; 49. 7, 23 ; 60. 12, 14 " ver. 37 ; 9. 26, 27 t> ch. 37. 7, 10 ■^ ch. 12. 3 ; Num. 24. 9 the smooth of his neck : 1 7 and she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 18 And he came unto his father, and said. My father : and he said. Here am I ; who art thou, my sonl 1 9 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born ; I have done according as thou badest me : "arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that ^thy soul may bless me. 20 And Isaac said unto his son. How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son 1 And he said, '' Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed. 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that 'I may feel thee, my son, whether tliou be my very son Esau or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father ; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 23 And he dis- cerned him not. because his hands were * hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. 24 And he said. Art thou my very son Esau 1 And he said, I am. 25 And he said. Bring it near to nie, and I will eat of my son's venison, that 'my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to hirn, and he did eat : and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him. Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and "blessed him, and said, See, "the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field ^ which Jehovah hath blessed : 28 And ^ God give thee of the dew of heaven. And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine : 29 -Let peoples serve thee. And nations bow down to thee : " Be lord over thy brethren, "And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : " Cursed be every one that curs- eth thee. And blessed be every one that blesseth thee. 30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of bless- ing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunt^- 25 27.31 GENESIS 2a lO Esau's Disappoittment and Eiimity. Jacob is sent to Paddan-aram. Esaa takes another Wife ing. 31 And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father ; and he said uuto his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, tliat '' thy soul may bless me. 32 And Isaac his father said unto him, " Who art thoul And he said, I^ am thy son, "^thy first-born, Esau. 33 And Isaac trembled very ex- ceedingly, and said, *Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him ? •''yea, and he shall be blessed. 34 When Esau heard the words of his father, " he cried with an exceeding gi^eat and bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 35 And he said, '' Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named ' Jacob 1 for he hath supplanted me these two times : he took away my birthright ; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for mej 37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Be- hold, I have made him * thy lord, and all his brethreji have I given to him for servants ; and with grain and' new wine have I sustained him : and what then shall I do for thee, my sonl 38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even rne also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and ' wept. 39 And Isaac his father answered and ™ said unto him. Behold, ^ " of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And ^ of the dew of heaven from above ; 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and "thou shalt serve thy brother ; And it shall come to pass, ^ when thou shalt break loose. That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck. 41 And Esau « hated Jacob be- cause of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slay my brother Jacob. 42 And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah ; and she sent and called Jacob her iQr, away from " ver. 19 * ver. 4 '^ ver. 18 i ch. 26. 33, 31 * ver. 35 /ch. 25. 23 i'.Heb. 12. 17 '' ver. 19 ' ch. 25. 26, 32-34 k ver. 28, 29 ' Heb. 12. 17 '"Heb. 11.20 " ver. 28 ; Dt. 33. 13, 28 " ver. 29 1' 2 K. 8. 20-22 3ch. 32. 3-11 *' ver. 8, 13 ■' ch. 21. 29 « ch. 31. 41 " ver. 12, 19, 35 " ch. 26. 34, ■ ch. 24. 3, 4 = ch. 17. 1 ; 35. 11 ; 48. 3 " ch. 22. 17 l> ch. 17. 6, 20 '-' ch. 17. 2 ; 26. 4, 24 d ch. 35. 11 ; 48. 4 ' ch. 15. 7, 8 /ch. 27. 43 ft ch. 26. 34, 35 ; 27. 46 > ch. 26. 34 ; 36. 2 * ch. 26. 23 26 younger son, and said unto him. Behold, thy brother Esau, as touch- ing thee, doth comfort himself, 2nirjmmuj to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my son, ''obey my voice : and arise, Hee thou to * Laban my brother to Haran ; 44 and tarry with him 'a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away ; 45 until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget " that which thou hast done to him : then I will send, and fetch thee from thence : why should I be bereaved of you both in one daj^ % 46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, 1 am weary of my life because of ''the daughters of Heth : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daugh- ters of the land, what good shall O O niy life do me '? 1 And Isaac w O called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, ^ Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of ^Bethuel thy mother's father ; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. 3 And '^^ God Almighty " bless thee, and * make thee fruitful, and ''multiply thee, that thou mayest be a ''company of peoples ; 4 and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest '^ inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham. 5 And-^Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Paddan- aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the ^ Syrian, the brother of Re- bekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence ; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, '■> Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan ; 7 and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan- aram : 8 and Esau saw that * the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father ; 9 and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, 'besides the wives that .he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife. 10 And Jacob went out from * Beer-sheba, and went toward s Heb. El Shaddai. 3 Heb. Aramean. 28.11 GENESIS 29.17 Jacob's Vision at Bethel. His Vow. He meets Kacliel. Laban receives liim "Haran. 11 And he lighted upon ^ a '' certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set ; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. 12 And ''he dreamed ; and, behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven ; and, behold, '' the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And, behold, '• Jehovali stood ^ above it, and said, I am Jehovah, ■^the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, '■> to thee will I give it. and to ''thy seed ; 14 and thy seed shall bo as ' the dust of the earth, and thou shalt * spread abroad '' to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and 'in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 15 And, behold, "' I am with thee, and " will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and "will bring thee again into this land; for ^'I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 16 And Jacob ''awaked out of his sleep, and he said, *■ Surely Jehovah is in this place ; and I knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place ! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took 'the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 19 And he called the name of that place ■* Beth-el : but the name of the city was "Luz at the first. 20 And Jacob 'vowed a vow, say- ing, ^If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 21 so that I come again to my father's house in peace, ''and Jehovah will be my God, 22 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, -' shall be God's house : and ^ of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. O Q . Then Jacob ® went on his w Xj journey, and came to the land of "the children of the east. 1 Heb. the place. 2 Or, beside him 3 Heb. break forth. * That is, The house of God. s Or, then shall Jehovah be mv God, avd this stone &c. 6 Heb. lifted up his feet. °ch. 12.4,5; 27. 43 *> ver. 19 "^ Num. 12. 6 rf Ju. 1. 51 " Am. 7. 7 ; oh. 35. I /ch. 26. 3, 24 'J oh. 13. 15, 17 ; 26. 3 h ch. 12. 7 ; 15. 18 ' ch. 13. 16 ; 22. 17 *: ch. 13. 14, 15 ' ch. 12. 3 ; 18. 18 ; 22. 18 ; 20. 4 "' ch. 26. 3 " Num. 6. 24 ; Ps. 121. 7,8 ° oh. 48. 21 ; Dt. 30. 3 '' Dt. 7. 9 ; 31. 6, 8 « 1 K. 3. 15 ; Jer. 31. 20 *■ Ps. 139. 7- 12 ' Ps. 68. 35 < ver. 11; ch. 36. 14 " ch. 35. 6 ; 48. 3 " ch. 31. 13 ^ ver. 15 '-' ch. 35. 7 - Dt. 14. 22 " Judg. 6. 3, 33 b ch. 24. 10, 11 ; Ex. 2. 15, 16 " ch. 28. 10 d ch. 24. 24, 29 " Ex. 2. 16 / ch. 28. 5 ff ch. 24. 28 1^ ch. 24. 29- 31 ' ch. 33. 4 *-• Judg. 9. 2 ' ch. 31. 41 2 And he looked, and, behold, ''a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks : and the stone upon the well's mouth was great. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered : and they rolled the stone from the well 's mou th, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place. 4 And Jacob said unto them. My breth- ren, whence are ye 1 And they said. Of " Haran are we. 5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the ''son of Nahor ■? ' And they said. We know him. 6 And he said unto them. Is it well with him 1 And they said, It is well : and, behold, '^ Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together : water ye the sheep, ancl go and^ feed them. 8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth ; then we water the sheep. 9 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with lier father's sheep ; for she kept them. 10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's bi'other, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her ■'^fath- er's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son : and ^ she ran and told her father. 13 And it came to pass, when '' Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and ' embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. 14 And Laban said to him. Surely thou art *my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. 15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my bi^other, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought 1 tell me. what shall ' thy wages be 1 16 And Laban had two daughters : the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel 17 And Lean's eyes we'^e 27 29.18 GENESIS 30.15 Jacob marries Leah and Rachel. His Children tender ; but Rachel was " beautiful and well-favored. 18 And Jacob * loved Rachel ; and he said, " I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 1 9 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me. 20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. 21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. 23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him ; and he went in unto her. 24 Aiid Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a hand- maid. 25 And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah : and he said to Laban, ** What is this thou hast done unto me *? did not I serve with thee for RacheH whei-ef ore then hast thou " beguiled mel 26 And Laban said. It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born. 27 -^Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which * thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. 28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week : and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid. 30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and * he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. 31 And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb : but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name ^ Reuben : for she said, Because Jehovah hath 'looked upon my affliction ; for now my husband will love me. 33 And she con- ceived again, and bare a son : and said, * Because Jehovah ^ hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also : and she called his name ^ Simeon. 34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said. Now this time will 1 That is, See, a son. 2 Heb. shama. 3Heb. Shimeon. "■ ch. 12. n, 14 ; 26. 7 * ch. 24. 67 " Ho3. 12. 12 d ch. 12. 18 ; 20. 9 ; 26. 10 ' 1 S. 28. 12 / Judg. 14. 12 "ch. 31. 41 '' ver. 17, 18 ! ch. 16. 11 ; 31. 42 * Dt. 21. 15 ' ch. 49. 6 "* ch. 49. S ; Mt. 1. 2 " 1 Sam. 1. 6, ° ch. 20. 18 ; 29. 31 P ch. 16. 2 9 ch. 16. 3, 4 • S. S. 7. 13 my husband be * joined unto me, because I have borne liim three sons : therefore was his name called ' Levi. 3.5 And she conceived again, and bare a son : and she said. This time will I ^ "» praise Jehovah : thei*e- fore she called his name ""Judah; and she left ofl" bearing. O/^ And when Rachel saw 0 V/ that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister ; and she said unto Jacob, " Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel : and he said. Am I in God's stead, who hath " withheld from thee the fruit of the- womb'? 3 And she said, ^Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her ; that she may bearupon my knees, and I also may ' obtain children by hei\ 4 And *she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife : and Jacob went in unto her. 5 And Bilhah con- ceived, and bare Jacob a son. 6 And Rachel said, God hath * judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son : therefore called she his name Dan. 7 And Bilhah Rachel's hand- maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. 8 And Rachel said. With ^ mighty wrestlings have 1 ^" wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed : and she called his name Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. 10 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, " Fortunate ! and she called his name '^ Gad. 1 2 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, '^ Happy am I ! for the daughters will call me happy : and she called his name " Asher. 14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found ^^ "^ mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 1 5 And she said unto her. Is it a small matter that thou < From the root Invah. 5 From the Heb. hodah. * Heb. Jehudah. 7 Heb. be builded by her. 8 Heb. dan, be judgted. 9 Heb. wrestlings of God. 10 Heb. nivhtal, he wrestled. 11 Heb. With fortune ! Another reading la, Fortune is come. 12 That is, Fortune. 13 Heb. With mv happiness .' 1* That is, Happy. i* Or, love apples 28 30.16 GENESIS 30. 43 Jacob's Children, His Bargain with Laban. His Prosperity hast taken away my husband 1 and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also 1 And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. 16 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said. Thou must come in unto me ; for I have surely hired thee with my son's man- drakes. And he lay with her that night. 17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son. 18 And Leah said, God hath given me my ' hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband : and she called his name Issachar. 1 9 And Leah con- ceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob. 20 And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry ; now will my husband ^ dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons : and she called his name Zebulun. 21 And after- wax'ds she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. 22 And " God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 23 And she conceived, and bare a son : and said, God hath taken awaj' my reproach : 24 and she called his name Joseph, saying, 'Jehovah ^add to me another son. 25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, "Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 26 Give nie my wives and my children '^ for whom I have served thee, and let me go : for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. 27 And Laban said unto him. If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry : for I have divined ^ that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake. 28 And he said, •''Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 29 And he said ! unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. 30 For it was little which thou hadst before I j came, and it hath * increased unto I a multitude ; and Jehovah hath blessed thee ^ whithersoever I tui'ned : and now when shall I provide for mine own house also"? 31 And he said, What shall I give j thee 1 And Jacob said. Thou shalt 1 Heb. sachar. 2 Heb. zabal, he dwelt, s Heb. Joseph. * Heb. broken forth. * Heb. at my foot. ° 1 S. 1. 19, 20 i> ch. 35. 17 ■ch.24.54,56 d ch. 29. 18, 27; Hos. 12. 12 ' ch. 39. 5 /ch. 29. 15; 31. 7, 41 «' ch. 31. 8 A ch. 12. 16 ; 13. 2 ; 24. 35 ; 26. 13, 14 not give me aught : if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it. 32 I will pass through all thy flock to- day, removing from thence every ^ speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats : and of such shall be my hire. 33 So shall my right- eousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee : every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, if found with me, shall be counted stolen. 34 And Laban said. Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 3.5 And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons ; 36 and he set three days' journey betwixt him- iLelf and Jacob : and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 37 And Jacob took him rods of fresh ^poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree ; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink ; and they conceived when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ring- streaked, speckled, and spotted. 40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks to- ward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban •. and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock. 41 And it came to pass, whenso- ever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods ; 42 but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in : so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 43 And ''the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid- servants and men-servants, and camels and asses. 6 Or, storax-tree 29 31.1 GENESIS Jacob's Secret Departare for Canaan. Laban porsnes and chides him 31.31 O -i And he heard the words of O _L Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's ; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this * glory. 2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before- time. 3 And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred ; and "I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his ilock, 5 and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before time ; but ''the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath '^deceived me, and ** changed my wages ten times ; but " God sufiered him not to hurt me. 8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages ; then all the flock bare speckled : and if he said thus, The ring- streaked shall be thy wages ; then bare all the flock ringstreaked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the flock con- ceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a di'eam, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled. 11 And -^the angel of God said unto rue in the dream, Jacob : and I said. Here am I. 12 And he said. Lift up now thine eyes, and see : all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ring- streaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. 13 I am "the God of Beth-el, where thou *anoint- «dst a pillar, where thou yowedst a vow unto me : now arise, get thee out from this land, and ^re- turn unto the land of thy nativity. 14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house'? 1-5 Are we not accounted by him as foreigners'? for * he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured^ our money. 16 For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's : now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. 1 Or, wealth * Or, the price paid for us " ch. 28. 15 i> ver. 29, 42, 03 ; ch. 28. 13, 15 " ch. 29. 25 rf ver. 41 ^ ver. 29 /ver. 13;cb. 16. 7-11 ; 22. ^11, 15 V ch. 28. 13 A ch. 28. 18, 20 '■ ch. 28. 15 * ch. 29. 20, 23, 27 ' ch. 35. 27-29 "' ver. 30, 34 -, Judg. 17. 5; 1 S. 19. 13; Hos. 3. 4 « ch. 37. 25 P ver. 11 ; ch. 20. 3, 0 9 ver. 7, 29 •■ Ex. 16. 20 ' ch. 4. 21 < ver. 56 " ver. 6, 42, 53 " ver. 24 ^ ver. 19 17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; 18 and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gath- ered in Paddan-aram, ' to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan. 1 9 Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep : and Rachel stole the '" teraphim that were her : father's. 20 And Jacob ^ stole away unawares to Laban the Syr- ian, in that he told him not that he fled. 21 So he fled with all that he had ; and he rose up, and passed over '*the River, and set his face toward the mountain of " Gilead. 22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. 24 And "God came to Laban the Syrian in a ^ dream of the night, and said unto him, "Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 25 And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain : and Laban with his brethren encamped in the moun- tain of Gilead. 26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword'? 27 Vvlierefore didst thou flee secretly, and ^ steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with *■ tabret and with *harp ; 28 and didst not suffer me * to kiss my .sons and my daughters'? now hast thou done foolishly. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but " the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, '' Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore long- edst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen ^my _ gods'? 31 And Jacob answered J and said to Laban, Because I was afraid : for I said. Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from 3 Heb. stole the heart of Laban the Aramean. ■< That is, the Euphrates. 5 Heb. didst steal me. 30 31.32 GENESIS 32.4 Jacob's angry [leply. Covenant of Cialeed. Jacob at Mahanaim me by force. 32 "With whomso- ever thou lindest thy gods, he shall not live : before our lorethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants ; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and en- tered into Rachel's tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not. 35 And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee ; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim. 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban : and Jacob an- swered and said to Laban, What is my trespass'? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after mel 37 Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuiil Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. 38 These twenty years have I been with thee ; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten. 39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee ; I bare the loss of it ; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. 41 These twenty years have I been in thy house ; * I served thee four- teen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock : and thou hast "changed my wages ten times. 42 Except "^ the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. " God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and -^rebuked thee yester- night. 43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters ai-e my daughters, and the children are my children, and ^the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest " ch. 44. 9 !> ch. 29. 27, 30 " ver. 7 rf ver. 5, 29, 63 " ch. 2i). 32 / ver. 24, 29 '■I ver. 1 '' ch. 31. 27. 32 ' ch. 28. 18 ; Josh. 24. 26, 27 t Josh. 22. 34 ' Judg.11.29 ' Jer. 29. 23 ; 42. 5 " ch. 28. 13 " ver. 42 P Ex. 18. 12 r*Ch. 32. 1 in Heb.] 1 ver. 28, 43 • 2 K. 6. 16, 17 ; Ps. 31. 7 ' Josh. 21. 38 ; 2 S. 2. .8 ' ver. 7, 11 ; ch. 27. 41, 42 " ch. 14. 6 " ch. 25. 30', 36. 8, 9 31 is mine : and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne"? 44 And now come, let us ''make a covenant, I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took 'a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones ; and they took stones, and made a heap : and they did eat there by the heap. 47 And Laban * called it ^ Jegar-saha-dutha : but Jacob called it ' Galeed. 48 And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed : 49 and ^'Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are ^ absent one from another. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us ; see, ™ God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Be- hold this heap, and behold the pillar, which 1 have set betwixt me and thee. 52 This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me,"for harm. 53 "The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the ^God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by " the Fear of his father Isaac. 54 ^And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat Jjread : and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain. *55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and '^kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them : and Laban departed, and returned unto his OO place. 1 And Jacob went O w on his way, and *■ the angels of God met him. 2. And Jacob said when he saw them. This is God's host : and he called the name of that place ^* Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob 'sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of "Seir, the field of " Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say 1 That is. The heap of witness, in Aramaii;. 2 That is, The hea,p of witness, in Hebrew. 3 That is, The watch tower. * Heb. hidden. s Or, fjods « That is, Two hosts, or, Comvaniec. 32.5 GENESIS 33.1 Jacob's Fear of Esaa. He sends him Presents and a Message. He wrestles with an Angel unto my lord Esau : Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and "stayed until now : 5 and * I have oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-sei'vants, and maid-servants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, say- ing. We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was "greatly afraid and was distressed : and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two com- panies; 8 and he said. If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape. 9 And Jacob said, O "^God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Je- hovah, who saidst unto me, "Re- turn unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good : 10 ^ I am not worthy of the least -''of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant ; for with my staff I r'assed over this Jordan ; and now I am become two com- panies. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, "from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. 1 2 And thou saidst, '' I will surely do thee good, and ' make thy seed as. the sand of the sea, which can- not be numbered for multitude. 13 And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother : 14 two hundred she- goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. 1 6 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto nis ser- vants. Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 1 7 And he commanded the foremost, saying. When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying. Whose art thou % and whither goest thou"? and whose are these before thee? 18 then thou shalt say. They are thy ser- vant Jacob's ; it is a present sent 1 Heb. / am, less than all Sic. " ch. 31. 41 *> ch. 30. 43 '^ ver. 11 d ch. 31. 42 ' ch. 28. 15 ; 31. 13 /ch. 24.27 " ch. 27. 41, 42 ; 33. 4 fc ch. 28. 14 ' ch. 22. 17 * Dt. 3. 16 ; Josh. 12. 2 ' Hob. 12. 3, 4 ' ch. 36. 10 ; 1 K. 18. 31 " Judg. 13. 17, 18 " ch. 16. 13 ; Ex. 33. 20 ; Num. 12. 8 ; Judg. 6. 22 , 13. 22 P Judg. 8. 8 « ch. 32. 6 32 unto mj^ lord Esau : and, behold, he also is behind us. 19 And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying. On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him ; 20 and ye shall say. Moreover, behold, thy servant Ja- cob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and after- ward I will see his face ; peradven- ture he will accept me. 2 1 So the present passed over before him : and he himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the *Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone ; and there ' wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said. Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name 1 And he said, Jacob. 28 And "' he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but " Israel : for thou hast ^ striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29 And "Ja- cob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said. Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name 1 And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place * Peniel : for, said he, " I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 31 And the sun rose upon him as he passed over ^ Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh. 32 There- fore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day : because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of: the hip. O O And Jacob lifted up his O O eyes, and looked, and, be- hold, « Esau was coming, and Avith 5 That is, He who striveth with God, or, God striveth. 8 Or, had power with * That is, The/ace of Ood. 33.2 GENESIS 34.12 Jacob meets Esau. He goes to Shechem. Dinah avenged by Simeon and Levi htm four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her chil- dren after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he himself Eassed over before them, and bowed imself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and "fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children ; and said. Who are these with thee"? And he said, 'The children whom God hath graciously given _ thy servant. 6 Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves : and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said. What meanest thou by ''all this company which I mef? And he said. To find favor in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, '*! have enough, my brother ; let that which thou hast be thine. 10 And Jacob said. Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; ^forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my '^ gift that is brought to thee ; * because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have ^ enough. And he urged him, and he took it. 12 And he said. Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 1 3 And he said unto him. My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young : and if they over- drive them one day, all the flocks will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant : and I will lead on gently, accord- ing to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto ■^Seir. 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it '? 1 Or, for therefore have I seen 2 Heb. blessing. 3 Heb. all. " ch. 45. 14, 15 * ch. 48. 9 " ch. 32. 14- 16 d ch. 27. 39, 40 <■ ch. 30. 43 /ch. 32. 3 " Judg. 8. 5, 14; Ps. 60. 6 h ch. 12. 6 ; Josh. 24. 1 ; Judg. 9. 1 i ch. 26. 20 ; 28. 2 fc Josh. 24. 32 ; Jn. 4. 5 ' ch. 30. 21 " Dt. 22. 21 ; Judg. 20. G; 2 Sam. 13. 12 "ch. 13. 9; 20. 15 let me find favor in the sight of my lord. 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 1 7 And Jacob journeyed to s'Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name of the place is called * Succoth. 1 8 And Jacob came ^ in peace to the city of ''Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from * Paddan-aram ; and en- camped before the city. 19 And * he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred ® pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it ^El-Elohe-Israel. O A And ' Dinah the daughter O'Tc of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And Shechem the son of Hamor ™the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her ; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake ^ kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying. Get me this damsel to wife. 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinahhis daugh- ter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought " folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter ; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, say- ing. The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter : I pray you, give her unto him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us ; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us : and " the land shall be before you ; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. 11 And She- chem said unto her father and unto her brethren. Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me cli. 4a. 26 ; Dt. 3:i. 16 " ch. 27. 29 d Acts 7. 9 « ch. 33. 18- 20 /ch. S.-;. 27 " 2 K. 6. 13 fc ver. 32 ' ch. 42. 22 fc ver. 2S ; ch. 16. 12 ; 39. 1 'ch. iX 11 "' Jer. 8. 22; 46. 11 " ver. 20 ''Ch.42. 21 P ver. 25 ; Judg. 6. 1 ; 8. 22, 24 4 ch. 45. 4 ; Acts 7. 9 ' ver. 34 ; ch. 44. 13 t ch. 42. 13, 36 " ver. 3, 23 " ver. 29 Vver. 33;ch. 25. 8 ; 36. 29; 42. 38 ; 44. 29, 31 37 said. Let us not take his life. 22 And Reuben said unto them. Shed no blood ; cast him into this pit that is in the ^vilderness, but lay no hand vipon him : that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father. 23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of manj^ colors that was on him ; 24 and they took him, and cast hiin into the pit : and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 And the.v sat down to eat bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of *Ishmaelites was com- ing from Gilead, with their camels bearing -'spicery and ^"' balm and ■* myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah said unto his brethren. What profit is it if we slay our brotlier and "conceal his blood"? 27 "Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him. 28 And there passed by ^Midian- ites, merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and ''sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And ''they brought Joseph into Egypt. 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he *rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, 'The child is not ; and I, whither shall I gol 31 And "they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood ; 32 and they sent the coat of many colors, and they bi'ought it to their father, and said. This have we found ; know now whether it is thy son's coat or not. 33 And he knew it, and said. It is m.y son's coat ; "an evil beast hath devoured him ; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces. 34 And Jacob "" rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him ; but he refused to be com- forted ; and he said, For I will go down to ^ Sheol to my son mourn- ing. And his father wept for him. ■ Or, gum tragacanth Or, Horax 3 Or, mastic * Or, ladanwn 37.36 GENESIS 38.28 Jndah's Children by Shna. His ChOdren by Tamar 36 And the ^ Midianites "sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the '■^captain of the guard. Q O And it came to pass at O O that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain * Adullamite. whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua ; and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And she conceived, and bare a. son ; and he called his name ''Er. 4 And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and she called his name Onan. 5 And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah : and he was at Che- zib, when she bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his first- born, and her name was Tamar. 7 And ** Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah ; and Jehovah slew him. 8 And Judah said unto Onan, ^Go in unto thy brother's wife, and per- form the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew that the seed would not be his ; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he snould give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah : and he slew him also. 11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, •''Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up ; for he said. Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. 1 2 And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died ; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to ''Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying. Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep. 14 And she Eut off from her the garments of er widowhood, and '' covered her- self with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of • Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah ; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife. 15 When 1 Heb. Medatiites. * Heb. chief af the executioners. "■ ch. 39. 1 f> Josh. 15. 35 ; 1 Sam. 22. 1 " cli. 46. 12 ; Num. 26. 19 d 1 Chr. 2. 3 ' Dt. 25. 5, 6 ; Mt. 22. 24 /Ruthl. 12, 13 ^ Josh. 15. 10, 67 ft ch. 24. 65 ' Josh. 15. 34 * ch. 41. 42 ' Lev. 21. 9 ' ch. 26. 24-26 38 Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot ; for she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said. Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee : for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me % 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it 1 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee I And she said, * Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she con- ceived by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the gar- ments of her widowliood. 20 And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adul- lamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand : but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying. Where is the ^prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside 1 And they said, There hath been no ^prostitute here. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her ; and also the men of the place said. There hath been no ^prosti- tute here. 23 And Judah said. Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame : behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot ; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and 'let her be burnt. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child : and she said. Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said. She is more righteous than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, ""twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass, 3 Heb. kedeshah, that is, a woman dedicated to impure heathen worship. See Dt. 23. 17 ; Hoa, 4. 14. 38.29 GENESIS 40.2 Joseph is made Potiphar's Overseer. Joseph and Potiphar's Wife. Joseph is put in Prison when she travailed, that one put out a hand : and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out : and she said, ^ Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself 1 therefore his name was called ^ " Perez. 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand : and his name was called Zerah. OO -^^^ Joseph was brought O \y down to Egypt ; and Poti- phar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of *the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. 2 And "^ Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man ; and he was in the house of his master the Egyp- tian. 3 And his master ''saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah ''made all that he did to iprosper in his hand. 4 And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him : and he made him overseer over his house, and -''all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah "blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake ; and ''the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand ; and ^he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was 'comely, and well-favored. 7 And it came to pass after these things, *that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph ; and she said. Lie with me. 8 But ' he refused, and said unto his master's wife. Behold, my master "* knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand : 9 ™ he is not greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, and " sin against God 1 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day oy day, that 1 Or, How hast thou made a breach I a breach be upon thee .' 2 That is, A breach. 3 Or, with him he knew not * Or, knoweth not with me what is &e. " ch. 46. 12 ; Ruth 4. 12 * ch. 37. 26, 28, 36 ; Ps. 105. 17 •= ver. 3, 21, 23 d ch. 21. 22 ; 26. 28 ' Ps. 1. 3 / ver. 8, 22 'J ch. 30. 27 h Ut. 28. 3, 4,11 ' ch. 29. 17 * Prov. 7. 1,1-20 ' Prov. 6. 23, 24 "' ch. 41. 40 " ch. 42. 18 ; 2 Sam. 12. 13 " Ps. 105. 18 P ver. 2 ; Ps. 10.1. 19 ; Acts 7. 9 9 ver. 4 '■ ver. 3, 8 ' ver. 2 t ver. 3 « ver. 11, 13 he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 1 1 And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work ; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 1 2 And she caught him by his gar- ment, saying, Lie with me : and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. 13- And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 that she called unto the men of her house^ and spake unto them, say- ing. See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us : he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice : 15 and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out. 16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. 17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying. The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me : 18 and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying. After this manner did thy servant to me ; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Joseph's master took him, and "put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound : and he was there in the prison. 21 But ^Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prison « committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison ; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 23 ''The keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand, because 'Jehovah was with him ; and that which he did, * Jehovah made it to prosper. /| /~\ And it came to pass after ^\J these things, that " the but- ler of the king oi Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, 40.3 GENESIS 41.8 Joseph interprets the Dreams of Fellow-prisoners. Pharaoh's Dreams of the Sine and the Ears of drain and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the " captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Jo- seph with them, and he ministered unto them : and they continued a season in ward. 5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the inter- pretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. 6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad. 7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, say- ing, * Wherefore look ye so sad to-day^ 8 And they said unto him, " We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can inter- pret it. And .Joseph said unto them, ** Do not interpretations be- long to Godl tell it me, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to .Joseph, and said to him. In my dream, behold, a vine was before me ; 1 0 and in the vine were three branches : and it was as though it budded, and its blos- soms shot forth ; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes : 1 1 and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand ; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 12 And Joseph said unto him. This is the interpretation of it : the three bi'anches are three days ; 1 3 within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office : and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. 14 But have me in thy remem- brance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house : 1 5 for indeed " I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. 16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three bas- ° ch. 39. 1, 20 I' Neh. 2. 2 "ch. 41. 15 <>■ ch. 41. 16 ; Dan. 2. 27, 2S ' ch. 37 28 26- /2K. 25. 27; Jer. 62. 31 " ver. 13 '' ver. 19 i Job 8. 11 ; Is. 19. 6, 7 tDan. 2. 1,3 ' Ex. 7. 11, 22 ' Dan. 2. 27 ; 4. 7 kets of white bread were on my head: 17 and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh ; and the bii'ds did eat them out of the bas- ket upon my head. 18 And Jo- seph answered and said. This is the interpretation thereof : the three baskets are three days ; 19 within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants : •''and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21 And he restored the chief but- ler unto his butlership again ; and "he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: 22 but ''he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had inter- preted to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. /\ -\ And it came to pass at ■Tti the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed : and, be- hold, he stood by the ^ river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well- favored and fat-fleshed ; and they fed in Hhe reed-grass. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river. ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he slept and dreamed a second time : and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, "^ rank and good. 6 And, be- hold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. 7 And the thin ears swallowed up the seven " rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morning that ^ his spirit was troub- led ; and he sent and called for all the ^ ' magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof : and Pharaoh told them his dream; but '" there was none that could inter- pret them unto Pharaoh. 1 Heb. Yeor, that is, the Nile. 2 Heb. fat. * Or, sacred scribes 40 41.9 GENESIS 41.40 Joseph interprets Pharaoh's Dreams. lie is made Ruler of E^rypt 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I / do re- member " my faults this daj^ : 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker : 11 and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he ; we dreamed each man according to the inter- pretation of his dream. 12 And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard ; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams ; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 13 And it came to pass, *as he interpreted to us, so it was; "me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 14 "Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him ''hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15 And Pha- raoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and Hhere is none that can interpret it : and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it. 16 And Joseph an- swered Pharaoh, saying, -^It is not in me : '■> God will give Pharaoh ax\ answer of peace. 17 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream,- behold, I stood upon the brink of the river: 18 ana, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored ; and they fed in the reed-grass : 19 and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness : 20 and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : 21 and wnen they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they nad eaten them ; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good : 23 and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them : 24 and the thin ears swal- lowed up the seven good ears : and I told it unto the magicians ; but 1 Or, V)ill make mnrtion of 2 Or, / was restored . . . and he was hanged " ch. 40. 23 I" ch. 40. 21, 22 " Ps. 105. 20 ^ ver. 30 •, Ps. 105. 16 ; Acts 7. 11 : Acts 7. 12 «: ch. 43. 8 ' ch. 36. 24 "■* ch, 41. 57 ; Acts 7. 11 " ch. 41. 41, 65 ° ch. 37. 8- 10 ; 41. 43 9 ch. 37. 2 ; 41. 46, .53 "■ ch. 37. 6-9 ' ch. 37. 8 ' ver. 16, 19, 31, 34 " ch. 43. 7 "ver. 32; ch. 37. 30 ; 44. 42 all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph ; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth : and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians ; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt. 57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was soi'e in all the earth. A^ Now 'Jacob saw that ^^ there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another 1 2 And he said. Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; * that we may live, and not die. 3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt. 4 But 'Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren ; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came : "^ for the famine was in the land of Ca- naan. 6 And " Joseph was the governor over the land ; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and "bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made him- self strange unto them, and ^ spake roughly with them ; and he said unto them. Whence come ye 1 And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but *they knew not him. 9 And Joseph ''remembered the dreams which he di'eamed of them, and said unto them. Ye are spies ; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 10 And they said unto him. Nay, * my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 1 1 We are all one man's sons ; we are ' true men, thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them. Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 13 And they said. We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with " our father, and '' one is not. 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying. Ye are spies : 15 hereby ye 42.16 GENESIS 43.7 Joseph's Rongliness. Simeon boand. The others return. Their None; found in their Saclcs. They are.sent again shall be proved : by the life of Pha- raoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be " truth in you : or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 17 And he put them all together into *ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live ; for " I fear God : 1 9 if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house ; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses : 20 and •* bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 And they said one to another, " We are verily guilty con- cerning our brothei, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, •''Spake I not unto you, saying, JDo not sin against the child; and ye would not hear] therefore also, behold, his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; for there was an interpreter between them. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and s'wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and ''took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes. 25 'Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to re- store every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus was it done unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence. 27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money ; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. 28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored ; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them, and they turned trem- bling one to another, saying, *What is this that God hath done unto us 1 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying, 30 The man, the lord " ver. 11 6 ch. 40. 4, 7 ' ch. 39. 9 d ver. 34 " ch. 37. 26- 28 i 45. 3 /ch. 37. 22 « ch. 43. 30 ; 46. 14, 15 A ch. 43. 14, 23 i ch. 44. 1 k ch. 43. 23 ' ver. n ' ch. 43. 12, 16 " ch. 37. 35 ; 44. 29, 31 " ch. 41. 66, 67 P ver. 6 ; ch. 44.23 43 of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him. We are ' true men ; we are no spies : 32 we are twelve brethren^ sons of our father ; one is not, ana the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men : leave one of your breth- ren with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way ; 34 and bring your youngest brother unto me : then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men : so will I de- liver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land. 35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, '"every man's bundle of money was in his sack : and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them. Me have ye bereaved of my chil- dren : J oseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are ^ against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 38 And he said. My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he only is left : ^f harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye " bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. A ^ . ° And the famine was sore jt O in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them. Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, *'The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying. Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food : 5 but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down ; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 6 And Israel said. Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother 1 1 And they said. The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and I Or, upon 43. GENESIS 43.34 Jacob's Sons sent again, and Benjamin witli them. Joseph feasts with his Brothers concerning our kindred, saying, " Is your father yet alive 1 have ye another brother 1 and we told him according to the tenor of these words : could we in anj' wise know that he would say. Bring your brother down 1 8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; *that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9^1 will be surety for him ; of my hand shalt thou require him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then ^ let me bear the blarne for ever : 10 for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time. 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this : take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man •* a present, a little " balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, - nuts, and almonds ; 1 2 and take double money in your hand ; and -^ the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand; perad venture it was an oversight : 13 take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: 14 and *•'' God Al- mighty '' give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you ' your other brother and Benjamin. And * if I be bereaved of my chil- dren, I am bereaved. 1 5 And the men took ' that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin ; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And when Joseph saw Ben- jamin with them, he said to the steward of his house. Bring the men into the house, and slay, and make ready ; for the men shall dine with me at noon. 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, be- cause they were brought to Joseph's house ; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time ai"e we brought in ; _ that he may ■* seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 1 9 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house. 1 Heb. I shall have sinned against thee for ever. 2 That is. pistachio nuts. « Heb. El Shaddai. * Heb. roll himself upon us. " ver. 27 ; ch. 48. 13 b ch. 42. 2 ' ch. 42. 37 d ver. 25, 26 ' ch. 37. 2a /ver. 21, 22 " ch. 17. 1 ; 28.3; 35. U A Ps. 100. 46 « ch. 42. 24 k ch. 42. 36 ' ver. 11 "" ch. 42. 35 " ver. 12, 15 " ch. 42. 28 P ch. 42. 24 «ch. 18. 4; 19. 2 ; 24. 32 *■ ver. 11, 15 ' ch. 37. 7, 10 < ver. 7 ; ch. 45. 3 " ch. 37. 7, 10 " ch. 42. 13 "Num. 6. 25 ; Ps. 67. V ch. 42. 24 ; 45. 2, 14, 15 ; 46. 29 ' ch. 45. 1 " ch. 46. 34 t> ch. 42. 7 and they spake unto him at the door of the house, 20 and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the fii-st time to buy food : 21 and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, '" every rnan's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight : and " we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food : we know not who put our money in our sacks. 2.3 And he said. Peace be to you, fear not : "your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks : I had your money. And ^he brought Simeon out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and *gave them water, and they washed their feet ; and he gave their asses prov- ender. 25 And they made ready [ the present against Joseph's com- ing at noon : for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and 'bowed down them- selves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, *^Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake *? Is he yet alive'? 28 And they said. Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. " And they bowed the head, and made obeisance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Ben- i jamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is^ this "your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, ""God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Joseph made haste ; for his heart yearned over his brother : and he sought where to weep ; and he entered into his chamber, and ^ wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and came out ; and he ^ refrained him- self, and said, Set on bread. 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, _Dy themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ; for that is "an abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, f the first-born according to his birth- right, and the youngest according to his youth : and the men mar- velled one with another. 34 And 44 44.1 GENESIS 44.31 Joseph's Brothers depart with his Gap, and are reralled. Jadah's Intercession for Benjamin ' he took and sent messes unto tliem from before him : " but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and '^ were merry with him. A A * And he commanded the T^ j^ steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their as^es. 4 And when they were gone out of " the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward. Up, follow after the men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them. Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for goodl 5 Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed '' divineth 1 ye have done evil in so doing. 6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words. 7 And they said vinto him. Where- fore speaketh my lord such words as these 1 Far be it from thy ser- vants that they should do such a thing. 8 Behold, ''the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again vtnto thee out of the land of Canaan : how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold '? 9 •''With whom- soever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's ^ bondmen. 10 And he said. Now also let it be according unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my bondman ; and ye shall be blameless. - 1 1 Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest : and ''the cup was found in Ben- jamin's sack. 1.3 Then they 'rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to '' the city. 14 And .Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house ; and he was yet there : and ' they fell be- fore him on the ground. 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done "? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed "'divine'? 16 And Judah said, What I Or, messes were taken 2 Heb. drank largely. " ch. 35. 24 ft ch. 42. 25 ''ver. 13 <* ver. 15 ; ch. 30. 27 ; Lev. 19.26; Dt. 18. 10- 14 *■ ch. 43. 21 /ch. 31. 32 i' ver. IG '' ver. 2 i ch. 37. 29, 34 * ver. 4 ' ch. 37. 7, 10 ™ ver. 5 " ver. 9 "ch. 37. 7, 8; 41. 40-44 3' ch. 43. 7 ' ver. 30 ; ch. 43. 8 •"ch. 37. 33; 42. 13, 38 ' ch. 43. 3 « ch. 37. 31- 36 " ver. 31 ; ch. 42. 38 shall we say unto my lord 1 what shall we speak 'I or hoM' shall we clear ourselves 1 God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants : behold, we are my lord's "bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found. 17 And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so : the man in whose hand the cup is. found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said. Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant ; for " thou art even as Pharaoh. 1 9 ^My lord asked his servants, say- ing. Have ye a father, or a brother ? 20 And we said unto my lord. We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, * a little one ; and his brother '"is dead, and he alone is left of his mother ; and his father loveth him. 21 And thou saidst unto thy servants. Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord. The lad cannot leave his father : for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, * Except your youngest brother come down Avith you, ye shall see ray face no more. 24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food. 26 And we said, We cannot go down : if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down ; for we may not see the man's face^ except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my father said unto us. Ye know that my wife bare me two sons : 28 and the one went out from me, and 'I said. Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since : 29 and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will "bring down my gray hairs with * sorrow to Sheol. 30 Now therefore when I come to thy ser- vant my father, and the lad is not with us ; seeing that * his life is bound up in the lad's life ; 31 it will come to pass, when he seeth 3 Heb. evil. * Or, his soul is knit with the lad's soul See 1 Sam. 18. 1. 45 44.32 GENESIS 45.26 Joseph makes himself known. Pharaoh sends for Jacob that the lad is not with us, that he will die : and thy servants will " bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. 32 For thy servant * be- came surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the laa a bondman to my lord ; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34 For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me "? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father. A pT Then Joseph could not re- Tl fj frain himself before all them that stood by him ; and he cried. Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, "while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2 And ^ he ^ wept aloud : and the Egyp- tians heard, and the house of Pha- raoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph ; ^doth my father yet live "? And his brethren could not answer him ; for •'^they were troubled at his pres- ence. 4 And .Joseph said unto his brethren. Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ^ ye sold me hither : for ''God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For ' these two years hath the famine been in the land : and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 And * God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive ';^ by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God : and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and 'say unto him. Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt : come down unto me, tarry not ; 1 0 and thou shalt dwell in the land of ™ Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy chil- dren's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou 1 Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping. 2 Or, to be a great company that escape ° ver. 29 b ch. 43. 9 ' Acts 7. 13 d ver. 14, 15 : ch. 46. 29 ' ch. 43. 27 /ch. 37. 20- 28; 42. 21, 22 B ch. 37. 28 ; 44.20 'i ver. 7, 8 ; ch. 60. 20 ' ch. 37. 2 ; 41. 46, 53 * ver. 5 ' Acts 7. 14 "' ch. 46. 28, 34 " ch. 47. 12 » Acts 7. 14 P ver. 2 « Acts 7. 13 ■ ch. 27. 28 'ver. 21,27; ch. 46. 6 ; Num. 7. 3-8 " 2 K. 5. 5 " ch. 43. 34 *ch. 37. 31-35 46 hast : 1 1 and there will I " nourish thee ; for there are yet five years of famine ; lest thou come to pov- erty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. 12 And, be- hold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen : ana ye shall haste and "bring down my father hither. 14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and ^ wept ; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his qfethren talked with him. 1 6 And * the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh s house, saying, .Joseph's brethren are come : and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy breth- ren. This do ye : lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land or Canaan ; 1 8 and take your father and your households, and come unto me : apd '' I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye : take you ' wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 21 And the sons of Israel did so : and Joseph gave them ' wag- ons, according to the command- ment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22 To all of them he gave each man ^changes of raiment ; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of sil- ver, and "five changes of raiment. 23 And to his father he sent after this manner : ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way. 24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed : and he said unto them. See that ye fall not out by the way. 25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 26 And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for *he believed them not. 45.27 GENESIS 46.29 Jacob and his Family come to Soshen. Their Kames given. Joseph meets liis Father 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them : and when he saw the " wag- ons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived : 28 and Israel said, It is enough ; Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go and see him before I die. A f* And Israel took his journey rtvJ with all that he had, and came to * Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the "God of his father Isaac. 2 And ''God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 3 And he said, ^I am God, the God of thy father : fear not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there make of thee a great nation : 4 ^ I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and ''I will also surely binng thee up again : and ' Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. 5 And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the * wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and 'came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him : 7 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. 8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons : Heuben, Jacoo's first-born. 9 And the sons of Reuben : Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10 And the sons of Simeon : ^ Jem- uel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and ^Jachin, and ^Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. II And the sons of Levi: "^Ger- shon, Kohath, and Merari. 1 2 And the sons of Judah : Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah ; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 And the sons of Issachar : Tola, and ^Puvah, and lob, and Shimron. 14 And the sons of Zebulun : 1 In Num. 26. 12, 1 Chr. 4. 24, Nemuel. - In 1 Chr. 4. 24, Jarib. 3 In Num. 26. 13, 1 Chr. 4. 24, Zerah. * In 1 Chr. 6. 16, Gershovi. 6 In 1 Chr. 1. 1, Puah, Jashub. See Num. 26. 23. 24. ° ver. 19 i-ch. 28. 10 ''ch. 26. 24, 28. 13 dNum. 12.6 Job 33 14 15 "ch. 22. n; 31. 11 /ch 17. 1; 28. 13 ^ch. 28. 15 Ach 50 24 Ex 3. 8 'Ch. 60. 1 * ch. 45. 21 ■ Acts 7. 15 'Ex. 1. 5; Dt. 10. 22 ; Acts 7. 14 ' ch. 45. 10 47 Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 16 And the sons of Gad: •^Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and 'EzDon, Eri, and '^Aiodi, and Areli. 1 7 And the sons of Asher : Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister ; and the sons of Beriah : Heber, and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter ; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife : Joseph and Benja- min. 20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin : Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, ^ Ehi, and Rosh, " Mup- pim, and "Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob : all the souls were fourteen. 23 And the sons of Dan : ^'" Hushim. 24 And the sons of Naphtali : '^Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and '^Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob : all the souls were seven. 26 All the ^^ souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were three- score and six ; 27 and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls : '" all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. 28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before hirn unto " Goshen ; ana they came into the land of Goshen. 29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen ; and he presented himself unto him, 8 In Num. 26. 15, Zephon. 7 In Num. 26. 16, Ozni. 8 In Num. 26. 17, Arod. "■> In Num. 26. 38, Ahiram. 1" In Num. 26. 39, Shevhupham. In 1 Chr. 7 12, Shupinin. n In Num. 26. 39, Hnpham. 12 In Num. 26. 42, Shuham. 13 In 1 Chr. 7. 13, Jnhziel. " In 1 Chr. 7. 13, Shallum. 15 Or, souls belonging to Jacob that came 46.30 GENESIS 47.19 Joseph meets his Father. Jacob presented to Pharaoh. The Famine and its Results and fell on his neck, and " wept on his neck a good while. 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive. 31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, 'I ^yill go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him. My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me ; 32 and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle ; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. 33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say. What is your occupa- tion ^ 34 that ye shall say. Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, " and our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of •* Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyp- tians. A ^ Then Joseph went in and ■^ I told Pharaoh, and said. My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. 2 And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. 3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren. What is your occupation % And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are ''shep- herds, both we, and our fathers. 4 And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come ; for there is no pasture for thy ser- vants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan : now therefore, we pray thee, let thy .servants dwell in the land of Goshen. 5 And Pharaoh spake unto .loseph, saying. Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : 6 the land of Egypt is before thee ; in •''the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any ^ ^ able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. 7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh : and .Jacob '' blessed Pha- raoh. 8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life % 9 And Jacob 1 Or, men. of activity " Ch. 45. 14, 15 b ch. 47. 1 "ch. 13.7, 8; 2(5.20; 37.2 d ch. 4.i. 10, 18 ; 47. 6, 11 ; Ex. 8. 26 * ch. 46. 34 /ver. U; ch. 45. 10, 18 " Ex. 18. 21, 25 '' ver 10 2S. 14 22 IK 8. ea' ver. 11 " ch. 35. 11 ; Ex. 1. 7 d ver. 9 « ch. 24. 2 / ch. 24. 49 " ch. 15. 15 ; Dt. 31. 16 A ch. 23. 17- 20 ; 49. 29- 32 > ch. 21. 23, 24 ; 24. 3 ; 31. 63 ; 60. fc ch. 41. 61, 62 ' cb. 35. 9-12 '" ch. 28. 19 ; " ver. 1 0 ch. 33. 18 P ch. 35. 19, 20 9 ver. 10 "■ ch. 33. 6 ' ch. 27. 1 « ch. 42. 6 unto him. And Israel bowed him self upon the bed's head. A O And it came to pass after j:0 these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, * Manasseh and Ephraim. 2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee : and Israel strengthened him- self, and sat upon the oed. 3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, ^'God Al- mighty appeared unto me at '" Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 4 and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multi- ply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. 5 And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt be- fore I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine ; " Ephraim and Manas- seh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. 6 And thy issue, that thou _ "* begettest after them, shall be thine ; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 And as for me, when I came from " Paddan, ^Rachel died ^by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath : and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). 8 And Israel * beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these 1 9 And Joseph said unto his father, ''They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 10 Now Hhe eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him ; and he kissed them, and embraced them. 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face : and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also. 12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees ; and he bowed hiinself with ' his face to the earth. 1 3 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephra- s Heb. El Shaddai. * Or, hast begvtten » Or, to my sorrow 49 48.15 GENESIS 49.14 Jacob blesses Joseph's Sous. His Prophecy (■oncerning his Sods im's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, ^ guiding his hands wittingly ; "for Manasseh was the first-born. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, * The Ood before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, " the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 "^the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and " let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him : and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father ; for this is the first-born ; put thy right hand upon his head. 1 9 And his father refused, and said, 1 know it, my son, I know it ; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great : howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and •'^ his seed shall become "a multitude of nations. 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, ^In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh : and he set Ephraim be- fore Manasseh. 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die : but " God will De with you, and '' bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover I have given to thee one ^portion above thy brethren, ' which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. . yi (\ And Jacob called unto his jt. \j sons, and said : Gather your- selves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you * in the latter days. 2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; And hearken unto Israel your father. 3 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and ' the ^ begin- ning of my strength ; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power. 4 Boiling over as water, ® thou shalt not have the pre-eminence ; 1 Or, crossing his h/inds ^ Heb. fulness. 3 Or, By * Or, mountain slope Heb. shechem, shoulder. 6 Or, first-fruits * Or, have not thou " ch. 41. 51, 62 l> ch. 17. 1 " ch. 49. 24 dch. 22. 11, 15-18 ; 28. 13-15; 31. 11 ' ch. 28. 14 ; 46. 3 /ch. 28. 14; 46. 3 ■" ch. 26. 3 '' ch. 28. 15 ; 46. 4 ; 50. 24 i Josh. 24. 32 ; Jn. 4. 5 *^ Num. 24. 14 ' Dt. 21. 17 ; Ps. 78. 51 ; 105. 36 "" ch. 35. 22 ; Dt. 27. 20 " ch. 34. 25- 30 " Ps. 64. 2 P Josh. 19. 1, 9 ; 21. 1-42 « ch. 27. 29 ; 1 Ohr. 6. 2 "■ Ezek. 19. 5-7 ; Mic. 5. 8 ' Num. 24. 17 ; Ps. 60. 7 ; 108. 8 « Ps. 2. 6-9 ; 72. 8-U " Dt. 8. 7, 8 ; 2 K. 18. 32 " Is. 63. 2 -Dt. 33. 18 y judg. 5 16; Ps. 60 "'Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed ; Then defiledst thou it : he went up to my couch. 5 "Simeon and Levi are breth- ren; Weapons of violence are their ' swords. 6 O my soul, " come not thou into tneir f council ; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united ; For in their anger they slew ^a man. And in their self-will they hocked ^** an ox. 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; And their wrath, for it was cruel : ^ I will divide therti in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel. 8 Judah, thee shall thy breth- ren praise : Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies ; «Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee. 9 Judah is a *■ lion's whelp ; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up : He stooped down, he couched as a lion. And as a lioness ; who shall rouse him up 1 10 'The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor " the ruler's staif from be- tween his feet, ^^ Until Shiloh come ; And 'unto him shall the obe- _ dience of the peoples be. 11" Binding his foal unto the vine. And his ass's colt unto the choice vine ; "He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes : 1 2 His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk. 13 ""Zebulun shall dwell at the ^^ haven of the sea ; And he shall be for a ^^ haven of ships ; And his border shall be "upon Sidon. _ 14 Issachar is a strong ass, ^Couching down between the sheepfolds : 7 Or, compacts 8 Or, secret • Or, men 10 Or, oxen n Or, a lawgiver 12 Or, Till he come to Shiloh, having the obedi- ence of the peoples Or, ace. to Syr., Till he come whose it is arc. i* Heb. beach. '* Or, by 49.15 GENESIS 50.6 Jacob's Prophecy concerning his Sons. His Death 15 And he saw ^a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleas- ant ; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork. 16 " Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. 17 Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An ^ adder in the path. That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth back- ward. 18 ''I have waited for thy salva- tion, O Jehovah. 19 '^Gad, ^a troop ■* shall press upon him ; But he shall press upon their heel. 20 "^ Out of Asher his bread shall be fat. And he shall yield royal dain- ties. 21 *Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words. 22 •'^ Joseph is ^a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a foun- tain; His "^branches run over the wall. 23 The archers have sorely grieved him. And shot at him, and perse- cuted him : 24 But his bow abode in strength, And ^the arms of his hands were made '' strong. By the hands of the ''Mighty One of Jacob (^ From thence is ' the shepherd, * the stone of Israel), 25 Even by ' the God of thy father, who shall help thee. And '"by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, "With blessings of heaven above. Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. 26 The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the bless- ings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of " the everlasting hills : 1 Or, rest - Or, horned snake 3 Heb. gedud, a marauding band. ■• Heb. gad, to press. 6 Heb. the son of a fruitful tree. * Heb. daughters. ^ Or, active 8 Or, From, thence, from the shepherd Or, as Otherwise read, By the name of the shepherd " Dt. 33. 22 ; Judg. 18. 26. 27 (>Bx. 15.2; Ps. 25. 6 i 40. 1-3 ; 119. 166, 174 ; Is. 25. 9 ; Mic. 7. 7 '= Dt. 33. 20 d Dt. 33. 24, ' Dt. 33. 23 / Dt. 33. 13- 17 " Ps. 18. 34 ; 73. 23 ; Is. 41. 10 A Ps. 132. 2, 5; Is. 1. 24 ; 40. 26 i Ps. 23. 1 ; 80. 1 k Ps. 118. 22; Is. 2S. 10 ; 1 Pet. 2. C-8 ' ch. 28. 13 ; 32. 9 "' ch. 28. 3 i 48. 3 " ch. 27. 28 " Dt. 33. 15, 16 P ch. 25. 8 « ch. 23. 16- 20 •• ch. 25. 9 ' ch. 23. 19 t ch. 35. 29 " ch. 25. 8 ; Acts 7. 15 " ver. 29 " ver. 26 y ver. 10 ; Num. 20. 29 ; Dt. 34. ' ch. 47. 29- 31 61 They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him ^that was separate from his brethren. 27 Benjamin is a wolf that rav- eneth : In the morning he shall devour the prey. And at even he shall divide the spoil. 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them ; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. 29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be ^gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in * the field of Ephron the Hittite, 30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a pos- session of a burying -place. 31 There they buried '"Aoraham and * Sarah his wife ; there they buried ' Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and thei'e I buried Leah — 32 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth. 33 And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and "yielded up the ghost, and was "gathered unto his people. ^f\ 1 And Joseph fell upon his O yj father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. 2 And Jo- seph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : and the physicians ^embalmed Is- rael. 3 And forty days were ful- filled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming : and the Egyptians 2' wept for him three- score and ten days. 4 And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying. If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 5 "^ My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die : in my grave which I ^"have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now there- fore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6 And Pharaoh said. Go up, and bury thy father, according 9 Or, that is prince among w Or, bought 50.7 GENESIS 50.26 Jacob is buried at Machpelali. Joseph's Kindness to bis Brothers. Bis Death as he made thee swear. 7 And Joseph went up to bui-y his father ; and with him went up all the ser- vants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, 8 and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house : only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. 9 And there went up with him both chariots and horse- men : and it was a very great com- pany. 10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation : and he made a mourning for his father seven days. 1 1 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous ^mourning to the Egyptians : wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. 12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: 13 for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in "the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying- place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, * It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a message ^Keh.ebel. " ch. 23. lfr-20 i>ch. 37. 28; 42. 21, 22 ' ch. 37. 8- 10 ; 41. 43 d ch. 37. 26, 27 ; 46. 5, 7 « ch. 45. 11 ; 47. 12 /ch. 30.3 » ch. 48. 21 ; Heb. 11. 32 ft ch. 13. 15, 17 ; 16. 7, 8 i ch. 26. 3 * ch. 28. 13 ; 35. 12 ' Ex. 13. 19 ; Josh. 24. 32 ; Heb. 11. 22 *" ver. 2 unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, say- ing, 1 7 So shall ye say unto J oseph. Forgive, I pray thee now, tiae transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and 'fell down before his face ; and they said. Behold, we are thy servants. 19 And Jo- seph said unto them, Fear not : for am I in the place of God 1 20 And as for you, '' ye meant evil against me ; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not : "■' I will nour- ish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake ^kindly unto them. 22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house : and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephra- im's children of the third genera- tion : the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born ■^upon Joseph's knees. 24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, 1 die; but ^God will surely visit you, and bring you up ovit of this land unto the land which he sware to ''Abraham, to 'Isaac, and *to Jacob. 25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, say- ing, God will surelj'' visit you, and ' ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26 So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old : and they "'embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. 2 Heb. to their heart. 52 THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED EXODUS Israel oppressed in Egypt. Male Children slain. Moses is born and hidden INow these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob) : 2 "Reuben, 8imeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were * seventy souls : and Joseph was in Egypt already. 6 And "Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. 7 And the children of Israel •* were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceed- ing mighty ; and the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose a new *king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. 9 And -^he said imto his people, Behold, the people of the chilcfren of Israel are ^more and mightier than we: 10 come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multi- ply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight ^.gainst us, and get them up out of the land. 11 Therefore they did sot over them »■ taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for" Pharaoh ''store-cities, Pithom and Raamses. 1 2 But the more they afflicted them, 'the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they ^were grieved because of the children of Israel. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel *to serve with rigor: 14 and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor. 15 And the kirig of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of whom 1 Or, too many and too mighty for us 2 Or, abhorred " Gen. 46. 8- 27 b ften. 4G. 27 " Gen. 50. 26 dOen. 28. 3; 35. n ; 46. 3 ; 47. 27 ; 48. 4 ; Acts 7. 17 • Acts 7. 18, 19 / Ps. 105. 25 i' ch. 3. 7 ; 5. 6 h 1 K. 9. 19 ; 2 Chr. 8. 4 '■ ver. 7 * Gen. 15. 13; Dt. 4. 20 ; ch. 5. 7-19 ' Acts 7. 19 '" ver. 21 " ver. 17 P Acts 7. 19 « Gen. 41. 1 " Ex. 0. 19, 20 ' Acts 7. 20 ; Heb. 11. 23 t Is, 18. 2 « Is. 19. 6 " ch. 15. 20 ; Num. 26. * ch. 7. 15 ; 53 the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah : IG and he said. When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the birth-stool ; ' if it be a son, then ye shall kill him ; but if it be a daugh- ter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives "feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt com- manded them, but saved the men- children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them. Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men-children alive *? 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women ; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them. 20 And God dealt well with the rnidwives : and " the people mul- tiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to pass, because the midwives "feared God, that he made them households. 22 And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, ^ Every son that is born ye shall cast into «the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. 2 And there went a man of "[the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son : and when she saw him that he was a 'goodly child, she hid him three months. 3 And when she could not_ longer hide him, she took for him an 'ark of ^bul- rushes, and daubed it with * slime and with pitch ; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the "flags by the river's brink. 4 And "his sister stood afar off", to know what would be done to him. 5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down * to bathe at the river ; and her maidens walked along by the river-side ; and she saw the 3 That is, papyrus. * That is, bitumen. 2.6 EXODUS 3.8 Moses adopted by Pharaob s Uangbter. He kills an Eg:yptlan, and flees to Midian. His Marriage. The Burning Bnsh ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. 6 And she opened it, and saw the child : and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said. This is one of the Hebrews' chil- dren. 7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daujThter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee'? 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother. 9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her. Take this child away, and nui^se it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and "he be- came her son. And she called his name ^ Moses, and said. Because I "^ drew him out of the water. 1 1 And it came to pass in those days, *when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their ''bur- dens : and '' he saw an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one ot his brethren. 12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. 1 3 And he went out *the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together : and he said to him that did the wrong. Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow"? 14 And he said, f Who made thee a prince and a judge over US'? thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyp- tian % And Moses feared, and said. Surely the thing isknown. 15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But ^ Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian : and he sat down '' by a well. 16 Now Hhe priest of Midian had seven daughters : and * they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 And the shepherds came and drove them away ; but ' Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 And when they came to "* Reuel their father, he said. How is it that ye are come so soon to-day % 19 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and I Heb. Mosheh. - Heb. mashah, to draw out. " Acts 7. 21 6 Acts 7. 23 ; Heb. n. 24 ''ch. 1. n;5. 4,6; G. 6, 7 d Acts 7. 24 ' Acts 7. 26-28 /Gen. 19.9; Acts 7. 27 " Acts 7. 29 A Gen. 24. 11 ; 29. 2 i ch. 3. 1 ; 18. 12 fc Gen. 24. 13, 19 ' Gen. 29. 3, 10 "» ch. 3. 1 ; Num. 10. 29 " Acts 7. 29 " ch. 4. 25 i 18. 2 P ch. 4. 20 ; 18. 3, 4 « Gen. 23. 4 "■ ch. 6. 5, 9 ' ch. 3. 7, 0 t Gen. 22. 16-18; 26. 2-6 ; 28. la- id " ch. 2. 18 "ch. 4. 27; 18. 6 ; 24. 13 ^ ver. 12 ; ch. 17. C ; 3.3. 0 S'ver. 4-11, 16; Gen. 22, 11, 1.') * Dt. 33. 16 ; Mk. 12. 26 ; Lk. 20. 37 " Acts 7. 31 b ch. 4. 5 ' Josh. 6. 16 ; Acts 7. 33 d Mt. 22. 31, 32; Mk. 12. 26 ; Lk. 20. 37 ' Acts 7. 32 /ch. 2. 26; Neh. 9. 9 ; Acts 7. 34 i'Gen. 16. 13- 16 ; 46. 4 ; 50. 24, 25 54 moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he said unto his daughters, And where is hel why is it that ye have left the man*? call him, that he may eat bread. 21" And Moses was content to dwell with the man : and he gave Moses "Zipporah his daughter. 22 And she bare ^a son, and he called his name Gershom ; for he said, I have been ^*a so- journer in a foreign land. 23 And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel ''sighed by rea- son of the bondage, and they cried, and 'their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered /his covenant v/ith Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. 25 And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them. 3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of "Jethro his father-in- law, the priest of Midian : and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the "mountain of God, unto =^Horeb. 2 And *the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a ^ bush : and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, "I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. 4 And when Jehovah saw tha.t he turned aside to see, *God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said. Here am I. 5 And he said. Draw not nigh hither : " put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 6 Moreover he said, ''I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ^And Moses hid his face ; for he was afraid to look upon God. 7 And Jehovah said, I have surely -^seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their task- masters ; for I know their sor- rows ; 8 and I am come down ^to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring 3 Heb. ger. 3.9 EXODUS 4.8 God commissions Moses to deliver Israel. Confirmatoi7 Signs and Promises them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land " flowing with milk and hcney ; unto the place of * the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amo- rite, and the Perizzite, and the Hi- vite, and the Jebusite. 9 And now, behold, " the ci-y of the children of Israel is come unto me : moreover I have seen the oppression where- with the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, ''that thou mayest bring forth my peo- ple the children of Israel out of Egypt. 11 And Moses said unto God, " Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt "? 12 And he said, Cei'tainly •''I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee : ^when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, * ye shall serve God upon this mountain. 13 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and they shall say to me, What is his name 1 what shall I say unto them "? 1 4 And God said unto Moses, ^'I am that I AM : and he said. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, ^ I AM hath sent me unto you. 1 5 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the chil- dren of Israel, * Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abra- ham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you : this is my name for ever, and this is my ' memorial unto all gen- erations. 16 Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, ™ Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath ap- peared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt : 17 and "I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of "the Ca- naanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land ^flowing with milk and honey. 18 And « they shall hearken to thy lOr, I AM, BECAUSE I AM Or, I AM WHO AM Or, 1 WILL BE THAT I WILL BE * Heb. Ehyeh. From the same root as Jehovah. " ver. 17 ; ch. 13. 5 ; Jer. 11. 5 >> Gen. 15. 19-21 ; Josh. 24. 11 ' ch. 2. 23 d ch. 12. 41 ' ch. 4. 10 ; C. 12 /ch. 4. 12, 15; 33. 14-16 V ch. 19. 2, 3 h Acts 7. 7 ' ch. 6. 3 ; Jn. 8. 68 ; Rev. 1. 8 ; 4. 8 *: ver. 6 ' Ps. 30. 4 ; 97. 12 ; 102. 12 ; 136. 13 ; Hos. 12. 6 '" ver. 2 " Gen. 15. 13-21 ; 46. 4 ; 50. 24, 26 ° Josh. 24. 11 P ver. 8 « ch. 4. 31 ■ch. •ch. « ch. 5. 2 " ch. 6. 1 " ch. 6. 1 ; 7. 4, 6 ; 13. 3, 9, 14 "^ ch. 16. 11 y ch. 11. 1 ; 12. 31-33 ^ch. 11. 2, 3; 12. 36, 36 " ch. 3. 18 ; 6. 30 b ch. 3. 15, 16 ' ch. 7. 10-12 d Num. 12. 10 ; 2 K. 6. 27 = 2 K. 5. 14 ; Mt. 8. 3 ; Lk. 17. 12-14 voice : and '' thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us : and now let us go, we pray thee, * three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Jehovah our God. 19 And I know that the king of Egypt 'will not give you leave to go, no, " not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will put forth 'my hand, and smite Egypt with all my "" wonders which I will do in the midst thereof : and * after that he will let you go. 21 And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians : and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty: 22 but every woman ^ shall ask of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment : and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall de- spoil the Egyptians. 4 And Moses answered and said. But, behold, they will not believe me, nor " hearken unto my voice ; for they will say, * Jehovah hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And Jehovah said unto him. What is that in thy hand 1 And he said, A rod. 3 And he said. Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and "it be- came a ^ serpent ; and Moses fled from before it. 4 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put forth thy hand, and take it by the tail (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand) ; 5 that they may believe that Jehovah, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. 6 And Jehovah said furthermore unto him. Put now thy hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was*** leprous, as u'hite as snow. 7 And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again ; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, " it was turned again as his othei' flesh). 8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter s Heb. nahash. 55 4.9 EXODUS S.5 Moses' Reluctance overcome. He returns to Egypt Aaron meets him. They demand Israel's Release sign. 9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land : and the water which thou takest out of the river " shall become blood upon the dry land. 10 And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, *! am not ^eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant ; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or "who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind ? is it not I, Jehovah? 12 Now therefore go, and ''I will be with thy mouth, and "teach thee what thou shalt speak. 13 And he said, Oh, Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. 14 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Moses, and he said. Is there not Aaron thj^ brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, -^he cometh forth to meet thee : and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15 And thou shalt epeak unto him, and ^put the words in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16 And ''he shall be thy spokesman unto the people ; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be bo him as God. 17 And thou shalt cake in thy hand ' this rod, * where- with thou shalt do the signs. 18 And Moses went and returned to ^Jethro 'his father-in-law, and said unto him. Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. 1 9 And Jehovah said unto Moses in Mid- ian. Go, return into Egypt ; for all the men are dead that sought thy life. 20 And Moses took his wife and his '"sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt : and Moses took the "rod of God in his hand. 21 And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all "the wonders which I have put in thy hand : but ^' I will ^ harden his 1 Heb. a man nf words. 2 Heb. Jether. 3 Heb. make strong. " ch. 7. 19 >> ver. 1 ; ch. 3. 11 ; Jer. I. 6 « Ps. 04. 9 ; 14ti. 8 ; Mt. II. 6; Lk. I. 20, 6i ^ ch. 7. 1, 2 ' ver. 2, 20 ; ch. 17. 9 k ch. 7. 9-20 ; 14. 16 ' ch. 2. 21 '" ch. 18. 3 ; Acts 7. 29 " ver. 17 ; ch. 17. 9 "ch. II. 9,10 J'ch. 7. 3; 9. 12; 10. 1, 20, 27 ; 14. 1 1s. 63. 16 ; 64. 8 ; Hos. 11. 1 ■■ ch. 5. 1 ; 6. 11; 7. IB ' ch. 12. 29 t Josh. 5. 2, 3 " ver. 14 " ver. 15 ■ ch. 3. 18 y ch. 12. 27 ~ ch. 3. 18 " ch. 4. 23 b Job 21. 15 " ch. 3. 19 d ch. 3. 18 'ch.l. 11; 2 11 ; 6. 6, 7 56 heart, and he will not let the people fo. 22 And thou shalt say unto haraoh. Thus saith Jehovah, * Israel is my son, my first-born : 23 and I have said unto thee, ''Let my son go, that he may serve me ; and thou hast refused to let him go: behold, "I will slay thy son, thy first-born. 2-i And it came to pass on the way at the lodging- place, that Jehovah met him, and sought to kill him. 25 Then Zipporah took ' a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and *cast it at his feet ; and she said. Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me. 26 So he let him alone. Then she said, ^A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circum- cision. 27 "And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. 28 And Moses told Aaron all the words of Jehovah wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him. 29 And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the eldei'S of the children of Israel : 30 and " Aaron spake all the words which Jehovah had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. 31 And ""the people believed : and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the chil- dren of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then ^they bowed their heads and worshipped. 5 And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, ^ Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, " Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. 2 And Pha- raoh said, * Who is Jehovah, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel gol I know not Jehovah, and moreover " I will not let Israel go. 3 And they said, •'The God of the Hebrews hath met with us : let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto Jehovah our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. 4 And the king of Egypt said unto them. Where- fore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works'? get you unto your "burdens. 5 And * Heb. made it tmirh. s Or, A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision 5. G EXODUS 6.11 Pharaoh increases the People's Burdens. The People disheartened. God renews his Promises Pharaoh said, Behold, "the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. 6 And the same day Pharaoh com- manded * the taskmasters of the feople, and their '^othcers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves. 8 And the number of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish aught thereof : for they are ''idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. 9 Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein ; and let them not regard lying words. 10 And "the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, say- ing. Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. 1 1 Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it ; for nought of your work shall be diminished. 12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. 13 And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfil your works, youi^ daily tasks, as when there was straw. 1 4 And ■''the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmas- ters had set over them, ''were beaten, ^and demanded. Where- fore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in mak- ing brick as heretofore % 15 Then the officers of the chil- dren of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying. Wherefore deal- est thou thus with thy servants'? 16 There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us. Make brick : and, behold, thy ser- vants are beaten ; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he said. Ye are ''idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah. 1 8 Go there- fore now, and work ; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the number of bricks. 1 9 And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they ^were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not diminish aught from your bricks, your daily tasks. 20 And they rnet Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came 1 rieb. saying. 2 Or, were set on mischief, when they said "■ ch. 1. 9 >> ver. 10, 13, 14; ch. 1. 11 ; 3. 7 ■= ver. 10, 14, 15, 19 rf ver. 17 " ver. 6 / ver. 6 ■" Is. 10. 24 '» ver. 8 »ch. 14. 11; 15. 24; 16.2 «: Gen. 16. 5 : 31. 63 i Gen. 34. 30 ; 1 S. 27. 12 "■ Num. 11. 11 ; Jer. 4. 10 " ch. 3. 8 " ch. 3. 19, 20 ; 7. 4, 6 ; 13. 3 P ch. 3. 14, 15 « Is. 52. 6 ; Jer. 16. 21 ; Ezek. 37. 6, 13 •■ Gen. 12. 7 ; 15. 18; 26. 3, 4 ; 28. 4, 13 ' ch. 2. 24 < ch. 13. 3, 14 ; 20. 2 ; Dt. 6. 12 " ch. 12. 51 ; 16. 6 ; 18. 1 "Dt. 4.34; 5. 15 ■ ch. 16. 12 ; Is. 41. 20; 49. 23, 26; 60. 16 y Num. 14. 30; Neh. 9. 15; Ezek. 20. 5, 6 ' Josh. 24. 13 ; Ps. 136. 21,22 " ver. 6 !> ch. 2. 23 " ch. 4. 22, 23 forth from Pharaoh : 21 and Hhey said unto them, * Jehovah look upon you, and judge ; because ye have 'made our savor to be alb- horred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. 22 And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, '"Lord, where- fore hast thou dealt ill with this people"? why is it that, thou hast sent me"? 2r3 For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath dealt ill with this people ; "neither hast thou delivered thy 6 people at all. 1 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh : for by a " strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. 2 And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am ^' Jehovah : 3 and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto J acob, as ^ God Almighty; «but '^by my name Je- hovah I was not ^ known to them. 4 And I have also established 'my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, wherein they so- journed. 5 And moreover I have * heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage ; and I nave remem- bered my covenant. 6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, 'I am Jehovah, and "I will bring you out from under the burdens of the. Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with "an outstretched arm, and with great judgments : 7 and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God ; and ye ^ shall know that I am Jehovah your God, who bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land which ^^l «sware to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and ^ I will give it you for a heri- tage : " I am Jehovah. 9 And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel : but they hearkened not unto Moses for ' ' anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 11 '^Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out 3 Heb. El Shaddai. * Or, as to 5 Or, made known s Heb. lifted up my hand. ' Or, impatience Heb. shortness of spirit. 67 6.12 EXODUS 7.12 Genealogy of Moses and Aaron. Commission of Moses and Aaron. Israel's Release again demanded. Sign of Aaron's Rod of his land. 1 2 And Moses spake before Jehovah, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not heark- ened unto me; "how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncir- cumcised lips'? 13 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pha- raoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. * 14 These are the heads of their fathers' houses. *The sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi ; these are the families of Reuben. 15 And the sons of Simeon : .Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman ; these are the families of Simeon. 1 6 And these are the names of " the sons of Levi accord- ing to their generations : Gei'shon, and Kohath, and Merari ; and the years of the life of Levi were a hundred thirty and seven years. 17** The sons of Gershon : Libni and Shimei, according to their families. 18 And the sons of Kohath : Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel^ ; and the years of the life of Kohath were a hundred thirty and three years. 1 9 And the sons of Merari : Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. 20 And " Amram took im Jochebed his father's sister to wife ; and she bare him Aaron and Moses : and the years of the life of Amram were a hundred and thirty and seven years. 21 And -^ the sons of Izhar : Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 s'And the sons of Uz- ziel : Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. 23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of ''Am- miiiadab, the sister of /Nahshon, to wife ; and she bare him * Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 And the ' sons of Korah : Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph ; these are the families of the Korahites. 2.5 And ™ Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife ; and she bare him " Phine- has. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites ac- cording to their families. 26 These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom Jehovah said, ° Bring out the chil- dren of Israel from the land of " ver. 30 ; ch. 4. 1, 10 6 Gen. 46. 9 ; Num. 26. 5-u ' Gen. 46. n ; Num. 3. 17 ; 1 Chr. 6. 1 d Num. 3. 18-20; 1 Chr. 6. 17 • Num. 26. /Num. 16. 1 " Lev. 10. 4 ; Num. 3. 30 '1 Ruth 4. 19, 20 ; 1 Chr. 2. 10 ' Num. 1. 7 ; 2. 3 * Lev. 10. 1 ; Num. 3. 2 ' 1 Chr. 6. 22, 23, 37 '" Josh. 24. 33 " Num. 2.5. 7, u; Ps. 106. 30 ° ver. 13 P ch. 5. 1 9 ver. 2, 6, ! '■ ch. 7. 2 ' ver. 12 ' ch. 4. 16 " ch. 4. 21 " ch. 3. 19, 20 ; 11. 9 ■ ch. 12. 51 ; 13. 3, 9 " ch. 8. 19 ; 10. 7 = Gen. 6. 22 ; 7.5 •■ Dt. 34. 7 b Gen. 41. 8 " ver. 22: ch. 8.7; 2 Tim. 3.9 58 Egjmt according to their hosts. 27 These are they ^that spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt : these are that Moses and Aaron. 28 And it came to pass on the day when Jehovah spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 that Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, * I am Jehovah : "" speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee. 30 And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold, I am of * uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me^ 71 And Jehovah said unto ]\Ioses, ' See, I have made thee as God to Pharaoh ; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. 2 Thou shalt speak all that I com- mand thee ; and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. 3 And "I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of p]gypt. 4 But 'Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and "^ bring forth my liosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And ^ the Egyptians shall know that I*am Jehovah, when I stretch forth my hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. 6 And Moses and Aaron did so ; 'as Jehovah commanded them, so did they. 7 And Moses was " fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. 8 And .Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying. Show a wonder for you ; then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a ' serpent. 10 And ]\Ioses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had com- manded : and Aaron cast down his rod befoi-e Pharaoh and before his sei'vants, and it became a .serpent. 11 Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers : and they also, the * magicians of Egypt, "did in like manner with their ^ enchantments. 1 2 For they 1 Heb. tannin, any large reptile ; and so in ver. 10, 12. * Or, secret arts M3 EXODUS 8.12 Pharaoh stabborn. Waters tarned to Blood. The Plagae of Frogs cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents : but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 13 And Pharaoh's heart ^ was hardened, and " he heark- ened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken. 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is ^stub- born, he refuseth to let the people go. 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning ; lo, '' he goeth out unto the water ; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him ; and "^ the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand. 16 ''And thou shalt say unto him, Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, *' Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness : and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened. 17 Thus saith Jehovah, •''In this thou shalt know that I am Jehovah : behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the liver, and " they shall be turned to blood. 18 And ''the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul ; and the Egyptians shall * loathe to drink water from the river. 1 9 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their ^streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood ; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in -vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded ; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants ; and *all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. 21 And the fish that were in the river died ; and the river became foul, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river ; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. 22 'And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their en- chantments : and Pharaoh's heart ^ was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them ; as Jehovah had spoken. 23 And Pharaoh turned 1 Heb. ivas strong. » Heb. heavy. 3 Or, canals °- ver. 4 l> ch. 2. 6 ; 8. 20 " ver. 10 ; ch. 4. 3 rfch. 3. 18; 4. 22 ; 5. 1 ^ ch, 4. 23 /ch. 10. 2 '-' ver. 20 '« ver. 21 ' ver. 21, 24 *•• Ps. rs. 44 ; 105. 29 *[Ch. 7. 26 in Heb.] ' ver. 11 ; ch. 8. 7 ' ch. 4. 23 *fCh. 8. 1 in Heb.] " ch. 7. 19 " Ps. 78. 46 ; lOo. 30 P ch. 7. 11, 22 9 ver. 2.5 ; ch. y. 27 *■ ver. 28 ' ver. 15, 29 < oh. 9. 14 ; Dt. 4. 35, 39 ; 33. 26 " ver. 13 69 ■8 and went into his house, neither did he ■* lay even this to heart. 24 And all the Egyijtians digged round about the river for water to drink ; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And seven days were fulfilled, after that Jehovah had smitten the I'iver. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him. Thus saith Je- hovah, '"Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs : 3 and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bed- chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading- troughs : 4 and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy ser- vants. * 5 And Jenovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, "Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the ^streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 6 And Aaron stretched out nis hand over the waters of Egypt ; and the "frogs came up, and cov- ered the land of Egypt. 7 ^And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. 8 Then Pharaoh « called for Moses and Aaron, and said, *■ En- treat Jehovah, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people ; and "' I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto Jehovah. 9 And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me : against what time sliall I en- treat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed frorn thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only"? 10 And he said. Against to-morrow. And he said. Be it according to thy word ; that thou mayest know that there is 'none like unto Jehovah our God. 11 And the "frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people ; they shall remain in the river only. 12 And Moses and * Heb. set his heart even to this. 813 EXODUS 9.5 The Plagae of Lice ; of Flies. The Unrrain of Cattlu Aaron went out from Pharaoh : and Moses cried unto Jehovah concerning the frogs ^ which he had brought upon Pharaoh. 13 And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses ; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them together in heaps ; and the land stank. 15 But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he " hardened his heart, and " heark- ened not unto them ; as Jehovah had spoken. 1 6 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become ^lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 17 And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man, and upon beast ; all the dust of the earth became ''lice through- out all the land of Egypt. _ 18 And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but " they could not : and there were lice upon man, and upon beast. 19 Then the niagicians said unto Pharaoh, ''This is the finger of God : and Pharaoh's heart ^was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them ; as Jehovah had spoken. 20 And Jehovah said unto Moses, * Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, •'he Com- eth forth to the water ; and say unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, ^ Let my people go, that they may serve me. 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses : and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. 22 ''And I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there ; to the end thou mayest know that *I am Jehovah in the midst of the earth. 2.3 And I will '^put a division be- tween my people and thy people : by to-morrow shall this sign be. 1 Or, as he had appointed unto Pharaoh 2 Heb. made heavy. s Or, sandflifs Or, fleas * Heb. vjas strong. s Or, set a sign of deliverance Heb. set re- dr.nption. " ch. 7. 4 l> Ps. 105. 31 " ver. 7 ; ch. 7. U, 12 ; 9. n d ch. 7. 5 ; 10. 7 * ch. 9. 13 / ch. 2. 6 ; 7. 15 " ch. 4. 23 A ch. 9. 4, 6, 26 ; 10. 23 ; 11.7 «■ ch. 9. 29 ; 19. 5 ; 20. 11 * Ps. 78. 45 ; 105. 31 ' ch. 8. 8 "' ch. 9. 28 ; 10. 8, 24 ; 12. 31 "ch. 3. 18; 5. " ver. 8, 15, 29. 32 I' ver. 8 « ver. 8, 16 ■ ver. 8, 15 * ch. 4. 23 60 24 And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was •* * cor- rupted by reason of the swarms of flies. 25 And Pharaoh ' called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, ™ Go ye. sacrifice to your God in the land. 26 And Moses said. It is not meet so to do ; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to Jehovah our God : lo, shall we sacrifice the abomina- tion of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone US'? 27 We will go " three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Jehovah our God, as he shall command us. 28 And Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to Jehovah your God in the wilderness ; only ye shall not go very far away : ^ entreat for me. 29 And Moses said. Be- hold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow : only let not Pharaoh ^deal deceitfully any more in not letting the peo- ple go to sacrifice to Jehovah. 30 And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah. 31 And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses ; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh "hard- ened his heart this time also, and *■ he did not let the people go. 9 Then .Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, 3 be- hold, the hand of .Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks : there shall he a very grievous murrain. 4 ' And Jehovah shall make a distinction between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; and there shall "nothing die of all that be- longeth to the children of Israel. 5 And Jehovah appointed a set * Or, destroyed B.6 EXODUS 9.32 The riagae of Boils ; of llail time, saying, To-morrow Jehovah shall do this thing in the land. 6 And Jehovah did that tiling on the morrow; and "all the cattle of Egypt died; ''but of the cat;le of the children of Israel died not one. 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there v/as not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was ^ stubborn, and he did not let the people go. 8 And Jehovah said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you hand- fuls of ^ ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, through- out all the land of EgyjDt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven ; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. 11 ''And the magicians could not stand before Moses be- cause of the boils ; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And "* Jehovah ^hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them ; as Jehovah had spoken unto Moses. 13 And Jehovah said unto Moses, *E,ise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, ■''Let my people go, that they may serve me. 1 4 For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy ser- vants, and upon thy people ; that thou mayest know that there is "none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy Eeople with pestilence, and thou adst been cut off from the earth : 16 but in very deed '' for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. 17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Behold, to-morrow about this time ' I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now. 19 Now 1 Heb. heavy. 2 Qr, soot ^ Heb. made strong " ver. 19, 20, 25;ch. 11.6 ft ver. 4 " Cll. 8. 18 rf ch. 4. 21 * ch. 8. 20 /ch. 4. 23 " ch. 8. 10 '' Ji(im. 9. 17 • ver. 23, 24 *-■ ver. 0 ' ver. 2.T "• Prov. 13. 13 " Gen. 19. 24 " ver. 19 ; Ps. 78. 47, 48 ; lOJ. 32 1 ch. 8. 8 "" ch. 10. 16, 17 » ch. 8. 8 t ch. 8. 25 ; 10. 8 " ch. 8. 22 ; 19. 6 ; 20. 11; Ps. 24. 1 " ch. 8. 29 61 therefore send, hasten in '^thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field ; for ' every man and beast that shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. 20 "' He that feared the word of Jehovah among the ser- vants of PJiaraoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses : 21 and he that regarded not the word of Jehovah left his servants and his cattle in the field. ^ 22 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch forth thy hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven : and Jehovah sent thun- der and hail, and fire J'an down unto the earth ; and " Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire * mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. 25 And " the hail smote throughout all the land of Egj^pt all that was in the field, both man and beast ; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. 26 ^Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. 27 And Pharaoh sent, and * called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, '"I have sinned this time: Jehovh is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 28 'En- treat Jehovah ; for there hath been enough of t/tese * mighty thunder- ings and hail ; and ' I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah ; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail ; that thou mayest know that "the earth is Jehovah's. 30 " But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear Jehovah God. 31 And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. 32 But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten : for they were not grown * Or. fiashinq continually amidst 6 Heb. voices (or, thunderings) of God. 9.33 EXODUS 10.21 The Plague of Locusts up. 33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto Jehovah : and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And Avhen Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned Set more, and ^ hardened his heart, e and his servants. 35 And the heart of Pharaoh ^was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go ; as Jehovah had spoken by Moses. ■1 /^ And Jehovah said unto J-V^ Moses, Go in unto Pha- raoh : for " I have ^ hardened his heart, and the heart of his ser- vants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them, 2 and ' that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, ^ what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them ; " that ye maiY know that I am Jehovah. 3 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou re- fuse to humble thyself before me^ ** let my people go, that they may serve me. 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border : 5 and they shall cover the face of the earth, so that one shall not be able to see the earth : and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field : 6 and thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians ; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh. 7 And "Phai'aoh's ser- vants said unto him. How long shall this man be a snare unto us 1 let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God : knowest thou not yet that Egypt is de- stroyed 1 8 And Moses and Aaron -''were brought again unto Pha- raoh : and he said unto them, ' Go, serve Jehovah your God ; but who are they that shall gol 9 And Moses said, ''We will go 1 Heb. made heavy. 2 Heb. v)as strong. •' Or, how 1 have mocked the Egyptians « ch. 4. 21 fr ch. 12. 26, 27 ; 13. 8, 14, 15 " ch. 7. 6, 17 d ch. 4. 23 ' ch. 7. 5 ; 8. 19 ; 12. 33 / ch. 8. 8 » ch. 8. 25 k ch. 12. 37, 38 ' ver. 26 *: ch. 8. 29 ' ver. 28 "' Ps. 78. 46 ; 10.'.. 'Ai " Joel 1. 4, 7 ; 2. 1-11 0 ch. 8. 8 P ch. 9. 27 9 ch. 8. 8, 29 with our young and with our old ; with our sons and with our daughters, 'with our flocks and with our herds will we go ; for we must hold a feast unto Jeho- vah. 10 And *he said unto them. So be Jehovah with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones : look to it ; for evil is * before you. 1 1 Not so : go now ye that are men, and serve Jehovah ; for that is what ye desire. And ' they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. 1 2 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. 13 And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and Jehovah brought an east wind upon the land all that clay, and all the night; and when it was morning, the east '"wind brought the locusts. 14 And " the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the bor- ders of Egypt ; very grievous were they ; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left : and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 Then Pharaoh "called for Moses and Aaron in haste ; and he said, p I have sinned against Jehovah your God, and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and * entreat Jehovah your God, that he may take away from me this death only. 18 And he went out from' Pharaoh, and entreated Jehovah. 1 9 And Je- hovah turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea ; there remained not one locust in all the border of Egypt. 20 But '■Jehovah ® hardened Pha- raoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go. 21 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand toward heaven, that there may be dark- * Or, what ye purpose Heb. before your face. 5 Heb. made strong. 62 10.22 EXODUS 12.10 The TMck Darkness. The Last Plagnc threatened. The FassoTcr ness over the land of Egypt, ^ even darkness "which may be felt. '2'2, And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven ; and there was a * thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days ; 23 they saw not one another, neither rose any one from his place for three days : " but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. 24 And Pharaoh ■* called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve Jehovah ; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed : let your little ones also go with you. 25 And Moses said. Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt-oiferings, that we may sacrifice unto Jehovah our God. 26 " Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall not a hoof be left behind ; for thereof must we take to serve Jehovah our God ; and we know not with what we must serve Jehovah, until we come thither. 27 But -^Jehovah "^hard- ened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, ^ Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more ; for in the day thou seest my face thou shalt die. 29 And Moses said. Thou hast spoken well ; '' I will see thy face again no more. 1-i And Jehovah said unto . JL Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Phdraoh, and upon Egypt; * afterwards he will let you go hence : ^ when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. 2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and *let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. 3 ' And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. ™ Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. 4 And Moses said. Thus saith Jehovah, About " midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : 5 and " all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill ; and all the first- born of cattle. 6 And there shall 1 Or, so that men shall grope in darkness • Heb. made strong. 3 Or, ^uhen he shall let you go altogether, he shall utterly thrust you out hence " Dt. 28, 29 b Ps. 105. 28 ' Ch, 8, 22 d ch. 8, 8, 26 ' ver. 9 /ver. 20 -' ver. 11 A Heb. 11. 27 ' ch. 12. 31, 33, 39 * ch. 3. 22 ; 12. 35, 36 ' ch. 3. 21 ; 12. 36 '" Dt. 34. 10- 12 " ch. 12. 29 ° Ps. 78. 51 ; 105. 36 ; 135. 8 ; 130, 10 P ch. 12. 30 9 ch. 8. 22 »■ ch. 12. 31- 33 » Heb. 11. 27 < ch. 7. 4 " ch. 4, 21 " ch. 13. 4 ; 23. 15 ; 34. 18 ; Dt. 16. ■ Lev. 22, 18-20 " ver, 14, 17 ; Lev. 23. 6 ; Num. 9, 1-3, 11 ^ Dt. 16. 4, 6 " ver. 22 b ch. 34. 25 ; Num. 9. 12 " Dt. 16. 7 rf Dt. 16. 3, 4 " Num. 9. 11 /ver. 8 " ch. 29. 13, 17, 22 '' ch. 16. 19 ; 23. 18 ; 34. be »* a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, nor shall be any more. 7 * But against any of the children of Isi'ael shall not a dog ■* move his tongue, against man or beast : that ye may know how that Jehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. 8 And ''all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying. Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee : and after that I will go out. *And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. 9 And Jehovah said unto Moses, * Pharaoh will not hearken unto you ; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. 10 And "Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh : and Jehovah ^hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the chil- dren of Israel go out of his land. -^ O And Jehovah spake unto _Lw Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 " This month shall be unto you the begin- ning of months : it shall be the fii'st month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying. In the tenth day of this month they shall take to tnem every man a ^lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household : 4 and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls ; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be ^without blemish, a male a year old : ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats : 6 and ye shall keep it until the ^ fourteenth day of the same month ; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it ® ' at even. 7 " And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh in *that night, "roast with fire, and ^ unleavened bread ; *with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but -^roast with fire ; its head with its legs and with •" the inwards thereof. 10'' And ye * Heb. whet. ^ Or. kid * Heb, between the two evenings. 63 12.11 EXODUS 12.34 The Feast of the Passover and of Ualeavened Bread. The First-born of Egypt slain shall let nothing of it remain until the morning ; but that which re- maineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with tire. 1 1 And thus shall ye eat it : with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand ; and ye shall eat it in haste : it is "Je- hovah's passover. 12 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast ; and * against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments : I am Jehovah. 1 3 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are : and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you Ho destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. 1 4 And " this day shall be unto you for '' a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah : throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by " an ordinance for ever. 1.5 •''Seven days shall ye eat un- leavened bread ; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses : for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, " that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 1 6 And in the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convoca- tion ; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. 1 7 And ye shall ob- serve the feast o/unleavened bread ; for in this ''selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye ob- serve this day throughout your generations by 'an ordinance for ever. 1 8 * In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. 19 ' Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses : for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. 20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat un- leavened bread. 2 1 Then "' Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, 1 Or, for a destroyer " ver. 13, 21, 27,43 >> Num. 33. 4 " ver. 6 d ch. 13. 9 ^ ver. 17 / ch. 23. 15 ; 34. 18 ; Dt. 10. 3 f ver. 19 /i ver. 41 ' ver. 14 fc ver. 2 ; Lev, 23. fj- 8; Num. 28. 16-25 ' ver. 15 "' Heb. 11. 28 " ver. U ° ver. 7 P ver. 12, 13 ; ch. 11. 4 9 ch. 13. 5, 10 ■ ch. 10. 2 ; 13. 14, 16 < ch. 4. 31 " ch. 11. 4, 5 " ch. 4. 23 ^ ch. 9. 6 ^ch. 11.6 ' ch. 8. 8 " ch. 8. 25 b ch. 10. 9, 26 " ver. 39 ; ch. 10. 7 ; 11. 1 ; Ps. 105. 38 ^ Draw out, and take you ^ lambs according to your families, and kill "the passover. 22 "And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin ; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23 For * Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. 21 And '^ ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, ac- cording as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. 26 *" And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you. What mean ye by this service"? 27 that ye shall say. It is the sacrifice of * Jehovah's passover, '^whp passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. *And the people bowed the head and worshipped. 28 And the children of Israel went and did so ; as Jehovah had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 29 And it came to pass at "mid- night, that Jehovah smote all " the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dun- geon ; and all the first-born of ^ cat- tle. 30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the EgjT)tians ; and there was ^ a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 And ^he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said. Rise up, " get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel ; and go, serve Jehovah, as ye have said. 32 Take '' both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone ; and bless me also. 33 And " the Egyp- tians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste ; for they said. We are all dead men. 34 And the people took » Or, Go forth » Or, kids * Or, for that he passed 64 12.35 EXODUS 13.12 Israel departs from Egypt. Ordinance of the Passover. Coiisecratiou of the First-born "their dough before it was leavened, their kueading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoul- ders. 35 ''And the children of Is- rael did according to the word of Moses ; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: '66 and Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, sc that they let them have what they asked. And they 'despoiled the Egyptians. 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from ''liameses to Suc- coth, about "six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides chil- dren. 38 And a ''mixed multitude went up also with them ; and flocks, and herds, even ■'' very much cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt ; for it was not leavened, because they were ''thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they pre- pared for themselves any victuals. 40 Now the time that the children of Israel dwelt in Egypt was ' four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the * selfsame day it came to pass, that 'all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt. 42 ™ It is ^a night to be mucli observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: ^this is that night of .Jehovah, to be much ob- served of all the children of Israel throughout their generations. 43 And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of "the passover : there shall no "foreigner eat thereof; 44 but every man's ^ servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circum- cised him, then shall he eat thereof. 45 A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house ; * neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 ''All the congregation of Israel shall ^keep it. 48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to Jeho- vah, let all his males be circum- cised, and then let him come near and keep it ; and he shall be as one 1 Or, a night of watching unto Jehovah 2 Or, this same night is a night of tcatching unto Jehovah for all &c. 3 Heb. do it. " ver. 30 i-ch. 3. 21, 22; 11.2,3; Ps. 1U5. 37 '^ ch. 3. 22 >■ Num. 9. 13, 14 * Lev. 24. 22 ; Num. 15. 15, 16, 29 « ver. 12, 13, 15 ; ch. 22. 29 ; Lk. 2. 23 " ch. 3. 20 ; 6. 1 " ch. 12. 19 ^^ ch. 12. 2 " ch. 3. 8, 17 ; Josh. 24. 11 ' ch. 12. 25 ° ch. 12. 16-20 6 ver. 14 ; ch. 10. 2 ' ver. 16 ; ch. 12. 14 ; Dt. 0. 8 ; 11. 18 d ver. 3 ' ver. 5 ; ch. 12. 24, 25 /ver. 5 " ver. 1 that is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. 49 * One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. 50 Thus did all the children of Israel ; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 51 And it came to pass the self- same day, that .Jehovah did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. "I O And J ehovah spake unto _LO Moses, saying, 2 *!Sanctify unto me all the fli'st-born, whatso- ever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beabt : it is mine. 3 And Moses said unto the peo- ple, Kemember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of ■* bondage : for "by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place: 'there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day ye go forth in the ^month Abib. 5 And it shall be, when Jehovah 2' shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hit- tite, and the Araorite, and the Hi- vite, and the Jebusite, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, ^ that thou shalt keep this service in this month. 6 "Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah. 7 Unleav- ened bread shall be eaten through- out the seven days ; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall thei'e be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders. 8 *And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying. It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt. 9 And " it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a me- morial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth : for with '' a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt. 10 Thou shalt therefore " keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. 11 And it shall be, when ■''Jeho- vah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 12 that ^thou shalt ^set apart unto Jehovah all that openeth the womb, and every first- * Heb. bondmen. * Heb. cause to pass over. 65 L3.13 EXODUS 14.13 Cooserration of the First-born. How the People were led. The People are parsned by Pharaoh ling which thou hast that cometh of a beast ; the males shall be Jeho- vah's. 13 And "every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a ^ lamb ; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck : and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem, 14 * And it shall be, when thy son ask- eth thee in time to come, saying, What is this 1 that thou shalt say unto him, ''By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt, from the house of ^bondage: 15 and it came to pass, when Pharaoh ^ would hardly let us go, that Jeho- vah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast : therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb, being males ; out all the first-born of my sons I redeem. 16 And "^it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt. 17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, al- though that was near ; for God said, "Lest peradventure the peo- ple repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt : 18 but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea : and the children of Israel went up -^ armed out of the land of Eigypt. 19 And Moses took ^-the bones of Joseph with him : for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you ; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. 20 And they took their journey from ''Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilder- ness. 21 And Meho^'ah went be- fore them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light ; that they might go by day and by night: 22 ^the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people. -i A And Jehovah spake unto J-T" Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before 1 Or, kid 2 Heb. bondmen. • Or, hardened hiwseif nnaivet le'tinq us go * Or, he took not away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the &c. " ch. 34. 20 * ver. 8 ; ch. 10. 2; 12. 2(j, 27 ; Dt. 6. 20 ' ver. 9 d ver. 9 ^ ch. 14. 11, 12; Num. 14. 1-4 /Josh. 1.14; 4. 12, 13 " Gen. 50. 24, 25 ; Josh. 24. 32 A ch. 12. 37 ; Num. 33. 6-8 ' ch. 14. 19, 24 ; 33. 9, 10 ; Ps. 78. 14 ; 99. 7 ; 105. 39 *-■ Num. 33. 7, 8 ' ver. 17 ; ch. 4. 21 "' ver. 17, 23 " ver. 26 " ver. 4 P Num. 33. 3; Acts 13. 17 9 ver. 2 ' ch. 5. 21 ; 16. 24 ; 16. 2 ' eh. 20. 20 ; Gen. 15. 1 ; 40. 3 " ver. 30 ; ch. 15. 2 66 * Pi-hahiroth, between Migdql and the sea, before Baal-zephon f over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. 3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilder- ness hath shut them in. 4 And 'I will ° harden Pharaohs heart, and ™ he shall follow after them ; and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon ail his host ; and "the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so. 5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said. What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving US'? 6 And he made ready his •^ chariot, and took his people with him : 7 and he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the char- iots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. 8 And "Jehovah Miard- ened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel : for the children of Israel went out with ^a high hand. 9 And the Egyptians pur- sued after them, all the hor.ses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horse- men, and his ai^my, and overtook them encamping by the sea, ^ be- side Pi-hahiroth, before Baal- zephon. 10 And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians were marching after them ; and they were sore afraid : ''and the children of Israel cried out unto Jehovah. 1 1 And * they said unto Moses, Because thei'e were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness 1 wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt 1 1 2 Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying. Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians 1 For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. 13 And Moses said unto the people, 'Fear ye not, stand still, and see " the salvation of Jehovah, which he will work for you to-day : ^ for the Egyptians whom ye have seen 5 Heb. make strong. * 0:r, chariots 1 Heb. made strong. 8 Or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to-day 14.14 EXODUS 15.7 The Egyptian Host destroyed. Song of Moses and Miriam to-day, ye shall see them again no more lor ever. 14 "Jehovah will fight for you, and *ye shall hold your peace. 15 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me I speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. 16 And lift thou up "thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry ground. 17 And 1, behold, ''I will Miarden the hearts of tlie Egyptians, and they shall go in after them : and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his char- iots, and upon his horsemen. 18 "And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 And •'^the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went be- hind them ; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them : 20 and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel ; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night : and the one came not near the other all the night. 21 "And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and Jeho- vah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea ''dry land, and ' the waters were divided. 22 *^ And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and Hhe waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 And ^ the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his char- iots, and his horsemen. 24 And it came to pass in the morning watch, that " Jehovah looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians. 25 And he ^ took off their chariot wheels, ^and they drove them heavily ; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel ; "for Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians. 1 fleb. make strong. ^ Ace. to Sept. and Syr. hound. 3 Or, and made them, to drive °ch. 16. 3; Dt. 1.30, 3. 22 >> Is. 30. 15 '^ch. 4. 17, 20; 17.6,6: Num. 20. 8, 9, 11 ; Is. 10. 26 d ver. 4 " ver. 25 /ch. 13. 21, 22 » ver. 16 ; ch. 7. 19 ft Ps. 106. 9 ; 136. 13, 14 » Ps. 78. 13 ; 114. 3, 5; Is. 63. 12, 13 * Josh. 3. 17; 4. 22 ; Neh. 9. 11 !■ ver. 29 ; ch. 15. 8 "^ ver. 4, 17 " ch. 13. 21 " ver. 4, 18 P ver. 16 9 Ps. 78. 53 , 106. 11 *■ ver. 22 ; Ps. 66. 6 ; Is. 11. 15 ' ver. 13 ; Ps. 106. 8, 10, 22 ; Is. 63. 8, U «Ps 106. 12 " Ps. 106. 12 Rev. 15. 3 "Is. 42. 12.6, 10-13 *Jer. 51. 21 yis. 12.2 'Ps. 48. 14 «ch. 3. 6, 15 i-ch 14. 14 '^ch 3. 15 ; 6. 2, 7, 8 d ch. 14. 0, 7, 17, 28 ' ver. 10 ; Neh. 9. 11 fch. 3. 20; 6. 1 ; Ps. 118. 15, 16 26 And Jehovah said unto Moses^ * Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. 27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its ^strength when the morning appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it ; and Jehovah \ overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. 28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea ; * there remained not so much as one of them. 29 But the children of Israel walked upon ''dry land in the midst of the sea ; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 30 * Thus Jehovah saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians ; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea- shore. 31 And Israel saw the great ^ work which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians, and the peo- Ele feai^ed Jehovah : and /they elieved in Jehovah, and in his servant Moses. ■i pf " Then sang Moses and the JL^ children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and spake, saying, I will " sing unto Jehovah, for he "hath triumphed gloriously : The "^ horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 2 ^^ Jehovah is x)\y^ strength and song, And he is become my salvation : ^This is my God, and I wiU praise him ; My "father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 Jehovah is a * man of war : " Jehovah is his name. 4 '' Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea ; And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. 5 The deeps cover them : They " went down into the depths like a stone. 6 Thy right /hand, O Jehovah, is glorious in power, Thy right hand, O Jehovah, "dasheth in pieces the en- emy. 7 And in the greatness of thine * Or, wonted floxo s Heb. shook off. 6 Heb. hand 7 Or, is highly exalted 8 Heb. Jah. ^7 15, EXODUS 16.2 Song of Moses and Bliriam. Israel at Marali. Bitter Waters made sweet. Israel at Elim and the Wildernest of Sin excellency thou "overthrow- est them that rise up against thee : Thou sendest forth thy * wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. 8 And with the blast of thy nos- trils the "waters were piled up, The floods '^ stood upright as a heap ; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, I will " pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; My desire shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. _ . 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the -^ sea covered them : They "sank as lead in the mighty waters. 11 "Who is like unto thee, O Je- hovah, among the gods 1 Who is like thee, ' glorious in holiness, * Fearful in praises, 'doing wonders 1 1 2 Thou stretchedst out ™ thy'right hand, The earth swallowed them. 13 Thou in thy lovingkindness hast "led the people that thou hast redeemed : Thou hast " guided them in thy strength to thy holy habita- tion. 14 The ^peoples have heard, they tremble : Pan^s have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Then were the * chiefs of Edom dismayed ; The ^mighty men of '"Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them : All the * inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. 16 'Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still "as a stone; Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou "hast '^ purchased. 17 Thou wilt ''bring them in, and " plant them in ^ the mountain of thine inheritance, The "place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, ^ Heb. rams. * Heb. gotten. " cb. 14. 27 *> Ps. 78. 49, 50 ' Ch. 14. 22, 29 d Ps. 78. 13 ' ch. 14. 5 /ch. 14. 27 " ver. 5 A ch. 8. 10 ; 9. 14; Dt. 3. 24 ; Ps. 71. 19; Mic. 7. IS •■ Is. 6. 3 ; Rev. 4. 8 * Ps. 22. 23 ' Ps. 72. 18 ; 136.4 '" ver. 6 " ver. 16 ; Neh. 9. 12 ; Ps. 77. 15, 20 " ver. 17 ; Ps. 78. 54 P Dt. 2. 25 ; Hab. 3. 7 1 (len. 36. 15 "" Num. 22. 3. 4 ; Ps. 114. 4, 6, 7 ' Josh. 2. 9, 11, 24 t ch. 23. 27 " ver. 5 ; 1 S. 25. 37 " ver. 13 ; Ps. 74. 2 ^ ch. 23. 20 ; 32. 34 y Ps. 44. 2 ; 80. 8, 15 ' Ps. 2. 6 ; 78. 54, 68 " Ps. 68. 16 ; 76. 2 ; 132. 14 6 Ps. 78. 69 "^ Ps. 10. 10 ; 29. 10 d ch. 14. 23, 28 " ch. 14. 22, 29 /ch. 2. 4 "Ps. 81. 2; 149. 3 ft Ps. 30. 11 ; 150. 4 '■ ver. 1 t Ps. 77. 20 ; 78. 52, ; ; ' Num. 33. 8 '" Geu. 16. 7 ; 20. 1 " Num. 33. 8 "ch. 14. 11; Ps. 100. 13 P Ezek. 47. 7, 8 « ch. 16. 4 "■ ch. 19. 6, 6 ' ch. 20. 2-17 « Dt. 7. 15 ; 28. 60 '* Dt. 32. 39 ; Ps. 30. 2 ; 103. 3 " Num. 33. 9, 10 * Num. 33. 11, 12 y ch. 12. 6, 51 ; 19. 1 ' ch. 14. 11 68 The * sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. 18 ''Jehovah shall reign for ever and ever. 19 ''For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them • but the chil- dren of Israel walked on "dry land in the midst of the sea. 20 And •''Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a "timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with ''dances. 21 And Miriam answered them, 'Sing ye to Jehovah, for he ^hath triumphed gloriously ; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 22 * And Moses led Israel onward from the E,ed Sea, and they went out into ' the wilderness of '" Shur ; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23 And when they came to " Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter : therefore the name of it was called ■* Marah. 24 And the people " mur- mured against Moses, saying. What shall we drink? 25 And he cried unto Jehovah ; and Jehovah showed him ^ a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he 'proved them ; 26 and he said, *■ If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear ' to his com- mandments, and keep all his stat- utes, ' I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians : fori am "Jehovah that healeth thee. 27 And they came to "Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm- trees : and they encamped there by the waters. -\ f^ And they took their jour- ivJ ney from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of •'Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on * the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the chil- dren of Israel ^ murmured against » Or, is highly exalted * That is, Bitterness. X6. EXODUS 16.29 Tbe People murmar for Food, (juails and Manna sent. The Gathering of tlie Hanna Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness : 3 and the children of Israel said unto them, "■ Would that we had died by the hand of J ehovah in the land of Egypt, ** when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the full ; for ye have brought us forth into this wilder- ness, to kill this whole assembly with himger. 4 Then said Jehovah unto Moses, Behold, "I will rain bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and gather a day's por- tion every day, tliat I may '' prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not. 5 And it shall come to pass '^on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt ; 7 and in the morning, tlien ye shall see -^the glory of Jehovah ; for that " he heareth your murmvirings against Jeho- vah : and '' what are we, that ye murmur against us 1 8 And Moses said. This shall be, when Jehovah shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full ; for that Jehovah hear- eth your murmurings which ye mui'mur against him : and what are we"? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah. 9 And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near be- fore Jehovah ; for he hath heard your murmurings. 1 0 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, *the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud. 1 1 And Jeiiovah spake unto Moses, saying, 12 I nave heard the murmurings of the chil- dren of Israel : speak unto them, saying, ^At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread ; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God. 13 And it came to pass at even, that ' the quails came up, and cov- ered the camp : and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. 14 '"And when the dew that \a,Y was gone up, behold, upon 1 Heb. Between the two evenings. "ch. 17. 3; Num. 14. 2, 3 ; 20. 3 I" Num. U. 4, s <^ Ju, 6. 31 ; Nell. 9. 15 ; Ps. 78. 23- 2j; lOo. 40; 1 Cor. 10. 3 rf ch. 15. 26 '■ ver. 22 /ver. 12 » Num. 14. 27 ; 17. 5 '' Num. It). 11 ' Num. 10. 10 k ver. 7 'Num. 11. 31 ; Ps. 78. 25 ; 105. 40 "> Num. 11. 7-9 " ver. 31 ° ver. 4 P 2 Cor. 8. 15 1 ver. 23 ; ch. 12. 10 ; 23. 18 « ch. 34. 31 t ch. 20. 8 ; 23. 12; Neh. 9. 14 " ver. 19 " ver. 20 ' Ps. 78. 10 69 the face of the wilderness " a small '^ round thing, small as the hoar- frost on the ground. 1 5 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, ^ What is it 1 for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, "It is the bread which Jehovah hath given you to eat. 16 This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded. Gather ye of it every man accord- ing to his eating ; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are in his tent. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less. 18 And when they measured it with an omer, ^'he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered every man according to his eating. 19 And Moses said unto them, *Let no man leave of it till the morning. 20 Notwith- standing they hearkened not unto Moses : out some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul : and Moses was wroth with them. 2 1 And they gathered it morning by rnorning, every man according to his eating : and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 22 /And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one : and all the * rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This is that which Jeho- vah hath spoken, * To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto Jehovah : bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil ; and " all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade : and " it did not become foul, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said. Eat that to-day ; for to-day is a sabbath unto Jeho- vah : to-day ye shall not find it in the field. 2G Six days ye shall gather it : but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found none. 28 And Jehovah said unto Moses, *How long refuse ye to keep my com- mandments and my laws 1 29 See, 2 Or, flake ^ Or, It is manna Heb. man hit. 16.30 EXODUS laa Mauna to be kept as a Memorial. Water from the Rock at Rephidim. War with Jmalek. Jethro meets Moses for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 So the people rested on the seventh day. 31 And the house of "Israel called the name thereof ^ Manna : and it was like ''coriander seed, white ; and the taste of it was like wafers «ia(ie with honey. 32 And Moses said. This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, " Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up be- fore Jehovah, to be kept through- out your generations. 34 As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before '' the Testi- mony, to be kept. 35 "And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited ; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. ^ ^ And all the congregation J- I of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of ASin, by their ^journeys, accord- ing to the commandment of Jeho- vah, and encamped in ^ Rephidim : and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people ''strove with Moses, and said. Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, 'Why strive ye with mel where- fore do ye tempt Jehovah 1 3 And the people thirsted there for water ; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, * Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and ' our cattle with thirst 1 4 And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying. What shall I do unto this people 1 they are ™ almost ready to stone me. 5 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of " the elders of Israel ; and thy rod, wherewith "thou smotest the river, take in thy hand, and go. 6 Behold, I 1 Heb. Man. 2 Or, stages " Num. 11. 6-9 ; Dt. 8. 3, 16 b ver. 14 ' Heb. 9. 4 ; Rev. 2. 17 d ch. 25. 16 ; 27. 21 " Josh. 5. 12 ; Neh. 9. 20, 21 /ch. 16. 1 y ch. 19. 2 ; Num. 33. 14, 15 Ach. 14. 11; Num. 20. 2, 3, 13 ' ch. 16. 8 k ch. 16. 3 ' ch. 12. 38 '"■ Num. 14. 10 ; 1 Sam. 30. 6 " ch. 3. 16, 18 ° ch. 7. 20 P ch. 3. 1 «Bt. 8. 15; Neh. 9. 15 ; Ps. 78. 15 ; 105.41; 1 Cor. 10. 4 '■ Dt. 6. 16 ; 9. 22 ; Ps. 95. 8 ' Num. 20. 13, 24 ; 27. 14; Ps. 81.7 t Num. 14. 22 ; Dt. 33. 8 " Num. 24. 20 ; Dt. 25. 17-19 ^ ver. 1 ■^ ch. 24. 13 V ch. 4. 20 ' ch. 24. 14 ; 31. 2 " Is. 35. 3 6 ch. 24, 4 ; .34. 27 ; Num. 33. £ " Dt. 25. 19 d ch. 24. 4 « Gen. 22. 14 /Gen. 22. 16 » ch. 2. 18 ; 3. 1 A ch. 2. 21 ; ' ch. 2. 22 ; 4. 20 ; Acts 7. 29 will stand before thee there upon the rock in ^ Horeb ; and « thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place ^''Massah, and ^*Meri- bah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they Hempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not 1 8 Then came "Amalek, and fought with Israel in "Eephidira. 9 And Moses said unto "^ Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fi.ght with Amalek : to-morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with '" the rod of God in my hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Ama- lek : and Moses, Aaron, and ^ Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Is- rael prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur " stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua ^discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, * Write this for a memorial in ®a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: '^that "I will utterly blot out the remem- brance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an ''altar, and called the name of it * " .Jehovah-nissi ; 1 6 and he said, ^•''Jehovah hath sworn : Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. •i O Now "Jethro, the priest XO of ]\Iidian, Moses' father-in- law, heai'd of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egjrpt. 2 And Jethro, Moses' father-in- law, took ''Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away, 3 and her ' two sons ; of whom the name 3 That is, TemvUng, or. Proving. 4 That is, Chiding, or. Strife. 5 Heb. prostrated. « Or, the book 1 Or, /or * Tliat is, Jehovah is my banner. 8 Or, Because there is a hand against the thront of Jehovah Heb. A hand is lifted up upon t.'.c throne ofJah. 70 18.4 EXODUS 19.3 Jetliro connsels Hoses to appoint assistant Judges, (srael at Sinai of the one was Gershom ; for he said, I have been ^ " a sojoui'ner in a foreign land : 4 and the name of the other was '"^ LHezer ; for Ice said, * The C4od of my father was my help, and^ delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. 5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at ''the anount of God : 6 and he said vmto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. 7 And Moses went out to meet his father- in-law, and ''did obeisance, and 'kissed him ; and they asked ■''each other of their welfare ; and they came into the tent. 8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that Je- hovah had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians ^ for Israel's sake, all the ''travail that had come upon them by the way, and how * Jehovah delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all *the good- ness which Jehovah had done to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And Jethro said, 'Blessed be Jehovah, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh ; who hath deliv- ered the people from under the hand of tne Egyptians. _ 1 1 Now I know that "Jehovah is greater than all gods ; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them. 12 "And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-ofi'er- ing and sacrifices for God : and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God. 13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people : and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said. What is this thing that thou doest to the people*? why sittest thou thy- self alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto eyenl 15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law. Because the peo- ple come unto me "to inquire of God : 1 6 when they have a mat- ter, they come unto me ; and I judge between a man and his 1 Heb. gee. 2 Hgb £i^ (jo(j_ and ezer, help. " ch. 2. 22 '' Gen. 49. 25 ''ch. 3. 1, 12; 4. 27 ; 24. 13 d Gen. 43. 26, 28 ' Ex. 4. 27 /Gen. 43. 27 B ch. 4. 23 ; 7. 4,5 A Num. 20. 14 ; Neh. 9. 32 ' c'h.'lo. C, 10 k Is. 03. 7-14 1 1 K. .S. 50 ; Ps. 08. 19, 20 '"ch. 12. 12; 15. 11 " o,h. 24. 5 ; Gen. 31. 54 » Gen. 25. 22 ; Num. 9. 8 ; 27. 6; Dt. 17. 8-13 PPt. 1.12 9 ] it. 1. 18 '' ver. 25 ; Dt. 1. 13, 15 ; Ps. 15. 1-5 ' Dt. 1. 17, ^ ch. 12. 6, 61 ; 10. 1 " Dt. 1. 6 ; 4. 10, 15; 5. 2 y ch. 17. 1 * ch. 18. 5 71 neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Moses' father-in-law said unto him. The thing that thou doest is not good. 18 ^Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee : be thou for the people to God- ward, and bring tnou the causes unto God : 20 "^ and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people ''able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulei's of fifties, and rulers of tens : 22 and let them judge the people at all sea- sons : and it shall be, * that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves : so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this peo- ple also shall go to their place in peace. 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. 25 And Moses chose 'able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons : " tlie hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 27 And Mo- ses let his father-in-law depart ; and he went his way into his own land. '\ i\ "In the third month after _L «^ the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of ^ Sinai. 2 And when they were departed from ^Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they encamped in the wilderness ; and there Israel encamped before Hhe mount. 3 And Moses went up 19.4 EXODUS 20.5 Moses meets Jehovah in the Moant. The People warned not to approach the Kouut. The Ten Commandments given Hnto God, and Jehovah called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel : 4 Ye have seen what I did unto tiie Egyptians, and how I bare you on "eagles' wings, and brought you unto my- self. 5 * Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and ''keep my covenant, then ye shall be ''mine own possession ^from among all peoples : for ""all the earth is mine : 6 and ye shall be unto me •'a king- dom of priests, and ' a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. 7 ''And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which Jehovah commanded him. 8 'And all the people answered together, and said. All that Jeho- vah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah. 9 And Je- hovah said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in *a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto Jehovah. 10 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them ' wash their garments, 1 1 and be ready against the third day; for "Hhe third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, say- ing. Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: 13 no hand shall touch "him, but "he shall surely be stoned, or shot through ; whether it be beast or man, he shall not live : when the ^ trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to "the mount. 14 And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the peo- ple -, and they washed their gar- ments. 15 And he said unto the people. Be ready against the third day : come not near a woman. 16^ And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and i Or, above « Or, it 3 Or, ram's horn " Dt. 32. n * Ch. 16. 26 " Pa. 78. 10 \ came for its hire. 16 ''And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. 17_ If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money ac- cording to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not suffer f- "sor- ceress to live. 19 •'^Whosoever lieth wiih a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 ^ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be ■* '' utterly destroyed. 2 1 And ' a sojourner shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him: for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 22 * Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 1 Or, the.ntdfiea 2 Heb. auk. ^ Or, it is reckoned in (Hsb. comelh into) its ire •* Heb. devoted. ° Lev. 6. 1-7 b ver. 9, 28 ; ch. 21. 6; Dt. 17. 8, 9 ; 19. 17 " ver. 8, 28 d Dt. 22. 28, 29 " Lev. 20. 27 ; Dt. 18. 10; Jar. 27. 9, 10 /Lev. 18. 23; 20. 16, 16; Dt. 27. 21 " ch. 32. 8 ; 34. 15 ; Lev. 17.7 '' Lev. 27. 29 ' Lev. 19. 33. 34 ; Dt. 1. 16 ; 27. 19 fc Dt. 24. 17, IS ' Prov. 23. 10, 11 ; Jer. 7. 6 ; 22. 3 "' Dt. 16. 9 "Dt. 10. IS; Ps. 10. 14, 18 ; 68 5 " Ps. 109. 9 P Lev. ?3. 36-37 9 Dt. 23. 19, 20 "■ ver. 23 " Lev. 24. 15, 16 « Acts 23. 5 " ch. 23. 16, 19 ; Dt. 26. 2-11 " ch. 13. 2 "^ '^.en. 17. i2; Lev. 12. 3 '' ch. 19. 6 ; Lev. 11. 44 •^ Lev. 7. 24 ; 17. 15 ° ch. 20. 16 6 Dt. 19. 16- 21 ; Ps. 35. ■" Dt. 16. 19 ; 24. 17 rf ver. 0 ; Lev. 19. 15; Dt. 1. 17; 16. 19 « Dt. 22. 1-4 /ver. 2, 3 s ch. 20. 16 ; Ps. 119. 29 '' ch. 20. 13 ; Dt. 27. 25 i ch. 34. 7 ; Dt. 25. 1 * Dt. 10. 17 ; 16. 19; Prov. 17. 23 ; Is. 5. 23 76 23 ^If thou afflict them at all, and '" they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; 24 and " my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; " and TOur wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. 25 -^If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou snalt not be to him as a creditor ; neither shall ye lay upon him » interest. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down : 27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep ^ and it shall come to pass, *" when he crieth unto me, that I will hear ; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not ' revile ^ God, 'nor curse a ruler of thy people. 29 " Thou shalt not delay to offer of *" thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. "" The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, a7id with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with its dam; fori the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 31^ And ye shall be holy men unto me : therefore "^ ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. " Thou shalt not take up a false report : put not tliy hand with the wicked to be an '' unrighteous Avitness. 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil ; neither shalt thou ^ speak in a cause to turn a,side after a multi- tude to " wrest justice : 3 "* neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause. 4 '^ If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. 5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, '^thou shalt forbear to leave him, thou shalt surely release it with him. 6 f Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause. 7 *Keep thee far from a false matter ; and the innocent and righteous ''slay thou not: for 'I will not justify the wicked. 8 *And thou shalt take no bribe: 5 Heb. thyfulnefs and thy tear. 6 Or, bear witness 1 Or, and xvouldestforbear to release it/or him, thou shalt surely release it with him 23 23 9 EXODUg 24.3 Sabbaths, Feasts, and First-frnits, Promised Return to Canaan. Jebovab's Covenant with Israel for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the ■■words of the righteous. 9 "And a sojourner shalt thou not oppress : for ye know the heart of a so- journer, seeing ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. 10 ''And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof : 1 1 but the seventh year thou shalt '^ let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 12 '^^Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt ^rest ; that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the sojourner, may be re- freshed. 13 _And ''in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed : and ^ make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. 14 •'Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 1 5 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep : seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I com- manded thee, at the time appointed in the "month A bib (for in it thou camest out from Egypt) ; and ''none shall appear before me empty : 1 6 and 'the feast of harvest, the first- fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field : and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field. 17 * Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord Jehovah. 18 'Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leav- ened bread ; "* neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning. 1 9 " The first of the first fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God. "Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk. 20 Behold, t send ^ an angel be- fore thee, to keep thee by the way, and » to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 21 Take ye heed before him, and hearken unto his voice ; * *■ provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your trans- gression : for ' my name is in him. ' Or, cause 2 Or, release it and let it lie falloiv See Dt. 15 2 3 Or, keep sabbath * Or, oi not rebellious againsttiim " Ch. 22 21 t> Lev. 25. 1-7 "= ch 20. 8- n ; 31. l.i ; 35. 2, 3 d Dt. 4. 9, 23 'Josh. 2.S. 7 ; Ps. 16. 4 /ch. 34. 22- 24 ; Dt. 16. 10 "ch. 12. 2 ''ch. 22. 29; 34. 2(1 i ch. 34. 22 * ver. 14 ' ch. 34. 25 ; Lev. 2. 11 "'ch. 12. 10; Lev. 7. 15 " ch. 22. 29 ; 34. 26 0 Dt. 14. 21 Pver. 23;ch. 3. 2; 14. 19; 32. 34 ; 33. 2 9ch. 15. 16, 17 »■ Dt. 9. 7 «ch. 3. 14; 6. 3 ; 34. 5-7 «6en. 12. 3; Num. 24. 9; Dt. 30. 7 "Josh. 24. 11 "ver. 13,33; ch. 20. 5 *Nuni. 33. 62; Dt. 7. 5; 12.3; 2 K. 18. 4 V oh. 34. 13 ; Lev. 26. 1 ; 2 K. 3. 2 ^ Lev. 20. 3- 13 ; Dt. 28. 1-14 «ch. 15. 26; Dt. 7. 15 b Dt. 7. 14 <'Dt.4.40; Job 5. 26 d ch. 15. 16 « Dt. 7. 23 /Dt. 7. 20; Josh. 24. 12 ^ ch. 33. 2 ; 34. 11 '' Dt. 7. 22 'Gen. 15. 18; Dt. 1. 7, 8 * Dt. 2. 36 ; Josh. 21. 44 ' Josh. 24. 12, 18 '" Cll. 34. 12 ; Dt. 7. 2 " ver. 13, 24 " Dt. 7. 1-5, 16 P ch. 19. 24 9 ch. 6. 23 ; Lev. 10. 1,2 76 22 But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that 1 speak; then 'I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an ad- versary unto thine adversaries. 23 "For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite : and I will cut them off. 24 " Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works ; -^ but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their ® ■" pillars. 25 ' And ye shall serve Jehovah your God, and he will bless thy bread, and thy water; and "I will take sickness away from the midst of thee, 26 There shall none cast her young, nor ''be barren, in thy land : "the number of thy days I will fulfil. 27 I will ''send my terror before thee, and "will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. 28 And 1 will send •''the hornet before thee, which shall "drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. 29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become deso- late, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee. 30 '' By lit- tle and little I will drive them out from befoi-e thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. 31 'And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto ® the Biver : *for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand ; and ' thou shalt drive them out before thee. 32 '"Thou shalt make no covenant with them, "nor with their gods. 33 "They shall not dwell^ in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me ; for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. ^ A ^^^ ^^^ s^^d unto Moses, wTc ^Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, * Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ; and worship ye afar off: 2 and Moses alone shall come near unto Jehovah ; but they shall not come near ; neither shall the peo- ple go up with him. 3 And Moses came and told the people all the 6 Or, obelisks * That is. the Euphrates. 24.4 EXODUS 25.18 Moses again in the Mount, 'Offerings for the Sanctuary enjoined. Directions concerning the Ark words of Jehovah, and all the or- dinances : and all the people an- swered with one voice, and said, "Ail the words which Jehovah hath spoken will we do. 4 And * Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an 'altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the children of Israel, ''who offered burnt- offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen u nto Jehovah. 6 And " Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins ; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took -^the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, ''All that Jehovah hath spoken will we do, and be obedient. 8 And * Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said. Behold 'the blood of the covenant, which Jeho- vah hath made with you ' concern- ing all these words. 9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, *Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel : 10 and Hhey saw the God of Israel ; and ™ there was under his feet as it were "a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. 1 1 And upon the nobles of the children ,of Israel he laid not his hand : and "they beheld God, and did eat and drink. 1 2 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there : and " I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou may est teach them. 13 And Moses rose up, and * Joshua his minister: and Moses went up into * the mount of God. 14 And he said unto the elders, ■'Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you : and, behold, * Aaron and Hur are with you ; whosoever hath a cause, let him Oome near unto them. 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and * the cloud covered the mount. 1 6 And the glory of Jehovah abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh day he "called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 "And the appearance of the glory of Je- 1 Or, upon all these conditions » Or, work of bright sapphire " ver. 7 ; ch. I'J. 8 b ch. 17. 14 ; 34. 27 ' ch, 17. 15 d ch. 18. 12 " Ps. 99. 6 / ver. 4 " ver. 3 A Heb. 9. 19, 20 < Mt. 26. 28 ; Lk. 22. 2u; 1 Cor. 11. 25; Zech. 9. u *•" ver. 1 ' ver. 11 ; Num. 12. 8; Is. 6. 6; Jn. 1. 18; 6. 40 "' Ezek. 1. 20 " ver. 10 "ch. 31. 18 P ch, 17. 9- 14; 33. 11 « ch. 3. 1 ''Gen. 22. 5 ' ch. 17. 10, 12 < oh. 19. 9 " Ps. 99. 7 " Ps. 9S. 2-6 ' Dt. 4. 24 ; 9. 3; Heb. 12. 29 V ch. 34. 28 ; Dt. 9. 9; 10. 10 ' ch. 35. 4-9 " ch. 3.i. 21 b ch. 2!). 45, 40 ; Num. 6. 3 ; i)t. 12. 11 ' ver. 40 ; ch. 20. :iO; Acts 7. 44; Heb. 8. 2, 5 d ch. 37. 1-9 • Heb. 9. 4 /Ileb. 0. 4 hovah was like ^devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount : and Moses was in the mount 2^ forty days and forty nights. O pT And Jehovah spake unto ^ tJ Moses, saying, 2 ^ Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an ^offering : "ot every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my ^otrering. 3 And this is the '^offering which ye shall take of them : gold, and silver, and brass, 4 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and * fine linen, and goats' hair, 5 and rams' skins dyed red, and ^sealskins, and acacia wood, 6 oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 7 •" onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the bi^eastplate. 8 And let them make me a sanctuary, '' that I may dwell among them. 9 ''According to all that I show thee, the pattern of the ^ tabernacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it. 10 '* And they shall make an ark of acacia wood : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 1 1 And thou shalt " overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it. and shalt make upon it a * crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four feet thereof ; and two rings shall be on the one ^side of it, and two rings on the other ^side of it. 13 And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, wherewith to bear the ark. 1 5 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark : they shall not be taken from it. 16 And thou shalt f put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 1 7 And thou shalt make a ^° mercy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18 And thou shalt make two cherubim of 3 Or, heave-offering ? Heb. dwelling. * Or, cotton 8 Or, rim Or, moulding 5 Or, porpoise-skins 9 Heb. rib. •i Or, beryl i" Or, covering 25, 19 EXODUS 26.6 Tbe Table of Showbread. Th« Candlestick. Cartains of the Tabernade gold ; of ^ beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat. 1 9 And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end : '^ of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. 20 And "the cheru- bim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another ; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. 21 And thou shalt put the mercy- seat above upon the ark ; and in the ark thou shalt put the testi- mony that I shall give thee. 22 And * there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. 23 "And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood : two cubits sJiall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. _ 24 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thei'eto a "* crown of gold round about. 25 And thou shalt make unto it a border of a handbreadth round about ; and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. _ 27 Close by the border shall the i^ngs be, for places for the staves to bear the table. 28 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. 29 And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, wherewith to pour out : of pure gold shalt thou make them. 30 And thou shalt set upon the table ^^showbread before me alway. 31 -'^ And thou shalt makeacandle- stick of pure gold : of ^ beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its '*base, and its shaft ; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, shall be ''of one piece with it : 32 and there shall be six branches going out of 1 Or, turned, 2 Heb. out of the mercy-seat. * Or, Presence-bread * Heb. thigh. 5 Heb. out of the same. " 1 K. 8. 7 ; Heb. 9. 6 b ch. 29. 42, 43 ; 30. 6, 36 " ch. 37. 10-16 d ver. 11 ^ ch. 39. 36 ; 40. 23 ; Lev. 24. 5-9 /ch. 37. 17- 24 •" Heb. 8 6 'i ver. 9 '■ ch. 36. 8-19 the sides thereof ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof : 33 three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower : so for the six branches going out of the candlestick: 34 and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops there- of, and the flowers thereof ; 35 and a knop under two branches ^ of one Eiece with it, and a knop under two ranches ® of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches ^of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick. 36 Their knops and their branches shall be ^ of one piece with it ; the whole of it one ^ beaten work of pure gold. 37 And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven : and they shall "^light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it. 38 And the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. 39 Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels. 40 And ^ see that thou make them ''after their pat- tern, which hath been showed thee in the mount. O /^ ' Moreover thou shalt make ^ yj the tabernacle with ten cur- tains; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the skilful workman shalt thou make them. 2 The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : all the curtains shall have one measure. 3 Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another ; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. 4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain '' from the selvedge in the coupling ; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second ^coupling. 5 Fifty loops shalt thovi make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second * coupling ; the loops shall be opposite one to another. 6 And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the 78 6 Or, set up 1 Or, that is outmost in the first set 8 Or, set 26.7 EXODUS 26.31 vnnains ot lue raoernacle. Boards and Bars of tlie Tabernacle. The Veil and the Screen curtains one to another with the clasps : and the tabernacle shall be one whole. 7 And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains shalt thou make them. 8 The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : the eleven curtains shall have one measure. 9 And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. 10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the ^ coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is outmost in the second "coupling. 1 1 And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. 12 And the overhanging part that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. 13 And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the taber- nacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. 14 And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a cover- ing of ® sealskins above. 15 And thou shalt make "the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up. 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. 17 Two tenons shall there be in each board, * joined one to another-: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 1 8 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward. 19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another boai'd for its two tenons : 20 and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards, 21 and their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 22 And for the 1 Or, first set a Or. set 3 Or, porpoise-skins * Or, mortised " ch. 36. 20- 31 b ch. 25. 9 • ch. 36. 35- 38 ; Mt. 27. 51 ; Heb. 79 hinder part of the tabernacle west- ward thou shalt make six boards. 23 And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tab- ernacle in the hinder part. 24 And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be entire unto the top thereof unto ^one ring : thus shall it be for them botn; they shall be for the two corners. 25 And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. 26 And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 27 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward. 28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end. 29 And thou shalt over- lay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars : and thou shalt over- lay the bars with gold. 30 And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle * according to the fashion thereof which hath been showed thee in the mount. 31 And thou shalt make "a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cheru- bim the work of the skilful work- man shall it be made : 32 and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold ; their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver. 33 And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil theark of the testi- mony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And thou shalt put the rnercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. 35 And thou shalt set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south : and thou shalt put the table on the north side. 36 And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. 37 And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of * Or, thejirst 27.1 EXODUS 28.6 The Altar of Bnrnt-oireruig. The Coart and the Lamp. Aaron's Cfarments acacia, and overlay them with gold ; their hooks shall be of gold : and thou shalt cast five sockets of bi-ass for them. O ^ And thou shalt make "the ^ f altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad ; the altar shall be four-square : and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it vipon the four cor- ners thereof ; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it : and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shov- els, and its basins, and its flesh- hooks, and its firepans : all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass ; and upon the net .shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four ' cor- ners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, tliat the net may reach halfway up the altar. G And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staA'es shall be upon the two ^ sides of the altar, in bearing it. 8 Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been shovv'ed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. 9 And thou shalt make *the court of the tabernacle : for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side : 10 and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall he of silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twentJ^ of brass ; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits ; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side east- ward shall be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side 1 Heb- ends. ' Heb. ribs. " ch. 38. 1-7 l> ch. 38. 9-20 « ch. 35. 8, 28; Lev. 24. 1-4 d ch. 2.'>. 22 ; 29. 42 ; 30. 36 ' Ps. 99 6 ; Heb. 6. 4 /ch. 24. 1,9 » ch. 25. 3 '' ch. 39. 2-7 80 shall be hangings of fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and their sock- ets three. 16 And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer ; their pillars four, and their sockets four. 17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver ; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass. 18 The length of the court shall be a hun- dred cubits, and the breadth fifty ever.y where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. 19 All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. 20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee ''pure olive oil beaten for the li.ght, ^to cause a lamp to burn continually. 21 In the ''tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jeho- vah : it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations ''on the behalf of the children of. Israel. O O And ''bring thou near unto '^ O thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, •'^Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron s sons. 2 And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, tor glory and for beauty. 3 And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wis- dom, that they make Aaron's gar- ments to sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest '.s office. 4 And these are the gar- ments which they shall make : a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a ^ mitre, and a girdle : and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. 5 And they shall take " the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. 6 And they shall make *the 3 Or, to set up a lamp continually * Or, from * Or, turban 28.7 EXODUS 28. 33 The Ephod and the Breastplate. RoIjc of the Ephod ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the skilful workman. 7 It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together. 8 And the skilfully woven band, which is upon it, wherewith to gird it on, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece ; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou shalt take two ' onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel : 10 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth. 1 1 With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel : thou shalt make them to be inclosed in settings of gold. 12 And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulder- pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel : and Aaron shall bear their names before Jehovah upon his two shoulders for a memorial. 13 "And thou shalt make settings of gold, 14 and two chains of pure gold; like cords shalt thou make them, of wreathen work : and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the settings. 1 5 And thou shalt make a breast- plate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman ; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. 16 Four- square it shall be and double ; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. 17 And thou shalt set in it set- tings of stones, four rows of stones : a row of "sardius, topaz, and * car- buncle shall be the first row ; 18 and the second row an ■* emerald, a sapphire, and a ^ diamond ; 19 and the third row a "jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst ; 20 and the fourth row a 'beryl, and an ' onyx, and a jasper : they shall be inclosed in gold in their set- tings. _ 21 And the stones shall be according to the names of the chil- 1 Or, beryl " Or, miby 3 Or, emerald * Or, carbuncle ^ Or, sardonyx 6 Or, amber 7 Or, chalcedony " ch. 39. 6, 7 81 dren of Israel, twelve, according to their names ; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes. 22 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. 23 And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 24 And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. 25 And the other two ends of the two vv'reathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart thereof. 26 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephod inward. 27 And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod under- neath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. 28 And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breast- plate be not loosed from the ephod. 29 And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before Jehovah continually. 30 And thou shalt put in the breast- plate of judgment * the Urim and tlie Thummim ; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before Jehovah : and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the chil- dren of Israel upon his heart be- fore Jehovah continually. 31 *And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And ^it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof : it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it be not rent. 33 And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of 8 That 18, the Lights and thr Perfections. 9 Or, there shall be a hole in the top oj it 28. 34 EXODUS 29 18 Aaron's Golden Plate, Coat, and Mitre. The Priests' (larments. Their Consecration purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof ; and bells of gold between them round about : 34 a golden bell and a pomegran- ate, a golden bell and a pomegran- ate, upon the skirts of the robe round about. 35 And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and the sound thereof shall be heard when he goeih in unto the holy place be- fore Jehovah, and when he cometh out, that he die not. 36 And thou shalt make " a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet. Holt to Jehovah. 37 And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the ^ mitre ; upon the forefront of the ^ mitre it shall be. 38 And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear *the iniquity of the holj/; things, which the children of Isijael shall hallow in all their holy gifts ; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be ac- cepted before Jehovah. 39 And thou shalt Aveave ''the coat in checker work of '^fine linen, and thou shalt make a ^ mitre of '^ fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer. 40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and '^head- t'ires shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him, and shalt anoint them, and * consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 42 And thou shalt make them ''linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness ; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: 43 and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or ■^when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place ; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him. OQ ^And this is the thing ^ X) that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office : take one young bullock and two rams without blemish, 2 and "unleav- ened bread, and cakes unleavened 1 Or, tnrhwn, ' Or, silk 3 Heb. fill their hand. " ch. 39. 30, 31 i Lev. 10. 17 ; 22. 16 ; Num. 18. 1 " ch. 39. 27- 29 d ch. 29. 9 ; 39. 28; Lev. 8. 13 " ch. 39. 28 /ch. 20. 26 '■' Lev. 8. 1-34 '' Lev. 6. 19- 23 «■ ch. 28. 39 k ch. 28. 31 ' ch. 28. 6 "' ch. 28. 15 " ch. 28. 8 " ch. 28. 4, 39 P ch. 28. 36, 37 ; Lev. '' ch. 28. 39 ' ch. 28. 40 « ch. 40. 15 ; Num. 3. 10; 18.7; 25. 13 ; Dt. 18. 6 mingled with oil, and wafers un- leavened anointed with oil : of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. 4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water. 5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the * coat, and *the robe of the ephod, and 'the ephod, and '"the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully " woven band of the ephod ; 6 and thou shalt set the ^ " mitre upon his head, and put * the holy crown upon the ^ mitre. _ 7 Then shalt thou take ' the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put ''coats vipon them. 9 And thou shalt gird them with * girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head- tires on them : and they shall have 'the priesthood by a perpetual statute : and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 10 And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting : and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before J ehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger ; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. 13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kid- neys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. 1 4 But the flesh of the bul- lock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp : it is a ^ sin-offering. 15 Thou shalt also take the one ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 1 7 And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them ^ with its pieces, and ^ with its head. 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar : it is a burnt-offering unto Jehovah ; it * Heb. sin. ^ Or, upon 82 29.19 EXODUS 29.42 Consecratory Sacrifices for the Priests. Tlie Daily OfFerings is a. sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 19 And thou shalt take the other ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. 20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him : and he shall be hal- lowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the in- wai'ds, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right ^ thigh (for it is a ram of consecra- tion), 23 and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Jehovah : 24 and thou shalt put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and shalt wave them for a wave- offering before Jehovah. 25 And thou shalt take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar upon the burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before Jehovah : it is an offer- ing made by fire unto Jehovah. 26 And thou shalt take "the breast of Aaron's ram of consecra- tion, and wave it for a wave-offer- ing before Jehovah : and it shall be thy portion. 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave- offering, and the ^ thigh of the heave-offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: 28 and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel ; for it is a heave-offering : and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto Jehovah. 29 And the holy garments of 1 Or, shoulder " Lev. 7. 31- 34 >> Lev. 22. 10; 13 ■ch. 12. 10; 23. 18 ; 34. d Lev. 8. 33 ' Num. 28. 3-;;i; 29. G-38 83 Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be. consecrated in them. 30 Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place. 3 1 And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting. 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them : but ''a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. 34 And ''if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee: "^ seven days shalt thou con- secrate them. 36 And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin- offering for atonement : and thou shalt ^ cleanse the altar, when thou makest atonement for it ; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make atone- ment for the altar, and sanctify it : and the altar shall be most holy ; ^whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar : * two lambs a year old day by day con- tinually. 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning ; and the other lamb thou shalt offer ^ at even : 40 and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink-offering. 41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer *at even, and shalt do thereto accord- ing to the meal-offering of the morning^ and according to the drink-offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 42 It shall be a continual burnt-offering through- out your generations at the door 2 Or, Tiiirae the altar, by thy making atonemetit 3 Or, whosoever * Heb. between the two evenings. 29.4^ EXODUS 30.23 The Altar of Incense. The Atonement Honey. The Brazen Laver of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where T will meet with you, to speak there unto. thee. 43 And tliere I will meet with the children of Israel ; and the Tent shall be sanctified by my glory. 44 And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar : Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office. 45 And "I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Jeho- v^ah their God. O/^ And thou shalt make ''an O v/ altar to burn incense upon : of acacia wood shalt thou make it. 2 A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof ; foursquare shall it be ; and two cubits shall be the heiglit thereof : the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it. 3 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the Hop thereof, and the ^ sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof ; and thou shalt make unto it a ^ crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof ; upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them ; and they shall be for places for staves wherewith to bear it. 5 And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 Arid thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testi- niony, before the mercy-seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices : every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it. 8 And when Aaron ''lighteth the lamps ® at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Jeho- vah throughout your generations. 9 Ye shall offer no strange in- cense thereon, nor burnt-offering, nor meal-offering : and ye shall pour no drink-offering thereon. 10 And Aaron shall make atone- ment "^upon the horns of it once in the year ; with the blood of the ' Heb. roof. - Heb. walls. 3 Or, rim Or, moulding ♦ Or, setteth vp Heb. causeth to asccvd. 6 Heb. between the two evenings. « Or, for " ch. 25. 8 ; Num. 5. 3; Dt. 12. 11 b ch. 37. 25-29 ' ch. 38. 25, 20; Num. 1. 2 ; 26. 2 d ch. 38. 8 sin-offering of atonement once in the year sliall he make atonement ■^for it throughout your genera^ tions : it is most holy unto Jehovah. 11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 12 When thou tak- est 'the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are nurnbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them ; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. 13 This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered : half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel for an offering to Jehovah. 14 Every one that passeth over unto them that ai'e numbered, from twenty years old and up- ward, shall give the offering of Jehovah. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls. 16 And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tent of meeting ; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah, to make atonement for your souls. 17 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Thou shalt also make ''a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it be- tween the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. 19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20 when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not ; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not : and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. 22 Moreover Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Take thou also unto thee the chief spices : of flow- ing myrrh five hundred shekels. and of sweet cinnamon half so ? Or, upon 84 30.24 EXODUS 31. i; The Anointing Oil. The Incense. Bezalel and Oholiab called to do the work. Observance of the Sabbath much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, 24 and of ^cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin ; 25 and thou shalt make it a holy anointing oil, a perfume com- pounded after the art of the perfumer : it shall be " a holy anointing oil. 26 And thou ^halt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense, 28 and the altar of burnt-oft'ering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. 29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy : ^ whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. 30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. 31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be a holy anoint- ing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, accord- ing to the composition thereof : it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. 33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people. 34 And Jehovah said unto IMoses, Take unto thee sweet spices, *stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; sweet spices with pure frankincense : of each shall there be a like weight ; 35 and thou shalt make of it in- cense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, * seasoned with salt, Sure and holy: 36 and thou shalt eat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee : it shall be unto you most holy. 37 And the incense which thou shalt make, according ' to the composition thereof ye shall not make for yourselves : it shall be unto thee holy for .Jehovah. 38 Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereof, he shall be cut off from his people. O "I * And Jehovah spake unto O -L Moses, saying, 2 See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of 1 Or, costus 3 Or, opobalsamum 2 Or, whosoever * Or, tempered together " ch. 37. 29 ; 40. 9 ; Lev. 8. 10 6 ch. 35. 30-36. 1 " Lev. 24. i d ch. 20. 8 * ver. 17 ; Ezek 12, 20 iO. / ver. 15 ; ch. 35. 2 ; Num. 15. 32, 35; Jn. 7. 23 !7 ch. 16. 23 ; 35. 2, 3 «: ch. 20. 11 ; Gen. 2. 2, 3 85 Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowl- edge, and in all manner of work- manship, 4 to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 5 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of workman- ship. 6 And I, behold, I have ap- pointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan ; and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have comrnanded thee : 7 the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testi- mony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the Tent, 8 and the table and its vessels, and the ''pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense, 9 and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base, 10 and the finel.y wrought garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, 11 and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place : according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. 12 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 1 3 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, ** Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths : for it is " a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am Je- hovah who sanctifieth you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you : ■''every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death ; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 1 5 Six days shall work be done ; but on the seventh day is a ^sab- bath of solemn rest, holy to Je- hovah ; '' whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. 1 7 ' It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : *for in six days Jehovah made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. 31.18 EXODUS 32.24 noses receives the Two Tables. Aaron makes a Golden Calf. The Anger of Moses 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of com- muning with him upon mount Sinai, •*the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, * written with the finger of God. O O And when the people saw O w that Moses " delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, '' make us ^ gods, which shall go before us ; for as for " this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them, ^ Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the peo- ple brake off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 And he re- ceived it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a ''molten calf: and they said, •^ These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ^ 5 And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it ; and Aaron made procla- mation, and said. To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah. 6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and '' offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings ; and ' the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up * to play. 7 AndJehovah spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down ; for thy people, that ' thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : 8 they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them : they have made them a molten calf, and have wor- shippe 1 it, and '" have sacrificed unto it, and said. These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 " And Jehovah said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a "stiffnecked people: 10 now therefore ^ let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them : and I will make of thee a great nation. 11 And « Moses besought Jehovah his God, and said, Jeho- vah, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, that thou hast brought forth out of the land of 1 Or a god 2 Or, ThXi is thy God " ch. 24. 12 f> ch. 32. 15, 16 ; 34. 1, 28 ' ch. 24. 18 ; Dt. 9. 11, 12 d Acts 7. 40 "eh. 14. 11 /ch. 35. 22 » Dt. 9. 16 ; Acts 7. 41 h Acts 7. 41 ' 1 Cor. 10. 7 t ver. 17-19 ; Num. 25. 2 ' ver. 4, U ; Dt. 9. 12 "' ch. 22. 20 ; 34. 15 ; Dt. 32. 17 " Num. 14. 11-20 "ch. 3.3. 3,5; 34. 9 ; Acts 7. 61 P Dt. 9. 14 « Dt. 9. 18 '' Dt. 9. 28 ; Josh. 7. 9 * Gen. 22. 16-18 ' Gen. 15. 5 ; 26. 4 " ch. 13. 5, 11 ; 33. 1 " Ps. 106. 45 ' Dt. 9. 15 y ch. 31. 18 ' ver. 6 " Dt. 9. 17 *> Dt. 9. 21 ' Dt. 9. 24 rf ver. 1-4 Egypt with great power and with a mighty handl 12 Wherefore should *■ the Egyptians speak, say- ing, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the moun- tains, and to consume them from the face of the earth *? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou *swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed ' as the stars of heaven, and "all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. 14 "And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people. 15^ And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand ; ^ tables that were written on both their sides ; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was tlie writing of God, graven upon the tables. 1 7 And when .Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18 And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear. 19 And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the ^ dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and " he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 * And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them "? 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot : thou knowest the people, *■ that they are set on evil. 23 For "* they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egyi)t, we know not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto them. Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off: so 32.25 EXODUS 33.13 Tic People puiiisLed. Jehovah withdraws his presence. Moses remojistrates with Iiiin they gave it me ; and " I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. 25 And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose (for *Aai'on had let them loose for a Merision among their enemies), 26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said. Whoso is on Jehovah's side, let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. 27 And he said unto them. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his com- E anion, and every man his neigh- or. 28 And ''the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. 29 And Moses said, ^ Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, ^ yea, every man ^against his son, and * against his brother ; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. 30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people. Ye have sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto Jehovah ; peradventure I shall make atone- ment for your sin. 3 1 And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them ''gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy " book which thou hast written. 33 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Whoso- BA'er hath sinned against me, him 'will I blot out of my book. 34 And now go, lead the people " unto the place of which I nave spoken unto thee : behold, ^ mine angel shall go before thee ; nevertheles;s in the day when I visit, 'I will visit their sin upon them. 35 * And Jehovah smote the people, because ' they made the calf, which Aaron made. O O And Jehovah spake unto O O Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast bi'ought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which '"I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying. Unto thy seed \ Heb. whispering. - Heb. PIU your hand. " Or, for every man hath been against his son and 'Kjainst his brother * Or, uvon ■^ ver. 4 <> 1 K. 12. 28- 30 ; 14. 16 " Num. 25. 7-13; Dt. d ch. 20. 23 « Ps. 69. 28 ; Is. 4. 3 ; 8. 16 ; 29. 11, 18 ; Dan. 12. 1 ; Mai. 3. 16, 17 /ch. 17. 14; Dt. 29. 20 ; Ps. 9. 6 » ch. 3. 17 '' ch. 23. 20 ' Ps. 99. 8 * ver. 28 ' ver. 4, 24 '" ch. 32. 13 "ch. 32. 34 o ch. 23. 27-31 P ch. 3. 8, 17 5 ver. 5 ; ch. 32. 9 »■ ch. 32. 10 " Num. 14. 39 « ver. 3 " ch. 18. 7, 12-16 " ch. 13. 21 ^ Ps. 99. 7 y Num. 12. 8 ; Dt. 34. 10 ' ch. 3. 10 ; 32. 34 " ver. 2 >> ver. 17 « Ps. 25. 4 ; 61. 13 will I give it: 2 and I will send "an angel before thee ; and " I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite : 3 unto a land ^flowing with milk and honey : for I will not go up in the midst of thee ; for thou art a " stifihecked people ; lest '" I con- sume thee in the way. 4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, ' they mourned : and no man did put on him his ornaments. 5 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a '■ stiffhecked people ; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee : therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb on- ward. 7 Now Moses used to take " the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp ; and he called it. The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one that sought Jehovah went out unto the tent of meeting, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent. 9 And it came to pass, when Moses entered into the Tent, " the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent : " and Jehovah spake Avith Moses. 10 And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent : and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at his tent door. 11 And ^ Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp : but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, de- parted not out of the Tent. 1 2 And Moses said unto Jehovah, See, thou sayest unto me, ^ Bring up this people : and thou hast not let me know ^ " whom thou wilt send with me. ''Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found favor in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if 1 have found favor in thy sight, show me now "thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end that I may ^ Or, him whom 87 33.14 EXODUS 34. lis Jehovah's Gradoas Reply. The Two Tables renewed. God reveals himself. Warning against Idolatry find favor in thy .sight : and " con- sider that this nation is thy people. 14 And he said, * My presence shall go ivith thee, and '^I will give thee rest. 15 And he said unto him, ''If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. 1 6 For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy peopled is it not in that thou goest with us, so that " we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth? 1 7 And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken ; •''for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name. 18 ^ And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory. 19 And he said, * I will make all my good- ness pass before thee, and will pro- claim the name of Jehovah before thee ; and ' I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; ''for man shall not see me and live. 21 And Jeho- vah said. Behold, there is a place by me, and ' thou shalt stand upon the rock : 22 and it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and '"will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by : 23 and I will take away my hand, and thou shalt see my back ; but my face shall not be seen. O/l And Jehovah said unto O T! Moses, Hew thee "two tables of stone like unto the first : and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest. 2 And be readj^ by the rnorning, and come up in the morning unto "mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount. 3 And '' no man shall come up with thee ; neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount ; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 4 And he hewed * two tables of stone like unto the first ; and Moses rose up early in the morn- ing, and went up unto mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone. 5 And 'Jehovah descended in the cloud, ^ and stood with him there, and proclaimed 1 Or, and he stood with him there, and called " ch. 3. 7, 10 ; 5. 1 ; 32. r2, 14 6 Dt. 4. 37 ; Is. 63. 9 ' Dt. 12. 10 ; 25. 19 ' J08h.'22. 4 d Ps. 80. 3, 7, 19 " Lev. 20. 24, 26 /ver. 12 " ver. 20, 23 >^ ch. 34. 6, 7 ' Rom. 9. 15 * Is. G. 6 ' Ps. 18. 2, 46 ; 27. 6 ; 61. 2 ; 62. 7 "^ Is. 49. 2 ; 51. 16 " ch. 24. 12 ; 31. 18 "ch. 19. 11, 18,20 P ch. 19. 12, 13 « ver. 1 ""eh. 19. 9; 33. 9 'Num. 14. 18 ; Dt. 4. 31 ; Neh. 9. 17 ; Ps. S6. 15 ; 103. 8 ; 145. 8 ' ch. 20. 5, 6 " ch. 23. 7 " ch. 33. 13 ^ ch. 33. 12 y ch. 32. 9 - ver. 7 "Dt. 4. 20; 9. 2R, 29 ; 32. 9 ; Ps. 33. 12 ^ ver. 27, 28 " Ps. 72. 18 ; 1.36. 4 d ch. 33. 2 " ch. 23. 32, 33 /ch. 23.24 » Judg. 6. 25, 26 ^ ch. 20. 3, 5 ; Dt. 4. 24 ' ch. 22. 20 ; S2. 8 <-■ Num. 25. l,2;Dt. 32. 38 ' Dt. 7. 3 ; Josh. 23. 12,13 'ch. 20. 23 " ch. 12. 17 " ch. 12. 15, ^ the name of Jehovah. 6 And Je- hovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God "merciful and gracious, slow- to anger, and abundant in loving- kindness and truth ; 7 ' keeping Iqvingkindness for thousands, for- giving iniquity and transgression and sin ; and that " will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon tlie third and upon the fourth generation. 8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and wor- shipped. 9 And he said, "If now I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, -^let the Lord, I pray thee, go in the midst of us ; for it is a »stiff- necked people ; and ^ pardon our iniquity and our sin, and " take us for thine inheritance. 10 And he said. Behold, * I make a covenant : before all thy people " I will do marvels, such as have not been ^ wrought in all the earth, nor in any nation ; and all the peo- ple among which thou art shall see the work of -Jehovah ; for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee. I I Observe thou that which I com- mand thee this day : behold, ** I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hit- tite, and the Perizzite, and the Hi- vite, and the Jebusite. 12 ''Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee : 13 •''but ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their * pillars, and ye shall cut down their ^^Asherim 14 (for ''thou shalt worship no other god : for Jehovah, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God); 15 lest thou make a cove- nant with the inhabitants of the land, and they play the harlot after their gods, and ' sacrifice unto their gods, and one *call thee and thou eat of his sacrifice; 16 and 'thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods. 1 7 "' Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 18 "The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. " Seven days thou 2 O^, Jehovah by name 3 Heb. created. * Or, obelisks 6 Probably the wooden symbols of a goddesr Asherah. 96 34.19 EXODUS 35.13 The Law of the Covenant. The Face of Moses shines. The Saldiath Ordinance. Gifts and latiorers lur tlie Sanctuary shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time ap- pointed in the " month Abib ; for in the month Abib thou earnest out from Egypt. 19 * All that openeth the womb is mine ; and all thy cat- tle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep. 20 " And the first- ling of an ass thou_ shalt redeem with a \lamb : and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. ''All the first-born of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And "none shall appear before me empty. 21 •''Six daJ^s thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest : in plowing tinae and in har- vest thou shalt rest. 22 And thou shalt observe "the feast of weeks, even of the first-fruits of wheat har- vest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's -end. 23 ''Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord Jehovah, the God of Israel. 24 For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders : neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before Jehovah thy God three times in the year. 25 ' Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; * neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. 26 ^The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. "'Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk. 27_ And Jehovah said unto Moses, " Write thou these words : "for after the tenor . of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 28 And he was there with Jehovah ^ forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And «he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, ''the ten ^command- ments. 29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, v/hen he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face * shone ^ by reason of his speaking with him. .30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel 1 Or, kid 2 Ueb. molvHon. s Heb. zoords. * Or, sent forth ht'ams (Heb. horns) ^ Or, while he talked with him " cli. 12. 2 l>ch. 13. 2 " ch. 13. 13 <' ch. 13. 15 ; Num. 3. 4.3 <■ ch. 22. 29 /ch. 31. 15; 35. 2 f ch. 23. 16 ; Lev. 23. 15 h ch. 23. 14- 17 ' ch. 2.3. 18 * ch. 12. 10 ' ch. 23. 19 '" ch. 23. 19 " ch. 17. 14 ; 24.4 ° ver. 10 '' ch. 24. 18 "'ch. 31. 18; 34. 1 >• Dt. 4. 13 ; 10. 4 ' 2 Cor. 3. 7 « ch. 16. 22 " 2 Cor. 3. 13 " 2 Cor. 3. 16 ^ch. 3t.l5 '-' ch. 16. 23 ' Num. 15. 32-36 " ch. 12. 16 t> ch. 25. 1-9 saw Moses, behold, the skin of hi.s face shone ; and ' they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Moses called unto thern ; and Aaron and all Hhe rulers of the congregation returned unto him : and Moses spake to them. 32 And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh : and he gave them in commandment all that Jehovah had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And when Moses had done speaking with them, "he put a veil on his face. 34 But when Moses v/ent in before Jehovah to speak with him, "he took the veil off', until he came out ; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. 35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone ; and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. O ^ And Moses assembled all OO the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, Tliese are the words which Jehovah hath commanded, that ye should do them. 2 " Six days shall work be done ; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, ^a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah : ^ whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death. 3 " Ye shall kindle no fire through out your habitations upon the sab- bath day. 4 ''And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying. This is the thing which Jehovah commanded, say- ing, 5 Take je from among you an offering unto Jehovah ; whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, Jehovah's offering : gold, and silver, and brass, 6 and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 7 and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood, 8 and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, 9 and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. 10 And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded : 1 1 the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; 1 2 the ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen; 13 the table, and its 89 35.14 EXODUS 36.6 Gifts and Laborers for the Tabernacle. The Workmen called. The Gifts received staves, and all its vessels, and the ^ " showbread ; 14 the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the oil for the light ; 1 5 and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle ; 1 6 the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base; 17 the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court ; 18 the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords; 19 the * finely wrought gar- ments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 And they came, "every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and brought Jehovah's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing-hearted, and brought brooches, and 'ear- rings, and signet-rings, and ^arm- lets, all jewels of gold ; even every man that offered an offering of gold unto .Jehovah. 23 And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them. 24 Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought Jehovah's offering ; and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the service, brought it. 25 And all the women that were wise- hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen. 26 And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair. 27 And the rulers brought the ■'onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod. and for the breastplate ; 28 and the spice, and the oil ; for the light, and for the 1 Or, Presence-bread * Or, nose-rings 3 Or, necklaces * Or, beryl " ch. 25. 30 l> ch. 31. 10 " ch. 25. 2 d ch. 31. 1-6 ' 2 Chr. 24. 14 ; 31. 6-10 90 anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. 29 The children of Israel brought a freewill offering unto Jehovah ; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which Jehovah had commanded to be made by Moses. 30 ''And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, Jehovah hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tiibe of Judah ; 31 and he hath filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship ; 32 and to devise skilful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 33 and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of ^YOod, to work in all manner of skilful workmanship. 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teacli, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the ^ engraver, and of the skilful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any woi'kmanship, and of those that de- O/Z* vise skilful works. 1 And 0\J Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Jehovah hath commanded. 2 And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Jehovah had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: 3 and they re- ceived of Moses all the offering which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, wherewith to make it. And they brought yet unto him freewill offerings every morning. 4 And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought ; 5 and they spake unto Moses, say- ing, ^ The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work which Jehovah commanded to make. 6 And Moses gave com- & Or, craftsman 36.7 EXODUS 36.38 The Making of the Curtains; of the Boards aud Bars; of the Veil and the Soreen mandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. 7 "For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the -work to make it, and too much. 8 *And all the wise-hearted men among them that wrought the work made the tabernacle with ten cur- tains ; of iine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skilful woi'kman, Bezalel made them. 9 The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : all the curtains had one measure. 10 And he coupled five cui'tains one to another : and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. 1 1 And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain ^ from the selvedge in the coupling : like- wise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second ^coupling. 12 Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second ^coupling : the loops were opposite one to another. 13 And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps : so the tabernacle was one. 14 And he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made thern. 15 The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain : the eleven curtains had one measure. 16 And he coupled five curtains by them- selves, and six curtains by them- selves. 17 And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the ^coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second ^coupling. 18 And he made fifty clasps of brassto couple the tent together, that it might be one. 1 9 And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a cover- ing of * sealskins above. 20 " And he made the boards for the tabernacle, of acacia wood, 1 Or, fhat K'rts outmnH in the first set * Or, set ^ Or, first set * Or, porpoise-skins " 1 K. 8. 64 6 ch. 26. 1-14 "= ch. 26. 15- 29 d ch. 26. 31- 37 standing up. 21 Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a naif the breadth of each board. 22 Each board had two tenons, ^joined one to another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made the boards for the taberna- cle : twenty boards for the south side southward ; 24 and he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. 2.5 And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, 26 and their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under an- other board. 27 And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. 28 And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. 29 And they were double beneath ; and in like manner they were entire unto the top thereof unto ^'one ring: thus he did to both of them in the two corners. 30 And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets ; under every board two sockets. 31 And he made bars of acacia wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, 32 and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward. 33 And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. 35 ''And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubim, the work of the skilful workman, made he it. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he cast for them four sockets of sil- ver. 37 And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer ; 38 and the five pil- * Or, mortised « Or, the first 91 37.1 EXODUS 37.29 The Making of the Ark; of the Table; of the Candlestick; of the Altar of Incense; lars of it with their hooks : and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold ; and their five sockets were of brass. O ^ " And Bezalel made the ark O f of acacia wood : two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it. 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and with- out, and made a ^ crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof ; even two rings on the one "side of it, and two rings on the other '-^side of it. 4 And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 6 And he made a ^ mercy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 7 And he made two cherubim of gold ; of ■* beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy- seat ; 8 one cherub at ' the one end, and one cherub at the other end : of one piece with the mercy- seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof. 9 And the cherubim spread out their Avings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another ; toward the mercy- seat were the faces of the cheru- bim. 10 *And he made the table of acacia wood : two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 1 1 And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about. 12 And he made unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thei'eof round about. 13 And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet thereof. 14 Close by the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. 15 And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes 1 Or, rim Or, moulding - Heb. rib. 3 Or, covering * Or, turned " ch. 25. 10- 20 b ch. 25. 23- 29 ' ch. 25. 31- 39 ■i ch. 30. 1-5 ' ch. 30. 23, 24, 34, 35 92 thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thei'eof, wherewith to pour out, of pure gold. 17 ''And he made the candle- stick of pure gold : of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft ; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it. 18 And there were six branches going out of the sides thereof ; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof : 1 9 three cups made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three cups made like almond- blossoms in the other branch, a knop and a flower : so for the six branches going out of the candle- stick. 20 And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond- blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof ; 21 and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it : the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made the lamps thei'e- of, seven, and the snuffers thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. 25 "^And he ruade the altar of incense of acacia wood : a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, four- square ; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it. 26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it : and he made unto it a crown of gold round about. 27 And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves wherewith to bear it. 28 And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 29 "^And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer. 38.1 EXODUS 38.28 The Making of the Altar or ISarnt-olTering; or the Laver and the Court. Summation or Metals used O O " And he made the altar O O of burnt-offering of acacia wood : live cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare ; and three cu- bits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it ; the horns thereof were of one piece with it : and he overlaid it with brass. 3 And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans : all the vessels thereof made he of brass. 4 And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. 5 And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves. 6 And he made the staves of acacia wood, and over- laid them with brass. 7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it ; h j made it hollow with planks. 8 *And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of Hhe min- istering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting. 9 " And he made the court : for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits ; 10 their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11 And for the north side a hun- dred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. 12 And for the west side wei'e hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pil- lars, and their fillets, of silver. 13 And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14 The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three ; 15 and so for the other side : on this hand and that hand b5'' the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. 17 And the sockets for the pillars were of brass ; the 1 Or, (Tie wome-n that assembled to minisier " ch. 27. 1-8 b ch. 30. 18 dch. 30. 11- 16 • oh. 12. 37 ; Num. 1. 40 ; 26. 61 hooks of the pillars, and their fil- lets, of silver ; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver ; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. 18 And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answer- able to the hangings of the court. 19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass ; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals, and their fillets, of silver. 20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. 21 This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, even the taber- nacle of the testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 22 And Bezalel the son of (Jri, tlie son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Jehovah com- manded Moses. 23 And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, '^an engraver, and a skilful workman, and an em- broiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in fine linen. 24 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine tal- ents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the .sanctuary. 25 ''And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred tal- ents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen sliekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary : 26 a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanc- tuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for "six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. 27 And the hun- dred talents of silver were for cast- ing the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil ; a hun- dred sockets for the hundred tal- ents, a talent for a socket. 28 And of the thousand seven hundred sev- enty and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their 2 Or, a craftsman 93 38.29 EXODUS 39.28 Sanunation of Metals used. The Making of the Ephod, tlie Breastplate, the Robe, the Priests' Garments, capitals, and made fillets for them. 29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thou- sand and four hundred shekels. 30 And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar, 31 and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tab- ernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. O O And of the blue, and pur- O ly pie, and scarlet, they made finely wrought garments, for min- istering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 2 "And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 3 And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the skilful workman. 4 They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together ; at the two ends was it joined together. 5 And the skilfully woven band, that was upon it, wherewith to gird it on, was of the same piece and like the work thereof ; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 6 And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in settings of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel. 7 And he put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel ; as Jeho- vah commanded Moses. 8 * And he made the breastplate, the work of the skilful workman, like the work of the ephod ; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scar- let, and fine twined linen. 9 It was foursquare: they made the breastplate double : a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double. 10 And they set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row ; 11 and the second row, an emer- ald, a sapphire, and a diamond ; 12 and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst ; 1 3 and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, " Ch. 28. 6-12 b ch. 28. 16- ' ch. 28. 31- 34 d ch. 2S. 39, 40, 42 and a jasper : they were inclosed in inclosings of gold in their set- tings. 14 And the stones were according to the names of the chil- dren of Israel, twelve, according to their names ; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes. 1 5 And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. 16 And they made two settings of gold, and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. 17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. 1 8 And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces or the ephod, in the forepart thereof. 1 9 And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the ephod inward. 20 And they made two rings of gold, and ijut them on the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the skilfully woven band of the ephod. 21 And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod ; as Jehovah com- manded j\Ioses. 22 ''And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue ; 23 and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent. 24 And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates ; 26 a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minis; ter in ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 27 ** And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, 28 and the ^ mitre i Or, turban 94 ILLbSl"/ IIVO IffEMNDERlX'GS OF THE CHILDRM or ISRAEL ^EXOPDSi:l-miBERS 29:40 SCALE OF MILES DUm ISBk QnESEBT . BmnkLloydEosb . Cartoorapher ,''toERTW\ViffrE.MA,PHj)..I).BL, Editob. Caranarmsia.BrTHCaftiS MIjSON&SOJO "Is 8-8. 39.29 EXODUS 40.19 and the Golden Plate. Moses inspects the Finished Work. The Tabernacle erected of fine linen, and the goodly head- tires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, 29 and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 30 " And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a signet, Holy to Jehovah. 31 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the ^ mitre above ; as Jehovah com- manded Moses. 32 Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting : and the children of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded JNIoses ; so did they. 33 And they brought the taber- nacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets ; 34 and the cover- ing of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of '^ sealskins, and the veil of the screen ; 35 the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat ; 36 the table, all the vessels thereof, and the showbread ; 37 the pure can- dlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the light ; 38 and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent ; 39 the brazen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its ves- sels, the laver and its base ; 40 the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof , and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; 41 the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the gar- ments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. 42 According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. 43 And Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it ; as Jehovah had com- manded, even so had they done it : and Moses blessed them. ^/^ And Jehovah spake unto ^t w Moses, saying, 2 '' On the 1 Or, turban ' Or, porpoise-skins ' ch. 28. 36, 37 ' ch. 29. 9 d ver. 2 first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. 3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testi- mony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil. 4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it ; and thou shalt bring in the candle- stick, and * light the lamps thereof. 5 And thou shalt set tne golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. 6 And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meet- ing. 7 And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein. 8 And thou shalt set up the court round^ about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. 9 And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the taber- nacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furni- ture thereof : and it shall be holy. 10 And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar : and the altar shall be most holy. 1 1 And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meet- ing, and shalt wash them with water. 13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments ; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's oifice. 14 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them; 15 and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office : and their anointing shall be to them for an "everlasting priesthood throughout their gen- erations. 1 6 Thus did Moses : according to all that Jehovah com- manded him, so did he. 1 7 And it came to pass "* in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the taber- nacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars. 19 And he spread the tent over the tabernacle, and put 3 Or, set up 95 40.20 EXODUS 40.38 The Tabernacle erected. The Cloud over the Tent the covering of the tent above upon it ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 20 And he took and put " the testi- mony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark : 21 and he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony ; as Jehovah com- manded Moses. 22 And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil. 23 And he set the * bread in order vipon it before Jehovah ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. _ 24 And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the ta.bernacle south- ward. 25 And he ^lighted the lamps before Jehovah ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. _ 26 And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil : 27 and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 28 And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. 29 And he set the altar of burnt- offering at the door of the taber- nacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meal-offering ; as Jehovah 1 Or, set up " Dt. 10. 5 ; IK. 8.9; 2Chr.6.10 Heb. 9. 4 b ch. 25. 30 ; Lev. 24. 5, 6 ■= ch. 30. 19, d Num. 9. 15- commanded Moses. 30 And he set the laver betweexa the tent of meet- ing and the altar, and put water therein, wherewith to wash. 31 ''And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat ; 32 when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 33 And he reared up the coui't round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. 34 ''Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. 35 And ]\Ioses was not able to enter into the tent of meeting, be- cause the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys : 37 but if the cloud was not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of Jehovah was upon the taber- nacle _ by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED LEVITICUS The Law of Burnt -offerings; of Meal -offerings IAnd "Jehovah called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When apy man of you ofFereth an obla- tion unto Jehovah, ye shall offer your oblation of the cattle, even of * the herd and of the flock. 3 If his oblation be a burnt-offer- ing of the herd, he shall offer it a male " without blemish : he shall offer it '' at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah. 4 "And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering ; and it shall be accepted for him to make atone- ment for him. 5 And •'he shall kill the bullock before Jehovah : and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall pre- sent ^ the blood, and '' sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting. 6 And ' he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces. 7 * And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the nre; 8 and Aaron's sons, the Eriests, shall lay the pieces, the ead, and the 'fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : 9 but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water. And ™ the priest shall burn the ^yhole on the altar, for a burnt- offering, an offering made by fire, of "a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 10 And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt-offering ; he shall offer it a male without blemish. 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar " northward before Jehovah : and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about. 1 2 And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its p fat ; and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is " Num. 7. 89 b ch. 22. 19 ' ch. 22. 20- 24; Dt. 15. 21 ; 17. 1 d ch. 17.8, 9; Dt. 12. 6, 11 * Ex. 29. 10, lu, 19 /Ex. 29. 11, IG, 20 ^ch. 17. 11 '» ver. U ;ch. 3. 2, 8, 13 ' ch. 7. 8 fc ch. 6. 8-13 ' ch. 3. 3, 4 '" Num. 15. 8-10 ; 28. 12, 14 " Ex. 29. 18, 26 ; Eph. 6. 2 ° ver. 5 P ch. 3. 3, 4 « Num. 15. 4-7 ; 28. 12- 14 »■ Gen. 15. 9 " ch. 5. 9 <■ ch, 5. 8 ; Gen. 15. 10 « ch. 5. 12 ; " ver. 9, 16 ; ch. 6. 12 == ch. 6. 16 y ch, 10, 12, 97 on the fire which is upon the altar : 13 but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water. And * the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it upon the altar : it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 1 4 And if his oblation to Jehovah be a burnt-offering of birds, then he shall offer his oblation of ''turtle- doves, or of young pigeons. 15 And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and ^ wring off its liead, and burn it on the altar ; and the blood thereof shall be drained out *on the side of the altar; 16 and he shall take away its crop with the ^filth thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes : 17 and ' he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt-offering, an oft'er- ing made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 2 And when any one offereth an oblation of a meal-offering unto Jehovah, his oblation shall be of fine flour ; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon : 2 and he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests ; and he shall take thereout "his handful of the fine flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankin- cense thereof. And the priest shall burn it as the "memorial thereof upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jeho- vah : 3 and "' that which is left of the meal-offering shall be f Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire. 4 And when thou offerest an oblation of a meal-offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with ^Ot, pinch ^Oi, feather* 2.5 LEVITICUS 3.16 The law of Meal -offerings; of Peace -offeriogs oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. 5 And if thy oblation be a meal-offering of the ^ baking-pan, it shall be of tine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon : it is a meal-offering. 7 And if thy oblation be a meal- offering of the frying-pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. 8 And thou shalt bring the rneal- offering that is made of these things unto Jehovah : and it shall be pre- sented unto the priest, and he shall bring it unto the altar. 9 And the priest shall take up from the meal- offering " the memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 10 And * that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire. 11 "No meal-offering, which ye shall offer unto Jehovah, shall be made with leaven ; for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire unto Jeho- vah. 12 ''As an oblation of first- fruits ye shall offer them unto Jehovah : but they shall not come up for a sweet savor on the altar. 13 And every oblation of thy meal- offering shalt thou season with salt ; neither shalt thou suffer Hhe salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering : with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt. 14 And if thou offer a meal-offer- ing of first-fruits unto Jehovah, thou shalt offer for the meal-offer- ing of -^thy first-fruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised grain of the fresh ear._ 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon : it is a meal- offering. 16 And the priest shall burn ^the memorial of it, part of the bruised grain thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof : it is an offer- ing made by fire unto Jehovah. 3 And if his^ oblation be a ''sacrifice of -peace-offerings; if he offer of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it 'without blemish before Jehovah. 2 And *he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and 'kill it at the door of the tent of meet- ing : and Aaron's sons the priests 1 Or, flat plate ' Or, thank-offerings ° ver. 2 6 ver. 3 " ch. 6. 16, 17 ; Es. 23. 18 ; 34. 26 d ch. 7. 13 ; 23. 17, 18 *!Num. 18. 1!) ; 2 Chr. 13. 6; Ezek. 43. 24 /ch. 23. 14 " ver. 2 A ch. 7. 12-18 < ch. 22. 21 *ch. 1. 4 ' Ex. 29. 11, IC, 20 "* ch. 7. 28-34 " Ex. 29. 38, 42; Num. 28. 3-10 " Num. 15. 8-10; 28. 12-14 P ver. 1 9 Num. 15. 4, 6 ; 28. 6-7 ^ ch. 17. 8, 9 * ch. 1. 4 ' ver. 2 " ch. 1. 6 " ver. 4 " ver. 5 y ver. 16 ; ch. 21. c, 8, 17 ' Num. 15. 6-11 shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace-offer- ings an offering made by tire unto Jehovah ; the fat that covereth the inwai'ds, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, ^ with the kidneys, shall he take away. 5 And '"Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar " upon the burnt-oft'ering, which is upon the wood that is on the fii'e : " it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 6 And if his oblation for a sacri- fice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah be of the flock ; male or female, he shall offer it •''without blemish. 7 If he offer «a lamb for his obla- tion, then shall he offer it ''before Jehovah; 8 and *he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and 'kill it before the tent of meet- ing : and Aaron's sons shall "sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace- offerings an offering made by fire unto Jehovah ; the fat thereof, the fat tail entire, he shall take away hard by the backbone ; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 10 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, "with the kidneys, shall _ he take away. 11 And the priest shall burn it ^ upon the altar : it is * the * food of the offering made by fire unto i ehovah. 12 And if his oblation be ^a goat, then he shall offer it before .Jehovah : 1 3 and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meeting ; and the sons of Aaron shall sprin- kle the bloofl thereof upon the altar round about. 14 And he shall offer thereof his oblation, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 15 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, " with the kidneys, shall he take away. 16 And the priest shall burn them upon the altar : it is the food of 3 Or, which he shall take away by the kidnevs * Heb. bread. 3.17 LEVITICUS 4.26 The Law of Sin-offerings : for the Congregation; for a Piuicr the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor; "all the fat is Jeho- vah's. 17 It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your genera- tions in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat * nor blood. 4 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 iSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying. If any one shall sin ^''unwittingly, in any of the things which Jeho- vah hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them : 3 ''if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto Jehovah for a sin-oflfering. 4 And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meet- ing before Jehovah ; and *he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before Jehovah. 5 And the -^anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting: 6 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before "the veil of the sanctuary. 7 And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of '' the altar of sweet incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting ; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. 8 'And all the fat of the bullock of the sin-offering he shall take off from it ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 9 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, *with the kidneys, shall he take away, 10 as it is taken off from the ox of the sac- rifice of peace-offerings : and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of burnt-offering. 11 And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung, 12 even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto 'a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire : where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt. 1 Or, through error " ch. 7. 23-25 I" ch. 17. 10- 16 ■= ver, 22, 27 ; ch. 6. IS- IS; 22. 14 d ver. 14, 23, 28 ' ch. 1. 4 / ver. 3 " Ex. 40. 21, 2U '' ver. 18, 25, 30, 34 I ch. .3. 3, 4 * ch. 3. 4 ' ch. 6. 10, 11 ■" Num. 15. 24-26 " ver. 3 " ver. 3, 23, 28 P ch. s. 14, 18, 22 ; Num. 8. 10, 12 1 ch. 1. 3 "" ver. 6 ' ver. 7, 25, 30,34 " ver. 8, 21 " ver. 13 ; ch. ifi. 15-17; Num. 15. 24-26 "'Num. 31. 13 ; 32. 2 y ver. 2 b ver. 28 ' ver. 7, 18, 30,34 13™ And if the whole congrega- tion of Israel err, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which Jehovah hath com- manded not to be done, and are guilty; 14 "when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer "a young bullock for a sin-offering, and bring it before the tent of meeting. 15 And ^ the elders of the congre- gation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Je- hovah ; and the bullock shall be killed * before Jehovah. 16 And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood of the bullock to the tent of meeting: 17 and ''the Eriest shall dip his finger in the lood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil. 18 And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of * the altar which is before Jehovah, that is in the tent of meeting ; and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meet- ing. 19 'And all the fat thereof shall he take oft' from it, and burn it upon the altar. 20 Thus shall he do with the bullock ; as he did with "the bullock of the sin-offer- ing, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be for- given. 21 And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bul- lock : it is " the sin-offering for the assembly. 22 When /'a ruler " sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which Jehovah his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty; 23 "^if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, be made known to him, he shall bring for his oblation a "^goat, ''a male with- out blemish. 24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before Je- hovah : it is a sin-offering. 25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon ''the horns of the altar of burnt-offering ; and the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of Durnt-offer- ing. 26 ''And all the fat thereof shall he burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace 4.27 LEVITICUS 5.12 The Law of Siu-oiferiogs for the common People. The Law of Trespass -offerings offerings ; and the priest shall make atonement for him as con- cerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven. 27 And if any one of the ^com- mon people sin "unwittingly, in doing any of the things whch Je- hovah hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty; 28 * if his sin, which he hath sinned, be made known to him, then he shall bring for his oblation ""a goat, a /female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. 29 And " he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and ■'kill the sin-offer- ing in the place of burnt-offering. 30 And the priest shall take ot the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of " the altar of burnt-offering ; and '' all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. 3 1 ' And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat is taken aAvay from off the sacrifice of peace-offer- ings ; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor unto Jehovah ; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. 32 And if he bring *a lamb as his oblation for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. 33 And 'he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin- offering, and kill it for a sin-offer- ing '"in the place where they kill the burnt-offering. 34 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of " the altar of burnt-offering ; and "all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. 3.5 And ^ all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace- offerings ; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, " upon the offer- ings of Jehovah made by fire ; and the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned, and he shall be for- given. 5 And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of 'ad- juration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. 2 Or if any one ^ouch ""any unclean thing, whether 1 Heb. people of the laiid. * Or, after the manner of " ver. 2 i> ver. 3 " ver. 3, 14, 23, 32 34 '' ver. 7 ' ver. 8 * ver. 28 ' ch. 1. 4, 6 "' ver. 29 " ver. 7, 18, 25, 30 •• ver. 7 P ver. 31 « Prov. 29. Si4 ; Jer. 23. 10 »■ ch. 11. 8, 11, 24-39; Num. 19. 11-16; Dt. 14. 8 ' ch. 16. 21 ; 26. 40 ; Num. 6. 7 ; Prov. 28. 13 « ch. 4. 28, 32 " oh. 12. 6, 8 ; 14. 22, 30, 31 " ch. 1. 17 * ch. 1. 15 y ch. 4. 7 ' ch. 1. 14-17 " ch. 14. 21-32; 27. frch. 2. 1,2 100 it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of un- clean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be un- clean, then he shall be guilty. 3 Or if he touch the unclean nesi of man, whatsoever his unclean ness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then h^ shall be guilty. 4 Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things. 5 And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things,^ that he shall * confess that wherein he hath sinned : 6 and he shall bring ^his trespass-offering unto Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned, 'a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin- offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin. 7 And if his means sufiice not for a lamb, then he shall bring ^ his trespass-offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, unto Jeho- vah ; " one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering. 8 And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and * wring off its head from its neck, but "shall not divide it asunder : 9 and he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering "^ upon the side of the altar ; ana the rest of the blood shall be drained out ^at the base of the altar : it is a sin-offering. 10 And he shall ® offer the second for a burnt-offer- ing, ' according to the ordinance ; and the priest shall make atone- ment for him as concerning his sin which he hath sinned, and ne shall be forgiven. 1 1 But " if his means suffice not for two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his oblation for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering : '' he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon ; for it is a sin-offering. 12 And he shall bring it to the 3 Or, for his guilt * Or, pinch ^ Or, prepare 5.13 LEVITICUS 6.17 The Law of Trespass -offerings. The Priest's Function In Burnt-offerings; in Meal -offerings Eriest, and the priest shall take is handful of it as the memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, ^upon the olierings of Jehovah made by tire : it is a sin-oifering. 1 3 And the priest shall make atone- ment for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven : and " the remnant shall be the priest's, as the meal-offering. 14 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 15 *If any one com- mit a trespass, and sin /unwit- tingly, in the holy things of Jehovah ; then he shall bring his ''■ trespass-offering unto Jehovah, " a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation in silver by shekels, after the ''shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass-offering: 16 ''and he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest ; and ''the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the tres- pass-offering, and he shall be for- given. 17 And if any one sin, and do any of the things which Jehovah hath commanded not to be done ; 'though he knew it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. 18 And he shall bring *a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a trespass-offering, unto the priest ; and the pinest shall make atone- ment for him concerning the thing wherein he erred ' unwittingly and knew it not, and he shall be for- given. 19 It is a trespass-offering : he is certainly guilty before Jeho- vah. *C\ And Jehovah spake unto \J Moses, saying, 2 ™ If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of '^bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor, 3 or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie ; in any of all these things that a man doeth, sinning therein : 4 then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing \vhich he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost 1 Or, aj'ter the manner of 2 Or, pledge " ch. 2. 3 b Num. 6. 5-8 " ch. 4. 2 ; 22. 1-4 1-10 <' ch. " ch. 6. 6 / Ex. 30. 1.3 " ch. 6. 6 ; 22. 14; Num. 0. 7, 8 A ch. 7. 2-7 ' ver. 19 ; ch. 4. 2 * ver. 15 ' ver. 17 "' Ex. 22. 7-15 " ch. 5. 16 " Num. 5. 8 P ch. 5. 1.5 s ch. 7. 2-5 [*Ch. 6. 1 in Heb.] "■ Ex. 29. 38- 42; Num. 28. 3-10 ' ver. 12, 13 < Ex. 28. 39, 42 ; 39. 27, 28 " ch. 3. 5 [*Ch. 5. 20 in Heb.] " ch. 2. 2 ' ch. 2. 3 ,- 10. 12-U 101 thing which he found, 5 or any- thing about which he hath sworn falsely ; " he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the flfth part more thereto: "unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being found guilty. 6 Arid he shall bring his trespass- offering unto Jehovah, ^a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a trespass-offering, unto the priest : 7 and 'the priest shall make atone- ment for him before Jehovah ; and he shall be forgiven concerning whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby. *8 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying. This is '"the law of the burnt-offering : the burnt-ofier- ing shall be *on the hearth upon the altar all night unto the morn- ing ; and * the fire of the altar shall be kept burning thereon. 10 And the priest shall put on *his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh ; and he s^hall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt-offer- ing on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. 1 1 And he shall put off' his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. 12 And the fire vipon the altar shall be kept burn- ing thereon, it shall not go out ; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning : and he shall lay the burnt-offering in order upon it, and shall burn " thereon the fat of the peace-offerings. 13 Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually ; it shall not go out. 14 And this is the law of the meal-offering : the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Jehovah, before the altar. 15 "And he shall take up therefrom his handful, of the fine flour of the meal-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frank- incense which is upon the meal- offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, as the memorial thereof, unto Jehovah. 16 *And that which is left thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat : it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place ; in the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. 1 7 ^ It shall not oe baken with leaven. .1 ^ Or, on its firewood. 6.18 LEVITICUS 7.17 The Priest's Fundion in Meal-oETeriugs; Sin -offerings; in Trespass -offerings; iu Peace -offerings. Eating of tlie have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fii*e ; " it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and ''as the trespass-offering. 18 '^ Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as his portion for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Jehovah made by fii'e : "^ whosoever toucheth them shall be holy. 19 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 20 This is the obla- tion of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto Jehovah in the day when he is anointed : the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for "a, meal-offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half thereof in the evening. 21 On a -^ baking-pan it shall be made with oil ; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in : in ^baken pieces shalt thou offer the meal-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 22 And the anointed priest that shall be in his stead from among his sons shall offer it : by a statute for ever it shall be wholly burnt unto Jehovah. 23 And every meal- offering of the priest shall be wholly burnt : it shall not be eaten. 24 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying. This is the law of the sin-offering : ^ in the place where the burnt-offer- ing is killed shall the sin-offering be killed before Jehovah : it is most holy. 26 * The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it : in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. 27 ^'Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy; and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wasn that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place. 28 But *the earthen vessel wherein it is boiled shall be broken ; and if it be boiled in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. 29 'Every male among the priests shall eat thereof : it is most holy. 30 And no sin-offering, '"whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atone- ment " in the holy place, shall be eaten : "it shall be burnt with fire. 7 And this is the law of the ^ trespass-offering : it is most lioly. 2 In * the place where they J The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncer- tain. 2 Or, Whosoever " ver. 26, 29, 30 i> ch. 7. 7 ; 10. lG-18 " ver. 29 ; 1 Cor. 9. 13 ■ ch. 3. 4 ■'ch. 6. 18, 29 t ch. 6. 30 " ch. 2. 6 *ch. 2. 12; 23. 17, 18 y ch. 22. 29, ■ ch. 19. 6-8 " Ex. 12. 10 102 kill the burnt-offering shall they kill the trespass-offering ; and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle upon the altar round about. 3 And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof : the fat tail, and the fat that cover- eth the inwards, 4 and the two kid- neys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, '" with the kidneys, shall he take away ; 5 and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto Jehovah : it is a trespass-offer- ing. 6 * Every male among the Eriests shall eat thereof : it shall e eaten in a holy place : it is most holy. 7 'As is the sin-offering, so is the trespass-offering ; there is one law for them : the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it. 8 And the priest that offereth any man's burnt-offering, even the priest shall have to him- self the skin of the burnt-offering which he hath offered. 9 And every meal-offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying-pan, and on the " baking-pan, shall be the pi'iest's that offereth it. 10 And every meal-offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another. 11 And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which one shall offer unto Jehovah. 12 If he offer it for a " thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour soaked. 13 With cakes of ■'leavened bread he shall offer his oblation with the sacrifice of his peace- offerings for thanksgiving. 14 And of it he shall offer one out of each oblation for a heave-offering unto Jehovah ; it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace-offerings. 15/ And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanks- fiving shall be eaten on the day of is oblation ; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. 16 But if the sacrifice of his oblation be a ' vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice ; ana_ on the morrow that which remaineth of it shall be eaten: 17 "but that which remaineth of the flesh of 7.18 LEVITICUS 8.B I'eace- offerings. Fat and Blood not, to be eaten. The Priest's Portion of tlie Sacrifice. Consecration of tlie Priests the sacrifice on the third da.y; shall be burnt with fire. 18 And if any of the fiesh of the sacrifice of his peace-ofi'erings be eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that ofiereth it : it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniq- uity. 19 And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten ; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof : 20 " but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-ofi'er- ings, that pertain unto .Jehovah, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off" from his people. 21 * And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off" from his people. 22 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2.3 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat " no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. 24 And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is "^ torn of beasts, may be used for any other service ; but ye shall in no wise eat of it. 25 For whoso- ever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto -Jehovah, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. 26 ''And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings. 27 Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off" from his people. 28 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 29 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace- offerings unto Jehovah shall bring his oblation unto Jehovaii out of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings : 30 his own hands shall bring the offerings of Jehovah naade by fire ; the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave-offering before Jehovah. .31 And the priest shall bui-n the fat upon the altar ; but '^the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 32 And the right ^ thigh shall 1 Or, shoulder " ch. 22. 3-7 ; Num. 19. 13 6 ch. 6. 2, 3 " ch. 3. 17 d Ex. L'2. 31 ; Lev. 17. 15; 22. 8 " ch. 17. 10-16 /Num. 18. II ; Dt. » Num. IS. 8 ft ch. 8. 22-33; Ex. 29. 22-34 i ch. I. 1 ; 26. 46 ; 27. 34 ; Dt. 4. 5 fc Ex. 28. 1 ' ch. 6. 10 "' Ex. 30. 25 ' Ex. 29. 4-6 103 ye give unto the priest for a heave- offering out of the sacrifices of your peace-offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat. shall have the right ^ thigh for a portion. 34 For the wave- breast and the heave-Hhigh have I taken of the children of Israel out of _ the sacrifices of their peace- offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Isi'ael. 3-5 This is the '-^anointing-portion of Aaron, and the '■' anointing-por- tion of his sons, out of the offer- ings of Jehovah made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto Jehovah in the priest's office ; 36 which Jehovah commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is their portion for ever throughout their generations. 37 This is the law of the burnt- offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of * the con- secration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings; 38 ^' which Jehovah commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai. 8 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 * Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the ' garments, and "* the anointing oil., and the l)ullock of the sin-offering, and the two rains, and the basket of unleavened bread ; 3 and assem- ble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting. 4 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him ; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting. 5 And Moses said unto the congregation. This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded to be done. 6 And " Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. 8 Ahd he placed the breastplate 2 Or, portion 8.9 LEVITICUS 8.33 Consecration of Aaron and bis Sons upon him: and in the breastplate he put ^"the Urim and the Tnum- mim. 9 And he set the "mitre upon his head ; and upon the -mitre, in front, did he set Hhe golden plate, the holy crown ; as Jehovah commanded Mose^. 10 And Moses took "the anoint- ing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. 1 1 And he sprin- kled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to ''sanctify them. 12 And he poured of the "anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 -^And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with gii^dles, and bound head-tires upon them ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 14 And he brought ^ the bullock of the sin-ofFering : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin- offering. 15 And he slew it ; and Moses took the blood, and ''put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat ; and Moses burned it upon the altar. 17 ' But the bullock, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with fire without the camp ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 18 And he presented *the ram of the burnt-offering : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it ; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into its pieces ; and Moses ' burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 And he washed the inwards and the legs with water ; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar : it was a burnt-offering for a sweet savor : it was an offering made by fii-e unto Jehovah ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 22 And he presented the other ram, ™the ram of consecration : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands 1 That is, the Lights and the Perfections. 2 Or, turban " Ex. 28. 30 b Ex. 2S. 36 " ver. 2 d Ex. 29. 3G, 37 ; 30. 29 ^ Ex. 30. 30 / Ex. 29. 8, 9 'J Ex. 29. 10 '' Ch. 4. 7 'Ch. 4. 11, 12 *•■ ver. 2 'ch. 1. 8 "' ver. 2 " Ex. 29. 20, 21 » ch. 7. 31-34 P Ps. 99. 6 9 Ex. 29. 31 »■ Ex. 29. 35 104 upon the head of the ram. 23 And he slew it ; and Moses took of the blood thereof, and " put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot : and Moses sprin- kled the blood upon the altar round about. 25 And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right ^ thigh : 26 and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Jehovah, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh : 27 and he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave-offering before Jehovah.^ 28 And Moses took them from oft' their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt-offering : they were a consecration for a sweet savor : it was an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 29 And Moses took " the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before Je- hovah : it was ^ Moses' portion of the I'am of consecration ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 30 And Moses took of the anoint- ing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, vipon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, *Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting: and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, *as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. 33 ''And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meet- ing seven days, until the days of your consecration be fulfilled : for 3 Or, shoulder * Or, as otherwise read, as I am commanded 8.34 LEVITICUS 10.3 Aaron offers Sacrifices, The Sin of IVadab and Abilin he shall ' consecrate you seven days. 34 As hath been done this day, so Jehovah hath commanded to do, to make atonement for you. 35 And at the door of the tent of meeting shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jeho- vah, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. 36 And Aaron and his sons did all the things which Jehovah commanded by Moses. 9 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel ; 2 and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blem- ish, and offer them before Jehovah. 3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt-offer- ing ; 4 and an ox and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice be- fore Jehovah ; and a meal-offering mingled with oil : for to-day Jeho- vah appeareth unto you. 5 And they brought that which Moses comrnanded before the tent of meeting : and all the congregation drew near and stood befoi'e Jeho- vah. 6 And Moses said. This is the thing which Jehovah com- manded that ye should do: and "the glory of Jehovah shall appear unto you. 7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy burnt-offering, and make atone- ment for thyself, and for the peo- ple ; and offer the oblation of the people, and make atonement for them ; as Jehovah commanded. 8 * So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin- offering, which was for himself. 9 ''And the sons of Aaron pre- sented the blood unto him ; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar: 10 but the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul from the liver of the sin-offering, he burnt upon the altar ; as Jehovah commanded IMoses. 11 And the flesh and the skin he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt-offer- ing ; and Aaron '.« sons delivered unto him the blood, and he 1 Heb. fill your hand. " ver. 23 b ch. 4. 1-12 " ver. 12, 18 d ch. 4. 27-31 ' ch. 1. 1-13 / ch. 2. 1-3 !' ch. 3. 5 hch. 3. 1-11 i ch. 7. 30-34 * ver. 6 ' 1 K. 18. 38 'Ex. 24. 1,9; Num. 3. 2 ' Num. 3. 4 i 26.61 sprinkled it upon the altar round aloout. 1 3 And they delivered the burnt-offering unto him, piece by piece, and the head : and he burnt them upon the altar. 14 And he washed the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt- oftering on the altar. 15 And he presented the people's oblation, and took the "^ goat of the sin-offering which was for the peo- ple, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. 16 And he pre- sented the burnt-off'er-ing, and offered it according to *the ordi- nance. 17 And he presented -^the meal-offering, and filled his hand therefrom, and burnt it upon the altar, -'besides the burnt-offering of the morning. 1 8 '' He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people : and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 1 9 and the fat of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covex^eth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver : 20 and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar : 21 and 'the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave-offer- ing before Jehovah ; as Moses com- manded. 22 And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them ; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-off'er- ings. 23 And Moses and Aaron* went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people : and *the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the people. 24 ' And there came forth fire from before Jeho- vah, and consumed upon the al- tar the burnt-offering and the fat : and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces. -i f\ And '"Nadab and Abihu, J- v7 the .sons of Aaron, took each of them his "censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before Je- hovah, which he had not com- manded them. 2 "And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died be- fore Jehovah. 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that Jehovah spake, saying, I will be sanctified in 106 10.4 LEVITICUS iLd The Sin of IVadab and Abilin. The Priests' Duties and Portions. Clean and Unclean Animals thera that ' " come nigh me, and be- fore all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. 4 And Moses called *Mishael and Elza- phan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Draw near, carry your brethren from be- fore the sanctuary out of the camp. 5 So they drew near, and carried them in their *" coats out of the camp, as_ Moses had said. 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, ^'*Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes; that ye die not, and that he be not " wroth with all the congregation : but let your brethi'en, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which Jehovah hath kindled. 7 And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die ; for •''the anointing oil of Jehovah is upon you. And they did accord- ing to the word of Moses. 8 And -Jehovah spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 ''Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not : it shall be a statute for ever through- out your generations : 10 and ^''that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and be- tween the unclean and the clean ; 1 1 and ^ that ' ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Jehovah hath spoken unto them by Moses. 1 2 And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto * Eleazar and unto Itha- mar, his sons that were left, ' Take the meal-offering that remaineth of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire, and eat it without leaven be- side the altar ; for it is most holy ; 13 and ye shall eat it in a holy place, because it is thy portion, and thy sons' portion, of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire : for so I am commanded. 14 "'And the wave- breast and the heave-thigh shall ye eat in a clean place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee : for they are given as thy portion, and thy sons portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the children of Israel. 15 "The heave-thigh and the wave-breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it 1 Or, are nigh 2 Ace. to Sept., Vvilg., and Syr., Uncover not YtiT hfin/i.a 3 Or. Vf. shn.lL your heads 3 Or, ye shall "ch. 21. 6; Ex. 30. 30 ^Ex. 6. 18,22 " ch. 8. 13 ; Ex. 29. 6 d ch. 21. 1-5, in-i2 • Num. 1. 53; 16,22, 46; 18. 5; Josh. 7. 1 ; 22. 18, 20; 2 Sam. 24. 1 /ch. 21. 12 " Ezek. 44. ''ch. 11. 47; 20. 25 ; Ezek. 22. 26 < Dt. 17. 10, 11 ; 33. 10 k Ex. C. 23 ; Num. 3. 2 ' ch. 6. 14-18 "' ch. 7. 30-34 " ch. 7. 34 " ch. 6. 24-30 Pch. 22. 16; Ex. 28. 38 ; Num. 18. 1 9 ch. 6. 30 "■ Dt. 14. 3-21 ' Acts 10. 14 100 for a wave-offering before Jeho- vah : and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, as a portion for ever; as Jehovah hath commanded. 16 And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, and, behold, it was burnt : and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying, 17 Wherefore ° have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, see- ing it is most holy, and he hath given it you "* to bear ^ the iniq- uity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Jeho- vah? 18 Behold, f the blood of it was not brought into the sanctu- ary within : ye should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. 19 And Aaron spake unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin-offering and their burnt-offering before Je- hovah ; and there have befallen me such things as these : and if I had eaten the sin-offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of Jehovah 1 20 Anoi when Moses heard that, it was well-pleasing in his sight. -^ "j And Jehovah spake unto _L_L Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 Speak unto the chil- dren of Israel, saying, '' These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3 Whatsoever part- eth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and ^ cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. 4 Never- theless 'these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof : the camel, because he "cheweth the cud but parte th not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. 5 And the ® coney, because he ^cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, because she ^cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. 7 And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but ^cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you. ■ 8 Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch ; they are unclean unto you. 9 These may ye eat of all that * Or, to takf avjay ^ Heb. bringeth up. "j Heb. shaphan, "the Hyrax Synacus or rock- badger. 11.10 LEVITICUS 11.40 Clean and Ilncleau Animals, llncleauncss lirom Carcasses are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, that may ye eat. 10 And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living creatures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you, 11 and they shall be an abomina- tion unto you ; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses ye shall have in abomination. 12 Whatsoever hath 710 fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomina- tion unto you. 13 And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds ; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination : the ^ eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray, 14 and the kite, and the falcon after its kind, 15 every raven after its kind, 16 and the ostrich, and the ^night-hawk, and the sea- mew, and the hawk after its kind, 17 and the little owl, and the cor- morant, and the great owl, 1 8 and the ^horned owl, and the peli- can, and the vulture, 19 and the stork, the ^ heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. 20 All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you. 21 Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth ; 22 even these of them ye may eat : the ® locust after its kind, and the ^ bald locust after its kind, and the ° cricket after its kind, and the ^grasshopper after its kind. 23 But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you. 24 And by these ye shall become unclean : whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even ; 25 and "whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 26 Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor chew- eth the cud, is unclean unto you : every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. _ 27 And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all 1 Or, great vulture ' 2 Heb. tahmas, of uncertain meaning. 3 Or, swan * Or, ibis 5 Four kinds of locusts or grasshoppers, which are not certainly known. ' ch. 6. 28 ; 16. 12 ' ch. 17. 15 22. 8 107 beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you : whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be un- clean until the even : they are unclean unto you. 29 And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creep- ing things that creep upon the earth : the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, 30 and the *^ gecko, and the ** land- crocodile, and the "^lizard, and the ^ sand-lizard, and the chameleon. 31 These are they which are un- clean to you among all that creep : whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. 32 And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean ; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even: then shall it be clean. 33 And every * earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break. 34 All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be un- clean ; and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. 35 And everything whereupon any vart of their car- cass falleth shall be unclean ; whether oven, or ''range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces : they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. 36 Nevertheless a foun- tain or a ^pit wherein is a gather- ing of water shall be clean : but ** that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean. 37 And if axiuht of their carcass fall upon any sow- ing seed which is to oe sown, it is clean. 38 But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you. 39 And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die ; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be vm- clean until the even. 40 And " he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be un- " Words of uncertain meaning, but probably denoting four kinds of lizards. 7 Or, stewpan, « Or, cistern ' Or, he wht 11.41 LEVITICUS 13.9 Creeping Things not to be eaten. Pnrification of Women. The Test of Leprosy clefin until the even : he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. 41 "And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomination ; it shall not be eaten. 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all fours, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat ; for they are an abomination. 43 * Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. 44 For " I am Jehovah your God : sanctify your- selves therefore, and '^be ye holy; for I am holy : neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth. 45 '^ For I am Jehovah that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creep- eth upon the earth; 47 -^to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten. -4 O And Jehovah spake unto JL w Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be un- clean seven days ; ^ as in the days of the ■" impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean. 3 And in ''the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall continue in the blood of Aer purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her ^ impurity ; and she shall con- tinue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 .And ' when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, tor a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring 1 Or, separation " ver. 29 *> ch. 2u. 25 ' Ex. 6. 7 ; 16. 12 ; 23. 2,> d 1 Pet. 1. 16 * ch. 22. 33 ; 25. 38 ; 26. 45 /ch. 10. 10 ^ ch. 16. 19 ; 18. 19 h Gen. 17. 12 ' Lk. 2. 22 * ch. 5. 7 ' Lk. 2. 22-24 "• ch. 5. 7 " Dt. 24. 8 108 a lamb a year old for a burnt- offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, *for a sin-oii'ering, unto the door of the tent of meet- ing, unto the i^riest : 7 and he shall offer it before Jehovah, and make atonement for her ; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a female. 8 And if her means suflice not for a lamb, then she shall take '■ two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons; '"the one for a burnt-oft'ering, and the other for a sin-offering : and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. ^ O And Jehovah spake unto J- O Moses and unto Aaron, say- ing, 2 When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it be- come in the skin of his flesh the Elague of leprosy, "then he shall e brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests : 3 and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh : and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the Elague be deeper than the skin of is flesh, it is the plague of leprosy ; and the priest shall look on him. and pronounce him unclean. 4 And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appear- ance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white, then the priest shall shut up him thai hath the plague seven days : 5 and the priest shall look on him the seventh day : and, behold, if in his eyes the Elague be at a stay, and the plague e not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: 6 and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day ; and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest snail pro- nounce him clean : it is a scab : and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath showed himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall show himself to the priest again : 8 and the priest shall look ; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is leprosy. 9 When the plague of leprosy laio LEVITICUS 13.36 The Test of Leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; 10 and the priest shall look ; and, behold, if there be a " white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw- flesh in the rising, 11 it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean : he shall not shut him up ; for he is unclean. 12 And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hatli the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest ; 1 3 then the priest shall look ; and, be- hold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall jironounce him clean that hath the plague : it is all turned white : he is clean. 14 But whensoever raw flesh ap- peareth in him, he shall be unclean. 15 And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean : the raw flesh is unclean : it is leprosy. _ 16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto wliite, then he shall come unto the priest ; 1 7 and the priest shall look on him ; and, behold, if the plague be turned into white, then the priest shall pronounce kiin clean that hath the plague : he is clean. 18 And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed, 19 and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be showed to the priest ; 20 and the priest shall look ; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be_ lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him un- clean : it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil. 21 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim ; then the priest shall shut him up seven days : 22 and if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a plague. ^ 23 But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it IS the scar of the boil ; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 24 Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning be- come a bright spot, reddish- white, ■ Num. 12. lu; 2K. 6. 27 ; L' Chr. 2«. la, 20 or white ; 25 then the priest shall look upon it ; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin ; it is lep- rosy, it hath broken out in the burning : and the priest shall pro- nounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 26 But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the skin, but be dim ; then the priest shall shut him up seven days : 27 and the priest shall look upon him the seventh day : if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. 28 And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim ; it is the rising of the burn- ing, and the priest shall pronounce him clean : for it is the scar of the burning. 29 And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard, 30 then the priest shall look on the plague ; and, be- hold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him un- clean : it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. 31 And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appear- ance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days : 32 and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague ; and, behold, if the scall _ be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin, 33 then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave ; and the priest shall shut up him that hath, the scall seven days more : 34 and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall ; and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin ; then the priest shall pronounce him clean ; and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing, 36 then the priest shall look on him ; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, 109 13.37 LEVITICUS 14.5 The Test of Leprosy. Offerings for the Cleansing of a leper the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair ; he is unclean. 37 But if in his eyes the scall be at a stay, andblack hair be grown up therein ; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. 38 And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of the flesh bright spots, even white bright spots ; 39 then the priest shall look ; and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white, it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin ; he is clean. 40 And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald ; j/et is he clea.n. 41 And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald ; yet is he clean. 42 But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish- white plague; it is leprosy break- ing out in his bald head, or his bald forehead. 43 Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be red- dish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appear- ance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh ; 44 ne is a leprous man, he is unclean : the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean ; his plague is in his head. 45 And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent. and " the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall * cover his upper lip, and shall cry, " Unclean, un- clean. 46 AH the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean ; he is unclean : he shall dwell alone ; ''without the camp shall his dwelling be. 47 The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment ; 48 whether it be in ^ warp, or woof ; of linen, or of woollen ; whether in a skin, or in anything made of skin ; 49 if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any- thing of skin ; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest. 50 And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up that which hath the plague seven days : 51 and he shall look on the plague on the seventh daj'' : if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service 1 Or, wooai or knitted stuff (a.uA in ver. 49, &c.) I " ch. 10 6 (> Ezek. 24. 17, 22 Mic. : .7 ' Lam. 4. 15 d Num. 5. 1- 4; 12. 14 ' Mt. 8. 4; Mk. 1 44; Lk. 6. 14; 17. 14 /ch. 13 46 " ver. 6, 49, n], 52; Num. 19. 1 110 skin is used for ; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. 52 And he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in woollen or in linen, or anything of skin, wherein the plague is : for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any- thing of skin ; 54 then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall_ shut it up seven days more : 55 and the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed ; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its color, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean ; thou .shalt burn it in the tire : it is a fret, " whether the bareness be within or without. 56 And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the washing thereof, then he shal I rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof : 57 and if it ap- pear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, it is breaking out : thou shalt burn that M'herein the plague is with fire. 58 And the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. 59 This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pro- nounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. MAnd Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing : " he shall be brought unto the priest : 3 and the priest shall go forth •''out of the camp ; and the priest shall look ; and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper, 4 then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and ''cedar- wood, and scarlet, and hyssop : 5 and the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over - Heb. whether it be bald in the head thereof, or in the forehead thereof. 14.6 LEVITICUS 14.29 Offerings foi' the Cleansiug or a leper I running water. G As for the liv- ing bird, he shall take it, and " the cedar-wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the ^run- ning water: 7 and he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field. 8 And *he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water ; and ""he shall be clean : and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell out- side his tent seven days. 9 And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and ''he shall be clean. 10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and one "log of oil. 11 And the priest that cleanseth him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those things, before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. 12 And the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a -^trespass-offering, and the *log of oil, and wave them for a wave- offering before Jehovah : 1 3 and he shall kill the he-lamb in '' the place where they kill the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the place of the sanctuary : for ' as the sin- offering is the priest's, so is the trespass-offering : it is most holy. 14 And the priest shall take of the blood of the ^ trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it upon ' the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 1 5 And the priest shall take of the '"log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand ; 1 6 and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah. 17 And of the rest of the oil that 1 Heb. lioing. " ver. 4 * Num. 8. 7 ' ver. 9, 20 d ver. 8, 20 * ver. 12, is, 21, 24 /ver. 19 " ver. 10 ''ch. 1. 11 ' ch. 6. 24-30 *-■ ver. 19 ' ch. 8. 23, 24 "' ver. 10 " ver. 12 " ver. 8, 9 P ch. 5. 11 ; 27. 8 « ver. 21, 24, 25 " ver. 10, U is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon tlie blood of the trespass- offering : 1 8 and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed : and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah. 1 9 And the priest shall offer the " sin-offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his unclean- ness : and afterward he shall kill the burnt-offering ; 20 and the priest shall offer the burnt-offering and the meal-offering upon the altar : and the priest shall make atonement for him, and "he shall be clean. 21 ^And if he be poor, and can- not get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a » trespass-offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and one tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering, and a 'log of oil ; 22 and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get ; and * the one shall be a 'sin-offering, and the other a burnt-offering. 23 And "on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tent of meeting, befoi'e Jehovah : 24 and the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass- offering, and "the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah. 25 And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass-offering ; and the priest shall take of the blood of the tres- pass-offering, and put it upon ^ the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 26 And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand ; 27 and the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before Jehovah : 28 and the Eriest shall put of the oil that is in is hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of nis right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass-offering : 29 and the rest of the oil that is in 111 14. 30 LEVITICUS 15.3 The Cleansing of Infected Hoases. Ceremonial Uncleannesses the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before Jehovah. 30 And he shall ofier one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get, 3 1 even such as he is able to get, "the one for a sin- offering, and the other for a burnt- offering, with the meal-offering : and the priest shall make atone- ment for him that is to be cleansed before Jehovah. 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get that which %)ertaineth to his cleans- ing. 33 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 34 When ye are come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession ; 35 then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, There seemeth to me to be as it were *a plague in the house. 36 And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goeth in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house : 37 and he shall look on the plague ; and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall ; 38 then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days. 39 And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look ; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house ; 40 then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city: 41 and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scrape off, without the city into an un- clean place : 42 and they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones ; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. 43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath scraped the « ch. 5. 7 6 Ps. 91. 10 •^ ver. 41 d ver. 4 ' ch. 22. 4 ; Num. 5. 2 ; 2 Sam. 3. 29 112 house, and after it is plastered ; 44 then the priest shall come in and look ; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house : it is unclean. 45 And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house ; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an "unclean place. 46 Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be un- clean until the even. 47 And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes ; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. 48 And if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the Elague hath not spread in the ouse, after the house was plas- tered ; then the priest shall pro- nounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house ''two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop : 50 and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over ^ running water : 5 1 and he shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the ^ running water, and sprinkle the house seven times : 52 and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the ' running water, and with the liv- ing bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet : 53 but he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open field : so shall he make atonement for the house ; and it shall be clean. 54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall, 55 and for the leprosy of a gar- ment, and for a house, 56 and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot ; 57 to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean : this is the law of leprosy. ^ ^ And Jehovah spake unto _l0 Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, " When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. 3 And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue : whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it 1 Heb. living. 15.4 LEVITICUS 15; 30 Ceremouial Vocleannesses is his uncleanness. 4 Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean ; and every- thing whereon' he sitteth shall be unclean. 5 And whosoever touch- eth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 6 And he that sitteth on anything whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 7 And he that toucheth the flesh of him _ that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 8 And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 9 And what ^ saddle soever he that hkth the issue rideth upon shall be unclean. 10 And whosoever touch- eth anything that was under him shall be unclean until the even : and he that beareth those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 11 And whomso- ever he that hath the issue touch- eth, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 1 2 And " the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. 13 And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes ; and he shall bathe his flesh in '^ running water, and shall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtle- doves, or two young pigeons, and come before Jehovah unto the door of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest: 15 and the priest shall oifer them, ''the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for him before Jehovah for his issue. 16 ''And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. 1 7 And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copula- tion, shall be washed with water, 1 Or, carriage s Heb. living. " ch. 6. 28 ; 11. 33 b ch. 5. r ' ch. 22. 4 ; Dt. 23. 10, 11 d 1 Sam. 21. 4 'ch. 18. 19; 20. 18 / Mt. 9. 20 ; Mk. 5. 25 ; i,k. 8. 43 » ch. 5. 7 113 and be unclean until the even. 18 The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copula- tion, they shall both bathe them- selves in water, and be ''unclean until the even. 19 And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her ^impurity seven days : and whosoever touch- eth her shall be unclean until the even. 20 And everything that she lieth upon in her ^impurity shall be unclean : everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. 21 And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un- clean until the even. 22 And whosoever toucheth anything that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 23 And if it be on the bed, or on anything whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. 24 ""And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days ; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. 25 '^And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days not in the time of her impurity, or if she have an issue beyond the time of her impurity ; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness she shall be as in the days of her impurity : she is unclean. 26 Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity : and every- thing whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity. 27 And whosoever toucheth those things shall be un- clean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtle- doves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting. 30 And the priest shall ofifer the ^ one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for her be- fore Jehovah for the issue of her uncleanness. 3 Or. separation 15.31 LEVITICUS 16.21 Ritaal of the Anuoal Atonement 31 Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their un- Bleanness, that they die not in their uncleanness, when they " de- file my tabernacle that is in the midst of them. 32 This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby ; 33 and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. 'i /^ And Jehovah spake unto _L\J Moses, after ''the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before Jenovah, and died ; 2 and Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not "-'at all times into the holy place within 'the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark ; that he die not : for "* I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. 3 Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place : with a young bullock for "a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. 4 He shall put on the -''holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen ^ mitre shall he be attired : they are the holy garments ; and he shall ^ bathe his esh in water, and put them on. 5 And he shall take of the con- gregation of the children of Israel ''two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. 6 And ' Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and make atone- ment for himself, and for his house. 7 And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah at the door of the tent of meeting. 8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats ; one lot for Jehovah, and the other lot for ■^Azazel. 9 And Aaron shall {)resent the goat upon which the ot fell for Jehovah, and offer him for a sin-offering. 10 But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before Jehovah, to make atonement ^for him, to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness. 1 1 And Aaron shall present the 1 Or, turban ^ Or, removal 3 Or, over " ch. 20. 3 ; Num. 19. 13, 20 ; Ezek. 36. 17 * ch. 10. 1, 2 " Ex. 30. 10 ; Heb. 9. 7, 25 ch. 26. 1 ; Ps. 96. 6 ; 115. 4-7 * Ex. 20. 23 ; 34. 17 ' ch. 23. 22 ; Dt. 24. 20-22 "■ Ex. 20. 15, 16 " Ex. 20. 7 " ch. 18. 21 P Ex. 22. 7- 15, 21-27 9 Dt. 24. 15 "■ Dt. 27. 18 * Ex. 23. 3, 6 ; Dt. 1. 17 ; 10. 17 ' Ps. 15. 3 ; Jer. 6. 28 ; 9. 4 ; Ezek. " Ex. 23. 7 ; Dt. 27. 25 ^ 1 Jn. 2. 9, 11; 3. 15 ^ Mt. 18. Lk. 17. 3 15; v Dt. 32.35 ; Rom. 12. 19; Heb. 10. 30 ^ Ps. 103. 9 "Mt. 19. 19; Mk. 12. 31 ; Lk. 10. 27 ; Rom. 13. 9 I> Dt. 22. 9, 11 ' Dt. 22. 23-27 d ch. 6. 1-r 117 leave them for the poor and for the sojourner : I am Jehovah your God. 1 1 '" Ye shall not steal ; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another. 12" And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and " profane the name of thy God : I am Jehovah. 13 -^Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him : * the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morn- ing. 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor ''put a stumblingblock before the Wind ; but thou shalt fear thy God : I am Jehovah. 15 * Ye shall do no unrighteous- ness in judgment : thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty ; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as * a tale- bearer among thj^ people : neither shalt thou stand against the " blood of thy neighbor : I am Jehovah. 17 Thou "shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart : thou * shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. 18 *Thou shalt not take vengeance, "" nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people ; but " thou shalt love thy neighoor as thyself : I am Jehovah. 19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gen- der with a diverse kind: *tliou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed : neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. 20 '^And whosoever lie th carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her ; ^ they shall be punished ; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Je- hovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even ''a ram for a tres- pass-offering. 22 And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offer- ing before Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned : and the sin which he hath sinned shall be forgiven him. 23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then 2 Heb. there shall be mguisition. 19.24 LEVITICUS 20.16 Sundry Laws. Ilolech-worsbip and other Sios forbidden. Laws agaiost Unchastity ye shall C9unt the fruit thereof as their uncircumcision : three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you ; it sliall not be eaten. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto Jehovah. 25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am Jehovah your God. 26 Ye shall nut eat anything " with the blood : neither shall ye use * enchantments, nor practise augury. 27 ""Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make anj^ cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am Jehovah. 29 "* Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot ; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land be- come full of ^ wickedness. 30 Ye shall "keep my sabbaths, and •''rev- erence my sanctuary : I am Jeho- vah. 31 ^Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizai'ds ; seek them not out, to be defiled by them : I am Jehovah your God. 32 '' Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God : I am Jehovah. 33 'And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. 34 The stran- ger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and ''thou shalt love him as thyself ; for ye were so- journers in the land of Egypt : I am .Jehovah your God. 35 'Ye shall do no unrighteous- ness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have : I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out ot the land of Egypt. 37 And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordi- nances, and do them : I am Jeho- vah. ^r\ And Jehovah s]:)ake unto ^yj Moses, saying, 2 Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the chil- dren of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, "'that giveth 1 Or, enormity " ch. 17. 10 t> Dt. 18. 10 " ch. 21. 6 dch. 21. 9; Dt. 22. 21 ; 23. 17, 18 ' ver. 3 /ch. 26. 2 " ch. 20. 6, 27 ; Dt. 18. 11 fi- Lam. 5. 12 ' Ex. 22. 21 * ver. IS ' Dt. 25. 13- 16 '" ch. 18. 21 " ver. 27 ; ch. 24. 14-23 ; Num. 15. 35, 36 ; Dt. 21. 21 " ch. 15. 31 P ch. 18. 21 9 ch. 19. 3i ■ 1 Pet. 1. 16 'Ex.21. 17; Dt. 27. 16 «ch. 18. 20, Ex. 20. H ; Dt. 5. 18 " ch. 18. 7, 8 " ch. 18. 15 ' ch. 18. 22 V Dt. 27. 23 ' ch. 18. 23 118 of his seed unto Molech ; he shall surely be put to death : " the peo- ple of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people: because he hath given of his seea unto Molech, "to defile my sanc- tuary, and ^to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and ' put him not to death ; 5 then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play tlie harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people. 6 And the soul that turneth unto them that «have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and *■ be ye holy ; for I am Jehovah your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them : I am Jeho- vah who sanctifieth you. 9 'For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death : he hath cursed his father or his mother ; his blood shall be upon him. 10 'And the rnan that commit- teth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adul- tery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11" And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness : both of theni shall surely be put to death ; their blood shall be upon them. 12 "And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death : they have wrought confu- sion ; their blood shall be upon them.^ 13 ^And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomina- tion : they shall surely be put to death ; their blood shall be upon them. 14 2' And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is ^wicked- ness : they shall be burnt with lire, both he and they ; that there be no wickedness among you. 15 ^And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death : and ye shall slay tne beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, 20.17 LEVITICUS 21. 14 Laws against Unchastity. Commaad to observe tbe Laws of Cleanness, (iencral Precepts lor tlio Priests and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast : they shall sui-ely be put to death ; their blood shall be upon them. 17 "And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his naked- ness ; it is a shameful thing ; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people : he hath uncovered his sister's naked- ness ; he shall bear his iniquity. 18 * And if a man shall He with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness ; he hath made naked her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood : and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19" And thou shalt not un- cover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister ; for he hath made naked his near kin : they shall bear their iniquity. 20 ''And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness : they shall bear their sin ; they shall die childless. 21 *And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity : he hath uncovered his brother's naked- ness ; they shall be childless. 22 Ye shall therefoi-e keep all my statutes, and all mine ordi- nances, and do them ; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, ■''vomit you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk ''in the customs of the nation, which I cast out before you : for they did all these things, and ''therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you, * Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey : I am Jeho- vah your God, who hath * separated you from the peoples. 25 'Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean : and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by any- thing wherewith the ground ^ teem- eth, which I have separated from you as unclean. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me : for I, Jehovah, am holy, and "' have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be mine. 27 A man also or a woman that 1 Heb. creepeth. " ch. 18. 9 6 ch. 15. 24 ; 18. 19 " ch. 18. 12, 13 d ch. 18. 14 " ch. IS. 16 / ch. 18. 28 'J ch. 18. 3 A ch. 18. 25 ' Ex. 13. 5 ; 33. 3 fc ver. 26 ; Ex. 33. 16 'ch. 10. 10; 11. 1-47; Dt. 14. 3-21 "^ ver. 24 " ch. 19. 31 ° ch. 19. 28 ; Ezek. 44. ' Dt. 14. 1 ; Ezek. 44. 20 '■ ch. 19. 27 ' Dt. 14. 1 < ch. 18. 21 " ch. 3. 11 " ver. 13, 14 * ver. 6 V ch. 19. 29 * ch. 10. 6, 7 " ch. 19. 28 >> ch. 10. 7 <" Ex. 29. 6, 7 ■ ch. 5. 15, 16 ' ver. 9 ; ch. 10. 17 t ch. 21. 18- 21 ; Dt. 15. 21 120 whatsoever uncleanness he hath; 6 the soul that toucheth Any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean ; and after- ward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread. 8 'That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith : I am Jehovah. 9 They shall therefore keep "my charge, lest "they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it : I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them. 10 "There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing : a sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11-^ But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it ; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread. 12 And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stran- ger, she shall not eat of the heave- offering of the holy things. 13 But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or clivorced, and have no child, and be returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread : « but there shall no stranger eat thereof. 14 '"And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing. 15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the chil- dren of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah, 16 and so cause them *to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things : for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them. 17 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, _ 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them. Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, that offei'eth his oblation, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill-offerings, which they offer unto Jehovah for a burnt-offering ; 1 9 ' that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the bullocks, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer : for it shall not be acceptable for you. 21 And 22.22 LEVITICUS 23.17 laws concerning Religions Festivals : the Sabbath; the Passover; the Feast of Weeks whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah to ^accompHsh a vow, or for a free- will-offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be ac- cepted ; there shall be no blemish therein. 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having "a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto Jehovah. 23 Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any- thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill-offering ; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. 24 "That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto Jehovah ; neither shall ye ^do thus in your land. 25 Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer ''the bread of your God of any of these ; be- cause their corruption is in them, there is a blemish in them : they shall not be accepted for you. 26 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be " seven days under the dam ; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 28 ''And whetherit be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and its young both in one day. 29 And when ye sacrifice "a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten ; ye shall leave none of it until the morning : I am .Jehovah. 3 1 There- fore shall ye keep my command- ments, and do them : I am Jeho- vah. 32 And ye shall not profane my holy name ; but I will be hal- lowed among the children of Israel : I am Jehovah who halloweth you, 33 -^who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am Jehovah. O O And Jehovah spake unto ^ O Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, /The ^set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall ''proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts. 3 'Six days shall work be done : but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn 1 Or, make a special vow 2 Or, sores * Or, sacrifice them * Or, avpointed seasons ■» ch. 21. 20 b ch. 21. 22 " Ex. 22. 30 d Dt. 22. 6, r « ch. 7. 12 /ch. 11. 46 ^ ver. 4, 37, 44; Num. 29. 39 k ver. 21 ■ ch. 19. 3; Ex. 31. 13- 17 ; 35. 2, 3 *-" ver. 2 ' Ex. 12. 18, 19; Num. 28. 16-26 ' ver. 8, 21, 25, 35, 36 " Ex. 23. 19 ; 34. 26 " Ex. 34. 26 ; Num. 15. 20, 21 P Num. 28. 26-31 ; Dt. 16. 9-12 9 Num. 28. 26 121 rest, a holy convocation ; ye shall do no manner of work : it is a sabbath unto Jehovah in all youi dwellings. 4 These are the *set feasts oi Jehovah, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. 5 'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month ^at even, is Jehovah's passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Jehovah : seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. 7 In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation : ye shall do ™ no ^ servile work. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah seven days : in the seventh day is a holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work. 9 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land which I give unto you, and " shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your haiwest unto the priest : 1 1 and he shall wave the sheaf before Jeho- vah, to be accepted for you : on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. 13 And the meal-offer- ing thereof shall be two tenth parts o/_ an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah for a sweet savor ; and the drink-offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 14 " And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched grain, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God : it is a statute for ever through- out your generations in all your dwellings. 15 ^ And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering ; seven sabbaths shall there be complete : 1 6 even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days ; and ye shall offer a *new meal-offering unto Jehovah. 1 7 Ye shall bring out of your hab- itations two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah : they shall B Heb. between the two evenings. I 6 Heb. work of labor. 23.18 LEVITICUS 24.2 Laws concerniog ReUgions Festivals : the Feast of Trampets ; Day of Atonement ; Feast of Tabernacles be of fine flour, they shall be baken "with leaven, for first-fruits unto Jehovah. 18 And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs with- out blemish a year old, and one young bullock, and two rams : they shall be a burnt-ofiering unto Jeho- vah, with their meal-offering, and their drink-ofterings, even an offer- ing made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 19 And ye shall ofter '' one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace-ofterings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave- offering before Jehovah, with the two lambs : they shall be holy to Jehovah for the priest. 21 And ye shall " make proclamation on the selfsame day ; tliere shall be a holy convocation unto you ; ye shall do ''no servile work : it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings through- out your generations. 22 'And when ye reap the har- shest of your land, thou shalt not wholly I'eap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the glean- ing of thy harvest : thou shalt leave bhem for the poor, and for the so- journer : I am Jehovah your God. 23 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, -^In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, shall be a solemn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 Ye shall do " no servile work ; and ye shall offer an offering made by fii'e unto Jehovah. 26 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 27 Howbeit on '' the tenth day of this seventh month is • the day of atonement : it shall be a holy convocation unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls ; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 28 And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day ; for it is a * day of atonement, ' to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God. 29 For what- soever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day ; he shall be cut off from his people. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any manner of work in that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner of work : it is a statute ifo" ever throughout your genera- tions in all your dwellings. 32 It " ch. 2. 12 ; 7. 13 b Num. 28. 30 " ver. 2, 4 t* ver. 7 " ch. 19. 9 /Num. 29. 1 » ver. 21 '' ch. 16. 29 ; 25.9; Num. 29. 7 ' ver. 28 k ver. 27 ' ch. 16. 34 '" Num. 29. 12 " ver. 42, 43 ; Dt. 16. 13, 10 " ver. 2.J P Num. 29. 12-34 1 Num. 29. S5-38 » Num. 28. 1- 29. 3S shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls : in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath. 33 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying. On "* the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast " of ^ tabernacles for seven days unto Jehovah. 35 On the first day shall be a holy convo- cation : ye shall do " no servile work. 36^ ''Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah : on « the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you ; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah : it is a ' solemn assembly ; ye shall do no servile work. 37 These are ''the set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations,^ to offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, and a meal-offering, a sacrifice, and drink- offerings, * each on its own day ; 38 besides the sabbaths of Jeho- vah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill-offerings, which ye give unto Jehovah. 39 Howbeit on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of Jehovah seven days : on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. 40 And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm-trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; and ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days. 41 And ye shall keep it a feast unto Jehovah seven days in the year : it is a statute for ever throughout your generations ; ye shall keep it in the seventh montn. 42 Ye shall dwell 'in booths seven days; all that are home-born in Israel shall dwell in booths; 43 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am Jehovah your God. 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel " the set feasts of Jehovah. O y4 And Jehovah spake unto ^ t: Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they 1 Heb. booths. * Or, closing festival 122 24.3 LEVITICUS 25.9 The Lamp and Bread of the Sanctaary. The Fanislunent of Blasphemy. The Sabbatical V«ar bring unto thee "pure olive oil beaten for the light, -^to cause a lamp to burn continually. 3 With- out the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah continually : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your genei'ations. 4 He shall keep in order the lamps upon the * pure candlestick before Jehovah con- tinually. 5 " And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof : two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in ^two rows, six on a row, upon the ''pure table before Jeho- vah. 7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each ^ row, that it may be to the bread for " a me- morial, even an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 8 -^ Every sab- bath day he shall set it in order before Jehovah ^ continually ; it is ^on the behalf of the children of Israel, an everlasting covenant. 9 ''And it shall be for Aaron and his sons ; and they shall eat it in a holy place : for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute. 10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyp- tian, went out among the children of Israel ; and the son of the Israel- itish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp : 1 1 and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the 'Name, and cursed ; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelo- mith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. 12 And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them *at the mouth of Jehovah. 13 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp ; and let all that heard him 'lay their hands upon his head, and ™let all the congregation stone him. 1.5 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, " Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 1 6 And he that blas- phemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death ; all the congregation shall certainly stone him : as well the sojourner, as the 1 Or, to set up a lamp continually 2 Or, two piles, six in a pile * Or, pile i Or, from " Ex. 27. 20, 21 b Ex. 25. 31 ; 31. 8; sr. 17 ' Ex. 25. 30 ; 39. 30 ; 40. 23 d Ex. 25. 24 « Ch. 2. 2, 9, 16 /Mt. 12.5 'J Ex. 25. 30 ; Num. 4. 7 ''Mt. 12. 4; Mk. 2. 26 ; Lk. 6. 4 i Ex. 3. 15 ; 22. 28 «: Ex. IS. 15 'Dt. 13.9; 17. 7 "^ ch. 20. 2, 27 ; Dt. 21. 21 " Ex. 22. 28 " Ex. 21. 12 ; Num. 36. 30, 31 ; Dt. 27. 24 P ver. 21 'Ex. 21. 23; Dt. 19, 21 »■ Mt. 5. 38 ' ver. 17 t Ex. 12. 49 ; Num. 9. 14 ; 15. 15, 16, 29 " ver. 20, 21 V ch. 23. 27 123 home-born, when he blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, shall be put to death. 17" And he that smit- eth any man mortally shall surely be put to death. 18 And ^ he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor ; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him : 20 * breach for breach, ''eye for eye, tooth for tooth ; as he hath caused a blemish in a nian, so shall it be rendered unto him. 21 *And he that killeth a beast shall make it good : and he that killeth a man shall be put to death. 22 Ye shall have ' one man- ner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born : for I am Jehovah your God. 23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel; and they brought for-th him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. Ana the children of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses, r) ^ And Jehovah spake unto w fj Moses in mount Sinai, say- ing, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto thexn, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Jehovah. 3 " Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof; 4 but in "the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land^ a sabbath unto Jehovah : thou snalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. 5 That which growetn of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undr-essed vine thou shalt not gather : it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. 6 ^And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you ; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired ser- vant and for thy stranger, who sojourn with thee. 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food. 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years ; and there shall be unto thee the days of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years. 9 Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on ^the tenth day of the seventh month ; in the day of atonement 25.10 LEVITICUS 25.38 The Year of Jubilee. Redemption of land and Houses. Taldng of Interest forbidden shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof : it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and " ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you : ye shall nc sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines. 12 For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy unto you : ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 *In this year of jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. 14 And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, "ye shall not wrong one another. 15 Ac- cording to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee. 16 ''Ac- cording to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the few- ness of the years thou shalt dimin- ish the price of it ; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee. 17 And ""ye shall not wrong one another ; but thou shalt fear thy God : for I am Jehovah your God. 18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and •''ye snail dwell in the land in safety. 1 9 And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shall say, ^What shall we eat the seventh year "? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase ; 21 then I will command my bless- ing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for the three years. 22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, ''the old store; until the ninth year, until its fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store. 23 And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for Hhe land is mine : for * ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 'If thy brother be waxed poor, and seU some of his " Ter. 13, 28, 64 b ver. 10 ' ver. 17 d ver. 27, 51, 62 * ver. 14 / ch. 26. 4, 5 '•> ver. 4 '' ch. 26. 10 ' Ex. 19. 5 k Gen. 23. 4 ; 1 Chr. 29. 15 ; Ps. 39. 12 ; Heb. 11. 13; 1 Pet. 2. 11 I Ruth 2. 20 ; 4. 4, 6 "* ver. 16 " ver. 10, 13 " Num. 35. 1-8 P Num. 35. 2-5 9 Dt. 15. 7- 11 ; 24. 14, »• El. 22. 25 ; Dt. 23. 19, * ch. U. 45 possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold. 26 And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxed rich and find sufficient to redeem it ; 27 '"then let him reckon the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it ; and he shall return unto his possession. 28 But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of hun that hath bought it until the year of jubilee : and in the jubilee it shall go out, and "he shall return unto his possession. 29 And if a man sell a dwelling- house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold ; for a full year shall he have the right of redemption. 30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetu- ity to him that bought it, through- out his generations : it shall not go out in the jubilee. 31 But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country : they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubi- lee. 32 Nevertheless "the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. 33 And ^ if one of the Levites redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the jubilee ; for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the chil- dren of Israel. 34 ^ But. the field of the '^suburbs of their cities may not be sold ,- for it is their per- petual possession. 35 'And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee ; then thou shalt ^ uphold him : as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee. 36 ""Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give nim thy victuals for increase. 38 ' I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth 1 Or, if a man redeem from the Levites ace. to Vule., )'/ they have not been redeemed 124 2 Or, pasture lands 3 Or, relieve 25.39 LEVITICUS 26.11 The Year of JaMee. Redemption of Servants. Blessings for Obedience promised out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan; and "to be your God. .39 * And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee ; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant. 40 As a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee ; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubilee : 41 then shall he go out from thee, he and his chil- dren with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my ser- vants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : they shall not be sold as bondmen. 43 ''Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy God. 44 And as for thy bondmen, and thy bond- maids, whom thou shalt have ; of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bond- men and bondmaids. 45 IMore- over of the children of the strangers that sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and or their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land : and they shall be your possession. 46 And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession ; of them shall ye take your bondmen for ever : '' but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one oyer another, with rigor. 47 And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxed rich, and thy brother be waxed poor beside him, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family ; 48 after that he is sold he may be redeemed : one of his brethren may redeem him; 49 or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or ^if he be waxed rich, he may redeem himself. 50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee : and the price of his sale shall be according unto the num- ber of years ; according to the tinie of a hired servant shall he be with him. 51 If there be yet many years, ■''according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that " Gen. 17. 7 6 Ex. 21. 2-6 ; Dt. 15. 12-18 " ver. 46, 53 ; Ex. 1. 13, 14; Ezek. 34. 4 rf ver. 43 * ver. 26, 27 /ver. 16 '' ver. 10, 13, 28 t ch. 19. 4 k Ex. 20. 4 ' Ex. 23. 24 "' Num. 33. 62 " ch. 19. 30 0 Dt. 7. 12-26; 28. 1-14 9 ch. 26. 18, 19 Ts. 29. 11; 86. 8 ; 147. 14 ' Zeph. 3. 13 « ver. 22 " ver. 25 " Dt. 32. 30 = Gen. 17. 6 ; 22. 17 ; 48. 4 V Gen. 17. 7 - ch. 25. 22 " Ex. 25. 8 ; 29. 46, 46 6 2 Cor. 6. 16; Dt. 23. 14 he was bought for. 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him ; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption. 53 As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him : ^he snail not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed ^ by these means, '^ then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of Israel are ser- vants ; they are my servants w^,om I brought forth out of the l^nd of Egypt : I am Jehovah your God. O ^ Ye shall make you no w \J ' idols, neither shall ye rear you up *a graven image, or '^'a pillar, neither shall ye place any ™ figured stone in your land, to bow down ^ unto it : for I am Jehovah your God. 2 "Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanc- tuary : I am Jehovah. 3 "If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them ; 4 then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. 5 p And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the, vintage shall reach unto the sow- ing time ; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and * dwell in your land safely. 6 And ''I will give peace in the land, and 'ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid : and ' I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither "shall the sword go through 5^our land. 7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 "And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand ; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. 9 And I will have respect unto you, and ^make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will 2' establish my covenant with you. 10 "^And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old * because of the new. 11 "And I will set my tabernacle among you : and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And *I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my 1 Or, in these years 2 Or, an obelisk 3 Or, thereon * Or, from before 125 26.13 LEVITICUS 26.40 Chastisements for Disobedience threatened people. 13 "I am Jehovah your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen ; and * I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you go up- right. 14 "But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if '^ your soul abhor mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all my command- ments, but " break my covenant ; 16 1 also will do this unto you : I will appoint^ -^terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the ^ soul to pine away ; and '' ye shall sow j^our seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 1 7 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies : * they that hate you shall rule over you ; and * ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chas- tise you ' seven times more for your sins. 19 And I will "'break the pride of your power : and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass ; 20 and " your strength shall be spent in vain ; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit. 21 And if ye "walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring ^ seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 22 And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your chil- dren, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number ; and your ways shall become desolate. 23 And if by these things ye will not be reformed ^unto me, but « will walk contrary unto me ; 24 then will I also '' walk contrary unto you ; and I will smite you, even I, 'seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute 'the ven- geance of the covenant ; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities : and I will send " the pestilence among you ; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 "When I break your ntaff of bread, ten women shall 'jake your bread in one oven, and » Or, by " Ex. 20. 2 6 Ezek. 34. 27 " Dt. 28. 15- 6S; Josh. 23. 15 d ver. 11 * ver. 9 / Pa. 7S. 33 'J Ezek. 24. 23 ; 33. 10 f^ Judg. 6. 3-<3 ' Ps. lOG. 41 fc ver. 36, 37 ; Ps. 53. 5 ; Prov. 28. 1 i ver. 21, 24, 28 ™ Is. 28. 1-3 ; Ezek. 24. 21 " Is. 17. 10, 11 ; Jer. 12. 13 " ver. 23, 24, 27, 40 P ver. 18 9 ver. 21 "■ ver. 28, 41 * ver. 21 < Jer. 50. 28 ; 51. 11 " Num. 14. 12 ^ Is. 3. 1 ; Ezek. 4. 16, 17 ; 5. 16 ^ ver. 24, 41 y ver. 24 ^ 2 K. 23. 20 ; Ezek. 6. 3, 6 ; Am. 7. 9 ■» 2 Chr. 34. 4, 7 ; Is. 27. 9 l> Jer. 44. 2, 6, 22 " Is. 63. 18 ; Lam. 2. 7 rf Am. 6. 21 " Jer. 12. 11 ; 33. 10 /Jer. 18. 16; 19. 8 " Ps. 44. 11 ; 106. 27 ; Jer. 31. 10 ; Ezek. 12. 15 '' ver. 43 ; 2 Chr. 36. 21 1 Is. 30. 17 ; Lam. 1. 3, 6; 4. 19 fc Jer. 6. 21 ; Nah. 3. 3 ! Dt. 4. 26 ' Ezek. 4. 17 ; 33. 10 ' Jer. 3. 12- 15 ; 14. 20 ; Hob. 5. 15 126 they shall deliver your bread again by weight : and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 then 'I will walk contrary unto you in wrath ; and I also will cnastise you ^ seven times for your sins. 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. 30 And I ^will destroy your high places, and cut down your "sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols ; and my soul shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities a * waste, and will bring your ''sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not ^ smell the savor of your sweet odors. 32 And I will bring "the land into desolation ; ■''and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 33 And you will I ^ scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you : and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste. 34 ''Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lietn desolate, and ye are in your ene- mies' land ; even_ then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall have i;est, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And as for them that are left of you, I will send 'a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies : and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword ; and they shall fall when none pur- sueth. 37 *And they shall stum- ble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pur- sueth : and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 'And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your ene- mies shall eat you up. 39 '"And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your ene- mies' lands ; and also in the iniqui- ties of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 40 "And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me. and also that, oecause they walked con- 26.41 LEVITICUS 27.20 Mercy promised to the Penitent. Laws conceriuiig Vows trary unto me, 41 I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their ene- mies : "if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and *they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity ; 42 then will I remember ''my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant '' with Isaac, and also "my covenant with Abraham will I remember ; and I will re- member the land. 43 -^The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lieth desolate without them : and they shall accept of the punish- ment of their iniquity ; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their "soul ab- horred my statutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I ''abhor them, 'to destroy them utterly, and ''to break my covenant with them ; for I am Jehovah their God; 45 but I will for their sakes remember the 'covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that "*! might be their God : I am Jehovah. 46 "These are the statutes and ordinances and laws, which Jeho- vah made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by Moses. O ^ And Jehovah spake unto Ami I Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall ^accomplish a vow, ^the persons shall be for Jehovah by thy esti- mation. 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after "the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estima- tion shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male ^ five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if 1 Or, make a special vow " Or, according to thy estimation of persons unto Jehovah, then thy estimation &c. " Jer. 4. 4; 9. 25, 20 ; Ezek. 44. i >> Ezek. 20. 43 " Gen. 28. 13-16 ; 35. 11, 12 d Gen. 26. 2-5 " Gen. 22. 15-18 / ver. 34 " ver. n '« ver. 11 i Dt. 4. 31 ; Jer. 30. 11 «■■ Jer. 33. 20-26 ' Ex. 6. 6-8 '" Gen. 17. 7 " ch. 7. 38 ; 27. 34 ; Dt. 4. 6 ; 29. 1 " ver. 25 ; Ex. 30. 13 P Num. 18. 16 9cb.fi. U; 14. 21-24 ' ver. 33 127 it be from sixty years old and up- ward ; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall be set be- fore the priest, and the priest shall value him ; * according to the abil- ity of him that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto Jeho- vah, all that any man giveth of such unto Jehovah shall be holy. 10 '"He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good : and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. 1 1 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an oblation unto Jehovah, then he shall set the beast before the priest ; 1 2 and the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be. 1 3 But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 14 And when a man shall sanc- tify his house to be holy unto Jehovah, then the priest shall esti- mate it, whether it be good or bad : as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto Jehovah part of the field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the sowing thereof: the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shek- els of silver. 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubi- lee, according to thy estimation it shall stand. 1 8 But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year" of jubilee ; and an abatement shall be made from thy estimation. 19 And if he that sanctified the field will in- deed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more: 27.21 LEVITICUS Laws concerning Vows; concerning Tithes 27.34 21 but the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto Jehovah, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. 22 And if he sanctify unto Jehovah a field which he hath tought, which is not of the field of his possession; 23 then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation unto the year of jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto Jehovah. 24 In the year of jubilee the field shall re- turn unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth. 25 And all thy estimations shall be according to " the shekel of the sanctuary : twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 26 "Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is Je- hovah s. 27 And if it be of an un- clean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thine estimation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. "■ ver. 3 * Ex. 13. 2 ' Num. 18. 14; Josh. 6. 17-19 d ver. 10 ' ch. 26. 46 ; Dt. 4. 0 28 Notwithstanding, no "de- voted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath whether of man or beast, or oJ^,the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah. 29 No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death. 30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Jeho- vah s: it is holy unto Jehovah, i , "^^^^^ "^ ^ i^^^n will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof. 32 And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, what- soever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto Jehovah. 33 ''He shall not search whether It be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which It is changed shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 34 'These are the command- ments, which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. 128 THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED NUMBERS Men of War numbered IAnd Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on " the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, say- ing, 2 * Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls ; 3 from '^ twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts. 4 And with you there shall be a man of every tribe ; * every one head of his fathers' house. 5 And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you. Of Reuben : Elizur the son of Shedeur. 6 Of Simeon : She- lumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 7 Of Judah : Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 8 Of Issachar : Ne- thanel the son of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun : Eliab the son of Helen. 10 Of the children of Joseph : Of Ephraim : Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh : Gama- liel the son of Pedahzur. 11 Of Benjamin : Abidan the son of Gideoni. 1 2 Of Dan : Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 13 Of Asher : Pagiel the son of Ochran. 14 Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of ^ Deuel. 15 Of Naphtali : Ahira the son of Enan. 16 These are they that were " called of the con- gregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers ; they were the heads of the " thousands of Israel. 17 And Moses and Aaron took these men that are mentioned by name: 18 and they assembled all the congregation together on the •''first day of the second month; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the 1 In ch. 2. 14, Reuel. 2 Or, families °- Ex. 40. 2, 17 6 ch. 26. 2 ; Ex. 12. 37 ; 38. 26, 26 "^ Ex. 30. 14 ; 38. 26 d ver. 16 ; Ex. 18. 21, 24 ; Dt. 1. 15 " ch. 16. 2 ; 26. 9 /ver. 1 ' ch. 26. 5-11 ft ch. 26. 12- 14 '■ ch. 26. 15- ^ ch. 26. 19- 22 i ch. 26. 23- 25 129 number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their Soils. 1 9 As Jehovah commanded loses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. 20 =' And the children of Reuben, Israel's first-born, their genera- tions, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 21 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. ^22 "Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, thoso that were numbered thereof, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 23 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, woi'e fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 24 'Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 25 those that yi&c^ numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hun- dred and fifty. 26 *0f the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 27 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. 28 ' Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, 1.29 NUMBEKS 1.54 Men of War numbered. The levites excepted by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 29 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. 30 « Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 31 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 32 ''Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the. names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 33 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. 34 " Of the children of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the nvimber of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war : 35 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. 36 '^ Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 37 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. 38 " Of the children of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 39 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 40 -^Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all » ch. 20. 26, 27 !> ch. 26. 35- 37 ' ch. 26. 28- 34 d ch. 26. 38- 41 ' ch. 26. 42, 43 /Ch. 47 6.44- i' ch. 26. 48- h ch. 2. 32 ; 26. 51 ; Ex. 12. 37 ; 38. 26 '■ ch. 2. 33 ; 3. 14-39 ; 4. 49 ; 26. 57- * ch. 3. 2;-37 I ch. 4. 1-33 *" ch. 3. 10, 38 ; 4. 15, 19, 20 " ch. 2. 2 " ch. 3. 23, 29,36 that were able to go forth to war ; 41 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. 42 0 Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 43 those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 44 These are they that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men : they were each one for his fathers' house. 45 So all they that were numbered of the children of Isra^ by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel ; 46 even all they that were numbered were '' six hundred thou- sand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. 47 But Hhe Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. 48 For Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 49 Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel ; 50 but * ap- point thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it : they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof ; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the taber- nacle. 51 'And when the taber- nacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down ; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and '"the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 52 "And the chil- dren of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own stand- ard, according to their hosts. 53 "But the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the chil- dren of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the taber- nacle of the testimony. 54 Thua did the children of Israel ; accord- 130 2.1 NUMBERS 2.31 Number, Encampment, and Princes of the Tribes ing to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so did they. 2 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 "The children of Israel shall encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses : over against the tent of meeting shall they encamp round about. 3 And those that encamp on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts : and the prince of the children of Judah shall be * Nahshon the son of Am- minadab. 4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thou- sand and six hundred. 5 And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar : and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be " Nethanel the son of Zuar. 6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hun- dred. 7 And the tribe of Zebulun : and the prince of the children of Zebulun shall be "* Eliab the son of Helen. 8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. 9 All that were num- bered of the camp of Judah were a hundred thousand and four- score thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first. 10 On the south side shall be the standai'd of the camp of Reuben according to their hosts : and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be " Elizur the son of Shedeur. 11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. 12 And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon : and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be ■''She- lumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. 14 And the tribe of Gad : and the prince of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of ^ Reuel. 1 5 And his host, and those that were nvimbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. 1 6 All that were numbered I In ch. 1. 14, Deud. " ch. 1. 52 6 ch. 1. 7 ° ch. 1. 8 dch. 1. 9 ' ch. 1. 5 /ch. 1.6 ^ ch. 1. 53 ft ch. 1. 10 ' ch. 1. 10 fc ch. 1. II ' ch. 1. 12 ' ch. 1. 13 " ch. 1, 15 of the camp of Reuben were a hun- dred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second. 17 "Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards. 18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts : and the prince of the children of Ephraim shall be * Elishama the son of Am- mihud. 1 9 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. 20 And next unto him shall bethe tribe of Manasseh : and the prince of the children of Manasseh shall be ' Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, wei'e thirty and two thousand and two hun dred. 22 And the tribe of Benja min : and the prince of the children of Benjamin shall be * Abidan the son of Gideoni. 23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thou- sand and four hundred. 24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred thou- sand and eight thousand and a hundred, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth third. 25 On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts : and the Erince of the children of Dan shall e 'Ahiezer the son of Ammishad- dai. 26 And his host, and those that wei'e niimbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. 27 And those that encamp next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher : and the prince of the children of Asher shall be ™ Pagiel the son of Ochran. 28 And his hosts, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hun- dred. 29 And the tribe of Naphtali: and the prince of the children of Naphtali shall be "Ahira the son of Enan. 30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. 31 All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. \Z\ 2.32 NUMBERS 3.28 The Priests and Levites set apart to uduister in i&e Sanctuary. Namber and Dnties of the Levites They shall set forth hindmost by their standards. 32 These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses: all that were numbered of the camps ac- cording to their hosts were "six hundred thousand and three thou- sand and five hundi^ed and fifty. 33 * But the Levites were not num- bered among the children of Israel ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 34 Thus did the children of Israel ; according to all that Jehovah com- manded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their fami- lies, according to their fathers' houses. 3'' Now these are the genera- tions of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And •* these are the names of the sons of Aaron : Nadab the fii'st-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These ai-e the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's ofiice. 4 " And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilder- ness of Sinai, and they had no children ; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's otEce in the presence of Aaron their father. 5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 6 ^ Bring tne tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8 And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt " give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons : they are ^ wholly given unto him "on the behalf of the children of Israel. 10 And thou shalt ^appoint Aaron and his sons, and ''they shalj. keep their priesthood : and ' the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, * I have taken the Levites from among the children of Isi'ael instead of all ' the first-born that openeth 1 Heb. given, given, s Or, from ^ Or, number " ch. 1. 46 >> ch. 1. 47 ' Ex. 6. 20-27 d ch. 26. 60 " ch. 26. 61 ; Lev. 10. 1,2 /ch, 8. 6-22; 18. 1-7 ; Dt. 10. 8 " ch. IS. 6 h Ex. 29. 9 ich. 1. 61 k ver. 45 ; ch. 8. 14 ' Ex. 1.3. 2 "■ ch. 1. 47 " Ex. 6. 16- 22 the womb among the children of Israel ; and the Levites shall be mine : 1 3 for all the first-born ai-e mine ; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first- born in Israel, both man and beast ; mine they shall be : I am Jehovah. 14 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 '"Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families : every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was com- manded. 17" And these were the sons of Levi by their names : Ger- shon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families : Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families : Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families : Mahliand Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. 21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites : these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbei-ed of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp be- hind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the cov- ering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, 26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. 27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites : these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there 132 3.29 NUMBEES 4.4 Ifumber and Duties of the Icvites. Redemption of Hie First-born. Duties of the Kohathites were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The famihes of the sons of Kohath shall en- camp on the side of the taber- nacle southward. 30 And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minis- ter, and the screen, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites : these are the fami- lies of Merari. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hun- dred. 35 And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abi- hail : they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And Hhe appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars there- of, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof, 37 and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 And those that encamp be- fore the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary '^for the charge of the children of Israel ; and "the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were 'twenty and two thousand. 40 And Jehovah said unto ]\Ioses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the J Heb. the office of the charge. 2 Qj-^ £|;gjj, " ch. 1. 51 * ver. 43 ; ch. 4. 48 ; 20. 02 ' ch. IS. 15, 10; Ex. 13. /Ex. 30. 13 9 ver. 23, 30, 35 ; ch. 8. 24 138 number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel ; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first- lings among the cattle of the chil- dren of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. 43 And all the first-born males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were '^ twenty and two thousand two hun- dred and threescore and thirteen. 44 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 45 ''Take the Le- vites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of tlie Levites instead of their cattle ; and the Levites shall be mine : I am Jehovah. 46 " And for ^ the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above the number of the Levites, 47 thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll ; ■'^ after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs) : 48 and thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is re- deemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. 49 And ]Moses took the re- demption-money from them that 'vere over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites ; 50 from the first-born of the chil- dren of Israel took he the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 51 and Moses gave '^the redemption- money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses. 4 And Jehovah sijake unto Moses and unto Aaron, say- ing, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses, 3 from "thirty- years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the ^ service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. 4 This is the ^service of the sons of Kohath in 3 Or, those that are to be redeemed, the &c. ■1 Or, the money of them that were redeemed 5 Heb. warfare, or, host (and so in ver. 35, 3^ 3). 6 Or, work NUMBERS 4.30 Duties of the Kohathites; of the Gershonites; of the Sons of Merari the tent of meeting, ahout the most holy things : 5 when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down "the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it, 6 and shall put thereon a 'covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon the table of show- bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups wherewith to gour out ; and " the continual read shall be thereon : 8 and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick pf the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snutfdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister vinto it: 10 and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of seal- skin, and shall put it upon ^ the frame. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof: 12 and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame. 13 And they shall take away the ashes from "* the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 14 and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering of seal- skin, and put in the staves thereof. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward : after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it : but they shall not touch the ^sanctu- ary, * lest they die.^ These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting. 16 And the charge of Eleazar the Son of Aaron the priest shall be 1 Or, a bar ^ Or, holy things "Ex. 40. 5 I" ver. 25 "Ex. 25 30; Lev .24 5-0 d Ex. 27. 1-S "ver. ly, 20; ch. 1. .-, 1; 2S. 0. 0 • "■ /Lev 24 1-3 ^Ex. 30. 34- 38 '' Lev C. 20 'Ex. 30. 22- 3.-! fc ver. 15 ^ver.6; Ex. S6. 14 " ver. 3 134 •^the oil for the light, and the ^ sweet incense, and '' the continual meal-oftering, and 'the anointing oil, the charge of all the taber- nacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the furniture thereof. 17 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites ; 19 but thus do unto them, that they may live, and *not die, when they approach unto the most holy things : Aaron and his sons shall go in, and ap- point them every one to his ser- vice and to his burden ; 20 but they shall not go in to see the '" sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die. 21 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their _ fathers' houses, _ by their families ; 23 from ' thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them ; all that enter in to ^wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens : 25 they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and '" the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, 26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the ta/ber- nacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instru- ments of their service, and what- soever shall be done with them : therein shall they serve. 27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their ser- vice ; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden. 28 This is the service of the fami- lies of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting : and their charge shall be under the hand of _ Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses ; 30 from " thirty years old and up- 3 Heb. war the warfare. 4,31 NUMBEES 5.8 Number of ledtes between Tliirty and Fifty Years old. Segregation of the Unclean. Restitution for Trespass ward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entei^eth upon the ser- vice, to do the work of the tent of meeting. 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting : the boai"ds of the taber- nacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, 32 and the pillars of the court round about, and their sock- ets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service : and by name ye shall ^ appoint the instru- ments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the fami- lies of the sons of Merari, accord- ing to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Itha- mar the son of Aaron the priest. 34 And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohath- ites by their families, and by their fathers' houses, 35 from thirty years old and upward .even unto fifty years old, every one that en- tered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting : 36 and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thou- sand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These are they that were num- bered of the families of the Kohath- ites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron nunjbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. 38 And those that were nurn- bered_ of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses, 39 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, 40 even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hun- dred and thirty. 41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the com- mandment of Jehovah. 42 And those that were num- bered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses, 43 from thirty 1 Or, number >> ch. 1. 47 " ch. 12. 15 ; Lev. 13. 46 d ch. 19. 11 ' ch. 35. 34 ; Lev. 26. 12 / Lev. 5. 14- 6.7 " Lev. 5. 6 years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, 44 even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thou- sand and two hundred. 45 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron immbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. 46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered,^ by their families, and by their fathers' houses, 47 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, everyone that entered in to do the work of ser- vice, and the work of bearing bur- dens in the tent of meeting, 48 even those that were numbered of them, were "eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 49 According to the command- ment of Jehovah they * were numbered by Moses, every one according to his service, and ^ac- cording to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as Jehovah commanded Moses. 5" And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is ''unclean by the dead: 3 both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them ; that they defile not their camp, ""in the midst whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp; as Jehovah spake unto Moses, so did the chil- dren of Israel. 5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Speak unto the children of Israel, -^When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, so as to tres- pass against Jehovah, and that soul shall be guilty ; 7 then he shall ^confess his sin which he hath done : and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him in respect of whom he hath been guilty. 8 But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for 2 Or, according to his burden and his diUy, as 135 5.9 NUMBEKS 6.2 Law concerning Jealoos}'. The Test of Adnlterr the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto Jehovah shall be the priest's ; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atone- ment shall be made for him. 9 "And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they presenb unto the priest, shall be his. 10 And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. 11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 1 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife *go aside, and commit a trespass against him, 13 and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, and she be not taken in the act ; 1 4 and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled : or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled : , 1 5 then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her oblation for her. the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal ; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon ; for it is a meal-offering of jealousy, a meahotfering of memorial, " bringing iniquity to remembrance. 16 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before Jeho- vah : 1 7 and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel ; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water. 18 And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal-offering of me- morial in her hands, whicn is the meal - offering of jealousy : and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse. 1 9 And the priest shall cause her to swear,^ and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou have not_ "^gone aside to uncleanness, ^ being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse. 20 But if thou have '' gone aside, -^ being 1 Or, with another instead of thy husband See Ezek. 23. 5 ; Rom. 7. 2. " Lev. 7. 32, 34 ; 10. 14, i> ver. 19, 20, "= Ezek. 29. ' Jer. 29. 18 ; 42. 18 ; 44. 12 /ver. 12 under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband : 2 1 then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of ^cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, Jehovah make thee a 'curse and an oath among thy people, when Jehovah doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy body to swell ; 22 and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say. Amen, Amen. 23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness : 24 and he shall make the woman drink the water of bit- terness that causeth the curse ; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bit- ter. 25 And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before Jehovah, and bring it unto the altar : 26 and the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memoi'ial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. 27 And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have commit- ted a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and be- come bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away : and the woman shall be " a curse among her people. 28 And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean ; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. 29 This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, ^ being under her hus- band, -^goeth aside, and is defiled; 30 or when the spirit of jealousy Cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife ; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. 31 And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniq- uity. 6 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto 2 Or, adjuration 3 Or, noeth aside with another instead of her husbaiid 136 6.3 NUMBEES 6.27 law concerning the IVazirites. The Priestly Blessing the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of ^"a Nazirite, to ^sepa- rate himself unto Jehovah, 3 he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink ; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. 4 All the days of his ' separation shall he eat noth- ing that is made of the grape- vine, from the kernels even to the husk. 5 All the days of his vow of sep- aration * there shall no razor come upon his head : until the days be fulfilled, in which he separateth himself unto Jehovah, he shall be holy ; he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long. 6 " All the days that he sepa- rateth himself unto Jehovah he shall not come near to a dead body. 7 He shall not make him- self unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die ; because his separation unto God is upon his head. 8 All the days of his separation he is holy unto Jeho- vah. 9 And if any man die very sud- denly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation ; then "^ he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, ''on the seventh day shall he shave it. 10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, to the pi'iest, to the door of the tent of meeting : 1 1 and the priest shall offer •''one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. 12 And he shall separate unto Jehovah the days of his separation, and shall bring a he-lamb a year old for a trespass- offering : but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled. 13 And this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled : he shall be brought unto the door of the tent of meeting: 14 and he shall offer his oblation unto Jehovah, 1 That is, one separated or consecrated. 2 Or, consecrate 3 Or, consecration Or, Nasiriteshlp " Judg. 13. 5 ; 16. 17 ; Am. 2. 11, 12 b 1 Sam. 1. 11 " ch. 19. 11- 22 ; Lev. 21. 1-3 d Lev. 14. 8, 9 ' ver. 18 / Lev. 6. 7 0 ch. 15. 27 ; Lev. 14. 10 k ch. 15. 1-7 ^ Lev. 7. 28- 1 1 Chr. 23. 13 '"Pt 28 3-6; Ps. 28. 9 "1 S 2 9; Ps 17 8 "Ps. 80. 3, r 19 PPs. 86 16 9Ps 4. 6; 44. 3 ••Ps 29 11; 37. n. 37 '2 Sam .7. 23 one he-lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one * ewe-lamb a year old without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for peace- offerings, 15 and a basket of un- leavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and ''their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings. 16 And the priest shall present them before Jehovah, and shall offer his sin-offiering, and his burnt-offering : 17 and he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread : the priest shall offer also the meal- offering thereof, and the drink- offering thereof. 18 And Hhe Nazirite shall shave the head of his sepai'ation at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separa- tion, and put it on the fire which is vinder the sacrifice of peace- offerings. 19 * And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven the head of his sepa- ration ; 20 and the priest shall wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah ; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave- breast and heaye-^ thigh : and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. 21_ This is the law of the Nazirite who voweth, and of his oblation vmto Jehovah for his sepa- ration, besides that which he is able to get : according to his vow which he voweth, so he must do after the law of his separation. 22 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying. On this wise 'ye shall bless the children of Israel : ye shall say unto them, 24 Jehovah *" bless thee, and " keep thee : 25 Jehovah "make his face to shine upon thee, and ^'be gracious unto thee : 26 Jehovah «lift up his counte- nance upon thee, and ''give thee peace. 27 So shall they *put my name upon the children of Israel ; and I will bless them. * Or, shoulder 137 7.1 NUMBEES 7.36 The Oblations of the Princes 7 And it came to pass on " the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had * anointed it and sancti- fied it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them ; 2 that " the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered : 3 and they brought their oblation before Je- hovah, six ''covered wagons, and twelve oxen ; a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one an ox : and they presented them before the tabernacle. 4 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 5 Take it of them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting ; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. 6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. 7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to *■ their ser- vice : 8 and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto -^ their ser- vice, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because ^the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them ; they bare it upon their shoulders. 10 And the princes offered ^for the dedication of the altar in the day that ''it was anointed, even, the princes offered their oblation before the altar. 1 1 And Jehovah said unto Moses, They shall offer their oblation, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar. 12 And he that offered his obla- tion the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah : 13 and his oblation was one silver 'platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after *the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 14 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 15 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering ; 16 one male of the goats for a sin-offering; 17 and 1 Or, the dedication-gift " Ex. 40. 11 b ver. 10, 84, 88; Ex. 40. 9-11 " ch. 1. 6-16 d Is. 66. 20 / ch. 4. 31, 32 'i ver. 1 ; 2 Chr. 7. 9 '■ Ex. 25. 29 ; 37. 16 *ch. 3. 47 for the sacrifice of peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 18 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer : 1 9 he offered for his oblation one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty sheJcels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering ; 20 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 2 1 one young bullock, one ram, one he- lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer- ing ; 22 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 23 and for the sac- rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he- lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar. 24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the chil- dren of Zebulun : 25 his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering ; 26 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 27 one young bullock, one ram, one he- lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer- ing ; 28 one male of the goats for a vsin-offei'ing ; 29 and for the sac- rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he- lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Eliab the son of Helon. 30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the chil- dren of Reuben: 31 liis oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering ; 32 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incen.se ; 33 one young bullock, one ram, one he- lamb a year old. for a burnt-offer- ing ; 34 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 35 and for the sac- rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he- lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Elizur the son of She- deur, 138 7.36 NUMBERS 7.73 The Oblations of the Princes 36 On the fifth dajr Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon : 37 his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-ofi'ering ; 38 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 39 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt- offering ; 40 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 41 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad : 43 his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering ; 44 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 45 one young bullock, one ram, one he- lamb a year old, for a burnt-oft'er- ing ; 46 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 47 and for the sac- rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he- lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim : 49 his obla- tion was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full f fin' flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering ; 50 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 51 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt- oflfering; 52 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 53 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Elishama the son of Ammihud. 54 On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of -Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh : 55 his ob- lation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering ; 56 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 57 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt- offering ; 58 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 59 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gide9ni, prince of the chil- dren of Benjamin : 6 1 his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering ; 62 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 63 one young bullock, one ram, one he- lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer- ing ; 64 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 65 and for the sac- rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he- lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan : 67 his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering ; 68 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 69 one young bullock, one ram, one he- lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer- ing ; 70 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 71 and for the sac- rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he- lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Ahiezer the son of Am- mishaddai. 72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher : 73 his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of 139 7.74 NUMBERS 8.15 The Oblations of the Princes. The Sevea Lamps of the Sanctuary. Purification of the Levites fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering; 74 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; 75 one young bullock, one ram, one he- lamb a year old, for a burnt-offer- ing ; 76 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 77 and for the sac- rifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he- lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Pagiel the son of Ochi-an. 78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali : 79 his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour min- fled with oil for a meal-offering ; 0 one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; 81 one young bul- lock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering; 82 one male of the goats for a sin-offering ; 83 and for the sacrifice of peace- offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old : this was the oblation of Ahira the son of Enan. 84 This was " the ^ dedication of the altar, in the day when *it was anointed, - by the princes of Israel : twelve silver platters, twelve sil- ver bowls, twelve golden spoons ; 85 each silver platter xoeighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; 86 the_ twelve golden spoons, full of incense, tveighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; all the gold of the spoons a hundred and twenty shekels ; 87 all the oxen for the burnt-offering twelve bul- locks, the rams twelve, the he- lambs a year old twelve, and their meal-offering ; and the males of the goats for a sin-offering twelve ; 88 and all the oxen for the sacri- fice of peace-offerings twenty and ifour bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs a year old sixty. ""This was the 'dedica- tion of the altar, after that it was anointed. 89 And when ''Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with him, then he heard tlie Voice speaking unto him from above 1 Or, dedication-gift * Or, at the hands of ° ver. 10 ^ ver. 1 " ver, 1, 10 d Ex. 40. 34, 35 «■ Ex. 25. 21, 22 / Ps. 80. 1 ; 99. 1 s Ex. 25. .37 ; Lev. 21. 2, 4 ft Ex. 25. 31- ' Ex. 25. 9, 40 ; 2U. 30 * Ch. 19. 9, 13, 20 ' Lev. 14. '" ver. 21 " ch. 15. 8-10 0 Lev. 7. 30, P ch, 3. 12 uo * the mercy-seat that was upon the ark of the testimony, from •'' be- tween the two cherubim : and he spake unto him. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him. When thou ^ lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall ^ give light in front of the candlestick. 3 And Aaron did so ; he * lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the can- dlestick, as Jehovah commanded Moses. 4 ''And this was the work of the candlestick, ^ beaten work of gold ; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was ^beaten work: 'according unto the pattern which Jehovah had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick. 5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them : sprinkle the * water of ex- piation upon them, and let them ' cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and ™ let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves. 8 Then let them take a young bullock, and " its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil ; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering. 9 And thou shalt present the Levites bef oi^e the tent of meeting : and thou shalt assem- ble the whole congregation of the children of Israel : 10 and thou shalt present the Levites before Jehovali. And the children of Is- rael shall lay their hands upon the Levites : 1 1 and Aaron shall •* offer the Levites before Jehovah for a "wave-offering, ''on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Jeho- vah. 1 2 And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks : and offer thou the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, unto Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites. 1 3 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a waA^e-offering unto Jehovah. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel ; and ^ the Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that shall 3 Or, settest up * Or, set up 5 Or, turned 6 Heb. wave, and in ver. 13, 16, 21. i Or, from 8.16 NUMBEES 9.14 Pnrifiration of the Levites. Law respecting the Keeping of the Passover the Levites go in to do the service of the tent of meeting : and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave-offering. 16 For they are " wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; 'in- stead of all that openeth the womb, even the first-born of all the chil- dren of Israel, have I taken them unto me. 17 For all the first-born arnong the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast : on the clay that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. 18 And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the child i-en of Israel. 19 And I have given the Levites as ^ a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel ; that thei'e be no "plague among the children of Israel, "when the chil- dren of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. 20 Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Le- vites : according unto all that Je- hovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. 21 ''And the Levites purified themselves fx'om sin, and thej^ washed their clothes ; and Aaron offered them for a wave- offering before Jehovah ; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of raeeting before Aaron, and before his sons : as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. 23 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 24 This is that which belongeth unto the Levites : from "twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in ^to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting : 25 and fi'om the age of fifty years they shall ** cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more, 26 but shall minister with their brethren in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges. 1 Heb. Nethiinim. given. 2 Or, throvrih thr rliildrnn of hraet coming nigh 3 Heb. in ii'dr the wnrfare in the work. * Heb. return J ram the war/are of the work. ' ch. 3. 9 ■ Ex. 13. 2 ■ ch. 1. 53 ' ver. 7 ' ch. 4. 3 ch. 1. 1 ; Ex. 40. 2, 17 Ex. 12. 6 I ch. 19. 11- 22 : Ex. 18. 16 : Jn. 19. 36 ; Ex. 12. 46 ' Ex, 12, ' 141 9 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in ■'^the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 2 Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in " its appointed season. 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, *at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season.: accord- ing to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it. 4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. 5 And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, ^at even, in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that Jehovah com- manded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 6 And there were cer- tain men, who were ''unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that thejr could not keep the passover on that day : and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that daj^ : 7 and those men said unto him. We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel 1 8 And Moses said unto them, 'Staj^ye, that I may hear what Jehovah will com- mand concerning you. 9 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saj'ing, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah. 11 In the second month on the fourteenth day ®at even they shall keep it ; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs : 12 they shall leave none of it unto the morning, * nor break a bone thereof : according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it. 13 'jBut the man that is clean, and is not on a jour- ney, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people ; because he offered not the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. 1 4 ™ And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah ; according to the statute of the 5 Heb. between the two evenings. 9.15 NUMBEES 10.18 The Cloud upon the Tabernacle. The Silver Trumpets. The Tribes march from Sinai. The Order of the March passover, and according to the or- dinance thereof, so shall he do : ye shall have "one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land. 15 And on *the day that the tabernacle was reared up "the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the ** tent of the testimony : and *at even it was upon the taber- nacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning. 16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 ■''And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed : and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped. 18 At the commandment of Jehovah the chil- dren of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of Jehovah they en- camped : as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they remained encamped. 1 9 And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not. 20 And sometimes the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle ; then according to the commandment of Jehovah thej?^ re- mained encamped, and according to the commandment of Jehovah they journeyed. 21 And some- times the cloud was from evening until morning ; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed : or if it continued by day and by night, \vhen the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. 22 Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abid- ing thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not ; but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 23 At the command- ment of Jehovah they encamped, and at the commandment of Jeho- vah they journeyed : they kept the charge of Jehovah, at the command- ment of Jehovah by Moses. ■i f\ And Jehovah spake unto JL\J Moses, saying, 2 Make thee two trumpets of silver ; of ^ beaten work shalt thou make them : and thou shalt use them for the calling of the congregation, and for the joui-neying of the camps. 3 And when they shall blow them, all the congregation shall gather them- 1 Or, turned " ch. 15. 15, 16, 29; Ex. 12. 49 ; Lev. 24. 22 b Ex. 40. 2, 17 " Ex. 40. 34 d ch. 17. 7 " Ex. 13. 21, 22 /ch. 10. n, 12 ; Ex. 40. 36-38 0 ver. 14 '' ver. 18 ! ch. 31. 6 * Ps. 81. 3-5 ' Ex. 40. 17 ' Dt. 1. 6 " ch. 2. 3-9 0 ch. 4. 21-32 P ch. 2. 10-10 142 selves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting. 4 And if they blow but one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. 5 And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie ^on the east side shall take their journey. 6 And when ye blow an alarm the second time, the camps that lie on '^ the south side shall take their journey : they shall blow an alai'm for their journeys. 7 But when the assem- bly is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. 8 ' And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets; and the j?^ shall be to you for a statute for ever throughout your generations. 9 And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets- and ye shall be remem- berecf before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. 10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, *ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt-offer- ings, and over the sacrifices of your peace-offerings; and they shall be to you for a memorial be- fore your God : I am Jehovah your God. 1 1 And it came to pass in ' the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testi- mony. 12 And the children of Israel _ set forward according to their journeys out of the wilder- ness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran. 13 '"And they first took their journey accord- ing to the commandment of Jeho- vah by Moses. 14 "And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward according to their hosts : and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. 15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethanel the son ' of Zuar. 16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebu- lun was Eliab the son of Helon. 17 "And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Ger- shon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward. 18 ^And the standard of the camp 10.19 NUMBERS 11.12 Hobab invited to go with the People. The Departure. The People mnrmur, and grieve Hoses of Reuben set forward according to their hosts : and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. 1 9 And over the host of the tribe- of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. 20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 21 "And the Kohathites set for- ward, bearing the sanctuary: and * the others did set up the tabernacle against their coming. 22 ""And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their hosts : and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. 23 Antl over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. 25 ''And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the " rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts : and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 26 And over- the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Och- ran. 27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. 28 Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts; and they set forward. 29 And Moses said unto -^Hobab, the son of "Eeuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are jour- neying vinto the place of which Je- hovah said, '' I will give it you : 'come thou with us, and we will do thee good ; for Jehovah * hath spoken good concerning Israel. 30 And he said unto him, ' I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 And he said. Leave us not, I pray thee ; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wil- derness, and thou shalt- be to us instead of eyes. 32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that '"what good soever Jehovah shall do unto us, " the same will we do unto thee. 33 "And they set forward from the mount of Jehovah three days' journey ; and ^ the ark of the cove- nant of Jehovah went before them three days' journey, to seek out * a resting-place for them. 34 '"And " ch. 4. 4-20 '' ver. 17 <^ ch. 2. 18-24 d ch. 2. 25-31 "Josh. e. 9, 13 /Judg. 4. 11 "Ex. 2. 18; 3. 1 ; 18. 12 '' Gen. 12. 7 ; Ex. G. 4-8 ' Pa. 9.5. 1-7 ; 100. 1-5 «-■ Dt. 4. 40 ; 30. 5 ' Mt. 21. 28, 29 ; Judg. 1. 16 ™ Ps. 22. 27- 31 ; 67. 6-7 " Lev. 19. 34 ; Dt. 10. 18 " ver. 11 V Dt. 1. 33 « Is. 11. 10 '■ ch. 9. 16-23 »Ps. 68. 1,2; Is. 17. 12-14 « Dt. 7. 10 ; 32. 41 " Is. 63. 17 " Dt. 1. 10 ^ ch. 14. 2 ; 16. 11 ; 17. 5 y ver. 18 ; ch. 14. 28 ' ch. 12, 11, 13; 21. 7 " Dt. 9. 22 o Ex. 12. 38 ; 1 Cor. 10. 6 " Ps. 78. 20 Ex. 5. 21 ; 14. 11 ; 16. 24 ; 16. 2 ; 17. 2, 3 ; 32. 1 ; Num. 11. 1, 4; 12. 1 ; 14. 2 ft ch. 20. 65 ; 32. 11 ' ver. 7-9 k ch. 26. 65 ; 32. 12 ; Dt. 1. 36 ; Josh. 14. 6-15 ' ch. 13. 29 "' ch. 11. 1 " ver. 21 " ver. 2 ; Dt. 2. 14, 15 ; Heb. 3. 17 P ch. 1. 45, 46 « ver. 24 "■ ver. 3 ' ch. 26. 64, 65 ; 32. 13 ; 1 Cor. 10. 5 < Dt. 2. 7 ; 8. 2, 4 ; 29. 6 " ch. 13. 4-16, 32 " ch. 16. 49 " Ex. 33. 4 147 that ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected. 32 ' But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall be " wanderers in the wilderness ' forty years, and shall bear your whoi^e- doms, until your dead bodies be consumed in the wilderness. 34r After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty days, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know ^ my alienation. 35 I, Jehovah, have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that ai"e gathered together against me : in this wilderness they shall be con- sumed, and there they shall die. 36 "And the men, whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who re- turned, and made all the congre- gation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land, 37 even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the "plague before Jehovah. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land. 39 And Moses told these words unto all the children of Israel : and ^the people mourned greatly. 40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, *Lo, we are here, and will go up unto the place which Jehovah hath promised : for we have sinned. 41 And Moses said. Wherefore now do ye transgress the com- mandment of Jehovah, seeing it shall not prosper "? 42 Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you ; that ye be not_ smitten down before your enemies. 43 For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword : because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you. 44 But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain : nevertheless Hne ark of the covenant of Jeho- vah, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amale- kite came down, and the Canaanits who dwelt in that mountain, and 2 Heb. shepherds. 3 Or, the revoking of my promise 1S.1 NUMBERS 15.29 Law concerning Meal-offerings and Drink-offerings; Offerings for Sins of Ignorance smote them and beat them down, even unto " Hormah. •i pT And Jehovah spake unto A-fJ Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the childi'en of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, 3 and will make an offering by lire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice. Ho accomplish a vow, or as a freewill- offering, or in your * set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock ; 4 " then shall he that offereth his oblation offer unto Jehovah a meal-offering of a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil : 5 and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for ''ea.ch lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal-offer- ing two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil : 7 and for the drink-offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 8 And when thou preparest * a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, ^ to accomplish a vow, or for peace- offerings unto Jehovah ; 9 then shall he offer with the bullock a meal-offering of three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil : 10 and thou shalt offer for the drink-offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 1 1 Thus shall it be done for each bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids. 12 According to the num- ber that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. 13 All that are home-born shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever may be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah ; as ye do, so he shall do. 15 For the assembly, there shall be -^one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, a statute for ever throughout your 1 Or, in mciking a special vow " ch. 21. 3 b Lev. 23. 1- 44 " ch. 28. 1-29. 40 d ver. 11 ; Lev. 1. 10 ; 3. 6 ' Lev. 1. 3 ; 3. 1 / ver. 29 ; ch. 9. 14 s' Ex. 34. 26 ; Lev. 23. 14 A Dt. 14. 22, 23 ; 16. 13 i Lev. 4. 2, 22, 27 ; 5. 15, 18 * ver. 8-10 ' ver. 24 148 generations : as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah. 16 One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stra,nger that sojourneth with you. 17 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 18 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19 then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up a heave-offering unto Jehovah. 20 "Of the first of your '^ dough ye shall offer up a cake for a heave- offering : as '' the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your genei'ations. 22 And when ye shall err, and not observe all these command- ments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses, 23 even all that Je- hovah hath .commanded you by Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations ; 24 then it shall be, if it be done ^'un- wittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah, *with the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof, according to the oi'dinance, and one he-goat for a sin-offering. 25 And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven ; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah, and their sin-offering before Jehovah, for their error : 26 and all the con- gregation of the children of Isi'ael shall be forgiven, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done ' unwittingly. 27 And if one person sin unwit- tingly, then he shall offer a she- goat a year old for a sin-offering. 28 And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, be- fore Jehovah, to make atonement for him ; and he shall be forgiven. 29 Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the 2 Or, coarse meal 3 Or, in error 15.30 NUMBERS lb. lb Sabbath-breaking- punished. Fringes prescribed. Korah's Rebellion children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 30 But the soul that doeth aught with "a high hand, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, the same blasphemeth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut oif from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his command- ment, that soul shall utterly be cut oif; his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, thej^ found a man * gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congrega- tion. 34 And they put him in vvard, *" because it had not been de- clared what should be done to him. 35 And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death : f all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. 36 And all the congrega- tion brought him without the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Jehovah com- manded Moses. 37 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 38 (Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them ^"fringes in the borders of their gar- ments throughout their genera- tions, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue : 39 and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and ■'^ remember all the com- mandments of Jehovah, and do them ; and that ye '^ follow not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to play the harlot ; 40 that ye may I'emember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am Jehovah your God. 1 f\ Now ^Korah, the son of J-VJ Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with '' Dathan ana Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men : 2 and they rose up be- fore Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congrega- tion, * called to the assembly, men of renown; 3 and they assembled 'Oi, tassels in the comers 2 Heb. spy not out. " ch. 14. 40- 44 ; Dt. 1. 43; 17. 12, 13 * Ex. 31. 14, 15 ; 35. 2, 3 « ch. 9. 8 ii Lev. 20. 2, 27 ; 24. 14- 23; Dt. 21. 21 'Dt. 22. 12; Mt. 23. 6 /Dt. 4. 23;6. 12; 8. 11, 14, 19 9 Ex, 6. 21 ; Jude 11 '' ch. 26. 9 ; Dt. 11. 6 'ch. 1. 10; 26. 9 *ch. 12. 2; Ps. 106. 16 ' ver. 7 "' ch. 5. 3 " ch. 14. 5 " Lev. 10. 3 ; Ps. 65. 4 P ch. 17. 6, 8 9 ver. 3 •■ ch. 3. 6, 9 ' ch. 3. 10 ; 18. 1-7 t Ex. 16. 7 " 1 Cor. 10. 10 "ch. 11. 4-6; Ex. 16. 3 * ch. 14. 2, 3 y ch. 13. 27 ; 14. 8 ' ch. 20. 5 ; Ex. 22. 6 ; 23. 11 " Judg. 16. 21 ; 1 S. 11. ' Gen. 4. 4, ■ 1 S. 12. 3 themselves together * against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, ^'Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and '"Je- hovah is among them : wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of J ehovah 'I 4 And when Moses heard it, " he fell upon his face : 5 and he spake unto Korah and unto all his com- pany, saying. In tlie morning Jeho- vah will show who are his, and "who is holy, and ''will cause him to come near unto him : even ^him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do : take you censers, Korah, and all his company ; 7 and put lire in them, and put incense upon them before Jehovah to-morrow : and it shall be that the man whom Jeho- vah doth choose, he shall be holy : «ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of _ Levi : 9 seemeth it hut a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, ''to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of Jeho- vah, and to stand before the con- gregation to minister unto them ; 10 and that he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and *seek ye the priesthood also 1 11 Therefore thou and all thj'^ cornpany are gathered together 'against Jeho- vah : and Aaron, what is he that "ye murmur against him"? 1 2 And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab ; and they said. We will not come up: 13 is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a " land flowing with milk and honey, ""to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over usl 14 Moreover thou hast not brought us ^/into a land flowing with iiiilk and honey, nor given us inheritance of 'fields and vineyards : wilt thou ^ " put out the eyes of these men 1 we will not come up. 15 And Moses was very wroth, and .said unto Jehovah, * Respect not thou their oivering : " I have not taken one ass from them, 3 Heb. It is enough for you. * Or, v-hom he will cause to come near s Heb. bore out. 149 16.16 NUMBEilS 16.45 Korali's Rebellion. The Rebels pnnished. Use made of the Rebels' Censers. The People complain neither have I hurt one of them. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy comnany be- fore Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow : 17 and take ye every man his censer, and put in- cense upon them, and bring ye before Jehovah every man his cen- ser, two hundred ancl fifty censers ; thou also, and Aaron, each his censer. _ 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Korah assembled all the congregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting : and ""the glory of Jehovah appeared unto all the congregation. 20 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 21 * Separate yourselves from among this congregation, "that I may consume them in a moment. 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, "^the God of the spirits of all flesh, ''shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation 1 23 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, ■''Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 2.5 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram ; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congre- gation, saying. Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, "lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they ga^t them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side : and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and ''their sons, and their little ones. 28 And Moses said. Hereby ye shall know that 'Jehovah hath sent me to do all these v/orks ; for / have not c^on^e ^/iem of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men ; then Jehovah hath not sent me. 30 But if Jehovah ^ make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into Sheol ; 1 Heb. create a creation. " ver. 42; 14. 10 ; 20. 6 6 ver. 45 ' Ex. 32. 10, 12 rf ch. 27. 16 « Gen. 18. 23-32 ; Lev. 4. 3 /ver. 4.') 'J Gen. 19. 16, 17 1^ ch. 26. 11 ' Ex. 3. 12- 15 ; 4. 12, 15 *ch. 26. 10; Dt. 11. 6; Ps. 106. 17 ' ch. 26. 11 'ch. 11. 1-3; 26. 10 *[Ch. xvii. 1 in Ileb.J "ch. 1.51 P Ex. 30. 7-10 « ver. 3 ?er. 21, 24 150 then ye shall understand that these men have despised Jehovah. 31 And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asun- der that was under them ; 32 and *the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed tnem up, and their households, and 'all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol : and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the crj'^ of them ; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. 3.5 ™And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the " two hundred and fifty men that oifered the incense. *36 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Elea- zar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder ; for they are holy, 38 even the censers of "these sin- ners against their own ^ lives ; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar : for they ofiered them before Jehovah ; there- fore they are holy ; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered ; and they beat them out for a cov- ering of the altar, 40 to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that " no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near ^ to bvirn incense before Jehovah ; that he be not as Korah, and as his company : as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses. 41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Is- rael * murmui-ed against Moses and against Aaron, saying. Ye have killed the people of Jehovah. 42 And it came to pass, when the con- gregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and *" the glory of Jeho- vah appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. 44 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 45 *Get you 2 Or, these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives ^ Or, soxUs 16. 4G NUMBERS 18.8 1 Flagoe is sent. Aaron's Rod bads. Duties of tbo Tricsts and of tlie Levites up from among this congregation, tnat I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and " make atonement for them : for * there is wrath gone out from Jehovah ; the plague is begun. 47 And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly ; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people : " and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living ; and the plague was stayed. 49 '^Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them^ that "died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting : and the plague was stayed. *1 ^ "^"^^ Jehovah spake unto JL f _ Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes accord- ing to their fathers houses, twelve rods : write thou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi ; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before •''the testimony, where I meet with you. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the rod of ''the man whom I shall choose shall bud : and I will make to cease from me the mur- mu rings of the children of Israel, which they miirmur against you. 6 And Moses spake unto the chil- dren of Israel ; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods : and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in '• the tent of the testimony. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony ; and, behold, ' the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put foi-th buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods from be- « Ch. 25. 13 (■ch. 18. 5; Dt. 9. 22 <^ ch. 25. 7, 8, 13 rf ch. 25. 9 " ver. 32, 35 / ver. 7 ; Ex. 26. 16, 21, V ch. 16. 5 A ch. 1. 50, 63 ; 9. 15 ' Heb. 9. 4 * ver. 4 ' Dt. 9. 7, 24 ™ Is. 6. 5 " ch. 1. 51 0 Ex. 28. 38 ; Lev. 10. 17 ; 22. 16 *[Ch. xvii. 16 in Heb.] P ch. 3. 5-10 1 ch. 4. 15-20 '■ ver. 7 ; ch. 1. 61 » ch. 16. 46 < ch. 3. 9 " Ex. 29, 9 " ver. 20 ; Dt. 18. 2 ; Mt. 10. 8; 1 Pet. 6. 2, 3 ^ ch. 1. 51 151 fore Jehovah unto all the children of Israel : and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 And Jehovah said vmto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron '' before the testi- mony, to be kept for a token against the 'chilcfren of rebellion ; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not. 1 1 Thus did Moses : as Jehovah commanded him, so did he. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, *" Be- hold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 13 "Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Je- hovah, Mieth : shall we perish all of us '? ■i O And Jehovah said unto -LO Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall "bear the iniquity of the sanctuary ; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. 2 And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be ^'.joined unto thee, and minister unto thee : but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent : only « they shall not come nigh unto the ves- sels of the sanctuary and unto ""the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye. 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent : and a str-anger shall not come nigh unto you. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanc- tuary, and the charge of the altar ; ■' that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the chil- dren of Israel : to you they are 'a gift, given unto Jehovah, to do the service of the tent of meeting. 7 And thou and thy sons with thee shall "keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil ; and ye shall serve : I give you the priest- hood as "a service of gift : and ""the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 8 And Jehovah spake untc 1 Or, shall die 18.9 NUMBERS 18.30 The Priests ''Portion of the Holy Things. The Tithes for the levites. The Heave-offering of the Tithes Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my "heave- offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Israel ; unto thee have I given them ^by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a portion for ever. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire : every oblation of theirs, even * every meatoffering of theirs, and every ''sin-offering of_ theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. 10 As the most holy things shalt thon eat thereof ; every male shall eat thereof : it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this is thine: ''the heave- offering of their gift, even all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel ; I have ^ given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever ; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. 12 •'"All the '^best of the oil, and all the "best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give unto Jeho- vah, to thee have I given them. 13 /The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto Jehovah, shall be thine ; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. 14'' Every- thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 15 'Everything that open- eth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast shall be thine : nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 16 ^ And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, ac- cording to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). 1 7 But the first- ling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem ; they are holy : thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar^ and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor unto Jehovah. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right 1 Or, for a portion 2 Heb. fat. 3 Or, And oi to their redemption money, from a month old shalt thou redeem them " Lev. 7. 28- 34 b Lev. 2. 1-16 " Lev. 6. 30 d ver. 1 ; Dt. 18. 3 " Lev. 22. 1- 16 / Dt. 18. 4 ; 32. 14 ; Ps. 81. 16 ; 147. 14 ^ Ex. 22. 29 ; 23. 19 ; 34. 26 '' Lev. 27. 1- 33 i ch. 3. 46 ; Ex. 13. 13, 15 ^' ver. 11 ' 2 Chr. 13. 5 "' Dt. 10. 9 ; 12. 12 ; 14. 27,29 "Dt. 18. 2; Josh. 13. 33; Ezek. 44. 28 ° Lev. 27. 30- 33 P ch. 1. 61 9 ver. 1 ' ver. 21 « Neh. 10. 38 thigh, it shall be thine, 19 * All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Is- rael offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy aughters with thee, as a portion for ever : it is ' a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee. 20 And Jehovah said unto Aaron, ™ Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them : " I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 2 1 And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the * tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting. 22 And henceforth ^the childi^en of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of rneeting, lest they bear sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall *bear their iniquity : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations ; and among the chil- dren of Israel '"they shall have no inheritance. 24 For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering unto Je- hovah, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance : therefore I have said unto them. Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. 25 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel "the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up a heave-offering of it for Jehovan, a * tithe of the tithe. 27 And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the grain of the threshing- floor, and as the fulness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave-offering unto Jeho- vah of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel ; and thereof ye shall give Jeho- vah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of Jehovah, of all the ^best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them. When ye heave the ^ beat thereof from it, then ii shall 153 18.31 NUMBERS 19.22 Pnriflcation of the Unclean with the Ashes of a Red Heifer be reckoned unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the wine- press. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your house- holds : for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting. 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the ^best thereof : and ye shall not " pro- fane the holy things of the chil- dren of Israel, ^ that ye die not. ■i (Jk And Jehovah spake unto _L t/ Moses and unto Aaron, say- ing, 2 This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath com- manded, saying. Speak unto the children of Israel, tnat they bring thee a red heifer ^* without spot, wherein is no blemish, and " upon which never came yoke. 3 And ye shall give her unto ''Eleazar the priest, and he shall ''bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face : 4 and Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and ■''sprinkle of her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight ; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn : 6 and the Kriest shall take " cedar-wood, and yssop, and scarlet, and cast it into tlie midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest ''shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be un- clean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in Avater, and shall be unclean un- til the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up with- out the camp in a clean place ; and it shall be kept for the congrega- tion of the children of Israel for a * water for impurity : it is a sin- offering. 10 And he that gather- eth the ashes of the heifer ''shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 'He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean iHeb./ae. 2 Or, neither shall ye die 3 Or, perfect "■ Lev. 22. 16, 16 b Lev. 22. 20-26 ' Dt. 21. 3 Ex. 17. 1 ■= Ex. 17. 2 d ch. 14. 2. 3 ^ ch. 16. 31- 35 /ch. 16. 14 y Ex. 4. 17, 20 ; 17. 6, 6 ft Ps. 78. 16 ; Is. 48. 21 ; 1 Cor. 10. 4 » ver. 24 ; ch. 27. 14 ; Dt. 1. 37 ; 3. 26, 27 fc Ex. 17. 7 'Gen. 36.31- 39 ; Dt. 2. 4 "* Josh. 2. 9. 10 ; 9. 9, 10, 24 " Ex. 14. 19 ' ch. 24. 18 •P Ex. 12. 38 0 Judg. 11. 17 "■ Dt. 2. 8 • ver. 1, 14 t ch. 33. 37 " Gen. 25. 8 " ver. 5, 10 * ch. 3. 4 • ch. 33. 38 ; Dt. 10. 6 ; 32. 60 154 Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou '"knowest all the trav- ail that hath befallen us : 1 5 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time ; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and our fathers : 16 and when we cried unto Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent " an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy bor- der. 1 7 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land : we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the welLs ; we will go along the king's highway ; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have pa.ssed thy border. 18 And "Edom said unto him. Thou shalt not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against thee. 19 And the children of Israel said unto him. We will go up by the highway ; and if we drink of thy water, I and -^rny cattle, then will I give the price thereof: let me only, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet. 20 And he said. Thou shalt not pass through. And Edoni came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. 21 *Thus Edom re- fused to give Israel passage through his border : '' wherefore Israel turned away from him. 22 And they journeyed from * Ka- desh : and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto mount Hor. 23 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in 'mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be " gathered unto his people ; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the chil- dren of Israel, because '' ye rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and ^Elea- zar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: 26 and sti"ip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son : and Aaron shall be * gathered unto his people, and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded : and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his gar- naents, and put them upon Eleazar his son ; and ^ Aaron died there on the top of the mount : and Moses 20.29 NUMBERS 21.25 Arad conquered. The Fiery Serpents and the Brazen Serpent. The Journeys itoni Oboth to Pisgah. Sihon smitten and Eleazar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the con- gregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. O "I And the Canaanite, the ^ _L king of "Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way ^ of Atharim ; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed de- liver this people into my hand, then I will ^utterly destroy their cities. 3 And Jehovah hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites ; and they ^ ut- terly destroyed them and their cities : and the name of the place was called ■** Hormah. 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor bj'^ the way to the Ked Sea, to " compass the land of Edom : and the soul of the people ""was much discouraged "because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, "* Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilder- ness'? for tnere is no bread, and there is no water ; and " our soul loatheth this "^ light bread. 6 -^And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and '■> they bit the peo- ple ; and ''much people of Israel died. 7 'And the people came to Moses, and said. We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses grayed for the people. 8 And Je- ovah said unto Moses, Make thee a ''fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a 'serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard : and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived. 10 ™And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth. 1 1 And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at lye-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. 12 "From thence they journeyed, and ^ Or, 'of the spies -Heh. devote. ^Heh. devoted. _*From the same root as herem, a devoted thing. 5 Or, was impatient Heb. loas shortened. * Or, in 7 Or, vile " ch. 33. 40 ; Josh. 12. 14 ; Judg. 1. 16 <> ch. 14. 45 « Dt. 2. 8 rf ch. 14. 2, 3 ''ch. 11. 6 /Dt. 8. 15 ^ Jer. 8. 17 '' 1 Cor. 10. 9 ' ch. 11. 2 * Is. 14. 29 ; 30. 6 ; Jn. 3. 14 ' 2 K. 18. 4 ; Jn. 3. 14, 15 "' ch. 33. 43, 44 ' ver. 28 ; Dt. 2. 9, 18, P ch. 33. 46- 49 1 Dt. 2. 26-37 ' ch. 20. 16, 17 « ch. 20. 21 ( Dt. 2. 32 " Dt. 2. 37 155 encamped in the valley of Zered. 13 From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilder- ness, that Cometh out of the bor- der of the Amorites : for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 1 4 Where- fore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb '^in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon, 1 5 And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of °Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab. 16 ^And from thence theij jour- neyed to ® Beer : that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 Then sang Israel this song : Spring up, O well ; sing ye unto it : 18 The well, which the princes digged. Which the nobles of the people delved, ^"With the sceptre, and with their staves. And fr-om the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah ; 19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel ; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth ; 20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon " the desert. 21 *And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 ''Let me pass through thy land : we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard ; we will not drink of the water of the wells : we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed thy border. 23 * And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border : but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilder- ness, and came to ' Jahaz ; and he fought against Israel. 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon ; for the "border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Is- rael took all these cities: and "Israel dwelt in all the cities of 8 Or, in storm s That is, A well. 10 Or, By order of the law-giver n Or, Jeshimon 21. 26 NUMBERS 22.15 Sihon and Og smitten. Balak sends for Balaam the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the Howns thereof. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say. Come ye to Heshbon ; Let the city of Sihon be built and established : 28 "For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A fiame from the city of Sihon : It hath devoured *Ar of Moab, The lords of ''"the high places of the Arnon. 29 ''Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of " Chemosh : He hath given his -^sons as fugitives. And his ^ daughters into cap- tivity. Unto Sihon king of the Amo- rites. 30 We have shot at them ; Hesh- bon is perished even unto '' Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, Which reacheth unto Medeba. 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out ' Jazer ; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. 33 *And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his peo- ple, to battle at Edrei. 34 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Fear him not : for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land ; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining : and they pos- sessed his land. 1 ' And the chil- r) O dren of Israel journeyed, ^ ^ and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jexncho. 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 ™ And Moab was 1 Heb. daughters. 2 Or, Bamoth " Jer. 48. 45 t> ver. 15 <^ ch. 22. 41 ; Is. 15. 2 ; 16. 12 d Jer. 48. 46 •^ Judg. 11. 24; iK. 11. 33 ; 2 K. 23. 13 /Is. 15. 5 " Is. 16. 2 ft Cb. 32. 3, 34 ' ch. 32. 1,;3, 35 *: Dt. 3. 1-7 ' ch. 33. 48, 49 "' Ex. 16. 15 " ch. 25. IS- IS; 31. 1-3 ° Josh. 24. 9 P ch. 23. 7 ; Dt. 23. 4 5 ver. 17 ; ch. 23. 7, 8 'ver. 12; ch. 24.9 * ch. 23. 23 ; 24. 1 ; Josh. 13. 22 « ch. 23. 24. 9 156 sore afraid of the people, because they were many : and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of " Midian, Now will ^ this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab au that time. 5 "And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to^Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt : behold, they cover the ^face of the earth, and they abide over against me. 6 *Come now therefore, I pray thee, *■ curse me this people ; for they ai'e too mighty for me : per- adventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land ; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of INIoab and the elders of ilidian departed with the leewards of * divination in their hand ; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he said unto them. Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Jehovah snail speak unto me : and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 And God came unto Balaam, and said. What men are these with theel 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 1 1 Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the ''face of the earth : now, come curse me them ; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them ; ' thou shalt not curse the people ; for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land ; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. 15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honor- 3 Heb. the ossenMy. * Heb. eye. 22.16 NUMBEKS 23.1 Balaam and his Ass meet the Angol of Jehovah. The Angel's Message. Balak meets Balaam able than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zip- Eor, Let nothing, I pray thee, inder thee from coming unto me : 1 7 for I will i)romote thee unto very great honor, and what- soever thou sayest unto me 1 will do : " come therefore, 1 pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, ''If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go be- yond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more. 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him. If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them ; but ''only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 f And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of INIoab. 22 And God's anger was kindled because he went : and the angel of Jehovah placed himself in the way for an adver-sary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, witli his sword drawn in his hand ; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field : and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 Then the angel of Jehovah stood in a narrow path between the vine- yards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 2.5 And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall : and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of .Jehovah went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to tlie right hand or to the left. 27 And the ass saw the angel of .Tehovah, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff. 28 And 'Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times'? 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked " ver. G >> vur. :i8 ; ch. 24. 13 "^ ver. :<;'): ch. 23. 5, Vi, IG, 2G J 24. 13 rf 2 Pet. 2. 15 « 2 Pet. 2. 10 /Josh. 6. 13- 16 f ch. 14. 40 ft ver. 20 .* ch. 21. 28 ' ch. 23. 13 157 me : I would there were a sword in my hand, for now 1 had killed thee. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this dayl was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said. Nay. 31 Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw -'^the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand ; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. 32 And the angel of Jehovah said unto him. Wherefore liast thou smitten thine ass these three times "? be- hold, I am come forth for an adver- sary, becaus(^ thy way is ^ perverse before me : 33 and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times : unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of Jehovah, " I have sinned ; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me : now thei-efore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. 35 And the angel of Jeho- vah said unto Balaam, Go with the men; but ''only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Ar- non, which is in the utmost part of the border. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto tliee to call thee? where- fore earnest thou not unto me 1 am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor'? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee : ' have I now any power at all to speak anything 1 the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam went ^vith Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth. 40 And Ba- lak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him uj) into -* the high places of Baal ; and he saw from thence the 'utmost part of the peo- O O pie. 1 And Balaam said unto ^ O Balak, Build me here seven 1 Heb. headlong. * Or, Bamoth-baal 23.2 NUMBERS 23.20 Balaam's First Prophecy. His Second Prophecy altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks ana seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken ; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offei'ing, and I will go : peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me ; and what- soever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height. 4 And God met Balaam : and he said unto him, I have pre- pared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on ever j^ altar. 5 And Jehovah "put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Beturn unto Balak, and thus thou shalt spe;ak. 6 And he re- turned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he *took up his parable, and said. From ''Aram bath Balak brought me. The king of Moab from the mountains of the East : ^ Come, curse me Jacob, And come, ' defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, " whom God hath not cursed 1 And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied"? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him : Lo, it is a people that-'^dwelleth alone. And shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 ^Who can count the dust of Jacob, ^ Or number the fourth part of Israel % Let ^me die the * death of the righteous. And let my 'last end be like his! II And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me *? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 12 And he answered and said. Must I not take heed to speak * that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth 1 13 And Balak said unto him. Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them ; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and 1 Heb. he wroth against. 2 Heb. Or, by number, the &c. s jjeb. iry soul. ° ch. 22. 20, 35 ; Dt. 18. 18; Is. 51. IG; Jer. 1. 9 * ch. 24. 3, 15, 20, 23 ; Job 27. 1 ; 29. 1 ; Ps. 78. 2 ; Is. 14. 4 ; Mic. 2. 4 ; Hab. 2. 6 " ch. 22. 5 ; Dt. 23. 4 d ch. 22. 6 " ch. 22. 12 / Ex. 33. 16 ; Dt. 32. 8 ; 33. 28 " Gen. 13. 16 ; 28. 14 '' Is. 67. 1 ' Ps. 37. 37 *; ch. 22. 20 ™ 1 S. 15. 29; Mai. 3. 6 ; Rom. 11. 29; Tit. 1. 2 ; Heb. 6. 18; Jas. 1. 17 " Is. 40. 8 ; 55. 11 " Is. 43. 13 P Ps. 32. 2, 5 ; 85. 2 9 Is. 33. 21 ; 40. 2; Jer. 50. 20 »■ Ex. 29. 45, 46 ; Lev. 26. 12 ; Zech. 2. 10 ' Dt. 33. 5 ; Ps. 89. 15- 18 « ch. 24. 8 " ch. 22. 7 ; 24. i; Josh. 13. 22 " Gen. 49. 9 ; Mic. 6. 8 shalt not see them all : and curse me them from thence. 1 4 And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. 1 5 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jeho- vah yonder. 1 6 And Jehovah met Balaam, and 'put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. 17 And he came to him, and, to, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of !Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken 'i 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear ; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor : 19 "'God is not a man, that he should lie. Neither the son of man, that he ' should repent : " Hath he said, and will he not do it 'i Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good 'i 20 Behold, I have received com mandment to bless : And he hath blessed, and " 1 cannot reverse it. 21 * He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob ; « Neither hath he seen * perverse ness in Israel : '■Jehovah his God is with him. And the shout of a *king is among them. 22 'God bringeth them forth out of EgyiDt ; He hath as it were the ' strength of the ^ wild-ox. 23 Surely there is no "enchant- ment ^ with Jacob ; Neither is there any divination "^ with Israel : ^ Now shall it be ^ said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought ! 24 Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness. And as a " lion doth he lift him- self up : He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey. And drink the blood of the slain. 25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam an- * Or, trouble ^ Or, horns s Or, ox-antelope Heb. reem. 7 Or, against 8 Or, At the due season s Or, told to . . . what God hath wrouoht 158 23. 27 NUMBERS 24. 19 Balaam's Third Prophecy. His Foarth Prophecy swered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, " All that Jeho- vah speaketh, that I must do'? 27 And Ealak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place ; perad venture it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon Hhe desert. 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. O /I 1 And when Balaam saw ^Tl that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with '' enchant- ments, but he set his face toward the "^ wilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Is- rael dwelling according to their tribes ; and ^ the Spirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his parable, and said, * Balaam the son of Beor saith. And the man whose eye "^was closed saith ; 4 He saith, who -^heareth the words of God, Who seeth the ^vision of tii-^ Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open : 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel ! 6 As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side. As ''lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted. As 'cedar-trees beside the waters. 7 Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters. And his king shall be higher than '' Agag,_ And ' his kingdom shall be exalted. 8 *" God bringeth him forth out of Egypt ; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox : He shall " eat up the nations his adversaries. And shall break their bones in pieces, _ And "smite them through with his arrows. I Or, Jeshimon ^ Or, is opened " ch. 22. IS i> ch. 22. 7 ; 23. 23 " ch. 23. 28 ('ch. 11. 26 " ver. 16, 16 /ch. 22. 20 "ch. 12. 6; Gen. 16. 1 '' Ps. 45. 8 * Ps. 1. 3 '- ver. 20 ; 1 S. 15. 8 ' 2 S. 6. 12 ; 1 Chr. 14. 2 "' ch. 23. 22 " ch. 23. 24 ; Ps. 2. 9 " Ps. 45. 5 P ch. 23. 24 ; Gen. 49. 9 9 Gen. 12. 3 ; 27.29 '' ch. 22. 18 ' ch. 16. 28 t ch. 22. 20 "ch. 31. 8, 10; Josh. 13. 22 y 2 S s 2; 1 Chr. IS. 2 ' Gen. 27. 29 ; 2 S. 8. 14 ; Ps. 60. 8 ; Am. 9. 11, 12 " Gen. 32. 3 6 Gen. 49. 10; Mic. 6. 2 9 He ^ couched, he lay down as a lion. And as a lioness ; who shall rouse him up 1 « Blessed be every one that bless- eth thee. And cursed be every one that curseth thee. 10 And Balak's anger was kin- dled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place : I thought to promote thee unto great honor ; but, lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honor. 12 And. Balaam said unto Balak, *■ Spake I not also to thy messen- gers that thou sentest unto me, saying, 13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad *of mine own mind; 'what Jeho- vah speaketh, that will I speak 1 14 And now, behold, "I go unto my people: come, a7id I will adver- tise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days, 15 And he took up his parable, and said, " Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye "was closed saith ; 16 He saith, who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open : 17 1 see him, but not now ; I behold him, but not nigh : There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a ^ sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall 2' smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons ^of tumult. 18 And ''Edom shall be a possession, "Seiralso shall be a possession, tvho were his enemies ; While Israel doeth valiantly. 19 And *out of Jacob shall one have dominion. And shall destroy the remnant from the city. ^Ox.ofSheth 1^9 24.20 NUMBERS 26.4 Balaam's Fourth Propliecy . The Sin of Peor and the Zeal of Phinehas, The People nQiuber.ed 20 And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations ; But his latter end shall "come to destruction. 21 And he looked on the *Kenite, and took up his parable, and said. Strong is thy dwelling-place. And thy nest is set in the rock. 22 Nevertheless ^ Kain shall be wasted, ^ Until '-■ Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God ^ doeth this 1 24 But ships shall come from the coast of ^ Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict ^ Eber ; And he also shall -^come to destruction. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to f his place ; and Balak also went his way. O pf And Israel abode in j^ tJ '' Shittim ; and the people began * to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab : 2 for '' they called the people unto the sacri- fices of their gods ; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And ' Israel * joined him- self unto ^ Baal-peor : and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel. 4 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of J eho- vah may turn away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye CA'ery one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor. 6 And, behold, one of the chil- dren of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a "' Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congre- gation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. 7 "And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hajid ; 8 and he went after the man of 1 Or, the Kenife.1 - Or, Eoiv long f Asshur &c. 3 Or, establisheth him * Or, yoked 5 Or, the Baal of Peor See ch. 23. 28. " ver. 24 ; Ex. 17. 14; 1 S. 15. 8 * Gen. 15. 19 ' Gen. 10. 21, 22 d Gen. 10. 4 ; Ezek. 27. 6 * Gen. 10. 21 /ver. 20 "ver. 14 ''ch. 33. 49; Josh. 2. 1 ' ch. 31. 16; 1 Cor. 10. 8 ; Rev. 2. 14 «-■ Kx. 34. 15 ; Dt. 32. 38 ' Ps. 106. 28, 29 ; Hos. 9. 10 "" ch. 22. 4 " ch. 16. 46- 48 ; Ps. 106. " ch. 14. .37 ; 16. 48-50; 31. 16 P Ps. 106. 31 9 Is. 54. 10 ; Ezek. 34. 25 ; 37. 26 " Ex. 29. 9 ' ch. 16. 46 * ver. 18 " ch. 31. 8 " ver. 1 ; ch. 31. 1-3 * ch. 25. 9 i'ch. 1. 2; Ex. 30. 11- 16 ; 38. 25, Israel into the ^pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman thi'ough her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 " And those that died by the plague were tv/enty and four thousand. 10 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 12 ^Vherefore say, ^Behold, I give unto him my *cove- nant of peace : 1 3 and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an *■ everlast- ing priesthood ; because he was jealous for his God, and *made atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianiti.sh woman that was slain was ' Cozbi, the daughter of " Zur ; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian. 16 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 17 "Vex the Mid- ianites, and smite them; 18 for they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor. O f* And it came to pass after ^ \J the -^ plague, that Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 ^ Take the sum of all the congre- gation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel. 3 And ]\Ioses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the peo2^le, from twenty years old and upward ; as Jehovah com- manded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt. 6 Or, alcove 160 26.5 NUMBERS 26.37 The People are numbered 5 Reuben, the first-bom of Israel ; the sons of Reuben : of Hanoch, the family of the Ha- nochites ; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites ; 6 of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites ; of Carmi, the family of the Cai'mites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites ; and they that were numbered of them were " forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu : Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab : Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were * called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Jehovah, 10 and " the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died ; ^ what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign. 11^* Notwith- standing, the sons of Korah died not. 1 2 The sons of Simeon after their families : of ^ Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites ; of Ja- min, the family of the Jaminites ; of '^Jachin, the family of the Ja- chinites ; 1 3 of ^ Zerah, the family »f the Zerahites ; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. _ 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, •''twenty and two thousand and two hundred. 15 The sons of Gad after their families: of *Zephon, the family of the Zephonites ; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites ; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites ; 1 6 of ^ Ozni, the family of the Oznites ; of Eri, the family of the Erites ; 17 of «Arod, the family of the Arodites ; of Areli, the family of the _ Areli tes. 18 These are the families of the sons of Gad accord- ing to those that were numbered of them, ^^ forty thousand and five hundred. 1 9 The sons of Judah : Er and Onan ; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the sons of .Judah after their families were : of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites ; of Perez, the family of 1 In Gen. 46. 10, Ex. 6. 15, Jemuel. 2 In 1 Chr. 4. 24, Jarib. « In aen. 46. 10, Zohar. * In Gen. 46. 16, Ziphion. * In Gen. 46. 16, Ezbon. « In Gen. 46. 16, Arodi. . 21 , 16; " ch. 1. I* ch. 1. 16. 2 ■= ch. 16. 32 d ch. 16. 35, 38 " ch. 16. 27, 33 ; Dt. 24. 16 /ch. 1. 23 " ch. 1. 25 '' ch. 1. 27 * ch. 1. 31 ' ch. 27. 1 ' ch. 1. 35 the Perezites ; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. 2 1 And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites ; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were num- bered of them, '' threescore and six- teen thousand and five hundred. 23 The sons of Issachar after their families : of Tola, the family of the Tolaites ; of Puvah, the family of the Punites ; 24 of '' Jashub, the family of the Jashubites ; of Shim- ron, the family of the Shimrqnites. 2.5 These are the families of Issa- char according to those that were numbered of them, ^ threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26 The sons of Zebulun after their families : of Sered, the family of the Seredites ; of Elon, the family of the Elonites ; of Jahleel, the family of the .Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were num- bered of them, '^threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 The sons of Joseph after their families : Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The sons of Manasseh: of Ma- chir, the family of the Machirites ; and Machir begat Gilead : of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead : of ^ lezer, the family of the lezerites ; of Helek, the family of the Hele- kites ; 31 and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites ; and of IShechem, the family of the Shechemites ; 32 and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites ; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters : and ' the names of the daughters of Zelophe- had were Mahlah, and Noah, Hog- lah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh ; and they that were numbered of them were " fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families : of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites ; of ^Becher, the family of the Beche- rites ; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran, the fam- ily of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim 7 In Gen. 46. 13, lob. " In Josh. 17. 2, Abiezer. See Judg. 6. 11, 24, 34. * In 1 Chr. 7. 20, Biired. 161 26.38 NUMBERS 27.1 Tbe People are numbered according to those that were num- bered of them, "thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38 The sons of Benjamin after their famihes : of Bela, the family of the Belaites ; of Ash Del, the fam- ily of the Ashbelites ; of ^Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites ; 39 oi ^Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites ; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamitea. 40 And (,he sons of Bela were ^Ard and Naaman : of Ard, the family of the Ardites ; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. _ 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their fami- lies ; and they that were numbered of them were * forty and five thou- sand and six hundred. 42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of ''Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were " threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44 The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites ; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites ; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah : of Heber, the family of the Heberites ; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the -daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, ** fifty and three thousand and four hundi'ed. 48 The sons of Naphtali after their families : of Jahzeel, the fam- ily of the .Jahzeelites ; of Guni, the family of the Gunites ; 49 of Jezer, the family of the .Jezerites ; of Shillem, the family of the Shillem- ites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their fami- lies • and they that were numbered of them were " forty and five thou- sand and four hundred. 5 1 These are they that were num- bered of the children of Israel, -^six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the 1 In Gen. 46. 21, Ehi; in 1 Chr. 8. 1, Aharah. 2 In Gen. 46. 21, Muppim, and Huppim. s In 1 Chr. 8. 3, Addar. * In Gen. 46. 23, Hushim. °ch. 1 33 b Ch. 1. 37 ' ch. 1. 39 '' ch. I. 41 ^ ch. 1. 43 / Ex. 12. 37 I 38. 26 ; Num. 1. 46; 11. 21 * ch. 33. 54 h ch. 33. 64 ; 34. 13 '' Ex. 6. 20 * ch. 3. 2 ' ch. 3. 4 ; Lev. 10. 1, 2 "' ch. 3. 39 " ch. 1. 47 " ch. 18. 23, 24 P ch. 14. 29- 35; Dt. 2. 14-16; Heb. 3. 17 Sch. 26. 33; 36. 1 162 land shall be divided for an inher- itance according to the number of names. 54 " To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance : to every one according to those that were num- bered of him shall his inheritance be given. 55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be '' divided by lot : ac- cording to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer. 57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families : of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites ; of Kohath, the faniily of the Kohathites; of Me- rari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of Levi : the family of the Libnites, the fam- ily of the Hebx'onites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korah- ites. * And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt : and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 *And unto Aaron were bom Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 'And Nadab and Abihu died, when they ofiered strange fire before Jehovah. 62 And they that were numbered of them were ™ twenty and three thou- sand, every male from a month old and upward : for " they Avere not numbered among the children of Israel, " because there was no inher- itance given them among the chil- dren of Israel. 63 These are they that were num- bered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 ^But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For Jehovah had said of them. They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephun- neh, and Joshua the son of Nun. r) ^ Then drew near * the ^ # daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the sou 27.2 NUMBERS 28.1 Zelopliehad's Danghters. Moses warned of his Death. Joshua to be his Saccessor. The Continoal Barnt-olTeriiig of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph ; and these are " the names of his daugh- tei's : Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses, and be- fore Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congrega- tion, at the door of the tent of meet- ing, saying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against Jeho- vah in the company of Koi'ah : but *he died in his own sin; and "he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son 1 Give unto us a pos- session among the brethren of our father. 5 ''And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah. 6 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 7 ''The daughters of Zelo- phehad speak right : thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren ; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou snalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying. If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inher- itance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have rio daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's breth- ren. 1 1 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it : and it shall be unto tlie children of Israel a ^ stat- ute and ordinance, as Jehovah commanded Moses. 12 •''And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this '' moun- tain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also '' shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered ; 14 because *ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilder- ness of Zin.) 15 And Moses spake unto Jeho- 1 Heb. statute of judgment. " ch. 26. 33 * ch. 26. 64, 6o ' ch. 26. 33 d ver. 21 ; ch. 9. 8 * ch. 36. 2 ; Josh. 17. 4 / Dt. 32. 48- 52 " ch. 33. 47, 48 ft ch. 31. 2 ' ch. 20. 12 * ch. 16. 22 ' ch. 11. 25- 29; Dt. 34. 9 "^ ver. 23 " Dt. 3. 28 ; 31. 3, 7, 8, 23 ° 1 S. 28. 6 P Lev. 3. U !> Ex. 29. 38- 42 vah, saying, 16 *Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, ap- point a man over the congregation, 17 who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in ; that the congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man 'in whom is the Spirit, and '" lay thy hand upon him ; 1 9 and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation ; and "give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey. 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him " by the judgment of the Urim before Jeho- vah : at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him. even all the con- gregation. 22 And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him ; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: 23 and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as Jehovah spake hy Moses. O O And Jehovah spake unto ^ O Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them. My oblation, my '"-^food for my offerings made by Are, of a sweet savor unto me, shall ye ob- serve to offer unto me in their due season. 3 »And thou shalt say unto them. This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto Jehovah : he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer *at even; 5 and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mirigled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. 6 It is a continual burnt-offering, which was or- dained in mount Sinai for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 7 And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb : in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of 2 Heb. bread. ^ Heb. between the two evenings. 163 28.8 NUMBERS 2d. 6 Offerings on tlic Sabbath; the New Moons; at the Passover; the Feast of Weeks; the Feast of Trumpets strong drink unto Jehovah. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even : as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offer- ing made by tire, of a sweet savor unto .Jehovah. 9 And on the sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal- offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof: 10 this is the burnt-offering of every sab- bath, besides the "continual burnt- offering, and the drink-offering thereof. 11 And ^in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt- offering unto .Jehovah ; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he- lambs a year old without blemish ; 12 ""and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offer- ing, mingled with oil, for each bul- lock ; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram; 13 and a tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering unto every lamb ; for a burnt-offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 14 And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb : this is the burnt- offering of every month through- out the months of the year. 15 And one he-goat for a sin-offering unto Jehovah ; it shall be offered besides the ''continual burnt-offer- ing, and the drink-offering thereof. 16 "And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is .Jehovah's passover. 1 7 And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast : seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 18 In the first day shall be a holy convo- cation : ye shall do no servile work ; 19 but ye shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt-offering unto Jehovah : two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old ; they shall be unto you without blemish ; 20 and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil : three tenth parts shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth parts for the ram ; 21 a tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven lambs ; ° ver. 3 (> ch. 10. 10 ; Ezek. 46. 6, 7 " ch. 15. 4-12 d ver. 3 « Ex. 12. 14- 20; Lev. 23. 6-8 ; Dt. 16. / ver. 3 " Lev. 3. 11 '' ver. 3 t Ex. 23. 16 ; 34. 22 ; Lev. 23. 15-21 ; Dt. 16. 9- 12 ' ver. 18 '" ver. 3 " Ex. 23. 16 ; 34. 22 ; Lev. 23. 23-25 " ch. 28. 26 22 and one he-goat for a sin- offering, to make atonement for you. 23 Ye shall offer these be- sides /the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a contin- ual burnt-offering. 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, for seven days, ^the ^food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah : it shall be offered besides the ''continual burnt-offering, and the drink- offering thereof. 25 And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; 'ye shall do no ser- vile work. 26 Also in * the day of the first- fruits, when ye offer a new meal- offering unto Jehovah in your feast of weeks, ye shall have a holy convocation ; ' ye shall do no servile work ; 27 but ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah : two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old ; 28 and their meal- offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram, 29 a tenth part for every lamb of the sev^n lambs ; 30 one he-goat, to make atonement for you. 31 '"Besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offer- ing thereof, ye shall offer them (they^ shall be unto you without blemish), and their drink-offerings. OO And "in the seventh ^ Xj month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation ; " ye shall do no ser- vile work : it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you. 2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto .Jehovah : one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish ; 3 and their meal-offer- ing, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram, 4 and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs ; 5 and one he- goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you ; 6 ^ besides the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering thereof, and the « continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Je- hovah. 1 Heb. bread. 164 29.7 NUMBEES 29.88 Offerings on the Day of Atonement; at the Feast of Tabernacles 7 And on "the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls : ye shall do no manner of work; 8 but ye shall offer a burnt-ofiering unto Jeho- vah for a sweet savor : one young bullock, one I'am, seven he-lambs a year old ; they shall be unto you without blemish ; 9 and their meal-offering, tine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,^ 10a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs : 11 one he-goat for a sin-offering ; besides the sin-offering of atone- ment, and *the continual burnt- offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings. 1 2 And on " the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation ; ye '' shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days : 13 and ye shall offer a burnt-offer- ing, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah ; thir- teen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old ; they shall be without blemish ; 1 4 and their meal-offering, fine flour min- gled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bul- locks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams, 15 and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs : 1 6 and one he-goat for a sin-offering ; ^ besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and' the drink-offering thereof. 17 And on •''the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish ; 18 and their nfieal-offering and their drink-offer- ings for the bullocks, for the I'ams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance ; 19 and one he-goat for a sin-offer- ing;" besides the continual burnt- offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings. 20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he- lambs a year old without blemish ; 2 1 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, accord- ing to their number, after the ordi- nance ; 22 and one he-goat for a sin-offering ; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offer- " Lev. 16. 29-34; 23. 26-32 t> Ch. 28. 3 " Lev. 23. 33-35 ^ ver. 1 /Lev. 23. 36 '' Lev. 23. 36 ing thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he- lambs a year old without blemish ; 24 their meal-oft'ering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, accord- ing to their number, after the ordinance ; 25 and one he-goat for a sin-ofi'ering; besides the continual burnt-oifering, the meal- offering thereof, and the drink- offering thereof. 26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he- lambs a year old without blemish ; 27 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, accord- ing to their number, after the ordi- nance ; 28 and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offer- ing thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he- lambs a year old without blemish ; 30 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, ac- cording to their number, after the ordinance ; 3 1 and one he-goat for a sin-offering ; besides the contin- ual burnt-offering, the meal-offer- ing thereof, and the drink-offerings thereof. 32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he- lambs a year old without blemish ; 33 and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, accord- ing to their number, after the ordi- nance ; 34 and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the contin- ual burnt-offering, the meal-offer- ing thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 35 ''On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly : ye shall do no servile work ; 36 but ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offer- ing made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah : one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a j^ear old without blemish ; 37 their meal- offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance : 38 and one he-goat for a sin-offer- ing; besides the continual burnt- 165 29.39 NUMBERS 31.9 Law concerning Tows. Slanghter of the Hidianites offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof. 39 These ye shall offer unto Jehovah in your "set feasts, be- sides your vows, and your freewill- offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your meal-offerings, and for your drink-offerings, and lor your peace-offerings. *40 And Moses told the children of Israel accord- ing to all that Jehovah com- manded JMoses. O/^ And Moses spake unto the O w heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying. This is the thing which Jehovah hath com- manded. 2 *When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not ^ break his word ; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 3 Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth, 4 and her father heareth her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her ; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand : and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father disallowed her. 6 And if she be married to a hus- band, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, 7 and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he heareth it ; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul : and Jehovah will forgive her. 9 But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every- thing wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her. 10 And if she vowed in her hus- band's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, 11 and her husband heard it, and held his 1 Heb. profane. ' Lev. 23. 2 *[Ch. 30. 1 in Heb.] 6 Dt. 23. 21- 23 ; Mt. 5. 23 ' ch. 2.5. 1, 16, 17 ri ch. 20. 24, 26 ; 27. 13 ■ Lev. 26. 25 /ch. 14.44 'J ch. 10. 8, 9 A Josh. 13. 21 i ch. 25. 15 fc ver. 16 ; Josh. 13. : peace at her, and disallowed her not ; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 12 But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand : her husband hath made them void ; and Jehovah will forgive her. 1 3 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her : he hath established them, oecause he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity. 16 These are the statutes, which Jehovah com- manded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house. O'l And Jehovah spake unto 0_L Moses, saying, 2 "Avenge the children of Israel of the Midi- anites : afterward shalt thou be ** gathered unto thy people. 3 And Moses spake unto the people, say- ing. Arm ye men fi-om among you for _ the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute ''Jeho- vah's vengeance on Midian. 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with ■''the vessels of the sanctuary and ^ the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. 7 And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses ; and they slew every male. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain : '' Evi, and Rekem, and 'Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian : '■ Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little 166 31.10 NUMBERS 31.41 Slangliter of the Hidianites. Division of tlie Booty. Jehovah's Heave -offering of tlie Booty -ones ; and all their cattle, and all ^heir flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey. 10 And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encamp- ments, they burnt with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast. 1 2 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congrega- tion of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho. 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the jDrinces of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thou- sands and the captains of hun- dreds, who came from the service of the war. 15 And Moses said unto them. Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 "Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of ''Balaam, to commit trespass against Jeho- vah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the con- gregation of Jehovah. 17 ""Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. 19"^ And encamp ye without the camp seven days : whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify your- selves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives. 20 And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves. 21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath com- manded Moses: 22 howbeit the gold,_ and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean ; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity : and all that abide th not the fire ye " ch. '&. 1-9 b ver. 8 "01.7.2; 20. 16-18 • ch. 18. 21- shall make to go through the water. 24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean ; and afterward 3>e shall come into the camp. 25 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' hotises of the congi'e- gation ; 27 and divide the prey into two parts : between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation. 28 "And levy a tribute unto Jeho- vah of the men of war that went out to battle : one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks : 29 take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-oflering. 30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses. 32 Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, 33 and threescore and twelve thousand oxen, 34 and threescore and one thousand asses, 35 and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him. 36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hun- dred thousand and thirty thou- sand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep : 37 and Jehovah's tribute of the sheep was six hun- dred and threescore and fifteen. 38 And the oxen were thirty and six thousand ; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were thirty thou- sand and five hundred ; of which Je- hovah's tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were six- teen thousand ; of whom Jehovah's tribute was thirty and two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah's heave-offer- ing, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses. 167 31.42 NUMBERS 32.18 Jehovah's Portion of the Booty from the Midianites. Benben and C!ad settle in fiilead 42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred 43 (now the congregation's half was three hun- dred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 and thirty and six thou- sand oxen, 45 and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, 46 and six- teen thousand persons), 47 even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah ; as Jehovah commanded Moses. 48 And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses; 49 and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 And we have brought Jehovah's oblation, what every man hath gotten, of {'ewels of gold, ankle-chains, and )racelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and ^armlets, tomakeatonement for our souls before Jehovah. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought {"ewels. 52 And all the gold of the leave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thou- sands, and of the captains of hun- dreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 53 {"-For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.) 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thou- sands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah. or) Now the children of O^ Reuben and the children of Gad had a *very great multi- tude of cattle : and when they saw the land of "^ Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; 2 the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar tne priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, say- ing, 3 '^Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and '" Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and ^ Sebam, and J Or, necklaces - In ver. 36, Beth-nimrah. 3 In ver. 38, Sibmah. " ver. 32 6 Ex. 12. 38 <= ch. 21. 32 d ver. 34-38 /ch. 13.3, 26 ; Dt. 1. 19-25 0 ch. 14. 28- ft ch. 14. 33- ' Josh. 4. 12, k Josh. 22. 1-4 168 Nebo, and * Beon, 4 the land which Jehovah smote before the con- gregation of Israel, is a land for cattle ; and thy servants have cattle. 5 And they said. If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy ser- vants for a possession ; bring us not over the J ordan. 6 And Moses said unto the chil- dren of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit herel 7 "And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah hath given theml 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from •^Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which Jehovah had given them. 10 And Jehovah's anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, saying, 1 1 * Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob ; because they have not wholly followed me : 1 2 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun ; because they have wholly followed Jehovah 13 ''And Jehovah's anger was kin- dled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wil- derness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was con- sumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilder- ness ; and ye will destroy all this people. 16 And they came near unto him, and said. We will build sheep- folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones : 1 7 * but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 *We will not return unto our * In ver. 38, Baal-meon. 32.19 NUMBERS 33.7 Reuben, (fad, and the Half-tribe of Manasseh settle in Gilead. Record of Israel's Joarneys houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his in- heritance. 1 9 For we will not in- herit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward ; becau^je our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward. 20 "And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves to go befoi^e Jeho- vah to the war, 21 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, 22 *and the land is subdued before Jehovah ; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards Jehovah, and towards Israel ; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before Jehovah. 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah ; and be sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep ; and " do that which hath proceeded out of your movith. 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Beuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead; 27 but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So Moses gave charge con- cerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel. 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before Jehovah, and the land shall be subdued before you ; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession : 30 but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the chil- dren of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before Jeho- vah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan. ° Dt. 3. 18 <> Dt. 3. 'M " ch. 30 ! Dt. 3. 8- 17 ; Josh. 12. 1-a «Dt. 3. 14; Judg. 10. 4 /Ps. 77. 20; lO.'i. 20 ; Mic. 6. 4 ft Ex. 14. 8 '• Ex. 12. 12 * Ex. 13. 20 ' Ex. 14. 1, 2 169 33 ''And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the king- dom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders, even the cities of the land round about. 34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 and Atroth- shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah, 36 and Beth-nimrah, and Beth- haran : fortiiied cities, and folds for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim, 38 and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah : and they gave other names unto the cities ^vhich they builded. 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein. 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manas.seh ; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them ^ "^ Havvoth-jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the -villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. O O These are the ^journeys of ^^ thechildrenof Israel, ''when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under ■''the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Jehovah : and these are their joui^neys according to their goings out. 3 " And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month ; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel '' went out with a high hatid in the sight of all the Egyptians, 4 while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom Jehovah had smitten among them: 'upon their gods also Jehovah executed judg- ments. 5 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and en- camped in Succoth. 6 *And they journeyed from Succoth, and en- camped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 'And 1 That is, Th,e towns of Jair. 3 Or, stages 2 Heb. daughters. * Or, by which 33. NUMBERS 33.52 Record of Israel's Joarneys from Rameses to ibel-shittim. Death of Aaron they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Eaal-zephon : and they encamped before Migdol. 8 "And they journeyed fi'om be- fore Haliiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilder- ness : and '' they 4vent three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah. 9 "And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim : and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and three- score and ten palm-trees ; and they encamped there. 10 And they journeyed from Elim, and en- camped by the Red Sea. 11 And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and encamped in ''the wildeimess of Sin. 12 And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 13 And they journeyed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. 14 And they journeyed from Alush, and encamped "in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they journeyed from Rephidim, and encamped in •''the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they journeyed from the wilder- ness of Sinai, and encamped in ^ Kibroth-hattaavah. 1 7 And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaa- vah, and encamped in ''Hazeroth. 18 And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rith- mah. 19 And they journeyed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon-perez. 20 And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah. 2 1 And they journeyed from Libnah, and en- camped in Rissah- 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and en- camped in Kehelathah. 23 And they journeyed from Kehelathah, and encamped in movmt Shepher. 24 And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah. 25 And they journeyed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. 26 And they jour- neyed from Makheloth, and en- camped in Tahath. 27 And they journeyed from Tahath, and en- camped in Terah. 28 And they journeyed from Terah, and en- camped in Mithkah. 29 And they journeyed from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah. 30 And they journeyed from Hash- monah, and encamped in *Mose- roth. 31 And they journeyed " Ex. 14. 22 6 Ex. 15. 22 " Ex. 15. 27 '* Ex. 16. 1 ' Ex. 1". 1 / Ex. 19. 1 !'ch. 11. 34 A ch. U. 35 ' Dt. 10. 6 k Dt. 10. 7 ' Dt. 2. 8 "^ ch. 20. 1 " ch. 20. 22 " oh. 20. 16 P ch. 20. 28 'ch. 21. 1 "■ ch. 21. 10, ' ch. 27. 12 « ch. 22. 1 » ch. 25. 1 from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan. 32 And they jour- neyed from Bene-jaakan, and en- camped in Hor-haggidgad. 33 And they journeyed from Hor- haggidgad, and. encamped in *Jotbathah. 34 And they jour- neyed from Jotbathah, and en- camped in Abronah. 35 And they journeyed from Abronah, and en- camped in ' Ezion-geber. 36 And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of '"Zin (the same is Kadesh). 37 And they journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in "mount Hor, "in the edge of the land of Edom. 38 ^And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the com- mandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egj^pt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. 39 And Aaron was a hun- dred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And the Canaanite, the king of *Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And they journeyed fi'om mount Hor, and encamped in Zal- monah. 42 And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon. 43 And they journeyed from Punon, and encamped in ''Oboth. 44 And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped in lye-abainm, in the border of Moab. 45 And they journeyed from lyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad. 46 And they journeyed from Dibqn- gad, and encamped in Almon-dib- lathaim. 47 And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and en- camped in the mountains of * Aba- rim, before Nebo. 48 And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and 'encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 49 And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshi- moth even unto " Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. 50 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 52 then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and 170 33.53 NUMBERS 34.27 Directions concerning the Conqnest and Division of Canaan. Names of tliose wlio are to malce tlio Division "destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten im- ages, and demolish all their high places : 53 * and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein ; for unto you have I given the land to possess it. 54 "And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families ; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance : wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his ; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be ''as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 56 And it shall come to pass, that, as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you. O /J_ And Jehovah spake unto Ot! Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of ' Canaan according to the borders thereof), 3 "then your south quar- ter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea -'^east- ward ; 4 and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin ; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea ; and it shall go forth to Hazar- addar, and pass along to Azmon ; 5 and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at ^ the sea. 6 And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea ^ and the border thereof: this shall be your west border. 7 '' And this shall be your north border : from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor; 8 from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto ' the entrance of Hamath ; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad; 9 and the bor- der shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at 1 Or, for a border "■ Ex. 23. 24 ; Lev. 26. 1 ; Dt. 7. 5 ; 12. 3,30; Ps. 106. 34 b Dt. 11. 31; 17.14; Josh. 21. 43 '^ ch. 26. 63- 56 d Josh. 23. 13 " Josh. 15. 1-3 /Josh. 15. 5 !' Josh. 15. 4 ><■ Ezek. 47. 15-17 'Josh. 13. 5 I- 2 K. 23. 33 ' Dt. 3. 17 ; Josh. 13. 27 ■^ Gen. 15. 18; Dt. 11. 24 " ch. 32. 33 ' Josh. 14. 1, 2 Hazar-enan : this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham ; 1 1 and the border shall go down from Shepham to * Riblah, on the east side of Ain ; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the '^side of the sea of ' Chinnereth eastward ; 1 2 and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, '"This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath com- manded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half- tribe : 14 "for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the chil- dren of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half -tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance : 15 the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. 16 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 17 "These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance : Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance. 19 And these are the names of the men : Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Am- mihud. 21 Of the tribe of Ben- jamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And of the tribe of the chil- dren of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 Of the children of Joseph : of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. 25 And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26 And of the tribe of the chil- dren of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 Ana of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of She- 2 Heb. shoulder. 171 34.28 NUMBERS 35.27 Cities to be given to the Levites. Cities of Refiige for Banslayers lomi. 28 And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These are they whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheri- tance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. OR' " And Jehovah spake unto O tJ Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their pos- session cities to dwell in ; and ^ suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Le- vites. 3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in ; and their sub- urbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the citj^ and outward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thou- sand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 6 And the cities which ye shall give unto the Le- vites, they shall be the *six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto : and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities. _ 7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities ; them shall ye give with their sub- urbs. 8 "And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the posses- sion of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many ; and from the few ye shall take few : every one according to his inheri- tance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites. 9 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11'' then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person '^ " unwit- tingly may flee thither. 12 And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand I Or, pasture lands * Or, through error " Lev. 25. 32- 34 b Josh. 20. 7-9 ' ch. 26. 54 ; 33. hi ; Lev. 25. 32- 34 ; Josh. 21. 1-42 d Dt. 19. 1-13 " ver. 15, 22 ; Ex. 21. 13; Lev. 4. 2, 22 /ver. 11 s' Ex. 21. 12, 14; Lev. 24. 17 !>■ ver. 31 172 before the congregation for judg- ment. 1 3 And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan ; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 For the chil- dren of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for i^ef uge ; that every one that killeth any person '■'•'^ unwittingly may flee thither. 16 s'But if he smote him with an instrupaent of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer : the mur- derer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a mur- derer : the murderer '' shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer : the murderer shall surely be put to death. 1 9 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death : when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. 20 And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity ' smote him with his hand, so that he died ; he that smote him shall surely be put to death ; he is a murderer : the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. 22 'But if he thrust him sud- denly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, 23 or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm ; 24 then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances ; 25 and the con- gregation shall deliver the man- slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congre- gation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled : and he shall dwell thei^ein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth, 27 and the avenger of blood find him with- 35,28 NUMBERS 36.13 Law couceriiing Murder; concerning the Marriage of Heiresses out the border o£ his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay tihe manslayer ; ^ he shall not be guilty of blood, 28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest : but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession. 29 And these things shall be for a ■■^statute and ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 " Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of vi'it- nesses : but * one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death ; but he shall surely be put to death. 32 And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 '^So ye shall not ;pollute the land wherein ye are: tor blood, it polluteth the land ; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but '^ by the blood of him that shed it. 34 And thou shalt not /defile the land which ye in- habit, in the midst of which ^1 dwell : for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel. Of\ ''And the heads of the O \J fathers' houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' houses of the chil- dren of Israel : 2 and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel : and my lord ''was commanded by Je- hovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be mar- ried to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added 1 Or, there shall be no blood-guiltiness for him 2 Heb. statute of judgment- " ver. 16 b Dt. 17. fi ; 19. 15 ; Mt. 18. It) ; Jn. 7. 51 ; 8. 17, 18 ' Dt. 21. 7, 8 ; Ps. 106. 38 > ch. 2. 8 ' Ex. 3. 1 ; 17. 6 d Gen. 32. 3 • Num. 32. S / Num. 33. ^ ch. 4. 1, 2 A Num. 21. 24, 25 «■ Num. 10. 11-13 fcch. 11. 24; Gen. 15. 18 ; Josh. 10. 40 ' Gen. 12. 9 "' Gen. 26. 3 ; Ex. 33. 1 ; Num. 14. 23; 32. 11 " Ex. 18. 18, 24 " ch. 10. 22 ; 26.6; Gen. 15. 5 ; 22. P Ex. 18. 21 1 ch. 10. 17 ; 16. 19 ; 24. 17 •■ Ex. 18. 19, 23 ' Ex. 18. 20 < ver. 2 "ch. 2.7; 8. 15 ; 32. 10 " ver. 7 ^ ver. 2 y Num. 13. 1-3 174 ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you ! 1 2 How can I my- self alone bear your cumbs'ance, and your burden, and your strife 1 13 ^ Take you wise men, and vmder- standing, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. 14 And ye an- swered me, and said. The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and oiUcers, according to your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying. Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him. 17 « Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and *■ the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it. 18 *And I com- manded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 19 And we journej^ed from 'Ho- reb, and went through all that "great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the "hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to "^ Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us. 21 Behold, Jeho- vah thy God hath set the land_ be- fore thee : go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee ; fear not, neither be dismayed. 22 2' And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said. Let us send men be- fore us, that they may search the 1.2:; DEUTERONOMY The People's Unbelief. Their Defeat at Hormah. The Jonrney from Kadesh to the Zered land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto Avhich we shall come. 23 And the thing pleased me well ; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe: 24 and "they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and sjpied it out. 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jeho- vah our God giveth unto us. 26 * Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled ,^,gainst the commandment of Jehovah your God: 27 and "ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 28 Whither are we going up'? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying. The people are greater and taller than we ; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven ; and moreover we have seen ** the sons of the Anakim there. 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 Je- hovah your God who goeth before you, 'he will fight for you, accord- ing to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 31 and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that -^Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place. 32 Yet ^in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God, 33 ^who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show j^ou by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day. 34 And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and ''sware, saying, 35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 36 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; he shall see it ; and Ho him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah. 37 ''Also Jeho- vah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, ' Thou also shalt not go in thither : 38 Joshua the son 1 Or, for all this thing " Num. 13. 21-25 *> Num. 14. 1-4 <= Pa. 106. 25 d ch. 9. 2 ; Num. 13. 28, 33 « ch. 3. 22 ; 20. 4 ; Ex. 14. 14 /Acts 13. IS y Num. 9. 15-23 '« Num. 14. 28-30 ' Num. 14. 24 ; Josh. 14. 9 t Num. 20. 12 ' Num. 27. 13, 18 '" Num. 14. 30 "ch. 3. 28; 31. 7 ; Num. 34. 17 ; Josh. 11. 23 " Num. 14. 3, 31 P Num. 14. 25 1 Num. 14. 40 *" Num. 14. 41-43 'Num. 14. 44 ' Num. 14. 46 " ch. 2. 7, 14 ^ Num. 21. 4 y Num. 20. 14-21 of Nun, who standeth before thee, ™he shall go in thither : encourage thou him ; for " he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 Moreover " your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. 40 But as for you, ■f turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. 41 * Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and "were forward to go up into the hill-country. 42 'AndJenovah said unto me. Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight ; for I am not among you ; lest ye be smitten be- fore your enemies. 43 So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not ; but *ye rebelled against the com- mandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country. 44 'And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill- country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hor- mah. 45 And ye returned and wept before Jehovah ; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you. 46 So ye abode in Kadesh "many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. 2^ Then we tm-ned, and took our journey into the wilder- ness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me ; and we compassed ^ mount Seir many days. 2 And Jehovah spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough : turn you northward. 4 ^ And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your bi-ethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and Hhey will be afraid of you. Take ye good heed unto your- selves therefore ; 5 contend not with them ; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on : because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. 6 Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat ; and ye shall also buy water of them for 2 Or, deemed it a light thing 175 2.7 DEUTEEONOMY 2.34 The Journey from Kadesli to tlie Zercd. The Grossing of Ar and the Irnon. Conquest of HeshT)Oii money, that ye may drink. 7 For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this '^ great wilderness : these * forty years .Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked noth- ing. 8 So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the '^Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle ; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession ; because I have given '' Ar unto ' the children of Lot for a possession. 10 (The Emim dwelt therein afore- time, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim : 1 1 these also are accounted -''Rephaim, as the Anakim ; but the Moabites call them Emim. 12=' The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them ; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead ; '' as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which Jehovah gave unto them). 1 3 Now i-ise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were * thirty and eight years ; until *all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them. 1 5 ' Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were con- sumed. 16 So it came to pass, when ™ all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, 17 that .Jehovah spake unto me, say- ing, 18 Thou art this day to pass over " Ar, the border of Moab : 19 and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Am- nion, vex them not, nor contend with them ; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Am- mon for a possession ; because I have given it unto " the children of Lot for a possession. 20 (That also is accounted a land of ^ Rephaim : Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime ; but the Ammonites call them Zam- " ch. 1. 19 b ver. 14 ; Num. 14. 33,34; 32. 13 '= ch. 1. 1 <>■ ver. 18, 29 ; Num. 21. 15, 28 « Gen. 19. 36, 37 / ver. 20 ; Gen. 14. 6 0 ver. 22 ft Num. 21. 25,35 » ver. 7 fc Num. 14. 29-35; 26. 64, 65 ; Ps. 106. 26 ; 1 Cor. 10. 5 ' Jude 5 "' ver. 14 " ver. 9 " ver. 9 P ver. 11 9 ver. 12 "■ Josh. 13. 3 » Gen. 10. 14 ; 1 Chr. 1. 12 « Jer. 47. 4 ; Am. 9. 7 " ch. 11. 26 ; Ex. 23. 27 ; •Josh. 2. 9 " Ex. 15. 14- 16 ^ Num. 21. 21-32 y ver. 9 zummim, 21 a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim ; but Jehovah destroyed them before them ; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead ; 22 as he did for the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, when he destroyed 9 the Horites from before them ; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day. 23 And the ''Avvim, that dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the *Caphtorim, that came forth out of ^Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon : be- hold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Hesh- bon, and his land ; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 2.5 This day Avill I begin to put " the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and " shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26 *And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedenioth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27 Let me pass through thy land : I will go ^ along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat ; and give me water for money, that I may drink : only let me pass through on my feet; 29 as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in ^Ar, did unto me ; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us. 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him ; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart '^obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day. 31 And Jehovan said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee : begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at -Jahaz. 33 And Jehovah our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his ^ sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and 1 Heb. hy the way, bii the way. * Or, son 2 Heb. strong. 176 2.35 DEUTEEONOMY 3.21 Conquest of Heshbon and of Bashan. Possession of the Trausjoi dank Tribes I "utterly destroyed every ^inhab- ited city, with the women and the httle ones ; we left none remaining : 35 *only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken. 36 From ''Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us ; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us: 37 ''only to the land of the chil- dren of Ammon thou camest not near ; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill- country, and wheresoever Jehovah our God forbade us. 3 "Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei. 2 And Je- hovah said unto me. Fear him not ; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand ; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Hesh- bon. 3 So Jehovah our God de- livered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them ; threescore cities, all the region of -^ Argob, the king- dom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars ; besides the ^unwalled towns a great many. 6 And we ■'utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Hesh- bon, ^utterly destroying every ^in- habited city, with the women and the little ones. 7 " But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves. 8 * And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon 9 {''ivhich Hermon the Sidonians call ' Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir); 10 all the cities of the ^ plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant 1 Heb. devoted. 2 Heb. city of men. 3 Or, country towns * Or, table-land " ch. 3. 6 b ch. 3. 7 ■^ ch. 3. 12 ; 4. 48 rf ver. 19 "Num. 21. 33-36 / ver. 13, 14 ; 1 K. 4. 13 ■" ch. 2. 34 '' ch. 2. 35 ' Num. 32. 33 ; Josh. 12. 1-7; 13. 8-12 *ch. 4. 4S; Josh. 11. 17 ; Ps. 42. 6 ; 133. 3 ' Ps. 29. 6 "" ch. 2. 11, 20 " 2 S. 11. 1 ; 12. 26 ; Jer. 49. i " ch. 2. 36 P Num. 32. 32-38 ; Josh. 13. 8-13 9 Num. 32. 41 ; 1 Chr. 2. 22 ' Num. 32. 40 ' Num. 34. 11 ; Josh. 13. 27 t Num. 32. 20; Josh. 4. 12, 13 " Ex. 12. 38 ^ Josh. 22. 4 177 of the "Rephaim ; behold, his bed- stead was a bedstead of iron ; is it not in " Kabbah of the children of Ammon*? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man). 1 2 And this land we took in possession at that time : from " Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of ^' Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites : 13 and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the king- dom of Og, gave 1 unto the half- tribe of Manasseh ; * all the region of Argob, ''even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim. 14 * Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day). 15 ''And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gil- ead even unto the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, ^ and the border thereof, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the bor- der of the children of Ammon ; 17 the Arabah also, and the Jor- dan '^and the border ther^eof, from ''Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the ^ slopes of Pisgah eastward. _ 18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess:* it-: ' ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor. 1 9 But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle (I know that ye have "much cattle), shall abide in your cities which I have given you, 20 until Jehovah give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan : " then shall ye return every man unto his posses- sion, which I have given you. 21 And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying. Thine eyes have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto these two kings : so shall Jehovah do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest over. 6 Or, all the region of Argob. (All that Bashan is called &c. 6 Or, with 1 Or, for a border 8 Or, springs 3.22 DEUTERONOMY 4.19 Noses forbidden to cross the Jordan. Israel exhorted to observe fiod's Law 22 Ye shall not fear them; for .Jehovah your God, "he it is that fighteth for you. 23 And I besought Jehovah at that time, saying, 24 O Lord Jeho- vah, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand : for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to tliy works, and ac- cording to thy mighty acts^ 25 Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly ^ mountain, and Lebanon. 26 But * Jehovah was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me ; and Jehovah said unto me. Let it suffice thee ; speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up unto the top of " Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and be- hold with thine eyes : '' for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 28 *But charge Joshua, and en- courage him, and strengthen him ; -'for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt •see. 29 So we abode in the valley over against " Beth-peor. 4 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which '' I teach you, to do them ; that ' ye may live, and go in and possess the land which .Jeho- vah, the God of your fathers, giv- eth you. 2 '^ Ye shall not add unto the word which ' I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the command- ments of .Jehovah your God which I command you. 3 ™Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did be- cause of Baal-peor ; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath desti'oyed them from the midst of thee. 4 But ye that did cleave unto .Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you stat- utes and ordinances, " even as Jeho- vah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do tnem ; " for this is your wisdom and your under- standing in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say. Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what great nation is there, 1 Or, hill-country " ch. I. 30 b ch. 1. 37 " Num. 23. 14 ; 27. 12 d ch. 1. 37 "ch. 31. 3,7, 8,23; Num. 27. 18 /ch. 1. 38 V ch. 4. 46 ; 34. 6; Num. 25. 1-3 '' ch. 1. 3 ' ch. 5. .33 ; 8. 1 ; 16. 20 ; 30. 16, 19 ^ ch. 12. 32 ' ver. 5, 14, 40 '" Num. 25. 1-9 " Lev. 26. 46 ; 27. 34 " ch. 30. 19, 20 ; 32. 46, 47 P Ps. 148. 14 « Ps. 34. 18 ; 85. 9 "^ Ps. 89. 14 ; 97. 2 ; 119. 144, 160, 172 ' ver. 23 ; ch. 6. 12 ; 8. 11, 14, 19 « ch. 6. 2 ; 12. 1 ; 16. 3 "ver. 10; ch. 6. 7, 20-2.i ; 11. 19; 32. 46 " ch. 14. 23 ; 17. 19 ; 31. 12, 13 ^ ver. 9 y Ex. 19. 18 ; Heb. 12. 18, 19 ^ ch. 10. 4 ; Ex. 34. 28 "Ex. 31. 18; 34. 1, 28 * ver. 25 ; ch. 9. 12 ; 31. 29 « ch. 6. 8, 9 d ch. 13. 6, 10 178 that hath ^a god ^so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is »when- soever we call upon himl 8 And what great nation is there, that hath ''statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I " set before you this day 1 9 Only * take heed to thj'-self , and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, fi,nd lest they depart from thy heart 'all the days of thy life ; but "make them known unto thy chil- dren and thy children's children; 10 the day that thou stoodest be- fore Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me. As- semble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, "that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they maj^ "^ teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain ; ^and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick dark- ness. 12 And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire : ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form ; only ye heard a voice. 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even -the ten ''commandments; and "he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. 15 Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no manner of form on the clay that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire ; 1 6 lest ye * corrupt yourselves, and ''make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 1 7 the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens, 18 the likeness of any- thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth ; 19 and lest thou lift up thine ej^es unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, ''thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the 2 Or, Qod s Heb. words. 4.20 DEUTEEONOMY 4.45 Israel exhorted to observe Cod's law. Three Cities of Refuge beyond the Jordan. The law recapiiulated peoples under the whole heaven. 20 But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of " the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day. 21 * Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should notgoinunto that good land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance : 22 but "I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan ; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, ■^lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and " make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath for- bidden thee. 24 For Jehovah thy God is a -^devouring fire, a "jealous God. 25 When thou shalt beget chil- dren, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall '' corrupt yourselves, and ' make a graven image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Jeho- vah thy God, to provoke him to anger ; 26 I '' call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon 'utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it ; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And Jehovah will '"scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away. 28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, "wood and stone, "which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 p But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him *with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 30 When thou 'art in bribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, ^ in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice : 31 for Jehovah thy God is a * mer- ciful God ; ' he will not fail thee, neither "destroy thee, nor ''forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. 32 For ''ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, 1 Or, if in the latter days thou return " 1 K. 8. 61 ; Jer. 11. 4 b ch. 1. 37 ' Num. 27. 13, 14 d ver. 9 * ver. 16 /ch. 9. 3; Ex. 24. 17 ; Heb. 12. 29 ^ ch. 5. 9 ; 6. 15 '' ver. 16 ' ver. 23 fc ch. 30. 19 ; 31. 28 ; 32. 1 ' ch. 7. 4 ; 8. 19, 20 '" ch. 28. 64 ; 29. 28 " ell. 28. 30, 64 ; 29. 17 ° Ps. 115. 4-8 P ch. 30. 1-3, 10 « ch. 6. 5 ; 10. 12 »■ Ps. 18. 6 ; 69. 16 ; 107. 6, 13 » Ex. 34. 6 «ch. 31.6, 8; Josh. 1. 5; 1 Chr. 28. 20; Heb. 1.3. 6 " Jer. 30. 11 " Lev. 26. 45 " ch. 32. 7 V Gen. 1. 27 ; Is. 45. 12 ' ch. 28. 64 " ch. 5. 24, 26 ; Ex. 20. 22 l> ch. 33. 29 ; Ex. 14. 30 •^ ch. 7. 19 d ch. 5. 15 ; 6. 21 ; Ps. 136. 12 ' ver. 39 ; Ex. 8. 10; 9. 14 ; Is. 43. 11 ; 45. 21 ; Mk. 12. 32 / ver. 33 ; ch. 8. 5 ; Neh. 9, 13 ; Heb. 12. 25 i'ch. 7. 7, 8; 10. 15 ; 33. 3 >>■ Ex. .33. 14 ; Is. 63. 9 ■ Num. 32. 4; 34. 14, 15 * ver. 35 ' ver. 2 ; Ps. 105. 45 ™ ch. 6. 10, 29, 33 " ch. 32. 47 ; Ex. 23. 26 " ch. 19. 2-13; Num. 35. 0 ; Josh. 20. 179 since the 2' day that God created man upon the earth, and ''from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like if? 33 " Did ever a people hear the voice of God speak- ing out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live 1 34 * Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of an- other nation, 'by trials, by signs. and by wonders, and by war, ana "^ by a mighty hand, and by an out- stretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes'? 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God ; " there is none else besides him. 36 -^Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee : and upon earth he made thee to see his great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 "And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with ''his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt ; 38 to rive out nations from befoi-e thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, 'to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day. 39 Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jeho- vah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath ; '' there is none else. 40 'And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his command- ments, which I command thee this day, that '" it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and " that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 "Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; 42 that the man- slayer might flee thither, that slay- eth his _ neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past ; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live : 43 namely, Bezei in the wilderness, in the -plain country, for the Reubenites ; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. 44 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel : 45 these are the testimo- 2 Or, table-land 4.46 DEUTERONOMY 5.24 The Law recapitulated. The Ten Commandments given in Horeb. The People's Dread nies, and the statutes, and the or- dinances, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt, 46 be- yond the Joi-dan, in the valley "over against Beth-peor, in the land of *Sihon king of the Amo- rites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of EgyiDt. 47 And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising ; 48 from "Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto ''mount Sion (the same is Hermon), 49 and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the ^ slopes of Pisgah. 5 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them. Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them. 2 Jehovah our God made " a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 ■''Jehovah made not this cove- nant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. 4 Jehovah spake with you ^ face to face in the mount ''out of the midst of the fire 5 (I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah : * for ye were afraid be- cause of the fire, and went not up into the mount), saying, 6*1 am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of ^bond- age. 7 Thou shalt have no other gods ^ before me. 8 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, wor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : 9 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them ; for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jeal- ous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me ; 10 and showing lovingkindness unto * thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. 1 Or, springs 3 Or, besides me 2 Heb. bondmen. * Or, a thousand generations " ch. 3. 29 b Num. 21. 21-25 " ch. 2. 36 d ch. 3. 9 ^ Ex. 19. 5 ; IVIal. 4. 4 /Num. 26. 63-65 » Num. 14. 14 fc ch. 4. 33 ' Ex. 19. 16, 21-24 * Ex. 20. 2-17 I ch. 6. 13 ; 10. 20 ' Ex. 20. 11 *[Ver. 18 in Heb.] " Rom. 7. 7 ; 13. 9 " ch. 4. 13 ; Ex. 31. 18 180 11 'Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God ®in vain : for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name °in vain. 12 Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee. 13 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work ; 14 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daugh- ter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15 ™ And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an out- stretched arm : therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16 Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God com- manded thee ; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 17 Thou shalt not kill. 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 1 9 Neither shalt thou steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor. * 2 1 " Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's wife ; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or ans'thing that is thy neighbor's. 22 These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice : and he added no more. And " he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the dark- ness, while the mountain was burn- ing with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders ; 24 and ye said. Behold. .Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his great- ness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire : we 5 Or, for vanity (or, falsehood) 5.25 DEUTEKONOMY 6.18 The People's Dread at Sinai. Israel exhorted to be faithful to Jehovah have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth. 25 " Now therefore why should we ■die? for this great fire will con- sume us : if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die. 26 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived 1 27 Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say : and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee ; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; *and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee : they have well said all that they have spoken. 29 ^"Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my com- mandments always, that •* it might be well with them, and with their children for ever ! 30 Go say to them, Return ye to your tents. 31 *But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath com- manded you : -^ye shall not turn 'aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ^ that ye maj^ live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. 6 Now this is the command- ment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it ; 2 that thou mightest * fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, * all the days of thy life ; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it ; that 1 Or, Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear me, and keep all my command- merits, that &c. ° c5i. 18. 16 ; Ex. 20. IS, 19 b ch. 18. 17 ' Ps. 81. 1.3 ; Is. 48. 18 ri ver. 16, 33 " Ex. 24, 12 /ch. 17. 20; 28. 14 ; Josh. 1. 7 ; 23. 6 "ch. 4. 1, 40 '' oh. 10. 12 ' ch. 4. 9 * ch. 6. 33 ' Ex. 3. 8, 17 "' Mt. 22. 37 ; Mk. 12. 29, 30 ; Lk. 10. 27 " ch. 4. 35, 39 " ch. 4. 9 Pch. 11. 18; Ex. 12. 14 ; 13. 9, 16 « ch. 11. 20 *■ ch. 9. 1 ; 19. 1 ; Josh. 24. 13 ' ch. 8. 10 ; 11. 16; 14. 29 ' ch. 4. 9 ' Mt. 4. Lk. 4. ' ch. 6. 11 : 10. 20 ' ch. 4. 24 ; 5.9 V Mt. 4. 7 ; Lk. 4. 12 '^ Ex. 17. 7 " ch. 11. 22 6 ch. 4. 40 181 *it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in '^ a land flowing with milk and honey. 4 '"Hear, O Israel : '-^Jehovah our God is " one Jehovah : 5 and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart ; 7 and " thou shalt teach them dili- gently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 8 i' And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. 9 « And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. 10 And it shall be, when Jeho- vah thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee, '"great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, 1 1 and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cisterns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and olive- trees, which thou plantedst not, and * thou shalt eat and be full ; 1 2 then beware lest ' thou forget Je- hovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 13" Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt_ thou serve, and " shalt swear by his name. 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you ; 15 for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a "^ jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth. 16 ^Ye shall not tempt Jehovah your God, ^as ye tempted him in Massah. 17 "Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jeho vah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. 18 And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah ; that * it may be well with thee, and that 2 Or, Jehovah our God, Jehovah is one Or, Jehovah is our God, Jehovah is one Or, Jehovah is our God, Jehovah alone 6.19 DEUTEEOl^OMY 7.18 children to be told of the great Deliverance. Israel warned against Apostasy. Blessings of Obedience thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, 1 9 to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken. 20 " When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which -Jehovah our God hath commanded you '? 21 then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt : and Jehovah brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand ; 22 and Jehovah showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes ; 23 and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24 And Jeho- vah comixianded us to do all these Btatutes, *to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day. 2-5 And "it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us. 7 -^^ When Jehovah thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall ' cast out many nations before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, "seven nations greater and mightier than thou ; 2 and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them ; ■''then thou shalt "utterly destroy them : ^thou shalt make no covenant with them, '' nor show mercy unto thern ; 3 'neither shalt thou make marriages with them ; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods : so will the anger of .Jehovah be kindled against you, and *he will destroy thee quickly. 5 But thus shall ye deal with them : ' ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their ^ pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire. 6 For thou art ™a holy people unto Jehovah thy God : Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be 1 Heb. pluck off. 2 Heb. devote. * or, obelisks " Ex. 13. 8, 14 f> ch. 10. 12 ' ch. 24. 13 d ch. 20. 16- 18 ' Acts 13. 19 /Num. 31. 17 0 Ex. 23. 32 ft ver. 16 ; ch. 13. 8 i Ex. 34. 15, 16 fc ch. 4. 26 ' ch. 12. 3 ; Ex. 23. 24 ; 34. 13 " ch. 14. 2, 21 ; Ex. 19. 6 " ch. 14. 2 ; 26. 18; Ex. 19. 5 0 ch. 4. 37 P ch. 4. 3.5, 39 5 ch. 5. 10 ■ ch. 28. 1- 14; Lev. 26. 3-13 ' ch. 13. 17 ; 30. 5 ; Lev. 26. 9 t Ex. 23. 26 " Ex. 15. 26 " ver. 2 " Ex. 23. 33 182 "a people for his own possession, ^ above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. 7 "Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples: 8 but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and re- deemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh, king of EgyiDt. 9 Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, ^ he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth cove- nant and lovingkindness with them that ''love him and keep his com- mandments to a thousand genera- tions, 10 and repay eth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them : he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. 11 Thou shalt there- fore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this daj% to do them. 12 ''And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these ordi- nances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the lovingkindness which he sware unto thy fathers: 13 and he will love thee, and bless thee, and * multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase ' of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples : there shall not be male or female 'barren among you, or among your cattle. 1-5 And "Je- hovah will take away from thee all sickness ; and none of the evil dis- eases of Egypt, Avhich thou know- est, will he put upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 16 And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee ; "thine eye shall not pity them : neither shalt thou serve their gods ; for that will be ^ a snare unto thee. 1 7 If thou shalt say in thy heart, These nations ai'e more than I ; how can I dispossess them ? 18 thou shalt not be afraid of them: thou * Or^ out of 7.19 DEUTERONOMY 8.18 Promise of Divine Help against Enemies. Jeliovah's gracious Dealings recalled shalt well remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and snto all Egypt; 19 "the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the outstretched arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so shall Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid. 20 More- over .Jehovah thy God will send *the hornet among them, until they that are left, and ^ hide themselves, perish from before thee. 21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them ; for "Jehovah thy God is in the rnidst of thee, a great God and a terrible. 22 ''And Jehovah thy God will cast out those nations before thee by little and little : thou mayest not consume them ^at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. 23 "But Jehovah thy God will deliver them^ up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed. 24 •'^And he will de- liver their kings into thy hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven : ^ there shall no man be able to stand be- fore thee, until thou have destroyed them. 25 ''The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire : thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein ; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God. 26 And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like unto it : thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it ; for it is a de- voted thing. 8 All the commandment which I command thee this daj^ shall ye observe to do, that ye 'may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers. 2 *And thou shalt remember all the Avay which Jeho- vah thy God hath led tliee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, 'to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not. 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he 1 Or, hide themselves from thee, perish. Thou 2 Or, quickly " ch. 4. 34 b Ex. 23. 28 ; Josh. 24. 12 '' Ex, 29. 45 ch. 30. 3 k ch. 7. 13 ' Lev. 21. 5 "• ch. 7. 0 "Lev. II. 1- 4.5 ; Acts 10. 14 ° ver. 2 189 shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. 2 For thou art '"a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, ® above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. 3 Thou shalt not eat any abomi- nable thing. 4 "These are the beasts which ye may eat : the ox, the sheep, and the goat, 5 the hart, and the gazelle, and the roe- buck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois. 6 And every beast that parteth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and "' cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that may ye eat. 7 Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven : The camel, and the hare, and the coney, because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you. 8 And the swine, because he part- eth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you : of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch. 9 These ye may eat of all that are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins and scales may ye eat ; 10 and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat ; it is unclean unto you. 1 1 Of all clean birds ye may eat. 1 2 But these are they of which ye shall not eat : the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray, 13 and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind, 14 and every raven after its kind, 15 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kind, 16 the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl, 17 and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant, 18 and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. 19 And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you : they shall not be eaten. 20 Of all clean birds ye may eat. 21 Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself : thou mayest give it unto the sojourner that is within thy gates, that he may eat it ; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner : for thou art a " holy people unto Jehovah thy God. 6 Or, out of 7 Heb. bringeth up. 14.22 DEUTEEONOMY 15.16 Tithes prescribed. Seventh Year of Release for Debt. Release of Bond-servants "Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk. 22 Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which Cometh forth from the field year by year. 23 And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, *an the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock ; that thou mayest " learn to fear Jehovah thy God always. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which Jehovah thy God shall choose, '' to set his name there, when Jehovah thy God shall bless thee; 25 then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thy hand, and snalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose : 26 and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul de- sireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee ; and ''thou shalt eat there before Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thy household. 27 And -^the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him ; ^ for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee. 28 ''At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates : 29 and the Levite, ' because he hath no por- tion nor inheritance with tnee, and *the sojourner, and the father- less, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall^ come, and 'shall eat and be satisfied ; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest. 'I pT '"At the end of every seven J_<_-F years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release : every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother ; because Jehovah's release hath been proclaimed. 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it : but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall ^ re- lease. 4 How belt there shall be 1 Or, release : save when there &c. " Ex. 23. 19 ; 34. 26 6 ch. 12. 5 " ch. 4. 10 d ch. 12. 5 " ch. 12. 7 /oh. 12. 12 v ch. 10. 9 A ch. 26. 12 !' ch. 10. 9 fcch. 10. 11, 14 ; 24. 19- 21 ; 26. 12 I ch. 6. 11 ™ ch. 31. 10 " ch. 28. 12, 13 "ver. 11 P ver. 1 « ch. 24. 15 ; Ex. 22. 23 " Mt. 20. 11 ; Mk. 14. 7 ; Jn. 12. 8 'Ex. 21.2-6; Lev. 25. 39-43 no poor with thee (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it), 5 if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day. 6 " For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he prom- ised thee : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow ; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee. 7 If there be with thee "a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother ; 8 but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, '^The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand ; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought ; and he '' cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee. 10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him ; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto. 11 ''For the poor will never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying. Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land. 12 ''If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty : 14 thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy thresh- ing-floor, and out of thy wine- press; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remem- ber that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee : therefore I ,command thee this thing to-day. 16 And it shall be, if he say unto 19Q 15.17 DEUTERONOMY 16.16 Firstlings to be consecrate J. The Feast of Passover. The Feast of Weeks. The Feast of Tabcrnaclei thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee ; 17 then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy ^servant for ever. And also unto thy ■•* maid-servant thou shalt do likewise. 18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee ; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years : and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest. 19 «A11 the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto Jehovah thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy herd, nor shear the firstling of thy flock. 20 * Thou shalt eat it before Jehovah thy God year by year in the place which .Jehovah shall choose, thou and thy household. 21 ^And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto Jehovah thy God. 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as '' the gazelle, and as the hart. 23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof ; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water. 1 f\ Observe "the month of -L\J Abib, and keep the passover unto Jehovah thy God ; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 And thou shalt sacri- fice the passover unto Jehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which Jehovah shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there. 3 •'^Thou shalt eat no leav- ened bread v/ith it ; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of afflic- tion ; for thou earnest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste : that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt » all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no leaven seen with thee in all thy borders seven days ; neither shall any of the flesh, which thou sacri- ficest the first day at even, remain aJl night until the morning. 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the pass- over within any of thy gates, 1 Or, bond-7nan 2 Or, bond-woman " Ex. 13. 2 i> Lev. 7. IG- 18 ' Lev. 22. 19-26 d ch. 12. 15, 10 "Ex. 12. 2 / Ex. 12. 8, 15 " ch. 4. 9 '' ch. 12. 6 ' Lev. 23. 36 k Ex. 23. 16 ; 34. 22 ; Lev. 23. 15 ; Num. 28. 26 ' ch. 12. 7 *" ch. 12. 12 " ch. 14. 29 ' Lev. 23. 34-43 « Ex. 2.3. 14- 17 ; 34. 23, 24 which Jehovah thy God giveth thee ; 6 but '' at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. 7 And thou shalt ^ roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose : and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou shalt eat unleav- ened bread ; and on the seventh day shall be ' a solemn assembly to Jehovah thy God ; thou shalt do no work therein. 9 * Seven weeks shalt thou num- ber unto thee : from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing grain shalt thou begin to numner seven weeks. 10 And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto Jehovah thy God ^with a tribute of a freewill-ofiering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as Jehovah thy God blesseth thee : 1 1 and thou shalt 'rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daugh- ter, and thy man-servant, and tnj'- maid-servant, and "the Levite that is within thy gates, and " the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which Jeho- vah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there. 12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt : and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. 13 "Thou shalt keep the feast of ^ tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress: 14 and thou shalt J' re- joice in thy feast, th'ou, and thy son, and tliy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-ser- vant, and the Levite, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 1-5 Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose ; because Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thy hands, and thou shalt be altogether joy- ful. 16 'Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before 3 Or, boil * Or, after the measure of the &c. 6 Heb. booths. 191 16.17 DEUTERONOMY 17.16 The Feast of Tabernacles. Justice and Pure Worship enjoined. Judgment in Hard Natters. Commands concerning Kings Jehovah thy God in the place which he shall choose : in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles ; and " they shall not appear before Jehovah empty : 17 every man ^ shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee. 1 8 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, ac- cording to thy tribes ; and they shall judge the people with right- eous judgment. 19 *Thou shalt not wrest justice : thou shalt not respect persons ; neither shalt thou take a bribe ; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and per- vert the "^ words of the righteous. 20 ^That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that " thou maj^- est live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 21 "^Thou shalt not plant thee an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Jehovah thy God, which thou shalt make thee. 22 Neither shalt thou set thee up a * pillar ; which Jehovah thy God lateth. -i ^ *Thou shalt not sacrifice -L I unto Jehovah thy God an ox, or a sheep, wherein is a blem- ish, or anything evil ; for that is an abomination unto Jehovah thy God. 2 ■''If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, in transgressing his covenant, 3 and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, 4 and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it ; then shalt thou inquire dili- gently ; and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel, 5 then slialt thou bring forth that man or tliat woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman ; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones. 6 ^At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, 1 Tleb. according to the gift o/kif hand. 2 Or, cause * Or, obelisk 3 Heb. Justice, justice. « Ex. 22. 20 ; 34. 20 b ch. 1. 17 ; 10. 17 "^ ch. 4. 1 d ch. 7. 5 ' ch. 15. 21 /ch. 13. 6-11 " ch. 19. 1.5 ; Num. 35. 30 h ch. 13. 9 ; Lev. 24. 14 'ch. ' ver. 13 ; ch. 1. 43 ; 18. 20 " ver. 12 o ch. 11. 31 ; Josh. 21. 43 ^ 1 S. 8. 5, 19, 20 « 1 K. 4. 26 ; 10. 26-29 "■ Is. .31. 1 ; Ezek. 17. shall he that is to die be put to death ; at the mouth of one wit- ness he shall not be put to death. 7 * The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward tne hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. 8 If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates ; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto Hhe place which Jehovah thy God shall choose ; 9 and thou shalt come unto *the pi'iests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days : and thou shalt inquire ; and they shall show thee the sen- tence of judgment. 10 And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose ; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee : 1 1 ' according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and accoi'ding to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do ; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. 12 And the man that doeth '" presumptuously, in not hearken- ing unto the priest that standeth to minister there before Jehovah thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die : and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. 13 And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more "pre- sumptuously. 1 4 When thou art come unto the land which Jehovah thy God giv- eth thee, and " shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, '' I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are round about me; 15 thou shalt surely set him king over thee, whom Jehovah thy God shall choose : one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee ; thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, who is not thy brother. 16 * Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor "■ cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses ; forasmuch as Je- hovah hath said unto you, Ye shall 192 17. r DEUTEEONOMY 19.1 Coffliiiaiids loiiconiiiiic Kings. Tlir Portions or the Levites. Divination forbidden. The True Prophet. The False Prophet henceforth return no more that way. 17 "Neither shall he mul- tiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away : neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of * that which is before the priests the Levites : 1 9 and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein " all the days of his life ; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them ; 20 that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, ''and that he turn not aside from the command- ment, to the right hand, or to the left : to the end that he may pro- long his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel. -i O 'The priests the Levites, XO '^even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheri- tance with Israel : they shall eat the oU'erings of Jehovah made by fire, and his inheritance. 2 And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren : Jehovah is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them. 3 -^And this shall be the priests' due from the peo- ple, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. 4 The first-fruits of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 5 s'For Jehovah thy God ha,th chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of Jehovah, him and his sons for ever. 6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojournethj and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which Jehovah shall choose ; 7 then he shall minister in the name of Jehovah his God, as all his breth- ren the Levites do, who stand there before Jehovah. 8 ^ They shall have like portions to eat, besides that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. 9 When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giv- eth thee, thou shalt not learn to I Or, and ° 2 S. 5. 13 : 12.11; iK. 11. 3, 4 ich. 31. 24-26 •^ Ch. 4. 9, lU d ch. 6. 32 " ch. 10. 9 ; I Cor. 9. 13 /Lev. 7. 32- 34 ; Num. 18. 11, 12 « Ex. 29. 9 'i Lev. 27. 3U-33 ; Num. 18. 21-24 ■ ch. 9. 5 k cji. 12. 31 ' Ex. 22. 18 ; Lev. 19. -M, 31 ; 2CI. U ; Jer. 27. 9, 10 ; Mai. 3. 6 "' Mt. 6. 48 ; (ien. 6. 9; 17. 1 " Actg 3. 22 ; 7. 37 ; Jn. 1. 21. 25 ' ch. 5. 23- 27 ; Ex. 20. 18,19 P ch. 5. 28 « Acts 3. 23 ; Heb. 12. 25 ■ ch. 17. 12 ' ch. 13. 1, 2 < ver. 20 " ch. 6. 10, 11 193 do ' after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found with thee any one *^that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one ' that prac- tiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, 11 or a charmer, ot ^ consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 1 2 For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto Jehovah : and because of these abominations Jehovah thy (^od doth drive them out from before thee. 13 '"Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God. 14 For these nations, that thou shalt dis- possess, hearken unto them that Eractise augury, and unto diviners; ut as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. 15 "Jehovah thy God will raise ui) unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 "according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Hoi'eb in the day of the a.ssem- bly, saying. Let me not hear a^ain the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this gi'eat fire any more, that I die not. 17^ And Jehovah said unto me. They have well said that which they have spoken. 18 1 will raise them up a prophet from among their breth- ren, like unto thee ; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that J. shall command him. 19 »And it shall come to pass, that whoso- ever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet, that shall speak a word /presumptuously in my name, which I have not com- manded him to speak, or 'that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. 21 And if thou say in thy heart. How shall we know the woi"d which Jehovah hath not spoken*? 22 when a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not spoken : the prophet hath spoken it 'presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him. -i Q " When Jehovah thy God A-XJ shall cut off the nations, whose land Jehovah thy God giv- 19.2 DEUTERONOMY 20.6 Cities of Refage. Laws concerning Landmarks and Testimony. Exemption from Military Service eth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses ; 2 " thou shalt set apart three cities for thee in tne midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it. 3 Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which Jehovah thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither. 4 *And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live : whoso killeth his neigh- bor unawares, and hated him not in time past ; 5 as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the ^head sHppeth from '^the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth ; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live : 6 lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally ; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. 7 Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt set apart three cities for thee. 8 And if Jehovah thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers ; 9 if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, ' to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways ; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three : 10 that ^ inno- cent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which .Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and '^ so blood be upon thee. 11 But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities ; 1 2 then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 * Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away ''the in- nocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. I Heb. iron. * Or, the tree 3 Or, the blood of an ivnocnit man * Or, the blood of the innocent " ch. 4. 41 * Num. 35. 9-34 " ch. 6. 5 d ch. 21. 1-9 ; Num. 35. 33 ' ch. 7. 2 /ch. 27. 17 s ch. 17. 6 ; Num. 35. 30 ; Mt. 18. 10 ; 2 Cor. 13. 1 '' Ei. 23. 1 ' ch. 17. 9 * ch. 26. 1 i ver. 13 "Ex. 21. 23; Lev. 24. 20 " Mt. 5. 38 " ch. .3. 22 ; 7. 18; 31. P ver. 1 ; Josh. 23. 10 14 ■''Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine in- heritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy Goa giveth thee to possess it. 15 "One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he siimeth : at the mouth of two wit- nesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be estab- lished. IG ''If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of °wi'ong- doing, 17 then both the men, be- tween whom the controversy is, shall stand * before Jehovah, be- fore the priests and the judges that shall be in those daj's ; 18 and the judges * shall make diligent inqui- sition : and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testi- fied falsely against his brother ; 19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother : so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst pf thee. 20 And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall hence- forth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. 21 And 'thine eyes shall not pity; '"life shall go for life, " eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 0/\ When thou goestfoi'th to wv7 battle against thine ene- mies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more tlian thou, " thou shalt not be afraid of them ; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought tliee up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, 3 and shall say unto them. Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies : let not your heart faint ; ^ fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted at them ; 4 for Jehovah your God »is he that goeth with j^ou, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. 5 And the ofticers shall speak unto the ]3eople. saying. What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated if? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, 5 Or, rebellion See ch. 13. 5. 194 20.7 DEUTEllONOMY 21.11 Rules ol' Warfiire. Expiation for an Unknown Murderer's Crime. Maniagc of Captive Women and hath not used the fruit thereof 1 let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit thereof. 7 "And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her"? let him go and re- turn unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, '' What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted 1 let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as his heart. 9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they snail appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people. 10 When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then pro- claim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become ^ tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 13 and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword : 14 but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee. 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. 16" But of the cit- ies of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheri- tance^ thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth; 17 but thou shalt ^ utterly destroy them : the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite ; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee ; 1 8 that they teach you not to do ''after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods ; so would ye sin against Jehovah your God. 1 9 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not 1 Or, subject to taskwork * Heb. devote. " ch. 24. 5 f> Judg. r. 3 ' ch. 7. 1-5 ; Ex. 23. 31-33 d ch. 9. 6 « ch. 17. 9- 11 ; ch. 19. 17 /Num. 35. 33,34 " ch. 19. 13 195 destroy the trees thereof by wield ing an axe against them • for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut tliem down ; for is the tree of the held man, that it should be besieged of thee"? 20 Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down ; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall. O "I If one be found slain in w J_ the land which Jehovah thj'' God givetli thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him ; 2 then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain : 3 and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke ; 4 a^nd the eldei-s of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the vallej'. -5 And "the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of Jeho- vah ; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be. 6 And all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley ; 7 and they shall answer and say. Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. 8 Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel, wlioni thou hast redeemed, and suffer not •''innocent blood to remain in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them. 9 ^So shalt thou put away the in- nocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah. 10 When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and .Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou carriest them away captive, 11 and seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to 21.12 DEUTERONOMY 22.14 fflarriage of Captive Women. Laws concerning tbe Treatment of Sons. Sundry Laws thee to wife ; 1 2 then thou shalt bring her home to thy house ; and she shall " shave her head, and pai'e her nails ; 13 and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month : and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. 14 And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will ; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her ^as a slave, because thou hast humbled her. 1 5 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated ; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated ; 1 6 then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born ^before the son of the hated, who is the first-born : 1 7 but he shall acknowl- edge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double por- tion of all that he hath ; for he is the * beginning of his strerigth ; the right of the first-born is his. 1 8 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, arid, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them ; 1 9 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place ; 20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city. This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice ; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 "^ And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones : so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee ; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. 22 And if a man have committed a sin '^ worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree ; 23 * his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day; for ■''he that is hanged is ^ac- cursed of God ; that thou defile not 1 Or, as a chattel 2 Or, during the lifetime of * H«b. the curse oj God. " Lev. 14. 9, 9 ; Num. 6. 9 !> Gen. 49. .3 ' Lev. 20. •>, 27 ; 24. 14- 23 ; Num. 15. 35, 30 d Mt. 26. 06 ; Mk. 14. 64 ' Josh. 8. 29 ; 10. 26, 27 ; Jn. 19. 31 /Gal. 3. 13 ' Ex 23. 4, 5 A Lev. 22. 28 * Lev. 19. 19 ' Lev. 19. 19 ' Num. 15. 37-41 ; Mt. thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. r)r) ^Thou shalt not see thy ^ ^ brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thy house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him. 3 And so shalt thou do with his ass ; and so shalt thou do with his garment ; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found : thou mayest not hide thyself. 4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from tbem : thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. 5 A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, nei- ther shall a man put on a woman's garment ; for whosoeyer _ doeth these things is an abomination unto .Jehovah thy God. 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, '' thou shalt not take the dam with the young : 7 thou shalt surely let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself ; ' that it may be well with thee, and that thou may- est prolong thy days. 8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a bat- tlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thj'^ house, if any man fall from thence. 9 * Thou shalt not sow thy vine- yard with two kinds of seed, lest the ^ whole fruit be ® forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and ihe increase of the vineyard. 10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. 1 1 '■ Thou shalt not wear a mingled stviff, wool and linen together. 12 "'Thou shalt make thee ® fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou cov erest thyself. 1 3 " If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 1 4 and lay shameful things to her charge, * Heb. fulness. ^ Heb. consecrated. 6 Or, twUted threads 196 22.15 DEUTERONOMY 23.10 Laws of Chastity. Persons to be excluded from the Assembly and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when 1 came nigh to her, I found not in her the toliens of virginity ; 15 then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the dam- sel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate ; 1 6 and the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her ; 1 7 and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, say- ing, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity ; and yet these are the tokens of my daugh- ter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the el- ders of the city. 18 And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him; 19 and they shall fine him a hundi-ed shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel : and she shall be his wife ; he may not put her a^Yay all his days. 20 But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virgin- ity were not found in the damsel ; 21 then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stone.s, because she hath " wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house : so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 22 * If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman : so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel. 23 ''If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her ; 24 then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them to death with stones ; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city ; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife : so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. 25 But if the man find the dam- sel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her ; then the man only that lay with her shall die : 26 but unto « ch. 23. ir, 18; Lev. 19. 29; 21. 9 t> Lev. 20. 10; Ezek. 16. 38 ; Jn. 8. 5 " Lev. 19. 20-22 d Ex. 22. 16 *[Ch. xxiii. 1 in Heb.] ' ch. 27. 20 /Lev. 21. 20; 22. 24 0 Num. 22. 6 ; 23. 7 ; 2 Pet. 2. 1.5 ; Jude 11 ft ch. 4. 37 f Lev. 15. 16 197 the damsel thou shalt do nothing ; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death : for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter ; 27 for he found her in the field, the be- trothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. 28 ''If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, that is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with lier, and they be found ; 29 then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her ; he may not put her away all his days. *30 "A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not un- cover his father's skirt. O O ■'^He that is wounded in ^ O the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah. 2 A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of .lehovah ; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jeho- vah. 3 An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah ; even to the tenth gen- eration shall none belonging to them enter into the assembly of .lehovah for ever : 4 because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee ^Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of ^ Mesojootamia, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam ; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because .Jehovah thy God * loved thee. 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. 7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edom- ite ; for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; be- cause thou wast a sojourner in his land. 8 The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of .lehovah. 9 When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing. 10 *If there be among you any man, that is not clean by rea- 1 neb. Aram-naharaim. 23.11 DEUTEEONOMY 24.10 Laws concerning Cleanness in War, Fugitives from Service, Harlotry, Interest, Vows, Divorce, and other Matters son of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp : 1 1 but it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water ; and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp. 12 Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad : 1 3 and thou shalt have a ^paddle among thy weapons; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and c. ver that which cometh from thee : 14 for " Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee ; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see '^an un- clean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is es- caped from his master unto thee : 16 he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best : thou shalt not oppress him. 17 * There shall be no ^prostitute of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a ""- sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the wages of a "dog, into the house of Jeliovah thy God for any vow : for even both these are an abomination unto .Jehovah thy God. 19 ''Thou shalt not lend upon in- terest to thy brother ; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon inter- est. 20 " Unto a foreigner thou may- est lend upon interest ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it. 21 ■''When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it : for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee ; and it would be sin in thee. 22 But if thou shalt forbear to ^i-ow. it shall be no sin in thee. 9j3 That which is gone out of thy )ips thou shalt observe and do ; ac- cording as thou hast vowed unto 1 Or, shovel " Heh. nakedness of anything. 3 Heb. l-cdeshah. See Gen. 38. 21. * Heb. kadesh. " Lev. 26. 12 b ch. 22. 21 " Lev. 18. 22 ; 20. 13 d Kx. 22. 26 ; Lev. 25. 35-37 *cb. 28. 12 /Num. 30. 1, 2 ; Mt. 6. 33 9 Mt. 12. 1 ; Mk. 2. 23 ; Lk. 6. 1 ft ch. 22. 13- 21 ; Num. 6. 12, 28 ( Mt. 5. 31 ; 19. 7-9 ; Mk. 10. 4, 5 fc ch. 20. 7 ' Ex. 21. 16 ' Lev. 13. 1-U. 67 " Num. 12. 10 " Ex. 22. 20, 198 Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offer- ing, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. 24 When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou maj^est eat of grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. 25 ■'' ^Vhen thou comest into thy neighbor's standing grain, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thy hand ; but thou shalt not moA^e a sickle unto thy neighbor's stand- ing grain. O 2L ^^li^'^ '1- man taketh a wife, w 'T: and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some ''unseemly thing in her, that 'he shall write her a bill of divorce- ment, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. 2 And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's -wife. 3 And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife ; 4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled ; for that is abomination before Jeho- vah: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 5 *When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be- charged with any bu.siness:. he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife whom he hath taken. 6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 7 'If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him ^as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 8 '"Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe dili- gently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you : as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. 9 Re- member what Jehovah thy God did "unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt. 10 "When thou dost lend thy 5 Or, as a chattel 24.11 DEUTERONOMY 25. 1^ Laws concerning Loans, Payment of Wages, Unjnst Judgments, and other Matters. The Levirate Law and Others neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. 1 1 Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee. 1 2 And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge ; 1 3 thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and "it shall be righteousness unto thee before Je- hovah thy God. 14 'Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates: 15 "in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it) ; lest '^ he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee. 1 6 * The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers : every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 -^Thou shalt not _ wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge ; 1 8 but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. 19 5 When thou reapest thy har- vest in thy field, and nast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be ''for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands. 20 'When thou beatest thine olive-tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again : it shall be ^for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow. 22 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt : therefore I command thee to do this thing. iT) pf 'If there be a controversy w tJ between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges rndge them; ""then they shall justify the " ch. 6. 25 6 ch. 15. 7- 18; Lev. •2,0. 35-43 ; 1 Tim. 6. 18 ' Lev. 19. 13 ; Jas. 6. 4 <'ch. 15. 9; Ex. 22. 23 •■ 2 K. 14. G ; 2 Chr. 25. 4; Jer. 31. 29, 30 ; Ezek. 18. 20 /ch. 1. 17, 10. 17 ; 16. 19 " Lev. 19. 9, 10 ; 23. 22 '' ch. 14. 29 ' Lev. 19. 10 '^ ver. 19 ' ch. 17. 8- 13; 19. 17 '" ch. 1. IC, 17 " 2 Cor. 11. 24 " 1 Cor. 9. 9 ; 1 Tim. 6. 18 P Mt. 22. 24 ; Mk. 12. 19; Lk. 20. 28 s Ruth 4. 5, 10 >" Ruth 4. 1, ' Ruth 4. 7, 8 < Num. 12. 14 ' ch. 7. 2 ' Lev. 19. 35- 37 righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number. 3 "Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed ; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. 4 "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the grain. 5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: ^ her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her. 6 And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that « his name be not blotted out of Israel. 7 ''And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say. My husband's brother i-efuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me. 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him : and if he stand, and say, I like not to take her; 9 "then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and ' spit in his face; and she shall answer and say. So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build uij his brother's house. 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. 1 1 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets ; 1 2 then thou shalt cut off her hand, " thine eye shall have no pity. 13 "Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14 "Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. 15 A perfect and just weight shalt thou nave : a perfect and just measure shalt thou have.* 199 25.16 DEUTERONOMY 26.19 Amaiek to be destroyed. Offering of First-fruits. Tithes of the Third Year. Condnding Exhortation that thy days may be long in the land which J ehovah thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, even all that do unright- eously, are an abomination vinto Jehovah thy God. 17" Remember what Amaiek did unto thee by the way as j'e came forth out of Egypt; 18 how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, ail that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary ; and he feared not God. 19 Therefore it shall be, when Jehovah thy God hath given thee *rest frorn all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remem- brance of Amaiek from under heaven ; thou shalt not forget. O /^ And it shall be, when thou ^ \J art come in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein, 2 that thou shalt take of "^the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which .Jeho- vah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there. 3 And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto Jehovah thy God, that I am come unto the land which .Jehovah sware unto our fathers to give us. 4 And the priest shall take the basket out of thy hand, and set it down before the altar of Jehovah thy God. 5 And thou shalt answer and say be- fore Jehovah thy God, ''A ^Syrian ^ ready to perish was my father ; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, ' few in number ; and he became there a nation, ■^ great, mighty, and populous. 6 And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage : 7 and we cried unto Jehovah, the God of our fathers, and Jehovah heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression ; 8 'and Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, ana with great terribleness, and with signs, and Avith wonders; 9 and he hath 1 Heb. Aramean. 2 Or, wandering Or, lost " Ex. 17. 8-16 b ch. Vi. 9 ' Ex. 22. 29 ; 23. 16, 19 rf Gen. 25. 30 ; 31. 40- 42; 43. 1-14 ^ Gen. 46. 27 /ch. 1. 10; 10.22 9 ch. 4. 34 ft Ex. 3. S, 17 i ch. 12. 7 ' ch. 14. 28, 29 ; Heb. 7. 6, 9, 10 " ch. 4. 29 » ch. 7. 6 P ch. 28. 1, 13 200 brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, ''a land flowing with milk and honey. 1 0 And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, wliich thou, 0 Jehovah, hast given me. And thou shalt set it down before Jeho- vah thy God, and worship before Jehovah thy God : 1 1 and thou shalt * rejoice in all the good which Jehovah thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thy house, thou, and Hhe Levite, and the sojourner that is in the midst of thee. 12 MVhen thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then thou shalt give it unto the Levite, to the so- journer, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled. 13 And thou shalt say before Jeho- vah thy God, I have put away the hallowed things out of my house, and also liave given them unto the Levite, and unto the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the Avidow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me : 1 have not transgressed any of thy commandments, neither have I for- gotten them: 14 I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I put away thereof, being un- clean, nor given thereof for the dead : I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God : I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. 1.5 Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, '"a land flowing with milk and honey. 16 This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these stat- utes and ordinances : thou shalt therefore keep and do them " with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 17 Thou hast avouched Je- hovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wonkiest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordi- nances, and hearken unto his voice : 18 and Jehovah hath avouched thee this day to be "a people for his own possession, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his command- ments; 19 and * to make thee high above all nations that he hath 27.1 DEUTERONOMY 28.4 Tiie Law to be recorded at Ebal. Curses to be pronounced at Ebal. Blessings at derizim made, '^ in praise, and in name, and in honor ; and that thou mayest be ''a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken. O ^ And Moses and the elders w 4 of Israel coinmanded the people, saying, Keep all the com- mandment which I command you this day. 2 *And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jeho- vah thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster : 3 and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over ; that thou mayest go in unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, "a land flow- ing with milk and honey, as Jeho- vah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised thee. 4 And it shall be, when ye are passed over the Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. 5 And there shalt thou build an altar unto Je- hovah thy God, an altar of stones : thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon theoi. 6 Thou shalt build the altar of Jehovah thy God of ^unhewn stones ; and thou shalt offer burnt- offerings thereon unto Jehovah thy God : 7 and thou shalt sacrifice peace-offerings, and shalt eat there ; and thou shalt ''■ rejoice before Jeho- vah thy God. 8 And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. 9 And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, say- ing. Keep silence, and hearken, O Israel : This day thou art become the people of Jehovah thy God. 10 Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, and do his cornmandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. 1 1 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over the Jordan: "Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin. 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse : Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall answer, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 1 Or, for a praise, and for a name, and or an honor * Heb. whole. "■ ch. 7. 6 >> Josh. 8. 30-32 « ch. 26. 9 d ch. 26. U ' Josh. 8. 33-36 / Ex. 20. 4, 23 ; 34. 17 9' Ex 21. 17 ; Lev. 20. 9 ; Ezek. 22. 7 A ch. 19. 14 : Lev. 19. 14 * ch. 24. 17 I ch. 22. 30 ; Lev. 18. 8 ; 20. 11 ' Ex. 22. 19 i Lev. 18. 23 " Lev, 18. 9 ; 20. 17 ' Lev. 20. 14 P Ex. 21. 12 ; Lev. 24. 17 ; Num. 35. 30, 31 9 Ex. 23. 7 ■ GaL 3. 10 ' ch. 7. 12- 26; Ex. 23. 22-27 ; Lev. 26. 3-13 *■ ver. 13 j ch. 26. 19 15 Cursed be the man that maketh ^a. graven or molten im- age, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the crafts- man, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say. Amen. 16 "Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say. Amen. 17 ''Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say. Amen. 18 'Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say. Amen. 19 /Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say. Amen. 20 'Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say. Amen. 21 ™ Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22 "Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say. Amen. 23 "Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say. Amen. 24 ^Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say. Amen. 25 « Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say. Amen. 26 ''Cursed be he that confirm- eth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say. Amen. 4^ O ' And it shall come to pass, ^ O if thou shalt hearken dili- gently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God * will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth : 2 and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee,_ if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Je- hovah thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy 201 28.5 DEUTERONOMY 28. 3J Blessings to be pronounced at Gerizim. Fearful Consequences of Disobedience flock. 5 Blessed shall be thy bas- ket and thy kneading-trough. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 Jehovah will cause thine ene- mies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee : they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways. 8 Jehovah will command the bless- ing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto ; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giv- eth thee. 9 Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee ; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah ; and they shall be afraid of thee. 11 "And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 Jehovah will open unto thee his good Hreasure the heav- ens, to giA^e the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand : and *thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 13 "And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be be- neath ; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them, 14 and "* shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 15 "But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah th.y God, to ob- serve to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. 16 •''Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 ^Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading- trough. 18 ''Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy Or treasury " ver. 4 * ch. 23. 20 ' ver. 1, 44 rf ch. 6. 32 * Lev. 26. 14-43; Josh. 23. 16 /ver. 3 « ver. 5 '• ver. 4 « ver. 6 * ver. 8 ' ch. 4. 26 '" Lev. 26. 25 ; Num. 14. 12 " Am. 4. 9 " ch. 4. 29 P ver. 12 ; ch. 11. 17 « ver. 7 ' 2 Chr. 29. 8 ; Jer. 15. 4 ' Jer. 7. 33 ; 10. 4 ; 19. 7 ; 34. 20 ' ver. 60, 61 ; 7. 16 " Ex. 10. 21 302 cattle, and the young of thy flock. 19 'Cursed shalt tliou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 20 * Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be de- stroyed, and until ' thou perish auickly ; because of the evil of thy oings, whereby thou hast for- saken me. 2 1 '" Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it. 22 Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with -the sword, and "with blasting, and with mildew ; and they shall pur- sue thee until "thou perish. 2.3 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. 24 ^Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. 25 'Jehovah will cau.se thee to be smitten before thine enemies ; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them : and thou shalt *■ be ^tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth. 26 *And th5' dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth ; and there shall be none to frighten them away. 27 'Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the '*emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. 28 Je- hovah will smite thee with mad- ness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart ; 29 and thou shalt "grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways : and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee. 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her : " thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein : thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof. 31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou 2 Or, as otherwise read, dro^ight 3 Or, a terror unto all * Or, tumors Or, plague boils 28.32 DEUTERONOMY 28.58 Fearful Consequences of Disobedience shalt not eat thereof : thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be re- stored to thee : thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee. 32 " Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people ; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day : and there shall be nought in the power of -thy hand. 33 The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up ; and thou shalt be only op- pressed and crushed alway ; 34 so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 3.5 * Jehovah will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head. 36 "^ Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers ; and there shalt thou serve other gods, ''wood and stone. 37 And * thou shalt become an astonish- ment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Je- hovah shall lead thee away. 38 ^Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in ; for '' the locust shall con- sume it. 39 '^^Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes ; for the worm shall eat them. 40 *Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil ; for thine olive shall cast its fruit. 41 *Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine ; for they shall go into cap- tivity. 42 'All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess. 43 '"The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher ; and thou shalt come down lower and lower. 44 "He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him : ° he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 45 And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and over- take thee, ^ till thou be destroyed ; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his " ver. 41 * ver. 27 " 2 K. 17. 4, 6 ; 24. 12, 14 ; 25. 7, 11 d Ch. 4. 28 *■ Jer. 19. 8 ; 29. 18 / Is. 6. 10 ; Mic. 6. 15 " Joel 1. 4 '' Is. 6: 10 ; 17. 10, 11 'Jer. 11. 16; Mic. C. 16 * ver. 32 ' ver. 38 "' ver. 13 " ver. 12 " ver. 13 i' ch. 4. 25, 26 9ch. 12. 7 "■ Lam. 4. 4-6 ' Jer. 28. 13, 14 « Is. 5. 26-30 ; 7. 18-20 " Jer. 10. 17, 18 ; Zeph. 1. 15, 16 " Lev. 26. 29 ; Jer. 19. 9 ; Lam. 2. 20 * Lam. 4. 10 203 statutes which he commanded thee : 46 and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 ''Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by rea^ son of the abundance of all things ; 48 therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, '' in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things : and he 'shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. 49 'Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand ; 50 a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old^ nor show favor to the young, 51 and shall eat the fruit of thy cat tie, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed ; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish. 52 " And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land ; and thej^ shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee. 53 "And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Jeho- vah thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the distress where- with thine enemies shall distress thee. 54 The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath re- maining ; 55 so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall dis- tress thee in all thy gates. 56 ''The tender and delicate woman among you,- who would not adven- ture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom^ and toward her son, and toward 28.57 DEUTERONOMY 29.13 Fearful Consequences of Disobedience. Tlie Covenant made in Koab her daughter, 57 and toward her ^ young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear ; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherexvith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, -Jehotah thy God ; 59 then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sick- nesses, and of long continuance. 60 *And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of ; and they shall cleave unto thee. 61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jeho- vah bring upon thee, * until thou be destroyed. 62 And ye shall be left few in number, *" whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multi- tude ; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jeho- vah thy God. 63 And it shall come to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Jehovah will rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you ; and ye shall be •^ plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it. 64 And Jehovah will ■^ scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; and there thou shalt •''serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone. 65 And * among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot : but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul ; 66 and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life. 67 In the morning thou shalt say. Would it were even ! and at even thou shalt say. Would it were morning ! for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68 And Jehovah will bring thee 1 Or, ajter-bi/rtfi *'[Ch. xxviii. 69 in Heb] *rCh. xxix. 1 in Heb.] " ver. 27 b ch. 4. 25, 26 " ch. 1. 10 d Jer. 12. 14 ; 45. 4 « ch. 4. 27 /ch. 4. 28, 29. 26 ; 32. 17 » Lam. 1. 3 h Ex. 13. 14 i Lev. 26. 40 ; 27. 34 k ch. 5. 2, 3 ' Rom. 11. 8; Is. 6. 9, 10 ; Acts 28. 26, 27 "^ ch. 8. 4 " ch. 8. 3 " ch. 2. 26-3. 17 ; Num. 21. 21-24, 33-35 P ch. 3. 12, 13 ; Num. 32. 32 9 ch. 4. 6 '■ Josh. 1. 7 'Josh. 9. 21, 23,27 tflen. 17. 7; Ex. 6. 7 204 into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof * I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again : and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. *r)0 'These are the words of ^ fJ the covenant which Jeho- vah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the * cove- nant which he made with them in Horeb. *2 And Moses called unto all Isi'ael, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land ; 3 the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders : 4 but ' Je- hovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness : '" your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot. 6 "Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink ; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God. 7 "And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them : 8 and we took their land, and ^gave it for an inheri- tance unto tlie Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites. 9 * Keep there- fore the words of this covenant, and do them, '' that ye may - pros- per in all that ye do. 10 Ye staod this day all of you before Jehovah your God ; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, 1 1 your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from Hhe hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water ; 12 that thou mayest enter into the coA^enant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day ; 13 that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that ' he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he * Or, deal wisely 29.14 DEUTERONOMY 30.8 The Covenant made in Moab. Solemn Injunctions and Promises sware unto thy fathers, to Abra- ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath, 15 but with him that stand- eth here with us this day before Jehovah our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day 16 (for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed ; 17 and ye have seen their abomi- nations, and their idols, "wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them) ; 1 8 'lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turn- eth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations ; lest there should be among you "a root that beareth ^gall and wormwood; 19 and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this '^ curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, ^ to destroy the moist with the dry. 20 Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will ''smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will " blot out his name from under heaven. 21 And Jehovah will set him apart unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant -^that is written in this book of the law. 22 And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and ^the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath made it sick; 23 cmd that the whole land thereof is ''brimstone, and salt, and *a buiming, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the over- throw of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Je- hovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: 24 even all the nations shall say. Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of 1 Heb. rosh, a poisonous herb. 2 Or, oath (and so ver. 20, 21) * Or, to add drunkenness to thirst ° ch. 4. 28 ; 28. 36 ; Ex. 20. 23 b ch. 13. 6 " ch. 32. 32 ; Heb. 12. 15 d Ps. 74. 1 ; 80. 4 " ch. 9. 14 ; Ex. 32. 33 ; 2 K. 14. 27 /ch. 30. 10 " Jer. 19. 8 ; 49. 17 ; 60. 13 h Gen. 19. 24 ; Is. 34. 9 ' Is. 1. 7 ; 64. U * 2 K. 17. 9- 23 ; 2 Chr. 36. 13-21 ' Ezek. 19. 12, 13 "' ver. 15, 19 : ch. 11. 26 " ch. 28. 64 ; 29. 28 ; Lev. 26. 40- 45 " ch. 4. 29, 30 P ch. 4. 29 9 Gen. 28. 15 ; 48. 21 ■ ch. 4. 27 ' Neh. 1. 9 ; Is. 43. 6 ; 48. 20 ; 62. 11 ' Jer. 29. 14 ; 30. 3 " ch. 7. 13 ; 13. 17 " ch. 6. 5 ' ch. 7. 15 205 this great anger? 2.5 Then men shall say, * Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their 'fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, 26 and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not "* given unto them : 27 therefore the . anger of J ehovah was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book ; 28 and ' .Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wi-ath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day. 29 The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God ; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. O/^ And it shall come to pass, tJ\J when all these things are come upon thee, "' the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind "among all the nations, whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee, 2 and "shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, ^'with all thy heart, and with all thy soul ; 3 that then Jehovah thy God will ^^turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath *■ scattered thee. 4 If anj/ of thine outcasts be in the uttermost parts of heaven, *from thence will Je- hovah thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : 5 and 'Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it ; and he will de thee good, and "multiply thee above thy fathers. 6 And Jeho- vah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, " to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 7 "^And .Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that perse- cuted thee. 8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Je •• Heb. allotted. s Or, return to 30.9 DEUTERONOMY 31.13 Solemn Injanctions and Promises. Moses' Final Cliarge. The Law delivered to the Priests hovali, and do all his command- ments which I command thee this day. 9 "And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good : for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers ; 10 if thou shalt obey the voice of Jeho- vah thy God, to keep his com- mandments and his statutes which *are written in this book of the law ; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God "with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 1 1 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too ' hard for thee, neither is it far off. 1 2 ■ It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, "^ Who shall go \ip for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it 1 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou should- est say. Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do if? 14: But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. 15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil ; 1 6 in that I command thee this day "to love Jehovah ths^ God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou -^mayest live and multiply, and that .Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it. 17 But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them ; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ^ ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it. 1 9 '' I call heaven and earth to wit- ness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, ' the blessing and the curse : there- fore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed ; 20 Ho love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and '■ to cleave unto him ; '" for - he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah svvare unto 1 Or, wonder/al * Or, tliat " Jer. 31. 27, 28 b ch. 29. 21 ■^ ch. 4. 29 d Rom. 10. 6-8 <■ ch. 6. 5 / ver. 19 ; ch. 4. 1 0 ch. 4. 26 " ch. 4. 26 ' ver. 1 k ch. 6. 5 ' ch. 10. 20 '" ch. 4. 1 ; 32.47 " ch. 34. 7 " ch. 1. 37 P Num. 27. 18 1 ch. 20. 1 ' ch. 1. 38 ; 3. 28 " ver. 2.5, 26 ; 10. 8 ; Num. 4. 5, 6, 16 " ch. 15. 1, 2 * ch. 12. 5 V ch. 4. 10 206 thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. O "i And Moses went and spake 0 J- these words unto all Israel. 2 And he said unto them, I am "a hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in : and Jehovah hath said unto me, "Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. 3 Jehovah thy God, he will go over before thee ; he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them: and ^Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as Jehova.h hath spoken. 4 And Jehovali will do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land ; whom he destroyed. 5 And Jehovah will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which 1 have comipanded you. 6 Be strong and of good courage, 'fear not, nor be affrighted at them : for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee ; ^ he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 7 Arid Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, ' Be strong and of good courage : for thou shalt go with this people into the land which Jehovah hath sworn unto their fathers to give them ; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. 8 And Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, 'he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee : fear not, neither be dismayed. 9 And ]\loses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, " that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and unto all the elders of Israel. 10 And Moses commanded them, saj'ing. At the end of every seven years, in the set time of "the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 1 1 when all Israel is come to appear before Jehovah thy God in ^the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. 12 Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy so- journer that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may * learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and observe to do all the words of this law ; 1 3 and that their children, who have not known, may hear, and learn to fear Jeho- 31.14 DEUTERONOMY 32.5 Joshaa commissioned. Tlie Law put beside the Arl(. Tlie Song of Moses vah your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it. 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, "thy days approach that thou must die : call J oshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. *And Moses and Joshua went, and jj resented themselves in the tent of meeting. 15 •-■ And Je- hovah appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud : and the pillar of cloud stood ^ over the door of the Tent. 16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, ''thou shalt sleep with thy fathers ; and " this people will rise up, and play the narlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and •''will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 ''Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them ; so that they will say in that day. Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us ^ 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. 1 9 Now therefore '' write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel : put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. 20 'For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fa- thers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and * waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant. 21 And it shall come to pass, 'when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness ; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed : for I know their imagination which they frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. 22 '"So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the chil- dren of Israel. 2.3 "And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good 1 Or, by " ch. 4. 22 ; 3i 50; Num. 27. 12, 13 b Ex. 33. 9-11 ■^ Ex. 33. 9 <' Gen. 13. 15 * ch. 4. 'Ih- 28 ; Judg. 2. 11, 12 /Judg. 10. C 'J Judg. 2. 14 ; 6. 13 '' ver. 22 ' ch. G. 10- 12 ; 8. 10, 19; 11. 10, 17 * ch. 32. 15- 17 ' ch. 4. .^O ; Lev. 20. 41 "* ver. 19 " ver. 7 "Ex. 3. 12 i' ver. 9 9 ch. 9. 7 ""oh. 9. C, 13 » ch. 4. 26 « ch. 4. 26 ; Is. 1. 2 " Is. 55. 10, 11 " Ex. 33. 19 , 34. 6, C "^ ch. 3. 24 , 5. 24 " ver. 15, 18, 30 ' Gen. 18. 25 " ch. 7. 9 f> ch. 4. 25 ; 31. 29 207 courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them : and " I will be with thee. 24 And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writ- ing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, 25 that Moses commanded the Levites, * that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. 27 For I know *thy rebellion, and ''thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jeho- vah ; and how much more after my death"? 28 Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, _ that I may speak tne.se words in their ears, and 'call heaven and earth to witness against them. 29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you ; ana evil will befall you in the latter days ; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 30 And Moses spake in the ears of all the assembly of Israel tht words of this song, until they were finished. OO 'Give ear, ye heavens, and O w I will speak ; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the " rain ; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the ten- der grass. And as the showers upon the herb. 3 For I will ''proclaim the name of -Jehovah : Ascribe ye * greatness unto our God. 4 The ^ Rock, his work is perfect ; For all his ways are ^justice : A God of "faithfulness and with- out iniquity. Just and right is he. 5 They have -dealt ''corruptly witb him, they are not his children, ^ it is their blemish ; 2 Or, corrupted themselves, they Src. 8 Or, but a blot upon them 32.6 DEUTERONOMY 32.24 The Song of Moses They are a " perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O * foolish people and unwise 1 Is not he thy "^ father that hath ^ bought thee ? He hath "^ made thee, and estab- lished thee. 7 Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many gen- erations : *Ask thy father, and he will show thee ; Thine elders, and they will tell thee. 8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance. When he -^separated the chil- dren of men. He set the bounds of the peo- ples According to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For Jehovah's * portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheri- tance. 10 He found him in a * desert land, And in the waste howling wil- derness ; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as 'the apple of his eye. 11 As an * eagle that stirreth up her nest. That fluttereth over her young, ^He 'spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions. 12 Jehovah '"alone did lead him, And there was " no foreign god with him. 1 3 He made him " ride on the high places of the earth. And he did eat the increase of the field ; And he made him to suck * honey out of the rock. And oil out of the flinty rock : 14 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs. And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, « With the * finest of the wheat ; And of the blood of the grape thou d rankest wine. 15 But Jeshurun ''waxed fat, and kicked : 1 Or, possessed Or, gotten 2 Or, Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions 3 Heb. fat of kidneys of wheat. " Lev. 26. 20 P ch. 29. 21 9 Pb. 18. 14 , 45. 6 ■ ch. 28. 22, ■' Ps. 91. 6 ' Lev. 26. 22 " ver. 33 208 Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art be- come sleek; Then he ' forsook God ' who made him. And lightly esteemed "the Rock of his salvation. 16 They *" moved him to jealousy with strange gods ; With abominations ^provoked they him to anger. 17 They ^ sacrificed unto demons, tvhich ivere no God, To ^ gods that they knew not. To "new gods that came up of late. Which your fathers dreaded not. 18 Of * the Rock that * begat thee thou art unmindful. And hast '^ forgotten God that gave thee birth. 19 And Jehovah saw it, and ''ab- horred them. Because of the " provocation of his sons and his daughters. 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their ■''end shall be : For they are a very ^ perverse generation, Children in whom is '' no faith- fulness. 21 They have *' moved me to jeal- ousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their * vanities: And I will ' move them to jeal- ousy with those that are not a people ; I will provoke them to anger with a ™ foolish nation. 22 For a "fire is kindled in mine anger. And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And " devoureth the earth with its increase. And setteth on fire the foun- dations of the mountains. 23 I will heap ^ evils upon them; I will spend mine * arrows upon them : 24 They shall be wasted with hun- ger, and devoured with ®burn- ing '■ heat And bitter * destruction ; And the teeth of ' beasts will I send upon them. With the "poison of crawling things of the dust. * Or, bare 5 Heb. burning coals. See Hab. 3. 6. 32.25 DEUTERONOMY 32.46 The Song of Moses. Exhortation to observe the Law 25 Without shall the "sword be- reave, And in the chambers terror ; It shall destroy both * young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs. 26 I said, 1 would "scatter them afar, I would make the ''remem- brance of them to cease from among men ; 27 Were it not that I feared the "provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss. Lest tliey should say, '^ Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this. 28 For they are a nation "void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them. 29 '' Oh that they were wise, that they understood this. That they would * consider their latter end ! 30 How should one * chase a thou- sand, . And two put ten thousand to flight. Except their 'Rock had sold them. And Jehovah had delivered them upl 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our '"enemies themselves being judges. 32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah : Their grapes are grapes of "gall. Their clusters are bitter : 33 Their wine is.the poison of ser- pents, And the cruel venom of asps. 34 Is not this "laid up in store with me, Sealed up ^ among my treas- ures % 35 ^Vengeance is mine, and recom- pense. At the time when their *foot shall slide : For the '^ day of their calamity is at hand. And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste. 36 For %Tehovah will judge his people, 1 Or, in mv treastmea " Lam. 1. 20 , Ezek. 7. 16 i> 2 Chr. 36. 17 ; Lam. 2. 21 " ch. 4. 27 ; 28. 64 d ch. 9. 14 ; Job 18. 17 , Ps. 34. 16 " ch. 9. 26-28 / Ps. 140. 8 ; Ib. 10. 13 0 ver. 6 ''ch. 6. 29; Ps. 81. 13 » ch. 31. 29 , Is. 47. 7 ; Lam. 1. 9 * Lev. 26. 7, 8 ' ver. 4 "' Ex. 14. 25 ; 1 S. 4. 8 " ch. 29. 18 " .Jar. 44. 21 , Hos. 13. 12 P Ps. 94. 1 ; Rom. 12. 19; Heb. 10. 30 9 Jer. 23. 12 »■ Ezek. 7. 5-10 '■ Ps. 136. 14 ; Heb. 10. 30 « ch. 30. 1-3 ; Lev. 26. 43-45 ; Judg. 2. IS; Ps. 106. 45 ; Joel 2. 14 " Jer. 2. 28 " Num. 25. ■^Jer. 11. 12 y Is. 41. 4 , 43. 10 ^ ver. 12 " 1 Sam. 2. 6 ; 2 K. 5. 7 i> Job 5. 18 ; Hos. 6. 1 " Ps. 60. 22 rf Ezek. 20. " Ps. 7. 12 ; Ezek. 21. 9, 10 /Jer. 60. 28- 32 '' Jer. 46. 10 '' Jer. 12. 12 ; 46. 10, 14 ' Rom. 16. 10 fc 2 K. 9. 7 ; Rev. 6. 10 ; 19. 2 ' Is. 1. 24 ■ Pb. 66. 3 ; 79. 9 " Num. 13. 8, 16 ' Ezek. 40. 4 ; 44. 6 209 And ' repent himself for his ser- vants ; When he seeth that their power is gone. And there is none remaining, shut up or left at large. 37 And he will say, "Where are their gods. The rock in which they took refuge ; 38 Which did "eat the fat of their sacrifices, And^ drank the wine of their drink-offering 1 Let them rise up and ^help you. Let them be your protection. 39 See now that ^I, even L am he, And there is ^no god with me : I "kill, and I make alive ; I * wound, and I heal ; And there is "none that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For '^1 lift up my hand to heaven, And say. As I live for ever, 41 If I "whet ^my glittering sword. And my hand take hold on judgment ; I w;ill render {vengeance to mine adversaries. And will recompense them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows " drunk with blood. And my ''sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, ^ From * the head of the leaders of the enemy. 43 ^* Rejoice, O ®ye nations, with his people : For he will * avenge the blood of his servants. And will 'render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make /^expiation for his land, for his people. 44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and " Hoshea the son of Nun. 45 And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel ; 46 and he said unto them, " Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command 2 Heb. the lightning of my sword. 3 Or, From the beginning of revenges upon tht enemy * Or, the hairy head of the enemy ^ Or, Praise his people, ye nations s Or, ye nations, his people 32.47 DEUTERONOMY 33.16 Moses commanded to ascend Monnt Sebo. The Blessing of IHoses "your children to observe to do, even all the words of this law. 47 For it is no vain thing for you ; be- cause * it is your life, and " through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it. 48 And Jehovah spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, 49 '*Get thee up into this moun- tain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho ; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Isx*ael for a possession; 50 and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be '^ gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: 51 ■'because ye trespassed against me in the m'idst of the chil- dren of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the ^wilder- ness of Zin ; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. 52 ''For thou shalt see the land before thee ; but ' thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel. O O And this is the blessing, O O wherewith Moses * the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And he said, Jehovah came from ' Sinai, And rose from '" Seir unto them ; He shined forth from mount " Paran, And he came from " the ten thou- sands of ' holj' ones : At his right hand " was a ^ fiery law for them. 3 Yea, * he loveth the ^ people ; All *his *■ saints are in thy hand : And they "sat down at thy feet ; Every one * shall receive of thy words. 4 ' Moses commanded us a law. An " inheritance for the assembly of .lacob. 5 And ""he was "king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered. All the tribes of Israel together. 6 Let "= Reuben live, and not die ; ''Nor let his men be few. 7 And this is the blessing of ^ Judah : and he said, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of Judah, 1 Heb. holiness. * Or, was fire, a law were streams for them •* Or, tribes * Or, their holy ones Or, as otherwise read, * Or, recfived 6 Or, th ere was a king ' Or, But " ch. 4. 3 << ch. 8. 3 ; 30. 20 ' ch. 4. 40 ; 3o. 2o d ch. 3. 27 ; Num. 27. 12-14 ' (ien. 26. 8 /Num. 20. 12 9 Num. 27. 14 '' ch. 3J. 1-3 ' ch. 1. 37 ; 3. 27 I- .Tosh. 14. 6 ' Ex, ly, IS, 20 ; Ps. 68. 8, 17 '" .Tudg. 5. 4 " Num. in. 12 ; Hab. 3. 3 "Dan. 7. 10; Acts 7. fl3 ; Gal. 3. 19 ; Heb. 2. 2 ; Rev. 6. 11 PEx. 19. 18; 20. 1-18 9 ch. 4. 37 ; 7. 8 ; 10. 1.3 ; Hos. 11. 1; Mai. 1. 2 '■ ch. 7. 6 ; 14. 2 'ch. 6. 1-9 «ch. 4. 2; Jn. 1. 17; 7. 19 " ch. 8. 3 , Ps. 119. Ill " Num. 23. 21 ^ Gen. 49. 3,4 y Gen. 49. 8-12 ' Ex. 28. .30 ; Lev. 8. 8 ° Ps. 106. 16 i ch. 6. 16 ; Ex. 17. 7; Num. 20. 13, 24 ' Ex. 32. 27- 29 rf ch. 31. 9- 13 ; Lev. 10. II ; Dt. 17. 9-11 « Ex. 30. 7, 8 ; Lev. 16. 12, 13 ; 1 S. 2. 28 / Ps. 51. 19 'J ch. 4. 37 ; 12. 10 ft ch. 32. 11 ■ Gen. 27. 27, 28 . 49. 22- 26 * Gen. 49. 26 210 And bring him in unto his people. ^ With his hands he contended ^for himself; And thou shalt be a help against his adversaries. 8 And of Levi he said. Thy '^ Thummim and thy Urim are with ^°thy "godly one, Whom thou didst prove at *Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah ; 9 Wh9 said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him ; Neither did he "^ acknowledge his brethren. Nor knew he his own children : For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant. 10 They shall ''teach Jacob thine ordinances. And Israel thy law : They shall put '^incense " before thee. And ^ whole burnt-offering upon thine altar. 11 Bless, Jehovah, his substance, And accept the work of his hands : Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him. And of them that hate him, that they rise not again. 12 Of Benjamin he said. The beloved of Jehovah shall ^ dwell in .safety by him ; He ''covereth him all the day long. And he dwelleth between his shoulders. 13 And of Joseph he said, •' Blessed of Jehovah be his land. For the pi'ecious things of heaven, for the dew. And for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun. And for the precious things of the growth of the '^ moons, 15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the ^everlasting hills, 16 And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, 6 Or, Let his hands be sufficient for them ' Or. /nr them i" Or, /itjii vhom, thou lovest 11 Heb. 171 thy nostrils. ** Or. months 33.17 DEUTERONOMY 34.7 The Blessing of Moses. The Death of Noses 17 18 And the good will " of him that dwelt in the bush. Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, And upon the crown of the head of him ^ that was sepa- rate from his brethren. ^The firstling of his herd, majesty is his; And his horns are the horns of * the wild-ox : With them he shall ^'^push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth : And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Manasseh. And of ''Zebulun he said. Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; And, Issachar, in thy tents. 19 Theyshallcall the peoples "unto the mountain ; There shall they offer •''sacri- fices of righteousness : For they shall suck ^the abun- dance of the seas. And the hidden treasures of the sand. And of '' Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: He dwelleth 'as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head. And he ''provided the *first part for himself. For there was ^the lawgiver's ' portion reserved ; And he '"came ^witji the heads of the people ; He "executed the righteousness of Jehovah, And his ordinances with Israel. And of " Dan he said, Dan is ^a lion's whelp. That leapeth forth from Bashan. And of * Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full with the blessing of Jehovah, Possess thou the "^ west and the south. And of '■ Asher he said. Blessed be Asher ^'vvith chil- dren ; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him 'dip his foot in oil. 1 Or, ihatis prince amovq ^ Or, a ruler's portion * Or, His firstling bullock ^ Or, to s Or, gore i Or, sea * Or, chose Heb. saw. » Or, above smis 20 21 99 23 24 " Ex. 3. 2-6 ; Acts 7. 30 l> Num. 23. 22 ■^ Ps. 44. 5 d Gen. 49. 13-16 " Ex. 15. 17 ; Ps. 2. 6 ; Is. 2. 3 / Ps. 4. 6 ; 51. 19 9' Is. 60. 5 '' Gen. 49. 19 i Gen. 49. 9 * Num. 32. 1-5 ' Num. 34. 14 '" Num. 32. 31, :i2; Josh. 4. 12 " Josh. 22. 1-3 ° Gen. 49. 16 P Gen. 49.9; Ezek. 19. 2, 3 1 Gen. 49. 21 "■Gen. 49. 20 " Job 29. 6 < Ps. 147. 13 " ch. 4. 40 ; 32. 47 " ch. 4. 35 ; Ex. 16. 11 " Ps. 68. 33, 34 ; 104. 3 ; Is. 19. 1 " Ps. 90. 1, 2 ; 91. 9 ^ Is. 63. 12 "Ex. 34. 11; Josh. 24. 18 <> ch. 7. 2 " ver. 12 d ch. 32. 8 ; Num. 23. 9 « Gen. 27. 28, 37 / ver. 13 ^ Ps. 144. 15 h ch. 4. 32- 34 ; 2 S. 7. 23 '■ Gen. 15. 1 ; Ps. 33. 20 ; 115. 9-11 i: Ps. 68. 34 ' 2 S. 22. 45 ; Ps. 18. 44 ; 6H. 3 ; 81. 15 "* ch. 32. 13 ; Is. 58. 14 " ch. 32. 49 ° ch. 32. 52 P Gen. 12. 7 ; 26. 3 ; 28. 13 9 Num. 12. 7 ■■ ch. 32. 50 ' ch. 3. 29 ; 4.46 < ch. 31. 2 25 Thy ''bars shall be iron and brass ; And "as thy days, so shall thy '° strength be. 26 There is " none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who ^ rideth upon the heavens for thy help. And in his excellency on the 27 The 2'eternal God is thy dwell- ing-place. And underneath are the ^ ever- lasting arms.- And he "thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, ''Destroy. 28 And Israel "^ dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob ''alone. In a land of "grain and new wine ; Yea, his ■''heavens drop down dew. 29 «' Happy art thou, O Israel: *Who is like unto thee, a peo- ple saved by Jehovah, The 'shield of thy help. And the sword of thy * excel- lency ! And thine enemies shall " 'sub- mit themselves unto thee ; And thou shalt "tread upon their high places. O A "And Moses went up from Ott the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah. that is over against Jericho. Ana Jehovah "showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, 2 and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the '"hinder sea, 3 and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm- trees, unto Zoar. 4 And .lehovah said unto him. This is the land wliich P I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, say- ing, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. 5 fSo Mo.ses ''the servant of Jehovah 'died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of Jehovah. 6 And ^^he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab 'over against Beth- peor : but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. 7 And Moses was 'a hundred and twenty years old when he died : his eye s Or, shoes 12 That is, western. 1" Or, rest Or, security i^ Or, he was buried, *i Or, yield feigned obedience 211 34.8 DEUTERONOMY 34.12 The Death of Moses was not dim, nor his natural force abated. 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab " thirty days : so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended. 9 And Joshua the son of Nun was * full of the spirit of wisdom ; for Moses had laid his hands upon him : and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as Jehovah commanded Moses. 10 "ch. 1. 3; Josh. 4. 19 i> Num. 27. 18,23 ' Num. 12. 8 And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom ''Jehovah knew face to face, 1 1 in all the signs and the wonders, which Jehovah sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, 12 and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror, which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel. 212 THE BOOK OF JOSHUA Jehovah's Charge to Joshoa. Joshna prepares to cross the Jordan. Spies sent to Jericho. Received by Rahab INow it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Closes' min- ister, saying, 2 Moses " my servant is dead; now therefore arise, *go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 3 ° Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses. 4 From the wilder- ness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your bor- der. 5 ■* There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life : as I was Avith Moses, so I will be with thee; ''I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 6 Be strong and of good courage ; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 7 •''Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant com- manded thee : turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest ^have good success whithersoever thou goest. 8 ^ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein : '' for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt ^ have good success. 9 Have not I commanded thee 1 ' Be strong and of good courage ; be not af- frighted, neither be thou dismayed : '' for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11 Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, .Prepare you victuals ; for within 1 Or, deal wisely " Num. 12. 7 ; Dt. 34. 6 b ver. 11 " Dt. 11. 24 d Dt. 7. 24 " Dt. 31. 6, 7 /Dt. 6. 32 'J ch. 8. 34 ; Dt. 31. 24 A Dt. 29. 9 ; Ps. 1. 1-3 ' ver. 7 * Dt. 31. 8 ' ch. 3. 2 '" Num. 32. 20-22 " Dt. 3. 18-20 0 ch. 22. 1-3 P ver. 1 « 7er. 5, 9 ■ ch. 3. 1 ; Num. 23. 1 'Heb. 11. 31 ; Jas. 2. 25 ' three days ye are to pass over this J ordan, to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it. 12 "'And to the Keubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 13 Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah com- manded you, saying, "Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land. 14 Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan ; but ye shall pass over before your breth- ren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them ; 1 5 until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them : "then ye snail return unto the land of your xjossession, and possess it, which Moses ^ the servant of Jeho- vah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising. 16 And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. 17 According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: *only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 18 Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou command- est him, he shall be put to death : only be strong and of good courage. 2 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of '"Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. And they went, and came into the house of "a harlot whose name was Eahab, and lay there. 2 And it was told the king of Jericho, saying. Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land. 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Kahab, saying, 213 2.4 JOSHUA 3.4 The Spies, being soogbt, are hidden I)y it,ihal), and afterward dismissed. The Order for crossing tlie Jordan Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house ; for they are come to search out all the land, i And the woman took the two men, and hid them ; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were : 5 and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out ; whither the men went I know not : pursue after them quickly ; for ye will overtake them. 6 "But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. 7 And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan unto the fords : and as soon as they that pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. 8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof ; 9 and she said unto the men, * I know that Jeho- vah hath given you the land, and that "the fear of you is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. 10 "^For we have heard how Jeho- vah dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt ; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye Hittex'ly de- stroyed. 11 And as soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, nei- ther did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you : for Jehovah your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth be- neath. 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with ray father's house, and give me ^ a true token; 13 and that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and ray sisters, and all that they have, and will deliver our lives from death 14 And the men said unto her, Our life ^ for yours, if ye utter not this our business ; and it shall be, when Jehovah giveth us the land, that we will -''deal kindly and truly with thee. 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window : for her house was upon the side of the wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. ' Heb. devoted. 2 Heb. instead of you to die. " Jas. 2. 25 ' ch. 9. 9, 10, 24; Num. 20. 24 " Ex. 23. 27 , Dt. 2. 25 d Num. 23. 22 ' ver. 18 / Gen. 24. 49 » Jas. 2. 25 '» Gen. 24. 8 ' ver. 12 ' ch 2. 1 ' ch. 1. II " Dt. 31. 9 16 And she said unto them, "Get you to the mountain, lest the pursu- ers light upon you ; and hide youi-- selves there three days, until the pursuers be returned : and after- ward may ye go your way. 1 7 And the men said unto her, '' We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 1 8 Be- hold, when we come into the land, 'thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down , by : and thou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household. 19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless : and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 But if thou utter this our busi- ness, then we shall be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. 21 And she said, Ac- cording unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed : and she bound the scar- let line in the window. 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursu- ers were returned : and the pursu- ers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 Then the two men returned, and de- scended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun ; and they told him all that had befallen them. 24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly Jeho- vah hath delivered into our hands all the land ; and moreover *all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us. 3 And Joshua rose up early in the morning ; and they removed from 'Shittim, and carae to the Jor- dan, he and all the children of Is- rael ; and they lodged there before they passed over. 2 And it came to pass "after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp ; 3 and they commanded the people, sajdng. When ye see " the ark of the covenant of Jeho- vah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. .4 Yet there shall be a spa^e between you and it, about 214 3.5 JOSHUA 4.10 Tbe People pass over the Jordan. Memorial Stones taken from the Jordan two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go ; for ye have not passed this way heretofore. 5 And Joshua said unto the people, "Sanctify yourselves ; for to-morrow Jehovah will do wonders among you. 6 And Joshua spake unto the priests, say- ing. Take upthearkof the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the cov- enant, and went before the people. 7 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day will I begin * to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. 8 And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan. 9 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of Jeho- vah your God. 10 And Joshua said. Hereby ye shall know that the living GocI is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Caiiaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hiyite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite. 1 1 Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan. 12 ''Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. 1 3 And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of Jehovah, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even tbe waters that come down from above ; and they shall '' stand in one heap. 14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people; 15 and when they that bare the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of har- vest), 16 *that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in •'one heap, a great way ^off, at Adam, the city that is be- 1 Another reading is, off from. 8 "ch. 7. 13, Ex 19. 10 n (-ch. 4. 14 ''ch. 4. 2 dEx 15. 8 'Ps GG. 6; 74. 15; 114 3,5 /ver . 13 f Dt 1. 1 ft Ex 14. 21 22, 29 'ch. 3. 12 fc ver. 20 ' ver. 21 ; Ex. 12. 26 ; 13. 14 side Zarethan ; and those that went down toward the sea of the " Ara- bah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah stood firm '' on dry ground in the midst of the Jor- dan ; and all Israel pas.sed over on dry ground, until all the na- tion were passed clean over the Jordan. 4 And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, 2 'Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, 3 and command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in *the lodging-place, where ye shall lodge this night. 4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had pre- pared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man : 5 and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the aik of Jehovah yoiir God into the midst of the Jorda'n, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the chil- dren of Israel ; 6 that this may be a sign among you, that, 'when your children ask in time to come, say- ing. What mean ye by these stones % 7 then ye shall say unto them. Be- cause the waters of the Jordan were cut oft' before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah ; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memo- rial unto the children of Israel for ever. 8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Jehovah spake unto Joshua, according to the num- ber of the tribes of the children of Israel ; and they carried them over with them unto "'the place wher« they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And .Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests that bare the ark of the covenant stood : and they are there unto this day. 10 For the priests that bare the ark stood in the midst 215 4.11 JOSHUA 5.11 Tbe Priests with the Ark come oat last. The Stones set ap at Gilgal. The Canaanites terrified. The People circnmcised of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah com- manded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the peo- ple hasted and passed over. 11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of Jehovah passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. 12" And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the chil- dren of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: 13 aoout forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Jehovah unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 1 4 * On that day Jehovah magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel ; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. 15 And Jehovah spake unto Joshua, saying, 16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan. 17 Joshua there- fore commanded the priests, say- ing. Come ye up out of the Jordan. 18 And it came to pass, when the priests thaU bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime. 19 And the people came up out of the Jordan on Hhe tenth day of the first moiith, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho. 20 ''And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up " in Gil- gal. 21 And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying. When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying. What mean these stones'? 22 then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on -^dry land. 23 For Jehovah your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye Avere passed over, as Jehovah your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were passed OA^er; 24 that all the peo- gles of the earth may know the and of Jehovah, that it is mighty ; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for evei\ " Nuin 32. 17 b ch. 3. 7 •^ Dt. 1, 3; 34. 8 rf ver. 8 * ver. 3 8 /ch. 3. 17 " Num 13. 29 h ch. 2. 10, 11 ' Ex. 4. 25 «•■ Dt. 2. 14 ' Dt. 2. 7, 14 ^ Num. 14. 2»-3o; 26. 63-65 " Zeph. 2. 8 0 Ex. 12. 18 P ch. 4. 19 5 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, '■' that wei'e by the sea, '' heard how that Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until ^ we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the chil- dren of Israel. 2 At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee 'knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. 3 And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at '^ the hill of the foreskins. 4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: *all the people that came forth out of Egj^Dt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt. 5 B"'or all the people that came out were circumcised ; but all the peo- ple that were born in the wilder- ness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised. 6 For the children of Israel walked 'forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah: ™unto whom Jehovah sware that he would not let them see the land which Jehovah sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 7 And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were vmcircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. 8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were Avhole. 9 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away " the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of that place was called ^Gilgal, unto this day. 10 And the children of Israel en- camped in Gilgal ; and " they kept the passover on the ^'fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. 11 And they did eat of the produce of the land on the 1 Another reading is, they. 2 Or, Gibeath-hMaraloth 3 ihat is. Rolling. 216 5.12 JOSHUA 6. 20 The Passover kept. Manna ceases. Joslma's Vision. Jeriilio compassed and destroyed morrow after the passover, unleav- ened cakes and parched grain, in the selfsame day. 12 And "the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land ; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was hy Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood ''a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him. Art thou for us, or for our adversaries'? 14 And he said. Nay; but as prince of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worshiiD, and said unto him. What saith my lord unto his servant"? 15 And the prince of Jehovah's host said unto Joshua, " Put off thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the place whereon thou stande.st is holy. And Joshua did so. 6 Now Jericho ^ was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel : none went out, and none came in. 2 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand i^-icho, and '^ihe king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. 3 And j^e shall compass the city, all the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 4 And seven priests shall bear seven '^ " trumpets of rams' horas before the ark : and the seventh day ye shall comyjass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down ^flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah. 7 And "^they said unto the people. Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah. 8 And it was so, tliat, when I Heb. &hu\. tlie gates and was shut in. - Or, jiibilee trumnets •* Heb. in its place. ♦ Another reading is, he. " Ex. 16. 35 i> Gen. 18. 1, 2 ; 32. 24, 3u ; Num. 22. 31 " Ex. 3. 6 d Dt. 7. 24 ' Lev. 25. 9 / ver. 13 ; Is. 52. 12 ■ Lev. 27. 2S ; Dt. 20. 17 ' Num. .31. 11, 12, 21-23 217 Joshua had spoken unto the peo- ple, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns be- fore Jehovah passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah followed them. 9 And the armed men went before the priests that blew the trumpets, and -^the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing the trum- pets as they went. 10 And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. 11 So he caused the ark of Jehovah to compass the city, go- ing about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. 1 2 And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Jehovah. 13 And "the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Jehovah went on continually, and blew the trumpets: and the armed men went before them ; and ''the rearward came after the ark of Jehovah, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. 14 And the second day they compassed tlie city once, and returned into tlie canap : so they did six days. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that, day they compassed the city seven times. 1 6 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people. Shout ; for .Je- hovah hath given you the city. 17 And the city shall be 'devoted, even it and all that is therein, to .Jehovah : only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the hou.se, because she hid the messengers that we sent. 18 But as for you, only keep your- selves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing; *so M^ould ye make the camp of Israel ''ac- cursed, and trouble it. 19 'But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto Jehovah : they shall come into the treasury of Jehovah. 20 So the people shouted, and the priests blew 5 Heb. devoted. 6.21 JOSHUA 7.13 Jcritlio destroyed. Raliab saved. Israel defeated at Ai the trumpets : and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet; that the people shouted with a great shout, and the " wall fell down ^ flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. 21 *And they -utterly destroyed all that was in the citj% both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, ana sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. 22 And Joshua said unto the two men that had spied out the land, "Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as j^e sware unto her. 23 And the young men the spies went in, and '' brought out Rahab, and her father, and her motlier, and her brethren, and all that she had ; all her ^kindred also they brought out ; and they set them without the camp of Is- rael. 24 ""And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein ; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of .Jehovah. 25 -^But liahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive ; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel unto this day, because ■''she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26 And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, ''Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho : with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. 27 So .Jehovah was with Joshua ; and his fame was in all the land. 7' But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing ; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing : and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel. 2 And .Joshua sent men from .Jericho to Ai, which is beside * Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying. Go up and spy out the 1 Heb. in its place. - Heb. devoted. 3 Heb. families. " Heb. 11. 30 f> Dt. 20. 16 ' ch. 2. 12-19 rfHeb. 11.31 " Dt. 20. 16- 18 /Heb. 11. 31 '■' ch. 2. 6 '' 1 K. 16. 34 ' ch. 6. 17-19 fcch. 18. 12; 1 S. 13. 6 ; 14. 23 ' Job 2. 12 ; 42.6 Lam. 2. 10 ; Rev. IS. 19 ' Ex. 32. 12 ; Dt. 9. 2S ' ch. C. 18, 19 « ch. 6. 18 218 land. And the men went up and spied out Ai. 3 And they re- turned to Joshua, and said unto him. Let not all the people go up ; but let about two or three thou- sand men go up and smite Ai ; make not all the people to toil thither ; for they are but few. 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men : and they fled before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men ; and they chased them /Vo?/i before the gate even unto ^ Shebarim, and smote them at the descent : and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. 6 And Joshua 'rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of -Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and '"they put dust upon their heads. 7 And Joshua said, Alas. O Lord .Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this peo- ple over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish 1 would that we had been content and dwelt be- yond the Jordan ! 8 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned tkeir backs ^ before their_ enemies ! 9 _" For the Ca- naanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth : and what wilt thou do for thy great name? 10 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up ; wherefore art thovi thus fallen upon thy face 1 11 Israel hath sinned; yea, "they have even transgressed my cove- nant which I commanded them : yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also ; and they have even put it among their own stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies ; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become accursed : I will not be with you any more, except ye destroj?^ the devoted thing from among you. 1 3 Up, ^ sanctify the people, and say. Sanctify yourselves against to- morrow : for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, 'There is a de- voted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel ; thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye ■* Or, the quarries BASHAN 7.14 JOSHUA 8.9 The Trespass or Aclian. A second Atta<'k on Ai planned take away the devoted thing from among you. 14 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes : and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come near by fami- lies ; and the family which Jeho- vah shall take shall come near by households ; and the household which Jehovah shall take shall come near man by man. 15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath ; because he hath trans- gressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. 16 So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes ; and the tribe of Judah was taken : 1 7 and he brought near the family of Judah ; and he took the family of the Ze- rahites : and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man ; and Zabdi was taken : 18 and he brought near his household man by man ; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and ^make confession unto him ; and tell me now what thou hast done ; hide it not from me. 20 And Achan answered Joshua, and said. Of a truth I have sinned against Jehovah, the God of Is- rael, and thus and thus have I done : 2 1 when I saw among the spoil a goodly - Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. 22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they I'an unto the tent ; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. 23 And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel ; and they laid them down before Jehovah. 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and 1 Or, give praise 2 Heb. mantle of Shinar. " ch. 15. 7 !< ch. 6. 18 ' Is. 66. 10 ; Hos. 2. la >' ch. 1. 9 ; 10. 8 / ver. 27 ; Dt. 20. 14 ' ver. 2 ; Dt. 20. 16- 18 his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had : and they brought them up unto "■ the valley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said. Why hast thou * troubled us ■? Jehovah shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones ; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones. 26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day ; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, "The valley of "Achor, unto this day. 8 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, "^Fear not, neither be thou dismayed : take all the peo- ple of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai ; see, " I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land ; 2 and thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: -^only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves : set thee an ambush for the city behind it. 3 So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai : and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night. 4 And he commanded them, saying. Be- hold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city ; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready : 5 and I, and all the peo- ple that are with me, will approach unto the city. And it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them ; 6 and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city ; for they will say. They flee before us, as a.t the first : so we will flee before them ; 7 and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city : for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire ; " according to the word of Jehovah shall ye do : see, I have commanded you. 9 And Joshua sent them forth ; and they went to the ambushment, and abode be- tween Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai : but Joshua lodged that night among the people. • 3 That is, Troubling. 219 a 10 JOSHUA 8.33 Conqaest and Destraitioa or Ai. The Law recorded and read at Ebal 10 And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. 1 1 And all the people, even the men of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai : now there was a valley between him and Ai. 12 And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush be- tween Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Hhe city. 13 '-^So they set tlae people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait that were on the west of the city ; and Joshua ^ went that night into the midst of the valley. 14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his peo- ple, '*at the time appointed, before the " Arabah ; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. 16 And all the people that were in Hhe city were called together to pursue after them : and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. 1 7 And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel : and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. 18 And Jehovah said_ unto Joshua, * Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai ; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. 19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it ; and they hasted and set the city on fire. 20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no ® power to flee this way or that way : and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. 21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the 1 Another reading is, Ai. , 2 Or, So the people set all tl-c. 3 Some MSS. read, lodoed that nioht in. * Or, to the place appointed * Heb. lumds. "ch. 3. 16 t> ver. 20 ; Ex. 14. 16; 17. 9-13 " ver. 8 d Dt. 20. IS- IS ' Ex. 17. U, » Dt. 21. 22, 23 '' Dt. 27. 2-8 Ex. 20. 25 «-■ Dt. 27. 11- 220 city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they; turned again, and slew the men of Ai. 22 And the others came forth out of the city against them ; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side : and they smote them, ^ so that they let none of them remain or escape. 23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. 24 And it came to pa.ss, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. 25 •* And all that tell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thou- sand, even all the men of Ai. 2G For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith 'he stretched out the javelin, until he had "^utterly de- stroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. 27 -^Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he com- manded Joshua. 28 So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a ' heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day, 29 «'And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide : and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day. 30 Then Joshua built an altar unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, in ''mount Ebal, 31 as Moses the ser- vant of Jehovah commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, ' an altar of ^ unhewn stones, upon which no man had lifted up any iron : and they offered thereon burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings. 32 And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, ^ which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel. 33 *And all Israel, and their elders and oflicers, and their judges, stood on this side of the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bare * Heb. devoted. 8 Heb. whole. Or, mound Heb. tel. 9 Or, which he wrote in See. 8. iH JOSHUA 9.23 The Law recorded aud read at Ebal. The Canaaniles prepare to resist Joshaa, The Gibeoiiites' Stratagem the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, as well the sojourner as the home- born ; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal ; as Moses the servant of Jehovah had ^com- manded at the first, that they should bless the people of Israel. 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in "the book of the law. 35 There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the lit- tle ones, and the sojourners that ^were among them. 9 And it came to pass, when * all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Leba- non, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; 2 that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. 3 But when the inhabitants of "Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 4 they also did work wilily, and went and ^made as if they had been ambassa- dors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skms, old and rent and bound up, 5 and old and patched shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon them ; and all the Dread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy. 6 And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said urito him, and to the men of Israel, We are come fi'om a far country : now therefore make ye a covenant with us. 7 And the men of Israel said unto the ''Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us ; and " how shall we make a covenant with Jou 1 8 And they said unto oshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them. Who are ye 1 and from whence come ye ■? 9 And they said unto him. From ■''a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of Jehovah thy God : for ^ we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, 10 and all that he 1 Or, commanded that they shovld bless the peo- ple of Israel first of all 2 Heb. walked. 3 Ace. to Sept., Vulg., and Syr., took provisions. See ver. 12. 'ch. 1.8 'ch. 3. 10; Num. 13. 29 ' ver. 17, 22 ; ch. 10. 2 ; 21. 17 ! ver. 2, 11. 19 ■ Ex. 23. 32 f ver. 16, 17 ' ver. 24 ; ch. 2. 9 ft Num. 27. 21 ■ Ex. 23. 32 : ver. 17 221 did to the two kings of the Amo- rites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Silion king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth. 11 And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying. Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants : and now make ye a covenant with us. 12 This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy: 13 and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new ; and, behold, they are rent : and these our garments and our shoes ai'e become old by reason of the very long journey. 14 And the men took of their provision, and ''asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah. 1 5 ' And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live : and the princes of the congre- gation swai'e unto them. 16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the chil- dren of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Ki- riath-jearim. 18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel. And all the con- gregation murmured against the princes. 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation. We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel : now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them, and let them live ; lest wrath be upon us, be- cause of the oath which we swai'e unto them. 21 And the princes said unto them. Let them live : so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the con- gregation, as the princes had spoken unto them. 22 And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying. Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying. We are very far from you ; '' when ye dwell among us 1 23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and there 9.24 JOSHUA 10. 19 The Gibeoiiites redared to Bondage, ftibeon attacked by Five Kings; rescued by Joshua. The Long Day of the Battle ^ shall never fail to be of you bond- men, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. 24 And they answered Joshua, and said, " Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant JMoses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the in- habitants of the land from before you ; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, arid have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are in thy hand : as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 2G And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. 27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Jehovah, unto this day, * in the place which he should choose. •i /~\ Now it came to pass, when JLVy Adoni-zedek king of Jerusa- lem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had '^utterly destroyed it (as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king), and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them ; 2 that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. 3 Wherefore Adoni- zedek king of Jerusalem sent ""unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Deoir king of Eglon, saying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. 5 There- fore the five kings of '^ the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped, against Gibeon, and made war against it. 6 And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying. Slack not thy hand from thy servants ; come up to us ?[uickly, and save us, and help us : or all the kings of the Amorites 1 Heb. shall not be cut off from you. 2 Heb. devoted. " ver. 9 b Dt. 12. 5 ' ver. 23 rf Num. 13. 29 ' ch. 1. 6, 9 /Dt. 7. 23 » Hab. 3. 11 '' 2 S. 1. 18 ' Is. 38. 8 *-■ ver. 42 ; Ex 14. 14 ; Dt. 1. 30 ' ver. 5 that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us. 7 So Joshua went up fi-om Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. 8 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, *■ Fear them not : for I have deliv- ered them into thy hands ; there shall not a man of them stand be- fore thee. 9 J oshua therefore came upon them suddenly ; for he went up from Gilgal all the night. 10 •'^ And Jehovah discomfited them be- fore Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-noron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Mak- kedah. 11 And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died : they were moi'e who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. 1 2 Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel ; and he said in the sight of Isi'ael, ^ Sun, "Stand thou still upon Gibeon ; And thou. Moon, in the valley of Aijalon. 13 »And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed. Until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of * '' Jashar 1 And '' the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of a man : for * Jehovah fought for Israel. 15 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 16 And these ^five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. 17 And it was told Joshua, saying. The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Mak- kedah. 18 And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them : 1 9 but stay not ye ; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them ; suffer them not 3 Heb. be silent. * Or, The Upright 222 10.20 JOSHUA 10.40 The Kings captured and slain. Hai(l(edah destroyed. Josliua's other Conquests to enter into their cities : for Jeho- vah your God hath delivered them into your hand. 20 And it came to pass, when Joshua and the chil- dren of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, "till they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the for- tified cities, 21 that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace : none ' moved his tongue against any of the chil- dren of Israel. 22 Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave. 23 And they did so, and * brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Je- rusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of La- chish, the king of Eglon. 24 And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him. Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. 25 And Joshua said unto them, "^Feai' not, nor be dismayed ; be strong and of good courage : for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. 26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and '^ hanged them on five trees : and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and "the.v took them down ofl^ the trees, and cast them irito the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day. 28 And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof: -^he ^utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining ; and he did to the king of Makke- dah«' as he had done unto the king of Jericho. 29 And Joshua passed from Mak- kedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 30 and Jehovah deliv- ered it also, and the king thereof, 1 Heb. whetted. 2 Heb. devoted. b Dt. 7. 24 'i ch. 8. 29 ' Dt. 21. 22, 23 /Dt. 20 . 16 » ch. 6. 21 h Dt. 1. 7 i Dt. 7. 24 fc Dt. 20 . 16 into the hand of Israel ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining in it ; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho. 31 And Joshua passed from Lib- nah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 32 and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel ; and he took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that wer-e therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish ; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remain- ing. 34 And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, unto Eglon ; and they encamped against it, and fought against it ; 35 and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword ; and all tlie souls that were therein he - utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron ; and they fought against it: 37 and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein ; he left _ none remaining, according to all* that he had done to Eglon ; but he ^utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein. 38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it : 39 and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and "utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining : as he had done to He- bron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof ; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof. 40 So Joshua smote all the land, '' the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and * all their kings : he left none remaining, but '^he '^utterly de- stroyed all that breathed, as Jeho- 223 10. 41 JOSHUA 11.22 Hazor captured and burned. Summary of Joshua's Exploits vah, the God of Israel, commanded. 41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of "Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, * fought for Israel 43 And Joshua re- turned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. nAnd it came to pass, when Jabiu king of " Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Ach- shaph, 2 and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill- country, and in the '' Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the low- land, and in ' the heights of Dor on the west, 3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebu- site in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as '^the sand that is upon the sea-shore in mul- titude, with horses and chariots very many. 5 And all these kings met together ; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel. 6 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, ■^ Be not afraid because of them ; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel : thou shalt * hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them. 8 And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto '' Mis- rephoth-maim, and unto the valley of *Mizpeh eastward ; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. 9 And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him : he * hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. 10 And Joshua turned back at that time, and took ' Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword : for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11™ And they smote all the souls 1 Or, Naphotl\rdor " ch. 11. 16 i 15. 51 * ver. 14 ■^ ver. 10 rf ch. 12. 3-13. 27 « Judg. 7. 12 /ch. 10. 8 V 2 S. 8. 4 '' ch. 13. 6 ' ver. 3 * ver. 6 ' ver. 1 '" Dt. 20. 16 " Num. 31. 11,12 " ch. 10. 40, 41 Pver. 2 « ch. 12. 7 • Dt. 7. 24 • ch. 9. 3, 7 « Ex. 14. 17 ' Num. 13. 33 ; Dt. 9. 224 that were therein with the edge of the sword, '■^utterly destroying them ; there was none left that breathed : and he burnt Hazor with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, and •* utterly destroyed them ; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded. 13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only ; that did Joshua burn. 14 "And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Isi'ael took for a prey unto themselves ; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had de- stroyed them, neither left they any that breathed. 1-5 As Jehovah commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua : and so did Joshua; *he left nothing undone of all that Jehovah com- manded Moses. 16 So Joshua took all that land, "the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and ^the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same ; 1 7 from ^« mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and ''all their kings he took, and smote them, and put them to death. 18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save "the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon : they took all in battle. 20 'For it was of Jehovah to ® harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might "^ utterly destroy them, that they * might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses. 21 And Joshua came at that time, and cut off "the Anakim from the hill-country, from He- bron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country or Israel : Joshua * utterly destroyed them with their cities. 22 There 2 Heb. devoting. s Heb. devoted. * Heb. he removed nothing. s Or, the hare mountain 6 Heb. make strong. ^ Heb. devote. 8 Or, might not sue for favor 11.23 JOSHUA 13.7 List of Kings smitten by Joshua. Land still to be conquered and divided among the Tribes was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel : only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses ; and "Joshua gave it for an inheri- tance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. 'And the land had rest from war. ■^ O " Now these are the kings J_^ of the land, whom the chil- dren of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah east- ward : 2 Sihon king of the Amo- rites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and '^the citii that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon ; 3 and the "Arabah unto the sea of Chin- neroth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to •''Eeth-jeshi- moth ; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah : 4 and the border of Og king of Bashan, of ^the rem- nant of tne Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, 5 and ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshu rites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Hesh- bon. 6 Moses the servant of Jeho- vah and the children of Israel smote them : and Moses the ser- vant of Jehovah gave it for a pos- session unto the Ileubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 7 And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua andf the children of Israel smote beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal- gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto ^ mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir (and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions ; 8 ' in the hill-country, and in the low- land, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South ; the Hittite, the Amprite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebu- site) : _ 9 the king of Jericho, one ; the king of Ai, which is beside »Dt. 1. 38 ftDt 12 • 9, 10; 26 19; Heb. !. 8 "Nu m. 32. 33; Dt. 3. 8-17 .'Dt. 2. 36 "^ch. 11 2 /ch. 13 20 "Dt. 3. 11 ftch. 11 17 'Ch. 11 le «.Num. 21. 1 ' Dt. 7. 24 "' ch. 14. 10 'ch. 11. 8 225 Beth-el, one ; 10 the king of Jei'u- salem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 the kingof Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one ; 1 2 the king of Eglon, one : the king of Gezer, one; 13 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 14 the king of Hormah, one ; the king of * Arad, one ; 15 the king of Lib- nah, one ; the king of Adullam, one; 16 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one; 17 the king of Tappuah, one ; the king of Hepher, one; 18 the king of Aphek, one ; the king of Las- sharon, one; 19 the king of Ma- don, one; the king of Hazor, one ; 20 the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 21 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 22 the king of Kedesh, one ; the king of Jok- neam in Cannel, one ; 23 the king of Dor in ^ the height of Dor, one ; the king of "Goiim in Gilgal, one; 24 the king of Tii-zah, one: 'all the kings thirty and one. ^ O '"Now Joshua was old and J_0 well stricken in years; and Jehovah said unto him, Thou art old and well stricken in years, and there remaineth 5^et very much land to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet remaineth : all the regions of the Philistines, and all the Geshurites ; 3 from ^the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, which is reckoned to the Canaanites ; the five lords of the Philistines ; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelon- ites, the Gittites, and the Ekron- ites ; ■*also the Avvim, 4 on the sovith ; all the land of the Canaan- ites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amoiites ; 5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Her- mon unto the entrance of Ha- math; 6 all the inhabitants of the hil] -country from Lebanon unto "Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians ; them will I drive out fi'om before the children of Israel : only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. 7 Now there- fore divide this land for an in- 1 Or, Nnphath-dor 2 Or, nations 3 Commonly called, the brook of Egypt. See Num. 34. .';. * Or, also the Avvim ; from the south, all Sec. 13.8 JOSHUA 14.2 Division of Canaan among tht Tribes. Tlie Transjordauic luheritanres. No Inheritance for Led heritance unto the nine tribes, and the half -tribe of Manasseh. 8 With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheri- tance, which Moses gave them, " be- yond the Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of Jehovah gave them : 9 from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the rniddle of the valley, and all the ^ plain of Medeba unto Dibon ; 10 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the bor- der of the children of Ammon ; 1 1 and Gilead, and the border of the Geshu rites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah ; 1 2 all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim) ; for these did Moses smite, and drove them out. 13 Nevertheless the children of Israel drove not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites : but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel unto this day. 14 *Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance ; the offerings of Jeho- vah, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheritance, as he spake unto him. 15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families. 16 And their border was from "Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the ^ plain by Medeba ; 1 7 Hesh- bon, and all its cities that are in the ^ i)lain ; Dibon, and Bamoth- baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 and Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mepha- ath, 19 and Kiriathaim, and Sib- mah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 20 and Beth- peor, and the 'slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, 21 and all the cities of the ^ plain, and all the kingdom of iSihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Hesh- bon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, '^'Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land. 22 ° Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the chil- dren of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain. 23 And the border of the children of 1 Or, table-land 2 Or, springs " ch. 12. 1-6 *> Dt. 18. 1, 2 " ver. 9 ch. 13. 14 " Muui. 13. 6, 31) ; 14. ( 24, 30 d Dt. 1. 3C « Num. 13. /ch. 11. 23 « Num. 34. 3. 4 * Num. 20. IG <■ Dt. 32. 61 * Num. 34. 3 ' ch. 18. 15- 19 "• ch. 7. 24 son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day ; because that he wholly followed Jehovah, the God of Israel. 15 Now the name of Hebron beforetime was ^Kiriath- arba ; which Arba luas the greatest man among the Anakim. -^And the land had rest from war. -j pT » And the lot for the tribe Xt/ of the children of Judah ac- cording to their families was unto the '' border of Edom, even to the wilderness of *Zin southward, at the uttermost part of the south. 2 And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the ^ bay that looketh south- ward ; 3 and it went out south- ward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka ; 4 and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt ; and the goings out of the border were at the sea : this shall be your south border. 5 *And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan. ^ And the border of the north quarter was from_ the ^ bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan ; 6 and the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah ; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben ; 7 and the border went up to Debir from ™the valley of Achor, and so north- ward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adum- mim, which is on the south side of the river ; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel ; 8 and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hin- nom unto the * side of the " Jebusite southward (the same is Jerusalem) ; and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward ; 9 and the border extended from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron ; and the border extended to Baalah (the same is Kiriath- jearim) ; 10 and the border turned 2 That is, The city of Arba. 3 Heb. tongue. * Heb. shoulder 227 15.11 JOSHUA 15.58 Tbe Territory of Jadiili. Otbniel (aptares Dcbir. The Cities of J adab about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah ; 1 1 and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward ; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel ; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. 12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the children of Judah round about according to their families. 13" And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion * among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of J ehovah to Joshua, even ' Ki- riath-arba, tvhich Arba ivas the father of Anak (the same is Hebron). 14 And "Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 And he went up thence against the inhab- itants of Debir : now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath- sepher. _ 16 And Caleb said. He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Ach- sah my daughter to wife. 17 ''And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it : and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 18 And it carne to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a iield : and she alighted from off" her ass ; and Caleb said unto her. What wouldest thou *? 19 And she said, Give me a ^ blessing ; for that thou hast ^set me in tlie land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nethei- springs. 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah ac- cording to their families. 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and ^Eder, and Jagur, 22 and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 and Hazor-hadattah, and Keri- oth-hezron (the same is Hazor), 1 That is, The city of Arba. 2 Or, present * Or, given me the land of the South. " ch. 14. IS- IS t> Num. 13. 6 'eh. 11. 21, 22 ; Num. 13. 33 ; Dt. 9. 2 d Judg. 1. 13 ; 3. 9 ' Gen. 35. 21 /Gen. 21. 31 !' 1 S. 27. C ; 30. 1 ft Judg. 13. 2o ; 16. 31 '' 1 S. 22. 1 * ch. 10. 3 ; 2 K. 14. 19 228 26 Amam, and Shema, and Mo- ladah, 27 and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet, 28 and Hazar-shual, and ^ Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah, 29 Baalah, and lim, and Ezem, 30 and Eltolad. and Chesil, and Hormah, 31 and "Ziklag, and Madmannah, and San- sannah, 32 and Lebaoth, and Shil- him, and Ain, and Rimmon : all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages. 33 In the lowland, ''Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah, 34 and Za- noah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, 35 Jarmuth, and ' Adul- 1am, Socoh, and Azekah, 36 and Shaar-aim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim ; four- teen cities with their villages. 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad, 38 and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, 39 *La- chisn, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 and Cabbon, and ^Lahmam, and Chitlish, 41 and Gederoth. Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah ; sixteen cities with their villages. 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 43 and Iphtah, and Ash- nah, and Nezib, 44 and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah ; nine cities with their villages. 45 Ekron, with its ® towns and its villages ; 46 from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages. 47 Ashdod, its towns and its villages ; Gaza, its towns and its villages ; unto ' the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof. 48 And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoli, 49 and Dannah, and Kiriath- sannah (the same is Debir), 50 and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51 and Goshen, ,and Holon, and Giloh ; eleven cities with their villages. 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan, 53 and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, 54 and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is He- bron), and Zior ; nine cities with their villages. 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah, 56 and Jezreel, and Jqkdeam, and Zanoah, 57 Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah ; ten cities with their villages. 58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, * Or, Lahmas * Heb. daughters. 15.59 JOSHUA 17.11 The Territory of Ephraim. Territory of Manasseh 59 and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon ; six cities with their villages. 60 Kiriath-baal (the same is Ki- riath-jearim), and Rabbah ; two cities with their villages. 61 In the wilderness, Beth-ara- bah, Middin, and Secacah, 62 and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi ; six cities with their vil- lages. 63 And as for the " Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the chil- dren of Judah could not drive them out: but the -Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. -i /I* And the lot came out for -L vJ the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even Hhe wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el ; 2 and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth ; 3 and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of ' Beth-horon the nether, even unto ''Gezer ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. 4 And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. 5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their fami- lies was thus : the border of their inheritance eastward was " Ataroth- addar, unto Beth-horon the upper ; 6 and the border went out westward at-'^Michmethathon the north ; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah ; 7 and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to "Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan. 8 From ''Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. _ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families ; 9 together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the chil- dren of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. 1 0 ' And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer : but * the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become ser- vants to do taskwork. " Judg. 1. 21 ; 2 S. [>. 6 'ch. 8. 15; 18. u ''ch. IS. 13; 1 K. 9. 17 d ch. 10. 33 « ch. 18. 13 /ch. 17.7 'J 1 Chr. 7. 28 ''ch. 17. 8 i Judg. 1. 29 ; 1 K. 9. 16 fc ch. 17. 12, ' Num 26. 33 ; 27. 1- ' Num. 27. 6-7 " ch. 13. 30, 31 " 1 Chr. 7.29 229 "1 ^ And this was the lot for -M- 4 the tribe of Manasseh ; for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Ba- shan. 2 So the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh accord- ing to their families : for the chil- dren of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of She- chem, and for thfe children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida : these were the male chil- dren of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families. 3 ' But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters : and these are the names of his daughters : Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and be- fore Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren : therefore '"according to the com- mandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5 And there fell ten ^ parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan ; 6 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the "land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh. 7 And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem ; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En- tappuah. 8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh ; but Tap- puah on the border of Manasseh be- longed to the children of Ephraim. 9 And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook : these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manas- sen : and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out thereof were at the sea: 10 southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border ; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east, 11 And "Manasseh had 1 Heb. lines. 17.12 JOSHUA 18. U Two Lots for tlie Children of Joseph. The Rest of the land divided. Territory of Benjamin in Issachar and in Asher Beth- shean and its ^ towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and tlie inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the in- habitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach ana its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three "heights. 12 *Yet the chil- dren of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities ; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 13 And it came to pass, wlien the children of Israel were waxed strong, '^that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. 14 And the children ''of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying. Why hast thou given me but one lot and one '" part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as hitherto .Jehovah hath blessed me 1 15 And .Joshua said unto- them. If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut down for thy- self there in the land of the Periz- zites and of the Rephaim ; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee. 1 6 And the chil- dren of Joseph said, The hill-coun- try ^ is not enough for us : and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have * chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth- shean and its towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. 17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying. Thou art a great people, and hast great power ; thou shalt not have one lot only; 18 but the hill-country shall be thine ; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine ; for thou shalt di'ive out the Canaanites, though they have ■''chariots of iron, and though they are strong. -\ O And the whole congrega- i O tion of the children of lsi*ael assembled themselves together at * Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there : and the land was subdued before them. 2 And there remained among the children of Is- rael seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance. 3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jeho- vah, tne God of your fathers, hath 1 Heb dnvahters. 2 Heb. line. ^Heh. in not found for us. I "ch. n. 2, b Judji- 1. 27 '^ ch. lu. 10 d iN um. 13. 8 " ver. 18 ; Judg. 1. 19 ; 4. 3, 13 /ver 16 i'Judg. 21. 19; Jer 7. 12 ; 26. 6, 9 '' ch. 13. 33 ; Num. 18. 7.20 fc ch. 19. 51 ; Num. 34. 16-29 given you 1 4 Appoint for you three men of each tribe : and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance ; and they shall come unto me. 5 And they shall divide it into seven por- tions: Judah shall abide in his bor- der on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north. 6 And ye shall de- scribe the land into seven portions, and bring the descrijition hither to me ; and I will cast Jots for you here before Jehovah our God. 7 For '' the Levites have no portion among you ; for the priesthood of Jehovah is their inheritance : and Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of ]\Ia- nasseh have received their inheri- tance beyond the Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of Jeho- vah gave them. 8 And the men arose, and went : and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me ; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in * Shiloh. 9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book ; and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh. 10 *And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah : and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel accord- ing to their divisions. 1 1 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up ac- cording to their families : and the border of their lot went out between the children of Judah and the chil- dren of Joseph. 12 And their bor- der on the north quarter was from the Jordan ; and the border Avent up to the ^side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward ; and the go- ings out thereof were at the wil- derness of Beth-aven. 13 And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the ''side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward ; and the border went down to Ataroth- addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether. 14 And the border ex- tended thence, and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward ; and the 4 Heb. shouldn: 230 18.15 JOSHUA 19.22 Territory and Cities of Benjamiu. Territories of Simeon, Zebulun, and Issacliar goings out thereof wei'e at Kiriath- baal (the same is Kiriath-jearim), a city of the children of Judah : this was the west quarter. 15 "And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim ; and the border went out west^yard, and went out to the fountain of fche waters of Nephtoah ; 1 6 and the border went down to the uttermost Eart of the mountain that Heth efore the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward ; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel ; 1 7 ana it extended northward, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim ; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben ; 1 8 and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah ; 1 9 and the border Eassed along to the side of Beth- oglah northward ; and the goings out of the border were at the north ^ bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan : this was the south border. 20 And the Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the borders thereof round about, ac- cording to their families. 21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz, 22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, 23 and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 and Che- phar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba ; twelve cities with their villages: 25 Gibeon, and Eamah, and Beeroth, 26 and. Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, 28 and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebu- site (the sarne_ is Jerusalem), Gibe- ath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Ben- jamin according to their families. "i (\ And the second lot came -L «!/ out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon ac- cording to their families : and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Ju- dah. 2 And they had for their in- 1 Heb. tongue. heritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 3 and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem, 4 and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Haza,r-susah, 6 and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen ; thirteen cities with their villages : 7 Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages : 8 and all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. 9 Out of the ^part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon ; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them : therefore the children of Simeon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. 1 0 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families. And the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid ; 1 1 and their border went up west- ward, even to Maralah, and reached to Dabbesheth; and it reached to the brook that is before Jokneam ; 12 and it turned from Sarid east- ward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor ; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia; 13 and from thence it passed along eastward to Gath- hepher, to Eth-kazin; and it went out at Rimmon which stretcheth unto Neah; 14 and the border turned about it on the north to Hannathon; and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el; 15 and Kattath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem : twelve cities witn their villages. 16 This is the in- heritance of the children of Zebu- lun according to their families, these cities with their villages. 17 The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their fami- lies. 18 And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 19 and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath, 20 and Rab- bith, and Kishion, and Ebez, 21 and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez, 22 and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-she- mesh; and the goings out of their border were at the Jordan : sixteen 2 Heb. line. 231 19.23 JOSHUA 20.4 Territories oflsher, Haplitali, and Dan. Timnath-serali given to Joshaa. Cities of Refiige appointed cities with their villages. 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages. 24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. 25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 26 and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mi- shal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath; 27 and it turned toward the sun- rising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel ; and it went out to Ca- bul on the left hand, 28 and Ebi'on, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kauah, even unto great Sidon ; 29 and the border turned to Ramah, and to Hhe fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea "b.v the region of Achzib ; 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob : twenty and two cities with their villages. 31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. 32 The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. 33 And their border was from Heleph, from the ^oak in Zaanannim, and Adami-nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at the .Jor- dan; 34 and the border turned westJward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and I'eached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the sunrising. 35 And the fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chin- nereth, 36 and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 37 and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, 38 and Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth- anath, and Beth-shemesh ; nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages. 40 The seventh lot came out for 1 Or, the city of Mihsar-zor, that is, the for- tress of Tyre. * Or, from Hebe! to Achzih 3 Or, oak (or, terebinth,) of Bezaanannim "ch. ■/4. 30; Num. 13. 8 i> ch. 18. 10 ' Num. .3.5. &-34 ; Dt. 4. 41 ; 19. 2 232 the tribe of the children of Dan ac- cording to their families. 41 And the border of their inheritance was Zorah,and Eshtaol.and Ir-shemesh, 42 and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah, 43 and Elon, and Tim- nah, and Ekron, 44 and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, 45 and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rimmon, 46 and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against ■* Joppa. 47 And the border of the children of Dan went out ^beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against ^Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and po.ssessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the chil- dren of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. 49 So they made an end of dis- tributing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof; and the children of Israel gave an inheri- tance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them : 50 according to the conimandment of Jehovah they gave him the city which he asked, even " Timnath-serah in the hill- country of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 51 * These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, dis- tributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land. O/^ And Jehovah spake unto -^ v/ Joshua, saying, 2 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you '^the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by Moses, 3 that the manslayer that killeth any person "unwittingly and unawares may flee thither : and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the cars of the elders of that cit.y ; and they shall *take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, * Heb. Japho: 5 Ot, from them ; and &c. * In Judg. 18. 29, Laish. 7 Or, through error 8 Heb. gather. 20.5 JOSHUA 21.21 Cities of Refage appointed. Cities assigned to the Levitcs that he may dwell among them. 5 And if the avenger of blood pur- sue after him, then they shall not deliver up. the manslayer into his hand ; because he smote his neigh- bor unawares, and hated him not beforetirne. 6 And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the_ congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days : then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. 7 And they ^set apart "Kedesh in ^ Galilee in the hill-country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill- country of Ephraim, and Kiriath- arba (the same is Hebron) in * the hill-country of Judah. 8 And be- yond the Jordan at Jericho east- ward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the ^ plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. 9 These were the ap- pointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that who- soever killeth any person * unwit- tingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. 0 ^ Then came near the heads w X of fathers' houses " of the Le- vi tes unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel ; 2 and they spake unto them at Shi- loh in the land of Canaan, saying, ** Jehovah commanded by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the ® suburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their in- heritance, according to the com- mandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs. 4 And the lot came out for the families .of the Kohathites : and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeonites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5 And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the 1 Heb. sanctified. 2 Heb. Gald. 3 Or, table-land * Or, thrvugh error ^ Or, pasture lands ■ ch. 21. 32 ; 1 Chr. 6. 76 6 oh, 21. 11 ; Lk. 1. 39 ' Num. 35. families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe ot Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 7 The children of Merari accord- ing to their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 8 And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as Jehovah com- manded by Moses. 9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name : 10 and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the chil- dren of Levi ; for theirs was the first lot. 1 1 And they gave them Kiriath-arba, ivhich Arba was the father of " Anak (the same is He- bron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave thev to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. 13 And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave He- bron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libriah with its suburbs, 14 and Jattir with its suburbs, and Esh- temoa with its suburbs, 15 and Holon Avith its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs, 16 and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs ; nine cities out of those two tribes. 1 7 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs, 18 Anathoth with its suburbs, and Almon with its suburbs ; four cities. 1 9 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 20 And the families of the chil- dren of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 And they gave them Shechem with its 6 Heb. Anok. 233 21.22 JOSHUA 22.7 Cities assigned to the Levites. The Transjordanic Tribes return suburbs in the hill-country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs, 22 and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs ; four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its suburbs, Gibbethon with its suburbs, 24 Aijalon with its suburbs, Gath-rimmon with its suburbs ; four cities. 25 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Taanach with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs ; two cities. 26 All the cities of the families of the rest of the chil- dren of Kohath were ten with their suburbs. 27 And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah with its suburbs ; two cities. 28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its sub- urbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 29 Jarmuth with its suburbs, En- gannim with its suburbs ; four cities. 30 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its suburbs, Abdon with its suburbs, 31 Hel- kath with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs ; four cities. 32 And out of the tribe of Naph- tali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with its suburbs, and Ka,rtan with its suburbs ; three cities. 33 All the cities of the Gershon- ites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. 34 And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebu- lun, Jokneam with its suburbs, and Kartah with its suburbs, 35 Dimnah with its suburbs, Na- halal with its suburbs ; four cities. 36 And out oi the tribe of Reu- ben, Bezer with its suburbs, and Jahaz with its subvirbs, 37 Kede- moth with its suburbs, and Meph- aath with its suburbs ; four cities. 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its sub- urbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 39 Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs ; four cities in all. 40 All these were " Num. 35. b Dt. 34. 4 "^ Num. 33. .03; Dt. U. .•il ; 17. 14 rfch. 1. 13; 23. 1 <■ Dt. 7. 24 /Ex. 23. 31 ^ Ch. 23. 14 , 1 K. 8. 56 '' Num. 32. 20-22 ■ ch. 1. 12-18 k Num. 32. 18 ; Dt. 3. ' Dt. 6. 10 Dt. 4. 29 " Num. 32. 33 "ch. 17. 1-13 234 the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites ; and their lot was twelve cities. 41 "All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their sub- urbs. 42 These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them : thus it was with all these cities. 43 *!So .Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers ; and " they possessed it, and dwelt therein. 44 And Jehovah ''gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fatliers : and there "stood not a man of all their enemies before them ; -''Jehovah delivei'ed all their enemies into their hand. 45 "There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel ; all came to pass. iyC} *Then Joshua called the ^^ Reubenites, and the Gad- ites, and the half-tribe of Manas- seh, 2 and said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the ser- vant of Jehovah commanded you, 'and have hearkened unto my voice in all that I commanded you : 3 ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of Jehovah your God. 4 *And now Jehovah your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he spake unto them : therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you be- yond the Jordan. 5 'Only take diligent heed to do the command- ment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him ™ with all your heart and with all your soul. 6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away ; and they went unto their tents. 7 " Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheri- tance in Bashan; "but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond the Jordan west- wai'd. Moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he 22. JOSHUA 22.27 The Transjordanlc Tribes return. They build an Altar which gives Offence. They justifj themselves blessed them, 8 and spake unto them, saying, Return witli much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much i-aiment : divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. 9 And the children of Reuben and the chil- dren of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the land of Gil- ead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, ac- cording to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. 10 And when they came unto the region about the Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the childi/en of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar to look upon. 1 1 And the children of Israel heard say. Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half- tribe of Manasseh have built "an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel. 12 And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered them- selves together at ''Shiloh, to go up against tliem to war. 1.3 And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, " Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 14 and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Isi^ael ; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the ^ thou- sands of Israel. 1 5 And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half- tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, 16 Thus saith the whole congi'egation of Jehovah, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Is- rael, to turn away this day from following Jehovah, in that ye have builded you ''an altar, to i-ebel this day against Jehovah'? 17 Is *the iniquity of Peor too little for us, 1 Or, Jamilies " ver. 19 ; Dt. 12. 5 b ch. IS. 1 " Num. 25. 11 ; 31. 6 rf ver. 1 1 " Num. 25. 1-9 ' ch. 7. 1-26 A Dt. 12. 11 from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the con- greijation of Jehovah, 18 that ye must turn away this day from fol- lowing Jehovah ? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to-day against Je- hovah, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. 1 9 Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of Jehovah, wherein Je- hovah's -^tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us : but rebel not against Jehovah, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God. 20 Did not "Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel 1 and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. 21 Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the ^ thousands of Israel, 22 The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, the Mighty One, God, Jehovah, he knoweth ; and Israel he shall know : if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against Jehovah (save thou us not this day), 23 that we have built us an altar to turn away from following Jehovah ; or ''if to ofl'er thereon burnt-ofl'ering or meal-offering, or if to ofler sacrifices of peace-offer- ings thereon, let Jehovah himself require it ; 24 and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying. What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel 1 25 for Jehovah hath made the Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad ; ye have no portion in Jehovah : so might your children make our children cease from fearing Jehovah. 26 There- fore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt- offering, nor for sacrifice : 27 but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our genera- tions after us, that we may do the service of Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offer- ings ; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, 235 22.28 JOSHUA -23.14 Good Will restored between tlie Western and the Transjordanic Tribes. Joshua's Farewell Address Ye have no portion in Jehovah. liS Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say. Behold the pattern of the altar of Jehovah, which our fathers made, not for burnt-offer- ing, nor for sacrifice ; but it is a witness between us and you. 29 Far be it from us that we should rebel against Jehovah, and turn away this day from following Jeho- vah, to build an altar for burnt- offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jeho- vah our God that is before his tabernacle. 30 And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congrega- tion, even the heads of the thou- sands of Isi'ael that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them well. 31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the, i)riest said unto the children of lleuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we know that Jehovah is in the midst of us, because ye have not committed this trespass against Jehovah : now have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of Jehovah. 32 And Phine- has the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought tliem word again. 33 And the thing pleased the children of Israel : and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the chil- dren of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt. 34 And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad " called _ the altar ^ Ed : For. said they, it is a witness between us that Jehovah is God. O O And it came to pass after w O many days, when Jehovah had given *rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years ; 2^ " that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well I That is, Witness. " Gen. 31. 47 i- ch. 21. 44 ' ch. 24. 1 d Dt. 1. 30 ' Ex. 23. 30 /Num.33. 63 'J Dt. 5. 32 " ch. 1. J > Ex. 23. 13 ; Ps. 16. 4 * Dt. 6. 13 ; 10. 20 ' Ex. 20. 6 ' Ex. 23. 23, 30 " Dt. 7. 24 ' Lev. 26. 8 Dt. 28. 7 P ver. 3 ■J Ex. .34. 1;-), 16 ; Ps. 1U6. 34, 35 »■ Dt. 7. 3, 4 : Ezr. 9. 2 ; Neh. 13. 26 ' Ex. 23. 33 ; .34. 12; Dt. 7. 16 < 1 K. 2. 2 "ch. 21. 46 stricken in years : 3 and ye have seen all that .Jehovah your God hath done unto all these nations because of you ; for '' Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought for you. 4 Behold, *I have allotted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the na- tions that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun. 5 And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and -^ye shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spake unto you. 6 ^There- fore be ye very courageous to keep and to do '' all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left ; 7 that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you ; ' neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor * cause to swear hy them, neither 'serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them ; 8 but cleave unto Jehovah your God, as ye have done unto this day. 9 ™For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, "no man hath stood before you unto this day. 10 "One man of j'ou "shall chase a thousand ; for Jehovah your God, ^'he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you. 11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God. 12 Else if ye do at all go back, and '' cleave unto the I'em- nant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make 'marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you ; 1 3 know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they * shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your ej^es, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God hath given you. 14 And, behold, this day *I am going the way of all the earth : and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, "that not one thing Jiath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you ; all are come to pass unto you, not one 2 Or, hath chased 236 23.15 JOSHUA 24.20 Joshna's Farewell Address. Tbe Covenant renewed at Sliecliem thing hath failed thereof. 1 5 And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which Jehovah your God spake unto you, "so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land v/hich Jehovah your God nath' given you. 16 *When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them ; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. ^A "And Joshua gathered ^ jt all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their offi- cers ; and they presented them- selves before God. 2 And Joshua said unto all the people. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even '^ Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor : and they served other gods. .3 ''And I took your father Abra- ham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and -^ multiplied his seed, and gave him ^ Isaac. 4 And I gave unto Isaac ''.Jacob and Esau : and 'I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it ; and * Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5 And ' I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof : and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt : and '" ye came unto the sea ; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea. 7 And when they cried out unto Jehovah, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them ; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt : and " ye dwelt in the wilderness many days. 8 And "I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan : and they fought with you ; and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land ; and I destroyed them from before you. 9 Then ''Balak " Lev. 26. 14- 33 ; Dt. 28. 15 ft Dt. 4. 25, 26 « ch. 23. 2 d Gen. 11. 27-32 « Gen. 12. 1 ; 24. 7 /Gen. 15. 5 'J Gen. 21. 3 '' Gen. 25. 25, 26 i Dt. 2. 5 k Gen. 46. 6,7 I Ex. 4. 14-17 "' Ex. 14. 2- 31 " Dt. 1. 46 ; 2. 14 ° Num. 21. 21-35 P Num. 22. 2 9 ch. 3. 16, 17 '■ Ex. 23. 23, 28 ; Dt. 7. 1 « Ex. 23. 31 t Ex. 23. 28 ; Dt. 7. 20 « Ps. 44. 3 '" Dt. 6. 10, 11 ^Dt. 10. 12; 18. 13 ; 1 S. 12. 24 y Lev. 19. 2 i 20. 7, 26 ' Ex. 20. 5 ; ,34. 14 " Ex. 23. 21 f" Dt. 4. 25, 29 237 the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel : and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you; 10 but I would not hearken unto Balaam ; therefore he blessed you still : so I delivered you out of his hand. I I And * ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho : and the men of Jericho fought against you, 'the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite ; and *I delivered them into your hand. 12 And 1 * sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites ; "not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 13 "And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not labored, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein ; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. 14 * Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth ; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt ; and serve ye Jehovah. 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jeho- vah, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were be- yond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah. 16 And the people ansAvered and said. Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods; 17 for Jehovah our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of ^ bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed ; 18 and Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land : therefore we also will serve Jehovah ; for he is our God. 19 And Joshua said unto the people. Ye cannot serve Jehovah ; ^ for he is a holy God ; he is ' a .jeal- ous God; "he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins. 20 'If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn 1 Heb. bondmen. 24. 21 JOSHUA 24.33 The Covenant renewed. Death and Burial ef Jofi)iua and of Eleazar. Joseph's Bones buried and do you evil, and consvime you, after that he hath done you good. 21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; out we will serve Jehovah. 22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We a)'e witnesses. 23 Now therefore put away, said he, the foreign gods which are among you, and "incline your heart unto Jehovah, the God of Israel. 24 ''And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken. 25 "" So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God ; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was ^ by the sanctuary of Jehovah. 27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, "^ this stone shall be a wit- ness against us ; for it hath heard all the words of Jehovah which he spake unto us : it shall be there- fore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God. 28 So Joshua 1 Or, m " 1 K. 8. 57, 58 ; Ps. 119. 30; 141. 4 b Ex. 19. 8 ; 24. 3, r ; Dt. 5. 27 ' Ex. 24. 8 d Ch. 22. 27, 34 * ch. 19. 50 /Gen. 50. 24, 2n ; Ex. 13. 19 ; Acts 7. 15, 16 'J Gefl. 33. 19 '' ch. 22. 13 sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance. 29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old. 30 And they buried him in the border of his inheri- tance in * Timnath-serah, which is in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain or Gaash. 31 And Israel served Je- hovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had wrought for Israel. 32 -^And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Snechem, in the parcel of ground ^ which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money : and they became the in- heritance of the children of Joseph. 33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died ; and they buried him in '-^the hill of '' Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill-country of Ephraim. 2 Or, Gibeah of Phinehas 238 THE BOOK OF JUDGES Capture of Bezek, Jerusalem, Hebron, Kiriatli-sepber, and other Cities IAnd it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the chil- dren of Israel "asked of Jehovah, sas'ing, Who shall go up for us first * against the Canaanites, to fight against theml 2 And Jeho- vah said, Judah shall go up : be- hold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 4 And Judah went up ; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand : and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek ; and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Per- izzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled ; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adoni- bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table : as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusa- lem, and he died there.. 8 And the children of Judah fought against "Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. 9 And afterward the chil- dren of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland. 10 ''And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before- time was Kiriath-arba) ; and they emote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. 11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before- time was Kiriath-sepher.) 12 And Caleb said. He that smiteth Kiri- ° Num. 27. 21 b ver. 27 ; c h. 2. 21-23 ; 3. 1-6 •^ ver. 21 ; Joshi. 15. 63 d Josh. 15. 13-19 « ch. 3. 9 /ch. 4. 11 Num. 10 29-32 » ch. 3. 13 Dt. 34. 3 h Num. 21 1 I Num. 21 3 *: ch. 4. 3, 13 ; Josh. 17. 16 ' Josh. 14. 9 "" ver. 10 ; Josh. 15. 14 "» ver. 8 ; Josh. 15 63 ath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 1 3 And " Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it : and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 14 And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she alighted from off her ass ; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 15 And she said unto him, Give me a ^ blessing ; for that thou hast ^ set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. 16 And the children of ■'^the Ke- nite, Moses' ^ brother-in-law, went up out of the ''city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of '' Ai-ad ; and they went and dwelt with the people. 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and ■* utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called 'Hormah. 18 Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof. 19 And Jehovah was with Judah ; and he drove out the inhabitants of the hill-country ; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had * chariots of iron. 20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, ' as Moses had spoken : and he drove out thence '"the three sons of Anak. 21 "And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem ; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22 And the house of Joseph, they 1 Or, present 2 Or, given me the land of the South 3 Or, father-in-law * Heb. devoted. 239 1.23 JUDGES 2.12 Capture of Laz, Places not conquered by Israel. Tlie Angel of Jehovah at Bochim. Joshaa's Death also went up against Beth-el ; and Jehovah was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. ("Now the name or the city beforetime was Luz). 24 And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee. 25 And he showed them the entrance into the city ; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword ; ''but they let the man go and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz, which is the name thereof unto this day. 27 ° And Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its ^ towns, nor of Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the in- habitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns ; but ** the Canaan- ites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pass, when Isi^ael was waxed strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. 29 * And Ephraim drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. 30 Zebulun drove not out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the in- habitants of Nahalol ; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became subject to taskwork. 31 Asher drove not out the in- habitants of Acco, nor the inhabit- ants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob; 32 but the Asherites dwelt among the Ca- naanites, the inhabitants of the land ; for they did not drive them out. 33 Naphtali drove not out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath ; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land : never- theless the inhabitants of Beth- shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to taskwork. _ 34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill-coun- try ; for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley ; 1 lleb. daughters. " Gen. 28. 19 * Josh. 6. 25 " Josh. 17. 12 d ver. 1 ' Josh. 16. 10 /Josh. 15. 3 y ch. 6. 11 ; 13. 2-21 fc ver. 5 ' Ex. 20. 2 * Gen. 17. 7, 8 ; Lev. 26. 42, 44 ; Dt. 7. 9 ' Ex. 23. 32 "^ Ex. 34. 12, 13 " Josh. 23. 13 " Num. 33. 56 P Josh. 24. 28-31 9 ch. 3. 7, 12 ; 4. 1 ; 6. 1 "■ ch. 6. 25 ; 8. 33 ; 10. 6 ' Dt. 31. 16 240 35 but the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim : yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to taskwork. 36 And the border of the Amorites was from the ■''ascent of Akrabbim, from '" the rock, and upward. 2 And "^the angel of Jehovah came up from Gilgal to ''Bo- chiin. And he said, '1 made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers ; and I said, *I will never break my cove- nant with you : 2 and ' ye shall make no covenant with the in- habitants of this land ; ™ ye shall break down their altars. But ye have not hearkened unto my voice : why have ye done this ■? 3 Whei'e- fore "I also said, I will not drive them out from before you ; but they shall be "as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. 4 And it came to pass, when the angel of Jehovah spake these words unto all the cnildren of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And they called the name of that place ^ Bochim : and they sacrificed there unto Jehovah. 6 ^ Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. 7 And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel. 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old. 9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. 10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers : and there arose another generation after them, that knew not Jeho- vah, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel. 11 And the children of Israel did *that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the "■ Baalim ; 1 2 and ' they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land * Or, Sela 3 Or, a messenger * That is. Weepers. 2. 13 JUDGES 3.13 Apostasy of tlio Poople. Nations left as a Test of Israil. Otiiniel ilelivers Israel from Ciisliaiirisliatliaiin of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them : and the J' provoked Jehovah to anger. 13 And they forsook Jehovah, and "served Baal and the Ashtaroth. 14 * And the anger of .Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he de- livered tliem into tlie hands of spoilers that despoiled them ; and ''he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 1-5 Whither- soever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them : and they were sore distressed. 16'' And Jehovah raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those that despoiled them. 17 And yet they hearkened not unto their judges ; for they plaj^ed the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them : they turned aside quickly out of the way 'wherein their fathers walked, obeying the command- ments of -Jehovah; Init they did not so. 18 Arid when Jehovah raised them up judges, then Jeho- vah was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge : for it repented Jehovah because of their groaning by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. 19 But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in fol- lowing other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them ; Hhey ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way. 20 •'^And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel ; and he said. Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; 21 ^ I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations that Joshua left when he died ; 22 that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23 So Jehovah left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. I Heb. they let nothing fall of their doings. " ch. 10. 6 1' Dt. 31. 17 ; Ps. IOC. 40-42 <= Dt. 28. 25 ; 32. 30 Dt. 8. ir, 18 ' Dt. 20. 8 rf 1 Sani. 14.6 « Josh. 2. 24; 10. 8; 11. 6 /ver. 16 " ch. 6. 0 ; S. 10 'I Josh. 11. 4 : Josh. 2. 9 247 camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outer- most part of the armed men that wei'e in the camp. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley " like locusts for mul- titude ; and their camels were with out number, ''as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow ; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream ; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat. 14 And his fellow answered and said. This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel : ' into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host. 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped ; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said. Arise ; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. 16 And he divided the three hun- dred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them. Look on me, and do likewise : and, behold, when I come to the outermost part of the camp, it shall be^ that, as I do, so shall ye do. 1 8 When I blow the trumpet, I and all that are with me, then IdIow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say. For Jehovah and for Gideon. 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the mid- dle watch, when they had but newly set the watch : and they blew the trumpets, and brake ^n pieces the pitchers that were- in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands wherewith to blow ; and they cried. ■*The sword of Jehovah and oi Gideon. 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp ; and all the host ran ; and * Or, A sword for ver. 6 ' ch. 8. 31 .losh, 24. 9 ''Num. 21. 4 ; Dt. 2. 8 d Dt. 2. 9, 18, 19 «Num. 21. 21-32 ; Dt. 2. 2(5-36 /Dt. 2.37 " Num. 21. 29 ; 1 K. U. 7 ft Num. 22. 2 ; Josh. 24. 9; Mic. C. 5 • Num. 21. 25, 26 ; Dt. 2.36 * Gen. 16. 5 ; 18. 25 ; 31. 63 ; 1 S. 24. Ezek. 17 ' ver. 11 ; ch. 10. 17 ' Ex. 15. 20 ; 1 S. 18. C ; Jer. 31. 4 P Num. 30. 2 ; Eccl. c 4,6 fore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: * Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the chil- dren of Israel and the children of Ammon. 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. 29 Then Hhe Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and ipassed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said. If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand, 31 then it shall be, that ^whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering. 32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them ; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand. 33 And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to ™Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto ^Abel-cheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the chil- dren of Amnion were subdued be- fore the children of Israel. 34 And Jephthah came to " Miz- pah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him " with timbrels and with dances : and she was his only child ; besides her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me ; for I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and '^I cannot go back. 36 And she said unto him. My father, thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah ; do unto me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth, forasmuch as Jehovah hath taken vengeance for thee on thine ene- mies, even on the children of Am- mon. 37 And she said unto her father. Let this thing be done for me : let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions. 2 Or, tvhosoever " That is, The meadow of vineyards. 253 11.38 JUDGES 13.8 Ephraim's Complaint. The Shibboleth. Jephthah's Death. Other Judges. The Philistine Oppression. Vision of 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months : and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he liad vowed : and she knew not man. And it was ^a custom in Israel, 40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to '^celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. ■^ O And the men of Ephraim X ^ were gathered together, and passed ^northward ; and "they said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the chil- dren of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee"? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire. 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon ; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand. 3 And when I saw that ye saved me not, I *put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Am- mon, and Jehovah delivered them into my hand : wherefore then are ye come vip unto me this day, to fight against me? 4 Then Jeph- thah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim ; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Yeare fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gile- adites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. 5 And the Gileadites ''took the fords of the Jordan "* against the Ephra- imites. And it was so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said. Let me go oyer, the men of Gilead said unto him. Art thou an Ephrairnite % If he said. Nay ; 6 then said they unto him. Say now Shibboleth ; and he said Sibboleth ; for he could not frame to pi'onounce it right : then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand. 7 And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. 8 And after him Ibzan of Beth- lehem judged Israel. 9 And he 1 Or, an ordinance 2 Or, lament 3 Or, to Zaphnn * Or, toward Ephraim ■» ch. 8. 1 6 1 S. 19. 5 ; 28. 21 ; Job 13. 14 " ch. 3. 28 d ch. 2. 11 /ver.6,8, 10, 11; 6. 11, 14; Lk. 1. 11-13 » Lk. 1. 15 ft Num. 6. 2 i ver. s, 10, ll;ch. 6. 11 * ver. 3, 7 254 had thirty sons ; and thirty daugh- ters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. 10 And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem. 1 1 And after him Elon the Zeb- ulunite judged Israel ; and he judged Israel ten years. 12 And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. 13 And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Is- rael. 14 And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts : and he judged Israel eight years. 15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites. -i O And the children of Israel J_0 ''again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah ; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 And there was a certain man of 'Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah ; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 -^And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her. Behold now, thou art bar- ren, and bearest not ; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pi'ay thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing : 5 ^ for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and no razor shall come upon his head ; for the child shall be a ^ Nazirite unto God from the womb : and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philis- tines. 6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, 'A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the counte- nance of the angel of God, very terrible ; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name : 7 but he said unto me. Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing ; for the child shall be a Nazifite unto God from the womb to the day of his death. 8 Then Manoah entreated Jeho- vah, and said, Oh, Lord, I pray thee, let *the man of God whom 13.9 JUDGES 14.9 Manoah and bis Wife. Samson's Birth. Samson takes a Philistine Wife. He kills a Lion thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. 9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah ; and " the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field : but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said unto him. Behold, 'the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the otlter day. 1 1 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou " the man that spak- est unto the woman % And he said, I am. 1 2 And Manoah said, ^ Now let thy words come to pass : what shall be the ordering of the child, and how shall we do unto him % 13 And ''the angel of Jehovah said unto JNIanoah, " Of all that I said unto the woman let her be- ware. 14 She may not eat of any- thing that Cometh of the "•'^vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing ; all that I commanded her let her observe. 15 And Manoah said unto ^the angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee. 1 6 And the angel of Jehovah said unto Ma- noah, Though thou detain me, ''I will not eat of thy bread ; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt- offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah. 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of .Jehovah, 'What is thy name, that, when thy words come to pass, we may do thee honor % 18 And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is ^ * won- derful ^ 19 So 'Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto Je- hovah : and the angel did won- drously ; and Manoah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar : and Manoah and his wife looked on ; and they fell on their faces to the ground. 21 But the angel of Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his 1 Or, Now vjhen thy words come to pass, what &c. 2 Or, grave-vine * Or, secret " ver. 8 i" ver. 9 " ver. 8 d ver. 11 * ver. 4 /Num. 6. 4 " ver. 3 '' oh. 6. 20 ' Gen. 32. 29 ^ Is. 9. 6 ' ch. 6. 20, 21 "ver "ch. 16 6. 22 °ch. 3. 10 12 18. 11 1 Josh. 11. ■ ch. 3. 10 ' 1 S. 17. 34- 36 255 wife. "^ Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God. 23 But his wife said unto him. If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have i-e- ceived a burnt-offering and a meal- offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these. 24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name * Samson : and the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him. 25 Ana " the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in ^ -^ Mahaneh-dan, be- tween Zorah and Eshtaol. "i A And Samson went down to XTc Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines : now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncir- cumcised Philistines'? And Sam- son said unto his father. Get her for me ; for she pleaseth me well. 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of Jehovah ; * for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel. 5 Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Tim- nah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah : and, behold, a young lion roared against him. 6 And ""the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and *he rent him as he would have rent a kid ; and he had nothing in his hand : but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman : and she pleased Samson well. 8 And aftera wliile he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the car- cass of the lion : and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. 9 And he took it into his hands, and went on, eat- ing as he went ; and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat : but he told them not that he had taken < Heb. Shimshon. 5 That is, The camp of Dan. 14.10 JUDGES 15.11 Samson's Riddle at the Marriage Feast. His Feat with the Foxes. He is boand with new Ropes the honey out of the body of the lion. 10 And his father went down unto the woman : and Samson made there a feast ; for so used the young men to do. 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty 'compan- ions to be with him. 12 And Samson said unto them. Let me now "put forth a riddle unto you : if ye can declare it unto me within the * seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment ; 1 3 but if ye cannot declare it unto me, then shall ye give me thirty linen gar- ments and thirty changes of rai- ment. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. 14 And he said unto them. Out of the eater came forth food. And out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife. Entice thy hus- band, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire : have ye called us to ^ impoverish us 1 is it not sol 16 And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not : thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her. Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee 1 1 7 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted : and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore ; and she told the riddle to the children of her peo- ple. 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down. What is sweeter than honey'? and what is stronger than a lion 1 And he said unto them. If ye had not plowed with my heifer. Ye had not found out my rid- dle. 1 9 And " the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote I Or, take that which we have " Ezek. 17. 2 i> Gen. 29. 27 " uh. 3. 10 d Gen. 38. 17 ' ch. 14. 15 /ch. 13. 1; 14. 4 256 thirty men of them, and took their -spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. 20 But Samson's wife was give7i to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. "^ pf But it came to pass after a -L.tJ while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife "^ with a kid ; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. 2 And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her ; therefore I gave her to thy com- panion : is not her younger sister fairer than she 1 take her, I pray thee, instead of her. 3 And Sam- son said unto them. This time ^ shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief. 4 And Samson went and caught three hundred * foxes, and took "firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails. 5 And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards. 6 Then the Philis- tines said. Who hath done thisi And they said, Samson, the son- in-law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philis- tines came up, and " burnt her and her father with fire. 7 And Sam- son said unto them, If ye do after this manner, sui^ely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. 8 And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaugh- ter : and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam. 9 Then the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. 10 And the men of Judah said. Why are ye come up against usl And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. 11 Then three thou- sand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not ■''that the Philistines are rulers over us 1 what then is this that 2 Or, apparel 3 Or, shall J be quits with * Or, jackals 6 Or, torches 15.12 JUDGES 16.12 Samson's Feat with the Jawbone. He carries away the ftate of Gaia. Delilah tries to elicit the Secret of his Streiigtii thou hast done unto usi And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. 12 And they said unto him. We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me your- selves. 13 And they spake unto him, saying. No ; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand : but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock. 14 When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met iiim : and " the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and the /opes that were upon his arms be- came as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands ^ dropped from off his hands. 15 And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said. With the jawbone of an ass, ^ heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men. 17 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand ; and " that place was called ■* Kamath-lehi. 18 And he was sore athirst, and * called on Jehovah, and said. Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised. 19 But God clave the hollow place that is in ^Lehi, and there came water thereout ; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived : wherefore ''the name thereof _ was called '' En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day. 20 And '^he judged Israel in * the days of the Philistines twenty years. "i /Z* And Samson went to -i-vJ ^Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her. 2 And it ivas told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. 1 Heb. were melted. - Heb. heap, two heaps. 3 Or, he called that place * That is, The hill of the jawbone. * Or, the jawbone 6 Or, he called the name thereof ' That is, The spring of him that called. "ch. 14. 19; 1 S. 11. 6 t> ch. 16. 28 " Heb. 11. 32 dch. 13. l; IC. 31 *■ Josh. 15. 47 /Josh. 13. 3 " ch. 14. 16 And they compassed him in, ind laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, ^ juet be till morning light, then we will kill him. 3 And Samson lay till mid- night, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top oi the mountain that is before Hebron. 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman ^in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 And the ^lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, j' Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may grevail against him, that we may ind him to ^^ afflict him : and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred ^n'ece.s of silver. 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and where- with thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. / And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven " green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man. 8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven " green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. 9 Now she had liers-in-wait abid- ing in the inner chamber. And she said unto him. The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a string of tow is broken when it ^•^ toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. 10 And Delilah said unto Sam- son, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou might- est be bound. 11 And he said unto her. If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man. 12 So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him. The PhiHstines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers-in-wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake 8 Or, When (or, Before) the morning is light 9 Or, by the brook i' Or, neiv bowstrings 10 Or, humble 12 Heb. smelleth. 267 16.13 JUDGES 17.2 Samson is betrayed by Delilah. His Eyes are put out. Uv is mocked, but is avenged in his Death. Micah and Ills Idols them from' off his arms like a thread. 13 And Delilah said unto Sam- son, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : tell me Avherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. 14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him. The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web. 15 And she said unto him, "How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me"? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. 16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death. 17 And he told her all his heart, and said unto her. There hath not come a razor upon iny head ; for I have been a * Nazirite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall oe- come weak, and be like any other man. 18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying. Come up this once, for ^ he hath told me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and buought the money in their hand. 19 And she made him sleep upon her knees ; and she called for -a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head ; and she began to afflict liim, and his strength went from him. 20 And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free. But he knew not that Jehovah was departed from him. 21 And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his ej^es ; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house. 22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. 23 And the lords of the Philis- tines gathered them together to 1 Or, according to another reading, he had told her 2 Or, the men " ch. 14. 16 b cli. 13. ^ ; Num. 6. 6 M S. 5. . rf ch. 15. 18 offer a great sacrifice unto "Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said. Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. 24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the de- stroyer of our country, who hath slain many of us. 25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said. Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pillars : 26 and Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand. Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house resteth, that I may lean upon them. 27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there ; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. 28 ''And Samson called unto Je- hovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray thee, ' and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may ^ be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. 29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. 30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead that he slew at his death were more than they that he slew in his life. 31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. "And he judged Israel twenty years. ^ 'T And there was a^ man of X I the hill-country of Ephraim, whose name was Micah. 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred lyieces of silver that wei'e taken from thee, about which thou didst utter ^ a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the 3 Or, he avenged . . . for one of my two eyes * Or, an adjuration 258 X7. 3 JUDGES 18. 13 Micah hires a Levite to be Ms Priest. The Danites seek an Inheritance. Spies explore the Land. An armed Force sent out silver is with me ; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of Jehovah. 3 And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother ; and his mother said, I verily ^ dedicate the silver unto Jehovah from my hand for mj'^ son, "to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. 4 And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred 2ii6ces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah. 5 And the man Micah had a house *of ^gods, and he made an "ephod, and '^ teraphim, ind ^consecrated one of his sons, "who became his priest. 6 In those days ■'^there was no king in Israel : ^every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 7 And there was a young man out of '' Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of .Judah, who was a Levite ; and he sojourned there. 8 And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a idace ; and he came to the 'hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 9 And Micah said unto him. Whence comest thou'? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. 10 And Micah said unto nim. Dwell with me, and be unto me *a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. 1 1 And the Levite was content to dwell with the man ; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. 12 And Micah conse- crated the Levite, and the young man 'became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. 13 Then said Micah, Now know I that Je- hovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. "i O "In those days there was -LO no king in Israel: and "in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that day their inheri- tance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. 2 And the children of Dan sent of their 1 Or, had dedicated 2 Or, God 3 Heb. filled the hand of. " Ex. 20. 4, 2.3 ; 34. 17 !> Ch. 18. 24 ■= ch. 8. 27 ; 18. 14 d Gen. 31. 19 * Num. 3. 10 /ch. 18. l; 19. 1 » Dt. 12. 8 h ch. 19. 1 ; Ruth 1. 1, 2 ; Mic. 5. 2 ; Mt. 2. 1 ' Josh. 24. 33 * ch. 18. 19 ' Num. 16. 10 ; 18. 1-7 "* ch. 17. 6 ; 19. 1 " Josh. 19. 40-48 " ch. 13. 25 P ch. 17. 1 « ch. 17. 12 '■ ver. 29 ; Josh. 19. 47 ' ch. 13. 25 259 family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from "Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them. Go, search the land. And they came to ^'the hill-country_ of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there. 3 When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned aside thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither'? and what doest thou in this place'? and what hast thou here'? 4 And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with rae, and he hath hired me, and *I am become his priest. 5 And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosper- ous. 6 And the priest said unto them, Go in peace : before Jehovah is your way wherein ye go. 7 Then the five men departed, and came to 'Laish, and saw the people that were thei'ein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, pos- sessing "'authority, ®that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man. 8 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye"? 9 And they said. Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good : and are ye still"? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land. 10 When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large; for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth. 11 And there set forth from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weajoons of war. 1 2 And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, in Ju- dah: wherefore they called that place *Mahaneh-dan unto this day; behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim. 13 And they passed thence unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. * Heb. power of restraint. 5 Or, thai might do any liurt 18.14 JUDGES 19.5 The Danites take Micah's Prirst and Lnages. They captare Laish. A Levite ^oes to recover his Concubiue 14 Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses "an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten imaged now therefore con- sider what ye have to do. 1 5 And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and asked him of his wel- fare. 16 And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image : and the priest stood by the en- trance of the gate ^yith the six hundred men girt with weapons of war. 18 And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What do ye'? 19 And they said unto him. Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us ''a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel'? 20 i\.nd the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. 2 1 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them. 22 When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered to- gether, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, ^ that thou comest with such a company 1 24 And he said, Ye have taken away '^ my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more'? and how then say ye unto me. What aileth thee 1 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not tli.v voice be heard among us, lest -angry fel- 1 Heb. I.hiit thnu art gathered together. - Heb. bitter of soul. " ch. 17. 5 >> ch. 17. 10 " ch. 17. 6 d ver. 7 ; Josh. 19. 47 / ch. 17. 3, 5 » Ex. 2. 22 ; ft ch. 17. 3, 5 ' ch. 18. 1 k Gen. 34. 3 ; 50. 21 ' ver. 8 ; Gen. 18. 5 260 lows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy house- hold. 26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back into his house. 27 And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came unto ''Laish, unto a people quiet and secure,^ and smote them with the edge of the sword ; and they burnt the city with tire. 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Sidon, and they had no deal- ings with any man ; and it was in the valley that lieth by " Beth-re- hob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein. 29 And they called the narne of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel : howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. 30 And the children of Dan set up for themselves ■' the graven image ; and Jonathan, the son of ^ Gershom, the son of " Moses, '' he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the cap- tivity of the land. 31 So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. 10 And it came to pass in - «^ those days, when ' there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a con- cubine out of Reth-lehem-judah. 2 And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months. 3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to * speak '' kindly unto her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses : and she brought him into her father's house; and when thefather of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him ; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early ih the morning, and he rose up to de- part : and the damsel's father said unto his son-in-law, 'Strengthen ^ Another reading is, Manasseh. * Heb. to her heart. 19.6 JUDGES 19.27 Sbameful Abase of tbe Levite's Concubine in Gibcah thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go your way. 6 So they sat down, and did eat and drink, both of them to- gether : and the damsel's father said unto the man, Be pleased, I pray thee, to tarry all night, and "let thy heart be merry. 7 And the man rose up to depart ; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart ; and the damsel's father said, Strengtlien thy heart, I pray thee, and tarry ye until the day declineth ; and they did eat, both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his fa- ther-in-law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night : behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry ; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go ^ home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against *Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of asses saddled ; his concubine also was with him. 1 1 When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent ; and " the servant said unto his master, Come, I jiray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him. We will not^ turn aside into the city of a foreigner, ^that is not of the children oi Israel ; but we will pass over to Gibeah. 13 And he said unto his servant. Come and let us draw near to one of these places ; and we will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 14 So they passed on and went their way ; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which belongcth to Ben- jamin. 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in to lodge in Gibeah : and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city ; for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge. 16 And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even : now the man was 1 Heb. to thy tents. - Or, where there are none of the children of Israel ° ver. 9. 22 ; ch. 16. 2.i ; Kuth 3. 7 ; 1 K. 21. 7; Esth. 1. 10 i> 1 Chr. 11. 4, a " ver. 19 d ver. 1 ' ver. 14 /ver. 11 0 Gen. 24. 32, 33 A Gen. 19. 4, 6; Ezek. 16. 46-48 ' in. 13. 13; 1 S. 2. 12 ; 1 K. 21. 10 ch. 20. 6 i Gen. 34. r ; Dt. 22. 21 ; 2 S. 13. 12 < Gen. 19. 8 of ''the hill-country of Ephi^aim. and he sojourned in Gibeah ; but the men of the place * were Ben- jamites. 17 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street o^ the city ; and the old man said, W^hither goest thou ? and whence comest thou 1 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim ; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem-judah : and I am now going to the house of Jeho- vah ; and there is no man that taketh me into his house. 19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses ; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for ■''the young man that is with thy servants : tliere is no want of anything. 20 And the old man said. Peace be unto thee ; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me ; only lodge not in the street. 21 '' So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder; and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 As they were making their hearts merry, behold, ''the men of the city, certain 'base fellows, beset the house round about, beat- ing at the door ; and they spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying. Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him. 23 And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them. Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly ; seeing that this man is come into my house, *do not this folly. 24 /Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine ; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you : but unto this man do not any such folly. 25 But the men would not hearken to him : so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them ; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning : and when the day began to spring, they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his 261 19.28 JUDGES 20.22 The Ontrage at Gibeah. The People resolve to pnnish the Evil-doers. The Benjamites resist, and gain Two Victories way ; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold. 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going; "but none answered: then he took her up upon the ass ; and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. 29 And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concu- bine, and * divided her, Mimb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel. 30 And it was so, that all that saw it said. There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day : consider it, take counsel, and C^f\ Then all the children of ^\J Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jeho- vah at "Mizpah. 2 And the ^chiefs of all the people, ^even of all the tribes of Israel, presented them- selves in the assembly of the peo- ple of God, four hundred thousand lootmen that drew sword. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah). And the chil- dren of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass"? 4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, an- swered and said, I came into Gib- eah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. 5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about me by night ; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead. 6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel ; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. 7 Be- hold, ye chilf.ren of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel. 8 And all ohe people arose as one man, saying. We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house. 9 But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah : ^ve will go up against it by lot ; 10 and we will take ten 1 Heb. according to her hones. * Heb. corners. 3 Or, even all " ch. 20. 6 6 1 S. n. 12 • 1 S. 7. 6 d Num. 1.36, 37 ; 2. 23 ; 26. 41 ' ver. 23, 27 ; Num. 2,7 21 /ver. 25 262 men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victuals for the people, that they may do, when they come to ■* Gibeah or Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have Avrought in Israel. 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. 1 2 And the tribes of Israel sen!* men through all the ^ tribe of Ben- jamin, saying. What wickedness ia this that is come to pass among you 1 13 Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, that are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But ''Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. 14 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Is- rael. 1 5 And the children of Ben- jamin were numbered on that day out of the cities '' twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men. 16 Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded ; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss. 17 And the men of Israel, be- sides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword : all these were men of war. 18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to Beth-el, and "asked counsel of God ; and they said. Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Ben- jamin? And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up first. 19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and en- camped against Gibeah. 20 And the men of Israel went out to bat- tle against Benjamin ; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah. 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and -^destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thou- sand men. 22 And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged tnem- « Heb. Geba. ■^ Heb. tribes. See Num. 4. 18 ; 1 S. 9. 21. 6 Another reading is, the children of Benjamin. 20.23 JUDGES 20.45 The People fast, and ask Voaiiscl of God. Benjamin defeated and ravaged selves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day. 23 "And the children of Israel went up and wept before Jehovah until even ; and they 'asked of Je- hovah, saying, Shall I again draw nigh to battle against the chil- dren of Benjamin my brother 1 And Jehovah said, Go up against him. 24 And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. 25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and "^ destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eigh- teen thousand men ; all these drew the sword. 26 Then ''all the chil- dren of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto Beth -el, and M^ept, and sat there before Je- hovah, and fasted that day until even ; and they offered burnt-offer- ings and peace-offerings before Je- hovah. 27 And the children of Israel "asked of Jehovah (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, 28 and Phin- ehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying. Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease 1 And Jehovah said. Go up ; ;^for to-morrow I will deliver him into thy hand. 29 ^And Israel set liers-in-wait against Gibeah round about. 30 And the children of Israel went up against the children of Ben- jamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. 31 ''And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city ; and they began to smite and kill of the peo- ple, as at other times, in the high- ways, of which one goeth up to Beth-el, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel. _ 32 And the children of Benjamin said. They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the highways. 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set them- selves in array at Baal-tamar : 'and the liers-in-wait of Israel brake forth out of their place, " Josh. 7. e, 7 *> ver. 18 " ver. 21 d ver. 23 ; ch. 21. 2 "ver. 18 /ch, 7. 9 !' Josh. 8. 4 '' Jo8h. 8. 16 ' Josh. 8. 19 k Josh. 8. 20 ' ver. 32 ■ Josh. 8. 15, 24 'ch. 21. 13 even out of ^ Maareh-geba. 34 And thei'e came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore ; but they knew not that evil was "close upon them. 35 And Jeho- vah smote Benjamin before Israel : and the children of Israel desti'oyea of Benjamin that day twenty and five thousand and a hundred men : all these drew the sword. 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten ; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah. 37 And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah ; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. 38 Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, '' that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. 39 ^ And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons ; ' for they said, Surelj- they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. 40 But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them ; and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven. 41 And the, men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin wei-e dismayed ; for they saw that evil was come upon them. 42 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel ™ unto the way of the wilderness ; but the battle followed hard after them ; and ''they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof. 43 They inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, a^id Hrod them down •'at ^Aejr resting-place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men ; all these -were men of valor. 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of " Rimmon : and they gleaned of them in the highways five thou- 1 Or, the meadow of Qeba (or, Oibeah See ver. 10) 2 Heb. touching. 3 Or, And the men . . . battle: (now Benjamin . . . heaven :) and the men &c. * Or, them, that came . . . they destroyed = Or, overtook them ^ Or, at Menuhah 263 20.46 JUDGES 21. 22 Wives for the Benjamites obtained at Jalitsh-gilead and at Shilob sand men, and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men. 46 So that all who fell that day of Ben- jamin were twenty and five thou- sand men that drew the sword ; all these tvere men of valor. 47 But Bix hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months. 48 And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin,_ and smote them with the edge of the sword, both ^ the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire. O 'j Now the men of Israel ^ A- "■ had sworn in Mizpah, say- ing. There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 2 *Aud the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even be- fore God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. 3 And they said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel 1 4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there ^an altar, and offered burnt-offer- ings and peace-ofi'erings. 5 And the children of Israel said. Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto Jehovah 1 For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto Jehovah to Miz- pah, saying. He shall surely be put to death. 6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said. There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. 7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have '' sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives 1 8 And they said. What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto -Tehovah to Miz- pah"? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh- gilead to the assembly. 9 For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded I Or, as otherwise read, the vnhabiUd city Dt. 2. 34. See " ver. 7, 18 i> ch. 20. 26 " Dt. 12. 6 i 2 S. 24. 25 d ver. 1 ^ Num. 31.17 / Dt. 20. 10 A ch. 18. 31 ; Josh. 18. 1 ; 1 S. 1. 3 ( ch. 11. 34 ; Ex. 13. 20 them, saying,^ Go and * smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. 1 1 And this is the thing that ye shall do : ye shall ^utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. 12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh- gilead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him ; and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 13 And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and -^proclaimed peace unto them. 14 And Benjamin returned at that time ; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead : and yet so they suf- ficed them not. 15 And the peo- Ele repented them for Benjamin, ecause that Jehovah had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. 16 Then the elders of the con- gregation said. How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Ben- jamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel. 18 Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters ; for the children of Israel "had sworn, saying, Cui'sed be he that giveth a wife to Ben- jamin. 19 And they said. Behold, there is ^a feast of Jehovah from year to year in '' Shiloh, Avhich is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. 20 And they ' commanded the children of Ben- jamin, saying. Go and lie in wait in the vineyards ; 21 and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to 'dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you ever^ man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Ben- jamin. 22 And it shall be, when their fathers or _ their brethren come to * complain unto us, that we will say unto them. Grant them ^graciously unto us; because we took not for each man of them his 261 2 Heb. devote. 3 Or, the feast * Or, strive with us ' Or, as a gift 21.23 JUDGES 21.25 Wives for the Benjauiites obtained at Sliiloli wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them ; " else would ye now be guilty. 23 And the chil- dren of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they cari'ied off: and they went and returned unto their in- heritance, and * built the cities. " ver. 1, 18 * ch. 20. 48 " ch. 17. 6 ; 18. 1 ; 19. 1 and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his iniieritance. 25 ^In those days there was no king in Israel : every man did that which was right in his own eyes. 265. THE BOOK OF RUTH Elimelech and his Family sojoarn ia Moab. Naomi and Rnth retarn to Jadah IAnd it came to pass in the days " when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth- lehem-judah went to sojourn in the ^ country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife ^ Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 3 And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died ; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab ; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth : and they dwelt there about ten years. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them ; and the woman was left of her two children and of her hus- band. 6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab : for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Jehovah had ''vis- ited his people in givingthem bread. 7 And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her ; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. 8 And Naomi said unto her two daugh- ters-in-law. Go, return each of you to her mother's house : Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. 9 Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 10 And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people. 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters : why will ye go with mel have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your I Heb. field. 2 Heb. Noomi. " Judg. 2. 16-18 ' Ex. 6. 3 ; Job 6. i 266 husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way ; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband to-night, and should also bear sons ; 1 3 would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands ] nay, my daughters ; for ^ it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again : and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law ; but Ruth clave unto her. _ 15 And she said. Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god : return thou after thy sister-in-law. 16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; 1 7 where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried : Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. 18 And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her. 1 9 So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Betli-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women' said. Is this Naomi 1 20 And she said unto them. Call me not "* Naomi, call me ^ Mara ; for " the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 211 went out full, and Jehovah hath brought me home again empty ; why call ye me Naomi, seeing Jehovah hath testi- fied against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? 22 So Naomi returned, andRuth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who 3 Or, it is far -more hitter for me than for you * That is, Pleasant. ^ That is, Bitter. 2.1 KUTH 2.22 Ruth gleans in the Field of Boai. Boaz deals kindly with her returned out of the country of Moab : and they came to Beth- lehem in " the beginning of barley harvest. 2 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of ^wealth, of the family of * Elimelech ; and his name was Boaz. 2 And Rvith the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and " glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. And she said unto her. Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reap- ers: and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they answered him, Jehovah bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this"? 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said. It is the Moab- itish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: 7 and she said. Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and hath continued even from the morning until no\y, save that she tari'ied a little in the house. 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter's Go riot to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens. 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee"? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him. Why have I found favor in thy sight, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a foreigner"? 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband ; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and 1 Or, valor " Ex. 9. 31 ; Lev. 23. 10, u ' ch. 1. 2 " ver. 7 ; Lev. 19. 9, 10 ; 23. 22 d ch. 1. 16 art come unto a people that thou knewest not heretofore. 12 Jeho- vah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jeho- vah, the God of Israel, ''under whose wings thou art come to take refuge. 13 Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord ; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken ^kindly unto thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens. 14 And at meal-time Boaz said unto her, Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers ; and ^ they reached her parched grain, and she did eat, and was sufficed, ''and left thereof. 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz com- manded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not. 1 6 And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not. 17 So she gleaned in the field until even • and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. 18 And she took it up, and went into the city ; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned : and she brought forth and -^gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed. 1 9 And her mother- in-law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day"? and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother-in-law with whom she had wrought, and said. The man's name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz. 20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in- law Blessed lie he of Jehovah, who hath not left off" his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her. The man is nigh of kin unto us, "'one of our near kinsmen. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said. Yea, he said unto me. Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in- law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, and 2 Heb. to the heart of. ■1 Or, owe ( for us See 3 Or, he ■1 Or, one of them that hath the right to redeem Lev. 26. 26. 267 2.23 EUTH 4.5 Rnth asks Boaz to do a Kinsman's Part. Boaz redeems Elimelech's Inheritance that they meet thee not in any other field. 23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean unto "the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest ; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law. 3 And Naomi her mother-in- law said unto her, My daugh- ter, shall I not seek ^ rest for thee, that it may be well with thee^ 2 And now is not Boaz * our kins- man, with whose maidens thou wasf? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing- floor. 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy rai- ment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor ; but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down ; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her. All that thou ^ sayest I Avill do. 6 And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. 7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. 8 And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was ^afraid, and turned himself; and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. 9 And he said. Who art thou 1 And she answered, I am Ruth thy handmaid : spreaa therefore thy skirt over thy hand- maid ; for thou art * a near kins- man. 10 And he said, Blessed be thou of Jehovah, my daughter : thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the be- ginning, inasmuch as thou follow- edst not young men, whether poor or rich. 1 1 And now, my daugh- ter, fear not ; I will do to thee all that thou sayest ; for all the ^ city of my people doth know that thou art "a worthy woman. 1 2 And now it is true that I am a near kinsman ; hoAvbeit there is a, kins- man nearer than I. 13 Tarry this J Or, a resting-vlace 2 Another reading is, sayest unto me. 3 Or, startled * Or, one that hath the right to redeem Heb. goel. 6 Heb. gate. See ch. 4. i, IL " Dt. 16. 9 >> Dt. 25. 6-10 " Prov. 31. 10 d ch. 3. 12 « Lev. 25. 25 night, and it shall be in the morn- ing, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well ; let him do the kinsman's part : but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the Eavt of a kinsman to thee, as Je- ovah liveth: lie down until the morning. 14 And she lay at his feet until the morning : and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said. Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing- floor. 15 And he said, Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it ; and she held it ; and he meas- ured six measures of barley, and laid it on her : and ^ he went into the city. 16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, ^Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 1 7 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me ; for he *said. Go not empty unto thy naother-in-law. 18 Then said she, !Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall ; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day. 4 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there : and, behold, ** the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by ; unto whom he sa;ia, Ho, such a one ! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. 2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the near kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth the Earcel of land, " which was our rother Elimelech's : 4 and I thought to ^disclose it unto thee, saying. Buy it before them that sit here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if " thou wilt not redeem it, ther tell me, that I may know ; for there is none to redeem it besides thee ; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. 5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, « Ace. to Vulg. and Syr., sfie went. 7 Or, How hast thou fared 8 Another reading is, said to me. 8 Heb. uncover thine ear. 10 So Sept., Vulg., and Sjr. Heb. he will. 268 4.6 RUTH 4.22 Boaz redeems Elimelech's Inheritance. He marries Ruth. Birth of Obed the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 6 And "the near kins- man said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inher- itance : take thou my right of re- demption on thee; for I cannot redeem it. 7 Now this was * the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning ex- changing, to confirm all things : a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor ; and this was the manner of attestation in Israel. 8 So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe. 9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people. Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover Buth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are wit- nesses this day. 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said. We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house ''like Bachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel : and ^ do thou 1 Or, get thee wealth (or, power) " Lev. 25. 2.5 b Dt. 25. 8-10 <= Gen. 29. 26-30 d ver. 18 ; Gen. 38. 29 ; 46. 12 «ch. 1. 16, 17 ; 2. 11, 12 /Mt. 1.3-6 worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem : 1 2 and let thy house be like the house of "^ Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of 'the seed which Jehovah shall give thee of this young woman. 13 So Boaz took Kuth, and she became his wife ; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bare a son. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be Jehovah, who hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman ; and let his name be famous in Israel. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age ; for thy daughter-in-law, who lov- eth thee, *who is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 1 7 And the women her neighbors gave it a name, say- ing. There is a son born to Naomi ; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of ^ Jesse, the father of David. 18 Now these are the genera- tions of Perez : -^ Perez begat Hez- ron, 19 and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 20 and Amminadab begat Nah- shon, and Nahshon begat ^Salmon, 21 and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. 2 Heb. Ishai. 3 Heb. Salmah. 269 THE FIRST BOOK OP SAMUEL Elkanah and his Two Wives. Ilaunah prays for a Cliild. Samacl born, and given to Jcliorali INow there was a certain man of "Eamathaim-zophim, of the * hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was " Elkanah, the son of Jero- ham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraim - ite : 2 and he had '' two wives ; the name of the one was " Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah : and Penumah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 And this man went up out of his city from -^ year to year ■'' to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in '' Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jenovah, were there. 4 And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he 'gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions : 5 but unto Hannah he gave *' a double por- tion ; for he loved Hannah, ' but Jehovah had shut up her womb. 6 And her rival ™ pr-ovoked her sore, to make her fret, because Je- hovah had shut up her womb. 7 And as he did so year by j'ear, when she went up to the house of Jehovah, so she provoked her ; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 And Elkanah her husband said unto hei% Hannah, why weep- est thou 'i and why eatest thou not 1 and why is thy heart grieved 1 " am not I better to thee than ten sons '? 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest was sitting upon his seat by the door- post of "the temple of Jehovah. 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore. 1 1 And she ^ vowed a vow, and said, O Jehovah of hosts, if thou wilt indeed 'look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and re- member me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid ' a man-child, then I will give him unto Jehovah all the days 1 Heb. seed of men. " ver. 19 * Josh. 17. 17, 18 ■^ 1 Chr. 6. 22-28, 3:i-38 d Dt. 21. 16- 17 « Lk. 2. 36 / ver. 21 ; Ex. 34. 23 ; Lk. 2. 41 '-' 1 »t. 12. r>-- '» Josh. IS. 1 ' JJt. 12. 17, 18 * Gen. 43. 34 ' Geu. 16. 1 ; 30. 1 '"Job 24. 21 » Ruth 4.»lo ° ch. 3. 3 i' Num. 30. 6-11 9 Gen. 29. 32 *■ Num. 6. 5 ; Judg. 13. ft ; Lk. 1. 16 « Gen. 24. 42-45 ' Acts 2. 4, 13 " Ps. 62. 8 " Lk. 6. 4S " ch. 25. 35 ; 2 K, 6. 19 ; Mk. 5. .34 " Ps. 20. 3-5 ^ Ruth 2. 13 " Rom. 15. 13 * ver. 1 ; ch. " Gen. 21. 1 ; 30.22 rfGen. 41.51, 62 ; Ex. 2. 10, 22 ; Mt. 1. 21 ''ver. 3; Dt. 12. 11 " ver. 11, 28 k Num. 30. 10. 11 of his life, and '' there shall no razor come upon his head. 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before Jehovah, that Eli marked her mouth. 1'6 Now Hannah, *she spake in her heart ; onl.y her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto lier, 'How long wilt thou be drunken *? put away thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit : I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I " poured out my soul before Jehovah. 16 Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman ; for "out of the abundance of my complaint and my provoca- tion have I spoken hitherto. 17 Then Eli answered and said, ^Go in peace ; and the God of Israel y grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said, ' Let thjj^ handmaid find favor in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat ; and " her coun- tenance was no more sad. 19 And they rose up in the morn- ing early, and worshipped before Jenovah, and returned, and came to their house to *Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife ; and " Jehovah remembered her ; 20 and it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah con- ceived, and l)are a son ; and she called his name Samuel, saying, ^ Because I have asked him of Jeho- vah. 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, ^went up to offer unto Jehovah the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Hannah went not up ; for she said unto her husband, / ^uill not go up until the child be weaned ; and then I will -^ bring him, that he may appear before Jehovah, and " there abide for ever. 23 And '' Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good ; tarry until thou have weaned 27U 1.24 I. SAMUEL 2.17 Samuel given to Jehovah. Hannah's Song of Thanksgiving. The Sin of Eli's Sons him; only "Jehovah establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him. 24 And when she had weaned him, 'she took him up with her, with ^ three bullocks, and one ephah of meal, and a ' bottle of wine, and brought him unto " the house of Je- hovah in Shiloh: and the child was young. 25 And ''they slew the bullock, and "brought the child to Eli. 26 And, she said, Oh, my lord, -^as thy soul liveth, my lord, 1 am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto Jehovah. 27 "For this child I prayed ; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him : 28 * therefore also 1 have ^granted him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there. 2 And Hannah ' prayed, and said : My heart exulteth in Jehovah ; My * horn is exalted in Jehovah ; My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies ; Because 'I rejoice in thy salva- tion. 2 There is none ™holy as Jeho- vah ; For " there is none besides thee. Neither is there any "rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly ; Let not '' arrogancy come out of your mouth ; For Jehovah is a God of * knowl- edge, * And by him actions are ''weighed. 4 The *bows of the mighty men are broken • And they that stumbled are 'girded with strength. 5 They that were full h'iive hired out themselves for bread ; And they that were hungry ''have ceased to hunger: Yea, the " barren hath borne seven ; And "she that hath many chil- dren languisheth. 6 Jehovah "^killeth, and maketh alive : He bringeth down to Sheol, and ^ bringeth up. 7 Jehovah maketh poor, and ''mak- eth rich : 1 The Sept. and Syr. have, a hulloc/c three years tild. 2 Or, skin 3 Or, lent * According to another reading. Though ac- tions be not weighed. ^ Or, have rest ■* ver. 17 '' Num. 15. 9, 10; Dt. 12. 6, 6 " ch. 4. 3, 4 ; Josh. 18. 1 d Lev. 1. 5 ' Lk. 2. 22 /2K. 2. 2, 4, 6 '■' ver. 11-13 '' ver. 11, 22 ' Hab. 3. 1 ; Ps. 72. 20. ver. 1-10 : Lk. l,46-,5o «; Dt. 33. 17 ; Job 16. 15 ; Ps. 83. 17 'Is. 12. 2, 3 '" Ex. 15. 11 ; Lev. 19. 2 ; Ps. 22. 3 " 2 S. 22. 32 " Dt. 32. 30, 31 '' Prov. 8. 13 « 1 S. 16. 7 ; 1 K. 8. 39 '' Prov. 16. 2 ; 24. 12 * Ps. 37. 15 ; 46. 9 « Ps. 18. 39 ; Heb. 11. 32-34 "Ps. 113. 9; Ruth 4. 15 " Jer. 15. 9 ^ Dt. 32. 39 ; 2 K. 6. 7 ; Ptev. 1. 18 y Is. 26. 19 ^ Dt. 8. 17, 18 "Jobs. 11 ; Jas. 4. 10 I* Job 42. 10- 12 : Ps. 75. 7 " 2 S. 7. 8 ; Dan. 2. 48 ; Jas. 2. 6 rt Job 36. 7 " Job 38. 4-6 ; Ps. 75. 3 /Ps. 91. 11, 12 ; 1 Pet. 1. 5 !' Mt. 8. 12 '' Ps. 33. 16, 17 ' Ex. 15. C ; Ps. 2. 9 k ch. 7. 10 ; Ps. 18. 13, 14 ' Ps. 96. 13 ; 98. 9 ; Mt. 25. 31, 32 "' Ps. 21. 1, 7 " Ps. 89. 24 " ch. 1. 1, 19 P ver. 18 ; ch. 1. 28 9 Jer. 2. 8 ; 9. 3,6 '" Lev. 7. 29- 34 " Lev. 3. 3-5, 16 He bringeth low, he also "lift- eth up. 8 He '' raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He ''lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To '' make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory : For the " pillars of the earth are Jehovgth's, And he hath set the world upon them. 9 He will -^keep the feet of his "holy ones ; But the wicked shall be " put to silence in darkness ; For '' by strength shall no man prevail. 10 They that strive with Jehovah shall be * broken to pieces ; Against them will he * thunder in heaven : Jehovah will ' judge the ends of the earth ; And he will '" give strength unto his king, And "exalt the horn of his anointed. 1 1 And Elkanah went to " Eamah to his house. ^And the child did minister unto Jehovah before Eli the priest. 1 2 Now the sons of Eli were base men; '*they knew not Jehovah. 1 3 *■ And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand ; 14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cal- dron, or pot ; all that the flesh- hook brought up the pi'iest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 1 5 Yea, before " they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed. Give flesh to roast for the priest ; for he will not have boiled flesh of thee, but raw. 1 6 And if the man said imto him. They will surely burn the fat * first, and then take as much as thy soul desireth ; then "he would _ say. Nay, but_ thou shalt give it me now : and if not, I will take it by force. 17 And the sin of the young men was very s Or, godly ones Another reading is, holy one. ^ Or, they knew not Jehovah, nor the due of the priests from the people. When any man d-c. 8 Heb. to-day. 9 Another reading is, he tvo^ild say unto him, Thou &c. 271 2. 1» I. SAMUEL 3.5 Hannah and ber Children. Eli reproves his Sons. A Prophecy against Eli's Hoose. Samnel's Vision and Prophetic Call great before Jehovah ; for the men " despised the offering of Jehovah. 18 But * Samuel ministered be- fore Jehovah, being a child, * girded with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little '^ robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer " the yearly sacrifice. 20 And Eli ■''blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, Jehovah give thee seed of this woman for ^the petition which was asked of Jehovah. And they went unto their own home. 21 ^ And ''Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And 'the child Samuel grew before Jehovah. 22 Now Eli was very old ; and he heard *all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with 'the women that did service at the door of the tent of meeting. 23 And he said unto them. Why do ye such things'? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. 24 Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report " that I hear : ye "• make Jehovah's people to trans- gress. 25 If one man sin against another, ^"Gocl shall judge him; but " if a man sin against Jehovah, who shall entreat for himi Not- withstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because ^ Jehovah was minded to slay them. 26 And the child « Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Jehovah, and also with men. 27 And there came ""a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, ' Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt * in bond- age to Pharaoh's house? 28 ^and 'did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to ^go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before mel ■^and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offer- ings of the children of Israel made by fire % 29_ Wherefore ^"kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, " which I have com- manded in my "" habitation, and 2'honorest thy sons above me, to 1 The Heb. has, For. 2 Or, which I hear Jehovah'' s people do spread abroad 3 Or, the judge •* Or, in Pharaoh's house ^ Or, And I chose 6 Or, offer upon ? Or, and gave 8 Or, trample ye upon . . . and upon "^ Mai. 2. 7-9 * ver. 11 ; ch. 3. 1 ' ver. 28 ; ch. 22. 18 d Ex. 28. 31 " ch. 1. 3, 21 / Lk. 2. 34 i'ch. 1.11,27, 28 '' Gen. 21. 1 • ver. 26 ; ch. 3. 19-21 : Lk. 2. 40 k ver. 13-17 ' Ex. 38. 8 '" 1 K. 15. 26 " Dt. 1. 17 "ch. 3. 14; Num. 1.5. 30; Heb. 10. 20, 27 P Ex.. 4. 21 ; Josh. 11. 20 9 ver. 21 ; Lk. 2. 52 *" Dt. .33. 1 ; Judg. 1.3. 6 » Ex. 4. 14- 16; 12. 1,43 « Ex. 28. 1-4 ; 30. 7, 8 ; Lev. 8. 7, 8 " ver. 13-17 " Dt. 12. 5-9 ^ Ps. 26. 8 y Mt. 10. 37 ' Ex 29. 9 ; Num. 25. 13 " Ps. 50. 23 * Mai. 2. 9 ■= ch. 4. Il- ls; 22. 17- 20 d 1 K. 2. 26, 27 ' Zech. 8. 4 / ch. 10. 7-9 ; 1 K. 13. 3 »ch. 4. 11, 17 '' ch. 3. 1 ; 7. 9 ; 9. 12, 13 'ch. 8. 3-5; 1 K. 11. 38 * ch. 10. 9, 10 ; 12. 3 ; 16. 13 ' ch. 2. 11, 18 Ps. 74. 9 ; Ezek. 7. 26; Am. 8. 11, " Ex. 25. 31- 37 ; Lev. P Is. 6. 8 272 make yourselves fat with the chief- est of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, ^ I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but now Je- hovah saith. Be it far from me ; for "them that honor me I will honor, and they * that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Be- hold, "the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thy house. 32 And thou shalt behold f'^the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel ; and " thei'e shall not be an old man in thy house for ever. 33 ^° And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart ; and all the increase of thy house shall die ^' in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall be '''the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas : ^ in one day they shall die both of them. 35 And '^ I will raise me up a faith- ful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind : and ' I will build him a sure house ; and he shall walk before *mine anointed for ever. 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say. Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread. 3 And ' the child Samuel min- istered unto Jehovah before Eli. And ™ the word of Jehovah was ^~ precious in those days ; there was no "frequent vision. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now "his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see), 3 and " the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down to sleep, in the temple of Jehovah, where the ark of God was ; 4 that Jehovah called Samuel : and he said, ^Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I ; for 9 Or, an adversary in my habitation 1" Or, Yet vill I not cut of every man of thine from mine altar, to consume &e. n Heb. when they are men. 12 Or, rare is Heb. widely spread. 3.6 I. SAMUEL 4.10 Samuel's Vision and Prophetic Call. The Philistines defeat Israel and take the Aric thou calledst me. And he said, I called not ; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And Jehovah called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou calledst me. And he answered, I called not, my son ; lie down again. 7 "Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither was the word of Jehovah yet revealed unto him. 8 And Jehovah called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down : and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say. Speak, Jehovah ; for thy servant heareth. So Sam- uel went and lay down in his place. 10 And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at other times, Sam- uel, Samuel. Then Samuel said. Speak ; for thy servant heareth. 11 And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, * I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 12 In that day '^I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end. 13 For "* I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for ''the iniquity which he knew, because ■^his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and •'' he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that ''the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 1 5 And Samuel lay until the morning, and 'opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to show Eli ^ the vision. 16 Then Eli called Sam- uel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said. Here am I. 1 7 And he said, What is the thing that Jehovah hath _ spoken unto thee"? I pray thee, hide it not from me : 'God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide an.ything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee. 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is Jehovah : let him do what seemeth him good. 1 9 And " Samuel grew, and " Je- hovah was with him, and ^ did let " 1 Cor. 13. 11 ''2K. 21. 12; Jer. 19. 3 <^ Ch. 2. 27-36 d ch. 2. 29-31 " ch. 2. 22 / ch. 2. 12, 17, 22 V Pt. 17. 12 ; 21. 18 ft Lev. 15, 31 ; Is. 22. 14 « 1 Chr. 15. 23 * ver. 10 ' 2 S. 3. 35 "' Ex. 34. 6-7 ; Lev. 10. 3 ; Job 2. 10 ; Is. 39. 8 " ch. 2. 21 " Gen. 21. 22 ; 28. 15 P ch. 9. 6 9 Judg. 20. 1 ■" ver. 10 » ch. 7. 12 « ch. 29. 1 ; Josh. 12. 18 " Josh. 7. 7,8 "Num. 10. 35: Josh. 6. 6 •"^ 2 S. 6. 2 y Josh. 6. 5, 20 ~ Ex. 15. 14 " 1 Cor. 16. 13 6 ch. 14. 21 ; Judg. 13. 1 none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel » from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah. 21 And Jehovah ap- E eared again in Shiloh ; ''for Je- ovah revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Jehovah. 41 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside " Eben-ezer : and the Phi- listines encamped in *Aphek. 2 And the Philistines put them- selves in array against Israel : and when ^ the.y joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines ; and they slew of the '■^army in the field about four thousand men. 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Phi- listines'? "Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh ; and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, ^ who ^sitteth above the cherubim : and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, ^all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. 6 And when the Philis- tines heard the noise of the shout, they said. What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews'? And they under- stood that the ark of Jehovah was come into the camp. _ 7 And the Philistines _ were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, - Woe unto us ! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. 8 Woe unto us ! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods'? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of ^ plagues in the wil- derness. 9 "Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philis- tines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, * as they have been to you : quit yourselves like men, and fight. 10 And the Philistines 1 Or, the battle was spread 2 Heb. array. 3 Or, is enthroned * Heb. smiting. 278 4.11 I. SAMUEL 5.11 Death of Ell and of his Daaghter-in-law. The Ark in the lloase of Dagon. Philistine Cities afSicted fought, and "Israel was smitten, and *they fled every man to his tent : and there was a very great slaughter ; for there fell or Israel thirty thousand footmen. 1 1 And the ark of God was taken ; and " the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phine- has, were slain. 1 2 And there ran a man of Ben- jamin out of the ^ army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with ''his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. 1 3 And when he came, lo, " Eli was sitting ujpon his seat by the wayside watching ; for his iieart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said. What meaneth the noise of this tumult"? A'hd the man hasted, and came and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old ; and -^his eyes were set, so that he could not see. 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the ^ army, and I fled to-day out of the ' army. And he said, ^ How went the mat- ter, my son^ 17 And he that brought the tidings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philis- tines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that '' Uli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate ; and his neck brake, and he died : for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. 1 9 And his daughter-in-law, Phin- ehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered : and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth ; for her pains came u])on her. 20 And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, 'Fear not ; for thou hast brought forth a son. But she an- swered not, neither did she regard it. 21 And she named the child ^ Ichabod, saying, * The glory is de- parted from Israel ; because 'the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her hus- band. 22 And she said. The glory 1 Heb. array. 2 That is, There is no glory. "■ ver. 2 ; Dt. 28. 15, 25 6 2 8. 18. 17 ; 2 K. 14. 12 " Ch. 2. 34 ; Ps. 78. 66- 64 rf Josh. 7. C ; 2S. 1. 2; Neh. 9. 1 " ver. IS ; ch. 1. u /I K. 14.4 y 2 S. 1. 4 ft ver. 13 ' Gen. 35. 16-19 fc Ps. 26. 8 ; Jer. 2. 11 'ver. U "• ch. 4. 1 ; 7. 12 " Josh. 13. 3 " Judg. 16. 23-30 ; 1 Chr. 10. 8-10 P Is. 19. 1 ; 40. 1, 2 9 Is. 46. 7 "■ ver 7, 11; 9. 3 »ch. 6.5 'Dt. 27; 66 28. Ps. 78. « ver. 11 ; ch. 29. 6-11 " ver. 11 ; ch. 7. 13 " ver. 6 y ver. 8 274 is departed from Israel ; for the ark of God is taken. p^ ^Now the Philistines had fj taken the ark of God, and "' they brought it from Eben-ezer unto "Ashdod. 2 And the Philis- tines took the ark of God, and brought it into " the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, ^ Dagon was fallen ^upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah. And they took Dagon, and *set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, be- hold, Dagon was fallen ^upon his face to the ground befoi'e the ark of Jehovah ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold ; only the stmnp of Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the thresh- old of Dagon in Ashdod, unto this day. 6 But ""the hand of Jehovah was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and * he destroyed them, and smote them with ^'tumors, even Ashdod and the borders thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us ; for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore and " gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel 1 And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel thither. 9 And it was so, that, after they had car- ried it abou t, " the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture : and he smote the men of the city, both small and great ; and ■" tumors brake out upon them. 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came tC; pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 1 1 They * sent therefore and gath- ered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said. Send 3 Or, before it * Or, plague boils As read by the Jews, em» rods. 5. 12 I. SAMUEL 6.20 Philistine Cities aflirted. The Ark restored with Presents. Carried to Ceth-shemesh. Bethshemesh smitteu away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfi- ture throughout all the city ; " the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors ; and * the cry of the city went up to heaven. 6 And the ark of Jehovah was in the ^country of the Philis- tines seven months. 2 And ''the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying. What shall we do with the ark of Jeho- vah 1 show us wherewith we shall send it to its place. 3 And they said. If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, ^ send it not empty ; but by all means ''return him a trespass-offering : then 5'e shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then said they. What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him 1 And they said. Five golden -^tumors, and five golden mice, ^ according to the num- er of the lords of the Philistines ; for one plague was on '^ you all, and on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land ; and ''ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel : peradven- ture ' he will lighten his hand from off you, and *from off your gods, and from off your land. 6 Where- fore then do ye harden your hearts, 'as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts'? When he had ^w^rought wonderfully among them, ""did they not let ■*the people go, and they departed'? 7 Now therefore take and "prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there "hath come no yoke ; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them ; 8 and take the ark of Jehovah and lay it upon the cart ; and put ^ the jewels of gol^, which ye return him for « a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof ; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see ; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to *■ Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil : but if not, then * we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us ; it was a chance that happened to us. 10 And the men did so, and took 1 Heb. field. * Heb. them. 10 3 Or, matle a mock of * Heb. ihem. " ver. 0, 9 >> Ex. 12. 30 « Gen. 41. 8 ; Ex. 7. U ; Is. 2. (i d Ex. 23. 15 ; Dt. 10. IG " Lev. 5. la, 16 /ver. 17 ;ch. 5. 6, 9, 12 V ver. 17, 18 ; Judg. 3. 3 h .Tosh. 7. 19 ; l3. 42. 12 'cb. 5. 6, II *: ch. 5. 3, 4,7 ' Ex. 8. 15, 32 ; 9. 34 '" Ex. 12. 31 " 2 S. 6. 3 "Num. 19. 2 ; Dt. 21. 3, 4 '' ver. 4, 5 '^ ver. 3 ' Tosh. 15. 10; 21. 16 ' ver. 3 ' ver. 9 " Num. 20. 19 "2 8. 24. 22 i 1 K. 19. 21 ^ Ex. 4. 14 ; Josh. 3. 3 V ver. 4 ^ Dt. 3. 5 " ver. 14, 15 b Num. 4. 16, 20 ; 2 S. 6. 7 " Lev. 11. 44, 45 ; 2 S. 6. 9 275 two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home ; 1 1 and they put the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the cofler with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors. 12 And the kine took the straight way by the way to * Beth-shemesh ; they went along ®"the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley ; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone : and they clave the wood of the cart, and "offered up the kine for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. 15 And -^the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone : and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt- offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto Jehovah. 16 And when the five lords of the Phi- listines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 1 7 And * these are the golden tumors which the Philistines re- turned for a trespass-offering unto Jehovah : for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; 18 and the f olden mice, according to the num- er of all the cities of the Philis- tines belonging to the five lords, ^both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto "the great ''stone, whereon they set down the ark of Jehovah, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. 19 And *he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand men ; and the Eeople mourned, because Jehovah ad smitten the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God'? and to whom shall he go up 6 So the Sept. The Hebrew text has, Abel, (that is, a meadow). 6.21 I. SAMUEL 8 9 The irk brought to Kiriath-jcarim. Samuel sulidues the Philistines. His Sons judge rorruptly. The People ask for a King from US'? 21 And they^sent mes- sengers to the inhaHitants of " Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philis- tines have brought back the ark of Jehovah ; come ye down, and fetch 7 it uiD to you. 1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and * brought it into the house of Abin- adab in Hhe hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of Jehovah. 2 And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long ; for it was twenty years : and all the house of Israel 'lamented after Jehovah. 3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, '^If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then "* put away the foreign gods and the "-'Ashtaroth from among you, and -^direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and ^serve him only ; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only. 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to ''Mizpah, and 'I will pray for you unto Jehovah. 6 And they gathered together to JNIizpah, and drew water, and * poured it out be- fore Jehovah, and 'fasted on that day, and said there, ™We have sinned against Jehovah. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah. 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, "they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, "Cease not to cry unto Je- hovah our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 And Samuel took ^'a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering unto Jeho- vah : and Samuel cried unto Jeho- vah for Israel; and * Jehovah answered him. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines drew near to bat- tle against Israel ; but '" Jehovali thundered with a great ^thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and 'discomfited them ; and they were smitten down before Israel. 1 Or, Glbeah 2 Or, was drawn together 3 Heb. voice. " Josh. 9. 17 ; 1.). 9, CO b 2 S. 6. 3, 4 ' Joel 2. 12- 14 d Josh. 24. 14, 23 ; Juflg. 10. 16 ^ch. 31. 10 ; Judg. 2. 13 / Ot 13. 4 ; 2 Ohr. ly. 3 s'Dt. 6. 13; Mt. 4. 10 ''Judg. 20. 1 'ch. 8.6; 12. 17-19 ''ch. 1. 15; Ps. 62. 8 ; Lam. 2. 19 ' Lev. 10. 29 ; Neh. 9. 1 '"Judg. 10.10 " ch. 13. 6 ; 17. 11 ° ch. 12. 19- 24 ; Is. 37. 4 '' Lev. 22. 27 « Ps. 99. 0 ; Jar. 15. 1 •■ ch. 2. 10 ; Ps. 29. 3, 4 ; 2 S. 22. 14, 15 'Josh. 10. 10 ; Ps. 18. 14 t Gen. 35. 14; Josh. 4. 9 ; 24. 26 "Judg. 1.3. 1-15 " ch. 13. 5 ^ Num. 13. 29 ; Josh. 10. 5-10 ^ ver. 6 ; ch. 12. 11 ' Gen. 28. 19; 35. 6 " Josh. 5. 9, 10 '' ver. 5 "ch. 1. 1,19; 2. 11 d Dt. 16. 18, 19 * (ien. 22. 19 ; 1 K. 19. 3 ; Am. 6. 6 / Ex. 23. 6, 8 ; Dt. 16. 19 ' ch. 7. 17 '' Dt. 17. 14, 15 ' ch. 12. 17 *: ch. 16. 11 ' ch. 10. 19 ; Ex. 16. 8 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philis- tines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car. 12 Then Samuel 'took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it ■*Eben-ezer, saying. Hitherto hath Jehovah helped us. 13 "So the Philistines were subdued, and " they came no more within the border of Israel : and the hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath ; and the border thereof did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and ■''the Amorites. 15 And Samuel ^judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year in circuit to ^Beth-el, and"Gilgal, and ''Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places. 17 And his return was to "Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Israel : and he built there an altar unto Jehovah. 8^ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that ''he made his sons judges over I. srael. 2 Now the name of his first-born was Joel ; and the name of his second, Abijah : they were judges in * Beer-sheba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and /^ took bribes, and perverted justice. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto ''Ramah; 5 and they said unto him, Behold, thou ai't old, and thj' sons walk not in thy ways : now '' make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 But the thing 'displeased Samuel, when they said. Give us a king to judge us. And * Samuel prayed unto Jehovah. 7 And Jehovah said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee ; for 'they have not rejected thee, but they have re- jected me, that I should not be king over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that 1 brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 9 Now therefore * That ia, The stone of help. 276 8.10 I. SAMUEL 9.13 Samuel protests, but yields to their Urgency. Saul seeks his Father's Asses. He j^oes to consult Samuel hearken unto their voice : "howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them *the manner of the king that shall reign over them. 10 And Samuel told all the words of .Jehovah unto ''the people that asked of him a king. 11 And he said, ''This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : *he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, ^for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and -^they shall run before his chariots; 12 and '■> he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands^ and cap- tains of fifties ; and lie will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instru- ments of war, and the instruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daughters to be perfum- ers, and to be ccwks, and to be bakers. 1 4 And '' he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 1.5 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his "officers, and to his ser- vants. 16 And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-ser- vants, and your goodliest ^ young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your flocks : and ye shall be his servants. 18 And 'ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom j^e shall have chosen you; and /'Jehovah will not an- swer you in that day. 19 But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us, 20 'that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and '"he rehearsed them in the ears of Jeho- vah. 22 And .Jehovah said to Samuel, " Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. 9 Now there was a man of Ben- jamin, whose name was " Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a 1 Or, over his charintii. and nvrr his horses 2 Or, eunuchs 3 xu? Sept. has, herds. " Ezek. 3. 18 fever. 11-18; ch. 10. 26 ' ver. 4 d (ih. 10. 25 ; Dt. ir. 14- '.'0 ' ch. 14. 62 /•JS. 15. 1 " ch. 22. 7 ; Num. 31. 14 h 1 K. 21. 7 ! Ezek. 40. 18 ' Is. 8. 21 * Prov. 1. 25-28 ; Mic. 3. 4 ' ver. 5 '" Judg. 11. n " ver. 7 " ch. 14. 51 ; 1 Chr. 9. 36-39 '' ch. 10. 24 « ch. 10. 23 *■ Josh. 24. 33 ' 2 K. 4. 42 t Josh. 19. 42 " ch. 1. 1 " ch. 10. 2 '' Dt. 33. 1 ; 2 K. 5. 8 y ch. 3. 19 ' Gen. 24. 42 "1 K. 14. 3; 2 K. h. 15 ; 8. 8, 9 ; Ezek. 13. 19 fe ver. 6 "2 8. 24. 11 : 1 Chr. 9. 22 ; 26. 28 ; Is. 30. 10 d Gen. 24. 15; 29. 9; Ex. 2. 16 ' Num. 28. 11-15 /ch. 7. 17; 10. 5 mighty man of ^ valor. 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a ^ ''young man and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: ^from his shoulders and up- ward he was higher than any^ of the people. 3 And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kisn said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 4 And he passed through ""the hill-country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of '^Shalishah, but they found them not : then they passed through the land of 'Shaalim,and there they were not : and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. 5 When they were come to the land of " Zuph, Saul said to his ser- vant that was with him. Come, and let us return, "lest my father leave off caring for the asses, and be anx- ious for us. 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city "a, man of God, and he is a man that is held in honor; *all that he saith cometh surely to pa.ss : now let us go thither; ^per- adventure he can tt^ll us concerning our journey whereon we go. 7 I'hen said Saul to his servant. But, be- hold, if v/e go, what shall we bring the man 1 for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not "a pres- ent to bring to the man of God : what have we 1 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said. Be- hold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver : that will 1 give to the man of God, ''to tell us our way. 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer ; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called ''a Seer). 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said ; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. 1 1 As they went up the ascent to the city, ''they found young maid- ens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer herel 12 And they answered them, and said. He is ; behold, he is before thee: make haste now, for he is come to-day into the city; for "the people have a sacrifice to-day in •^the high place. 13 As soon as ye are come into the city, ye shall * Or, wealth ' Or, choice 277 9.14 I. SAMUEL 10.6 Sanl feasts and commnnf^s with San lel. Sainael anoints Sanl to be King, and gives him Directions straightway find him, before he go- eth up to the high place to eat ; for the people will not eat until he come, because "he doth bless the sacrifice ; and afterwards they eat that are bidden. Now therefore get you up ; for at this time ye shall find him. 14 And they went up to the city ; and as they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place. 15 Now* Jehovah had 'revealed unto Samuel a day before Saul came, saying, 1 6 To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and " thou shalt anoint him to be '^ prince over ray people Israel ; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for "*! have looked upon my people, because their ci'y is come unto me. 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah ^said unto him, '^Behold, the man ''of whom I spake to thee ! this same shall have authority over my peo- ple. 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. 1 9 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer ; go up before me unto the high place, for ye shall eat with me to-day: and in the morning I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thy heart. 20 And ■'"as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them ; for they are found. And ^^for whom is all that is desirable in Israeli Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's house 1 21 And Saul answered and said, ''Am not I a Benjamite, of * the smallest of the tribes of Israel 1 and my family the least of all the families of the ^ tribe of Benjamin 1 wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner'? 22 And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest-chamber, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, who were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the por- tion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee. Set it by thee. ^ 24 And the cook * took up the '' thigh, 1 Heb. uncovered the ear of Samuel. 2 Or, leader ^ Heb. answered him. * Or, of whom I said unto thee, This sam.e &c. 6 Or, on whom in all the desire of Israel ? Is it not on thee, and on all &c. ? 6 Heb. tribes. ? Or, shoulder " Lk. 9. 16 ; Jn. 6. n t> ch. 15. 1 ; Acts 13. 21 '' ch. 10. 1 d Ex. 3. 7, 9 « ch. 16. 12 / ver. 3 '■' ch. 8. 6 ; 12. 13 h ch. 15. n i Judg. 20. 46-48 * Ex. 29. 22, 27 ; Lev. 7. 32, 33 ; Num. 18. 18 ' Dt. 22. 8 ; Acts 10. 9 " ch. 16. 13 ; Ex. 30. 23- 33 ; 2 K. 9. 3, 6 " Ps. 2. 12 " ver. 9, 10 ; ch. 16. 13; 26.. 9 ; 2 S. 1. 14 P Dt. 32. 9 ; Ps. 78. 71 9 Gen. 35. 16-20 ; 48. 7 >■ ch. 9. 3-5 ' Gen. 36. 8 t Gen. 28. 16, 22 ; 35. 1, 3, 7 " ch. 13. 2, 3 " ch. 19. 20 ; 2 K. 2. 3, 6, ^ 2 K. 3. V, ; 1 Chr. 25. 1-6 i/Num. 11. 25, 29 ; Judg. 14. 0 and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold, that which hath been re- served ! set it before thee and eat ; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, ^for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, he communedf with Saul ' upon the housetop. 26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, say- ing. Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27 As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us (and he passed on), but stand thou still ® first, that I may cause thee to hear the word of God. -i d^ Then *" Samuel took the -Lv/ vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and "kissed him, and said, Is it not that "Jehovah hath anointed thee to be prince over ^his inheritance'? 2 When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by * Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah ; and they will say unto thee, ""The asses which thou wentest to seek are found ; and, lo, thy father hath left off caring for the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son ? 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the " * oak of Tabor ; and there shall meet thee there three men going up 'to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and an- other carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a "bot- tle of wine : 4 and they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread, which thou shalt receive of their hand. 5 After that thou shalt come to ^'•^ " the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines : and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet " a band of prophets com- ing down from the high place with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp, before them ; and •^they will be prophesying: 6 and *the Spirit of Jehovah will come 8 Heb. saymg. 9 Heb. to-day. IP Or, terebinth n Or, skin i* Or, Gibeah 278 10.7 I. SAMUEL 11.4 Saul among the Pro|))iets. His Uncle's Questions. He is dio.scn by Lot at Mizpah. IKahash threatens Jaksh-gilead mightily upon thee, and " thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. 7 And ^ let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, "that thou "do as occa- sion shall serve thee ; for " God is with thee. 8 And 'Hhou shalt go down before me to Gilgal ; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, t9 offer burnt-offerings, and to " sac- rifice sacrifices of peace-offerings : ■''seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come unto thee, and show thee what thou shalt do. 9 And it was so. tliat, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God ^"gave him another heart : and all those signs came to pass that day. 1 0 And '' when they came thither to ■* the hill, behold, a band of ]3rophets met him ; and the Spirit ot God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then^ the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish *? * Is Saul also among the prophets 1 12 And one of the same place an- swered and said. And who is their father 1 Therefore it became a prov- erb. Is Saul also among the proph- ets 1 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. li And ^Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant. Whither went yel And he said, 'To seek the asses ; and wlien we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel. 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, '"He told us plainly that the asses were found. But concerning the matter of the king- dom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. 17 And Samuel called the people together unto Jehovah " to Mizpah ; 18 and he said unto the children of Israel, "Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the king- doms that oppressed you: 19 but ^ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out 1 Heb. it shall come to })ass, that vhen these signs &c. 2 Heb. do for thee as thy hand shall find. 3 Heb. turned. * Or, Gibeah ' vev. U) ; ch. 19. 2S, 24 . '' Eccl. 9. 10 ^' Josh. 1. 5 <' ch. Ki. 8 ^ch. 11. 16 /ch. 13. 8 " ver. 6 '' ver. 5, B • ch. 19. 24 ; Am. 7. 14, 15 ; Mt. 13. 54-57 fc ch. 14. 50 ' ch. 9. 4-6 "' ch. 9. 20 " ch. 7. 5 " Juds. 0. 8, 9 1' ch. 8. G, 7 9 Josh. 7. 14-17 ; 24. 1 ; Prov. 16. 33 '• ch. 23. 2, 4, 9-11 ; Ex. 28. .'10 ; Num. 27. 21 » ch. 9. 2 ' Dt. 17. 15 ; 2 S. 21. 6 " 1 K. 1. 25, 34, 39 "ch. 8. Il- ls ; Dt. 17. 14-20 ^ Dt. 31. 26 ■" ch. 11. 4 ; 15. 34 '■ 1 K. 10. 25 ; 2 Chr. 17. ftjudg. 21.8; ch. 31. 11 ■^ 1 K. 20. 34 ; Ezek. 17. 13 d Num. 16. " ch. 17. 26 ; Ps. 44. 13 /ch. 8. 4 279 of all your calamities and your dis- tresses ; and ye have said unto him, jVay, but set a king over us. Now therefore ''present yourselves be- fore Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands. 20 So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21 And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families ; and the family of the Matrites was taken ; and Saul the son of Kish was taken : but when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore 'they asked of Jehovah further, ^Is there yet a man to come hither 1 And .leho- vah answered. Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage. 23 And they ran and feiched him thence ; and when he stood among the people, *he was higher than any of the people from his shoul- ders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him ' whom Jehovah hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, "Long live the king. 25 Then Samuel told the people "the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in ""a book, and ^laid it up before Jehovah. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. 26 And Saul also went *to his house to Gibeah ; and thei'e went with him the ■^host, whose hearts God had touched. 27 But certain worth- less fellows said. How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and " brought him no present. ** But he held his peace. nThen " Nahash the Am- monite came up, and en- camped against ** Jabesh - gilead : and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make '^a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. 2 And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, '' that all your right eyes be put out ; and I will lay it for " a reproach upon all Israel. 3 And -^the elders of Jabesh said unto him. Give us seven days' res- pite, that we may send messengers unto all the borders of Israel ; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to thee. 4 Then 5 Or, Is the man yet com,c hither f '^ Or, the 7 Or, men of valor 8 Or, But he was as though he had been deaf 11.5 I. SAMUEL 12.11 Saul's Victory over the Inimonitcs. The Kingdom renewed. Samael's Solemn Address to Israel came the messengers " to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people: and all the people * lifted up their voice, and wept. 5 And, behold, Saul came •'following the oxen out of the field ; and Saul said. What aileth the people that they weep 1 And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh. 6 And '' the Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly. 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and ''cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, ^ Who- soever Cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And ^ the dread of Jehovah fell on the peo- ple, and they came out ''as one man. 8 And he numbered them in ''Bezek ; and the children of Israel were 'three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thou- sand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came. Thus shall ye say vinto the men of Jabesh- gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have de liverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh ; and they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, *^^ To-morrow tve will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 1 1 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the peo- ple ' in three companies ; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day : and it came to pass, that they that remained werescattered, so that not two of them were left together. 12 And the people said unto Samuel, ™Who is he that said. Shall Saul reign over usl "bring the men, that we may put them to death. 13 And Saul said, "There shall not a man be put to death this day ; for to-day J' Jehovah hath wrought '^ deliverance in Isi^ael. 14 Then said Samuel to the peo- ple. Come, and let us go to » Gilgal, and ''renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to Gilgal ; and there they made Saul king '■ before Jehovah in Gilgal ; and there they 'offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah ; 1 Or, a terror from Jehovah 2 Heb. salvation. " ch. 10. 26 ; 15. 34 * ch. 30. 4 ; Gen. '27. 38; Judg. 2. 4 « 1 K. 19. 19 d ch. 10. 10 ; 1«. 13; Judg. 3. 10 ; «. 34 ; 13. 25 ; 14. 6 « Judg. 19. 29 /Judg. 21.5, 8, 10 " Judg. 20. 1 '' Judg. 1. 5 ' Judg. 20. 2 k VST. 3 ' Judg. 7. 16 '" ch, 10. 27 " Lk. 19. 27 " ch. 10. 27 ; 2 S. 19. 22 ''ch. 19. 5; Ex. 14. 13 « ch. 7. 16 ; 10. 8 " ch. 10. 25 -° ch. 10. 17 ' ch. 10. 8 " ch. 8. 7, 9, 22 " ch. 10. 24 ; 11. 14, 15 ^ ch. 8. 20 i/ch. 8. 1, 5 ' ch. 8. 3, 5 " ch. 3. 10, 19, 20 bch. 10. l; 24. 6 ; 2 S. 1. 14 "= Ex. 20. 17 ; Num. 16. 15 ; Acts 20. 33 d Ex. 23. 8 ; Dt. 16. 19 « Acts 23. 9 ; 24. 20 / Ex. 22. 4 <> Ex. 6. 26 A Ezek. 20. 35; Mic. 0. 1-5 ' Ex. 2. 23- 26 fc Ex. 3. 10 ; 4. 14-16 ' ch, 10. 18 ™ Dt. 32. 18 ; Judg. 3. 7 " Judg. 4. 2 " Judg. 3. 31 ; 10. 7 ; 13. 1 P Judg. 3. 12-30 1 Judg. 10. 10 *• Judg. 2. 13 ; 3. 7 « Judg. 10. 15, 16 ' Judg. 6. 31, .32 " Judg. 4. 6 ; 11. 1 280 and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. •i C^ And Samuel said unto X ^ all Israel, Behold, " I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and *'have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, ""the king walketh before you ; and * I am old and grayheaded ; and, behold, ^my sons are with you: and "I have walked before you from my youth unto this day. 3 Here I am : wit- ness against me before Jehovah, and * before his anointed : " whose ox have I taken 'I or whose ass have I taken ? or whom have I de- frauded ? whom have I oppressed 1 or ** of whose hand have 1 taken a ^ ransom * to blind mine eyes there- with '? and I will restore it you. -4 And they said. Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them, Jehovah is witne.ss against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that " ye have not found aught •'in my hand. And they said, He is witness. 6 And Samuel said unto the peo- ple. It is Jehovah that ^"ap- pointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still, * that I may plead with you before Jehovah con- cerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers. 8 When Jacob was come into Egypt, and ' your fathers cried unto Jehovah, then * Jehovah sent JNIoses and Aaron, ' who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place. 9 But '" they forgat Jehovah their God ; and '•he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and "into the hand of the Philis- tines, and '-"into the hand of the king of Moab ; and they fought against them. 10 And * they cried unto .lehovah, and said. We have sinned, because we have forsaken Jehovah, and have .served ""the Baalim and the Ashtaroth : but '^ now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. 11 And Jehovah .sent 'Jerubbaal, and "^"Bedan, and Jephthah, and s Or, bribe 4 Or, that I sliould hide m.ine eyes at him 5 Or, made « Ace. to Sept. and Syr., Bartk 12.12 I. SAMUEL 13. U Samael's Solemn Address to Israel. War with the PhJlisUnes. Saal at Gilgal. His ill-advised Sarriiice Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and ye dwelt in safet5^ 12 And when ye saw "that Nahash the king of the children of Amnion came against you, ye said unto me, * Nay, but a king shall reign over us ; " when Jehovah your God was your king. 13 Now therefore ** be- hold the king whom ye have chosen, and " whom ye have asked for : and, behold, Jehovah hath set a king over you. 14 -^If ye will fear Jehovah, and serve him, and hearken unto his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Jehovah, ^ and both ye and also the king that reigneth over you be followers of Jehovah your God, tvell : 15 but ^ if ye will not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the command- ment of Jehovah, then '' will the hand of Jehovah be against you, *as it was against your fathers. 16 Now therefore * stand still and see this great thing, which Jeho- vah will do before your eyes. 17 ^Is it not wheat harvest to-day 1 "'I will call unto Jehovah, that he may send thunder and rain ; and ye shall know and see that "your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of Jehoyah, in asking you a king. 18 So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and " all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel. 1 9 And all the people said unto Samuel, ^ Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not ; for we have added unto all our sins ''this evil, to ask us a king. 20 And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not : ye haA^e in- deed done all this evil; yet ""turn not aside from following Jehovah, but serve Jehovah with all your heart: 21 and turn ye not aside; for then wrndd ye go after 'vain things which cannot profit nor de- liver, for they are vain. 22 For 'Jehovah will not forsake his peo- ple "for his great name's sake, be- cause " it hatli pleased Jehovah to make you a people unto himself. 23 Moreover as for me, ^far be it from me that I should sin against Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you : but ^ I will instruct you in the good and the right way. 24 ^ Only fear 1 Or, then shall both ye . . . Jehovah your God : but Ac. °ch. n. 1, 2 <> ch. 8. 6, 19 '^ ch. 8. 7 ; Judg. 8. 23 rf ch. 10. 24 " ver. 17, 19 ; 8. 5 ; Hos. 13. a /Josh. 24. 14 c Josh. 24. 20 ; Is. 1. 20 '« ch. 5. 9 ' ver. 9 fc Ex. 14. 13, 31 ' Prov. 26. 1 '" ch. 7. 9, 10 " ch. 8. 7 ° Ex. 14. 31 1" ver. 23 ; Ex. 9. 28 ; Jer. 16. 1 1 ver. 17, 20 ■"Dt. 11. 16 ' Is. 41. 29 ; Hab. 2. 18 >■ ver. 16 ; ch. 14. 5 i Judg. 3. 27 ; 6. 34 *•■ Gen. 34. 30 ; Ex. 5. 21 ; 2 S. 10. 6 ' Josh. 11. 4 '" ch. 14. 23 " Judg. 6. 2 " Num. 32. 33 '' ch. 10. 8 3 2 S. 24. 25 ; 1 K. 3. 4 Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart ; for consider " how great things he hath done for you. 25 *But if ye shall still do wickedly, "ye shall be consumed, •^ both ye and your king. "j O Saul was ['forty] years old -L O when he began to reign ; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, whereof two thousand were with Saul in ''Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in •'^Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 3 And Jonathan smote "the garrison of the Philistines that was in ''Geba; and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul 'blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying. Let the Hebrews hear. 4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was 'had in abomina- tion with the Philistines. And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal. 5 And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and '■ people as the sand which is on the sea-snore in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Mich- mash, eastward of "'Beth-aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then "the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in cov- erts, and in ^pits. 7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of "Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people fol- lowed him trembling. 8 And ^he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal ; and the people were scattered from him. 9 And Saul said. Bring hither the burnt- offering to me, and the peace- offerings. And *he offered the burnt-offering. 10 And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offer- ing, behold, Samuel came ; and ''Saul went out to meet him, that he might ■* salute him. 11 And Sam- 2 The number is lacking in the Heb. text, and is supplied conjecturally. 3 Qr, cisterns * Or, bless 281 13.12 I. SAMUEL 14.12 Saul's ill-advised SiUTiDff. Tlie Militaij Situation. Israel Weaponless. Jonathan's Vlitory at Michmasli uel said, What hast thou done'? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that "the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash; 12 there- fore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal. and I have not entreated the favor of Jehovah : I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-oifering. 1 3 And Samuel said to Saul, *Thou hast done foolishly; ''thou hast not kept the commandment of Jehovah thy God, which he commanded thee : for now would Jehovah have established thy kingdom xxpon Israel ''for ever. 14 But ''now thy kingdom shall not continue : •'Jeho- vah hath sought him a man after his own heart, and .Jehovah hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Jehovah commanded thee. 1-5 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto » Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, ''about six hundred men. 16 And Saul, and Jonatlian his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in 'Geba of Benjamin : but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 17 And *the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philis- tines in three companies : one com- pany turned unto the way that leadeth to 'Ophrah, unto the land of Shual ; 18 and another company turned the way to '"Beth-horon : and another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of "Zeboim toward the wilderness. 19 Now "there was no srr>ith found throughout all the land of Israel ; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: 20 but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; 21 Vet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coul- ters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads. 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that p there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of 1 Or, mhcn the edges of the mntt<-cks . . . and of the axes were blunt The Hebrew text is ob- scure. "^ ver. 2, 5, 16, 23 b 2 Chr. 10. 9 " Ch. 15. 22, 28 d ch. 1. 22 " ch. 15. 28 / Acts 13. 22 " ver. 2 A ver. 2, 6, 7 ; ch. 14. 2 i ver. 2, 3 k ch. 14. 15 ' Josh. 18. 23 "'Josh. 18. 13, 14 "Neb. U. 34 " Judg. a. 8 ; 2 K. 24. 14 >> Judg. 6. 8 b ch. 17. 26, 36 ; Jer. 9. 25, 26 <^ ch. 17. 46, 47 ; Judg. 7. 4, 7 ; Heb. 11. 34 <* Judg. 7. 9-14 ' Gail. 24. 14; Judg. / ver. 22 ; ch. 13. 6 282 the people that were with Saul and Jonathan : but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23 And '' the garrison of the Philis- tines went out unto '"the pass of Michmash. MNow it fell upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor. Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he told not his father. 2 And Saul abode in the uttermost part of "Gibeah under the pomegranate- tree which is in * Migron : and the people that were with him were "about six hundred men ; 3 and "Ahijah, the son of Ahitub,/ Icha- bod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Jeho- vah in ^Shiloh, 'wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. 4 And " be- tween the passes, by which Jona- than sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side : and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. .5 The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. 6 And Jonathan said to- the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of * these uncircumcised : it may be that Jehovah will work for us ; for " there is no restraint to .Jehovah to save by many or by few. 7 And his armorbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart : turn thee, behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then said Jonathan, ''Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will disclose ourselves unto them. 9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you ; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. 10 But if the3^ say thus. Come up unto us ; then we will go up ; for Jehovah hath delivered them into our hand : and '' this shall be the sign unto us. 1 1 And both of them disclo.sed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines : and the Philistines -said. Behold, ''the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison answered .Jona- than and his armorbearer, and said, 14.13 I. SAMUEL 14.34 Biittlc at Beth-aven. Saal's Adjuration and Jonathan's Innocent Trespass. The People eat tlie Blood ol the Spoil Come up to us, and "we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armorbearer, Come up after me; for *. Jehovah hath de- livered them into the hand of Israel. 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armorbearer after him : and they fell before Jona- than ; and his armorbearer slew them after him. 14 And that first slaughter, v/hich Jonathan and his armorbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were ^ half a furrow's length in an acre of land. 15 And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people ; the garrison, and "the spoilers, they also trembled; and ''the earth quaked : so " there was ^ an exceeding great trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked ; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went hither and thither. 17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbei-ed, behold, Jonathan and his armorbearer were not there. 18 And Saul said unto Ahijah, *•'' Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was there at that time ■*with the children of Israel. 19 And it came to pass, ^ while Saul talked unto the priest, that the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest. Withdraw thy hand. 20 And Saul and all the people that w^ere with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and, behold, /' every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very gi-eat discomfiture. 21 Now the Hebrews that were with the Philistines as beforetime, and that went up with them ^into the camp, frDVi the country round about, even ' they also turiied to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 Likewise all the * men of Israel that had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. 23 So 'Jehovah saved Is- 1 Or, half an acre of land ~ Heb. a tremi'lhifi of God. 3 Some editions of Sept. have. Bring hither the ephnd. Fur he wore the ephod at that time before Israel. * Heb. and. 5 Or, in the camp, round about " ch. 17. 43, 4^ ; Judg. 8. 16 fc 2 S. 6. 24 " ch. 13. 17, 18 d ch. 7. 10 '2K. 7. 6 / ch. 23. 9 ; 3'J. 7 '■' Num. 27. 21 '' Judg. 7. 22; 2Chr. 20. 23 ' ch. 29. 4 *•■ ch. 13. 6 ' Ex. 14. 30 ; 2 Chr. 32. 22 "" ch. 13. 5 " .Josh. 6. 20 " Mt. 3. 4 '' ver. 43 1 ch. 30. 12 ■ Jcsh. 7. 25 ; 1 K. 18. 18 ' ver. 6 '■ Josh. 10. 12 ' ch. 15. 19 ' Gen. 9. 4 ; Lev. 17. 10-14; Acts 15. 20 rael that day : and the battle passed over by '" Beth-aven. 24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day ; for Saul had "adjured the people, saying. Cursed be the man that eateth any food un- til it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food. 25 And all "the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground. 26 And when the people were come unto the forest, behold, '"the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth ; for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath : wherefore ^ he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honey- comb, and put his hand to his mouth; and *his eyes were en- lightened. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said. Thy father straitly chargecl the people with an oath, saying. Cursed be the man that eateth food this day. And tlie people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, ''Mj' father hath troubled the land : see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlight- ened, because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? *for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines. 31 And they smote of the Philis- tines that da.j from '• Mich mash to 'Aijalon. And the people were very faint; 32 and "the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground ; and the people did eat them " with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, saying. Behold, the people sin against Jehovah, in that they eat with the blood. And he said. Ye have dealt treacherously : roll a great stone unto me this day. 34 And Saul said, Dis]:)erse your- selves among the people, ana say unto them. Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat ; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his 6 Heb. the land. i Or, a stream of honey 8 Or, .for had there not been now a much greater slaughter &c. f 283 14.35 I. SAMUEL 15.8 Jonathan sentenced to Death. The People rescne him. Saal's Wars and Family. Amalek attacked ox with him that night, and slew them there. 35 And " Saul built an altar unto Jehovah : the sarne was the fii'st altar that he built anto Jehovah. 36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said. Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then * said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. 37 And " Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines 1 wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But ''he answered him not that day. 38 And Saul said, "Draw nigh hither, all ye ^chiefs of the people ; and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 39 For, -^as Jehovah liveth, who saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. 40 Then said he unto all Is- rael, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul said unto Jehovah, the God of Is- rael, ^''Show the right. And Jona- than and Saul were taken by lot • but the people escaped. 42 And Saul said. Oast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, ''Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, 'I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand ; and, lo, I must die. 44 And Saul said, * God do so and more also; for Hhou shalt surely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people said unto Saul, Sliall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great sal- vation in Israel 1 Far from it : as Jehovah liveth, "there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people ^ res- cued Jonathan, that he died not. 46 Then Saul went up from follow- ing the Philistines ; and the Philis- tines went to their own place. 47 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every 1 Heb. corners. 2 Or, Oive a perfect lot 3 Heb. ransomid. " ch. 7. 12, 17 b ver. 3, 18, 19 <^ ch. 10. 22 rf ch. 28. 6 " ch. 10. 19, 20: Josh. 7. 11, 12 / ver. 24, 44 'J Acts 1. 24 A Josh. 7. 19 ' ver. 27 k ch. 25. 22 ' ver. 39 "' 2 S. 14. 11 ; 1 K. 1. 62 ; Acts 27. 34 " ch. 11. 1-1.1 ° 2 S. 8. 3-10 P ver. 52 « ch. 15. 3, 7 '■ ch. 31. 2 ; 1 Chr. 10. 2 * ch. 18. 17- 19 « ch. 18. 20, 27; 19. 12; 2 S. 0. 20-23 " 2 S. 2. 8 " ch. 9. 1, 21 * ch. 8. II " ch. 9. 16 ' Ex. 17. 8- 16; Num. 24. 20 ; Dt. 25. 17- 19 " Num. 24. 20 ; Dt. 20. 16-18 ; Josh. 6. 17- 21 >> ch. 22. 19 ' Josh. 15. 24 d Judg. 1. 16 ; 4. U ■ Ex. 18. 9, 10, 19; Num. 10. 29-32 /ch. 14. 48 " Gen. 16. 7 ; 25. 17, 18 h ch. 27. 8 ; Ex. 16. 22 side, against Moab, and "against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and "against the kings of Zobah, and f against the Philis- tines : and whithersoever he turned himself, he put them to the worse. 48 And he did valiantly, and * smote the Amalekites, and deliv- ered Israel out of the hands of them that de^spoiled them. 49 Now '■ the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchi- shua ; and the names of his two daughters were these : the name of the first-born 'JMerab, and the name of the younger ' Alichal : 50 and the name of Saul's wufe was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And "the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 51 "And Kish was the father of Saul ; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. 52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul : and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he ■*^took him unto him. ■i pT And Samuel said unto _LO Saul, ^Jehovah sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel : now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of Jehovah. 2 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I ^ have marked nhat which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Am- alek, and ''"utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not ; but * slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 And Saul summoned the peo- ple, and numbered them in ''Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and ' laid wait in the val- ley. 6 And Saul said unto ''the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them ; for " ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 And ■''Saul smote the Amalekites, fi'om "Havilah as thou goest to ''Shur, that is before Egypt. 8 And he * Heb. gathered. s Or, will visit 6 Heb. devote. 1 Or, strovi 284 15.9 I. SAMUEL 15.34 Saul's Disobedience ircspecting Imalck. Samnel's Rebalte of him. God's rejection of Saul. Agag killed took " Agtag the king of the Amale- kites alive, and ^/utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 JBut Saul and the people '^ spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not ^ut- terly destroy them : but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 10 Then came the word of Jeho- vah unto Samuel, saying, 11 ''It repenteth me that 1 have set up Saul to be king; for ''he is tui'ned back fi'om following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And Samuel was wroth; and -^ he cried unto Jehovah all night. 12 And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning ; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to *'Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a ^monument, and turned, and passed on, and went down to ''Gil- gal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, 'Blessed be thou of Jehovah : I have per- formed the commandment of Jeho- vah. 14 And Samuel said, * What meaneth then tliis bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear 1 15 And Saul said. They have brought them from the Amalekites : for 'the peo- l)le spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jeho- vah thy God ; and the rest Ave have 'utterly destroyed. 16 Then Sam- uel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what Jehovah hath said to me this night. And he said unto him. Say on. 17 And Samuel said, ^'"Though thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel '? And Jehovah, anointed thee king over Israel ; 1 8 and Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, " Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. 19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of Jehovah, "but didst fly iipon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah^ 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, *Yea. I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jeho- vah sent me, and have brought 1 Heb. 'levnted. 2 Heb. devote. 3 Heb. Tianrf. < Or, Thovqh thov he liitle . . . art thou not head of the tribes of Israel f " Num. 24. 7 ; Esth. 3. 1 I* ch. 27. 8 : .m 1 ; 2 S. 8. 12 " ver. 3, 15, 19 rf Gen. 6. 6, 7 ; Ex. 32. 14 ; 2 S. 24. 16 " 1 K. 9. 6, 7 / Ex. 32. ] 1- 13 ; Lk. (i. 12 !' ch. 25. 2 ; Josh. In. 55 ''ch. 13. 13, 14 •Gen. 14. 19 ; 2 S. 2. 5 fc Ex. 32. 21- L'4 ' ver. 9, 21 ; Gen. 3. 12, 13 ; Ex. 32. 22, 23 "' ch. 9. 21 ; 10. 22 " ver. 3 "ch. 14. 32 '' ver. 13 ' ver. 15 , Ex. 32. 22, 23 ■■ Ps. 40. 6-8 ; 51. 16, 17 ; Is. 1. 11-15; Mic. 6. (i-8 * Jer. 7. 22, 23 ; Hos. 6. 6 ; Mk. 12. 33 ' Dt. IS. 10 "Gen. 31. 19, 34 " ch. 13. 14 ^ Num. 22. 34 ; 2 S. 12. 13; Ps. 61.4 y Prov. 29. 25; Is. 61. 12, 13 " Ex. 10. 17 "^ch. 13. 14; 10. 1 f- 1 K. 11. 30, 31 " ch. 28. 17, 18 rf 1 Clir. 29. 11 ; Ps. 18. 1, 2 ''Num. 23. 19; Ezek. 24. 14 /Jn. 12. 43 y Is. 29. 13 '' Gen. 9. 6 ; .Tudg. 1. 7 ; Mt. 7. 2 > ch. 7. 17 Agag the king of Amalek, and have ' utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 But Hhe people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel said, ''Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-oflerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovahl Behold, *to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of ^'vidtchcraft, and stubbornness is as "^idolatry and "teraphim. Be- cause thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, 'he liath also rejected thee from being king. 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, ''I have sinned ; for ^I have trans- gi'essed the commandment of Jeho- vah, and thy words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, ^I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Jehovah. 2b And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee : for "thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, and Jehovah hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, ''Saul laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it rent. 28 And Samuel said unto him, '^ Jeho- vah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also the "''Strength of Israel ''will not lie nor repent ; for he is not a man, that he should repent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned : yet-^honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, ^ that I may worship Jehovah thy God. 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul ; and Saul woi'shipped Jehovah. 32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cheerfully. And Agag said. Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, ''As thy sword hath made women child- less, so shall th.y mother be child- less among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before Jeho- vah in Gilgal. 34 Then Samuel v.'ent to 'Ba- mah ; and Saul went up to his 6 Heb. dimnatinn. ^ Or, iniquity 7 Or, Victory Or, Glory 285 15.35 I. SAMUEL 17.2 Samael sent to Jesse, lie anoints David. David cliosea to dispel Saul's evil Spirit, Uc becomes Saul's Armorbearer house to " Gibeah of Saul. 35 And '' Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death ; ^ for Samuel " mourned for Saul : and Jehovah repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. -i /^ And Jehovah said unto X O Samuel, "* How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing "I have re- jected him from being king over IsraeU -^fill thy horn with oil, and go : I will send thee to " Jesse the Beth-lehemite ; for I have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go 1 if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And Jeho- vah said, ''Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to Jehovah. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and ' I will show thee what thou shalt do : and * thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which Jehovah spake, and came to ^ Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, ™ Comest thou peaceably ? 5 And he said. Peace- ably ; I am come to sacrifice unto Jehovah : " sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the saci'ifice. 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on '"'"Eliab, and said, Surely Jehovah's anointed is before him. 7 But Je- hovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature ; because I have re- jected him : for Jehovah seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward appearance, ^ but .Jehovah looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jesse called ^Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said. Neither hath Jehovah chosen this. 9 Then Jesse made ^'"Shammah to pass by. And he said. Neither hath Jehovah chosen this. 10 And Jesse made seven of his sons to pass be- fore Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Jehovah hath not chosen these. 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy chikh'en'? And he said, * There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him ; for we will not sit ^down till he come hither. 12 And he sent, 1 Or, but 3 In 2 S. Shinica. 2 In 1 Chr. 27. 18, Elihn. s, shimcnh. In 1 Chr. 2. ■• Heb. around. " ch. 11. 4 i ch. 19. 24 " ch. 16. 1 d ch. 15. 35 * ch. 13. 13, 14 ; 15. 23 / ch. 9. 16 ; 10. 1 ; 2 K. 9. 1 'J Ruth 4. lS-22 '' ch. 20. 29 ' Ex. 4. 15 ; Acts 9. 6 k ell. 9. 16 ; Dt. 17. 14, 15 ' Gen. 48. 7 ; Lk. 2. 4 '" 1 K. 2. 13 ; 2 K. 9. 22 ; 1 Chr. 12. 17, 18 " Gen. 35. 2 ; Ex. 19. 10 " ch. 17. 13 P ch. 2. 3 ; 1 K. 8. 39 ; 1 Chr. 28. 9 ; Lk. 16. 15 1 ch, 17. 13 '■ ch. 17. 13 * ch. 17. 12 , 2 S. 13. 3 t Gen. 39. 6 ; Ex. 2. 2 ; Acts 7. 20 " ch. 9. 17 " ch. 10. 1 ^ ch. 10. 6, 9, 10 "ch. 11. 6; 18. 12 ; 28. 15 ^ ver. 16, 16 ; ch. 18. 10 ; 19. 9 ; 1 K. 22. 19-22 <* ch. 18. 10 ; 19. 9 ; 2 K. 3. 15 b ch. 17. 32- 36 '^ ch. 3. 19 d ch. 10. 4, 27 ; Prov. 18. 16 • Gen. 41. 46 ; Prov. 22, 29 /ver. 14-16 ft 2 Chr. 28. 18 ' Josh. 10. 10 k 1 Chr, 11, 13 286 and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal "" ' of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look upon. And Jehovah said, ''Arise, anoint him ; for this is he. 1 3 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and "anointed him in the midst of his bretiiren : and f tlie Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. 14 *Now the Spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and ^an evil spirit from Jehovah ** troubled him. 1.5 And Saul's servants said unto him. Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. 16 Let our lord now command thy ser- vants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that "he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 17 And Saul said unto his servants. Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Then answered one of the young men, and said. Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth- lehemite, that is skilful in playing, and * a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and 'prudent in*speech, and a comely person ; and "^ Jeho- vah is with him. 1 9 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said. Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep. 20 And Jesse '' took an ass laden with bi-ead, and a "bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 2 1 And David came to Saul, and * stood before him : and he loved him greatly ; and he became his armorbearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying. Let David, I nray thee, stand before me ; for he nath found favor in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when 'the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand : so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. -i ^ Now ^ the Philistines gath- _L f ered together their armies to battle ; and they were gathered to- gether at Socoh, which belongeth to Judah, and encamped between * Socoh and 'Azekah, in * Ephes- dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, ^ Heb, fair of eyes. ^ Or, terrified ' Or, skilful 8 Or, business ^ Or, skin 17.3 I. SAMUEL 17.28 War iritb the Philistines. Goliath's Challenge. David visits the Camp, and hears the Challenge and encamped in " the vale of ^ Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philis- tines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side-: and there was a valley between them. 4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named ''Goliath, of "Gath, whose lieight was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat was live thousand shekels of brass. 6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a '' jaA^elin of brass between his shoulders. 7 And "^the "staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam ; and his spear's head tveighed six hundred shekels of iron : and ■''his shield-bearer went before him. 8 And he stood and cried unto the ^armies of Israel, and said unto them, Wliy are .ye come out to set your battle in array 1 am not I a Fliilistine, and ye '' servants to Saul 1 choose you a man for you, and let him come dowai to me. 9 * If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants ; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. 10 And the Philistine said, 'I "^defy the armies of Israel this day ; give me a man, that we may fight together. 1 1 And wdien Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. 12 Now David w-as *the son of that 'Ephrathite of Beth-lehem- judah, whose name was Jesse ; and '" he had eight sons : and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle : and " the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 14 And "David was the youngest ; and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 ^Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and pre- sented himself forty days. 1 Or, the terebinth 2 Or, according to another reading, blade 8 Heo. ranks (and so in ver. 10, 21, 22, 26, &c.). * Or. reproach " ell. 21. 9 .b 2 S. 21. 19 " Josli. 11. 21, 22 d vet. 45 ' 2 S. 21. 19 ; 1 Chr. 11. 23 / ver. 41 -" ch. 8. n '' 2 S. 2. 12-16 ' ver. 26, 30, 45 k ch. 16. 18 ; Ruth 4. 22 ' Cien. 36. 19 '" ch. 16. 10, 11 ; 1 Chr. 2. 13-15 " ch, 16. 6, 8,3 °cn. 16. 11 P ch. 16. 21-23 9 ch. 2.5. 18 *■ ch. 16. 20 * Gen. 37. 13, 14 « ch. 26. 6, 7 " Judg. 18. 21 ; Is. 10. 28 ^ Josh. 15. y ch. 8. 11 'ch. 11. 2 " ver. 36 ; ch. 14. 6; Jer. 9. 25, 20 '' ver. 10 " Dt. 5. 26; 2 K. 19. 4 d ver. 25 ' Gen. 37. 4, 8-36 17 And Jesse said unto David his son, «Take now for thy breth- ren an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the canip to thy brethren ; 1 8 and '' bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, ' and look how thy breth- ren fare, and take their pledge. 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, "were in the vale of Elah, fighting wdth the Philistines. 20 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him ; and he came to the '' * place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the ''fight shouted for the battle. 21 And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in arraj^ army against army. 22 And David left his " baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and saluted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with tiiem, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spake "according to the same words : and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when the.y saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. 25 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surelj' to *defy Israel is he come up : and it shall be, that the mail who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and "^will give him his daughter, 2' and make his father's house free in Israel. 26 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh aw^ay I the reproach from Israel 'I for who is this " uncircumcised Philistine, that he .should '"'defy the armies of nhe living Godi 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, '' So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men ; and " Eliab's anger was kin- dled against David, and he said. Why art thou come down 1 and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I 5 Or, are ^ Or, barricade ~ Or, battle ground 287 17.29 I. SAMUEL 17.52 David accepts Goliath's eiialleiige. lie lulls Goliath. The Philistines dispersed know thy pride, and the naughti- ness of thy heart ; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. 2y And David said, Wliat have I now done 'I '■ " is there not a cause *? 30 And he turned away from, him toward an- other, and * spake after the same manner : and the people answered him again after the former man- ner. 31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before 8aul ; ana he sent for him. 32 And David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail '^because of him ; ''thy servant will go and light with this Philis- tine. 33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able^ to go against this Philistine to fight with him ; for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep ; ^ and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, 35 I went out after him, and smote him, and " delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear : and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath ''defied the armies of the living God. 37 And David said, •''Jehovah that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, " Go, and Jehovah shall be with thee. 38 And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. 39 Aiid David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he assayed to go ; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these ; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the * brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his wallet ; and ''his sling was in 1 Or, Whs it not but a word ? 2 Or, within him 3 Or, aiid there came a lion and a bear . . . and I v.vnt out &c. * Or, reproached * Or, torrent bed " ver. 17 t> ver. 26, 27 "^ Dt. 20. 1^ d ch. IG. 18 ' Am. 3. 12 /2Tini.4. 17 " ch. 20. i:i h Judg. 20. IG ■ Prov. 16. 18 fc ch. 16. 12 ' ch. 24. 14 : 2 S. 3. 8 '" 1 K. 20. 10 " ver. 46 ' 2 Chr. .32. 8 , Ps. 124. 8 ; Heb. 11. 34 P 1 K. 18. 36 ; 2 K. 19. 19 , Is. 37. 20 5 ch. 14. 6 ; 2 Chr. 14. 11; 20. 15; Ps. 44. 6 ■ Ps. 27. 3 'ch. 21. 9; 2 S. 23. 21 ' Heb. 11. 34 268 his hand : and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, ' he disdained him ; for he was but a youth, and * ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, 'Am I .a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And '" the Philis- tine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh "unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then .said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin : " but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast ^ defied. 46 This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand ; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee ; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the Avild beasts of the earth ; ^ that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this as.sembly may know that ^Jehovah saveth not with swoi'd and spear : for the battle is Jehovah's, and he will give you into our hand. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that ''David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead ; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and 'took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And ' when the Philistines saw that their ''champion was dead, they fled. 52 And the men of Israel fi Or, mighty man 17.53 I. SAMUEL 18.23 David brought to Saul, Love of Jonathan fur David. Saul's Auger towards David. 5! crab betrothed to David and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to ^ Gai, and to the gates of " Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to " * Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. 53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and bi'ought it to Jerusalem ; but he put his armor in his tent. 55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is " this youth'? And Abner said. As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 56 And the king said. Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 57 And as David I'eturned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and '-^ brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, ''I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth- lehemite. •i O And it came to pass, when J-O he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that •'' the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and ^Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and '' would Ist him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then * Jonathan and David made a covenant, be- cause he loved him as his own soul. 4 And * Jonathan stripped him- self of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 And David ^went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and * behaved him- self wisely : and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the ® Philistine, that Hhe women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with 1 The Syr. and some editions of Sept. have, Giith. •'■ Or. the two palex s Or, icent out; whUliersoever Saul sent him, h-£r.. * Or, prospered '> Or, Philistines "Josh. 15. U * Josh. lu. 30 "•' ch. 10. 12, 21, 22 d ver. .54 " ver. J 2 /Gen. 41. 30 "ch. 20. 17; Dt. 13. 0 ; 2 S. 1. 20 h ch. 17. 15 ' ch. 20. 8-17 * ch. 17. 3S ; Gen. 41. 42 ; Esth. fl. S ' Ex. 15. 20, 21 ; Judg. 11. 34; Ps. C8. 25 ; 149. '"ch. 21. 11 ; 29. 6 ; Ex. 1.5. 21 "ch. 21. U ° 2 S. 18. 3 1' ch. 15. 28 9 ch. 16. 14 "■ ch. 19. 23, 24 « ch. 16. 23 < ch. 19. 9 " ch. 19. 10 ; 20. 33 ^ ver. 15, 29 * ch. 10. 13, 18 y ch. 10. 14 ; 28. 15 ' ver. 16 ; 2 S. 5. 2 ° ch. 16. 18 >> ver. 5 ' ch. 17. 25 d ch. 17. 36, 47 ; 25. 28 ; Num. 21. 14 " ver. 21, 25 /ver. 23;ch. 9. 21 ; 2 S. 7. 18 "2 8. 21. 8 '> Judg. 7. 22; 1 K. 19. 10 » ver. 28 289 timbrels, with joy, and with ^in- struments of music. • 7 And the women ''"'sang one to another as they played, and said, " Saul hath slain his thousands, "And David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him ; and he said. They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands : and ^what can he have more but the kingdom 1 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. ] 0 And it came to pass on the morrow, that «an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and '"he ** prophe.sied in the midst of the house : and David played with his hand, "as he did day by day. And 'Saul had his spear in his hand ; 11 and "Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall. And David avoided out of his presence twice. 12 And " Saul was afraid of David, ^ because Jehovah was with him, and ^was departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thou-' sand ; and ^he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David ■* behaved himself wisely in all his ways ; and " Jehovah was with him. 15 And when Saul saAv that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. 16 But *all Israel and Judah loved David ; for he went out and came in before them. 17 And Saul said to David, '^Be. hold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife : only be thou valiant for me, and fight ''Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but '^ let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. 18 And David said unto Saul, •'"Who am I, and "what is my life, o?' my fathei-'s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king"? 19 But it came to. pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto ^Adriel ''the Meholathite to wife. 20 And 'Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a 6 Or, trinnples Or, threc-stringtid instruments 1 0r, ansv'cred one another * Or, raved » Or, who are my kinsfolk 18.22 I. SAMUEL 19.17 David marries Michal, Saul's Daughter. Jonathan intercedes Tor David. Hichal saves David fioiu Saul snare to him, and "that the hand of the Philistines inay be against him. Wherefore Saul said to Da- vid, * Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time. 22 And Saul commanded his ser- vants, saying. Commune with Da- vid .secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee : now there- fore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in- law, "seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed'! 24: And the servants of Saul told him, say- ing. On this manner spake- David. 25 And Saul said. Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any ''dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, ' to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now ■'' Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased Da- vid well to be the king's son-in-law. And " the days were not expired ; 27 and David arose and went, ''he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men ; and * David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that, he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Miclial his daughter to wife. 28 And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David ; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved liim. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David ; and Saul was David's enemy continually. 30 Then the princes of the Philis- tines went forth : and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David ^ * behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul ; so that his name was much " set by. 'i (\ And Saul spake to Jona- A-Xj than his son, and to all his servants, 'that they should slay David. But '" Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David. 2 And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee : now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself : 3 and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field whei'e thou art, and I will com- > Or, prospered more than 2 Heb. precious. " ver. 17 * ver. 26 ' Gen. 34. 12 ; 29. 20 Da- vid earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem : 29 and he said, Let me go, I pray thee ; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city ; and my brother, he hath com- manded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefor-e he is not come unto the king's table. 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him. Thou son of a perverse rebel- lious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of .Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the 1 Heb. mj'sserf. 2 Heb. areaily. 3 Heb. in the day of the biminess. See ch. 19. * Or, him ^ Heb. not any tUing. " ver. 5, 25 * ver. .37 " ver. 14, 15 d Gen. 31. 49, 53 ' ver. 18 / ch. 10. 6 ; Lev. 7. 20, 21 » ver. 6 A 2 S. 12. 5 ' ch. 19. 5 * ch. 18. 11 ; 19. 10 ' ver. 7 ' ver. 20, 21 " ver. 22 ' Gen. 42. 6 r" ch. 18. 3 « ver. 23 ver. 15, 16, 23 *[Ch. 21. lin Heb.] » ch. 22. 19 t ch. 14. 3 ; Mk. 2. 26 " ch. 16. 4 292 shame of thy mother's nakedness 1 31 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy king- dom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for ''he "shall surely die. 32 And Jonathan an- swered Saul^ his father, and said unto him, ' Wherefore should he be put to death 1 what hath he done 1 33 And 'sSaul cast his spear at him to smite him ; ' whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death. 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food the second day of the month ; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. 35 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field ''at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. 36 And he said unto his lad, '"Bun, find now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow ** beyond him. 37 And when the lad was come to the Elace of the arrow which Jonathan ad shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, " Is not the arrow beyond thee^ 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. 39 But the lad knew not anytliing : only Jona- than and David knew the matter. 40 And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him. Go, carry them to the city. 41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose "out of a j^l^f^e toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and "bowed himself three times : and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until ^ David exceeded. 42 And Jona- than said to David, « Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Jehovah, say- ing, '' Jehovah shall be- between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever. * And he arose and departed : and Jonathan went into the city. Q -1 Then came David to 'Nob w_L to 'Ahimelech the priest: and " Ahimelech came to meet Da- vid trembling, and said unto him. Why art thou alone, and no man 6 Or, is vjorthy to die Heb. is a son of death. ' Or. to the vldce 8 Heb. making it pass over him. 9 Heb. from beside the South. 21.2 I. SAMUEL 22.8 David goes to Nob, aod is helped by Ahimelecb. He flees to Gatb, and Teigus Dladiiess. He bides at Adiiilum and Mizpeh with thee 1 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know anything of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee : and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place, o Now therefore what is under thy hand "? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatsoever there is present. 4 And the priest answered David, and said. There is no common bread under my hand, but there is "holy bread ; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. 5 And David answered the priest, and said unto him, *0f a truth women have been kept from us about these three days ; when I came ovit, the vessels of the young men were holy, ^ though it was but a common journey ; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holyl 6 So ""the priest gave him holy bread ; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken awaJ^ 7 Now a certain man of the ser- vants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah ; and his name was "^ Doeg the Edomite, the ^"chiefest of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul. 8 And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thy hand spear or sword 1 for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. 9 And the priest said, •''The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest "in the vale of ^Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod : if thou wilt take that, take it ; for there is no other save that here. And David said. There is none like that ; give it me. 10 And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to '' Achish the king of Gath. 1 1 And the 'servants of Achish said unto him. Is not this David the king of the land'? *did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands. And David his ten thousands 1 1 Or, and it may he used as comm.on bread ; and especially since to-day it will be holy in re- spect of their vessels * Or, miohtiest ' Or, the tenblnth " Lev. 24. 6-9: Mt. 12. 4 <- Ex. 19. 14, 1.5 ' Mt. 12. 3, 4 ; Mk. 2. 26 d ch. 14. 47 ; 22. 9 ; Ps. 62. title " 1 Chr. 27. 29 31 /cll. 17. 54 ^ ch. 17. 2 h P.S. 34. title > Ps. 50. title «•■ ch. 18. 7 ; 29. 5 ' Lk. 2. 19 "' Ps. 34. title title; 142. title ° Josh. 12. 16; 16. .35; 2 S. 23. 13 P ch. 23. 13 ; 26. 13 9 2S. 24. 11; 1 Chr. 29. 29 ; 2 Chr. 29. 26 »■ ch. 14. 2 ; J udg. 4. 5 'ch. 8. 14; 1 Chr. 12. 16-18 « ch. 18. 3 ; 20. 16 12 And David 'laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. 13 And he '" changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and ^ scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad ; wherefore then have ye brought him to me'? 15 Do I lack madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence'? shall this fellow come into my house"? r) r) David therefore departed ^^ thence, and "escaped to "the cave of Adullam : and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was ''discontented, gathered themselves unto him ; and he be- came captain over them: and there were with him ^' about four hun- dred men. 3 And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab : and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, (md i^e with you, till I know what God will do for me. 4 And he brought them before the king of Moab : and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold. 5 And «the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the stronghold ; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth. 6 And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him: now '"Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tam- arisk-tree ®in Eamah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him. 7 And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites ; Avill the son of Jes.se give every one of you fields and vineyards, ' will he make you all captains of thousands and cap- tains of hundreds, 8 that all of you have conspired against me, and " there is none that discloseth to me ' when my son maketh a * Or, made marks 5 Heb. bitter of soul. 6 Or, on the heiyht ' Or, there was none that disclosed it to ml 'When my son made &c. 293 22.9 I. SAMUEL 23.10 Doeg slays the Priests at Nob. Abiathar joius Darid. Da\id saves Ke ilah. Saul pursues Ida, aad he leaves Keilah league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you " that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? 9 Then answered ''Doeg the Edomite, who ^ stood by the servants of Saul, and said, " I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to ** Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 And ''he inquired of Jehovah for him, and •'"gave him victuals, and " gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. 11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. 1:2 And Saul said. Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Hei^e I am, my lord. 13 And Saul said unto him. Why have ye con- spired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, ''to lie in wait, as at this day 1 li ' Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said. And who among all thy ser- vants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is hon- orable in thy house'? 15 Have I to-day begun *to inquire of God for him'? be it far from me: let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father ; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more. 16 And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. 17 And 'the king said unto the -guard that stood about him. Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah ; be- cause their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah. 18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edom- ite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and "' he^ slew on that day fourscore and five persons "that did wear a linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, "smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children 1 Or, was set over 2 Heb. runners. " ch. 23. 21 >> Ps. 52. title ' ch. 21. 1 d ch. U. 3 ; 21. 1 « ch. 10. 22 /ch. 21.6,9 y ch. 21. 9 '' ver. 8 ' ch. 19. 4, 5 ; 20. 32 «•• 2 Sam. 6. 19, 23 ' 2 K. 10. 2.3 ; 2 Chr. 12. 10 '" ch. 2. 31 " ch. 2. 18 " ch. 15. 3 P ch. 23. 9 ; 30. 7 ; 2 S. 2. 1 ; 1 K. 2. 26, 27 9 ch. 2. 33 '■ ch. 21. 7 » 1 K. 2. 26 t Josh. 1.5. 44 ; Neh. 3. 17, 18 " ver. 4, 6, 9-12 ; 2 S. 6. 19, 23 " Josh. 8. 7 ; Judg. 7. 7 '^ ch. 22. 20 !'ch.22. 20 ' ver. 6 ; ch. 30.7 and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 20 And -fone of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, » escaped, and fled after David. 21 And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Jehovah's priests. 22 And David said unto Abiathar, I knew on that day, when ""Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul : I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not ; for " he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life : for with me thou shalt be in safeguard. O O And they told David, say- ^ O ing. Behold, the Philistines are fighting against 'Keilah, and are robbing the threshing-flooi's. 'A Therefore David "inquired of Jehovah, saying. Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Je- hovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. 3 And David's men said unto liim. Behold, we are afraid here in Judah : how much moi-e then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines'? 4 Then David inquired of Jehovah yet a. that also Saul my father knoweth. 18 And ''they two made a cove- nant before Jehovah : and David abode in \the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. 19 Then 'came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strongholds in Hhe wood, in *the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of -the desert "? 20 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and ■^our part shall be to deliver him up into the kings hand. 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of Jeho- vah ; '" for ye have had compas- sion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his * haunt is, and who hath seen him there : for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly. 23 See therefore, and _ take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me ^ Or, Horesh ^ Or, Jeshimon ^Reh./oot. " ver. 20 ; Judg. 15. 10-13 i> ch. 22. 2 ; 25. 13 "2 8. 15. 20 rf Josh. 1'.. 65 ; 2 Chr. 11. 8 * Ps. .32. 7 / ch. 30. C ; Neh. 2. 18 " ch. 20. 31 ; 24. 20 ''ch. 18. 3; 20. 12-17 ; 2 S. 9. 1 ' ch. 26. 1 ; Ps. 54. title «: ch. 26. 3 ' ver. 12 "' ch. 22. 8 " ch. 25. 2 ; Josh. 15. *[Ch. 24. 1 in Heb.] P Josh. 15. 02 ; 2 Chr. 20. 2 9 ch. 23. 28, 29 •"ch. 23. 19 » ch. 26. 2 < Judg. 3. 24 " Ps, 67. title; 142. title "ch. 23. 17; 25. 28-30 ' 2 S. 24. 10 295 "* of a certainty, and I will go with you : and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the ^ thousands of Judah. 24 And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul : but David and his men were in the wilderness of " Maon, in the Arabah on the south of ''the desert. 25 And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David : wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. 26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain : and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul ; for Saul and his men "compassed David and his men round about to take them. 27 But thei'e came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come ; for the Phi- listines have made a raid upon the land. 28 So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines : therefoi'e they called that place ®Sela-ham- mahlekoth. * 29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of ^ En-gedi. ^A And it came to pass, ^^L 'when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that '"it was told him, saying, Be- hold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. 2 Then *Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave ; and Saul 'went in to cover his feet. Now "David and his men were '^ abiding in the inner- most parts of the cave. 4 And the men of David said unto him, JBehold, 'the day of which Jehovah said unto thee. Behold, I will de- liver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. 5 And it came to Eass afterward, that ^David's eart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. 6 And he said unto his men, ^Jehovah for- * Or, vnth the certainty Or, to a set place 6 Or, fnmiliefs t^ That is, Tloe rock of divisions (or, escape). ' Or, sitting 24.7 I. SAMUEL 25.8 David spares Raal's Life at En-gedi. Sani relents. Samuel's Death. NaLal and AMgail. Datid's Request of Kabal bid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah's anointed. 7 So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. 8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, ]\ly lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, " David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obeisance. 9 And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt'? 10 "Be- hold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had deliv- ered thee to-day into my hand in the cave : and " some bade me kill thee ; but inine eye spared thee ; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord ; for he is Jehovah's anointed. 11 More- over, ''my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand ; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou ^"huntest after my life to take it. 12 -''Jehovah judge between me and thee, and Jeho- vah avenge me of thee ; but my hand shall not be upon thee. 13 As saith the proverb of the an- cients, ^ Out of the wicked conieth forth wickedness ; but my hand shall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Israel come out 'I after whom dost thou pursue % after a dead dog, ''after a flea. 15 'Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and * plead my cause, and ^deliver me out of thj^ hand. 16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speak- ing these words unto Saul, that Saul said, 'Is this thy voice, my son David"? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 17™ And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I ; for " thou hast rendered unto me good, v/hereas I have rendered unto thee evil. 18 And thou hast declared this ' Or, layest ivaitfor * ilfcb. olvt sentence for me. " ch. 25. 23, 24 ; 1 K. 1. 31 b Ps. 7. 3, 4 ' ver. 4 rf 2 K. 5. 13 « ch. 23. 14, 23 ; 20. 20 /ch. 26. 10, 23; Gen. 31. 53 ; Judg. 11. 27 'J Mt. 7. 16- 20 '« ch. 26. 20 ' ver. 12 k Ps. 3.5. 1 ' ch. 26. 17 "' ch. 26. 21 « Mt. 6. 44 " ch. 2R. 23 P ch. -13. 17 « ch. 23. 17 "" ch. 13. 14 ^ ch. 20. 14- 17 ; Gen. 21. 23 ; 2 S. 21. 6-8 ' ch. 23. 29 " ch. 28. 3 " Dt. 34. 8 ^^ 2 K. 21. 18 ; 2 Chr. 33. 20 y Gen. 21. 21 ; Num. 10. 12 ; 13. 3 ^ ch. 23. 24 " Josh. 15. 65 6 2 S. 19. 32 "^ 2 S. 13. 23 d ch. 30. 14 ; Josh. 15. 13 « 1 Chr. 12. 18 / 2 S. 13. 23, 24 B ver. 15, 21 day how that thou hast dealt well with me, forasmuch as when "Je- hovah had delivered me up into thy hand, thou killedst me not. 1 9 For if a man ^ find his enemy, will he let him go well away '? wherefore Jehovah reward thee good for that which thou hast done unto me this day. 20 And now, behold, « I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that ''the king- dom of Israel shall be established in thy hand. 21 ''Swear now therefore unto me by Jehovah, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. 22 And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home ; but David and his men gat them up unto ' the stronghold. O^ "And Samuel died; and w tJ all Israel gathered them- selves together, and_ 'lamented him, and ■'buried him in his hou.se at Bamah. And David arose, and went down to the ^wilderness of Paran. 2 And there was a man in ^Maon, whose ^possessions were in" Carmel ; and the man was * very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and "he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal ; and the name of his wife Abigail ; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance : but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of "^ the house of Caleb. 4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. 5 And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name : 6 ana ^ thus .shall ye say to him that liveth in nrosperity, " Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. 7 And now I have heard ■^that thou hast shearers : thy shepherds have now been witJi us, and we ^ did them no hurt, ^ neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee : wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes ; 3 Or, business was * Or, thus shall ye say, All hail! and peace be unto thee &c. 5 Heb. vut them not to shame. 296 25.9 I. SAMUEL 25.30 Nabal's Churlish Refusd. David threatens Vengeance. Abigail's Intercession for we come in "a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David. 9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal accord- ing to all those words in the name of David, and ^ceased. 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, ''Who is David"? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every ma.n from his master. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and mj'^ ^ flesh that I have killed for my^ shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are? 12 So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words. 13 And David said unto his men. Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword ; and David also girded on his sword : and there went up after David about ^four hundred men ; and two hundred ''abode by the baggage. 14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying. Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to ^''salute our master ; and he railed at them. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we wei^e not ^-^hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields: 16 ^they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now there- fore know and consider what thou wilt do ; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worth- less fellow, that one cannot speak to him. 18 Then Abigail made haste, and ''took two hundred loaves, and two '' bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hun- dred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her young men, 'Go on before me ; be- hold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, 1 Or, remained quiet 2 Heb. slatiohtrr. 3 Heb. bless. * Heb. put to shaine. * Or, skins " Neh. 8. 10- 12 1) Juds. 9. 28 " ch. 23. 1.3 d ch. 30. 24 ^ch. 13. 10; 16. 13 /ver. 7, 21 '-' Ex. 14. 22 ft 2 S. 10. 1 ; 1 Chr. 12. 40 ' Gen. 32. 16, * ch. 3. n ; 20. 13 ' 1 K. 14. 10 ' ch. 20. 41 " Heb. 10. 30 "2 8. 18. 32 P ch. 30. 26 ; Gen. 33. 11 'ch. 22. 14; 2 S. 7. 16 ' ch. IS. 17 'ch. 24. 11 ; Ps. 7. 3 " Jcr. 10. 18 " ch. 13. 14 David and his men came down toward her ; and she met them. 21 Now David had said. Surely in vain have I kept all that this fel- low hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that per- tained unto hirn : and he hath re- turned me evil for good. 22 *God do so ®unto the enemies of David, and more also, 'if 1 leave of all that pertain to him by the morn- ing light so much as one man- child. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, '"and bowed herself to the ground. 24 And she fell at his feet, and said. Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity ; and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal ; for as his name is,^ so is he ; '' Nabal is his name, and folly is with him : but I thy handmaid .saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. 26 Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee "^from bloodguilti- ness, and "from ''avenging thyself with thine own hand, now there- fore "let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Na- bal. 27 And now ^this ^° present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord. 28 Forgive, I pray thee, »the trespass of thy handmaid : for '"Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord * fighteth the battles of Jehovah ; and 'evil shall not be found in thee all thy days. 29 And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of " life with Jehovah thy God ; and the souls of thine enemies, them "shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling. 30 And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord accoi-ding to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and "shall have appointed thee prince over Israel, " The Syr. and Bome editions of Sept. have, unto Daviii. i That is, Fool. s Heb. from coming into blrmd. '■> Heb. thine own hand saving thee. 1" Heb. blessing. n Or, the living 297 25.31 I. SAMUEL 26.10 David is appeased. Nalial's Death. David marries Abigail. He spares Saul's Life at Zipli 31 that this shall be no ^ grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, '^either that thou hast shed blood without cause, or that my lord hath avenged himself. And "when Jehovah shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid. 32 And David said to Abigail, * Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me : 33 and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, nhat hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, ''who hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morn- ing light so much as one man-child. 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, ""Go up in Eeace to thy house ; see, I have earkened to thy voice, and ■''have accepted thy person. 36 And Abigail came to Nabal ; and, behold, he held "a feast in his house, like the feast of a king ; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken : wherefore ''she told him nothing, less or more, until the mornirig light. 37 And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that '' Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died. 39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said. Blessed be Jehovah, that hath * pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and 'hath kept back his servant from evil : and the evil-doing of Nabal " hath Jeho- vah returned upon his own head. And David sent and "spake con- cerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife. 40 And when the ser- vants of David were come to Abi- gail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. 41 And she arose, "and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said. Behold, thy hand- 1 Heb. cause of staqgerino. J Or, so that thou shouldest shed &e. •* ver. 30 ; Gen. 40. 14 >> Ex. 18. 10 " ver. 26 / ch. 24. 16 ft ch. 24. 9, 11-14 ' 2 S. 16. 11 k Gen. 8. 21 ' ch. 24. 9 '" Josh. 22. 25-27 " ch. 24. 14 " oh. 15. 24, 30 ; 24. 17 >' ch. 24. 19 « ch. 24. 12 ^ ch. 18. 30 » Ps. 54. 7 t ch. 24. 19 « ch. 24. 22 "ch. 21. 10; 1 K. 2. 39 ■ ch. 30. 3 ; 2 S. 2. 3 ' ch. 25. 42, 43 f> Josh. 15. 31 ; 19. 5 ; Neh. 11. 28 299 as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. 21 Then said Saul, "I have sinned : return, my son David ; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day : behold, I have played the fool, and have erred ex- ceedingly. 22 And David answered and said. Behold ^the spear, O king ! let then one of the young men conio over and fetch it. 23 And ^Jeho- vah will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness • forasmuch as Jehovah delivered thee into my hand to-day, and «I wouldnot putforth my hand against Jehovah's anointed. 24 And, be- hold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much '' set by in the eyes of Jehovah, and let him * deliver me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul said to David, 'Blessed be thou, my son David : thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So " David went his way, and Saul returned to his place. O ^ And David said in his w 4 heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul : 'there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the PhiUstines ; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel : so shall I escape out of his hand. 2 And David arose, and passed over, he and/ the six hundred men that were with him, unto ^ Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, ^ every man with his household, even David with "his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Car- melitess, Nabal's wife. _ 4 And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath : and he sought no more again for him. 5 And David said unto Achish, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the ^countrjr, that I may dwell there : for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee"? 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day : wherefore * Ziklag pertaisieth unto the kings of Judah uaito this day. 7 And the number of the days that David dwelt in the ® country of the 5 Another reading is, the king's spear. 6 Heb. field. 27.8 I. SAMUEL 28.17 David's Raids. He wins tbe Confidence of Achisb. Sanl and the Necromancer of En-dor. Samuel pronounces Saul's Doom Philistines was "a full year and four months. 8 And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon ''the Geshurites, and the ^ Girzites, and •^ the Amalekites ; for those tuitions were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as thou goest to " Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 9 And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and " took away the sheep, aiid the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel ; and he returned, and came to Achish. 10 And Achish said, "Against whom haye ye 'made a raid to-day 1 And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the South of ^ the Jerah- meelites, and against the South of ''the Kenites. 11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath heen. his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the " country of the Philistines. 12 And Achish believed David, say- ing. He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him ; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. Cy Q And it came to pass in ^ O those days, that ' the Philis- tines gathered their ^ hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me in the host, thou and thy men. 2 And David said to Achish, Therefore thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head * for ever. 3 Now 'Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him '"in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that " had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. 4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped " in Shunem : and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in ''Gilboa. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Phi- listines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly. 6 And '' when Saul inquired of Jehovah, ''Jeho- vah answered him not, neither by * dreams, nor by ' Urim, nor by 1 Another reading is, Gizrites. 2 So Sept. and Vulg. 3 Heb. Jield. * Heb. camps. ° ch. 29. 3 b Josh. 13. 2, 13 ' ch. 15. 7, 8 ; Ex. 17. 8 d Ex. 15. 22 ^ ch. 15. 3 ; Job 1. 3 / ch. 23. 27 " ch. .30. 2y ; 1 Chr. 2. 9, 26 ft Judg. 1. 16 ; 4. 11 i ch. 29. 1 k ch. 1. 22, 28 ' ch. 25. 1 '" ch. 7. 17 " ch, 15. 23 ; Lev. 19. 31 ; Dt. 18. 10 "iK. 1. 3; 2 K. 4. 8 P ch. 31. 1 9 1 Chr. 10. 13, 14 "■ Prov. 1. 24-31 * Num. 12. 0 ; Joel 2. 28 t Ex. 28. 30 ; 2 S. 8. 17 " Acts 16. 10 "Josh. 17.11; Ps. 83, 10 * 2 Chr. 18. 29 ; 35. 22 y Is. 8. 19 ^ Dt. 18. 10, 11 " ver. 3 i ch. 15. 27 " ch. 24. 8 d ch. 16. 13, 14; 18. 12 •^ ver. 6 /ch. 15. 28 300 prophets. 7 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, "there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at " En-dor. 8 And Saul •''disguised himself, and put on other raiment, ana went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night : and he said, '-^ Divine unto me, I pray thee, by the familiar spirit, and ^ bring me up whom- soever I shall name unto thee. 9 And the woman said unto him. Behold, thou knowest "what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land : wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to diel 10 And Saul swai-e to her by Je- hovah, saying, As Jehovah liveth, there shall no ^ punishment happen to thee for this thing. 1 1 Then said the woman. Whom shall I bring up unto theel And he said, Bring me up Samuel. 12 And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice ; and the woman spake to Saul, saying. Why hast thou deceived me 1 for thou art Saul. 1.3 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid : for what seest thoul And the woman said unto Saul, I see " a god coming up out of the earth. 14 And he said unto her. What form is he of ? And she said. An old man cometh up ; and * he is covered with a robe. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and ''he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance. 15 And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up 1 And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war against me, and "* God is departed from me, and " answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. 16 And Samuel said. Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing .Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary? 17 And Jehovah hath done unto "^ thee, ■''as he spake by me : and Jehovah hath rent the kingdom 5 Or, ouilt come upon thee ^ Or, gods ~ So Vulg. and some editions of Sept. The Heb. has htm. 28.18 I. SAMUEL 30.3 The Philistines gatlier at iphek. David mistrusted by the Philistine Prinres. He returns to Philistla. Zilvlag taken out of thy hand, and given it to thy neigh Doi', even to David. 18 Because "thou obeyed st not the voice of .Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Ama- lek, therefore hath .Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day. 19 Moreover Jehovah will deliver Israel also with thee into the hand of the Philistines ; and to-morrow ""shalt thou and thy sons be with me : Jehovah will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines. 20 Then Saul fell straightway his full length upon the eartli, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel : and there was no strength in him ; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. 21 And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him. Behold, thy hand- maid hath hearkened unto thy voice, and " I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a. mor- sel of bread before thee ; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. 2.3 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. ''But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him ; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon " the bed. 24 And the woman had a fatted calf in the house ; and •^she hasted, and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof : 25 and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. O Q Now » the Philistines ^ rJ gathered together all their hosts to ''Aphek: and the Israel- ites encamped by the fountain which is in 'Jezrcel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands ; and_ '^ David and his men passed on in the_ rearward with Achish. 3 Then said the princes of the Phi- listines, What do these Hebrews herel And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, 'who hath been with me these days, or rather- these vears, and ™I have found no fault "ch. 15. 3, a), '26 b ch. 31. 2 ; J()b:i. 17-19 <^ ch. 19. 5 d U K. 6. 13 *Eslh. 1. (), Ezek. 23. 41 /Gen. 18. 0,7 " ch. 28. 1, 2 '1 ch. 4. 1 ; Josh. 12. 18 ' 1 K. 18. 45; 21. 1 ; 2 K. 9. 30 «• ch. 28. 1, 2 ' ch. 27. 7 "'ch. 27. 1-6; 1 Chr. 12. 19, 20 «ch 27. 6 °ch 14. 21 ^^ch 18. 7 i 21. 11 1 I'er. 3 ; ch. 27. 8-12 "^ ch. 27. 10- 12 '2S. 14. 17, 2(1 ; 19. 27 ' ver. 4 " 1 Chr. 12. 19,22 ^ ch. 1.5. 7 ; 27. 8-10 " ch. 27. 6, 8 • ch. 27. 11 in him since he fell away unto me unto this day? 4 But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him ; and the princes of the Philis- tines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back " to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, "lest in the battle he become an adversary to us : for wherewith should this fellow rec- oncile himself unto his lord % should it not be with the heads of these men"? 5 Is not this David, ^of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, _ Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands 1 6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him. As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight ; ''for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day : nevertheless the lords favor thee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. 8 And David said unto Achish, '' But what have I done 1 and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been be- fore thee unto this day, that I may not go and fight against the ene- mies of my lord the king 1 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, 'as an angel of God: not- withstanding ' the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall net go up with us to the battle. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning " with the servants of thy lord that are come with thee ; and as soon as ye are up early in the morning, and have light, depart. I I So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Phi- listines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. O i^ And it came to pass, when O v/ David and his men were come to "Ziklag on the third day, that "^the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon ^Ziklag, and had .smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire, 2 and had taken captive the women and all that were therein, both .small and great : ^ they slew not any, but car- ried them off^, and went their way. 3 And when David and his men 301 30.4 I. SAMUEL 30.26 Da\id's Wires captured. He pursues and defeats the Amalekites. Re divides tlie Spoil came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire ; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captive. 4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. 5 And "David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jez- reelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David was gi-eatly distressed; for ''the people spake of stoning him, be- cause the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his dauglitei's : but "David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God. 7 And ''David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And •= David inquired of Jehovah, say- ing, ^-'^If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake theml And he answered him, Pursue ; for thou shalt surely overtake them, ''and shalt without fail recover all. 9 So David went, '' he and the six hun- dred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those tliat were left behind stayed. 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men ; for ' two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. 1 1 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat ; and they gave him water to drink ; 12 and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins : and when he had eaten, * his spirit came again to him ; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou "? and whence art thou"? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite ; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick. 11 We made a raid upon ' the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon '"the South of Caleb; and "we burned Ziklag with fire. 15 And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop 1 And he said. Swear unto me by God, that thou i Or, Shall I pursue " ch. 25. 42, 4:i t> Ex. 17. 4 " ch. 23. 16 ; Ps. 18. 2 ; 27. 14 (I ch. 23. 9 ' ch. 23. 2, 4 / Ex. 15. 9 V ver. 18 h ch. 27. 2 ' ver. 9, 21 * Judg. 15. 19 ' ver. 1, 16 ; 2 S. 8. IS ; Ezek. 25. 16 '" Josh. 14. 13 ; 21. 11, 12 " ver. 1 " ver. 14 Pch. II. 11 1 ch. 15. 3 ; Judg. 7. i;; *■ ver. 8 * ver. 2G-G1 t vsr. 10 ' Num. 31. 27 ; Josh. 22.8 302 wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop. 16 And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and dancing, - be- cause of "all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. 17 And David smote them ^ from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day : and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred j^oung men, who rode upon » camels and fled. 1 8 And David recovered all that the Amale- kites had taken ; and David rescued his two wives. 1 9 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any- thing that they had taken to them : "■ David brought back all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, 'This is David's spoil. 21 And 'David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor ; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him : and when David came near ^ to the people, he ■'saluted them. 22 Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those that went with David, and said. Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do _ so, my brethren, Avith that which Jehovah hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and de- livered the troop that came against us into our hand. 24 x\nd who will hearken unto you in this matter? for "as his share is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his share be that tarrieth by the baggage : they shall share alike. 25 And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this daj^. 26 And when David came to Zik lag, he sent of the spoil unto thj 2 Or, amidst 3 Or, with * Or, asked them of their welfare 30.27 I. SAMUEL 31.13 Sanl and bis Sods slain by tlie Philistines. They are bnried at Jabeshgilead filders of Judah, even to his friends, (Saying, Behold, " a ^ present for you of the spoil of * the enemies of Je- hovah : 27 to them that were in ' Beth-el, and to them that were in ^ Ramoth oi the South, and to them that were in '^Jattir, 28 and to them that were in/Aroer, and to them that were in ^ Siphmoth, and to them that were in ''Eshtemoa, 29 and to them that were in Racal, and to them that were in the cities of 'the Jerahmeelites, and to them that were in the cities of * the Kenites, 30 and to them that were in 'Hormah, and to them that were in ™Bor-ashan, and to them that were in Athach, 31 and to them that were in "Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to " haunt. 0-< p Now the Philistines O JL fought against Israel : and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down "slain 'in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons ; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and ^Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And ''the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him ; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. 4 * Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest 'these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and ^ abuse me. But his armorbearer would not ; 1 Heb. blessing. 2 Or, woimded 3 In ch. 14. 49, Ishvi. * Or, make a mock of me " ch. 25. 27 ft ch. 18. 17 ; 26. 28 " Josh. 15. 30 ; 19. 4 ri Josh. 19. 8 *■ Josh. 15. 48 ; 21. 14 /I Chr. 11. 44 « 1 Chr. 27. 27 '' Josh. 16. 50 i ch. 27. 10 k ch. 15. 0 ' Josh. 12. 14 ; 15. 30 ; 19. 4 "' Josh. 15. 42; 19. 7 " Josh. 14. 13-16 ; 21. 11-13; Num. 13. " ch. 23. 22 P 1 Chr. 10. 1-12 9 ch. 28. 4 >■ 2 S. 1. 6 » Judg. 9. 54 ' Judg. 14. 3 " 2 S. 1. G, 10 " 2 S. 1. 20 ^ Judg. 16. 23, 24 " ch. 7. 3 ; Judg. 2. 13 ^ ver. 12; 2 S. 21. 14 "Josh. 17. 11 b ch. 11. 1-13 • 2 S. 2. 4-7 / ch. 22. 6 " 2 S. 1. 12 for he was sore afraid. "Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he like- wise fell upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together. 7 And when the men of Isi'ael that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled ; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa, 9 And they cut oft' his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, " to carry the tidings ^ unto the house of their idols, and to the people. 10 And they put his armor in the house of *the Ash- taroth ; and ^ they fastened his body to the wall of " Beth-shan. 1 1 And when * the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 "^all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bod^ ies of his sons from the wall of Beth^ shan ; and they came to Jabesh, and ''burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones, and " buried them under •'^the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and ^fasted seven days. 11 303 THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL David learns of the Battle of Gilboa. His Dirge over Saul and Jonathan IAnd it came to pass after "the death of Saul, when David was returned from *the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Zik- lag ; 2 it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, ''a man came out of the camp from Saul, "^with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head : and so it was, wnen he came to David, that ''he fell to the earth, and did obei- sance. 3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou"? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. 4 And David said unto him, •'' How went the matter I I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead ; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. 5 And David said unto the young man that told him. How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead"? 6 And the young man that told him said, As I hap- pened by chance upon ^ mount Gilboa, behold, ''Saul was lean- ing upon his spear ; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him. 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I an- swered. Here am I. 8 And he said unto me. Who art thou '? And I answered him, 'I am an Amale- kite. 9 And he said unto me. Stand, I pray thee, ^ beside me, and slay me ; for '^ anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me. 1 0 So I stood ^beside him, *and slew him, be- cause I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen : and ' I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 11 Then '"David took hold on his clothes, and rent them ; and 1 Or. over ^ Or, giddiness " 1 S. 31. 6 6 1 S. 30. 1, 17, 26 <^ ch. 4. 10 d 1 S. 4. 12 " 1 S. 25. 23 / 1 S. 4. 16 " 1 S. 28. 4 ; 31. 6 ft 1 S. 31. 2-4 i 1 S. 15. 3 ; 30. 1, 13, 17 «: Judg. 9. 54 ' 2 K. 11. 12 ™ Gen. 37. 29, 34 " ch. 3. 35 " ver. 8 I'l S. 24.6; 26. 9, 11, 16 9 ch. 4. 10, 12 ■ ch. 3. 28, 2! ' ver. 10 ; Lk. 19. 22 t 2 Chr. 35. 25 " Josh. 10. 13 " ver. 25, 27 * 1 S. 31. 8-13 ; Mic. 1. 10 y Ex. 15. 20, 21 ; IS. 18. 6 - 1 S. 14. 6 " 1 S. 31. 1 6 Ezek. 31. 16 ' Is. 21. 5 d Dt. 32. 42 ; Is. 34. 6 304 likewise all the men that wer^) with him: 12 and they mourned, and wept, and " fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Jehovah, and for the house of Israel ; because they were fallen by the sword. 1 3 And David said unto the young man that told him. Whence art thou'? And he answered, "I am the son of a sojourner, an Amale- kite. 14 And David said unto him. How wast thou not afraid -Pto put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed? 15 And David called one of the young men, and said. Go near, and fall upon him. « And he smote him, so that he died. 16 And David said unto him, ''Thy blood be upon thy head ; for ' thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed. 17 And 'David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son 18 (and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow : behold, .it is written in "the book of ^ Jashar) : 19 ''Thy glory, O Israel, is slaivi upon thy high places ! " How are the mighty fallen ! 20 ^ Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets oi: Ashkelon ; Lest ^ the daughters of the Phi- listines rejoice. Lest the daughters of 'the un- circumcised triumph. 21 " Ye mountains of Gilboa, *Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings : For there the shield of the mighty was ^ vilely cast away. The shield of Saul, «not '^ anointed with oil. 22 From the "* blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, 3 Or, The Upripht 6 Or, defiled * Or, The gazette ^ Or. as of one Tint anoinie"' 1.23 II. SAMUEL 2.21 David made King over Judah. Ishbosheth King over Israel. Abner defeated by Joal); pursued by Asaliel The " bow of Jonathan turned not back. And the sword of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. And in their death they were not divided : They were '' swifter than eagles, They were " stronger than lions. 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet ^ delicately, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 25 ''How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle ! ^Jonathan is slain upon thy high places. 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : Very pleasant hast thou been unto me : Thy "love to me was wonder- ful, Passing the love of women. 27 -^How are the mighty fallen. And ^ the weapons of war per- ished ! 2 And it came to pass after this, that ''David inquired of Jehovah, saying. Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah 1 And Jehovah said unto him. Go up. And David said. Whither shall I go up 1 And he said, ^ Unto He- bron. 2 So David went up thither, and * his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 3 And ' his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household : and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 And the men of .Judah came, and there '"they anointed David king over the house of .Judah. And they told David, saying, "The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul. 5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, "Blessed be ye of Je- hovah, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. 6 And now ^Jehovah show lovingkind- ness and truth unto you : and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. 7 Now therefore let your hands be 1 Heb. with delights. 2 Or, 0 Jonathan, slain > Jer. 4. 13 " Judg. 14. 18 d ver. 19, '27 " 1 S. IS. 1-4 / ver. 19, 25 y 1 S. 2. 4 ; Ezek. 39. 9, 10 h 1 S. 23. 2, 4, 9-12 i Josh. 14. 13 ; 1 S. 30. 31 fc 1 S. 25. 42, 43 ' 1 S. 30. 9 ; 1 Chr. 12. 1 "* ch. 5. 3, 6 ; 1 S. Iti. 13 « IS. 31. 11-13 " 1 S. 23. 21 P Ex. 34. 6 9 1 S. 14. M "■ ch. 17. 24 ; Gen. 32. 2, 10 ' Josh. 22. 9 ' Judg. 1. 32 " 1 S. 29. 1 " ch. 6. 5 ^ Josh. 10. 12; 18. 25 V ch. 8. 16 ; 1 Chr. -2. 16; 11.6 « ch. 3. 1 b 1 Chr. 2. 16 ' 1 Chr. 12, 8 ; Hab. 3. strong, and be ye valiant ; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. 8 Now « Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken ^Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to '"Mahanaim; 9 and he made him king over *Gilead, and over the ^'Ashur- ites, and over "Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 And "the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to ""Gibeon. 13 And ^ Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met ^ them by the pool of Gibeon ; and they sat dx>*vn, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. 14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the yoimg men, I pray thee, arise and ^play before us. And Joab said. Let them arise. 1 5 Then they arose and went over by number : twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish- bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. 16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side ; so they fell down together : wherefore that place was called _ ^ Helkath-haz- zurim, which is in Gibeon. 17 And the battle was very sore that day ; and " Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. 1 8 And * the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel : and Asahel was ''as light of foot ^as a wild roe. 19 And Asahel pursued after Abner ; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said. Is it thou, Asahel"? And he an- swered. It is I. 21 And Abner said 3 In 1 Chr. 8. 33 ; 9, 39, Eshhaal. * The Vulg. and Syr. have, Geshurites. 5 Heb. thern, together. 6 That is. The field of the sharp knives. 7 Heb. as one of the roes that are in the field. 305 2.22 II. SAMUEL 3.13 Abner kills Isabel. David's Family. Abner, being censured by Isb-bosheth, revolts to David to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee liold on one of the young men, and take thee his '■ armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from follow- ing him. 22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me : wherefore should I smite thee to the ground'? "how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother 1 23 Howbeit he refused to turn aside : wherefore Abner * with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the body, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place : and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where ''Asahel fell down and died stood still. 24 But Joab and Abishai pur- sued after Abner : and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth be- fore Giah by the way of the wil- derness of Gribeon. 25 And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one band, and stood on the top of a hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and said. Shall the sword devour for ever 1 knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end 1 how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their oreth- renl 27 And Joab said, As God liveth, ''if thou hadst not spoken, surely then '-^in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother. 28 So Joab blew the trumpet ; and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, * neither fought they any more. 29 And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah ; and they passed over the .Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to ■'' Mahanaim. 30 And Joab returned from fol- lowing Abner : and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. 31 But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and three- score men died. 32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his 1 Or, spoil See Judg. 14. 19. * Heb. from the morning. " ch. 3. 27 b 1 S. 26. 7 " ch. 20. 12 rf ver. 14 ^ ch. 3. 1 /ver, 8 0 1 K. 14. 30 ft 1 Chr. 3. 1-3 < 1 S. 26. 42, 43 k 1 S. 27. 8 'ch. 14. 32; 15. 8 "^ 1 K. 1. 5 " ch. 21. 8-11 » ch. 9. 8 ; 1 S. 24. 14 P 1 K. 19. 2 «1 S. 15. 28; 25. 28-31 ■ 1 S. 3. 20 ' Gen. 43. 3 306 men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron. 3 Now ^ there was long war be- tween the house of Saul and the house of David : and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 And ''unto David were sons born in Hebron : and his first-born was Amnon, of 'Ahinoam the Jez- I'eelitess ; 3 and his second, Chil- eab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Ab- salom the son of * Maacah the daughter of Talmai 'king of Ge- shur ; 4 and the fourth, '"Adonijah the son of Haggith ; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital ; 5 and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. 6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner ^made himself strong in the house of Saul. 7 Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was " Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah : and Ish-hosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine'? 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, "Am I a dog's head that belongeth to Judah"? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David ; and yet thou chargest me this day with '^a fault concerning this woman. 9 ^ God do so to Abner, and more also, if, » as .Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him ; 10 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, ''from Dan even to Beer-sheba. 11 And he could not answer Abner another word, be- cause he feared him. 12 And Abner sent messengers to David 'on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land"? saying also. Make thy league with me, and, be- hold, my hand shall be with thee, to brin^ about all Israel unto thee. 13 And he said. Well ; I will make a league with thee ; but one thing I require of thee : that is, ' thou 3 Or, showed him sel/ strong for * Or, the fault of this woman 5 Or, where he loas 3.14 II. SAMUEL 3,39 Abuer revolts to David. Joab suspects Abner, and marders him. David moaras for Abner fthalt not see my face, except thou "first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. 14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, De- liver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me ''for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from ^ Paltiel the son of Laish. 16 And her husband went with her, weep- ing as he went, and followed her to " Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him. Go, return : and he returned. 17 And Abner had communica- tion with /the elders of Israel, say- ing, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you : 1 8 now then do it ; for Jehovah hath spoken of David, saying, *By the hand of my servant David I will save my ?eople Israel out of the hand of the hilistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. 19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin : and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to ■^the whole house of Benjamin. 20 So Abner came to David to He- bron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. 21 And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and ^ will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that ''thou mayest reign overall that thy soul desireth. And David sent Abner away ; and he went in peace. 22 And, behold, 'the servants of David and Joab came from " a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them : but Abner was not with David in Hebron ; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in geace. 23 When Joab and all the ost that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said. What hast thou done*? behold, Abner came unto thee ; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone'? 25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know *thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. 26 And when 1 In 1 S. 25. 44, Palti. 2 Heb. the troop " 1 S. 18. 20 ; 19. 11 b 1 S. 18. 25, 27 "ch. 16. 6 d 1 S. 8. 4 " 1 S. 9. 16 ; 16. 28 / 1 S. 10. 20, 21 " ver. 10, 12 '' 1 K. 11. 37 ' 1 S. 27. 8 * Dt. 28. 6 ; 1 S. 29. 6 ' ch. 2. 23 ; 20. 9, 10 ; 1 K. 2. 6 "' Dt. 21. 6-9 ; 1 K. 2. 31- 33 " Lev. 13. 46 " ch. 2. 23 J' Gen. 37. 34 ; Judg. 11.35 9 ch. 1. 17 ; 2 Chr. 35. 25 •■ ch. 12. 17 ' 1 S. 3. 17 ' ch. 1. 12 1 Chr. 29. 1 : 2 Chr. 13. 7 307 Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the ^ well of Sirah : but David knew it not. 27 And when Abner was re- turned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and ' smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. 28 And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jeho- vah for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner : 29 '"let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab "one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread. 30 So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, " because he had killed _ their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. 3 1 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, ^Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier. 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner ; and all the people wept. 33 And *the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth? 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him. 35 And all the people came ''to cause David to eat oread while it was yet day; but David sware, saying, * God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, 'till the sun be down. 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them ; as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. 37 So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 38 And the king said unto his servants. Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel 1 39 And I am this day " weak, though 3 Or, cistern 4.1 II. SAMUEL 5.9 Jonatiian's Lame Son. Ishbosheth killed. His Murderers executed. David Kin^ of Israel and Judali. He captures Ziou anointed king ; and these men " the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me : ' Jehovah reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness. 4 And when Ish-bosketh, Saul's son, heard that ''Abner was dead in Hebron, '^ his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. 2 And Ish-hosheth, Saul's son, had two men that were cap- tains of bands : the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rim- mon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for " Beeroth also is reckoned ■''to Benjamin : 3 and the Beerothites fled to ^Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day). 4 Now * .Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the Hidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel ; and his nurse took him up, and fled : and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was ^ Mephib- osheth. 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day *to the house of Ish- bosheth, as he took his rest at noon. 6 And '^they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat ; and ' they smote him in the body : and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. 7 Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote him, and slew him, and be- headed him, and took his head, and '"went by the way of the Arabah all night. 8 And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king. Be- hold, the head of Ish-bosheth, " the son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life ; and Jehovah hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 9 Ana David answered Rechab and Baa- nah his brother, the soixs of Rim- mon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As Jehovah liveth, " who hath redeemed my soul out of all adver- sity, 10 ^ when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings,! took hold of him, and slew him in Zik- 1 In 1 Chr. 8. 34 ; 9. 40, Aferib-baal. * Or, there came . . . men /etching wheat ° ch. 19. 5-r 6 1 K. 2. 32- 34 " ch. 3. 27 ri Ezr. 4. 4 " Josh. 9. 17 /Josh. 18. 25 -' Neh. 11. 33 '' ch. 9. 3, 6 ' 1 S. 31. 1-4 fc ch. 2. 8 ' ch. 2. 23 "' ch. 2. 29 " 1 S. 24. 4 , 25. 29 ° 1 K. 1. 29 P ch. 1. 2, 4, 15 «Gen. 9. 5; Pa. 9. 12 '■ ch. 1. 15 ' ch. 3. 32 ' 1 Chr. 11. 1-3 " ch. 19. 13 " 1 S. 18. 5, 13, 16 " ch. 7. 7 ; Gen. 49. 24 y 1 S. 25. 30 ^ ch. 3. 21 " ch. 2. 4 ; 1 S. 16. 13 b Gen. 41. 46; Num. 4. 3 ; Lk. 3. 23 '' 1 K. 2. 11 ; 1 Chr. 26. 31 d ch. 2. 11 ' 1 Chr. 11. 4-9 /Josh. 15. 63 ; 18. 28 ; Judg. 1. 21 ^ ch. 6. 12, 16 ; 1 K. 2. 10 ; 9. 24 >>■ ver. 7 lag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings. 1 1 How much moi'e, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now « re- quire his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earths 1 2 And *" David commanded his young men, and they slew thern, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, * and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron. 5' Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying. Behold, we are "thy bone and thy flesh. 2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, "it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel : and .Jehovah said to thee, " Thou shalt be shep- herd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be ^ * prince over Israel. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron ; and king David -made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah : and "* they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was * thirty years old when he began to reign, and " he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron ''he reigned over Judah seven years and six months ; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three yearp over all Israel and Judah. 6 "And the king and his men went to ■''Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spake unto David, say- ing, ''Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither; thinking, David cannot come in hither. 7 Never- theless David took the stronghold of Zion ; the same is " the city of David. 8 And David said on that day. Whosoever smiteth the Jebu- sites, let him get up to the water- course, ^and smite the lame and the blind, ''that are hated of David's soul. Wherefore they say, '' There are the blind and the lame ; he cannot come into the house. 9 And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it ''the city of David. And David built round about from 3 Or, leader * Or, Thou shalt not come in hither, out the blind and the lame shall turn thee away 5 Or, and, as for the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul— 6 Another reading is, that hate David's soul. 7 Or, The blind and the lame shall not comi into the house 308 5.10 II. SAMUEL 6.12 David's House and Family. He defeats the Pliilistines. Tlic Ark Lronght to Percz-ozzah. Uzzali's Death "Millo and inward. 10 And 'David waxed greater and greater ; for Je- hovah, the God of hosts, was with him. 1 1 "And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar- trees, and carpenters, and masons ; and ''they built David a house. 12 And David perceived that Je- hovah had estabhshed him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 13' And "David took him more concubines and wives out of Jeru- salem, after he was come from He- bron ; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 1 4 And •'' these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem : Sliammua, and Shobab, and Na- than, and Solomon, 1-5 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 16 and Elishama, and ^Eliada, and Eliphelet. 17 And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, *all the Philistines went up to seek David ; and David heard of it, and went down to the ''stronghold. 18 Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in ' the valley of Ileph- aim. 19 And * David inquired of Jehovah, saying. Shall I go up against the Philistines 1 wilt thou deliver them into my hand 1 And ' Jehovah said unto David, Go up ; for I will certainly deliver the Phi- listines into thy hand. 20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there ; and he said, Jehovah hath ^broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place ^Baal-"'perazim. 21 And they left their images there; and "David and his men took them away. 22 And "the Philistines came iip yet again, and spread themselves in the vaJley of Pephaim. 23 And when ^ David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up : make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the * mul- berry-trees. 24 And it shall be, when 5 thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mul- berry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself ; for then is ''Jehovah 1 In 1 Chr. 14. 7, Beeliada. 2 Or, broken forth vpon mine enemies 3 That is, Thf place of breakings forth. * Or, balsam-trees " 1 K. 9. 15, 24 b ch. 3. 1 ' 1 Chr. 14. 1 i 1 K. 5. 2, 10, 18 rf Ps. 30. title " Dt. 17. 17 ; 1 Chr. 3. 9 . / 1 Chr. 3. 5-8 -" 1 S. 29. 1 ''ch. 23. 14; 1 Chr. 11. 16 ' Gen. 14. 6 ; Josh. 15. 8 ; 17. 15 ; 18. 16 «; 1 S. 23. 2 ' ch. 2. 1 '" Is. 28. 21 " 1 Chr. 14. 12 ° ver. 18 '' ver. 19 « 2 K. 7. C »■ Judg. 4. 14 » Is. 28. 21 t Josh. 12. 12 ; 21. 21 " 1 Chr. 13. 5-14 "Josh. 15. 9, 10 ; 1 S. 7. 1 ^ Lev. 24. 16 " Ex. 25. 22 = 1 S. 6. 7 « 1 S. 7. 1 b 1 S. 18. 6, 7 "^ 1 Chr. 13. 8 d 1 Chr. 13. 9 " Num. 4. 15, 19, 20 / 1 S. 6. 19 ? 1 Chr. 26. gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 25 And David did so, as Jehovah com- manded him, and smote the Phi- listines from **Geba until thou come to ' Gezer. 6 "And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him, from " Baale-judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, ^ which is called by the "" Name, even the name of Jehovah of hosts that '^^sitteth above the cherubim. 3 And they set the ark of God upon ^a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in ** the hill : and Uzzali and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. 4 And " they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in ^the hill, with the ark of God : and Ahio went before the ark. 5 And David and all the house of Israel 'played before Je- hovah "with all manner of instrii- ments 7nade o/ "fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with "castanets, and with cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshing-floor of "^Nacon, Uzzah "put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it ; for the oxen " stumbled. 7 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah ; and -^ God smote him there for his '" error ; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzzah ; and he called that place ^^Perez-uzzah, unto this day. 9 And David was afraid of Jehovah that day ; and he said. How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me 1 10 So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah unto him into the city of David ; but David carried it aside into the house of "Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of Jehovah re- mained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months : and Je- hovah blessed Obed-edom, and all his house. 12 And it was told king David, saying, Jehovah hath blessed the 5 In 1 Chr. 14. 10, Glbeon. ^ Heb. whereupon is called the Na.m,e. 7 Or, is enthroned ^ Or, Gibeah ^ Or, cypress-wood ' i" Or, sistra 1' Or, were restive Or, threw it down •2 Or, rashness 13 That is, The breach of Uszah. 309 6.13 II. SAMUEL 7.14 The Ark bronght to Jernsalem. Michal taonts David. David plans to build a Temple. Cod's Message to him house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. " And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into 'the city of David with joy. 13 And it was so, that, when they that bare the ark of Jenovah had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a f atling. 1 4 And " David danced before Jehovah with all his might ; and David was '' girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 1 6 And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that "Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the \vindow, and saw king David leaping and dancing before .Jehovah ; and she despised him in her heart. 1 7 And they brought in the ark of Jeho- vah, and set it-'^in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it ; and 'J David oflfered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah. ' 18 And when David had made an end of offering the burjit-offering and the peace- offerings, '' he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts. 1 9 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude or Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a portion ^of flesJi, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed every one to his house. 20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said. How glorious was the king of Israel to-day, ' who un- covered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shame- lessly uncovereth himself ! 21 And David said unto Michal, ^ It tvas before Jehovah, who chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the peo- ple of Jehovah, over Israel : there- fore will I play before Jehovah. 22 And I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in mine own sight : but of the handmaids of whom thou hast spoken, of them shall I be had in honor. 23 And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. 1 Or, of wine " 1 Chr. 15. 25-16. 3 6 1 K. 8. 1 ' El. 15. 20, 21 , Judg. II. 34 d Ex. 19. 6 ; 1 S. 2. 18, 28 « ch. 3. 14 / 1 Chr. 15. 1 ; 2 Chr. 1. 4 '' 1 K. 8. 62- 65 ^ 1 K. 8. 14, 15 ' ver. 14, 16 *: 1 S. 13. 14 ; 15. 28 ' 1 Chr. ir. •i-2r "' ver. 17 ; ch. 12. 1 ; 1 K. 1.22;lChr. 29. 29 ; 2 Chr. 9. 29 " ch. 5. 11 " Ex. 26. 1 J' 1 K. 8. 17, 18 9 1 K. 5. 3, 4 ; 8. 19 '■ Josh. 18. 1 ; 1 K. 8. 10 ' Ex. 40. 18, 34 < Lev. 20. 11, 12 " ch. 5. 2 " 1 S. 16. 11, 12 ; Ps. 78. 70,71 ' ch. 6. 21 V ch. 5. 10 ■ Ps. 18. 37- 42 " Ex. 15. Is. 5. 2 17, 7 b Pa. 89. 23 ; Is. 18 22, 60. ■^Judg.J 10 ; 1 S 9-U 'I ver. 1 .14- . 12. ' ver. 27 1 S. 25. / 1 K 2. 28 1 !' 1 K. 6. 12 ; 8. 19 h Is. 9. 7 ; 49, 8 ■ Heb. 1. 5 ; Ps. 89. 26, 27 310 7^ And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and Jehovah had given him rest from all his enemies round about, 2 that the king said unto '* Nathan the prophet. See now, I dwell in "a house of cedar, but the ark of God "dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan said to the king, ^ Go, do all that is in thy heart ; for Jehovah is with thee. 4 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Jehovah came unto Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, * Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in 1 6 for *■ I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked *in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 'In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with '^any of the tribes of Israel, "whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying. Why have ye not built me a house of cedar? 8 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, " I took thee from the ^ sheepcote, from following the sheep, that ^thou shouldest be ^prince over my people, over Is- rael ; 9 and '•' 1 have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and - have cut off all thine enemies from before thee ; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth. 10 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and "will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more ; * neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first, 1 1 and as ^from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel ; and "^ I ^ will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. ]\Ioreover Jeho- vah telleth thee that ''Jehovah will make thee a house. 12 -^When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will .set up thy seed after thee, that shah pro- ceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 ''He shall build a house for my name, and '' I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 'I will be his father, and he shall be my 2 In 1 Chr. 17. 3 Or, pasture 6, anv of the j'udoes. * Or, leader 5 Or, have caused 7.15 II. SAMUEL 8.10 David's Prayer and ThanksgiviDg. His Victories over Pliilistia, Illoab, Zobab, and Syria son : "if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod or men, and with the stripes of the children of men ; 15 but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, ''as 1 took it from ISaul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And "thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee : thy throne shall be established for ever. 17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 18 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah ; and he said, "* Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far ? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah ; " but thou hast S]3oken also of thy servant's house tor a great while to come : ' and -^ this too after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah ! 20 And what can David say more unto theel for ^thou knowest thy ser- vant, O Lord Jehovah. 21 ''For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heail, hast thou wrought all this greatn'ss, to make thy ser- vant know it. 22 Wherefore ' thou art great, O Jehovah God : for * there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, 'ac- cording to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 ^ And '"what one nation in the earth is like thy peo- ple, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and "to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before "thy people, whom ^'tHou redeemedst to thee out of Egsrpt, from the nations and their gods? 24 And 'thou didst establish to thj^self thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever ; and '"thou, .Jehovah, becamest their God. 25 And now, O Jehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. _ 26 And *let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is God over Is- rael ; and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee. 27 For thou, O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, hast re- 1 Or. and is this the law of man, 0 Lord Jehovah ? 2 Or, And who is like thy people, like Israel, a nation that is alone in the earth &c. "1 K. n. 34; Ps. 89. 30- 33 b 1 S. 16. 23 ; 16. 14 "^ ver. 13 ; Ps. 89. 36, .37 d Ex. ,3. 11 ; 1 S. 18. 18 " ver. 11-16 ; 1 Chr. 17. 17 / Is. 65. 8, 9 !' I S. 16. 7 ; Jn. 21. 17 ft 1 Chr. 17. 19 i Dt. 3. 24 ; Ps. 48. 1 ; 86. 10 fc Ex. 16. 11 ; 1 S. 2. 2 ' Ex. 10. 2 ; Ps. 44. 1 '" Dt. 4. 32-38 " Dt. 10. 21 " Dt. 15. 15 P Dt. 9. 26 1 Dt. 32. 6 '' Gen. 17. 7, 8 ; Ex. 6. 7 « Ps. 72. 18, 19 ' ver. 13 " Ex. 34. 6 ; ■Jn. 17. 17 " Num. 6. 24-26 ^ 1 Chr. 18 y Num. 24. 17 ' 1 S. 22. 3, 4 " ver. 0 ; 1 K. 4. 21 ; 2 K. 3. 4 b 2 K. 17. 3 '^ ch. 10. 16, 19 ; 1 S. 14. 47 d ch. 10. 15-19 "■Josh. 11. 6,9 /I K. 11. 23- 25 ; 15. 18 " ver. 2 A ch. 3. 18 '■ Ezek. 47. 16 fc 1 K. 8. 65 ; 2 Chr. 8. 4 vealed to thy servant, saying, 'I will build thee a house : therefore hath thy servant ^ found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and "thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant : 29 now therefore * let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee ; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it : and " with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. 8"^ And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them : and David took ^ the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And ^he smote ^Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground ; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And " the Moab- ites became servants to David, and * brought tribute. 3 David smote also "Hadadezer the son of Kehob, king of Zobah, as '' he went to recover his dominion at "^ the River. 4 And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : and David " hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. 5 And when ''•^the Syri- ans of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of ''the Syi'ians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in ''Syria of Damascus; and ''^the Syrians be- came servants to David, and brought tribute. And ''Jehovah *gave victory to David whitherso- ever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from ^Betah and from *Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took ex- ceeding much brass. 9 And when Toi king of *Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 10 then Toi sent ^"Joram his son unto king 3 Or, been bold * Or, begin and bless 5 Or, Metheg-ammah 6 Another reading is, the river Euphrates. ' Heb. Aram. s Or, saved David 9 In. 1 Chr. 18. 8, Tibhath. i» In. 1 Chr. 18. 10, Hadoram. 311 a 11 II. SAMUEL 10.3 King Toi's Present. Edom snlidaed. David's Officers. His Kinduess to Mepliibosheth. His Message to Haiiuu David, to ^ salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him : for Hadadezer '" had wars with Toi. And ^Joram brought with him ves- sels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass : 11 " these also did king David dedicate unto Jeho- vah, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued ; 12 of ■* Syria, and *of Moab, and "of the children of Am- nion, and of ''the Philistines, and of * Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadad- ezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 13 And -^ David gat him a name when he returned from smiting ^ the Syrians in ^ the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men. 14 And he put garrisons in Edom ; throughout all Edom put he garri- sons, and ^ all the Edomites became servants to David. And* Jehovah "gave victory to David whitherso- ever he went. 15 And David reigned over all Israel ; and David executed jus- tice and righteousness unto all his people. 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host ; and * Je- hoshaphat the son of Ahilud was '''recorder; 17 and ™Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were " priests ; and Seraiah was ^ " scribe ; 1 8 and ^ Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ® tvas over the * Cherethites and the Pele- thites ; and David's sons were "*■ chief ministers. 9 And David said. Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, Hhat I may show him kind- ness for Jonathan's sake"? 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose. name was Ziba, and they called him unto David ; and the king said unto him. Art thou 'Ziba"? And he said. Thy servant is he. 3 And the king said. Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the " kindness of God unto him % And Ziba said unto the king, " .Jonathan hath yet a son, who is lame of his feet. 4 And the king said unto him. Where is he % And Ziba said unto the king. Behold, he is ^ in the house of Ma- 1 Heb. ash him of his welfare. 2 Heb. xuas a man of wars. 3 Heb. in his hand were. * Heb. Aram. 5 Edom, in 1 Chr. 18. 11, 12 ; Ps. 60. title. 6 Or, saved David 7 Or, chronicler ^ Or secretary 9 So' in ch. 20. 23, and 1 Chr. IS. 17. The He- brew text has, and the Cherethites ifec. 10 Or, priests " 1 K. 7. 51 '' ver. 2 '^ ch. 10. 14 d ch. 5. 17-25 " 1 S. 27. 8 ; 30. 17-20 /ch. 7. 9 y 2 K. 14. 7 h Gen. 27. 37-40; Num. 24. 17, 18 ' ver. 6 k 1 K. 4. 3 ' 2 K. 18. 18, 37 "' 1 Chr. 6. 4-8 " 1 Chr. 16. 39, 40 " 2 K. 18. 18 PlK.i.i 1 ch. 15. 18 ; 20. 7, 23 ; 1 S. 30. 14 ; 1 K. 1. 38, 44 *■ 1 Chr. 18. 17 * 1 S. 20. 14- 17, 42 * ch. 16. 1-4 ; 19. 17, 29 " 1 S. 20. 14 " ch. 4. 4 " ch. 17. 27-29 « ch. 16. 4 ; 19. 24-30 ^ 1 S. 26. 23 " ver. 1, 3 b ch. 12. 8 ' ch. 19. 28 ; 1 K. 2. 7 ; 2 K. 25. 29 rfcll. 16.9 " ch. 16. 4 ; 19. 29 /ver. 7, 11, 13 'J ch. 19. 28 ; 1 K. 2. 7 h 1 Chr. 8. 34 i ver. 7, 11 : ver. 3 : 1 Chr. 19. 1-19 1 S. 11. 1 " 1 S. 11. 1 312 chir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. 5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. 6 And * Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and ^fell on his face, and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he an- swered. Behold, thy servant ! 7 And David said unto him. Fear not ; for "I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and * will restore thee all the " land of Saul thy father ; and " thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 8 And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such ''a dead dog as I am 1 9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, " All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given unto thy master's son. 10 And thou shalt till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants ; and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have bread to eat : but •'^ Mephibosheth thy master's son ''shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 11 Then said Ziba unto the king. According to all that my lord the king com- mandeth his servant, so shall thy servant do. ^'■^As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. 1 2 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was '' Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba w6re servants unto Mephibosheth. 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jeru- salem ; for 'he did eat continually at the king's table. And *he was lame in both his feet. "t C\ l-^iid it came to pass after JL v^ this, that '" the king of the children of Amnion died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. ^ 2 And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of "Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him con- cerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Think- est thou that David doth honor thy 11 Heb. field. 12 Or, But Mephibosheth eateth &c. 10.4 II. SAMUEL 11.8 David's Servants abnsed by Hanan. He defeats allied Ammoii and Syria. Tlie Siege of Rabbah. David's Sin against Uriali father, in that he hath sent comfort- ers unto thee 1 " hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to over- throw it? 4 So Hanun took Da- vid's servants, and ' shaved off the one half of their beards, and "cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them ; fou the men were greatly asharned. And the king said. Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 And when the children of Am- mon saw that '' they wei^e become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and "hired the Syri- ans of -^ Beth-rehob, and the "Syri- ans of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of '' Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heai'd of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Am- mon came out, and put the battle in array 'at the entrance of the gate ; and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of *Tob and Maacah, were by themselves 'in the field. 9 Now when Joab saw that Hhe battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Isi'ael, and put them in array against the Syrians : 10 and the rest of the people he com- mitted into the hand of ^Abishai his brother ; and he put them in array against the children of Arn- mon. 1 1 And he said. If the Syri- ans be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me ; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. 1 2 ™ Be of good courage, and " let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God : and " Je- hovah do that which seemeth him good. 13 So .Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians : and ^they fled before him. 1 4 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. * Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. 15 And when the Syrians saw 1 Heb. the face of the battle was against. 2 Heb. Abshai. " Gen. 42. 9, 16 6 Is. 15. 2 ; Jer. 41. 5 ' Is. 20. 4 d Gen. 34. 30 ; 1 S. 27. 12 " ch. 8. 3, 6 ; 2 K. 7. 6 /Gen. 36. 37 ; Judg. 18. 28 " ch. 8. 3 '' Dt. 3. 14 ' 1 Chr. 19. 9 «-• Judg. 11. 3, 6 ' Josh. 13. 9, 16 '" Dt. 31 6; Josh. 1. 6 " 1 Cor. 16. 13 ° 1 S. 3. 18 P 1 K. 20. 13-21 « ch. 11 1 '■ ch. 8. 3-8 " 1 Chr. 19. 16 « 1 Chr 19. 18 " ch. 8. 3 " 1 Chr. 20. 1 ^ ch. 10. 14 ; 1 K. 20. 22, 26 V ch. 12. 26- 28 ; Jer. 49. 2, 3 ; Am. 1. 14 ^ ch. 4. 5, 7 " Dt. 22. 8 ; 1 S. 9. 25 ; Mt. 24. 17 ; Acts 10. 9 b 1 Chr. 3. 6 d Ps. 51. title ; Jas, 1. 14, 15 " Lev. i; 5; 15. 19- 28 ; 18. 19 2- /Lev. 20. 10 ; Dt. 22. 22 . " Gen. 37. 14 ; 1 S. 17. that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered them- selves together. 1 6 *■ And ^ Hadar- ezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were loeyond the River : and they came to Helam, with SShobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head. 1 7 And it was told David ; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the .Jordan, and came to Helam. _ And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel ; and Da- vid slew of the Syrians ' the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there. 19 And when all the kings that were ser- vants to Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, "they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. n^And it came to pass, *at the return of the j^ear, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel ; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and ^ besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalern. 2 And it came to pass at even- tide, that ^ David arose from off his bed, and walked upon "the roof of the king's house : and from the roof he saw a woman bathing ; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said. Is not this *Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of " Uriah the Hittite ? 4 And David sent messengers, and took her ; and she came in unto him, and ''he lay with her (" for she was purified from her uncleanness) ; and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived ; and she sent and told David, and said, -^I am with child. 6 And David sent to Joab, my- ing. Send me Uriah the Hittite. And .Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, «■ David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, Go 3 In ch. 8. 3, Hadadezer. 313 11.9 II. SAMUEL 12.5 David's Sin against Uriah. The Death of Uriah. Darid marries Bathsheba. fiathan's Parable down to thy house, and " wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there fol- lowed him *a 'mess of food from the king. 9 But Uriah slept "at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and ■vyent not down to his house. 10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Art thou not come from a journey'? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thy house 1 11 And Uriah said unto David, "^ The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths ; and my lord Joab, and 'the ser- vants of my lord, are encamped in the open field ; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife 1 •''as thou liv- est, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 1 2 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jeru- salem - that day, and the morrow. 13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him ; and he made him drunk : and at even he went out to lie on his bed ^ with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David ''wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying. Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the ^hottest battle, and retire ye from him, *that he may be smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab *kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were. 1 7 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab : and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David ; and * Uriah the Hittite died also. 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war ; 19 and he charged the messenger, saying. When thou hast made an end of telling all the things con- cerning the war unto the king, 20 it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee. Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight % knew ye not that 1 Or, present from 2 Or, that dnv. And on the morrow David called him, and he &c. 3 Heb. strong. * Or, observed " Gen. 43. 24 ; Lk. 7. 44 b Gen. 43. 34 ' 1 K. 14. 27, 2S d ch. 7. 2, 6 " ch. 20. 6 /ch. 4.9; 14. 19 y ver. 9 '' 1 K. 21. 8- 10 ' ch. 12. 9 k ver. 21 ' Judg. 9. 50- 64 • Gen. 50. 10 ; Dt. 34. 8; 1 S. 31. 13 " ch. 12. 9 " Ps. 51. 4, 5 P ch. 7. 2, 4, 17 1 Ps. 51. title "■ ch. 14. 4-7 ; 1 K. 20. 35- 41 ' ch. 11. 3 314 they would shoot from the wall? 21 who 'smote Abimelech the son of ^Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died at Thebez 1 why went ye so nigh the wain then shalt thou say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22 So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said unto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entrance or the gate. 24 And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall ; and some of the king's servants are dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 25 Then David said unto the messenger. Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing dis- please thee, for the sword devour- eth one as well as another; make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it : and en- courage thou him. 26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, '"she made lamentation for her husband. 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and " she became his wife, and bare him a son. But "the thing that David had done displeased Jeho- vah. ■i O And Jehovah sent ^Na- _L.^ than unto David. And *he came unto him, and '"said unto him, There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. 2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds ; 3 but the poor man had nothing, save 'one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfar- ing man that was come unto nim, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 5 'And David's anger was greatly kindled against 6 In Judg. G. 32, Jerubbaal 12.6 II. SAMUEL 12.29 Nathan's Reproof of David. Death of David's Child. Solomon's Birth. David goes to Rabbah the man ; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this is '"worthy to die : 6 and he shall restore the lamb * fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. 7 And Nathan said to David, "Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, "^1 anointed thee king over Israel, and I dehvered thee out of the hand of Saul ; 8 and I gave thee "thy master's house, and thy mas- ter's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah ; and if that had been too little, I would have added unto thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore -^hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do that which is evil in his sight ■? ^thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and /'hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore Hhe sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hit- tite to be thy wife. 1 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house ; and *I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For Hhou didst it secretly : but '" I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 And I)avid said unto Nathan, " I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath "put away thy .sin ; thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast '' given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blas- pheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And ^Jehovah struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child ; and David fasted, and went in, and ""lay all night upon the earth. 17 And Hhe elders of his house arose, and stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth : but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it 1 Heb. a son oj death. '^ 1 S. 26. 16 b Ex. 22. 1 " 1 K. 20. 42 <* 1 S. 16. 13 ' Ch. 9. 7 / 1 S. 16. 23, 26 9 ch. 11. 14- 17, 27 A ch. 11. 27 'ch. 13. 28; 18.14; iK. 2. 25 * ch. 16. 21, 22 ' ch. 11. 4-15 "' ch. 16. 22 " ch. 24. 10 ; 1 S. 15. 24, 30; Lk. 18. 13 " Prov. 28. 13 ; Lev. 20. 10 ; 24. 17 ; Mic. 7. 18 f Is. 62. 6 ; Rom. 2. 24 9 1 S. 25. 38 '■ ch. 13. 31 ; Neh. 1. 4 » Gen. 24. 2 « Mt. 6. 17 ' Is. 38. 1-3 ' Jon. 3. 9 " Gen. 37. 35 ' Job 7. 8-10 1 Chr. 22. 9 " 1 Chr. 20. 1-3 815 came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the ser- vants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead ; for they said. Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he hearkened not unto our voice : ^how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead ! 19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead ; and David said unto his servants, Is the child dead 1 And they said. He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and 'washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel ; and he came into the house of Jehovah, and worshipped : then he came to his own house ; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. 21 Then said his servants unto him. What thing is this that thou hast done 1 thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive ; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, " I fasted and wept : for I said, "Who knoweth v/hether Je- hovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may livel 2.3 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast 1 can I bring him back again 1 '^I shall go to him, but ^he will not return to me. 24 And David comforted Bath- sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her : and she bare a son, and ^"he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him ; 25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet ; and he called his name ''Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake. 26 "Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Am- mon, and took the royal city. 27 And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah ; yea, I have taken the city of waters. 28 Now there- fore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it ; lest I take the city, and ^it be called after my name. 29 And David gathered all the people together, and went 2 Or, how then shall we tdl him that the child li dead, so that he do himsc!f some harm, f 3 Another reading is, she called. < That is. Beloved of Jehovah. ^ Heb. my name be called upon it. 12.30 II. SAMUEL 13.20 Capture of Rabbah. Amnon's Abase of Tamar to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. 30 And he took the crown of Hlieir king from oflF his head ; and the weight thereof was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones ; and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceed- ing much. 31 And he broug;ht forth the people that were therein, and "put them -under saws, and ^ under han^ows of iron, and ^ under axes of iron, and ^made them pass through the "* brickkiln : and thus did he unto all the cities ' of the children of Amnion. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. •^ O And it came to pass after _L O this, that *" Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was " Tamar ; and '^ Amnon the son of David loved her. 2 And Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar ; for she was a virgin ; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything unto her. 3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab. the son of "-'Shimeah, David's brother : and Jonadab was a very subtle man. 4 And he said unto him, Why, O son of the king, art thou thus lean ° from day to day '\ wilt thou not tell me 1 And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 5 And Jonadab said unto him. Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thy- self sick : and when thy father cometh ■''to see thee, say unto him. Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand. 6 So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick : and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king. Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and ''make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand. 7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying. Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house ; and he was laid down. And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the 1 Or, Malcam See Zeph. 1. s. 2 Or. to 3 Or, with a slight change in the Hebrew text, made them labor at ■» Or, brick-mould * Heb. morning by morning. " Heb. n. .37 * ch. 3. 2, 3 ; 1 Chr. 3. 2 " 1 Chr. 3. 9 rf ch. 3. 2 " 1 S. IG. 9 /2 K. 8. 29 " Gen. 18. 6 A Gen. 4.5. 1 '■ Lev. 20. 17 t Judg. 19. 23 ; 20. 6 ' Gen. 20. 12 '■ Gen. 37. 3, 23 ; Judg. ' I S. 4. 12; Esth. 4. 1 ; Jer. 2. 37 'ch. 1. 11 ; Gen. .■?-. 29 ' Jer. 2. 37 cakes. 9 And she took the pan, and poured them out before him ; but he refused to eat. And Am- non said, '' Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. 10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from thy hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the cham- ber to Amnon her brother. 11 And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister. 12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not ''force me; for 'no such thing ought to be done in Israel : do not thou this '^ folly. 13 And I, whither .shall I carry my shamed and as for thee, thou wilt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now there- fore, I pray thee, speak unto the king ; for ' he will not withhold me from thee. 14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice ; but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her. 1 5 Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred ; for the hatred wherewith he hated her v/as greater than the love where- with he had loved her. And Am- non said unto her. Arise, be gone. 16 And she said unto him, ''Not so, because this great wrong in putting me forth is worse than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 17 Then he called his ser- vant that ministered unto him, and said. Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 18 And she had '^'"a garment of divers colors upon her ; for with such robes were the king's daugh- ters that were virgins appai^elled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 19 And "Tamar put ashes on her head, and "rent her garment of divers colors that was on her ; and ^she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went. 20 And Absalom her brother said unto her. Hath "Amnon thy brother been with thee^ but now hold thy peace, my sister : he is 6 Heb. humble. 1 Or, Think not there is occasion for this area wrong in putting me forth, which is worse &c. 8 Or, a lonq garment with sleeves * Heb. Aminon. 316 13.21 II. SAMUEL 14.7 Absalom avenges Taiitar. IHurder of Amuon. Absalom flees to Geslinr. Joab proenres Absalom's Recall thy brother ; take not this thing to heart. So Tamar remained des- olate "in her brother Absalom's house. 21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. 22 And Absalom spake unto Amnon * neither good nor bad ; for Absalom hated Am- non, because he had forced his sister Tamai'. 23 And it came to pass after two full j'ears, that Absalom " had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim : and Absalom invited all the king's sons. 24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers ; lei: the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant. 25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee. And he pressed him : howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. 26 Then •* said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee] 27 But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. 28 And Absalom com- manded his sei^vants, saying, Mark ye now, " when Amnon's heart is merry with wine ; and when I say unto you. Smite Amnon, then kill him ; fear not ; have not I com- manded you ? be coui'ageous, and be valiant. 29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons ai-ose, and every man gat him up upon -^his mule, and fled. 30 And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. 31 Then the king arose, and ^rent his garments, and ''lay on the earth ; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. 32 And * Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, an- swered and said. Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons ; for Amnon only is dead : for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. 33 Now therefore let not my lord the king *take the thing to his ° ch. 14. 24 b Gen. 31. 24 "^ 1 S. 25. T d ch. 3. 27 ; 11. 13-ia *■ Judg. 19. 6, 9, 22 ; 1 S. 25. 36-38 /ch. 18. 9; 1 K. 1. 33, 38 'J ch. 1. 11 h ch. 12. 10 ' ver. 3-5 k ch. 19. 19 ' ver. 37, 38 '" Sh. 18. 24 " ver. 34 " ch. 3. 3 P ch. 14. 23, 32 ' ver. 34 •■ ch. 12. 19- 23 ' ch. 13. 39 < ch. 23. 26 ; 2 Chr. 11. 6; Am. 1. 1 "IK. 20. 35- 43 " ch. 12. 20 ^ ver. 19 y 1 S. 25. 23 ^ 2 K. 6. 26- 28 " ver. 6-21 with ch. 12. 1-7 '' Num. 35. 19 ; Dt. 19. 12, 13 " Mt. 21. 38 317 heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead ; for Amnon only is dead. 34 But 'Absalom fled. And *" the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him. 35 And Jonadab said unto the king. Behold, the king's sons are come : as thy servant said, so it is. 36 And it came to pass,' as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept : and the king also and all his ser- vants wept ^ very sore. 37 But "Absalom fled, and went to " Talmai the son of '■^ Ammihur, king of ^Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. 38 * So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there thi'ee years. 39 And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom : for 'he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. MNow Joab the son of Ze> ruiah perceived that 'the king's heart was toward Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to 'Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pi'ay thee, "feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning appai-el, I pray thee, and "anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead : 3 and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put ^the words in her mouth. 4 And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and ^ did obei- sance, and said, "^ Help, O king. 5 And the king said unto her. What aileth thee"? And she an- swered, "Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead. 6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there w^as none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him. 7 And, behold, * the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say. De- liver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, ''and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband 1 Heb. with a very cireat weepina. 2 Another reading is, Ammihud. 14.8 II. SAMUEL 14.30 Joab procares Absalom's Recall to Jerisalem. Absalom's Beauty. He is admitted to David's Presence neither name nor remainder upon the face of the eavth. 8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give chai^ge concerning thee. 9 And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, j\Iy loi'd, O king, "the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house ; and * the king and his throne be guiltless. 10 And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. 1 1 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, ''that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest _ they destroy my son. And he said, ''A.s Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 12 Then the woman said. Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said. Say on. 1 3 And the woman said, " Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the pe<^ple of Godl for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again •'his banished one. 14 For ^ we must needs die, and are ''as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he ' that is banished be not an outcast from him. 15 Now there- fore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid : and thy hand- maid said, I will now speak unto the king ; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant. 16 For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of * the inheritance of God. 17 Then thy handmaid said. Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be ' comfortable ; for as " ' an angel of God, so is my lord the king ^ to discern good and bad : and Jehovah thy God be with thee. 18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Kide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said. Let my lord the king now speak. 19 And the king said, Is 1 Heb. for rest. 2 Or, t/ie ^ Heb. to hear. "0611.43.9; 1 S. 25. 24 <> : K. 2. 33 " Num. 35. 19, 21 : Dt. 19. 4-10 ver. 28 ; ch. 16 2 'ch, 8. 17; 20. 25 d Num. 4. 15 ; 1 S. 4. 4, 5 <■ 1 S, 22. 20 / Ps. 43. 3 '■' Ex. 15. 13 ; Jer, 25. 30 ft 2 S. 11. 27 ; 1 Chr. 21. 7 ' 1 S. 3. 18 «-■ 1 S. 9. 6-9 ' ch. 17. 17 "' ch. 17. 16 ; Josh. 5. 10 " Esth. 6. 12 ; Ezek. 24. 17, 23 ° Is. 20. 2-4 P ver. 12 « ch 16. 23 ; 17. 14, 23 "■ Josh. 16. 2 " ch. 19. 35 ' ch. 16. 19 " ch. 17. 15, 16 " ver. 27 " ch. 17. 17 y ch. 16. 16 ; 1 Chr. 27. 33 ' ch. 16. 15 " ch. 15. 32 «- ch. 9. 2-13 " 1 S. 25. 18 d Judg. 10. 4 ^ ch. 17. 29 /ch. 9. 9, 10 -" ch. 19. 26, 27 '' ch. 3. 16 ; 17. IS '■ ch. 19. 16- 23 ; 1 K. 2. 8, 9, 44 «-■ Ex. 22. 28 1 S. 17. 43 ' ch. 12. 9 "' ch. 21. 1-9 servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant ; then wilt thou de- feat for me the counsel of Ahitho- phel. 35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests'? therefoi'e it shall be, that " what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36 Behold, they have there with them "their two sons, Ahim- aaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son ; and -^ by them ye shall send unto me everything that ye shall hear. 37 So Hushai, ^ Da- vid's friend, came into the city ; and ^Absalom came into Jerusalem. •^ /Z* And when David was "a -L\-/ little past the top of the as- cent, behold, *Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, '^with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer frviits, and a "' bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these"? And Ziba said, ''The asses are for the king's household to ride on ; and the bread and sum- mer fruit for the young men to eat ; and the wine, that 'such as are faint in the wilderness may drink. 3 And the king said. And where is •''thy master's son "? And '■' Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abicleth at Jerusalem ; for he said, To-day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephib- osheth. And Ziba said, I do obei- sance ; let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, O king. _ 5 And when king David came to ''Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, 'whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera ; he came out, and * cursed still as he came. 6 And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David : and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, 'thou man of l:)lood, and base fellow : 8 '" Jehovah hath re- turned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned ; and Jehovah hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son ; and, 4 Or, skin 320 16.9 11. SAMUEL 17.11 David's Forbearance towards Shimei. Husliai comes to Absalom. Ahitliopliel's Counsel to Absalom. Ilnsliai's Counsel behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood. 9 Then " said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should * this dead dog " curse my lord the king % let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. 10 And the king said, '' What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah 1 ^ " Because he curseth, and because Jehovah hath said unto him. Curse David ; •^who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so 1 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all his ser- vants, Behold, ''my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeketh my life : how much more may this Ben- jamite now do it% let him alone, and let him curse; ''for Jehovah hath bidden him. 12 It may be that Jehovah will look on the wrong done unto me, and 'that Jehovah will requite me good iorhis cursing of me this day. 1 3 So David and his men went by the way ; and Shimei Avent along on the hillside over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones 'at him, and cast dust. 14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came ^ weary ; and he I'efreshed himself there. 15 *And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithopnel with him. 16 And it came to pass, when 'Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that '"Hushai said unto Absalom, " Long live the king. Long live the king. _ 17 And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend"? "why wentest thou not with thy friend ■? 18^ And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay ; but whom Je- hovah, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide. 19 And again, ^'whom should I serve"? should L not serve in the presence of his sont as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence. 20 Then said Absalom to Ahitho- phel, Give your counsel what we shall do. 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, *Go in unto thy father's concubines, that he hath left to keep the house ; and all Israel will hear that thou art ab- 1 Or, Whev he cumetli, and ii^hen &c. Ano reading is. So let him curse, because. 2 Heb. over against. 3 Or, to Ayephim "cli. 19. 21; 1 S. m. 8 ; Lk. 0. 54 !> ch. 9. 8 ' Ex. 2-.'. 28 d ch. 3. 39 ; 19.22 *.Jn. 18. 11 / Rom. 9. 20 " ch. 12. 11 '' Gen. 4.5. .5 ; 1 S. 2G. 19 ' Dt. 23. 5 ; Rom. 8. 28 fc ch, 16. 12, 37 ' ch. 15. 37 "' cll. 15. 34 " 1 S. 10. 24; 2 K. 11. 12 " ch. 19. 25 P ch. 15. 34 8 ch. 16. 16 •■ ch. 15. 16 ; 20. 3 ' ch. 12. 11, 12 « ch. 17. 14, 23 " ch. 15. 12 " ch. IB. 14 =" 1 K. 22. 31 y ch. 15. 32- 34 ■ ch. 16. 21 ' Prov. 17. 12; Hos. bl S. 16. 18; 1 Chr. 22. 8 « Josh. 2. 9- 11 32J. horred of thy father : then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong. 22 So they spread Absa- lom a tent upon the top of the house ; 'and Aosalom went in unto his father's concubines "in the sight of all Israel. 23 And 'the counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the •* oracle of God : " so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Aosa- lom. 'i ^ Moreover Ahithophel said -L I unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I Avill arise and pursue after David this night : 2 and "I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid ; and all the people that are with him shall flee ; and "^ I will smite the king only ; 3 and I will bring back all the people unto thee : the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned : so all the people shall be in peace. 4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. 5 Then said Absalom, Call now ^ Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. 6 And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner : shall we do after his saying"? if not, speak thou. 7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, -'The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good. 8 Hushai said moreover, Thou know- est thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are ^ chafed in their minds, " as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field ; and thy father is a *man of war, and will not lodge with the people. 9 Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, ®when some of them are fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the peoi^le that follow Absalom. 10 And even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, " will utterly m^lt; for all Israel know- eth that thy father is a mighty man, and they that are with him are valiant men. 1 1 But I coun- sel that all Israel be gathered to- gether unto thee, '^ from Dan even * Heb. word. ■■• Heb. bitter of soul. 6 Or, when hefalleth upon them 17.12 II. SAMUEL 18.5 Hasbai's Conusel adopted. David urged to cross the Jordan. Ahitliopliel's Suicide. i1)salftm follows David to Beer-sheba, " as the sand that is by the sea for multitude ; and ^ that thou go to battle in thine own per- son. 12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him ''as the dew falleth on the ground ; and of him and of all the men tha.t are with him we will not leave so much as one. 13 More- over, if he ■^ be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will '" draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. 14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For ''Jehovah had ordained to defeat the good coun- sel of Ahithophel, to the intent that Jehovah might bring evil upon Absalom. 15 Then ""said Hushai unto Za- dok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel ; and thus and thus have I counselled. 16 Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ^ Lodge not this night ^ at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over ; lest the king be swal- lowed up, and all the people that are with him. 17 ^^ Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by '' En- I'Ogel ; and a maid-servant used to go and tell them ; and they went and told king David : for they might not be seen to come into the city. 18 But a lad saw them, and told Absalom : and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man \ in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither. 19 And * the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised grain thereon ; and nothing was known. 20 And Ab- salom's servants came to the woman to the house ; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan"? And 'the woman said unto them. They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find tnem, they returned to Jerusalem. 21 And it came to pass, after 1 Or, ihdt thv presence (Heb. face) go to the battle 2 Or, vnthdraiv himself 3 Another reading is, in the plains. 4 Or, Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz are staying by Enrogel ; so let the maid-servant go and tell them, and let them go and tell king David ; for they may not be seen to come into the city °- Gen. 22. 17 ; IS. 13. 5 bFa. 110. ."?; Mic. 6. 7 " Mic. 1. 6 1 K. 1. 42 "^ ch. 14. 4 ; 1 S. 25. 2.'i d I S. 17. 46 *-' ch. 20. U ; 2 K. 4. 2G /ver. 22 !* ver. 19 ; Judg. 5. 31 '' ver. 29 ' 1 S. 2.i. 26 * ch. 19. 4 ' Ex. 32. 32 ; Rom. 9. 3 '" ch. 18. 5, 14 " ch, 15. 30 " ch. 18. 33 Pch. 15. 2; 18. 24 1 ch. 18. ir ■ ch. 8. 1-14 ' ch. 5. 20 ; 8. 1 *rCh. 19. 1 in Heb.] « ch. 15. 29 *'ch. 5. 1 »^ch. 17.25 yiK 19. 2 ^ch. 8. 16 " ver ch. 5-7; 3. 27-: b Judg. 20. 1 324 son ! 5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said. Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thj^ servants, who this day have saved -thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines ; 6 in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee : for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had ipleased thee well. 7 Now there- tore arise, go forth, and speak com- fortably unto thy servants ; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night : and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now. 8 Then the king- arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, say- ing. Behold, the king is ^'sitting in the gate : and all the people came before the king. Now 'J Israel had fled every man to his tent. _ 9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, ''The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and *he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines ; and now ' he is fled out of the land from Absalom. 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in bat- tle. Now therefore why speak ye not a Avord of bringing the king back? 11 And "king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying. Speak unto the elders of .Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to bring him to his house. 12 Ye are my brethren, " ye are my bone and my flesh : wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? 13 And "^say ye to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh ? ^ God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not ^captain of the host before me continually " in the room of Joab. 1 4 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even *as the heart of one man ; so that they sent unto the king, saying. Return thou, and all thy servants. 15 So the king returned, and came to the 19.16 II. SAMUEL 19.38 Shimci's Confession. He is spared. David's Interview witli Mephiboslieth, and with Barzillai Jordan. And Judah came to "Gil- gal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan. 16 And *Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, who was of Bahu- rim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. 17 And there were a thou- sand men of Benjamin with him, and " Ziba the sei'vant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him ; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king. 18 And there went over ^a feri-y-boat to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he ^was come over the Jordan. 19 And he said unto the king, "^Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king sliould take it to bis heart. 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned : therefore, behold, I am come this day '■ the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. 21 But Abishai the son of Zeru- iah answered and said, •''(Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, ''because he cursed Jehovah's anointed 1 22 And David said, ''What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me"? 'shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over IsraeH 23 And the king said unto Shimei, * Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. 24 And ' Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king ; and '" he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor "washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. 25 And it came to pass, ^ when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, " wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth "? 26 And he answered. My lord, O king, my servant deceived me : for thy ser- vant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go 1 Or, the convoy 2 Or, would go over s Or, whe7i Jerusalem was come " Josh. 5. 9 ; 1 S. n. 14, 15 b Ch. 16. 6- 13 ; 1 K. 2. 8 " ver. 26, 27 , ch. 16. 1-4 rf ch. 16. 6-S ; 1 S. 22. 15 " ch. 16. 5 /ch. 16. 7, 8 '■' Ex. 22. 28 h ch. 3. 39 ; 16. 9, 10 i 1 S. 11. 13 *: 1 K. 2. 8 ' ch. 9. C-10 '" ch. 12. 20 " Ex. 19. 10 "ch. 16. 17 P ch. 9. 3 « ch. 16. 3, 4 »■ ch. 14. 17, 20 " ch. 21. 6-9 t ch. 9. 7, 10, " ch. 17. 27- 29 ; 1 K. 2.7 " Gen. 47. 8 ^ Ps. 90. 10 V Eccl. 2. 8 ; Is. 5. II, IS ^ ch. 15. 33 ' ver. 40 ; 1 K. 2. 7 ; Jer. 41. 17 * with the king ; * because thy ser- vant is lame. 27 And ^he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is '" as ^ an angel of God : do therefore what is good in thine eyes. 28 For 'all my father's house were but '^ dead men before my lord the king ; ' yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king ? 29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters'? I say. Thou and Ziba divide the land. 30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house. 31 And "Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Kogelim ; and he went over the Jordan with the king, to conduct him over the Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old : and he had provided the king with siistenance while he lay at Mahanaim ; for he was a very great man. 33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over w^ith me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusalem. 34 And Barzillai said unto the king, " How many are the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem "? 35 I am this day "" fourscore years old : can I discern between good and bad ? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink ? can I hear any more ^the voice of singing men and singing women 1 'wherefore then .should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king"? 36 Thy servant would but just go over the Jordan with the king : and why should the king recom- pense it me with such a reward 1 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, thy servant "Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king ; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. 38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee : and whatsoever thou * Another readin.£; is, to. 5 Qr, the s Heb. men of death. 325 19.39 11. SAMUEL 20. 15 Jealousy between Israel and Judnh. Slieba's Rebellion. Joab murders Auiasa, and pursues Sheha shalt ^ require of me, that will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over : and the king " kissed Barzillai, and blessed him ; and he returned unto his own place. 40 So the king went over to Gil- gal, and Chimham went over with him : and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also * half the people of Israel. 41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, ''Why have our brethren "^the men of Judah stolen thee a^yay, and brought the king, and his house- hold, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him? 42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because ''the king is near of kin to us : wherefoi'e then are ye angry for this matter 1 have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift? 43 And the men of Israel answered the men of .Judah, and said, ^ We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in IJavid than ye : why then did ye despise us, "that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of J udah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. O r\ And there happened to be ^\J s' there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of '' Bichri, a Benjamite : and he blew the trumpet, and said, *We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in * the son of -Jesse : ' every man to his tents, O Israel. 2 So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri ; but the men of -Judah clave unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jeru- salem. 3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem ; and ™ the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and Erovided them_ with sustenance, ut went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, * living in widow- hood. 4 Then said the king to " Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together 1 Heb. choose to lay upon. 2 Or, and were we not the first to speak of bring- ing back our king f * Heb. in widowhood of life. " ch. 14. 33 ; Gen. 31. ,Vi; Ruth 1. U >> ver. 9, 10 ' Judg. 8. 1 ; 12. 1 <' ver. 11, 12 ' ver. 12 /ch. o. l; 1 K. 11. 30, 31 ■" ch. 16. 7 '' Gen. 4U. 21 ' ch. 19. 43 ; 1 K. 12. 16 k 1 S. 22. 7-9 ' ch. 18. 17 ; 1 S. 13. 2 ; 2 Ohr. 10. 16 '"ch. 15. 10; 10. 21, 22 " ch. 17. 25 ; 19. 13 " 1 S. 13. 8 P ch. 21. 17 9ch. 11. 11 ; 1 K. 1. 33 »" ch. 8. 18 ; 1 K. 1. 38 ■' ch. 15. 18 t ch. 2. 13 ; 3. 30 " Mt. 20. 49 " ch. 2. 23 ; 3. 27 ; 1 K. 2.5 * ver. 13 y Num. 21. 16 ^ 1 K. 15. 20 ; 2 K. 15. 29 " 2 K. 19. .32 ; Ezek. 4. 2 326 within three days, and be thou here pi'esent. 5 So Amasa went to call the men of Judah together ; but he " tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. 6 And David said to ^'Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom : ''take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight. 7 And there went out after him Joab's men, and "" the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and * all the mighty men ; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 8 When they were at the great stone which is in * Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof ; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And "Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so "he smote him therewith in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again ; ana he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. 1 1 And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He that favoreth -Joab, and he that is for David, " let him follow -Joab. 12 And Amasa lay wallow- ing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the high- way into the field, and cast a gar- ment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. 13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maacah, and all the ^Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And they came and besieged him in 'Abel of Beth-maacah, and "they cast up a mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart ; and all the people that were with 20.16 II. SAMUEL 21.12 Slieba besieged and slain. David's Olficers. The Gibeouites avenged on Saal. Rizpah's Devotion to the Dead Joab ^ battered the wall, to throw it down. 16 Then cried "a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear ; say, I pi'ay you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. 17 And he came near unto her ; and the woman said. Art thou Joabl And he answered, I am. Then she said unto him, Hear tlie words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. 18 Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel : and so they ended the matter. 19 1 am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: *tliou seek- ^st to destroy a city and a mother in Israel : why wilt thou swallow up "the inheritance of Jehovah"? 20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. 21 The matter is not so : but a man of ''the hill-country of Ephraim, * Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David ; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 22 Then the woman went unto all the people •'^ in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And ^he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. 23 ''Now Joab was over all the host of Israel ; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the '^ Chereth- ites and over the Pelethites ; 24 and Adoram was over the men subject to taskwork ; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the ^recorder: 25 and Sheva was ''scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests ; 26 and also *Ira the Jairite was ^ chief minister unto David. Cp -^ ^ And there was * a famine ^ J- in the days of David three years, year after year ; and ' David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites. _ 2 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them (now the Gibeonites 1 Or, undermined 2 Another reading is, Carites. See 2 K. H. 4. 3 Or, chronicler * Or, secretary 5 Or, priest See 1 Chr. 18. 17. 15 "ch. 14. 2 * Dt. 20. 10 ' ch. 14. 16 ; 21. 3 ; 1 S. 20. ly d Josh. 24. 33 * ver. 2 /ver. 10; Eccl. 9. 13- 10 " ver. 1 '' ch. 8. 16- 18 ; 1 K. 4. 3-0 ' ch. 23. 38 fc Gen. 12. 10 ; 20. 1 ; 42. a ']Sum.2r.21 *" Josh. 9. 3, 15-20 " Ex. 34. 11- 10 ; Dt. 7. 2 ; 1 S. 28. 3 o.ch. 20. 19 ; 1 S. 26. 19 P Num. 35. 31, 32 9 ver. 1 "■ Num. 25. 4 * 1 S. 10. 24 t ch. 4. 4 ; 9. " 1 S. 18. 3 ; 20. 12-lT ; 23. 18 " ch. 3. 7 " 1 K. 19. 16 y Ex. 9. 31, 32 " Dt. 21. 23 ' 1 S. 17. 44, 40 6 1 S. 31. Il- ls were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amo- rites ; and ™ the children of Israel had sworn unto them : and Saul sought to slay them " in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah) ; 3 and David said unto the Gibeon- ites, What shall I do for you 1 and wherewith shall I make atonement, "that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah 'I 4 And the Gibeonites said unto him, ^It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house ; '^ neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. 5 And they said unto the king, ''The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, '^ that we should be de- stroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, 6 let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up *■ unto Jehovah in Gibeali of Saul, 'the chosen of Jehovah. And the king said, I will give them. 7 But the king spared * Mephibo- sheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, "because of Jehovah's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 But the king took the two sons of "Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth ; and the five sons of ** Michal the daugh- ter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the^'Me- holathite : 9 and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the moun- tain before Jehovah, and they fell all seven together. And they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at ^ the beginning of barley harvest. 10 ''And Kizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the be- ginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven ; and " she suffered neither the birds of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concunine of Saul, had done. 1 2 And David went and took the * bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of <■ Or, neither for us shall thou put any man to death in Israel 7 Or, so that we have been destroyed 8 In 1 S. 18. 19, Merab. 321 21.13 II. SAMUEL 22.14 The Bones of Saal and Jonathan bronght to Zela. Wars with the Philistiues. David's Psalm of Fraise Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the ^ street of " Beth-shan, * where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that "the Philis- tines slew Saul in Gilboa ; 13 and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son : and they gath- ered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in ■* Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father : and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that " God was entreated for the land. 15 And ^ the Philistines had war again with Israel ; and Dayid went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint ; 1 6 and Ishbi-benob, who was ^of the sons of the ^ giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with ^a new sword, thought to have slain David. 1 7 But '' Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, *Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not *the lamp of Israel. 18 ^And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at ^ Gob : then "Sibbecai the Hushathite slew ® Saph, who was of the sons of the ^ giant. 19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob ; and Elhanan the son of Jaare- oregim the Beth-lehemite slew ® Goliath the Gittite, " the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 20 And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in num- ber ; and he also was born " to the ^ giant. 21 And when he ''defied Israel, Jonathan the son of ^ Shimei, David's brother, slew him. _ 22 * These four were born to the ^giant in Gath ; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 1 Or, broad place 2 Heb. Raphah. 3 Or, new armor ■» In 1 Chr. 20. 4, Gezer. 5 In 1 Chr. 20. 4, Sipvai. « In 1 Chr. 20. 5, the brother of Goliath. 7 Or, reproached. 8 In 1 Sam. 16. 9, Shammah. In 1 Chr. 2. 13 ; 20. 7, Shimea. " Josh. 17. 11 >> 1 S. 31. 10 " 1 S. 31. 4 d Josh. 18. 28 •^ ch. 24. 20 ; Josh. 7. 26 / ch. 6. 17-25 'J ver. 18-22 ; Num. 13. 22, 28 ; Josh. 15. 14 '' ch. 20. 6-10 ' ch. 18. 3 k ch. 22. 29 ; 1 K. 11. 36 ' 1 Chr. 20. 4-8 "' 1 Chr. 11. 29; 11 " 1 S. 17. 7 " ver. 16, IS P 1 Chr. 20. 8 9 Ps. 18. 2-50 »■ Ex. 15. 1 ; Dt. 31. 30 * ver. 32, 47 ; Dt. 32. 4, 37; IS. 2. 2 ; Ps. 31. 3; 71. 3 ' Ps. 91. 2 ; 144. 2 " Gen. 15. 1 ; Dt. 33. 29 " Dt. 33. 17 ; Lk. 1. 69 ^Ps. 9. 9; 14. (l; 46. 7, 11; 71. 7 ; Jer. 16. 19 y Ps. 48. 1 ; 96. 4 ^ Ps. 93. 4 ; Jon. 2. 3 " Ps. 69. 14. 15 l> Ps. llfi. 3 ''Ps. 116. 4; 120. 1 ci Judg. 5. 4 ; Ps. 77. 18; 97. 4 ' Job 26. 11 /Ps. 97. 3; Heb. 12. 29 9' ver. 13 * Ex. 19. 16 ; 1 K. 8. 12 ; Ps. 97. 2 ; Nah. 1. 3 i ch. 6. 2 * Ps. 104. 3 ' Job 36. 29 ™ ver. 9 " Job 37. 2- 6 ; Ps. 29. 3 r)0 «And David spake unto w w Jehovah *■ the words of this song in the day that Jehovah deliv- ered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul : 2 and he said, Jehovah is my 'rock, and my 'fortress, and my deliverer, even mine ; 3 God, my rock, in him will I take refuge ; My "shield, and "the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and ■" my refuge ; My saviour, thou savest me from violence. 4 I Avill call upon Jehovah, ^ who is worthy to be praised : So shall I be saved from mine enemies. 5 For the ^ waves of death com- passed me ; The "floods of ^ungodliness made me afi'aid : 6 The * cords of Sheol were round about me ; The snares of death came upon me. 7 In my distress I "called upon ' Jehovah ; Yea, I called unto my God : And he heard my voice out of his temple. And m j^ cry came into his ears. 8 Then ''the earth shook and trembled. The "foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke ^° out of his nostrils. And •''fire out of his mouth de- voured : " Coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down ; And '' thick darkness was under his feet. 1 1 And he ' rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he was seen upon *the wings of the wind. 12 And he made darkness 'pavil- ions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. 1 3 At the brightness before him " Coals of fire were kindled. 14 Jehovah "thundered from heaven. And the Most High uttered his voice. 9 Heb. Belial. 328 19 Or, in his wrath 22.15 II. SAMUEL 22.43 David's Psalm or Praise 15 And he sent out "ai'rows, and scattered them ; Lightning, and discomfited them. 16 Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the * blast of the breath of his nostrils. 17 He ''sent from on high, he took me ; He drew me out of ^"'many waters ; 18 He delivered me from my strong enemy. From them that hated me ; for they were too mighty for me. 19 They came upon me in the day of my calamity ; But 'Jehovah was my stay. 20 He -^brought me forth also into a lai'ge place ; He delivered me, ''because he delighted in me. 21 Jehovah '' rewarded me accord- ing to my righteousness ; According to the * cleanness of my hands hath he recom- pensed me. 22 For I have *kept the ways of Jehovah, And have not wickedly de- parted from my God. 23 For 'all his ordinances were before me ; ^ And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. 24 I was also '"perfect towai-d him ; And I kept myself from mine iniquity. 25 Therefore hath Jehovah "rec- ompensed me according to my righteousness. According to my cleanness in his eyesight. 26 With the merciful thou wilt " show thyself merciful ; With the perfect man thou wilt show thyself perfect ; 27 With the ^'pure thou wilt show thyself pure ; And with the * perverse thou wilt show thyself ^froward. 28 And the ''afflicted people thou wilt save ; But thine eyes are upon the •haughty, ^that thou may- est bring them down. J Or, nreat 2 So Pa. 18. 26. The text has, unsavory. 8 Or, whom thou wilt bring down " Dt. 32. 23 ; Josh. 10. 10 ; 1 S. 7. 10 ; Ps. 7. 13 ; 77. 17 ; Hab. 3. 11 b Ex. 15. 8 i Nah. 1. 4 ■■ Ps. 144. 7 rf Ps. 32. G '■ Ps. 23. 4 / Ps. 31. 8 ; 118. 5 '■' 1 Chr. 28. 4 ; Ps. 22. 8 '' 1 S. 26 23 ; 1 K. 8. 32 '■ Ps. 24. 4 *: Gen. 18. 19 ; Ps. 128. 1 ; Prov. 8. 32 ' Dt. 6. 6-9 ; Ps. 119. 30, 102 '" Gen. 6. 9 ; 7. 1 ; Eph. 1. 4 ; Col. 1. 21, 22 " ver. 21 ° Mt. 5. 7 P Mt. 5. 8 ; 1 Jn. 3. 3 9 Lev. 26. 23, 24; Eom. 1. 28 "" Ex. 3. 7. 8 ; Ps. 72. 12, 13 ' Is. 2. 11, < Job 29. 3 ; Ps. 27. 1 ; Is. 60. 20 ; Mic. 7. 8 " ch. 6. 6-8 " Dt. 32. 4 ; Mt. 5. 48 "^ Ps. 12. 0 ; 119. 140; Prov. 30. 5 y ver. 3 ; Ps. 3. 3 ; 33. 20 ; 59. 11 ; 84. 9 ^ 1 S. 2. 2 "• ver. 2 * ver. 2 ; Ps. 31. 2, 3 "^ch. 2. 18; Hab. 3. 19 «' Dt. 32. 13 « Ps. 144. 1 /Job 20. 24 '■' Eph. 6. 16, 17 '' ver. 20 ; Prov. 4. 12 ' ch. 8. 1-14 k Mai. 4. 3 ' Ps. 44. 6 '" Ex. 23. 27 ; Josh. 10. " Ps. 50. 22 ; Mic. 5. 8 " 1 S. 28. 6 ; Is. 1. 15 P 2 K. 13. 7 29 For thou art my 'lamp, O Je- hovah ; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness. 30 For by thee I run *upon a troop ; By my God do I "leap oyer a wall. 31 As for God, his "way is per- fect : The;* word of Jehovah is tried ; He is a ^shield unto all them that take I'efuge in him. 32 For '^who is God, save Jeho- vah 1 And who is a "rock, save our Gqd^ 33 God is my strong * fortress ; And he ^ guideth the perfect in his way. 34 He "^ maketh ^ his feet like hinds' feet, And "^ setteth me upon my high places. 35 He Heacheth my hands to war. So that mine arms do bend a •''bow of brass. 36 Thou hast also given me ''the shield of thy salvation ; And thy ' gentleness hath made me great. 37 Thou hast '' enlarged my steps under me ; And my '^feet have not slipped. 38 1 have ' pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them ; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed. 39 And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, so that they cannot arise : Yea, * they are fallen under my feet. 40 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle ; Thou hast ^subdued under me 'those that rose up against me. 41 Thou hast also '"made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. 42 They looked, but there was " none to save ; Even "unto Jehovah, but he answered them not. 43 Then did I beat them small as the '' dust of the earth, * Or, through 5 Or, setteth free According to another read- ing, guideth my way in perfeclness. * Another reading is, my. 7 Or, condescension 8 Heb. ankles. » Heb. caused to bow. 329 22.44 II. SAMUEL 23.12 David's Psalm of Praise. His Last Song. His Mighty Men and their Exploits I did crush them " as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad. 44 Thou also hast *deHvered me from the strivings of my people ; Thou ^ hast kept rue to be the " head of the nations : A ''people whom I have not known shall serve me. 45 The foreigners shall -"submit themselves unjto me : As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. 46 The foreigners shall fade away, And shall ^-^corne trembling out of their close places. 47 Jehovah liveth ; and blessed be my rock ; And exalted be " God, the rock of my salvation, 48 Even the God that ^ executeth vengeance for me, And that 'bringeth down peo- ples under me, 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies : Yea, thou liftest me up above *them that rise up against me ; Thou deliverest me from the 'violent man. 50 ™ Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name. 51 ^ Great/ " deliverance giveth he to his king. And showeth lovingkindness to his "anointed. To P David and to his seed, for evermore. O O Now . these are the last ^ O words of David. David the son of Jesse saith. And the * man who was raised on high saith, ''The anointed of the God of Jacob, And ^the sweet psalmist of Israel : 2 The ' Spirit of Jehovah spake ^by me. And his word was upon my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said. The 'Rock of Israel spake to me : 1 Or, mlt keep 2 Or, vield feigned obedience Heb. lie. 3 So Ps. 18. 45. The text has, gird themselves. * Another reading is, He is a tower of deliver- ance. ' Heb. salvations. « Heb. pleasant in the psalms of Israel. i Or, in ° Is. 10. 6 ; Mic. 7. 10 b ch. 3. 1 ; 19. 9, 14 "^ ch. 8. 1-14 d Is. 5.5. 5 " Ps. 66. 3 ; 81. 15 /I S. 14. 11 ; Mic. 7. 17 ^ ver. 3 ; Ps. 89. 26 ''ch. 4. 8; IS. 24. 12; 25. 39 ; Ps. 94. 1 ' Ps. 144. 2 ^- Ps. 44. 6 ' Ps 140. 1, 4, H '" Rom. 15 9 " Ps. 144. 10 " Ps. 89. 24 P ch. 7. 12-10 9ch. 7. 8, 9; Ps. 78. 70, 71 »■ 1 S. 16. 12, 13 ; Ps. 89. 20 ' Mt. 22. 4.'5 ; 2 Pet. 1.21 ' ch. 22. 2, 3, 32 " Ps. 72. 1-3 ; Is. 11. 1-5 " 2 Chr. 19. 7,9 " J udg. 5. 31 ; Ps. 72. 6 y ch. 7. 8-l() ; Ps. 89. 29 ; Is. 55. 3 - Mt. 1.3, 42 " Mt. 3. 10 ; 13. 30; Heb. 6. 8 !- 1 Chr. 11. 11-47 '^ 1 Chr. 27. 4 rf 1 Chr. 8. 4 I Chr. 11. /I S. 11. 13; 19. 5 ^ ver. 33 330 ®One that "ruleth over men " righteously. That ruleth in the "fear of God, 4 He shall he as the light of the morning, when the ^ sun riseth, A morning without clouds. When the tender grass sjiringeth out of the earth, Thi'ough clear shining after rain. 5 '^^ Verily my house is not so with ^God ; Yet ^ he hath made with me an everlasting covenant. Ordered in all things, and sure : For it is all my salvation, and all my desire. Although he maketh it not to grow. 6 But ^' the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be ^ thrust away, Because they cannot be taken with the hand ; 7 But the man that toucheth them Must be ^- armed with iron and the staff of a spear : And they shall be utterly "burned with lire in their place. 8 * These are the names of the mighty men whom David had : ^^ Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemo- nite, chief of the captains ; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time. 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of " Dodai the son of an ** Aho- hite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel "were gone away. 10 *He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword ; and •^Jehovah wrought a great ^^ victory that day ; and the people returned after him only to take spoil. 1 1 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee a * Hararite. And the Philistines Avere gathered to- gether '^^ into a troop, whei-e was a plot of ground full of lentils ; and the people fled from the Philistines. 12 But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew 8 Or, There shall be one . . . and it shall be as &c. 9 Heb. a righteous one. 1" Or, For is not my house so imth God f for he . . . for all my salvation, and all my desire, will he not make it to grow ? 11 Heb. Belial, that is, ivorthlessness. 12 Heb. .filled. 13 In 1 Chr. 11. II, Jashohenm. The Hebrew of this verse is obscure. i* Heb. went up. 1* Heb. salvation. is Or, for foraging 23.13 II. SAMUEL 24.6 David's Mighty Men. Story of the Water brought from the Well ot Bethlehem. The People uumbered the Philistines ; and " Jehovah wrought a great ^ victory. 1 3 And three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the *cave of Adullam ; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in " the valley of Rephaim. 14 And David was then '' in the stronghold ; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 15 And Da- vid longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate ! 1 6 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David : but he would not drink thereof, but * poured it out unto Jehovah. 17 And he said. Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this : ^ shall I clrinh the blood of the men that went ^ in jeopardy of their lives ■? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men. 18 And "Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, w»is ''chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred ^and slew them, and had a name among the three. 19 Was he not most honorable of the three'? therefore he was made their captain : how- beit he attained not unto the fii'st three. 20 And 'Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of ■* a valiant man of * Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. 2 1 And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man : and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand ; but ne went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 22 These things did 'Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men. 23 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his ® guard. 24 "'Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty ; Elhanan the 1 Heb. salvation. 2 Heb. loith their lives. 8 Heb. slain. * According to another reading, Ish-hai. 6 Or, councU " ver. 10 i> 1 S. 22. 1 "^ cli. 6. 18 d 1 S. 22. 4, 5 * Gen. 36. 14 /Lev. 17. 10 " eh. 10. 10, 14; 18. 2 '' 1 Clir. 11. 20, 21 ' ch. 8. 18 ; 20. 23 *: Josh. 16. 21 ' ver. 20 "'ch. 2. 18; 1 (Jhr. 27. 7 " 1 Chr. 11. " Judg. 7. 1 »'ch. 14. 2 9 Josh. 21. 18 ■■ 2 K. 26. 23 " 1 Chr. 11. 30 < Josh. 18. 28 " Judg. 12. 13, 15 " Josh. 24. 30 ^ ch. 3. 16 y Josh. 19. 42 ^ ver. 1 1 "ch. 10. 6,8; 20. 14 l-ch. 11. 3 ' ch. 15. 12 rf 1 Chr. 11.37 ''Josh. 15. 65 /ch. 8. 3 » ch. 4. 2 '' ch. 20. 26 i 1 Chr. 2. 53 k ch. 11. 3, 6 ' 1 Chr. 21 ™ ch. 21. 1, 2 ' 1 Chr. 27. 23, 24 ' cli. 3. 10 ; Judg. 20. 1 P Dt. 1. 11 « Dt. 2. 36 ; Josh. 13. 9, ■ Num. 21. 32 ; 32. 36 son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 25 "Shammah the "Harodite, Elika the Harodite, 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the ^Teko- ite, 27 Abiezer the * Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, 28 Zal- mon the Ahohite, Maharai the *■ Ne- tophathite, 29 *Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of 'Gibeah of the children of Benjamin. 30 Benaiah a " Pirathonite, Hiadai of the brooks of ' Gaash, 31 Abi-albon the Arbathite,^ Azmaveth the -"Barhu- mite, 32 Eliahba the 2' Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 33 ' Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite, 34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of " the Maacathite, * Eliam the son of ''Ahithophel the Gilonite, 35 '^''Hezro the "Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the son of Nathan of •''Zobah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the '^ Beerothite, ^armorbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah, 38 ''Ira the "Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 39 * Uriah the Hittite : thirty and seven in all. ^ A 'And "'again the anger of h^^i Jehovahwas kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, ''Go, number Israel and Judah. 2 And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, " from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people. 3 And Joab said unto the king, ^ Now Je- hovah thy God add unto the peo- ple, how many soever they may be, a hundredfold ; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it : but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing ^ 4 Notwithstanding, the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the cap- tains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. 5 And they passed over the Jordan, and en- camped in *Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the mid- dle of the valley * of Gad, and unto '^ Jazer : 6 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim- hodshi ; and they came to Dan- 6 Or, Hezrai 7 Another reading is, armorbearer. 8 Or, toward 331 24.7 II. SAMUEL 24.25 A Pestilence sent. David builds au Altar on Arannah's TliresMng -floor jaan, and round about to "Sidon, 7 and came to the ''stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the *-' Hivites, and of the Canaanites ; and they went out to the south of Judah, at '' Beer-sheba. 8 So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jerusa- lem at the end of nine months and twentj'^ days. 9 And Joab gave up ' the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king : and there were in Israel •'eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword ; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. 10 And ^David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto Jehovah,. ''I have sinned greatly in that which I have done : but now, O Jehovah, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant ; for 'I have done very foolishly. 1 1 And when David rose up in the morning, the word of Jehovah came unto '•'the prophet Gad, David's 'seer, saying, 12 Go and speak unto David, Thus saith Jehovah, I ^ offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 13 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall '" seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land '? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land '? now advise thee, and consider what answer I shall re- turn to him that sent me. 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah ; " for his mer- cies are '•^ great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man. 15 So "Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people ^from Dan even to Beer-sheoa seventy thousand men. 16 And 'when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, ''Jehovah repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the 1 Or, lay upon 2 Or, many " Josh, 19. 28 ; Judg. 1. 31 b Josh. 19. 29 " Josh. 11. 3 ; Judg. 3. 3 d Gen. 21. 22-33 ^ Num. 1. 44-4U /I Chr. 21. 8 y 1 S. 24. 5 A ch. 12. 13 ! 1 S. 13. 13 ; 2 Chr. 16. 9 ft 1 S. 22. 5 ; 1 Chr. 29. 29 ' 1 S. 9. 9 "' 1 Chr. 21. 12; Ezek. M. 21 " Ps. 51. 1 ; 130. 4, 7 " 1 Chr. 21. 14 ; 27. 24 P ver. 2 9 Ex. 12. 23 ; 2 K. 19. 35 ; Acts 12. 23 >" Ex. 32. 14 ; 1 S. 15. 11 * ver. 10 t ch. 7. 8 ; Ps. 74. 1 « 2 Chr. 3. 1 *■ Num. 16. 44-50 ■ 1 S. 6. 14 ; 1 K. 19. 21 y Gen. 23. 8-16 ■ Ezek. 20. 40, 41 " Mai. 1. 13, b 1 Chr. 21. 24,25 "= ch. 21. 14 people, It is enough ; now stay thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was by the threshing-floor of ^ Arau- nah the Jebusite. 17 And David spake unto Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, 'I have sinned, and I have done perversely : but ' these sheep, what have they done 1 let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. 18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him. Go up, rear an altar vmto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of "Araunah the Jebusite. 1 9 And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as Jehovah commanded. 20 And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants '^coming on toward him : and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. 21 And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said. To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build, an altar unto Jehovah, " that the plague may be stayed from the people. 22 And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him : behold, * the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood: 23 ^^^all this, O king, doth Araunah give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, Jehovah thy God ^accept thee. 24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay ; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price ; "neither will I offer burnt- offerings unto Jehovah my God which cost me nothing. So 'David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 25 And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt- offerings and peace-offerings. ''So Jehovah was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. 3 Or, Ornah In 1 Chr. 21. 15, Oman. ^ Or, passing over 5 Or, all this did Araunah the king give &c. 332 THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS David's Old ige. Adonijah's attempted Usurpation. Bath-sheba's Remonstrance INow king David was old and stricken in years ; and they cov- ered him with clothes, but he gat iio heat. 2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin : and let her standf before the king, and cherish him ; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my loi'd the king may get heat. 3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abi- shag"the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 And the damsel was very fair ; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him ; but the king knew her not. 5 Then ''Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king : and " he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 And his father had not dis- pleased him ^at any time in say- ing. Why hast thou done sol and he was also a very goodly man ; and ''he was born after Absalom. 7 And he conferred with ^ Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with •'' Abiathar the priest : and they following Adonijah helped him. 8 But^Za- dok the priest, and ''Benaiah the son of Jenoiada, and * Nathan the prophet, and 8himei, and Rei, and "' the mighty men that belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. 9 And Adonijah ^slew sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside ' En-ro- gel ; and he called all his brethren, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants : 10 but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and "'Solomon his brother, he called not. 11 Then Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying. Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it nof? 12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee coun- ■" Or, all his life * Or, sacrificed " JoBh. 19. 18 ; 1 S. 28. 4 fc 2 S. 3. 4 <= 2 S. 15. 1 S. 4. 9 ^ ver. 13, 17 /Dan. 2. 4; 3.9 ^ ver. 8 /i 2 s. 20. 6, r ' 2 Chr. 32. 30 ; 33. 14 * 1 S. 10. 1 ; 16. 3, 12 ' 2 S. 1.5. 10 '" ver. 25 " Josh. 1. 5, 17 ; 1 S. 20. 13 ° ver. 47 J' ver. 8 9 2 S. S. 18 "" ver. 33 * Ex. 30. 2.3- 32 ; 1 Chr. 16. .39 ; Ps. 89. 20 1 1 Chr. 29. 22 " ver. 34 ' 2 S. 1.5. 27, 30 ; 17. 17 ^ 2 S. IS. 27 y ver. 40 • 1 Chr. 29. 23 " ver. 37 6 Gen. 47. 31 •eh. 3. 0: 2 S. 7. 12 334 Jehovah, the God of my lord the king, say so too. 37 "As Jehovah hath been with my lord the king. - even so be he with Solomon, and " make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. 38 So ^' Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and *the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to 'Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priest *took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and 'anointed Solomon. And they " blew the trumpet ; and all the people said. Long live king Solo- mon. 40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. 41 And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eat- ing. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said. Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? 42 While he yet spake, behold, "Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came : and Adonijah said. Come in ; for ^thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings. 43 And Jonathan ans^vered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king : 44 and the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule; 45 and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon ; and they are come up from thence rejoicing,/ so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. 46 And also "^Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, *"Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne : and * the king bowed himself upon the bed. 48 And also thus said the king. Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who ''hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. * Another reading omits Thy. 1.49 I. KINGS 2.22 Adonljah spared. David's Cbarge to Solomon. His Deatb. Idonijali wishes to marry Ibishag 49 And all the guests of Adoni- jah were afraid, and rose up, and went ever^ man his way. 50 And Adonijah feared because of Solo- mon ; and he arose, and went, and "caught hold on the horns of the altar. 51 And it was told Solo- mon, saying. Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying. Let king Solomon swear unto me ^ first that he will not slay his servant with the sword. 52 And Solomon said. If he shall show himself a worthy man, * there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth ; but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die. 53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him. Go to thy house. 2 Now " the days of David drew nigh that he should die ; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, 2 ''I am going the way of all the earth : " be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man ; 3 and keep the charge oi Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, _ and his command- ments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, ■f according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that ''thou mayest ^prosper in all that thou doest, and whither- soever thou turnest thyself ;_ 4 that '^ Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, ' If thy children take heed to their way, * to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, 'there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the '" son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto "Abner the son of Ner, and unto "Amasajthe son of Jether, whom he slew, and ^shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 ^ Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace. 7 But *show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and '' let them be of those that eat at thy table ; ' for so they came to me when I fled from 1 Heb. to-day. * Or, do wisely 3 Heb. set. 12 •^ ch. 2. 28 ; Ex. 27. 2 ; 30. 10 b 1 S. 14. 45 ; 2 S. 14. 11 " Gen. 47. 29 ; Dt. 31. 14 d Josh. 23. 14 ' Dt. 31. 7, 23; Josh. 1. 6, 7 /Dt. 17. 18-20 9 1 Chr. 22. 12. 13 ft 2 S. 7. 25 i Ps. 132. 12 fc 2 K. 20. 3 ' ch. 8. 25 ; 9. 5 ; 2 S. 7. 12, 13 "" 2 S. 2. 13, 18 " ver. 32 ; 2 S. 3. 27 "2 8. 20. 10 P ver. 9 8 2 8. 19. 31- *■ 2 S. 9. 7, 10 ' 2 S. 17. 27- 29 t 2 S. 16. 6-8 "2 8. 19. 18- 23 " ver. 6 ^ Acts 2. 29 ; 13. 36 y ch. 3. 1 ; 2 S. 6. 7 ^ 2 S. 6. 4, 5 ; 1 Chr. 29. 26,27 " 2 S. 6. 5 b 1 Chr. 29. 23 ; 2 Chr. 1. 1 " 1 S. 16. 4 d ver. 22 ; 2S. 3. 3,4 ' ch. 1. 5, 25 /ch. 1. 38-50 " 1 Chr. 22. 9, 10 ; 28. 5-7 ft ch. 1. 3, 4 ; 2 S. 12. 8 '■ 1 K. 15. 13 * Pb. 45. 9 ' ver. 16 ■ ch. 1. 3, 4 Absalom thy brother. 8 And, be- hold, 'there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Ba- hurim, who cursed me with a griev- ous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim ; but " he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I sware to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless, "for thou art a wise man ; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood. 10 And ^ David slept with his fathers, and was buried in 2' the city of David. 11 And 'the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: "seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 1 2 And ''Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father ; and his king- dom was established greatly. 13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, " Comest thou peaceably 1 And he said. Peaceably. 14 He said more- over, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said. Say on. 15 And he said. Thou knowest that ''the kingdom was mine, and Hhat all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign : ■''howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is be- come my brother's ; ^for it was his from Jehovah. 16 And now I ask one petition of thee; *deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. 17 And he said. Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that *he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 1 8 And Bath-sheba said. Well ; I will speak for thee unto the king. 19 Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah, And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and ' caused a throne to be set for the king's mother ; and *she sat on his right hand. 20 Then she said, I ask one small peti- tion of thee; 'deny me not. And the king said unto her. Ask on, my mother ; for I will not deny thee. 21 And she said, '"Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 And king * Heb. turn not away my face. 335 2.23 I. KINGS 2.44 Adonijah slain. Abiathar deposed. Joab slain. Shimei is forbidden to leave Jernsalem, bat breaks his Word Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah 1 *ask for him the king- dom also ; *for he is mine elder brother ; even for him, and for "Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. 23 Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, f God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life. 24 Now therefore as Jehovah liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and *who hath made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon -^sent by Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ; and he fell upon him, so that he died. 26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, ^Get thee to Ana- thoth, unto thine own fields ; for ''thou art ^worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because Hhou barest the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because * thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Jehovah, that he might fulfil ' the word of Jehovah, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. 28 And the tidings came to Joab ; " for Joab had turned after Adonijah, "though he turned not after Absalom . And Joab fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and "caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon. Joab is fled unto the Tent of Jehovah, and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon ^sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah, and said unto him. Thus saith the king. Come forth. And he said. Nay ; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, say- ing. Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, « Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; ""that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house. 32 And "Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, * because he fell upon two 1 Heb. a man of. ■^2 8. 12. 8 * ver. 15 ; ch. 1. 6; iChr. 3. 2,6 « ch. 1. 7 rf Ruth 1. 17 « 2 S. 7. XI, 13 ; 1 Chr. 22. 10 /2 S. 8. 18 " Josh. 21. 18 ; Jer. 1. 1 '' 1 S. 26. 16 ' 1 S. 23. 6 ; 2 S. 15. 24- 29 k 1 S. 22. 20- 23 ; 23. 8, 9 ' 1 Sam. 2. 27-36 "^ ch. 1. 7 " 2 S. 17. 25 ; 18. 2 " ch. 1. 50 P ver. 25 « Ex. 21. 14 "" Num. 35. 33 ; Dt. 19. 13 ' Gen. 9. 6 ; Judg. 9. 24, ' 2'chr. 21. 13, 14 " 2 S. 3. 27 " 2 S. 20. 9, 10 "= 2 S. 3. 29 'J ver. 25 ' ch. 4. 4 "^ 1 Chr. 29. *> ver. 27 " ver. 8 <* 2 S. 15. 23 « 2 S. 1. 16 / 1 S. 27. 2 336 men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and ruy father David knew it not, to wit, "Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and " Amasa the son of Jether, cap- tain of the host of Judah. 33 'So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever : but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Jeho- vah. 34 Then * Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him ; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 And ^the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in nia room over the host ; and "Zadok the priest did the king put *in the room of Abiathar. 36 And the king sent and called for ''Shimei, and said unto him. Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. 37 For on the day thou goest out, "^and pass- est over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die : * thy blood shall be upon thine own head. 38 And shimei said unto the king, The say- ing is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. 39 And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away ■''unto Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, say- ing. Behold, thy servants are in Gath. 40 And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. 42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him. Did I not adjure thee by .Jehovah^ and protest unto thee, sajnng. Know for certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, thou shalt surely die"? and thou saidst unto me. The saying that I have heard is good. 43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of .Jehovah, and the commandment that I have charged thee withi 44 The king said moreover to 2.45 I. KINGS 3. 2J Shimei slaia. Solomon's Marriage. Bis Prayer at (Sibeon, and God's Auswer. His Wise Jadgmeot Shimei, "Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore * Jehovah shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head. 45 But king Solomon shall be blessed, and /the throne of David shall be established before Jehovah for ever. 46 ''So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ; and he went out, and fell upon him, so that he died. •And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. 3 And -^Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, ^ and brought her into the city of David, ''until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and 'the wall of Jerusalem lound about. 2 Only * the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of Jehovah until those days. 3 And _ ' Solomon loved Jehovah, "walking in the statutes of David his father : only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 4 " And the king went to " Gibeon to sacrifice there ; ^for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt-ofierings did Solomon offer upon that altar. 5 «In Gibeon Jehovah appeared to Solomon ''in a dream by night ; and God said. Ask what I shall give thee. 6 And Solomon said, "Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, 'according as hewalked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in up- rightness of heart with thee ; and " tliou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. 7 And now, O Jehovah my God, "thou hast made thy servant king in- stead of David my father : and ^ I am but a little child ; ^ I know not how to go out or come in. 8 And ' thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, "a great people, that cannot be num- bered nor counted for multitude. 9 *Give thy servant therefore an ^ understanding heart to judge thy people, "that I may discern be- tween good and evil ; for who is able to judge this thy ^ great peo- ple ? 1 Heb. hearing. 2 Heb. heavy. " 2 S. 16. 6-13 !> 1 S. 26. 39 ; 2 K, 11. 1, 12-16 " 2 S. 7. 13 d ver. 25, 34 * ver. 12 ; 2 Chr. 1. 1 /ch. 7. 8; 9. 16, 24 ; 2 Chr. 8. 11 '■' ch. 9. 24 h ch. 7. 1 ; 9. 10 ' ch. 9. 15 *: Lev. 17. 3- 5; Dt. 12. 13, 14 ' Dt. 6. 5 ; Ps. 31. 23 ™ ch. 2. 3 ; 9. 4 ; 11. 4, 0, 38 " 2 Chr. 1. 3 ° Josh. 18. 21-25 P 1 Chr. 16. 39 ; 21. 29 9 ch. 9. 2 ; 11. 9 ''Num. 12. 6 ; Mt. 1. 20 ' 2 S. 7. 8-17 «ch. 9. 4 "ch. 1. 48 " 1 Chr. 22. 9-13 "1 Chr. 29. 1 ; Jer. 1. 6, 7 y Num. 27. 17 - Ex. 19. 0 ; Dt. 7. 0 " Gen. 15. 5 ; 22. 17 6 Prov. 2. 3- 9 ; Ps. 72. 1, 2 ; Jas. " 2's' 14. 17 d 1 Jn. 5. 14, 15 'ch. 4. 29- 31 ; 5, 12 /ch. 4. 21- 24 ; 10. 23, 27 ^ ver. 6 '' Gen. 41. 7 ' ch. 8. 65 * Num. 27. 2 337 10 And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. 11 And God said unto him. Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thy- self ^long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to ''discern justice; 12 behold, "'I have done according to thy word : lo, '^I have given thee a wise and an ^ understanding heart ; so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 ■''And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honor, so that there ® shall not be any among the kings like unto thee, all thy days. 14 And "if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my com- mandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 1 5 And '' Solomon awoke ; and, behold, it was a dream : and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and offered up burnt- offerings, and offered peace-offer- ings, and 'made a feast to all his servants. 1 6 Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and * stood before him. 17 And the one woman said. Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house ; and I was delivered of a child_ with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also ; and we were together ; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. _ 19 And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay ; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said. No ; but the dead is thy son, and the living 3 Heb. many days. * Heb. hear, 5 Or, hath not been 3.23 I. KINGS 4.27 Solomon's Wise Judgment. His Officers. His Power and Wealth is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is tne dead : and the other saith, Nay ; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said. Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for " her heart yearned over her son, and she said. Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said. It shall be neither mine nor thine ; divide it. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it : she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged ; and they feared the king : for * they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice. 4 And king Solomon was king over all Israel. 2 And these were the princes whom he had : Azariah the son of Zadok, Hhe priest ; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, ^ scribes ; Je- hoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the '•* recorder ; 4 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host ; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests ; 5 and Azariah the son of Nathan was over ^ the officers ; and Zabud the son of Nathan was ^ chief min- ister, and the king's friend ; 6 and Ahishar was over the household ; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to taskwork. 7 And Solomon had twelve offi- cers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his house- hold : each man had to make pro- vision for a month in the year. 8 And these are their names : Ben-hur, in ""the hill-country of Ephraim ; 9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in -^Shaalbim, and ^ Beth-she- mesh, and Elon-beth-hanan ; 10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him pertained ''Socoh, and all the land of ' Hepher) ; 1 1 Ben-abinadab, in all Hhe ^* height of Dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife) ; 1 2 Baana the son of 1 Or, secretaries * Or, Naphath-dor * Or, chronicler * Or, region » Or, priest See 2 S. 8. 18. "Gen. 43. 30; Jer. 31. 20 ^ ver. 9, n, 12 " 1 Chr. 6. 10 d ver. 7 ' Josh. 24. 33 / Judg. I. 35 V Josh. 21. IG h Josh. 15. 35 ■ Josh. 12. 17 * Josh. 11. 1,2 ' Judg. 5. 19 '"Josh. 17.11 " Josh. 3. 16 " ch. 19. 16 P 1 Obr. 6. 68 9 ch. 22. 3-15 "" Num. 32. 41 " Dt. 3. 4 ' Josh. 13. 26 " 2 S. 15. 27 ^ 2 S. 15. 32 ^ ch. 1. 8 y Dt. 3. 8-10 ^ ch. 3. 8 ; Gen. 32. 12 *[Ch. 5. 1 in Heb.] " 2 Chr. 9. 20 t> Gen. 15. IS « 2 S. 8. 2, 6 d Judg. 1. 18 ' Pa. 72. 11 / 1 Chr. 22. 9 ^ Jer. 23. 6 ; Mic. 4. 4 ; Zech. 3. 10 ft 1 S. 3. 20 < ch. 10. 26 338 Ahilud, in ' Taanach and Megiddo, and all ™ Beth-shean which is beside "Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to " Abel-meholah, as far as ® beyond * Jokmeam ; 1 3 Ben- geber, in 5 Ramoth-gilead (to him pertained '''the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead ; even to him pertained ' the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore gx'eat cities with walls and brazen bars) ; 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in ' Ma- hanaim ; 15 "Ahimaaz, in Naph- tali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife) ; 1 6 Baana the son of " Hushai, in Asher and * Bealoth ; 1 7 Jehosha- Xjhat the son of Paruah, in Issa- char ; 18 i^Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin ; 1 9 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, ^the country of Sihon king of the Amo- rites and of Og king of Bashan ; ®and he ivas the only officer that was in the land. 20 ' Judah and Israel were many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. *21 "And Solomon ruled over all the king- doms ' from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt : " they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life. 22 And Solo- mon's provision for one day was thirty ^^ measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the region "on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to ^ Gaza, * over all the kings "on this side the River: and -^he had peace on all sides round about him. 25 "And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, * from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solo- mon. 26 'And Solomon had '^forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. 27 And those officers provided victuals for king Solo- mon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month ; they let nothing be 6 Or, over against ' Heb. and one officer. 7 Or, Hawoth-jair w Heb. cor. 8 Or, in Aloth " Or, beyond the River 12 In 2 Chr. 9. 25, four thousand. 4.28 I. KINGS &1 Solomon's Wisdom. His Leagae with King Hiram respecting tlie Bnilding of the Temple. His Worlcmen lacking. 28 Barley also and straw for the horses ana "swift steeds brought they unto the place ^ where the officers were, every man according to liis charge. 29 And *God gave Solomon %yis- dom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, "even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. 30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all "* the children of the east, and "all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For ■'^ he was wiser than all men ; than "Ethan the Ezra- hite, and Heman, and ''Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahql : and his fame was in all the nations round about. 32 'And he spake three thousand proverbs ; and his songs were a thousand and five. 33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth ovit of the wall : he spake also of beasts, and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes. 34 And * there came of all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom. *pf 'And Hiram king of Tyre tJ sent his servants unto Solo- mon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father : for "" Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, 3 Thou knowest how that "David my father could not build a house for the name of Jehovah his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until Jehovah put them under the soles of his feet. 4 But now "Jehovah my God hath given me rest on every side ; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrence. 5 And, behold, ^I purpose to build a house for the name of Jghovah my God, as Jehovah spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name. 6 Now therefor-e com- mand thou that they cut me cedar- trees out of Lebanon ; and my ser- vants shall be with thy servants ; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say : for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto the Sidonians. 7 And it came to pass, when 1 Or. where he (that is, the king) was Or, where tt should be » Eath. 8. 10, 14 ; Mic. 1. 13 6 ch. 3. 12 ' ver. 20 <* Gen. 29. 1 ; Judg. 6. 33 ' Is. 19. 11 ; Acts 7. 22 /ch. 3. 12 " 1 Chr. 15. 19 ; Ps. 89. title '' 1 Chr. 2. 6 ' Prov. 1. 1 ; Eccl. 12. 9 ; S. S. 1. 1 * ch. 10. 1 ; 2 Chr. 9. 23 ' 2 Chr. 2. 3 '" 2 S. 5. 11 ; 1 Chr. 14. 1 " 1 Chr. 28. 2 3 " cL, 4. 24 ; 1 Chr. 22. 9 P 2 S. 7. 12, 13 ; 1 Chr. 17. 12 ; 22. 10 ; 28. 6 9 2 Chr. 2. 16 >■ Ezr. 3. 7 ; Ezek. 27. 17 » ch. 3. 12 *[Ch. 5. 16 in Heb.] « ch. 4. 6 ; 9. 15 ' ch. 4. 6 " ch. 9. 20- 22 ; 2 Chr. 2. 17, 18 ^ ch. 9. 23 V ch. 6. 7 ; 1 Chr. 22. ' Josh. 13. 5; Ezek. 27. 9 " 2 Chr. 3. 1, 2 Hiram heard the words of Solo- mqn, that he rejoiced greatly, and said. Blessed be Jehovah this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which thou hast sent unto me : 1 will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of '^fir. 9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea ; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea * unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt '^ receive them ; and ''thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. 10 So ■* Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. 1 1 And Solomon gaveHiram twenty thousand ®meas- ures of wheat for food to his house- hold, and twenty measures of ® pure oil : thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. 12 And * Jehovah gave Solomon wisdom, as he prom- ised him ; and there was peace be- tween Hiram and Solomon ; and they two made a league together. 13 And 'king Solomon raised a ^levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses ; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home : and " Adoni- ram was over the men subject to taskwork. 15 And "Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thou- sand that were hewers in the moun- tains ; 16 "" besides Solomon's chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. 17 And 2' the king commanded, and they ** hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone. 18 And Solo- mon's builders and Hiram's build- ers and Hhe Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house. , 6 "And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's * Or, cypreas ^ Or, carry them away * Heb. Hirom (and in ver. 18). * Heb. cor. 6 Or, beaten i Heb. men subject to taskwork. 8 Heb. brought away. 339 6.2 I. KIKGS 6.27 The Building of the Temple. Jehovah's Covenant. The Oracle. The Cherubim of the Oracle reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he ^ began to build the house of Jeho- vah. 2 And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cu- bits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before ^the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, ac- cording to the breadth of the house ; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. 4 And for the house "he made ^windows of fixed lattice-work. 5 And * against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and " of '' the oracle ; and he made "^ side-cham- bers round about. 6 The nether- most story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad ; for on the outside he made offsets i7i the ivall of the house round about, that the beavis should not have hold in the walls of the house. 7 And "the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready® at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8 The door for the middle side- chambers was in the right ^ side of the house : and they went up by winding stairs into the middle story, and out of the middle into the third. 9 So -^he built the house, and fin- ished it ; and he covered the house with beams and ''planks of cedar. 10 And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high : and ® they rested on the house with timber of cedar. 1 1 And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying, 12 Con- cerning this house which thou art building, s'if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordi- nances, and keep all my command- ments to walk in them ; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father. 1 .3 And ''I will dwell among the children of Israel, and 'will not forsake my people Israel. 1 Heb. built. * That is, the holy place, s Or, windows broad within, and narrow with- out 4 That is, the most holy place. = Or, whin it was brought away ' Heb. shoulder. 7 Heb. rows. ' Or, he fastened the house " Ezek. 40. 16 ; 41. 16 6 Ezek. 41. 6 " ver. 16, 19, 20 d Ezek. 41. 6, 6 ' Ex. 20. 25 ; Dt. 27. 5, 6 /ver. 14, 38 " ch. 9. 4 ; 2 S. 7. 6-16 h Ex. 25. 8 'Dt. 31. 6; Josh. 1. 5 fc ver. 9, 38 ' ch. 7. 7 ™ 2 Chr. 3. 8 " ch. 8. 6 ; Ex. 26. 33, 34 " ch. 7. 24 P Ex. 30. 1, 3, 6 1 2 Chr. 3. 10-12 >■ Ex. 37. 7-9 ' ch. 8. 7 ; Ex. 25. 20 ; 37. 9 1 4 * So Solomon built the house, and finished it. 15 And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar : ^ from the floor of the house unto the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood ; and '■ he covered the floor of the house with boards of ^° fir. 1 6 ™ And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling : he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for "the most holy place. 17 And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cuoits long. 18 And there was cedar on the house within, carved with ""knops and open flowers : all was cedar ; there was no stone seen. 19 And he pre- Eared an oracle in the midst of the ouse within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. 20 And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof ; and he overlaid it with pure gold : ^" and he covei'ed the altar with cedar. 21 So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold : and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle ; and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished : also -^the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold. 23 *And in the oracle ''he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high. 24 And five cu- bits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the ut- termost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits : both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. 27 And he set the cherubim within the in- ner house ; and * the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other 9 Or, both the floors of the house and the walls &c. (and so ver. 16). 1" Or, cypress u Or, gourds 12 Or, he overlaid the altar aho, which was of cedar 340 6.28 I. KINGS 7.17 Ornamentation of the Walls and Doors. Duration of the Work. Solomon's Own House. Hiram of Tyre's Work in the Temple wall ; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowei^s, within and without. 30 And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. 31 And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood : the 'lintel and door-posts were a fifth part of the xoall. 32 So he made two doors of olive-wood ; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold ; and he spread the gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm- trees. 33 So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, out of a fourth part of the wall ; 34 and " two doors of ^ fir-wood : the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were fold- ing. 35 And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers ; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work. 36 And *he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams. 37 "In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of Jeho- vah laid, in the month Ziy. 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bui, which is the eighth month, was the house finished ^throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in build- ing it. 7 And ''Solomon was bviilding his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. 2 For * he built the house of the forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was cov- ered with cedar above over the forty and five •* beams, that were upon the pillars ; fifteen in a row. 4 And there were ^ beams in three rows, and window was over against win- 1 Or, voitB 2 Or, cypress 3 Or, with all the appurtenances thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof * Or, side-chambers Heb. ribs. 5 Or, fraines for the windows " Ezek. 41. 23-25 ("ch. 7. 12; Jer. 36. 10 " ver. 1 d ch. 3. 1 ; 9. 10 ; 2 Chr. 8. 1 ^ ch. 10. 17, 21 ; 2 Chr. 9. 10 /ver. 12 V Ezek. 41. 25, 26 '» ch. 6. 15, 16 i ch. 9. 24 ; 2 Chr. 8. 11 * ch. 3. 1 '■ ch. 6. 36 « 2 Chr. 2. 13, 14 ° 2 Chr. 2. 14 J" Ex. 31.3-5; 35. 31 ' 2 Chr. 4. 11-16 »■ 2 K. 25. 17 * ver. 41 dow in three ranks. 5 And all the doors and posts were made square with beams : and window was over against window in three ranks. 6 And he made •''the porch of pil- lars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cvibits ; and a porch before them ; and pillars and a " threshold before them. 7 And he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judg- ment : and '' it was covered with cedar from floor to floor. 8 And his house where he was to dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like work. 'He made also a house for Pharaoh's daugh- ter (* whom Solomon had taken to wife), like unto this porch. 9 All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, ''according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foun- dation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court. 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, ac- cording to measure, and cedar- wood. 1 2 And ' the great court round about had three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams; 7 like as the inner court of the house of Jehovah, and '"the porch of the house. 13 And "king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 1 4 "He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass ; and ^he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and » wrought all his work. 1 5 For he fashioned ''the two pillars of brass, ^'eigh- teen cubits high apiece : and a line of twelve cubits compassed "either of them about. 16 And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars : the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits. 17 There were nets of checker-work, and wreaths of chain-work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars ; seven for the one 6 Or, after divers measures 7 Or, both for . . . and for 8 Heb. eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar. ^ Seb. the other pillar. 341 7.18 I. KINGS 7.41 Diram of Tyre's Work in the Temple : —the Pillars; the Molten Sea; the Brazen Bases; the Brazen Lavers capital, and seven for the other capital. 18 So he made the pil- lars ; and there were two rows round about upon the one net- work, to cover the capitals that were upon the top of the ^ pillars : and so did he for the other capital. 19 And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits. 20 And there were capitals above also upon the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the net- work : and "the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other capital. 21 *And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple : and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof '•* Jachin ; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof *Boaz. 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily-work : so was the work of the pillars finished. 23 ""And he made the "^rnolten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about there were "knops which did compass it, ^for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about : the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast. 25 •''It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east ; and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it was a handbreadth thick ; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily : it held two thousand baths. 27 And ^he made the ten bases of brass ; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cu- bits the height of it. 28 And the work of the bases was on this man- ner : they had panels ; ^ and thei^e were panels between the ledges ; 29 and on the panels that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim ; and upon the ledges ''there was a pedestal above; and beneath the lions and oxen 1 So the Syr. The Heb. has pomegranates. 2 That is, He shall establish. 3 That is, perhaps, In it is strength. * Or, ten in a cubit ^ Or, even borders 6 Or, it was in Uke manner above I " ver. 42 ; 2 Chr. 3. 16 (> 2 Chr. 3. 17 ' 2 Chr. 4. 2, &c. d 2 K. 16. 17 ; 26.13 ' ch. 6. 18 / Jer. 52. 20 " ver. 38 ; 2 K. 25. 13 ; 2 Chr. 4. 14 ft 2 Chr. 4. 14 ' 2 Chr. 4. 6, &c. * ver. 17, 18 342 were wreaths of hanging work. 30 And every base had four brazen wheels, and axles of brass ; and the four feet thereof had '^underset- ters : beneath the laver were the undersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each. 31 And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit : and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round. 32 And the four wheels were underneath the panels ; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base : and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. 33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel : their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten. 34 And there were four underset- ters at the four corners of each base : the undersetters thereof were of the base itself. 35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high ; and on the top of the base the ^ stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same. 36 And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the panels thereof, he graved cher- ubim, lions, and palm-trees, accord- ing to the space of each, with wreaths round about. 37 ''After this manner he made the ten bases : all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form. 38 'And he made ten lavers of brass : one laver contained forty baths ; and evei-y laver was four cubits ; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. 39 And he set the bases, five on the right ® side of the house, and five on the left side of the house : and he set the sea on the right side of the house east- ward, toward the south. 40 And "Hiram made the "la- vers, and the shovels, and the ba- sins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of Jehovah: 41 the two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars ; and the *two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars ; " Heb. shoulders. 8 Heb. hands. 9 Heb. shoulder. 10 Heb. Hirom. " In 2 Chr. 4. 11, pots. 7.42 I. KINGS 8.18 Hiram of Tyre's Work in the Temple. The Ark bronght into the Temple. SolomoH's Address to the People 42 and the "four hundred pome- gi'anates for the two networks ; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were ^upon the pillars ; 43 and the ten bases, and the ten la vers on the bases ; 44 and *the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea ; 45 and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins : even all ^ these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of Jehovah, were of bur- nished brass. 46 ''In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between ** Suc- coth and ^Zarethan. 47 And Sol- omon left all the vessels umveighed, because they were exceeding many : •''the weight of the brass ^ could not be found out. 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Jehovah : «' the golden altar, and the table whereupon the showbread was, of gold ; 49 and the candle- sticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold ; and '' the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold ; 50 and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the * firepans, of pure gold ; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy Elace, and for the doors of the ouse, to wit, of the temple, of gold. 51 *Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of Jehovah was finished. And ' Solo- mon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of .Jehovah. 8™ Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all "the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto king Solo- mon in Jerusalem, "to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of '^the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at _ « the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the sev- enth month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and ''the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of Jehovah, 1 Heb. lipon thfface of the pillara. 2 Another reading is, the vessels of the Tent. * Or, was not searched out "■ ver. 20 6 ver. 23, 25 ' 2 Chr. 4. 17 d Josh. 13. 27 "Josh. 3. 10 /I Chr. 22. 3, 14 !' Ex. 37. 10- 29 ; 2 Chr. 4. 8 fc Ex. 25. 31- 38 «Ex. 27. 3; 2 K. 26. 15 * 2 Chr. 6. 1, &c. ' 2 S. 8. U ; 2 Chr. 5. 1 '" 2 Chr. 6. 2- 10 " Num. 1. 4 ; 7. 2 " 2 S. 6. 17 P2S.5.1 « ver. 65 ; Lev. 23. 34 ; 2 Chr. 7. 8-10 "■ Num. 7. 9 » ch, 3. 4 ; 2 Chr. 1. 3 « 2 S. 6. 13 ; 2 Chr. 1. 6 " ver. 3 " ch. 6. 19 '^ ch. 6. 27 y Ex. 26. 13- 16 ; 37. 4, 5 ^ Ex. 25. 16, 21 ; Dt. 10. 2-5 ; Heb. 9. 4 " Ex. 24. 7, 8 ; Dt. 4. 13 * Ex. 40. 34, 35 ; 2 Chr. 7. 1,2 ' 2 Ohr. 6. 1, &c. d Ps. 97. 2 " 2 S. 7. 13 / Ex. 15. 17 " ver. 55 ; 2 S. 6. 18 A 1 Chr. 29. 10, 20 ; Neh. 0. 5 > 2 S. 7. 12, 13 ; 1 Chr. 22. 10 * 2 S. 7. 4, 5 ' Dt. 12. 5, 11 "' 1 S. 16. 1 ; 2 S. 7. 8 " 2 S. 7. 2, 3 ; 1 Chr. 17. 1.2 and 'the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent ; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up. 5 And king Solomon and all the congre- gation of Israel, that were assem- bled unto him, ' were Avith him be- fore the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude. 6 And " the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah *'unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even •'under the wings of the cherubim. 7 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 8 And * ^ the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle ; but they were not seen without : and there they are unto this day. 9 ^ There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, ®"when Jehovah made a covenant with the children of Is- rael, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that ''the cloud filled the house of Jehovah, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud ; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah. 12 "Then spake Solomon, Jeho- vah hath said that ''he would dwell in the thick darkness. 13 "I have surely built thee a house of habita- tion, ^a. place for thee to dwell in for ever. 14 And the king turned his face about, and ^ blessed all the assembly of Israel : and all the as- sembly of Israel stood. 1 5 And he said, '' Blessed be Jehovah, i:he God of Israel, *who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 * Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that ^ my name might be there ; but ""I chose David to be over my people Israel. 17 "Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of .Jehovah, the God of Israel. 18 But Jehovah said unto David my < Or, they drew out the staves, so that &c. 5 Or, where 343 8.19 I. KINGS 8.39 Solomon's Address to the People. Bis Prayer of Dedication father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart : 19 "nevertheless thou shalt not build the house ; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 20 And Jehovah hath es- tablished his word that he spake ; for * I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah prom- ised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 21 And there have I set a place for the ark, " wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, .when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 22 And ''Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the pres- ence of all the assembly of Israel, and '^spread forth his hands to- ward heaven ; 23 and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, -^ there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath ; " who keepest covenant and lovingkind- ness ^with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart ; 24 who hast kept with thj; servant David my father that which thou didst promise him : yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and. hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day. 25 Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, [" '' There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me. 26 Now there- fore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, 'which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, * heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have build ed ! 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his suppli- cation, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this day ; 29 ' that 1 Or, for 2 Heb. There shall not be cwt off unto thee a man from my sight. " ch. 5. 3, 5 ; 2 S. 7. 6. 12, 13 ; 1 Clir. 22. 8-10 b 1 Chr. 28. 5,6 " ver. 9 >■ Lev. 26. 40-42; Neh. 9. 2 ' Ezr. 9. 6, 7 ; Neh. 1. 6 ft Dt. 4. 29 ; 1 S. 7. 3, 4 ; Neh. 1. 9 ' Dan. 6. 10 ; Jon. 2. 4 ™ 2 Chr. 30. 9; Acts 7. 10 " Ex. 32. 11, 12 ; Dt. 9. 26-29 " Dt. 4. 20 ; Jer. 11. 4 P ver. 29 « Ex. 19. 5, 6 ; Dt. 9. 26-29 "■ 2 Chr. 7. 1, &c. * 2 Cl'hr. 6. 13 ' ver. 14 ; Num. 6. 2.3-26 " Josh. 21. 45 ; 23. 14, 15 "Josh. 1. 5 ; 1 S. 12. 22 ; Rom. 8. 31 ; Heb. 13. 5 "'Ps. 119. 36; Jer. 31. 33 V ver. 43 ' ch. 18. J " Dt. 18. 13 ; 2 K. 20. 3 * 2 Chr. 7. 4-10 50 and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee ; and ™ give them * compassion before those who carried tliem captive, that they may have compassion on them 51 ("for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, whicn thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, "from the midst of the furnace of iron) ; 52 * that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee. 53 For thou didst separate them fi^om among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, *as thou spakest by Moses thy servant, wnen thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah. 54 'And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of pray- ing all this prayer and supplication unto Jehovah, * he arose from before the altar of Jehovah, from kneel- ing on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven. 55 And he stood, and * blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, 56 Blessed be Jeho- vah, that hath given rest unto his Eeople Israel, according to all thai e promised : " there hath noic ^failed one word of all his gooci promise, which he promised b\ Moses his servant. 57 Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers : " let him not leave us, nor forsake us ; 58 that ^he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers. 59 And let these my words, where- with I have made supplication be- fore Jehovah, be nigh unto Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, •^as every day shall require; 60 ^that all the peoples of the earth may know that ''Jehovah, he is God; there is none else. 61 "Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his com- mandments, as at this day. 62 'And the king, and all Israel * Heb. to be for compassion. ^ Heb. fallen. 6 Heb. the thing of a day in its day. 345 8.63 I. KINGS 9.19 Dedicatory Sacrifices. Jehovah's Covenant with Solomon. Cities given to Hiram. Taskworlc employed with him, "offered sacrifice before Jehovah. 63 And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto Jehovah, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. *So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah. 64 The same day did the king hallow the mid- dle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah ; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because ''the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too little to receive the burnt-offer- ing, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings. 65 So ** Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, " from the entrance of Hamath -^unto the brook of Egypt, before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. 66 On the eighth day he sent the people away ; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David his servant, and to Israel his peo- ple. 9 ''And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the build- ing of the house of Jehovah, and ''the king's house, and *all Solo- mon's ^ desire which he was pleased to do, 2 that * Jehovah appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. 3 And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, 'to put my name there for ever; and ™ mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 4 And as for thee, " if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in in- tegrity of heart, and in upright- ness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordi- nances ; 5 then " I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever, according as I ^promised to David thy father, saying. There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. 6 ^ But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, 1 Or, delight 2 Or, spake concerning " 2 S. 6. 17- 19 ; Ezr. 6. 16, 17 6 Ezr. 6. IS- IS; Neh. 12. 27 " 2 Chr. 4. 1 rf ver. 2 ; Lev. 23. 34-42 'Num. 34. S; Josh. 13. 6 /Gen. 15. 18 ; Ex. 23. 31; Josh. 13 3 9 2Chr. 7. 11, &c h ch.' 7. 1, 2 • ver. 19 ; 2 Chr. 8. 6 * ch. 3. 5 ; 11. 9 ' ch. 8. 29 "•Dt. 11. 12; 2 Chr. 6. 40 " ch. 3. 14 ; 11. 4, 6, 8 0 ch. 2. 4 ; 6. 12 ; 2 S. 7. 12, 16 P 2 S. 7. 14- 16 ; 1 Chr. 28.9 « Lev. 18. 24- 29 ; Dt. 4. 26 ; 2 K. 17 23 "■ Jer. 7. 4-1'; * Dt. 28. 37 ; Jer. 24. 9 t Dt. 29. 24-26; Jer 22. 8, 9, 28 « Dt. 29. 25- 28 ; Jer, 2. 10-13 " 2 Chr. 8. 1, &c. " ver. 1 ; ch. 6. 37, 38 ; 7. 1 y Josh. 19. 27 ' ver. 11 " ver. 24 ; 2 S. 5. 9 b Josh. 11. 1 " Josh. 17. 11 d Josh. 16. 10 • ch. 3. 1 ; 7. 8 /Josh. 10. 10 " ch. 10. 26 ; 2 Chr. 1. 14 A ch. 4. 26 346 and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them ; 7 " then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them ; and *■ this house, which I have hal- lowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight ; and * Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 8 ^ And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss ; and they shall say, ' Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house ■? 9 and they shall answer, " Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipijed them, and served them : therefore hath Jeho- vah brought all this evil upon them. 10 "And it came to pass ^at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of Jehovah and the king's house 11 (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solo- mon with cedar-trees and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his desire), that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. 12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. 13 And he said. What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother 1 And *he called them the land of *Cabul unto this day. 14 'And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. 15 And this is the ® reason of the ®levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of Jehovah, and his own house, and " Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and * Hazor, and ''Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 Pha- raoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the ■* Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and " given it for a portion unto nis daughter, Solo- mon's wife. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and -^Beth-horon the nether, 18 and Baalath, and^Tamar in the wilderness, in the land, 19 and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and * the cities for his chariots, and the cities for ''his horsemen, and 3 Or, and this hous'. shall be high ; every one &c. * Or, they were called * Or, account « Heb. men subject to taskwork. 7 Another reading is, Tadmor. So 2 Chr. 8. 4. 9.20 I. KINGS 10.14 Solomon's Annual Offerings. His IVavy. The Qoeen of Sheba's Visit. Importations from Opliir •that which Solomon desii'ed to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 20 As for all the people that were left of the Amo- rites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel ; 21 * their children that wei"e left after them in the land, ''whom the children of Israel were not able ^utterly to destroy, "^of them did Solomon raise '^ a levy " of bondser- vants unto this day. 22 But •'^of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants ; but they were the men of war, and his ser- vants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. 23 These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, " five hundred and fifty, '' who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. 24 But 'Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her : then 'did he build Millo. 25 And 'three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt-offerings and peace-offerings upon the altar which he built unto Jehovah, burn- ing incense therewith, u2}on the altar that was before Jehovah. So he finished the house. 26 And ™ king Solomon made a navy of ships in "Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. 27 "And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. 28 And they came to ^'Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. 1 C\ 'And when the "■ queen of a\J "Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, she came 'to prove him with hard questions. 2 And she came to Jerusalem Avith a very great train, with camels " that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones ; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her questions : there was not any- 1 Heb. to devote. 2 Heb. men subject to servile taskwork. " ver. 1 b Judg. 1. 21- 29; 3. 1 " Josh. 15. 63 ; 17. 12, 13 d Judg. 1. 28, 35 « Gen. 9. 25, 26 ; Ezr. 2. 5.5-58 /Lev. 25. 39 » 2 Chr. 8. 10 ft ch. 5. 16 i ch. 3. 1 ; 7. 8 *-" ver. 15 ; ch. 11. 27 ; 2 Chr. 32. 5 ' Ex. 2:!. 14- 17 ; Dt. 16. Ifi >" ch. 22. 48 " Num. 33. a5 ; Dt. 2. 8 " ch. 5. 6, 9 ; 10. 11 P 1 Chr. 29. 4 9 2 Chr. 9. 1, &c. *■ Mt. 12. 42 * Gen. 10. 7, 28 ; Ps. 72. 10, 16 « Judg. 14. 12-14 ; Pa. 49. 4 " ver. 10 ^ 1 Chr. 26. 16 " ch. 6. 7 y 1 Chr. 17. 22 ; 2 Chr. 2. 11 ^ 2 S. 8. 15 ; 23. 3 " ver. 2 l> ch. 9. 27, 28 ' 2 Chr. I 13-28 347 thing hid from the king which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 5 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the ^attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and ''"his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her. 6 And she said to the king, It was a true re- port that I heard in mine own land of thine ®acts, and of thy wisdom. 7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it : and, behold, the half was not told me ; ^ thy wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame which I heard. 8 Happy are thy men, happy are these thy .ser- vants, that stand continually be- fore thee, and that hear thy wisdom. 9 ^Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel : ^ because Jeho- vah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, Ho do justice and righteousness. 10 And "she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and pre- cious stones : there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 1 1 * And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of ^ almug-trees and precious stones. 12 And the king made of the al- mug-trees ^pillars for the house of Jehovah, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers : there came no such almug- trees, nor were seen, unto this day. 13 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, besides that ® which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants. 14 ''Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six 3 Heb. standing. * Or, his burnt-offering which he offered in &x. 5 Or, sayings * Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame. 7 In 2 Chr. 2. 8, 9. 10, algum-trees. PerhapB, sandal-wood. 8 Or, a railing Heb. a prop. 9 Heb. which he gave her according to the Hand of king Solomon. 10.16 I. KINGS U.11 Solomon's Wealth and Splendor. His Chariots and Horses. His Wires and his Apostasy talents of gold, 15 besides that which the traders brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of Hhe mingled people, and of the governors of the country. 16 And "king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold ; six hundred shekels of gold went to one buckler. 1 7 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold ; three - pounds of gold went to one shield : and * the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ''ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold. 19 There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was I'ound behina ; and there were ^ stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays. 20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any king- dom. 21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold : none were of silver ; it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 22 For '*the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tai"shish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 23 ^ So king^ Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 24 And all the earth sought the presence of Solo- mon, ■''to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his trib- ute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 26 ''And Solomon gathered to- gether chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hun- dred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the ''chariot cities, and with the king at .Jerusalem. 27 ^And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. 28 *And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt ; and the king's merchants received them 1 In 2 Chr. 9. 14, Arabia. 2 Heb. maneh. 3 Or, arms Heb. hands. " ch. 14. 26- 28 ; 2 Chr. 12. 9, 10 b ch. 7. 2 " ver. 22 ; Ps. 45. 8 d ch. 9. 26- 28 ; 22. 48 ' ch. 3. 12, 13 ; 4. 30 /ch. 3. 9, 12, 28 " ch. 4. 26 ; 2 Chr. 1. 14-17 ; 9. 25 '' ch. 9. 19 > 2 Chr. 1. l.i *2Chr. 1. 16; 9. 28 ' 2 K. 7. 6, 7 ™ Dt. 17. 17 ; Neh. 13. 23-27 " Ex. 23. 31- 33 ; 34. is- le 0 2 S. 3. 2-6 ; 5. 13-16 P ch. 9. 4 9 Judg. 2. 13; 10. 6 ; 1 S. 7. 3, 4 *■ ver. 7 ' Num. 21. 29 ; Judg. 11. 24 ; 2K.. 23. 13 t Lev. 20. 2- 5 ; 2 K, 23. 10; Acts". 43 " ch. 3. 5 ; = ch. 6. 12; 9. 6,7 V ver. 29-31 ; ch. 12. 1.5, 16, 20 ; 1 S. 2. 30 348 in di'oves, each drove at a price. 29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty ; and so ' for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out ■* by their means. nNow "* king Solomon loved many foreign women, * to- gether with the daughter of Pha- raoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites ; 2 of the nations con- cerning which .Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, " Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you ; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods : Solomon clave unto these in love. 3 "And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines ; and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods ; and ^his heart was not perfect with Jehovah his God, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after « Ashto- reth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after *■ Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father. 7 Then did Solomon build a high place for *Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before .Jerusalem, and for 'Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. 8 And so did he for all his foreign wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. 9 And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, " because his heart was turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, "who had appeared unto him twice, 10 and ''haa com- manded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods : but he kept not that which Jehovah commanded. 11 Where- fore Jehovah said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this ^ is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my cove- nant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, ^I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy aer- * Heb. in their hand. s Or, besides 6 Heb. is with thee. 11.12 I. KINGS 11.36 Clod in Anger raises up Adversaries. Hadad the Edomite. Rezon of Zobah. Jeroboam's Enmity. Ahijah's Prophecy vant. 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake : but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 Howbeit "I will not I'end away all the kingdom ; but '' I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and " for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. 14 And Jehovah raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite : he was of the king's seed in Edom. 15 For it came to pass, ''when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom 16 (for Joab and all Israel re- mained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom) ; 17 that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child. 18 And they arose out of Midian, and came to " Paran ; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egyjit, who gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 19 And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genu- bath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house ; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh. 21 And •''when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pha- raoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. 22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country'? And he answered, Nothing : howbeit only let me de- part. 23 And "God raised up another adversary unto him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord '' Hadadezer king of Zobah. 24 And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, 'when David slew them of Zohah : and they went to Damas- cus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. 2-5 And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that "2S. r. 15; 1 Chr. 17. 13 ^ ver. 32, 3G ; ch. 12. 20 <' ell. 8. 29 rf 2 S. 8. 14 ; 1 Chr. 18. 12, 13 "Num. 10. 12; Dt. 1.1 /ch. 2. 10 " ver. 14 '' 2 S. 8. 3 ; 10. 16 ' 2 S. 10. 8, 18 fc ver. 11, 28 ; ch. 12. 2, 20; 2 Chr. 13. 6 ' 2 S. 20. 21 "' ch. 9. 15, 24 " Prov. 22. 29 " ch. 12. 15 ; 14. 2; 2 Chr. 9. 29 V 1 S. 15. 27, 28 9 ver. 11, 12 "ver. 13; ch. 12. 21 ' ver. 13 ; ch. 14. 21 " ver. 12 ; ch. 12. 16, 17 " ver. 13 ^ ch. 15. 4 ; 2 K, 8. 19 y ver. 13 849 Hadad did : and he abhorred Is- rael^ and reigned over Syria. 26 And * Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, ' he also lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king: '"Solo- mon built Millo, and ' repaired the breach of the city of David his father. 28 And the man Jero- boam was a mighty man of valor ; and "Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the ^ labor of the house of Joseph. 29 And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that "the prophet Ahijah the Shi- lonite found him in the way ; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment ; and they two were alone in the field. 30 And ^Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve Eieces. 31 And he said to Jero- oam. Take thee ten pieces ; for thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, "I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solo- mon, and will give ten tribes to thee 32 ('but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, "the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel) ; 33 be- cause that they have forsaken me, and 'have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon ; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to heex) my statutes and mine ordi- nances, as_ did David his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand ; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David -my ser- vant's sake whom I chose, ^who kept my commandments and my statutes ; 35 but " I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. 36 And "unto his son will I give one tribe, ^ that David my servant may have a lamp al- way before me in Jerusalem, *the city which I have chosen me to 1 Heb. dosed uv. ^ Heb. burden. 8 Or, because he kept 11.37 I. KINGS 12.18 Rehoboam King. He follows Evil Connsel. Israel rebels. Jeroboam made their King put my name there. 37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign ^ according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commaiidments, as David my servant did ; that "I will be with thee, and *will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. 39 And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. 40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam ; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto 'Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 41 ** Now the rest of the ^acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon 1 42 And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Is- rael was forty years. 43 And Solomon "slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of Da- vid his father : and ■'^Eehoboam his son reigned in his stead. ■i O ^And Rehoboam went to X^ Shechem : for all Isi'ael were come to ''Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, ' when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Kgypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt, 3 and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spake unto Reho- boam, saying, 4 * Thy father made our yoke grievous: now. therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them, 'Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 6 And king Rehoboam '"took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he. yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people ^ 7 And they spake unto him, saying. If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer 1 Or, over aU 2 Or, words Or, matters " Dt. 31. 8 ; Josh. 1. 5 6 2 S. 7. 11, 27 ' ch. 14. 26 ; 2 Chr. 12. ,2-9 d 2 Chr. 9. 29, &C. " ch. 2. 10 / ch. 14. 21 " 2 Chr. 10. 1, &c. '' Judg. 9. 6 ' ch. 11. 26, 40 h ch. 4. 7, 22- ■i:< ; 9. \o\ 1 S. 8. 11-18 'ver. 12 "^ ch. 4. 1-6 " ver. 5 0 Ex. 1. 13, 14 ; 6. 6-9, 16-18 P ver. 24 ; Dt. 2. 30 ; Judg. 14. 4 9ch. 11. 11, 31 '"2 8. 20. 1 ' ch. 11. 13, « ch. 4. 6 ; 5. 14 ; 2 S. 20. 24 them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy ser- vants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took coun- sel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him. 9 Atid he said unto them. What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this peo- ple, who have spoken to me, say- ing. Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter'? 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this peo- ple that spake unto thee, saying. Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us ; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. 1 1 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scor- pions. 1 2 So Jeroboam and all the peo- ple came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, " Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered the peo- ple roughly, and forsook the coun- sel of the old men which they had given him, 14 and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, " My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scor- pions. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people ; p for it was a thing brought about of Jehovah, » that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 16 And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, say- ing, Wnat portion have we in David 1 neither have we inheri- tance in the son of Jesse : ''to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel de- parted unto their tents. 17 But *as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Reho- boam reigned over them. 18 Then king Rehoboam sent ' Adoram, who was over the men subject to task- work ; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Reho- boam made speed to get him up 350 12.19 I. KINGS 13.7 Relioboara warned not to resist Jeroboam. Jeroboam's Ilnlawrul Institutions. He is warned by a Prophet from Judab to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 19 "So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 20 And it came to pass, when all Is- rael heard that Jeroboam was re- turned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel : 'there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. 21 '^And'whQn Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 22 But the word of God came unto '* Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 23 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the " rest of the people, saying, 24 Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel : return every man to his house ; •''for this thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the word of Jehovah, and returned and went their way, according to the word of .Jehovah. 25 Then "Jeroboam built She- chem in the hill-country of Eph- raim, and dwelt therein ; and he went out from thence, and built *Penuel. 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David : 27 *if this people go up to offer sac- rifices in the house of .Jehovah at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam Idng of .ludah. 28 Whereupon the king took coun- sel, and *■ made two calves of gold ; and he said unto them, ^It is too much for you to go up to Jerusa- lem: 'behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And he set the one in ""Betn-el, and the other put he in "Dan. 30 And "this thing became a sin ; for the people went to worship before ^the one, even unto Dan. 31 And^he made houses of high places, and *made priests from among all the people, that 1 Or, Ye have qone up long enough * Or, each of them " 2 K. 17. 21 b ch. 11. 13, 32. 30 <'2Chr. 11. 1, &c. d 2 Chr. 12. 5-7 ^ ver. 17 /ver. 15 !/ Judg. 9. 45-49 ft Gen. 32. 30, 31 ; Judg. 8. 8, 17 '■ Dt. 12. 6-7, 14 * 2 K. 10. 29 ; 17. 16 ; Hos. 8. 4-7 I Ex. 32. 4, 8 "' Gen. 28. 19 " Judg. 18. 26-31 " ch. 13. 34 ; 2 K. 17. 21 P ch. 13. 32 « ch. 13. 33 ; 2 K. 17. 32 ; 2 Chr. 13. 9 •■ Lev. 23. 33, 34; Num. 29. 12 » Am. 7. 10- 13 ' ch. 13. 1 " ch. 12. 22 ; 2 K. 23. 17 ^ ch. 12. 33 " ver. 32 !* 2 K. 23. 15, 16 '■ Ex. 4. 1-5 ; Judg. 6. 17 " Ex. 8. 8, 28 ; 9. 28 ; Acts 8. 24 t> Lk. 6. 27, 28 <^ 1 S. 9. 7, 8 ; 2 K. 6. 15 351 were not of the sons of Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, ''like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he * went up unto the altar ; so did he in Beth-el, * sacrificing unto the calves that he had made : and he placed in Beth-el " the priests of the high K laces that he had made. 33 And e ^ went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth-el on the fif- teenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised ® of his own heart : and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and ^ went up unto the altar, 'to burn incense. •i O And, behold, there came _LO "a man of Gou out of Ju- dah by the word of Jehovah unto Beth-el : and Jeroboam was stand- ing by the altar " to burn incense. 2 And ^he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah : Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, ^Josiah by name ; and upon thee shall he sac- rifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon thee. 3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, ^ This is the sign which .Jehovah hath spoken : Be- hold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. 4 And it came to pass, when the king heard the say- ing of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying. Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him. 5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poui'ed out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of Jehovah. 6 And the king an- swered and said unto the man of God, "Entreat now the favor of Jehovah thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And *the man of God en- treated Jehovah, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. 7 And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and "I will give thee a 3 Or, offered upon * Or, to sacrifice ^ Another reading is, apart. 13.8 I. KINGS 13.33 The Prophet led into Disobedience by an old Prophet in Bethel. He is lulled by a Lion. Jeroboam's Priests reward. 8 And the man of God said unto the king, "If thou wilt giye me half thy house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place ; 9 for so was it charged me by the word of Jehovah, saying. Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou earnest. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. 11 Now * there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el ; and ^ one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el : the words which he had spoken unto the king, them also they told unto their father. 12 And their father said unto them. What way went he'? Now his sons had "seen what way the man of God went, that came from Judah. 13 And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass ; and he rode thereon. 14 And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an ^ oak ; and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that earnest from Judah "? And he said, I am. 15 Then he said unto him. Come home with me, and eat bread. 16 And he said, "I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place : 1 7 for it was said to me ''by the word of Jehovah, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou earnest. 1 8 And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art ; and an angel spake unto me by the word of Jehovah, saying. Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. 1 9 So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. 20 And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of Jehovah came unto the prophet that brought him back; 21 and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast '*been disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not 1 Heb. his son. 2 Or, as otherwise read, showed him. 3 Or, terebinth •* Or, rebelled against the word " ver. 16, 17 ; Num. 22. 18; 24. 13 * ver. 25 ; 2 K. 23. 18 " ver. 8, 9 d ch. 20. 35 ' ch. 20. 36 /ver. 11 » 2 K. 23. 17, 18 '' ver. 2 ' ch. 12. 31 ^ ch. 16. 24 352 kept the commandment which J e- hovah thy God commanded thee, 22 but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee. Eat no bread, and drink no water ; thy body shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. 23 And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to ivit, for the prophet who"in he had brought back. 24 And when he was gone, ''a lion met him by the way, and slew him : and his body was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it ; the lion also stood by the body. 25 And, behold, men passed by, and saw the body cast in the waj^, and the lion standing by the body ; and they came and told it in the city where -'the old prophet dwelt. 26 And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who ^was disobedient unto the mouth of Jehovah: there- fore Jehovah hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Jehovah, Avhich he spake unto him. 27 And he spake to his sons, saying. Saddle me the ass. And they saddled it. 28 And he went and found his body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the body : the lion had not eaten the body, nor torn the ass. 29 And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; aftd he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him. 30 And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! 31 And it came to Eass, after he had buried him, that e spake to his sons, saying. When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried ; ^ lay my bones beside his bones. 32 *For the saying which he cried by the word of Jehovah against the altar in Beth-el, and 'against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of * Samaria, shall surely come to pass. 33 After this thing Jeroboam re- turned not from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places. 13.34 I. KINGS 14.22 Jeroboam's Son being sick, Ms Wife is sent to Aliijah. Aliijali's Prophecy against Jeroboam. Rehoboam's Reign over Jadab ^ "^whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places. 34 *And -this thing became sin unto- the house of Jeroboam, ''even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. MAt that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and "* disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to '^Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who ■'^ spake concerning me that I should be king over this people. 3 "And take with thee ten loaves, and cakes, and a ^ cruse of honey, and go to him : he will tell thee what shall become of the child. 4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to ''Shiloh, and came to the house of 'Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see ; '' for his eyes were set by reason of his age. b And Jehovah said unto Ahijah, Behold^ the wife of Jeroboam cometh to in- quire of thee concerning her son ; for he is sick : thus and thus shalt thou say unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in, that 'she will feign herself to be another woman. 6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said. Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another"? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. 7 Go, tell Jero- boam, thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel : '" Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee ■* prince over my people Israel, 8 and rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee ; and " yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, "to do that only which was right in "mine eyes, 9 but hast done evil above all that were before thee, and ^hast gone and made thee other gods, and * molten images, to provoke me to anger, and '"hast cast me behind thy back : 1 0 there- fore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and "will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, 'him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and "will 1 Or, whomsoever he would 2 Or, by this thing he became 3 Or: bottle * Or, leader " Judg. 17. 5 b ch. 12. 30 ; 2 K. 17. 21 ' ch. 14. 10 ; lo. 29, 30 d 1 S. 28. 8 ; 2 S. 14. 2 ; 2 Chr. 18. 29 « Josh. 18. 1 /ch. 11. 29- 31 » ch. 13. 7 ; 1 S. 9. 7, 8 ; 2 K. 4. 42 rt ver. 2 'ch. 11. 29 * 1 S. 3. 2 ; 4. lo- ' 2 S. 14. 2 "'ch. 11. 28- 31 ; 16. 2 " ch. 11. 33, 38 " ch. 15. 5 P ch. 12. 28 ; 2 Chr. 11. l.T 1 Ex. 34. 17 "" Ps. 60. 17 ; Ezek. 23. 3.5 ' ch. 21. 21 ; 2 K. 9.;;8 « Dt. 32. 36 ; 2 K. 14. 26 " ch. 15. 29 " ch. 16. 4 ; 21. 24 ^ ver. 17 'J ch. 15. 27- 29 * Dt. 29. 28 ; 2 K. 17. 6 " Josh. 23. 1.5, 16 b'iK. 16. 29 "^ Ex. 34. 13, 14 ; Dt. 12. 3, 4 rf ch. 12. 30 ; 13. 34 ' ch. 15. 21, 33 ; 16. 6-9, 15, 23 /ver. 12 " ver. 13 h ver. 30 ; 2 Chr. 13. 2-20 ' 2 Chr. 12. * ch. 11. 32, 36 ' 2 Chr. 12. 1, 14 utterly sweep away the house of .Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone. 1 1 "Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the held shall the birds of the heavens eat : for Jehovah hath spoken it. 12 Arise thou there- fore, get thee to thy house : and ^ when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. 13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him ; for he only of .Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. 14 Moreover ^Jehovah will raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: ^but what'? even now. 15 For Jehovah will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and 'he will root up Israel out of "this good land which he gave to their fathers, and * will scatter them be- yond the River, " because they have made their Asherim, provoking •Jehovah to anger. 1 6 And he \vill give Israel up '' because of the sins of Jeroboam, *' which he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath made Israel to sin. 17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to "Tirzah: and ■''as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. 18 ''And all Israel buried him, and mourned for him, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the prophet. 1 9 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, ''how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chroni- cles of the kings of Israel. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years : and he slept with his fathers, and Na- dab his son reigned in his stead. 21 'And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in .Judah. Re- hoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Je- rusalem, *the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there: and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 22 ' And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and they pro- 6 Or, and tvhat even now ? « Or, who did sin, and who made &c. 353 14.23 I. KINGS 15.19 Shishak's Invasion. Death of Rehoboam. Abijam's Reign over Jndah. Asa's Reign over Jndali. War with Baasha voked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they also built them "high places, and ^ * pillars, and " Asherim, on every high hill, and ** under every green tree ; 24 and there were also * sodomites in the land : they did according to all the abomi- nations of the nations which Jeho- vah drove out before the children of Israel. 25 -^And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, tbat Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem ; 26 and he took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; ^he even took away all : and '' he took away all the- shields of gold which Solomon had made. 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and ' committed them to the hands of the captains of the "■^ guard, who kept the door of the king's house. 28 And it was so, that, as oft as the king went into the house of Jehovah, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard- chamber. 29 * Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book oi the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 30 'And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continu- ally. 31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David : and "' his mother's name was Naa- mah the AmmOnitess. And ^ Abi- jam his son reigned in his stead. ^ pT " Now in the eighteenth -M-tJ year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was ■*Maacah the daughter of ^Abishalom. 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him ; and "his heart was not per- fect with Jehovah his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nev- ertheless for David's sake did Jeho- vah his God give him a ^lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem; 5 « because David did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, 1 Or, obelisks 2 Heb. runners. 8In2Chr. 12. \6,Abijah. * In 2 Chr. 13. 2, Micaiah the daughter of Uriel. 6 In 2 Chr. 11. 20, 21, Absalom. " Dt. 12. 2 b Dt. 16. 22 '^ ver. 15 rf 2 K. 17. 10 ; Is. 67. 5 ; Jer. 2. 20 " Dt. 23. 17 / 2 Chr. 12. 2,9-11 ^ch. 15. 18 A ch. 10. 17 ' 1 S. 8. 11 ; 22. 17 t 2 Chr. 12. 15, 16 ' ch. 12. 21- 24 ; 15. 6 "* ver. 21 " 2 Chr. 13. 1, &c. " ch. 11. 4 Pch. 11. 36; 2S. 21.17 « ch. 9. 4 ; 14. 8 '2 8. 11. 4, 15-17 ; 12. 9, 10 ' ch. 14. 30 < 2 Chr. 13. 2, 21, 22 " 2 Chr. 13. 3-20 " 2 Chr. 14. 1, &c. " ver. 2 !'2Chr. 14.2 ' ch. 14. 24 ; 22. 46 ; Dt. 23. 17 "ch. 11. 7, 8; 14. 23; 2 Chr. 14. 2-5 b 2 Chr. If.. 16-13 " Ex. 32. 20 <* ch. 22. 43 ; 2 K. 12. 3 ' ver. 3 , ch. 8. 61 / ch. 7. 61 ' ver. 32 '■ 2 Chr. 16. 1-6 ' ver. 21, 22 * ch. 12. 26- ' ver. 15 ; ch. 14. 26 ' 2 K. 12. 17, 18 " ch. 11. 23, 24 ; Gen. 14. 15 " 2 Chr. 16. 7 354 and turned not aside from any- thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, ''save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 'Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 And 'the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah'? "And there was war be- tween Abijam and Jeroboam, 8 "And Abijam slept with his fathers ; and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboani king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah. 1 0 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem : and ""his mother'sname was Maacah the daughter of Abish- alom. 1 1 And ^ Asa did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, as did David his father. 12 And 'he put away the sodomites out of the land, and " removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 *And also Maacah his mother he removed from being ® queen, because she had made an abomi- nable image ^ for an Asherah ; and Asa cut down her image, and "= burnt it at the brook Kidron. 14 "^But the high places were not taken away : nevertheles.s '^ the heart of Asa was perfect with Jehovah all his days. 15 And -'he brought into the house of Jehovah the things that his father had dedi- cated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 16^ And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17'' And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and ' built Raman, * that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18 Then ' Asa took all the silver and ' the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants ; and "* king Asa sent them to Ben- hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at "Damascus, saying, 19 ^ There is "a league between me 6 Or, queen mother 7 Or, for Asherah 8 Or, Let there be 15.20 I. KINGS 16.9 War with Baasha. Nadab's Reign over Israel. Baasha's Reign over Israel. Jeha's Prophecy. Slab's Reign over Israel and thee, between my father and thy father : behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold ; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 20 And Ben- hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote " Ijon, and * Dan, and "^ Abel- beth-maacah, and all "* Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that "he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in ■''Tirzah. 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah ; none was exempted : and they car- ried away the stones of Bamah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded ; and king Asa built therewith "Geba of Benja- min, and Mizpah. 23 ''Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 1 But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father ; and [ Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. 25 And * Nadab the son of Jero- boam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah ; and he reigned over Israel two years. 26 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and ' walked in the way of his father, and "4n his sin where- with he made Israel to sin. 27 And " Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him ; and Baasha smote him at "Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines ; for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gib- bethon. 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. 29 And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam : he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him ; ^ ac- cording unto the saying of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Ahi- jah the Shilonite ; 30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and * wherewith he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation where- " 2 K. 15. 29 l> ch. 12. 29 " 2 K. 15. 29 d Josh. 11. 2 ; 12. 3 ' ver. 17 /ch. 14. 17; 16. 15-18 "Josh. 18. 24 ; 21. 17 A 2 Chr. 16. 11-14 ' ch. 22. 41- 44 ; 2 Chr. 17. 1 *■• ch. 14. 20 'ch. 12. 28- 33 ; 13. 33, 34 "' ver. 30, 34 ; ch. 14. 16 " ch. 14. 14 o Josh. 19. 44 ; 21. 23 P ch. 14. 9-16 « ver. 26 >■ ch. 14. 19 ' ver. 16 < ver. 26 " ver. 7 ; 2 Chr. 19. 2 ; 20. 34 " 2 Chr. 16. 7-10 ^ch. 14. 7 y ch. 15. 34 ' ch. 14. 10 ; 21. 21 " ver. 11 f> ch. 15. 29 '^ch. 14. 11 ; 21. 24 d ch. 14. 19 ; 16. 31 ' ch. 14. 17 ; 15. 21 " ch. 14. 14 ; 16. 27, 29 A 2 K. 9. 30- 33 ' ch. 18. 3 ; Gen. 24. 2 ; 39. 4 with he provoked Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger. 31 '"Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israeli 32 *And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty and four years. 34 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and ' walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. ■^ /Z* 1 And the word of Jehovah -Lw came to "Jehu the son of *'Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2 Forasmuch as ^ I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee ' prince over my people Israel, and * thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my peo- ple Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; 3 behold, ^I will utterly sweep away "Baasha and his house ; and * I will make thy house like the house of Jero- boam the son of Nebat. 4 "Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat. 5 '^ Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israeli 6 And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in " Tirzah ; and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7 And moreover by -^the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Jehovah against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jero- boam, and because ^ he smote ^him. 8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years. 9 And his servant * Zimri, captain of half his chariots, con- spired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, *who was over the household in Tirzah .- 1 Or, leader « Or, it 356 16.10 I. KINGS 17.1 Zimri slays Elah and his Kiadred, and reigns over Israel. Omri's Reign over Israel. Ahab King of Israel. El^ah predicts a 10 and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. 11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that "he smote all the house of Baasha : he left him not a single man-child, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, * according to the word of Jeho- vah, which he spake against Baa- sha by "Jehu the prophet, 13 for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, ''to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. l4 "Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israeli 15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against -^Gibbethon, which be- longed to the Philistines. 16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also smitten the king : wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17 And Omri went up from Gibbe- thon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the ^ castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and ''died, 19 for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, in ''walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. 20 ' Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 1 21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts : half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king ; and half followed Omri. 22 But the people that followed Omri pre- vailed against the people that fol- lowed Tibni the son of Ginath : go Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 1 Or, palace " ver. 3 ; ch. 15. 29 i> ver. 3 " 2 Chr. 19. 2 ; 20. 34 d ch. 16. 30 ; Dt. 32. 21 * ver. 5 /ch. 15. 27 » 1 S. 31. 4, 6; 2S. ir. 23 A ch. 12. 28 ; 14. 16 ; 15. 26 i ver. 5, 14, 27 J: ch. 15. 21 ' ver. 28, 29, 32 '" Mic. 6. 16 " ver. 30-33 ; ch. 14. 9 " ver. 19 P ver. 25 ch. 14. 9 9 Dt. 7. 1 -5 ""ch. 11. 2 K. 10 17. 16 1-5 18 " 2 K. 10 2C, 27 21, ( 2 K. 13 6 " ver. 29. ch. 14. 30; 9 ^ Josh. 6 .26 ^ Judg. 12. 4 356 23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, and reigned twelve years : six years reigned he in ^Tirzah. 21 And he bought the hill ^ Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver ; and he '^ built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, '^'Samaria. 25 And ™ Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and "dealt wickedly above all that were be- fore him. 26 For he "walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, to px'ovoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles pf the kings of Israel 1 28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was JDuried in Samaria ; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel : and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah ^above all that were before him. 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that » he took to wife ^Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the ''Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 32 And he reared up an altar for Baal in * the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. 33 And Ahab made * the Asherah ; and Ahab "did yet more to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. 34 "In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho : he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his young- est son Segub, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. -j 1^ And Elijah the Tishbite, -L I who was of *the sojourners 2 Heb. Shomeron. ' OT,fortiJied the hill * Heb. Isebil. 17.2 1. KINGS 18.6 Droaglit; is fed at Clierith; goes to Zarephatli; increases a Widow's Meal aud Oil; raises her Son. Obadiah hunts for Water of Gilead, said unto Ahab, " As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, * there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 2 And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thy- self by the bi'ook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook ; and " I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 5 So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah ; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and iiesh in the evening ; and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the bi'ook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. 8 And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to ** Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there : behold, " I have commanded a, widow there to sustain thee. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath ; and when he came to the gate of the city, be- hold, a widow was there gathering sticks : and -^he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pi'ay thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said. Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand. 12 And .she said, «'As Jehovah thy God liveth, ''I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse : and, behold, I am gath- ering two .sticks, that I may go in and dress it for rne and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not ; go and do as thou hast said ; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith Jeho- vah, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah : and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 1 6 The jar of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Elijah. "ch, 18. 10; 22. 14; 2 K. 6. 20 b ch. 18. 1 ; Lk. 4. 26 ; Jas. 5. 17 " ver. 9 a Obad. 20 ; Lk. 4. 26 ' ver. 4 /Gen. 24. 17 ; Jn. 4. 7 0 ver. 1 ft 2 K. 4. 2-7 '■ 2 S. 16. 10 ; 2 K. 3. 13 ; Jn. 2. 4 * ch. 12. 22 « 2 K. 4. 34, 35; Acts 20. 10 '■ Heb. 11. 35 " Jn. 2. 11 ; 3. 2 " ch. 17. 1 P ch. 16. 9 9 ver. 13 ^7 17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said unto Elijah ' What have I to do with thee, 0 thou " man of God 1 '■ thou art come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son! 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 21 ' And he stretched himself ujDon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jeho- vah my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. 22 And Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of Elijah ; '"and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother ; and Elijah said. See, thy son liveth. 24 And the woman said to Elijah, " Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth. ■^ O And it came to pass " after -LO many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the third year, saying. Go, show thy- self unto Ahab ; and I will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Sama- ria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, ^who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly : 4 for it was so, ^ when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water). 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks : peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, "that we lose not all the beasts. 6 So they divided the land between them to pass 1 Or, art thou &c. * Or, and lose none of 18.7 I. KINGS 18.32 Elgah meets Obadiab, and sends him to Ahab, ihab meets Elijah. The Contest on IHonnt Carmel throughout it : Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. 7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him : "and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said. Is it thou, my lord Elijah? 8 And he answered him, It is I : go, tell thy lord. Behold, Elijah is here. 9 And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay mel 10 *As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee : and when they said. He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and na- tion, that they found thee not. 11 And now thou sayest. Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 12 And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, " that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not ; and so when I come and tell Ahab. and he cannot find thee, he will slay me : but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth. 13"* Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jeho- vah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them witti bread and water? 14 And now thou saj'est. Go, tell thy lord. Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me. 15 And Elijah said, " As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to- day. 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Eli- jah, that -^Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel? 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel ; but thou, and thy father's house, in that *ye have forsaken the commandments of Je- hovah, and '' thou hast followed the Baalim. 19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto 'mount Carmel, and *the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of Hhe Asherah four hundred, that eat at Jezebel's table. 20 So Ahab sent unto all the chil- dren of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Car- mel. 21 And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, "* How long go ye limping between the ° 2 K. 1. 6-8 <• ch. 17. 1 "^ 2 K. 2. 16 ; Ezek. 3. 12, 14; Acts 8. 39 d ver. 4 ' ch. 17. 1 /ch. 21. 20; Josh. 7. 25 »ch. 9. 9; 2 Chr. 15. 2 A ch. 16. 31 ; 21. 25, 26 ' Josh. 19. 26 ; 2 K. 2. 25 *•■ ver. 22 ' ch. 16. 33 "^ 2 K. 17. 41 ; Mt. 6. 24 " Josh. 24. 15 ° ch. 19. 10, 14 P ver. 19 « ver. 38 ■ Lev. 19. 28 ; Dt. 14. 1 ; Mic. 6. 7 ' Ex. 29. 39, 41 « ch. 19. 10, 14 ; 2 Chr. 33. 16 " Gen. 32. 28 : 35. 10 ; 2 K. 17. 34 two sides? "if Jehovah be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then fol- low him. And the people answered him not a word. 22 Then said Eli- jah unto the people, " I, even I only, am left a prophet of Jehovah ; but Baal's prophets are ^'four hundred and fifty men. 23 Let them there- fore give us two bullocks ; and let them choose one bullock for them- selves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no- fire under. 24 And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Jeho- vah : and *the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first ; for ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under. 26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, ^ hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they ' leaped about the altar which was made. 27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is on a journey, or per- adventure he sleepeth and must be awaked. 28 And they cried aloud, and ""cut themselves after their manner with ^knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them. 29 And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophe- sied * until the time of the offering of the eveyiing oblation ; but there was neither voice, nor any to an- swer, nor any/ that regarded. 30 And Elijah said unto all the people. Come near unto me ; and. all the people came near unto him. And * he repaired the altar of Jeho- vah that was thrown down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, accord- ing to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, "Israel shall be thy name. 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah ; and he made 368 1 Or, answer 2 Or. limped 3 Or, sivords * Heb. attention. 18.33 I. KINGS 19.11 The Contest on Monnt Carinel. End of tbe Droaght. Jezebel's Threat. Elijah Bees to Horeb. Jehovah's Still Small Voice a ti'ench about the altar, as great as would contain ^ two measures of seed. 33 "And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wo9d. And he said, Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt- offering, and on the wood. 34 And he said. Do it the second time ; and they did it the second time. And he said. Do it the third time ; and they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about the altar ; and he filled the trench also with water. 36 And it came to pass ''at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, " O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy ser- vant, and ''■ that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Jehovah, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Jeho- vah, art God, ^ and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then " the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces : and they said, •''Jeho- vah, he is God; Jehovah, he is God. 40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal- let not one of them escape. And they took them ; and Elijah brought them down to ^the brook Kishon, ''and slew them there. 41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink ; for there is the sound of abundance of rain. 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of * Carmel ; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. 43 And he said to his servant. Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said. There is nothing. And he said. Go again seven times. 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, * there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said. Go up, say unto Ahab, ^Make ready thy chariot, and get 1 Or, a twO'Seah measure 2 Or, for thou didst turn their heart backward 8 Or, roke " Gen. 22. 9 ; Lev. 1. 7, 8 >> ver. 29 " Ex. 3. 6 ; 4.6 d Num. 16. 28-32 « Gen. 15. 17 ; Lev. 10. 1, 2 ; 2K. 1. 12; Job 1. 16 /ver. 21,24 ' Judg. 4. 7 ; 5. 21 * Dt. 13. 5 : 18.20; 2K. 10. 24. 25 ' ver. 19, 20 fc Lk. 12. 54 ' Josh. 17. 16; Judg. 6. 33 "' 2 K. 3. 15 ; Is. 8. 11 " 2 K. 4. 29 ; Jer. 1. 17 ; 1 Pet. 1. 13 "ch. 18. 40 P ch. 20. 10 ; 2 K. 6. 31 « Gen. 21. 31 •"Num. 11. 16 ; Jer. 20. 14-18 ; • Jon. 4. 3, 8 ' Gen. 28. 11-16 < Ex. 24. 18 ; 34. 28 ; Dt. 9. 9-U, 18; Mt. 4. 2 " Ex. 3. 1 ; 4. 27 " Ex. 33. 21, 22 ' Ex. 20. 5 ; 34. 14 " Rom. 11. 3 ' Ex. 19. 20 ; 24. 12, 18 thee down, that the rain stop thee not. 45 And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to ' Jezreel : 46 and *" the hand of Jehovah was on Eli- jah ; and " he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. -| Q And Ahab told Jezebel all -L 2 K. 2. 3-7 ' ch. 13. 17, 18 d ch. 13. 24 ' ch. 14. 2 / 2 K. 10. 24 " ver. 39 ft ch. 21. 4 « ch. 18. 45, 46 fc 1 S. 8. 14 ' Lev. 25. 23 ; Num. 36. 7; Ezek. 46. 18 "•ch. 20. 43 " 1 S. 8. 14 " Esth. 3. 12 ; 8. 8, 10 P ch. 20. r the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in *Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Sa- maria. 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, *Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, oecause it is near unto my house ; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it : or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, ' that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 4 "And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the woi'd which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him ; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. 5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him. Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread 1 6 And he said unto her. Because I spake unto Nab9th the Jezreelite, and said unto him. Give me thy vineyard for money ; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it : and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, " Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel 1 arise, and eat bread, and let thy heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jez- reelite. 8 "So she wrote ^letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto p the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth. 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying. Pro- claim a fast, and set Naboth *on high among the people : 10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying. Thou didst * curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death. 1 1 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth 2 Or, a letter * Or, at the head of * Or, renouncs 362 21.13 I. KINGS 22.9 Naboth killed. Elijah denomices Ihab's Sin. Ihab humbled. He and Jehoshaphat allied against Syria. Prophets consalted ^ on high among the people. 1 3 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him : and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, say- ing, Naboth did ^ curse God and the king. " Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Na- both is stoned, and is dead. 15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreel- ite, which he refused to give thee for money ; for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take pos- session of it. 17 And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, say- ing, 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, * who dwelleth in Samaria : behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it. 1 9 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession 1 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying. Thus saith Je- hovah, ''In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, '* Hast thou found me, O mine enemy 1 And he answered, I have found thee, 'because thou hast sold thy- self to do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah. 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, ana %in utterly sweep thee away, and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel: 22 and ^I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and ''like the house of Baasha the son of Ahi- jah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and* hast made Israel to sin. 23 And of Jezebel also spake Jehovah, saying, * The dogs shall eat Jezebel 'by the rampart of Jezreel. 24 ™ Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat ; and him 1 Or, at the head of * Or, renounce " 2 K. 9. 26 i- ch. 16. 29 ' ch. 22. 38 ; 2 K. 9. 26 d ch. 18. 17 " ver. 25 /ch. 14. 10; 2 K. 9. 8 " ch. 15. 29 A ch. 16. 3, 11 • ch. 12. 30 ; 13. 34 ; 14. 16 * 2 K. 9. 10, 30-37 ' 2 S. 20. 15 '" ch. 14. 11 ; 16.4 " ver. 20 ; ch. 16. 30- 33 " ch. 15. 12 ; 2 K. 17. 12 V Gen. 15. 16; Lev. 18. 26-30 9 2 S. 3. 31 ; 2 K. 6. 30 >■ 2 K. 9. 25- 37 * 2 Chr. 18. 2, &c. ' ch. 15. 24 " ch. 4. 13 ; Dt. 4. 43 ; Josh. 21. " 2 K. 3. 7 * ch, 18. 19 " 2 K. 3. 11 362 that dieth in the field shall the birds of the heavens eat. 25 ("But there was none like unto Ahab, whp did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Je- hovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 26 And "he did very abominably in following idols, ^ ac- cording to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel). 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that « he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. 28 And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before mel because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days ; but *" in his son's day will I bring the evil upon his house. O iy And they continued three ^ ^ years without war between Syria and Israel. 2 ' And it came to pass in the third year, that 'Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that " Bamoth-gilead is ours, and we ^are still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead % A nd Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy norses. 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire * first, 1 pray thee, for the word of Jehovah. 6 Then *the king of Israel gath- ered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them. Shall I go against Ramoth- gilead to battle, or shall I forbear % And they said. Go up ; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king. 7 But^ Jehoshaphat said. Is there not here a prophet of Jeho- vah besides, that we may inquire of him % 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may in- quire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah : but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said. Let not the king say so. 9 Then the king of Israel called an » Or, fceep silence * Heb. to-dav. 22.10 I. KINGS 22.34 Hicaiah's Prophecy against Ahab. Bis pQnishment. Ramoth-gUead attacked ^officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah. 10 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in " an open place at the en- trance of the gate of Samaria ; and "all the prophets were prophesying before them. 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him * horns of iron, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, "^With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed. 12 And all the proph- ets prophesied so, saying. Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper ; for Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king. 1 3 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying. Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one- mouth : let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good. 14 And Micaiah said, ''As Jehovah liveth, what "Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak. 15 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Mica- iah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear % And he answered him, -^ Go up and pros- per ; and Jehovah will deliver it into the hand of the king. 1 6 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah 1 17 And he said, I saw all Israel scat- tei'ed upon the mountains, ^as sheep that have no shepherd : and Jeho- vah said. These have no master ; let them return every man to his house in peace. 18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, '' Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? 19 And iA'ca?'aA said. There- fore hear thou the word of Jeho- vah : ' I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and ''all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. 20 And Jehovah said. Who shall ^entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth- gilead 1 And one said on this manner ; and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth ''a spirit, and stood before Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. 22 And Jehovah said unto him, Where- 1 Or, eunuch 2 Heb. a threshing-floor. ^ Or, deceive * Heb. the spirit. " ver. 6 b Zech. 1. lS-21 " Dt. 33. 17 rf ch. 18. 10, 15 ' Num. 22. 18 ; 24. 13 / ver. 12 V ver. 34-36 ; Num. 27. 17 ft ver. 8 ' Is. 6. 1 ; Ezek. 1. 26-28 ; Dan. 7. 9, II) k Job 1. 6 ; 2. 1 ; Dan. 7. 10 ' Judg. 9. 23 ; 1 S. 16. 14; 18. 10 ; 19.9 '" ver. 11 ; Mt. 6. 39 ; Acts 23. 2, 3 " ch. 20. 30 ° 2 Chr. 16. 10 ! 18. 25- 27 P Dt. 18. 22 « Mic. 1. 2 '' ver. 3, 4 » 2 Chr. 35. 22 t ch. 20. 1, 16, 24 ; 2 Chr. 18. 364 with '? And he said, I will go forth, and 'will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also : go forth, and do so. 23 Now therefore, behold, Je- hovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets ; and Jehovah hath spoken evil con- cerning thee. 24 Then ™ Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Je- hovah from me to speak unto thee 'i 25 And Micaiah said. Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go ^"into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 27 and say. Thus saith the king, " Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of amiction and with water of afflic- tion, until I come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, *If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, «Hear, ye peoples, all of you. 29 So ''the king of Israel and Je- hoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehosha- phat, 'I will disguise myself, and go into the battle ; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. 3 1 Now ' the king of Syria had commanded the thii'ty and two captains of his chariots, saying. Fight neither^ with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said. Surely it is the king of Israel ; and they turned aside to fight against him : and Jehoshaphat cried out. 33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 34 And a certain man drew his bow ®at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between 'the joints of the armor : wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host ; " for I am sore wounded. 6 Or, from chamber to chamber « Heb. in his simplicity. 7 Or, the lower armor and the breastplate 22.35 I. KINGS 22.53 Ihab killed ia Battle. Jelioshapbat's Reign over Judah. ilia7,lali King of Israel 35 And the battle increased that day : and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even ; and the blood ■ran out of the wound into the bot- tom of the chariot. 36 "And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country. 37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. 38 And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria ; and the dogs licked up his blood C- now the har- lots washed themselves the7'e) ; * ac- cording unto the word of Jehovah which he spake. 39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and " the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 40 So Ahab slept with his fathers ; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 41 ''And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 43 'And he walked in all the way of Asa his father ; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah : •''howbeit the high places were not taken away ; the people still sacrificed and burnt I Or, and they washed the armor " 2 K. 14. 12 b ch. 21. 19 •^ Am. 3. 15 d 2 Chr. 20. 31, &c. « 2 Chr. 17. 3 /ch. 15. 14; 2 K. 12. 3 ^ ver. 2 ; 2 K. 8. IS ; 2 Chr. 19. 2 ft 2 Chr. 20. 34 ' ch. 14. 24 ; 16. 12 ; Gen. 19. 5 ; Dt. 23. 17 *: 2 S. 8. 14 ; 2 K. 3. 9 ' ch. 10. 22 '" ch. 9. 28 " ch. 9. 26 o 2 Chr. 21. 1 P ver. 40 9 ch. 16. 26 ; 21. 25 ■ ch. 16. 30- 32 incense in the high places. 44 And •'' Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. 45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written ''in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 1 46 And the remnant of * the sodom- ites, that remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land. 47 And * there was no king in Edom : a deputy was king. 48 Jehoshaphat made 'ships of Tarshish to go to '"' Ophir for gold : but they went not ; for the ships were broken at " Ezion-geber. 49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my ser- vants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. 50 "And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father ; and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab ^ be- gan to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehosha- phat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. 52 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and » walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Neoat, "wherein he made Israel to sin. 53 'And he served Baal, and wor- shipped him, and provoked to an- ger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his fathei had done. 2 Or, who made 3G5 THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS Ahaziah sends Messengers to Elyah. He dies according to Elijah's Word. Jehoram succeeds him IAnd "Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick : and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, * inquire of Baal- zebub, the god of Ekron, " whether I shall recover of this sickness. 3 But the angel of Jehovah said to ** Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of "Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron 1 4 Now there- fore thus saith Jehovah, ■''Thou shalt not come down, from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. 5 And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them. Why is it that ye are returned'? 6 And they said unto him. There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us. Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, Is it because there is no God in Is- rael, that thou sendest ^ to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 7 And he said unto them. What manner of man was he that came up to meet you, and told you these words'? 8 And they answered him, ''He was ^a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said. It is Elijah the Tishbite. 9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he was - sitting on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O 'man of God, the king hath said, Come down. 10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty. If I be a man of God, *let fire come 1 Or, a man with a garment of hair 2 Or, dwelling " ch. 3. 6 ; 2 S. 8. 2 6 ver. 3, 6, 16 ; Mt. 10. 25 ; Mk. 3. 22 ' ch. 8. 7-10 d 1 K. 17. 1 ; 21. 17 " ver. 2 / ver. 6, 16 'J ver. 2 '' Zech. 13. 4 ; Mt. 3. 4 ; Mk. 1. 6 ' Judg. 13. 6; IS. 2.27 ^ 1 K. 18. 36- 38 ; Lk. 9. 64 ' Job 1. 16 "^ ver. 3 " ver. 3 ' ch. 3. 1 : 8. down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And ' there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. 11 And again he sent unto him an- other captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said. Come down quickly. 1 2 And Elijah answered and said unto them. If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fiftj^ 13 And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third cap- tain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pi'ay thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and consumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties ; but now let my life be precious in thy sight. 15 And ™ the angel of Jehovah said unto Elijah, Go down with him : be not afx'aid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. 16 And he said unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers "to in- quire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ek- ron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word'? there- fore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 1 7 So he died according to the word of Jehovah which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign in his stead "in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehosh- aphat king of Judah ; because he had no son. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel'? 366 13 2.1 II. KINGS 2.23 Elijah Men np iato Heaven. His Spirit rests on Elislia. Elijah is sought in vain. Elisha heals the Waters of Jericho 2 And it came to pass, when Jehovah would " take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with * Elisha from "Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, '* Tarry here, I pray thee ; for Jehovah hath sent me as far as « Beth-el. And Elisha said, -^As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el. 3 And ^the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that Jehovah will take away thy master from thy head to-day "? And he said. Yea, I know it ; hold ye your Eeace. 4 And Elijah said unto im, Elisha, '' tarry here, I pray thee ; for Jehovah hath sent me to 'Jericho. And he .said, *As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul iiveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 5 And 'the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said unto him, '"Knowest thou that Jehovah will take away thy master from thy head to-day 1 And he answered. Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace. 6 And Elijah said unto him, " Tarry here, I pray thee ; for Jehovah hath sent me to "the Jor- dan. And he said. As Jehovah liv- eth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And ^ fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan. 8 And Elijah «took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and ''smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went ,,over on dry ground. 9 And it came to pass, ^ when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let ^a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. 10 And he said. Thou hast asked a hai^d thing : ■nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so. 1 1 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that,_ behold, there appeared ^*a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder ; 1 Or, as they went 2 That is, the portion of the first-born. Dt. 21. 17. 3 Or, chariots See " Gen. 5. 24 ; Heb. 11. 5 l> 1 K. 19. 10- 21 " Josh. 4. la d Ruth 1. lo ' 1 K. 12. ^8, 29 / ver. 4, 6 ; 1 S. 1. 26 s' ch. 4. 1, 38 ; 6. 22 '' ver. 2 ' Josh. 6. 26 k ver. 2 ' ver. 3 '" ver. 3 " ver. 2 " Josh. 3. 8, ia-17 f ver. 15, 16 « 1 K. 19. 13, 19 "" ver. 14 ; Ex. 14. 21, 22 « ch. 6. 17 ' ch. 13. 14 ^ Gen. 37. 34 ; Job I. 20 " ver. 8 "^ ver. 7 V 1 K. 18. 12 Acts 8. 39 ■ ch. 8. 11 ° ch. 4. 41 ; 6. 6 ; Ex. 15. 25, 20 and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 1 2 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, ' My father, my father, the ■* chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof ! And he saw him no more : and "he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up also the mantle of Eli- jah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan. 14 And he took the man- tle of Elijah that fell from him, and "smote the waters, and said. Where is Jehovah, Hhe God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the wa- ters, they were divided hither and thither ; and Elisha went over. 15 And when ^the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said. The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 16 And they said unto him. Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men ; let them go, we pray thee, and _ seek thy master, lest *the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some moun- tain, or into some valley. And he said. Ye shall not send. 17 And when ' they urged him till he was ashamed, he said. Send. They sent therefore fifty men ; and they sought three days, but found him not. 18 And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho ; and he said unto them. Did I not say unto you, Go not? 1 9 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situation of this city is pleas- ant, as my lord seeth : but the water is bad, and the land ^miscar- rieth. 20 And he said. Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. 21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and "cast salt therein, and said. Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters ; there shall not be from thence any more death or ' miscarrying. 22 So the waters were healed unto this daJ^ according to the word of Elisha which he spake. 23 And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth 4 Or, chariot 5 Or, the God of Elijah, even he f and when he had smitten &e. ^ Or, casteth its fruit 7 Or, casting of fruit 367 2.24 II. KINGS 3.23 Elisha is mocked. Jehoram King of Israel. Mcslia rebels. League of Israel and Jadah. Elisha's Coausel young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him. Go up, thou baldliead ; go up, thou baldhead. 24 And he looked be- hind him and saw them, and "cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she- bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them. 25 And he went from thence to '' mount Carmel, and from thence he returaed to Samaria. 3 Now .Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria ''in the eigh- teenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of .Jehovah, but not like his father, and like his mother; for ''he put away the ^ pillar of Baal " that his father had made. 3 Nevertheless -^he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, " wherewith he made Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom. 4 Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master ; ajid '' he rendei*ed unto the king of Israel - the wool of a hundred thousand lambs, and of a hundred thousand rams. .5 But it came to pass, ' when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6 And king Jehoram \yent out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel. 7 And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath re- belled against me : wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up : * I am as thou art, my people as thy peo- ple, my horses as thy horses. 8 And he said, Which way shall we go up'? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom. 9 So ' the king of Israel went, and ™ the king of Judah, and " the king of Edom ; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey : and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them. 10 And the king of Israel said, Alas ! for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to de- liver them into the hand of Moab. 1 1 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah, that we may inquire of Jehovah ' Or, obelisk 2 Or, a hundred thousand lambs, and a hun- dred thousand rums, with the wool " Neh. 13. i>ch. 4. 25; 1 K. 18. 19, 20 "^ ch. 1. 17 d ch. 10. 18, 26-28; Ex. 23. 24 ^ 1 K. IG. 31, 32 / 1 K. 12. 28- 32 9 1 K. 14. 9, 1« A 2 S. 8. 2 ; Is. 16. 1, 2 'ch. 1. 1 k 1 K. 22. 4 ' ver. 1 '" ver. 7 « 1 K. 22. 47 » 1 K. 22. 7 P ch. 2. 25 « 1 K. 19. 21 ; Jn. 13. 4, 5, 13, 14 ■■ Ezek. 14. 3-5 * 1 K. 18. 19 ; 22.6-11, 22- 25 < ch. 5. 16 ; I K. 17. 1 " 1 S. 16. 23 ; 1 Chr. 25. 1 "1 K. 18. 46; Ezek. 1. 3 y Ex. 29. 39, 40 368 by him 1 And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, p Elisha the sou of Shaphat is here, «who poured water on the hands of Elijah. 12 And Jehoshaphat said. The word of .Jehovah is with him. So the kin^ of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. 13 And ''Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? 'get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him. Nay ; for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to de- liver them into the hand of Moab. 14 And Elisha said, 'As Jehovah of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehosha- phat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. 1 5 But now " bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that " the hand of Jehovah came upon him. 16 And he said. Thus saith Jehovah, Make this valley full of trenches. 17 For thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see I'ain ; yet that valley shall be filled with w^ater, and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts. 18 And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah : he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. 19 'And ye shall smite every fortified cit.y, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. 20 And it came to pass in the morning, * about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, ther'e came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. 21 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they ^ gathered themselves together, all that were able to ^put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border. 22 And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood : 23 and they said. This is blood; the 3 Or, were called together * Heb. gird thmnselves with a girdle. 3.24 II. KINGS 4.20 Keslia is defeated. The Widow's Oil increased. Elislia and the Shnnanimite Woman kings are surely desti^oyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow : now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. 24 And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites,.so that they fled before them ; and they went forward '^ into the land smiting the Moab- ites. 25 "And they beat down the cities ; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it ; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and _ felled all the good trees, until in * Kir-hareseth only they left the • stones thereof ; how- beit the slingers went about it, and smote it. 26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swoitI, to break through unto the king of Edora ; but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and 'offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And ■* there was great wrath against Lsrael : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. 4 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of ** the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying. Thy- servant my husband is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah : and " the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her. What shall I do for thee 1 tell me ; what hast thou in the house ? And she said. Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neigh- bors, even empty vessels ; borrow not a few. 4 And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels ; and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons ; they brought the ves- sels to her, and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son. Bring me yet a vessel. 1 Or, have surely fought together 2 Heb. into it. 3 Or, there came great wrath upon Israel " ver. 19 6 Is. 16. 7 , Jer. 48. 31, 30 "= Am. 2. 1 ; Mic. 6. 7 ver. 7 ''Num. 10. 10; 28. 11 ; 1 Chr. iia. 31 d ch. 2. 2.5 * ver. 25 /ver. 16 '■' ch. 9. 1 ; 1 K. 18. 46 'i ch. 2. 14 ; Ex. 4. 17 > Lk. 10. 4 «•■ Ex. 7. 19, 20 ; 14. 16 ' ch. 2. 2, 4 "' ver. 4 ; Mt. 6. 6 ; Lk. 8. 61 « 1 K. 17. 21- 23 ° Heb. 11. 35 P ch. 2. 1 1 ch. 8. 1 »■ ch. 2. 3 » Lk. 10. 39 ; Acts 22. 3 ' Ezek. 11. 3,7, 11; 24. 3 ' ch. 2. 21 ; Ex. 15. 25 ' Mt. 14. 16- 21 ; 15. 32- 38 • Lk. 4. 27 370 child, and put his mouth upon liis mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands : and he * stretched himself upon him ; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. 35 Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and ''stretched himself upon him : ^ and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. 36 And he called Gehazi, and said. Call this Shu- nammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said. Take up thy son. 37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground ; and "she took up her son, and went out. 38 And Elisha came again to p Gilgal. And there was '^ a dearth in the land ; and 'the sons of the prophets * were sitting before hini ; and he said unto his servant, ' Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage ; for they knew them not. 40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. 41 But he said. Then bring meal. "And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no ^ harm in the pot. 42 And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first- fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in 'his sack. And he said, ''Give unto the peo- ple, that they may eat. 43 And his * servant said. What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat : for thus saith Jeho- vah, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah. 5 Now ^ Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was * Or, hoiced himself s Or, and embrared the child 6 Heb. evil thing. y Or, the husk thereof 8 Or, minister 5.2 II. KINGS 5.22 Elisha heals Naaman's Leprosy. Vaaman'!i Petition. Geliazi's Avarice and Falsehood a great man ^ with his master, and lionorable, because by him Jehovah had given -victory unto Syria : he was also a mighty man of valor, but he ivas a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out "in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden ; &nd she ^ waited on Naaman's wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were ^with the prophet that is in Samaria ! then would he recover him of his leprosy. 4 And ^ one went in, and told his lord, saying. Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel. 5 And tl>e king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and * took with him ten talents of sil- ver, and six thousand ^jneces of gold, and ten " changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying. And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou may est recover him of his ieprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that '' he rent his clothes, and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but -''consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh " a quarrel against me. 8 And it was so, when Elisha " the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes'? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 9 So Naaman came with his ho)\ses and with his chariots, and stood at the df)or of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, ''Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and ''thou shalt be clean. 1 1 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not "Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers 1 Heb. before. 2 Heb. salvation. 3 Heb. wax hefnre. < Or, he ^ Or, sliekels <" Or, nn (iccasinn 7 Heb. be thnu clean. 8 Another reading is, Amanah. See S. S. 4. 8. " ch. 6. 23 ; 13. 20 t> ch. 4. 42 , 1 S. 9. 7 " ver. 22, 23 ; Judg. 14. 12 d Gen. 37. 29 * Gen. 30. 2 ; 1 S. 2. 6 / 1 K. 20. 7 ; Lk. 11. 54 !' 1 K. 12. 22 '' Jn. 9. 7 i 1 S. 28. 23 k ch. 2. 12 ; 6. 21 ; 8. 9 ' ver. 10 ; Job 33. 25 "' Lk. 4. 27 ; 5. 13 " ver. 8 ; Josh. 2. 9- 16; 1 S. 17. 46, 47 " 1 S. 25. 27 9 ver. 20, 26 : Gen. 14. 22, 23 ' Ex. 20. 24 » 1 K. 15. 18 « ch. 7. 2, 17 'Ex. 4, 18, 1 S. 1. 17 ; Mk. 5. 34 ' ch. 4. 12, 31, 36 ' eh. 0. 31 ; Ex. 20. 7 y ch. 4. 26 of Damascus, better than all the waters of IsraeH may I not wash in them, and be clean 1 So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 'And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, * My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done if? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 14 Then went he down, and clipped himself seven times in the Jordan, accord- ing to the saying of the man of God ; and '■ his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and '" he was clean. 15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him ; and he said. Behold now, "I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel : now there- fore, I pray thee, " take a ^ present of thy servanf). 16 But he said, ^'As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, " I will receive none. And he urged him to take it ; but he refused. 17 And Naaman said. If not, yet, I pray thee, let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of ''earth ; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt- offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto Jehovah. 18 In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant : when my master goeth into the house of *Rimmon to worship there, and ' he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow my- self in the house of Rimmon, Jeho- vah pardon thy servant in this thing. 19 And he said unto him, " Go in peace. So he departed from him '°a little way. 20 But "Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said. Be- hold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Ss^nan, in not receiv- ing at his hands that which he brought: ''as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and .said. Is all well 1 22 And he said, *A11 is well. My master hath sent me, saying. Behold, even now there are come to me from "the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the 9 Heb. blessing. i" Or, some distance 371 5.23 II. KINGS 6.21 (lehazi's Panisliment. The Axe-head recovered. Elisha and the invading Syrians. The Syrians !,mitten with Blindness prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and " two changes of raiment. ■2-3 And Naaman said, ' Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of i-aiment, and laid them upon two of his servants ; and they bare them before him. 24 And when he came to the ^ hill, he took them from their hand, and ""bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they de- parted. 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him. Whence coni- est thou, Gehazi? And he said, ''Thy servant went no whither. 26 And he said unto him, " Went not my heart ivitk thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee % " Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen,, and men-servants and maid-servants % 27 The lep- rosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence ■'^a leper as white as snow. 6 And* the sons of the proph- ets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell be- fore thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, aiid take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said. Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he an- swered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood. f> But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water ; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master ! for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God said. Where fell it % And he showed him the place. ''Aiul he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and ^made the iron to swim. 7 And he said. Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it. 8 Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel ; and he took counsel with his servants, saying. In such and such a place shall be my '*camp. 9 And 'the man of 1 Heb. Ophd. 2 Or, My heart tcent not from me, when &c. * Or, t/ie iron did swivi * Or, encamping " ver. .1 >> ch. 6. 3 « Josh. 7. 1, 11, VI, n ; 1 K. -.'1. IG d ver. 2Z "ver. IG /Ex. 4. C; Num. 12. 10 » ch. 2. 3 '' ch. 2. 21 ; 4. 41 ; Ex. If). 25 ■ ver. 12 ; ch. 4. 1, 7 «-• Gen. 37. 17 ' Ex. 14. 13 "' 2 Chr. 32. 7, S ; Rom. 8. 31 " ver. 20 » ch. 2. 11 ; Ps. 68. 17 ; Zecli. 6. 1-7 « ver. 17 '"ch. 2. 12; 5. 13 ; 8. 9 God sent unto the king of Israel, saying. Beware that thou pass not such a place ; for thither the Syr- ians are coming down. 10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of ; and he saved him- self there, not once nor twice. 1 1 And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing- and he called his servants, and said unto them. Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel '? 12 And one of his servants said. Nay, my lord, O king ; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. 13 And he said. Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in * Dothan. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host : and they came by night, and compassed the city about. 15 And when the ^servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master ! how shall we dol 16 And he answered, ' Fear not ; for "' they that are with us are more than the5^ that are with them. 1 7 And Elisha prayed, and said, ".Jehovah, I praj^ thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovali opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, be- hold, the mountain was full of "horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this ''people, I pray thee, with blind- ness. And '''he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. 19 And Elisha said unto them. This is not the way, neither is this the city : follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria. 20 And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, « Jehovah, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And Jehovah opened their eyes, and they sa^y ; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 2 1 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, ''My * Or, minister ' Heb. nation. 372 6.21 11. KINGS 7.9 Samaria besieged and famished. Elislia predicts Plenty. Four Lepers discover tlie Fiiglit of tlic Syrians father, shall I smite them 1 shall I smite them"? 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them : " would- est thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow^ *set bread and water before them, that they may ^at and drink, and go to their master. 23 And he prepared great E revision for them ; and when the5' ad eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And 'the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. 24 And it came to pass after this, that ''Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. _ 25 And there was a great famine in Sama- ria : and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore ^pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five ^pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying. Help, my lord, 0 king. 27 And he said, ^ If Jeho- vah do not help thee, whence shall 1 help theel out of the threshing- floor, or out of the winepress "! 28 And the king said unto her. What aileth thee'? And she answered. This woman said unto me. Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. 29 "So we boiled my son, and did eat him : and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat nim ; and she hath hid her son. 30 And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that •'^he rent his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall) ; and the people looked, and, behold, _ he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. 31 Then he said, •''God do so to me, and more also, if theheadof Elishathe sonof Shaphat shall stand on him this day. 32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and '' the elders were sitting with him ; and the Jang sent a man from before him : but ere the mes- senger came to him, he said to the elders, 'See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head ^ look, when the mes- senger Cometh, shut the door, and ^ hold the door fast against him : is ' Or, shekels ' Or, Nay, let Jehovah help thee ! 3 Heb. thrust him back with the door. « Dt. 20. 11-16; 2 Chr. 28. 8-15 !> Rom. 12. 20 ' ch. 6. 2 ; 24. 2 ■' 1 K. 20. 1 * Lev. 26. 27-2» ; Dt. 28. 52, 63, 57 ; Lam. 4. 10 /IK. 21.27 y Ruth 1. 17 ; 1 K. 19. 2 '' Ezek. 8. 1 ; 14. 1 ; 20. 1 i 1 K, 18. 4, 1.-5, 14 ; 21. 10, 13 i- Is. 8. 21 ; Jer. 2. 25 ' ver. IS "' ver. 17, 19 ; ch. 6. 18 "Gen. 7. 11 ; Mai. 3. 10 "Lev. 13. 45, 4t) ; Num. 0. 2-4 ; 12. 10-14 P ch. e. 24 9 2 S. 6. 24 " 1 K. 10. 29 ' 2 Chr. 12. 2, 3 : Is. 31. 1 ; 36. 9 ' Josh. 7. 21 not the sound of his master's feet behind him 'I 33 And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him : and he said, '^ Behold, this evil is of Jehovah ; why should I wait for 7 Jehovah any longer"? 1 And Elisha said. Hear ye the word of Jehovah : thus saith Jehovah. ' To-morrow about this time shall a ■* measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 Then ™the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said. Behold, "if Je- hovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be"? And he said. Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 3 Now there were four "leprous men at the entrance of the gate : and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die % 4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now there- fore come, and let us fall unto ^'the host of the Syrians : if they save us alive, we shall live ; and if they kill us, we shall but die 5 And they rose up in tlie twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man thei'e. 6 For *the Loixl liad made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host : and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us ''the kings of the Hittites, and 'the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore thej' arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 8 And when these lepers came to the outei'most part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and 'carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. 9 Then they said one to another, We do not well ; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning 1 Heb. seah. 373 7.10 II. KINGS 8.9 Four Lepers make known the Panic and Flight or the Syrians. The Shnnamniite Woman's Land restored. Ben-hadad iitk light, ^ punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and " tell the king's household. 10 8o they came and called unto the ^porter of the city; and they told them, saying. We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were. 1 1 And ^ he called the por- ters ; and they told it to the king's household within. 12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that 'we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp '^to hide them- selves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city. 13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left * in the city (behold, they are as all the multi- tude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they are as all the multi- tude of Israel that are consumed) ; and let us send and see. 1 4 They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 15 And they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garrnents and ves- sels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the mes- sengers returned, and told the king. 1 6 And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, ''according to the word of Jehovah. 1 7 And the king appointed "the captain on whose hand he leaned to nave the charge of the gate : and the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said, ■''who spake when the king came down to him. 18 And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a meas- ure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria; 19 and that captain answered the man of God, and said. Now, behold, ^if Jehovah 1 Or. our iniquity mill find us out 2 Or, porters 3 Or, the porters called 4 HelB. in it. " ch. 6. 30 >> ch. 6. 25-29 ■^ Josh. 8. 4-12 d ver. 1 "^ ver. 2 /ch. 6. 32 " ver. 2 ''ch. 4. 18, 31-35 'Ps. 10.S. Ifi: Hag. 1. 11 fc Gen. 41. 27, 54 'ch. 4. 12; 5. 20-27 ' 1 K. 11. 24 ' ch. 6. 24 ' ch. 6. 20 P 1 K. 19. 15, 9 1 K. 14. 3 ' ch. 1. 2 ' ch. 5. 13 should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? and he said. Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof : 20 it came to pass even so unto him ; for the people trod upon him in the gate, and he died. 8 Now '' Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for 'Jehovah hath called for a famine ; and * it shall also come upon the land seven years. 2 And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of Gf)d ; and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 3 And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. 4 Now the king was talking with 'Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying. Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. 5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi .said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. 6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain ^officer, saying, Re- store all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. 7 And Elisha came to "'Damas- cus ; and " Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick ; and it was told him, saying, "The man of God is come hither. 8 And the king said unto '''Hazael, *Take a present in thy hand, and go, meet the man of God, and ''inquire of Jehovah by him, saying. Shall I recover of this sick- ness 1 9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present Svith him, "even of every good thing of Da- mascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said. *Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness? 5 Or, eunuch * Heb. in his hand. ? Or, and 374 8.10 II. KINGS 9.6 He is killed. Jehoram's Reign over Jadah. Edom revolts. Aliaziali King of Judah. Eli«ha'g Message to Jehu 10 And Elisha said unto him, " Go, ^say unto him, Thou shalt surely recover; howbeit * Jehovah hath showed me that he shall surely die. 1 1 And he settled his coun- tenance stedfastly upon him, " until he was ashamed: and the man of Grod wept. 12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord"? And he answered. Because ''I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong- holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and ''wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child. 1 3 And Hazael said. But what is thy servant, ■''who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing ^ And Elisha answered, ''Jehovah hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. 14 Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him. What said Elisha to thee"? And he answered. He told me that ''thou wouldest surely recover. 15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, * so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. 16 And in the fifth year of *Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, .Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah be- gan to reign. 17 'Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had ™the daughter of Ahab to wife ; and he did that which was evil in the sight of .Jehovah. 19 Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, "as he promised him to give unto him a lamp ^for his children alway. 20 In his days "Edom revolted from under the hand of -Judah, and made a king over themselves. 21 Then Joram passed oyer to Zair, and all his chariots with him : and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and ^the people fled to their tents. 22 » So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto 1 Another reading is, say, TIwu shalt not re- cover ; for Jehovah S:c. 2 Another reading is, and to his children. " ver. 14 '' ver. 16 " cli. 2. 17 d ch. 10. 32, 33 , 12. 17 ; 13. 3, 7 * ch. 16. 16 ; Nah. 3. 10 /I S. 17. 43; 2 S. 9. S i' 1 K. 19. 16 '' ver. 10 » ver. 10 *^ ch. 1. 17 i 3. 1 ' 2 Chr. 21. 6-10 '" ver. 27 " 2 S. 7. 12, 16 ; 1 K. 11. 30 ° ver. 22 ; ch. 3. 9, 2(1, 27 ; 1 K. 22. 47 i>2&. 18. 17 ; 19. 8 5 Gen. 27. 40 >■ ch. 19. 8 ; Josh. 21. 13 " 2 Chr. 21. 20 < 2 Chr. 21. 1, 17 " 2 Chr. 22. 1-6 " ver. 15 ^ 1 K. 22. 3, 29 " ch. 9. 15 ■ ver. 28 ; 2 Chr. 22. t> ch. 2. 3 " ch. 4. 29 d 1 S. 10. 1 i 16. 1 ; 1 K. 1. 39 " ch. 8. 28, 20 /ver. 14, 20; 1 K. 19. iti, 17 » ver. 5, 11 h 2 Chr. 22. 7 this day. Then did ''Libnah revolt at the same time. 23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah"? 24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and "was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and *Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. 25 "In the twelfth year of Jo- ram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. 26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign ; and he reigned one year in Jerusa- lem. And his mother's name was Athaliah the ^daughter of Omri king of Israel. 27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab ; for he was the son-in- law of the house of Ahab. 28 And he went with Joram the son of Aha,b to war against " Hazael king of Syria at "'^ Eamoth-gilead : and the Syrians wounded Joram. 29 And 2' king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at ^Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And " Aha- ziah the son of Jehoram king of Ju- dah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. 9 And Elisha the prophet called one of * the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, ''Gird up thy loins, and "^ take this vial of oil in thy hand, and go to "Ramoth- gilead. 2 And when thou comest thither, look out there •''Jehu the son of .Jehoshaphat the son of Nim- shi, and go in, and "make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber. 3 Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say. Thus saith .Jehovah, '' I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. 4 So the young man, even Hhe young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. 5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting ; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And .Jehu said, Unto which of us all 1 And he said, To thee, O cap- tain. 6 And he arose, and went 8 Or, granddaug}der See ver. 18. 375 9.7 II. KINGS 9.27 Jehn anointed King of Israel. His Conspiracy against Joram. Jelin slays Kings Joram and Ahaziah into the house ; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, "I have anointed thee king over the people of Jehovah, even over Israel. 7 And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy mas- ter, ' that I may avenge ' the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Jehovah, ''at the hand of Jezebel. 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish ; and ^ I will cut off from Aliab •''every man-child, and "him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel. 9 And ''I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and 'like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. 10 And *^ the dogs shall eat J ezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there sliall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. 11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord : and one said unto him, 'Is all well? wherefore came this '"mad fellow to thee'? And he said unto them. Ye know the man and what his talk was. 12 And they said. It is false ; tell us now. And he said. Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel. 1 3 Then " they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him ^ on the top of the stairs, and "blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king. 14 So Jehu the son of Jehosha- phat the son of j^imshi conspired against Joram. (^ Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria; 15 but *king ^ Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria). And Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel. 1 6 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel ; for Joram lay there. *" And Ahaziah king of Ju- dah was come down to see Joram. 17 Nowthe watchman was stand- ing on the- tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said. Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him 1 Or, on the bare steps » Heb. Jehoram (and in ver. 17, 21, 22, 23, 24). " ver. 3 fr Dt. 32. 35, 43 " 1 K. 18. 4 ; 21. 15, 21, 25 d ver. 32-37 ' ch. 10. 17 ; I K. 21. 21 / 1 S. 25. 22 y ch. U. 26 ; Dt. 32. 36 '' 1 K. 14. 10, II ; 15. 29 '■ 1 K. 16. 3- 5, 11, 12 fc ver. 35, .36 ; 1 K. 21. 23 ' ver. 17, 19, '" Jer. 29. 26 ; Hos. 9. 7 ; Mk. 3. 21 " Mt. 21. 7, 8; Mk. 11. 7,8 " 2 S. 15. 10 ; 1 K. 1. 34, 39 P ch. 8. 28 ; 1 K. 22. 3 « ch. 8. 29 ■" ch. 8. 29 ' ver. 19, 22 t 2 S. IS. 27 " 1 K. 19. 17 " 2 Chr. 22. 7 ^ ver. 2ti ; 1 K. 21. 1-7, 15-19 y 1 K. 16. 30-33; 18. 19; 2 Chr. 21. 13 'ch. 11. 14 " 1 K. 22. 34 b 1 K. 21. 1 ■■ 1 K. 21. 19, 24-2£l rf Is. 13. 1 *■ 1 K. 21. 13 /ver 21, 25 s> 2 Chr 7, 9 say, ^ Is it peace 1 1 8 So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said. Thus saith the king. Is it peace 1 And Jehu said, ' What hast thou to do with peace"? turn thee behind me. And the watch- man told, saying. The messenger came to them, but he cometh not back; 19 Then he sent out a sec- ond on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus saith the king. Is it ^ peace '? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace"? turn thee behind me. 20 And the watchman told, say- ing. He came even unto them, and cometh not back : and ' the driv- ing is like the driving of "Jehu the son of Nimshi ; for he driveth furiously. 21 And Joram said, '*Make ready. And they made ready his chariot. "And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in * the portion of Na- both the Jezreelite. 22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said. Is it peace, Jehu"? And he answered. What peace, ^so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many ? 23 And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah. 24 And '* Jehu ^drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram be- tween his arms ; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain. Take up, and * cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreel- ite ; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, '^.Jeliovah "^laid this ''burden upon him : 26 Sui-ely " I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and -^I will requite thee in this ''plat, saith Jehovah. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of Jehovah. 27 * But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and said. Smite him also in the chariot : and 3 Or, Is all well 1 « Or, Yoke 6 Heb. filled his hand imth the bov\ 6 Or, uttered this oracle against him 7 Or, portion 376 9.2^ II. KINGS 10.14 JeiBbcl sliiiii. Jehu's Letters to the Elders of Jozrjul. Jehu slays Ahab's Sons anil Adherents, and Ahaziah's Brethren they smote him at the ascent of Gur, which is by " Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. 28 *And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 29 And in "tbe eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it ; and ^ she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window. 31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, ^"Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer'? 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and saici. Who is on my side '\ who % And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. 33 And he said. Throw her down. So they threw her do^vn ; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trod her under foot. 34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink ; and he said, (See now to •''this cursed woman, and bury her ; for " she is a king's daughter. 35 And they went to bury her ; but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 36 Wherefore they came back, and told him. And he said. This is the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ''In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel ; 37 and 'the body of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. ^ f^ Now Ahab had seventy JLv/ sons in * Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jez- reel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up the sons of Ahab, saying, 2 And now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor ; 3 look ye out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him : how 1 Or, Is it well " Josh. 17. 11 ; Judg. 1. 27 6 ch. 23. 30 '^ ch. 8. 2n d .) er. 4. 30 ; Ezek. 23. 40 '' ver. lS-22 ; 1 K. IC. 9- 20 f 1 K. 21. 2.i " 1 K. 10. 31 '■ 1 K. 21. 23 ' Jer. 8. 1-3 k 1 K. 16. 24- 29 ' ch. 18. 14 ; Josh. 9. 8, 11 ; 1 K. 20. 4, 32 ■ ch. 11. 1 ; Judg. 9. 5 " ch. 9. 14-24 " vsr. 6 P ch. 9. 7-10 « 1 K. 21 19- 'ch. 8. 24, 29; 2Chr. 21. 17 ; 22. f then shall we stand 1 5 And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up the children, sent to Jehu, say- ing, 'We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us ; we will not make any man king : do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying. If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me tc Jezreel by to-morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up. 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and '" slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel. 8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying. They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous : behold, "I conspired against my master, and slew him ; but " who smote all these 1 10 Know now that ^' there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of Jehovah, which Jehovah spake concerning the house of Ahab : for Jehovah hath done that '' which he spake by his servant Elijah. 11 So Jehu smote all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. 12 And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And as he was at the '-^shearing-house of the shepherds in the way, 13 '"Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said. Who are ye^ And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah : and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen. 14 And he said. Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the ^pit of the "shearing-house. even two and forty men ; neither left he any of them. " Or, house of gathering 3 Or, cistern 377 10.15 II. KINGS 11.2 Worshippers of Baal entrapped and slain. Jehu's Sins. Hazael smites Israel. Jeim's Death. Atlialiah's Usurpation 15 And when he was departed thence, he Kghted on " Jehonadab the son of * Rechab coming to meet him ; and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart 'I And Je- honadab answered, It is. If it be, " give me thv hand. And he gave him his hand ; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 16 And he said. Come with me, and ''see my zeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chai'iot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, *he smote all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, -^according to the word of Je- hovah, which he spake to Elijah. 18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, " Ahab served Baal a little ; but Jehu will serve him much. 19 Now therefore ''call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests ; let none be wanting : for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal ; who- soever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subt- lety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, ' Sanctify a sol- emn assembly for Baal. And * they proclaimed it. 21 And .lehu sent through all Israel : and all the wor- 'ihippers of Baal came, so that there ivas not a man left that came not. A.nd they came into ' the house of Baal ; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another. 22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vest- ments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal ; and he .said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of Je- hovah, but the worshippers of Baal only. 24 And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him fourscore men without, and said, '"If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. 2.5 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the ^ "guard and to the captains, " Go in, and slay them ; let none 1 Heb. runners. b 1 Chr. 2. W "^ Ezr. 10. 19 ; Ezek. 17. IX ver. 21 ; ch. 12. 1 378 come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword ; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 26 And they brought forth the ^''pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them. 27 And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and * made it a draught-house, unto this day, 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 29 Howbeit 'from the sins of •Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ''where- with he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to ivit,^ the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan. 30 And Jehovah said unto Jehu, Because thou hast /* done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, ' thj' sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jeho- vah, the God of Israel, with all his heart : " he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 32 In those days ".Jehovah began to cut off from Israel : and " Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel ; 33 from the Jordan east- ward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from^Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even ^ Gilead and Bashan. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel'? 3-5 And Jehu slept \vith his fathers ; and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Sama- ria was twenty and eight years. n" Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed roj^al. 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of king .Joram, sister of Ahaziah, *took .Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, ^ and. put them in the ® bed- chamber ; and they hid him from 2 Or, obelisk-i 3 Or, ii'ho < Or, cxcnitrd well 5 Or, who were ^ Or, chamber for the beds il. 3 II. KINGS 12.4 Jehoiada's Resistance. Athaliah slain. VVorsliip reformed. Jelioasli made King of Jndati Athaliah, so that he was not slain ; 3 and he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land. 4 "And in the seventh year Je- hoiada sent and fetched the cap- tains over hundreds of '' the ' Carites and of the -^ guard, and brought them to him into the house of Je- hovah ; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of Jehovah, and . showed them the king's son. 5 And he commanded them, saying. This is the thing that ye shall do : "a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house ; 6 and a third part shall be at the gate Sur ; and a third part at the gate behind the guard : so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a bar- rier. 7 And the two companies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of Jehovah about the king. 8 And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand ; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain : and '' be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in. 9 And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded ; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. 10 And "the priest de- livered to the captains over hun- dreds the .spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of Jehovah. 11 And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right ^ side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. 12 Then he brought out the king's son, and ^-^put the crown upon him, and gave him "the testi- mony ; and they made him king, and anointed him ; and they clapped their hands, and said, '^ Long live the king. 13 And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah : 14 and * Or, executioners 2 Heb. runners. * Heb. shoiUder. * Or, put upon him the crown and the testimony " 2 Chr. 23. 1-21 * ver. 19 ; 2 S. 20. 23 <= 1 Chr. 9. 25 d Num. 27. !<), 17 " 2 S. 8. 7 ; 1 Chr. 18. 7 /2S. 1. 10 y Kx. 25. 16 , ai. 18 1^ 1 S. 10. 24 • ch. 23. 3 ; 2 Chr. 34. 31 «-■ 1 K. 1. 39, 40 ' Gen. 37. 29 ; 44. 13 '" ch. 9. 23 " Josh. 24. 25 ; 2 Chr. 16. 12-14 ; 34. 31 " 1 S. 10. 25 ; 2 S. 6. 3 P ch. 10. 26, 27 9 Dt. 12. 2, 3 >■ 1 K. 18. 40 *[Ch. 12. 1 in Heb.] " 2 Chr. 24. 1-14 "ch. 14. 4; 16.35 " ch. 22. 1 379 she looked, and, behold, the king stood ^'by the pillar, as the man- ner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king : and * all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Atha- liah 'rent her clothes, and cried, "'Treason! treason! 15 And Je- hoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them. Have her forth between the ranks ; and him that followeth her slay with the sword. For the priest said. Let her not be slain in the house of Jehovah. 16 So they made way for her ; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house : and there was she slain. 1 7 And " Jehoiada made a cove- nant between Jehovah and the king and the people, that they should be Jehovah's people; "be- tween the king also and the people. 1 8 And all the people of the land went to -''the house of Baal, and brake it down ; "his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and 'slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed "^officers over the house of Jehovah. 1 9 And he took the captains over hundreds, and the * Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land ; and they brought down the king from the house of Jehovah, and came by the way of ' the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. 20 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and tlie city was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword a;t the king's house. * 2 1 " Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign. ■^ O 1 In the seventh year of _L.^ Jehu began Jehoash to reign ; and he reigned forty years in .Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 2 And .Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. 3 Howbeit " the high places were not taken away ; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 4 And Jehoash said to the priests. All the money of the hal- lowed things ^that is brought 5 Or, on the platfunii << Heb. offices. 12.5 II. KINGS 13.4 Jelioasli repairs the Temple. He wards oil llazael's Invasion. Ue is killed. Jehoahaz's Reign over Israel into the house of Jehovah, ' in current money, -"the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the money that it Cometh into any man's^ heart to bring into the house of Jeho- vah, 5 let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaint- ance ; and they shall repair the breaches of the house, whereso- ever any Ijreach shall be found. 6 But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. 7 Tlicn king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the otlier priests, and said unto them. Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but de- liver it for the breaches of the house. 8 And the priests con- sented that they should take no more money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house. 9 But * Jehoiada the prie.st took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of Jehovah : and the priests that kept the threshold Eut therein all the money that was rought into the house of Jehovah. 10 And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that *■_ the king's ^ scribe and the high priest came up, and they '*put up in bags and counted the money that was found in the house of Jehovah. 1 1 And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the over- sight of the house of Jehovah : and they ''paid it out to the carpen- ters and the builders, that wrought u4)on the house of Jehovah, 12 and ''to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of Jehovah, and for all that " was laid out for the house to repair it. 13 But '' there were not made for the house of Jehovah ■^cups of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that 1 Or, even the money of every one that passeth tlie numbering See fix. 30. 13. '^ Heb. each man the money of the souls of his fstimatlon. See Lev. 27. 2. ^ Or, secretary •• Heb. bound up and &c. 5 Heb. brought it forth. « Heb. went forth. " Ex. 35. 5, 22, 29 ; 1 Chr. 29. 3-9 * Mk. 12. 41 ; Lk. 21. 1 "^ ch. 19. 2 ; 22. 3, 4, 12 ; 2 S. 8. 17 d eh. 22. .'•), 6 <> 2 Chr. 24. 14 / 1 K. 7. 48, 50- " ch. 22. 7 '« Lev. 5. 15- 18 ' Lev. 4. 24, 29 k Lev. 7. 7 ; Num. 18. 19 ' ch. 8. 12 ; 1(1. 32, 33 ; 1 K. 19. 17 ™ 2 Chr. 24. 23, 24 " ch. IG. 8 ; 18. lo, 16 ; I K. 14. 26 ; 1.5. IS " ver. 4 P i Chr. 24. 1 ch."l4. 5 ■■Judg. 9. 6; 2 S. 5. 9 ; 1 K. 11. 27 ' 2 Chr. 24. ' ch. 14. 1 " 1 K. 12. 26- 33 " Judg. 2. 14 ^ch. 12. 17 " ver. 24, 25 - Num. 21. 7-9 " ch. 14. 26 ; Ex. 3. 7, 9 380 was brought into the house of Je- hovah ; 1 4 for they gave that to them that did the work, and re- paired there witli the house of Jeho- vah. 15 Moreover ''they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work ; for they dealt faithfully. 16 The ''money for the trespass-offerings, and 'the money for the sin-offerings, was not brought into the house of Jehovah : * it was the priests'. 1 7 Then. ' Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it ; and '" Hazael set his face to go up to Jeru.salem. 18 And "Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehosha- phat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedi- cated, and "his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and of the king's hou.se, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria : and he went away from Jerusalem. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 20 ^And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and * smote Joash at '' the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla. 21 For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of * Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died ; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and 'Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. ■^ O In the three and twentieth -LO year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, "wherewith he made Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom. 3 "And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of -^ Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of " Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, '^ continually. 4 And "^ Je- hoahaz besought Jehovah, and Jehovah hearkened unto him ; for "he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria op- ■■ Heb. all the days. 13.5 II. KINGS 14.3 Jelioash's Reign over Israel. Elislia's Last Sickness and Sign. Wars witli Moal) and Syria. Amaziali King ol Jndali pressed them. 5 (And Jehovah gave Israel "a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians ; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as be- foretime. 6 Nevertheless they de- garted not from the sins of the ouse of Jeroboam, ''wherewith he made Lsrael to sin, but 'walked therein : and " there remained the Asherah also in Samaria). 7 For he left not to Jehoahaz of the peo- ple save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand foot- men ; for the kino- of Syria de- stroyed them, and '' made them like the dust " in threshing. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Isi'ael'? 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers ; and they buried him in Samaria : and Joash his son reigned in his stead. 10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. II And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah ; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin ; but he walked therein. 12 "Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel"? 13 And Joash slept with his fathers ; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died : and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over ^him, and said, -^My father, my father, the ^chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! 15 And Elisha said unto him. Take bow and arrows ; and he took unto him bow and arrows. 1 6 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand u])on the bow; and he put his hand ti.po7i it. And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands. 17 And he said. Open the window eastward ; and he opened it. Then 1 Heb. he valked. 2 Or, to trample on 3 Heb. his face. * Or, chariot " ver. 2') ; ch. 14. 26, 27; Neh. 9. 27 I/ ver. 2 " 1 K. 10. ?,3 d Am. 1. 3 ° ver. M-19 ; ch. 14. 8-15 /ch. 2. 12 ' 1 K. 20. 26 '' ch. 6. 20 * ch. 3. 7 ; 24. 2 ' ch. 8. 12, 13 ™ ch. 14. 27 " 1 K. 8. 28 ° Gen. 13. 16, 17 ; 17. 2-5 P ch. 10. 32, 33 ; 14. 25 « ver. 18, 19 • 2 Chr. 25. 1, &c. ' ch. 13. 10 Elisha said. Shoot; and he .shot. And he said, Jehovah's arrow of ^ victory, even the arrow of ■' victory *over Syria; for thou shalt smite the Syrians in ^Aphek, till thou have consumed them. 18 And he said. Take the arrows ; and he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground ; and he smote thrice, and stayed. 19 And "tlie man of God was wroth with him, and said. Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times : then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it; whereas now thou shalt smite Syria 'but thrice. 20 And Elisha died, and they buried hiin. Now *the bands of the Sloabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were bury- ing a man, that, behold, they spied a band ; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and ''as soon as the man touched tlie bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 22 And ' Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 But '"Jehovali was gracious vinto them, and had com- passion on them, and "had respect unto them, because of "his cove- nant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence ^as yet. 24 And Hazael king of Syria, died : and Ben-hadad his son I'eigned in his stead. 25 And ^Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of tiie hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. * Three times did Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of Israel. M'ln the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel began * Amaziah the son of Joa.sh king of Judah to reign. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, yet not like David his father : he did according to all that Joash his father had 5 Heb. snlvat'inn. * Or, oqainst ' Heb. when the man went and touched. 8 Heb. until now. 881 14.4 II. KINGS 14.28 Amaziah warring with Israel is defeated by Jelioasli. Slain by Conspirators. Jeroboam II's Reign over Israel done. 4 Howbeit " the high places were not taken away : * the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, that "^he slew his servants who had slain the king his father : 6 but the children of the murderers he put not to death ; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as Jehovah commanded, saying, ''The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers ; but " every man shall die for his own sin. 7 -^He slew of Edom in "the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took ^ '' Sela by war, and called the name of it ' Jok- theel, unto this day. 8 *Then Amaziah sent messen- gers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoa- haz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, 'Come, let us look one an- other in the face. 9 And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, ™The 'Hhistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying. Give thy daughter to my son to wife : and there passed by a wild beast that Avas in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle. 10 "Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and "thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory thereof, and abide at home ; for why shouldest thou ''meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee 'I 1 1 But Amaziah would not hear. So .Jehoash king of Israel went up ; ''and heand Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face aj; '' Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel ; and 'they fled every man to his tent. 1 3 And Jehoash king of Israel took Ama- ziah king of Judah, the son of .Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jeru- salem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from "the gate of Ephraim unto 'the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 14 And "he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treas- ures of the king's house, the host- ages also, and returned to Samaria. 15 "Now the rest of the acts of 1 Or, the rock 2 Or, thorn 8 Or, provoke calamity " ch. 12. 3 * ch. 16. 4 " ch. 12. 20 d Dt. 24. 16 •■ Jer. 31. 30; Ezek. 18. 4, 20 /2Chr.25. 11 i'2S. 8. 13; 1 Chr. 18. 12 /» Is. 10. 1 ' Josh. 15. 38 k 2 Chr. 2:5. 17-24 ' 2 S. 2. 14-17 "' Judg. 9. 8-15 " ver. 7 " Dt. 8. 14 , 2 Chr. 26. 10 P ch. 23. 29 « .Josh. 19. 38 '■ 2 S. 18. 17 * Neh. 8. 16 ; 12. 39 t 2 Chr. 25. 23 " ch. 12. 18 ; 1 K. 14. 26 " ch. 13. 12, ^ 2 Chr. 25. 25-28 V Josh. 10. 31 ; 2 K. 18. 14, 17 ' ch. 16. 6 ; 1 K. it. 26 ; 2 Chr. 8. 17 " ch. 10. 13. 25 f" 1 K. 8. 05 ' Dt. 3. 17 d .Ton. 1. 1 ; Mt. 12. 39, ^ Josh. 19. 13 /ch. 13. 4 ft ch. 13. 23 1 K. 11. 24 ■ 2 Chr. 8. 3 382 Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of IsraeH 16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel ; and Jero- boam his son reigned in his stead. 17 "^And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoa- haz king of Israel fifteen years. IS Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah 1 19 And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem ; and he fled to •^ La- chish : but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 20 And they brought him upon horses ; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 And all the people of Judah took * Azariah, who was six- teen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 22 ^He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. 23 In the fifteenth year of Ama- ziah the son of Joash king of .Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah : he de- parted not from all the sins of .Jero- boam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 2.5 " He re- stored the border of Israel from '' the entrance of Hamath unto ''- the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of .Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant ''Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of " Gath-hepher. 26 For •''.Jehovah saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter ; for "there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel. 27 And ''Jeho- vah said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven ; but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered 'Damas- cus, and * Hamath, tvhich had he- longed to Judah, for Israel, are 4 In ch. 15. 13, and 2 Chr. 26. 1, Uzziah. 14.29 II. KINGS 15.25 Azariah's Reign over Jndali. Reigns or Zediariali, Shalluni, DIoiialicm, and Pcliahiah over Israel. Pekah's Conspiracy they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel "? 29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel ; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead. -i ^ "In the twenty and seventh XiJ year of Jeroboam king of Israel began ^ Azariah son of Ama- ziah king of Judah to reign. 2 'Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned two and fifty j^ears in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Je- hovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 4 How- beit " the high places were not taken away : the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. 5 ''And Jehovah smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and * dwelt in a "separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land. 6 Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju- dah'? 7 And Azariah slept with his fathers ; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David : and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 8 -^In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as his fathers had done : he de- parted not from the sins of Jero- boam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh con- spired against him, and «' smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in nis stead. 1 1 Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they ai^e written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 1 2 This was '' the word of Jehovah which he spake unto Jehu, saying. Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass. 13 Shallum the son of Jabesh be- gan to reign in the ' nine and thirti- eth year of Uzziah king of Judah ; and he reigned the space of a month 1 In ver. 13, 30, &c., Uzziah. * Or, infirmary " ch. 14. 17 b 2 Chr, 26. " ch. 12. 3 a t Chr. 20. 21-23 " Lev. 13. 46 ; Num. 12. 14 /ver. 1 '■' Am. 7. 9 '' ch. 10. 30 ' ver. 1, 8 * 1 K. 16. 24 ' 1 K. 14. 17 '" ch. 8. 12 " ver. 1, 8, 13 ° 1 Chr. 6. 26,26 P ver. 1, 8, li, 17 9 1 K. 16. 18 383 in * Samaria. 1 4 And Menahem the son of Gadi went up from ' Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Sa- maria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. 15 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his con- spiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tir- zah : because they opened not to him, thei-efore he smote it ; '"and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. 17 In the "nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah ibegan Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 18 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah : he departed not all his days from the sins of Jero- boam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 19 There came against the land "Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20 And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. 21 Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that lie did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel 22 And Menahem slept with his fathers ; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. 23 In the ^ fiftieth year of Aza- riah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah : he departed not from the sins of Jeroooam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. 25 And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in * the " castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh ; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites : and he slew him, and reigned in his stead. 3 Or, pn.lace 15.26 II. KINGS 16. 13 Pekah's Reign over Israel. Assyrian Invasion. Reigns of Jotimm and Mm over Judah. Ahaz wars with Syria and Israel 26 Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 27 In " the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of -Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28 And he did that which was evil in the sight of .Je- hovah : he departed not from the sins of -Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Isi-ael to sin. 29 In the davs of Pekah king of Israel came '' Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and -Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali ; and '' he carried them captive to Assyria. 30 And Plo- shea the son of Elah made a con- spiracy against Pekah the son of jtemaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of -Jotham the son of Uzziah. 31 Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are writ- ten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. 32 In the second year of Pekah the son of liemaliah king of Isi-ael began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 33 ''Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in -Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. 34 And "he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah ; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. 3-5 . Howbeit -^the high places were not taken away : the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. "He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah. 36 Now the rest of the acts of -Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of -Judah 1 37 In those days ''Je- hovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. 38 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father : and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 1 f\ ^'^ ^^® seventeenth year of _LO Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of " ver. 23 >> ver. 19 ■^ch. 17. fi i' 2 Chr. 27. 1, &c. ' ver. 3, 4 ; 2 Chr. 26. 4, h fc\\. 12. 3 ^ 2 Chr. 23. 20 ; 27. 3 '' ch. 16. 5 ; Is. 7. 1 ' 2 Chr. 28. 1-4 *-• ch. 17. 17 ; 21. 6; Lev. 18. 21 «ch. 21. 2, 11; Dt. 12. 31 '" ch. 14. 4 ; Dt. 12. 2 " ch. 16. 37 ; I.« 7. 1 " 2 Chr. 28. h, () P ch. 14. 22 ; 2 Chr. 26. 2 9 2 Chr. 28. 16, &c. "" ch. 15. 29 'ch. 12. 17, 18; 18. 15 ' 2 Chr. 28. " Am. 1. " Is. 22. 6 ; Am. 9. 7 ^ ch. 15. 29 384 Judah began to reign. 2 'Twenty years old was Ahaz when lie began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : and he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah his God, like Da- vid his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, *and made his son to pass through the fire, ' according to the abominations of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel. 4 And he '"sac- rificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. -5 Then "Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war : and they besieged Ahaz, "but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria re- covered '' Elath to Syria, and flrove the -Jews from ^ Elath ; and the ^Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day. 7 'So Ahaz sent messengers to ''Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy_ son : come _ui3, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me. 8 And ■' Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. 9 ' And the king of Assyria heark- ened unto him ; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, "and took it, and carried the '))eo2)le of it captive to "Kir, and slew Rezin. 10 And king Ahaz went to Da- mascus to meet "^ Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus ; and king Ahaz sent to "Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar : according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah the priest make it against the coming of king Ahaz from Damascus. 12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar : and the king drew near unto the altar, and ^ offered thereon. 13 And he burnt 1 Heb, Elolh. 2 According to another reading, Edomites. 3 Or, ivmit up unto it 16.14 II. KINGS 17.16 Ahaz lias a New Altar made. Hoshca's Reign over Israel. Israel conquered by Assyria because of the People's Wickedness his burnt-offering and his meal- offering, and poured his drink- offering, and sprinkled the blood of ^ his peace-offerings, upon the altar. 14 And "the orazen altar, which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between *his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side of his altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying. Upon the great altar burn ''the morning burnt- offering, and the evening meal- offering, and the king's burnt-offer- ing, and his meal-offering, with the burnt-offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offer- ing, and their drink-offerings ; and sprinkle vipon it all the blood of the burnt-offering, and all the blood of the saci'ifice : but ** the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. 16 Thus did Urijah the iiriest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. 17 And king Ahaz "cut off the panels of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and -^took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone. 1 8 And the -covered way for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, tui-ned he ^unto the house of Je- hovah, because of the king of Assyria. 19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written ''in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju- dah'? 20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and ''was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. "I ^ In the twelfth year of Ahaz JL 4 king of Judah 'began Ho- shea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, a7id reigned nine years. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jeho- vah, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him. 3 * Against him came up 'Shalmaneser king of Assyria ; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute. 4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done 1 Heb. the peace-offerings which were his. 2 Or, covered place 3 Or, round " Ex. 40. 6, 29 b ver. U "^ E.\. 29. 39-41 d ver. 14 " 1 K. 7. 27, 28, 38 / 1 K. 7. 23, 25 ^ 2 Chr. 28. 26 '' 2 Chr. 28. 27 ■ ch. 15. 30 k ch. 18. 9-12 ' Hos. 10. 14 '" Hos. 13. 10 " Hos. 13. 16 " in. 28. 64 ; 29. 27, 28 J' ch. 18. 11 ; 1 Chr. 5. 20 1 1s. 37. 12 '" Is. 13. 17 ; 21. 2 ' .Josh. 23. 16 ' Ex. 14. 15-30 " Judg. 6. 10 ^ Lev. 18. 3 ; Dt. 18. 9 ^ ver. 19 ; ch. 16. 3 y ch. 18. 8 - Ex, .34. 12-14 « 1 K, 14. 23 ; Mic. 6. 14 t> Ex. 20. 4 <" Neh. 9. 29, 30 rf ver. 23 '^ 1 S. 9. 9 /Jer. 7. 3-7; 18. 11 ; Ezek. 18. 31 !' Ex. 32. 9 ; 33. 3; Acts 7. 51 '' Jer. 8. 9 ' Ex. 24. 6-8 ; Dt. 29. 25 «-• Dt. 32. 21 ' Jer. 2. 5 ; Rom. 1. 21-23 "' bt. 12. 30, 31 385 year by year : therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. 5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and \yent up to Samaria, and '" besieged it three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea " the king of Assyria took Samaria, and ° carried Israel away unto Assyria, and ^placed them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of «Gozan, and '"in the cities of the Medes. 7 And ''it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against Jehovah their God, 'who brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and "had feared other gods, 8 and "walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and *of the kings of Israel, which they '*made. 9 And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against Jehovah their God : and they built them high places in all their cities, from " tlie tower of the watchmen to the fortified city; 10 and '"they set them up 'pillars and "Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree ; 1 1 and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them; and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger; 12 and they served idols, ''whereof Jehovah had said unto them. Ye shall not do this thing. 13 Yet "Jehovah testified unto Is- rael, and unto Judah, "'by every prophet, and ""every seer, saying, ■^Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. 14 Not withstanding, they would not hear, but ''hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who be- lieved not in Jehovah their God. 15 And '' they rejected his statutes, and 'his covenant tliat he mad* with their fathers, and his testi- monies which he testified unto them; and *they followed vanity, and 'became vain, and ive7it after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom '"Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them. 16 And they < Or, practised * Or, obelisks X7. 17 II. KINGS 17.39 The Assyrian Captivity. Foreigners brouglit into Samaria. A Mixed Population and Worship the Result forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, even "two calves, and *made an Asherah, and ''wor- shipped all the host of heaven, and "* served Baal. 17 And Hhey caused their sons and their daugh- ters to pass through the fire, and •''used divination and enchant- ments, and ^ sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. 18 Therefore Jehovah was very an- gry with Isi'ael, and ''removed them out of his sight: 'there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also * Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but 'walked in the statutes of Isra,el which they ^made. 20 And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and aiflicted them, and '"delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 21 For "he rent Israel from the house of David; and "they made Jei-oboam the son of Nebat kin^: and ^'Jeroboam '"^drove Israel from following Je- hovah, and made them sin a great sin. 22 And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did ; they departed not from them; 23 ^ until Jehovah re- moved Israel out of his sight, 'as he spake by all his servants the prophets. *So Israel Avas carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. 24 'And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from " Avva, and from "Ilamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Isx^ael ; and they possessed Sama- ria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25 And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not Jehovah: therefore Je- hovah sent lions among them, which killed some of them. 26 Wherefore they spake to the king of Ass.yria, saying. The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the law of the god of the land : there- fore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, be- cause they know not the law of the god of the land. 1 Or, vrnr.tisfd 2 According io another reading, drew Israel away. " 1 K. 12. 2S '' 1 K, 14. 1.5. 23 ' ch. 21. 3 ; Dt. ■!. 1.5, 19 rf 1 K. 16. 31 " ch. 16. 3 / Lev. 19. 26 ; Ut. 18. 111-12 '' 1 K. 21. 20 A ver. 6 ' 1 K. 11. 13, 32, 36 *•■ 1 K. 14. 22, 23 ' ch. 18. 3 "' ch. 15. 29 "1 K. 11. 11, 31 " 1 K. 12. 20 '' 1 K. 12. 28-33 « ver. 6 >" ver. 13 * ver. 6 ' Ezr. 4. 2, 10 " ell. 18. .34 " 1 K. 8. 6.5 •^ I K. 12. 31 ; 13. 32 'J ver. 24 ' ver. 17 " ch. 19. 37 *> ver. 24 <■ Zeph. 1. 5 rf 1 K, 12. 31 • Gen. .32. 28 ; 35. 10 .'■ Judg. 6. 10 '■' E.x. 20. 5 '' Ex. 14. 15-30 ' Ex. 6. 6 ; 9. 1.5 *-Lev. 19. 32; Dt. 6. 13 ' Dt. 5. 32 ' Dt. 4. 23 ; 6. 12 27 Then the king of Assyria com- manded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land. 28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they should fear Jehovah. 29 Ho wbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them •'in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 And -"the men of Babylon made Succoth- benoth, and the men of Guth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, 31 and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak ; and 'the Sepharvites burnt tlieir children in the lire to "Adrammelech and Anammelech, the "gods of 'Seph- arvaim. 32 'So they feared Jeho- vah, and '^made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, who sacrihced for them in the houses of the high places. 33 The.y feared Jehovah, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from auKmg whom they had been car- ried away. 34 Unto this day they do after the former manner: they fear not Jehovah, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordi- nances, or after the law or after the commandment which Jehovah com- manded the children of Jacob, "whom he named Israel; 35 with whom Jehovah had made a cove- nant, and charged them, saying, ■^Ye shall not fear other gods, nor ''bow yourselves to them, noi' serve them, nor sacrifice to them : 36 but Jehovah, ''wlio brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with 'an outstretched arm, *him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice: 37 and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the command- ment, which he wrote for you, 'ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods: 38 and the covenant that I have made with you '"ye shall not forget ; neither shall ye fear other gods: 39 but Jehovali your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out 8 Or, god 886 17.40 II. KINGS 18.22 Hezekiali Kiiig or Judali. His Good Rci^'n. Captivity of Israel. Jndali invaded iiy Sennaciierib. Rabsliakeli's Defiant Speech of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. 41 "So these nations feared Jeho- vah, and served their graven im- ages; their children likewise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. •i Q Now it came to pass *in JLO the thu'd year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that ''Heze- kiah the son of Ahaz king of .Judah began to reign. 2 ''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 Abi the daugh- ter of Zechariah. 3 "And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Da- vid his father had done. 4 ■'^He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Ash- erah : and he brake in pieces " the brazen serpent that Moses had made ; for unto those days the childi'en of Israel did burn incense to it ; and '■ he called it " Nehush- tan. 5 ''He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel; 'so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him. 6 For he clave to Jehovah ; he departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses. 7 *;And Jeho- vah was with him ; whithersoever he went forth he prospered : and 'he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. 8 ™ He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from " the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. 9 And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that " Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and be- sieged it. 10 And at the end of three years they took it : in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 1 1 And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and _p\it them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, 12 because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah their God, ' Or, il was called ">■ That \s. A piece of brass. " Zepli. 1. 5, Mt. 6. 24 b ch. 10. 2 i 17. 1 <'2Chr. 28.27 d -A Chr. 29. 1, 2 ^ ch. 20. 3, 2 Chr. 31. 20 / ver. 22 • 2 Chr. 31. 1 " Num. 21. s, y '' ch. 19. 10 1 ch. 23. 2u k Gen. 39. 2, 1 3; IS IS. H ' ch. 16. 7 "' 2 Chr. 28. IS; Is 14. 29 "ch. 17. 9 " ch. 17. 3-7 P Is. 30. 1- 39. 8; 2 Chr. 32. 1, &c. 9 ver. 7 '■ ch. 12. 18; 10. 8; IK. If). 18, 19 " Is. 20. 1 ' ch. 20. 20; Is. 7. : " ch. 19. 2; Is. 22. 20 " Is. 22. lu ^ ver. 7 y la. ,30. 2, 3, 7 ; Ezek. | 29. 6, 7 - ver. 4 2 Chr '31. 1 but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of Je- hovah commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it. 13 ^ Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did ^ Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of As- syria to Lachish, saying, *I have ollended ; return from me : that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria ap- pointed imto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 And ''Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of Jehovah, and in the treas- ures of the king's house. IG^ At that time did Hezekiah cut oft' the gold front the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and from the •* pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. 17 And the king of As- syria sent ® ' Tartan and '' Rab-saris and ^Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the 'conduit of the upper pool, which is in tha highway of the fuller's field. 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them " Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house- hold, and "Shebnah the ''scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the " recorder. 19 And Rabshakeh said unto them. Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great kin^, the king of Assyria, What conhdence is this wherein thou tx'ustesf? 20 Thou sayest (but they are but *vain words). There is counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, ^ that thou hast rebelled against me 1 21 Now, behold, *thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt ; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh king ol Egypt unto all that trust on him. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God ; is not that he, whose high places and ^ whose 3 Heb. Sanherih. * Or, doorposts ^ The titles of Assyrian officers. 6 Or, secretary " Or, chronicler * Heb. a word of the lips. 387 18.23 II KINGS 19.8 Ral)shakeh's Defiant Speech. Ilezekiali is alarmed, bot is comforted by Isaiah altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem^ 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, 'give pledges to my master the king of Assyria. and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. 24 How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen'! 25 Am I now come up without Jehovah against this place to destroy if? Jehovah said unto me. Go up against this laud, and destroy it. . 26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, 8peak, I pray thee, to thy servants in " the ^ Syr- ian language ; for we understand it : and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. 27 But Rabshakeh said unto them. Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words 1 hath he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall , to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you 1 28 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. 29 Thus saitn the king. Let not Hezekiah deceive you ; for he will not be able to de- liver you out of his hand : 30 neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Je- hovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 31 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for thus saith the king of Assyria, * Make j^our peace with me, and come out to me ; and eat ye *every one of his vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern ; 32 until I come and take you away '" to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vine- yards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Heze- kiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. 33 f Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out 1 Or, make a wager with 2 Heb. Aramenn. 3 Heb. Make with vie a blessing. " Ezr. 4. r ; Dan. 2. 4 6 1 K. 4. 20, 25 " Dt. 8. 7-9 ; 11. 12 ■' ch. 19. 12 ; Is. lu. 10, 11 "■ ch. 19. 13 / Is. 10. 9 'J ch. 17. 24 '' ver. 18, 26 « ch. 6. 30 fc 2 Chr. 32. 20-22 ; Is. 37. 1-38 ' ch. 18. 37 '" 1 K. 21. 27 " 2 S. 3. 31 " Is. 1. 1 ; 2. 1 P Josh. 14. 12 ; 2 S. 16. « ch. 18. 35 ■ Is. 1. 9 •' ch. 18. 17 ' ch. 18. 22- 2:'., 30, 35 " ch. 7. 6 " ver. 37 ^ Josh. 10. 29 of the hand of the king of Assyria 1 34 " Where are the gods of Hamath, and of ■' Arpad '] where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and ^Iv- vah \ nave they delivered Samaria out of my hand ! 35 Who are they among all the gods of the coun- tries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Je- hovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand ? 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word ; for the king's command- ment was, saying. Answer him not. 37 Then came ''Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah 'with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. •^ (Jk *^ And it came to pass, when X 9J king Hezekiah heard it, that he ' I'ent his clothes, and '" covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, " cov- ei"ed with sackcloth, unto "Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And they .said unto him. Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely ; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. 4 *It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, ■'whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent ^ to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard : wherefore lift up thy prayer for 'the remnant that is left. 5 So the servants of king Hezekiali came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master. Thus saith Jeho- vah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith ' the servants of the king of Assyria *haye blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and " he shall hear tidings, and shall retui-n to his own land ; and " I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. 8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warrinj^ against ^ Libnah ; for he had heard * Or, wherevnth the king of Assyria hath sent him 388 19.9 II. KINGS 19.31 Sennacherib's Message to Hezckiah. Hezekiah's Prayer. Isaiah's Prophecy of Deliverance that he was departed from "La- chish. 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, * Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, "Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by ^ destroying them ut- terly : and shalt thou be deliv- ered'? 12 '^Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, " Gozan, and'Haran, and Rezeph, and *'the children of Eden that were in Te- lassarl 13 ''Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sephar- vaim, of Hena, and Ivvah 1 14 And 'Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the mes- sengers, and read it ; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jeho- vah, and spread it before Jehovah. 1.5 And Hezekiah prayed before , Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, *that '"^sittest above the cherubim, 'thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the king- doms of the earth ; thou hast made heaven and earth. 16™ Incline thine ear, O JehoA^ah, and hear; "open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see ; and hear the words of Sen- nacherib, wherewith he hath sent him "to defy the living God. 17 Of a truth, Jehovah, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the na- tions and their lands, 1 8 and have cast their gods into the fire ; * for they were no gods, but the Avork of men's hands, wood and stone ; therefore they have destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O Jeho- vah our God, save thou us, I be- seech thee, out of his hand, *that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that *■ thou Jehovah art God alone. 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of As- syria, *I have heard thee. 21 This is the word that .Jehovah hath spoken concerning him : ' The vir- gin daughter of Zion hath de- 1 Heb. devoting them. * Or, art enthroned "^ ch. IS. 14 !• ch. 18. 6 '^ ch. 18. 30 ri ch. 18. 33 " ch. 17. 6 /Gen. 11. 31 •■' Is. 37. 12 '' ch. 18. 34 ' Is. 37. 14 k Ex. 25. 22 ' ch. 6. 15 '" Ps. 31. 2; Is. 37. 17 " 1 K. S. 29 ; 2 Chr. 6. 40 " ver. 4 V Is. 44. 9- 20; Acts 17. 29 9 1 K. 8. 42, 43 *" ver. 15 " ch. 20. 5 ' ,Ter. 14. 17 ; Lam. 2. 13 " Ps. 109. 25 ; Mt. 27. 39 '" ver. 4 ^ ver. 6 V Is. 5. 24 ; 30. 11-15 -ch. 18. 17 " 2 Chr. 26. 10 ; Is. 10. 18 b Is. 19. 6 ■^ Is. 46. 7 d Is. 10. 6 ' Ps. 129. 6 / Ezek. 19. 9 ; 29. 4 0 ver. 33, 36 '' oh. 20. 8, 9 ; Ex. 3. 12 ' ver. 4 ; 2 Chr. 32. 22, 23 *•■ Is. 10. 20 • Is. 9. 7 spised thee and laughed thee to scorn ; the daughter of Jerusalem "hath shaken her head ^at thee. 22 Whom hast thou "defied and •^ blasphemed % and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine ej^es on high 1 even against the 2' Holy One of Israel. 23 ^By thy messengers thou hast defied the Lord, and hast said, With the ■* multitude of my chai'iots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon ; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice '^ fir-trees thereof ; and I will enter into his farthest lodging- place, the forest of his " fruitful field: 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet ''will I dry up all the rivers of ^ Egypt. 2.5 "Hast tnou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times'? ''now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded ; they were * as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up. 27 But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. 28 Because of thy raging against me, and because ^ thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore -^will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and "I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 29 And this shall be ''the sign unto thee : ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same ; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. 30 * And ^ the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root down- ward, and bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and *out of mount Zion they that shall escape : ' the 3 Heb. after. 4 According to another reading, drivina. 6 Or, cypress « Or, defence Heb. Mazor. 7 Or, thy careless ease 8 Heb. the escaped of the house of Judah that remain. 389 19.32 11. KINGS 20.17 Sennaclierib discomfited and slain. Ilezekiali sick. His Life prolonged. He shows bis Treasures to Babylonians zeal of 'Jehovah shall perform this. 32 Therefore thus saith Je- hovah concerning the king of As- syria, " He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. 33 * By the way that he came, by the same shall he re- turn, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah. 34 ""For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and ''for my servant David's sake. 35 "And it came to pass that night, that -^the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred four- score and five thousand : and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 36 8o •''Sennacherib king of As- syria departed, and went and re- turned, and dwelt at '' Nineveh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nis- rocli his god, that '" ' Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the sword : and they escaped into *the land of Ararat. And/Esar- haddon his son reigned in his stead. r^/"^ ™ In those days was Heze- w \J kiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, " Set thy house in order ; for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto Jehovah, saying, 3 "Remem- ber now, O Jehovah, I beseecli thee, ^'how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And * Hezekiah wept sore. _ 4 And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone ''out into ^the middle part of the city, that the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, 5 Turn back, and say to ''Hezekiah the ''prince of my peo- ple. Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, *I have heard thy prayer, ' I have seen thy tears : behold, I will heal thee ; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of Jehovah. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen 1 According to another reading, Jehovah of hosts, and so in Is. 37. :?2. 2 According to anotlier reading, Adrammelech avd Shamcr his sons (and so in Is. 37. 38). a Or, out I'f * According to another reading, ihi middle court. 5 Or, leader " Is. 8. 7-10 I" ver. 28 " oh. 20. 6 ; Is. 31. S turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 And it came to pass in tlie eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azalian the son of Meshul- 1am, the scribe, to the house of .Jehovah, saying, 4 '' Go up to Hil- kiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people : .5 ' and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen that have the over- sight of the house of Jehovah ; and let them give it to the workmen that are in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house, 6 unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house. 7 How- beit '' there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand ; for they dealt faithfully. 8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, \ I have, found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and " ch. 22. 17 ; 1 Chr. 28. 9 *> ch. 12. 20 ; 14. 19 " ch. 14. 5 ri ver. 18 « 2 Chr. 34. 1, &c. /Josh. 15. 39 " Dt. 5. 32 ; Josh. 1. 7 fc ch. 12. 4, 9, 10 i ch. 12. 11- 14 * ch. 12. 15 ' Dt. 31. 24-20 ; 2 Chr. 34. 14, 15 "' Gen. 37. 34 ; Josh. 7.6 " ch. 25. 22 ; Jer. 26. 24 » 2 Chr. 34. 20 P Dt. 29. 23-28; 31. 17, 18 « 2 Chr. 34. 22 ' Zeph. 1. 10 'ch. 21. 22; Dt. 29. 26, 2G « 1 S. 24. 6 ; I's. 51. 17 " Ex. 10. 3 ; 1 K. 21. 29 392 said. Thy servants have * emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah. 10 And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hil- kiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 1 1 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that '"he rent his clothes. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and "Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and "Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, 13 Go ye, inquire of Jeho- vah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found ; for ^ great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, be- cause our fathers have not heark- ened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is '^ written concerning us. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Sha- phan, and Asaiah, went unto Hul- dah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of «Tikvah, the son of Hai'has, keeper of the ward- robe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the ^ '" second quarter) ; and they communed with her. 15 And she said unto them. Thus saitli Jeho- vah, the God of Israel : Tell ye the man that sent you unto me, 16 Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read. 17 "Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might pro- voke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched. 18 But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jeho- vah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Is- rael : As touching the words which thou hast heard, 19 'because thy heart was tender, and " thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the • Or, poured out 2 Or, enjoined us 3 Heb. Mishneh. 22.20 n. KINGS 23.13 Josiah reads the Law publicly, makes a Covenant, and institutes a general Religious Reformation inhabitants thereof, that they should become ^"a desolation and ^ a curse, and hast " rent thy clothes, and wept before me ; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah. 20 Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and '' thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. O O "And the king sent, and j^ O they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusa- lem. 2 And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhab- itants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great : and 'he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant ^ which was found in the house of Jehovah. 3 And ''the king stood "by the pillar, and made a cove- nant before Jehovah, 'to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his command- ments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to "confirm the words of this covenant that wei'e wiitten in this book : and all the people stood to the covenant. 4 And the king commanded Hil- kiah the high priest, and ^ tlie priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, ' to bring forth out of the temple of Je- hovah all the vessels tha^ •'^re made for Baal, and for the Asherali, and for all the host of heaven ; and '" he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. 5 And he put down the * idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to bui'n in- cense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem ; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the ^planets, and to all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and " beat it to dust, and "cast the dust thereof upon the graves of the ^common 1 Or, an astonishment, 2 Or, on the platform 3 Or, perform, ■• Heb. Chemarim. See Hos. lo. 5 ; Zeph. I. 4. 6 Or, twelve signs •> Heb. children of the people. " Lev. 26. 31 b Jer. 26. 6 " ver. 11 rf ch. 23. .30 ^ 2 Chr. 34. 29-32 /Dt. 31. 10-13 '■' ch. 22. 8 '' ch. 11. 14, 17 t Dt. 13. 4 * ch. 2.5. 18 ; Jer. 52. 24 ' ch. 21. 3, 7 "' ver. 15 " ver. 16 ° 2 Chr. 34. 4 P 1 K. 14. 24 ; 1.5. 12 « Ex. 35. 25, 20 ; Ezek. 16. 16 '■Josh. 21. 17; IK. 15. 22 ' Ezek. 44. in-14 < la. 30. 33 ; Jer. 7. 31, 32 " Lev. 18. 21 " 1 K. 11. 7 ^ Jer. 19. 13 ; Zeph. 1. a " 1 K. 11. 7 b 1 K. 11. 5 ' Num. 21. 29 d Dt. 7. 5, 25 /I K. 13. 1 £» 1 K. 12. 28-33 t ver. 6 Eeople. 7 And he brake down the ouses of the ■'' sodomites, that were in the hou.se of Jehovah, where * the women wove " hangings for the Asherah. 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned in- cense, from '" Geba to Beer-sheba ; and he brake down the high places of the gates that were at the en- trance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. 9 Nevertheless 'the priests of the liigh places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they did eat un- leavened bread among their breth- ren. 10 And 'he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the "* chil- dren of Hinnom, "that no man might make his son or his daugh- ter to pass through the fire to ' Mo- lech. 11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the cham- ber of Nathan-melech the chamber- lain, which was in the precincts ; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 1 2 And •" the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and *the altars which Manasseh had made in the two coiu'ts of the house of Jehovah, did the king break down, and ^ beat them, down from thence, and 'cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. 13 And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of " the mount of "corruption, which Solo- mon the king of Israel had builded f or * Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for ''Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Amnion, did the king defile. 14 And "^he brake in pieces the ^^ pillars, and cut down the Ash- erim, and '^filled their places with the bones of men. 15 Moreover-^ the altar that was at Beth-el, and the -'high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down ; and '' he burned the high place and beat it to dust, 7 Or, tents Heb. houses. s According to another reading, son. 9 Or, ran from thence w Or, destruction " Or, obelisks 393 23.16 II. RINGS 23.36 Joiiiali's ut'.fornis. He is slain by Pharaoh -kccoli. Jehoahaz King. Deposed hy Pharaoh, who mal ch. 21. 6 ; Lev. 19. 31 k Gen. 31. 19 'ch. 21. 11, 21 '" Dt. 18. 10-12 " ch. 22. 8 " ch. 18. 6 >' ch. 21. 11- 13; Jer. l.s. 4 'ch. 18. 11 '■ ch. 21. 13, 14 » 2 Chr. 35. 20-21 ' .ler. 40. 2 " Jucl,!-'. r>. 19 " ch. 9. 28 ■^2 Chr. 36. 1-1 'J 1 Chr. 3. 15 ; Jer. 22. 11 = ch. 24. 18 " ch. 21. 2-7 b ver. 29 '^ ch. 25. 0 rf 1 K. 8. 05 « 1 Chr. 3. 15 /ch. 24. 17 "Jer. 22. 11, 12 ; Ezek. 19. 3, 4 ft ver. 33. I 2 Chr. 36. 5, &c. 394 turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, ■'' because of all the provocations wherewith Manasseh had iDrovoked him. 27 And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, 'as I have removed Israel, and ''I will cast off" this city which T have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the iiouse of which I said, My name shall be there. 28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju- dah 1 29 ' In his days ' Pharaoh- necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates : and king Josiah went against him ; and Pharaoh- necoh slew him at " Megiddo, when he had seen him. 30 And 'his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own .sepulchre. ''And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. 31 -"Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned three months in Jeru.salem : and his mother's name was - Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of .Jehovah, "according to all that his fathers had done. 33 And * Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at " Riblah in the land of '' Hamath, ^ that he might not reign in Jerusa- lem ; and put the land to a '^ tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 34 And Pharaoh- necoh made /Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and 'changed his name to Jehoiakim : but he took Jeho- ahaz away ; and ■' he came to Egypt, and died there. 35 And -Jehoiakim ''gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh ; but he taxed the land to give the money accord- ing to the commandment of Pha- raoh : he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxa- tion, to give it unto Pharaoh-necoh. 36 'Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to * According to another reading, when, he reigned. * Or, fine 23.37 II. KINGS 25.4 Jehoialvim liciumes subject lo liabylon. Jehoiachin King. Tlie Captivity begins. Zcdeiiiah King. Jerusalem captured i-eign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, "according to all that his fathers had done. O /I * In his days Nebuchad- ^ j! nezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years : then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And Jehovah sent against him "bands of the Chaldeans, and ' bands of the Syrians, and " bands of the Moabites, and bands of the ■children of Amnion, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, -^ac- cording to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servants the prophets. 3 ''Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, ''for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, 4 and *also for the innocent blood that he shed ; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood : and Jehovah would not pardon. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Je- hoiakim, and all that he did, ai'e they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju- dah % 6 So * Jehoiakim slept with his fathers ; _ and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 7 And ' the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land ; for '"the king of Babylon had taken, from " the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt. 8 "Jehoiachin was ^eighteen years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months : and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, * according to all that his father had done. 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 1 1 And Nebu- chadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it ; 12 and '" Je- hoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his ^ offi- cers : and * the king of Babylon 1 Or, eunuchs 14 " ver. 32 (> 2 Chr. 36. 6 ; J er. 20. 1 •^ Jer. 35. n rf ch. K. 23 * ell. 13. 20 /ch. 23.27 -' ch. IS. 25 '' ch. 23. 20 'ch.21. IH * Jer. 22. 18, 19 ' Jer. 37. 5-7 "' Jer. 46. 2 " Gen. 16. 18 " 1 Chr. 3. 16 P 2 Chr. 30. 9 '' ch. 21. 2-7 '" Jer. 24. 1 ; 29. 1, 2 ' 2 Chr. 30. 10 I ch. 20. 17 ; Is. 39. 6 " ch. 25. IS- IS " 1 K. 7. 48- 50 ^ Jer. 21. 1 V ver. 16 ; Jer. 62. 28 - Jer. 24. 1 ; 29. 2 « ch. 2.5. 12 b 2 Chr. 36. 10 ; Jer. 22 24-28 " ver. 14 Now in the fifth month, on the ''seventh day of the montli, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto .Jerusa- lem. 9 And 'he burnt the house of Jehovah, and * the king's house ; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were 7vith the captain of the guard, ' brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. 1 1 And '"the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the kin^of Babylon, and the residue of tlie multitude, did Nebu- zaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive. 12 But the captain of the guard left of " the Soorest of the land to be vine- ressers and husbandmen. 13 "And the pillars of brass that v/ere in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in jjieces, and carried the brass of them to Bal^y- lon. 14 -PAnd the pots, and the shovels, and the snutfers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. 15 And the firepans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gpld, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. 1 6 The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, *the brass of all these vessels was without weight. 17 '"The height of the one pillar 1 Or, spake with, him cf judgment " Neh. 3. 15 * Jer. 34. 21, 22 ' Jer. 32. 4 d ch. 23. 33 ■■ Jer. 39. 6, 7 / Ezek. 12. 13 !' Jer.39. S-12 '' Jer. 62. 12 1 2 Chr. 30. 19 ; Ps. 74. 3-7 *: Am. 2. 6 ' ch. 14. 13 ; Neh. 1. 3 "' 2 Chr. 36. 20 " ch. 24. 14 ; Jer. 40. 7 " 2 Chr. 36. 18 '■ 1 K. 7. 47- ;')0 "J 1 K. 7. 47 '■ 1 K. 7. 16- ' 1 Chr. B. 14 ; Ezr. 7. 1 ' Jer. 21. 1 ; 29. 25, 29 " Esth. 1. 14 " ch. 23. 33 ^ ch. 23. 27 ; Dt. 28. 64 !/ Jer. 39. 14 - Jer. 40. 7-9 " Josh. 18. 26 <> Jer. 41. 1, 2 • Jer. 43. 4-7 896 was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it ; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pome- granates upon the capital round about, all of brass : and like unto these had the second pillar with network. 1 8 And the captain of the guard .took ' tSeraiah the chief priest, and ' Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keejiers of the threshold : 1 9 and out of the city he took an ^ officer that was set over the men of war ; and " five men of them that saw the king's face, who were found in the city ; and the "scribe, the captain of the host, who mus- tered tlie people of the land ; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city. 20 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to " Riblah. 21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. ^So Judah was carried awa3" captive out of his land. 22 And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made * Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, gov- ernor. 23 ^Now when all the cap- tains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Baby- lon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to "Mizpah, even Is;hmael the son of Nethaniah. and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. 24 And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. 2.5 *But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, so that he died, and the .Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. 26 ''And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces - Or, eiinuch 3 Or, scribe of the captain oj the host 25.27 II. KINGS 25.30 Jchoiacbin ktiidl)' treated by Evil-mcrod»cb arose, and came to Egypt ; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. 27 "And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of *the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, 'did lift up the head of •Jehoiachin king of Judah out of " Jer. 52. 31-34 6 ch. 24. 12, d 2 S. 9. 7 ■"Neh. 11. 23 ; 12. 47 prison; 28 and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 29 and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin ''did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life: 30 and for his ^allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life. 397 THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES Descendants of Koah, of Abraham, of Esan, and of Seir I^Adam.SethjEnosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Me- thuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 *The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6 And the sons of Gomer: Ashke- naz, and ^ Diphath, and Togarmah. 7 And the sons of Javan : Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and "Ro- danim. 8 The sons of Ham: Gush, and Mizraira, Put, and Canaan. 9 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havi- lah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah : Sheba, and Dedan. 10 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. 1 1 "And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 12 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came ^the Philistines), and Caphtorim. 1 3 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth, 14 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 15 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 1 6 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 1 7 ''The sons of Shem : Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and "^Meshech. 18 And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and She- lah begat Eber. 19 And unto Eber were born two sons: tlie name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 21 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 22 and '^Ebal, and Abi- mael, and sheba, 23 andOphir,and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 24 "Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, 1 In Gen. 10. 3, Riphath. S In Cien. 10. 4, Podanim. 3 Heb. PeUshUm. * In Gen. lo. 23, Mash. ^ In Gen. 10. 28, Obal. °- Gen. 4. 25- 5. 32 b Gen. 10. 2-4 '^ Gen. 10. 13-18 d Gen. 10. 22-29 "Gen. 11. 10-26; Lk. 3. 34-30 / Gen. 25. 13-16 9 Gen. 25. 1-1 f>- ver. 28 • Gen. 25. 25, 26 ; 32. 28 fc Gen. 36. 4-10 ' Gen. 36. 20-28 "* Gen. 36. 31-43 398 Nahor, Terah, 27 Abram(the same is Abraham). 28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael. 29 'These are their generations: the first-born of Ish- mael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, ancl Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32 "And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine : she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, a.nd Me- dan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan. 33 And the sons of Midian : Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and El- daah. All these were the sons of Keturah. 34 And ''Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: *Esau, and Israel. 35 *The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reual, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. 36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, ''Zephi, and Ga- \ tam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Ama- lek. 37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 38 ' And the sons of Seir : Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 39 And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and ^ Homam ; and Timna was Lo- tan's sister. 40 The sons of Shobal : ® Allan, and Manahath, and Ebal, ^Shephi, and Guam. And the sonr of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah. 41 The sons of Anah : Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: ^"Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, " Jaakan. The sons of Dishan : Uz, and Aran. 43 ™ Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, « In Gen. 36. 11, Zer>ho. 1 In Gen. 36. 22, Hemam. 8 In Gen. 36. 23, Alvan. 9 In Gen. 36. 23, Shepho. 10 In Gen. 36. 26, Hemdan. " In Gen. 36. 27, and A/can. 1.44 I. CHRONICLES 2.30 Kings and Chiers of Edom. Sous of Jacob. Descendants of Jndali ; of Hezron ; of Jeraluncel before there reigned any king over the children of Israel : Bela the son of Beor ; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of " Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of * the Temanites reigned in his stead. 46 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, I'eigned in his stead ; and the name of his city was Avith. 47 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48 And Samlah died, and Shaul of Relio- both by the River reigned in his stead. 49 And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 50 And Baal-hauan died, and ^ Hadad reigned in his stead ; and the name of his city was '" Pai : and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. 51 And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were : chief Timna, chief ^ Aliah, chief .letheth, 52 chief Oholibamah^ chief Elah, chief Pinon, 53 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 54 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom. 2 "These are the sons of I.s- rael: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebu- lun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benja- min, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 "^ The sons of .Judah : Er, and Onan, and Shelah ; which three were born unto him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, .Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah ; and he slew him. 4 And "Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Perez : Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And the sons of Zerah : * Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and ® Dara ; five of them in all. 7 And the sons of Carmi : ® Achar, the troub- ler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing. 8 And the sons of Ethan : Azariah. 1 In Oen. 36 39, Hadar. 2 In Gen. 36. 39, Pmt. 3 In O en. 36. 40, Alvah. * In Josh. 7. 1, Zabdi. 6 In. 1 K 4. 31. Darda. 6 In Josh. 7. 1, Achan. Is. 34. 6 ' Job 2. n ■ Gen. 35. 2-1-26 ; 46. ! r.en. .38. 2-10 'Oen. 38. 13-30 9 The sons also oi Hezron, that were born unto him : Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10 Ana Ram begat Amminadab, and Am- minadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11 and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse; 13 and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh ; 16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah : "' Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 And Abigail bare Amasa ; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth ; and these were her sons : Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur. 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel. 21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took to wife when he was threescore years old ; and she bare him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23 And Geshur and Aram took ^ the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the ^ villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24 And after that Hez- ron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. 25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. 26 And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah ; she was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jer- ahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai : Nadab, and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishui was Abi- hail ; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30 And the sons of Nadab : Seled, and Appaim ; but 1 Heb. Abshni. » Or, Hawoth-jair 9 Heb. daughters. 399 2.31 I. CHRONICLES 3.20 Descendants of Judali : — of Jerahmecl; of Calel); of Darid Seled died without ^cliildren. 31 And the sons of Appaim : Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan : Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai : Jether, and Jonathan ; and Jether died with- out ^ children. 33 And the sons of Jonathan : Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahnieel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife ; and she bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37 and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39 and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40 and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum, 41 and Shallum be- gat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 42 And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph ; and the sons of Mare- shah the father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron : Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam ; and Rekem begat Shammai. 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon ; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46 And Ephah, Ca- leb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez ; and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai : Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 ISIaacah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber and Tir- hanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea ; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah : Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons : Haroeh, half of the Menu- hoth. 53 And the families of Kiriath-jearim : the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, 1 Or, sons " 2 S. 3. 2-5 > 2 S. 2. 5. 4, 5 - ch. 14. 4-7 : 2 S. 6. 14-lB d 2 S. 12. 24, 25 "2 8. 11. 3 /2 S. 13. 1 and the Mishraites ; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 54 The sons of Salma : Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth- beth-joab, and naif of the Mana- hathites, the Zorites. 55 And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez : the Tirathites, the Shime- athites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Ham- math, the father of the house of Rechab. 3" Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto him in Hebron : the hrst-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreel- itess ; the second, Daniel, of Abi- gail the Carmelitess ; 2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur • the fourth, Adonijah the son or Haggith ; 3 the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital ; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife : 4 six were born unto him in Hebron ; and * there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years ; 5 '^and these were born unto him in Jerusalem : Shimea, and Sho- bab, and Nathan, and '^ Solomon, four, of "^ Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel ; 6 and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines ; and-'^Tamar was their sister. 10 And Solomon's son was Reho- boam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 1 1 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15 And the sons of Jo- siah : the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zede- kiah, the fourth Shallum. 1 6 And the sons of Jehoiakim : Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 17 And the sons of Jeconiah, - the captive : Shealtiel his son, 18 and Mal- chiram, and Pedaiah, and She- nazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the *sons of Zerubbabel : INfe- shullam, and Hananiah ; and She-' lomith was their sister; 20 and 2 Or, Assir 3 Heb. son. 400 3.21 I. CHRONICLES 4.32 Descendants of Jtidnh and of Simeon Hashubah, and Ohel, and Bere- chiah.and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 21 And the 'sons of Hana- niah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. 22 And the sons of Shecaniah : Shemaiah. And the sons of IShemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Bhaphat, six. 23 And the ^ sons of Neariah : EUoenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons of Ehoenai: Hodaviah, and ]{lHashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and .lohanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. 4 "The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Uarmi, and Hur, and ShobaL 2 And Reaiah the son of fShobal begat Jahath ; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zoratliites. 3 And these wei'e the sons of the father of Etam : J ezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash ; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; 4 and Pe- nuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephx'athah, the father of Beth-le- hem. 5 And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, "Izhar, and Eth- nan. 8 And Hakkoz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Hariim. 9 And Jabez was morfe honorable than his brethren : and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 10 And Jabez called on the God of Isi^ael, saying. Oh that thou wouldest bless me in- deed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow ! _ And God granted him that which he requested. 11 And Chelub the brother of Shuhah be- gat Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Te- hinnah the father of ^ Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. 13 And the vsons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Oth- niel: Hathath. 14 AndMeonothai 1 Heb. son. 2 Another reading is, and Zohar. '■^ Or, the city of Nahash ' ch. 2. 3 401 begat Ophrah : and Seraiah begat Joab the father of "^Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen. 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Je- phunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naani; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jehallelel : Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17 And the sons of Ezrah : Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon ; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife '^the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and He- ber the father of Soco, and Jeku- thiel the fatlier of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. 1 9 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Gar- mite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite, 20 And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi : Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah : Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; 22 and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi- lehem. And the ''records are ancient.^ 23 These were the pot- ters, and '^ the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah : there they dwelt with the king for his \vork. 24 The sons of Simeon: ^Nemuel, and Jamin, ^Jarib, ^"Zerah, Shaul; 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma : Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah. 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30 and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31 and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were theii' cities unto the reign of David. 32 And their villages were Etam, and * Or, the valley of craftsmen, s Or, Ha-jehudijnh « Heb. words. " Or, those that dwelt among plantations and hedties » In Oen. 4t5. 10, Ex. 6. 15, Jemuel. 9 In Gen. 46. Ii), Jnr.hin. 10 In Gen. 46. lO, Zohar. 4.33 I. CHRONICLES 5.21 Bescendants of Simeon, ol Rcabt^ii, and of Gad. A War of the Transjordaak Tribes Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; 33 and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy. 34 And Mesho- bab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 and Elioenai, and Jaakobah. and Jesho haiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah — 38 these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their tathers' houses increased greatly. 39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their liocks. 40 And they found fat pas- ture and good, and "the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. 41 And ''these writ- ten by name came in the days of Hezekiali king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the JNIeunim that were found there, and ' destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their tlocks. 42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to ''mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Nea inah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 And ''they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day. 5 And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for "he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as ^he defiled his father's couch, "his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel ; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 ''For Judah prevailed above his biethren, and 'of him came the -prince; but the birthright was Joseph's), 3 *the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel : Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel : Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, 'Shimei his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal^ his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom ^Tilgath-pil- neser king of Assyria carried away 1 Heb. devnUd them. 2 Or, leader 3 In 2 K. 15. 29 : 16. 7, Tiglath-pileser. " Judg. 18. 7-10 >> ver. 33-38 '^ Gen. 36. 8, 9 d 1 S. 16 7, 8; 30. 17 ^ Ch. 2. 1 ; Oen. 29. 32 /Gen. 3j. 22 ; 49. 4 ^ Gen. 48. 16-22 " Gen. 49. 8-10 ' Mic. 5.2; Mt. 2. 0 k Num. 2G. 5-9 ' ver. 8 "" ver. 17 « Num. 32. 34 ; Josh 12 2 " Josh. 22. P ver 18-21 ; 11. 38 1 Dt. 3. 10 ' 2 K. 15. .5. 32 '■ 2 K. 14. 16, " Num. 1. 3 " ver. 10 ■^ ch. 1. 31 y 2 Chr. 14. 11-13 - Ps. 9. 10 ; 20. 7, 8 captive: lie was prince of the Reu- benites. 7 And his brethren by their families, when '"the genealogy of their generations was reckoned : the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in "Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: 9 and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from the river Eu- phrates, "because their cattle werd multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul, -^'they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead. 11 And the sons of Gad dwelt oVer against them, in the land of Bashan unto *Salecah: 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their brethren of their fathers' houses: Michael, and ^le.shullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, andZia, and Eber, seven. 14 The.se were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah. tlie son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses. 1 6 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its Howns, and in all the ""J suburbs of ''Sharon, as far as their "^borders. 17 All these were reckoned by gen- ealogies in the days of ' Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of 'Jero- boam king of Israel. 18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of J\la- nasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand neven hundred and threescore, that were "able to go forth to ^ar. 19 And they made war with "the Hagrites, with ''Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hancf, and all that were with them; for "they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because ' they put their trust in him. 21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two * Heb. dMiahfers. s Or, pasture lands * Heb. goingsjorih. 402 5.22 I. CHRONICLES 6.37 The Half tribe of Maimsseli; ilieir Trespass and Captivity. Descendants of Levi. Levite Singers thousand, and of ' men a hundred thousand. 22 For there fell many slain, because "the war was of God. And 'they dwelt in their stead un- til "the captivit.y. 23 And the children of the half- tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land : they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and '^ Senir and mount Hermon. 24 And these were the heads of their fathers' houses : even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of \'alor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses. 25 And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and ■Splayed the harlot ■'^ after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of '-' Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day. *i\ '' '^'^^^ fiouH of Levi : - _Ger- \J shon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons of Kohath : Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 3 And the children of Amram : Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron : Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phine- has begat Abishua, 5 and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Am- ariah begat Ahitub, 8 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Jo- hanan, 10 and Johanan begat Aza- riah (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem), 11 and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 12 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat ^Shallum, 13 and Shallum begat Hilkiah. and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehoz- adak ; 15 and Jehozadak went into captivity, when Jehovah car- l Heb. souh of men. 2 in ver. 1(5, Gershom. 3 In ch. 9. 11, MeshuUam. " Josh. 23. 10 ; •>. Chr. 32. 8 *[Ch. fi. 1 in Heb.] Ocli. 4. 41 <= 2 K. 15. 29 ; 17. G d Dt. 3. 9 " Ex. 34. 15 /2K. 17.7 » 2 K. 16. 19, 29; iChr. 5. 26 *[Ch 5. 27 in Heb.] ft Ex 6. 16- 25 tch. 15 16- 22, 27 16. 4-G *ch. 15 25- MG. 1 ; 2S. 403 ried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. * 1 6 The sons of Levi : '*Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 Ana these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 18 And the sons of Kohath were Am ram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 1 9 The sons of Merari : Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites accord- ing to their fathers' AoJfses. 20 Of Gershom : Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 ^ Joah his son, "Iddo his son, Zerah his son, ''Jeatherai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath : ** Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, ® Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 And the sons of Elkanah : Am- asai, and Ahimoth. 26 As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah : '"Zophai his son, and " Nahath his son, 27 '"Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 And the sons of Samuel : the first-born, ""'■^ Joel, and the second Abijah. 29 Tiie sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, A.saiah his son. 31 * And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jeliovah, * after that the ark had rest. 32 And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meet- ing, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem : and they "waited on their office according to their order. 33 And these are they that ^* waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Ko- hathites : Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of ''^Toah, 35 the son of ^^Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 the son of Elkanah, the son of "Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son 4 In ver. 1, Gershon. * in ver. 42, Ethan. 6 In ver. 41, Adaiah. ? In ver. 41, Ethni. 8 In ver. 2, 18, 38, Izhar. 9 In ver. 36, Zephaniah, Azariah, Joel. 10 In ver. 35, Zup/i. n In ver. 34, Toah. 12 In ver. 34, Eliel. 13 See ver. 33, and 1 S. 8. 2. The Hebrew text has. Vanhni, and Abinh. it Heb. stood. 1^ In. ver. 26, Nahath. 16 In ver. 26, Zophai. 17 In ver. 24, Shaul, Uzziah, Uriel. 6.38 I. CHRONICLES 6.74 Levite Priests. Dwelling-places of the Levites. Cities ol the Levites of Korah, 38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Bere- chiah, the son of Shimea, 40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41 the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 4:2 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershonij the son of Levi. 44 And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari ; ^ Ethan the son of ^Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 the son of Hasha- biah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shenier, 47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 And their brethren the Levites were ^appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his sons ■^"offered upon the altar of burnt- offering, and *upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and "to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 ''And these are the sons of Aaron : Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahim- aaz his son. 54 Now these are their dwelling- places according to their encamp- ments in their borders : to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the "first lot), 55 to them they gave •''Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it ; 56 ''but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And ''to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron ; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 58 and ^Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, 59 and *^Ashan with its suburbs, 1 In ch. 9. 16, Jechithun. 2 In. ch. 15. 17, Kushaiah. 3 Heb. given. See Num. 3. 9. * Or, burnt incense ^ In Josh. 21. If), Holon. 6 In Josh. 21. 10, Ain. " Ex. 27. 1-8 *■ Ex. 30. 1-7 ' Ex. 30. lo- ll) d ver. 4-8 f Josh. 21. 4, 10 ./■Josh. 14. i:i !' Josh. 15. 13 /t Josh. 21. 13, 19 '■ ver. 6C-70 and Josh. «: Josh. 21. 7, 34-40 ' Josh. 21. 41, 42 " Josh. 21. 20-26 and Beth-shemesh with its sub- urbs; 60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and ''Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their fami- lies were thirteen cities. 61 'And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath -were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Ma- nasseh, ten cities. 62 And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and .out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph- tali, and out of the tribe of Manas- seh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 * Unto the sons of Merari tvere given by lot, accoi'ding to their families, out of the tribe of Reubeii, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64 'And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, ™ these cities which are mentioned by name. 66 "And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs ; Gezer also with its suburbs, 68 *and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs, 69 and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs ; 70 and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. 71 Unto the sons of Gershom ivere given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs ; 72 and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 73 and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs ; 74 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its sub- 7 In Josh. 21. IS, Ahnon. 8 See Josh. 21. 22-39, where some of the names are different. 404 6.75 I. CHRONICLES 7.23 Cities of the Levites. Descendaiits of Issachar, of Benjamin, of Naphtali, of Manassch, and of Ephraim urbs, 75 and Hukok with its sub- urbs, and Rehob with its suburbs ; 76 and out of the tribe of Najoh- tali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs. 77 Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, vjere given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs ; 78 and beyond the Jor- dan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs, 79 and Kedemoth v/ith its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs ; 80 , and out of the tribe of Gad, Ra- 1 moth in Gilead with its suburbs, ' and Mahanaim witli its suburbs, 81 and Heshbon with its sub- urbs, and Jazer with its suburbs. 7 And of the sons of Issachar : Tola, and ^ Puali, Jashub, and \ Shimron, four. 2 And the sons f of Tola : Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and [ Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their . fathers' houses, to wit, of _ Tola ; mighty men of valor in their gen- erations : " their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred. 3 And the sons of Uzzi : Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah : Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five ; all of them chief men. 4 And with them, by their genera- tioTis, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand ; for they had many wives and sons. 5 And their brethren among all the fam- ilies of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by gene- alogy, were fourscore and seven thousand. 6 * The sons of Benjamin : Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 7 And the sons of Bela : Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jeri- moth, and Iri, fi^^e ; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor ; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8 And the sons of Becher : Zemi- rah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jere- moth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were 1 In Gen. 4G. 13, Puvah and lob. "2 8. 24. 1-9 I- ch. 8. 1-40 ' Num. 20. 35, 30 the sons of Becher. 9 And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred. 10 And the sons of Jediael : Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan : Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahish- ahar.' 1 1 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war. 12 •^Shuppim also, and '•^Huppim, the sons of "'Ir, Hushim, the sons of *Aher. _ 13 The sons of Naphtali : Mah- ziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and '^Shallum, the sons of Billiah. 14 The sons of Manasseh : As- riel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare ; she bare Machir the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir took a wife ''of Huppim and Shuppim, '^ whose sister's name was Maacah ; and the name of the second was Zelophehad ; and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maacah the wife of Ma- chir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh ; and the name of his bi'other was tSheresh ; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 1 7 And the sons of Ulam : Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manas- seh. 18 And his sister Hammo- lecheth bare Ishhod, and ^ Abiezer, and Mahlah. 1 9 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 20 And " the sons of Ephraim : 8huthelah, and Bered his son, and 'lahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, 21 and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23 And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. 2 In Num. 26. 39, Shephvpham. and Hupham. 3 In ver. 7, Iri. •* In Num. 26. 38, Ahiram. 5 In (^en. 46. 24, Jahzeel. 6 In Gen. 46. 24, Shillem. 7 Or, for a Or, and his » In Num. 26. 30, leser. 405 7.24 I. CHRONICLES 8.32 Cities of Ephraiin. Descendants of Asher, and of Benjamin 24 And his daughter was Sheerah, "who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25 And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Ehshama his son, 27 ^ Nun his son, * Joshua his son. 28 And "^ their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the ^ towns thereof, and eastward ^Naa- ran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof ; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto '^Azzah and the towns thereof ; 29 and by the borders of the children of Ma- nasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. 30 ''The sons of Asher : Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 3 1 And the sons of Beriah : Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and ^Shomer, and Ho- tham, and Shua their sister. 33 And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 34 And the sons of " Shemer : Ahi, and Rohgah, .Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 And the ^sons of Helem his brother : Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah : Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37 Bezer, and Hod, and tShanima, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether : Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. 39 And the sons of UUa : Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All these were the chil- dren of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice^ and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men. 8 And "Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and -^Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 And Bela had sons : ^Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4 and Abishua, and Naaman, and 1 Heb. Non. 2 Heb. daughters. 8 In Josh. Ifi. 7, Naarah. * Many MSS. read, Ayvah. 5 In ver. 34, Shemer. « In ver. 32, Shomer. 1 Heb. son. s in Gen. 46. 21. Ard. " Josh. 16. 3, 5 b Ex. 17. 9- 14 ; 24. 13 ' Josh. 16. 2 d Gen. 46. 17 ; Num. 20. 44-46 ' ch. r. 6-12 ; (Ten. 4(i. 21 /ch. 7. 12 5" ch. 9. 35-38 406 Ahoah, 5 and Gera, and ^Shephu- phan, and Huram. 6 And tnese are the sons of Ehud : these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they car- ried them captive to Manahath: 7 and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive ; and he begat Uzza and Ahihud. 8 And Shaharaim begat children in the field of Moab, after he had '" sent them awaj^ ; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha,. and Mal- cam, 10 and -Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses. 1 1 And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.^ 12 And the sons of El- paal : Eber, and Misham, and She- med, who built Ono and Lod, \Yith the towns thereof ; 1 3 and Beriah, and 8hema, v/ho were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath ; 14 and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15 ana Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder, 16 and Michael, and Ishpah, ana Joha, the sons of Beriah, 17 and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber, 18 and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal, 19 and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel. 21 and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of " Shimei, 22 and Ishpan, and Eber, ana Eliel, 23 and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 24 and Hananiah, and Elam,and Anthothijah, 25 and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak, 26 and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 27 and .Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 28 These were heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men : these dwelt in Jerusalem. 29 "And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was IMaacah ; 30 and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 31 and Gedor, and Ahio, and i-Zecher. 32 And Mikloth begat '^Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, 9 In Num. 26. 39, Shephupham. '0 Or, sent away Hushim and Baara his loives 11 In ver. 13, Shema. 12 In ch. 9. 37, Zechariah. 13 In ch. 9, 38, Shimeam. 8.33 I. CHRONICLES 9.22 Descendants of Beivjamin. Former Inhabitants of Jerusalem; Priests, Levites, and Porters over against their brethren. 33 "And Ner begat Kish ; and Kish begat Saul ; and Saul begat Jona- than, and Malchi-shua, and ^Abin- adab, and " Esh-baal. 34 And the «on of Jonathan was ^ Merib-baal ; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 35 And the sons of Micah : Pithon, and Melech, and '*Tarea, and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz begat ^Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri begat ]\Ioza. 37 And Moza begat Binea ; "Raphah was his son, Elea- sah his son, Azel his son. 38 And Azel had six sons^whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ish- mael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother : Ulam his first- born, Jeusli the second, and Eliph- elet the third. 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin. 9 So all Isra,el were reckoned by genealogies ; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And ''Judah was carried away captive to Baby- lon for their transgression. 2 "Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, Israel, the i^'iests, the Levites, and ''the Nethinim. 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the chil- dren of Benjamin, and of the chil- dren of Ephraim and Manasseh : 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites : Asaiah the first- born, and his sons. 6 And of the sons of Zerah : Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin : Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasse- nuah, 8 and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shepha- tiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah : 9 and their breth- ren, according to their genera- tions, "nine nundred and fifty 1 In 1 S. H. 49. Ishvi. 2In2S. 2. 8, Ishbosheth. 8 In 2 S 4. 4 ; 9. 6, W, Mepfiibosheth. * In ch. 9. 41, Tahrea. 8 In ch. 9. 42, Jarah. 6 In cb. 9. 43, Hephaiah. "ch. 9 39-44 6 ch. .-, 25,26 •^Neb. n. :i-22 d Ezr. 2. 43, f-.S\ 8 20 '^Neh. n. 8 /Neh. n. Jil-14 ■J Jut. 20.1 A Neb. n. 16-19 ■ Ezek. 46. 1,2 k Num. 26. 7-13 ' ch. 26. 2, 14 ' ch. 26. 1 ' 2 Chr. 31. 16, IS 407 and six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses. 10 ■''And of the priests : Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin, 11 and ^Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraiothj the son of Ahitub, ^the ruler ot the house of God ; 12 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Me- shullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer ; 1 3 and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore ; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. 14 "And of the Levites: She- maiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari ; 15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of '*Zichii, the son of Asaph, 16 and "Obadiah the son of '"Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Bere- chiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the vil- lages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters: Shallurn, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahi- man, and their brethren (Shallurn was the chief), 18 wdio hitherto ivaited in ' the king's gate east- ward : they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keep- ers of the thresholds of the tent : and their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry. 20 And * Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him. 21 'Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting. 22 All these that were chosen to be Sorters in the thresholds were two undred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, ™ whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain " in their office ^ In Neh. ll. ll, Seraiah. 8 In Neh. 11. 17, Zabdi. 3 In Neh. 11. 17, Abda. w In Neh. u. 17, Shammua. 9.23 I. CHEONICLES 10.12 The Porters and tlieii Functions. Residents of (tains. " Judg. 3. 10 ; 6. 34 6 ch. 2. 17 •" 1 S. 2-,. 5, 6 d 1 S. 29. 2-9 " 1 S. 30. I / Gen. 32. 2 ; Josh. 5. 13-15 f' 2 S. 2. 3, 4 '' Ch. 10. 14 ' ch. 11. 10 ''• ch. 0. 8, .'i:; ; 2 S. 8. 17 ' ver. 2 '" 2 S. 2. 8, 9 " Ksth. I. 13 " I'S. 12. 2 P ver. 33 ; 2 S. 6. 1-3 two captains. 29 And of the chil- dren of Benjamin, 'the brethren of Saul, three thousand : for hitherto '"the greatest part of them had ■^kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. 30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses. 31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king. 32 And of the children of Issachar, "men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were ^t their command- ment. 33 Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array ,_ with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could order the battle array, and were not "of double heart. 34 And of Naph- tali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. 35 And of the Danites that could set the battle in arraj;-, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. 36 And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand. 37 And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Pveubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half- tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of in- struments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand. 38 All these, being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with ^'a perfect heart to He- bron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Is- rael were of one heart to make David king. 39 And they were there with David three days, eat- ing and drinking; for their breth- ren had made preparation for them. 40 Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issa- char and Zebulun and Naphtali, "brought bi^ead on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abun- dance : for there was joy in Israel. A O And David consulted with J-O the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with evei-y ■• Heb. kept the charge oj the liouse. 411 13.2 I. CHRONICLES 14.16 Tlie irk broDght to Olicdedom's Ilonse. Uzza's Death. David's ITonsc and Family. David defeats the Philuttines leader. 2 And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of .Jeho- vah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the Mand of Is- rael, '-^with whom the pi'iests and Levites are in their cities that have "suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us; 3 and let us bring again the ark of our G()d to us: "for we sought not unto it in the days of 8aul. 4 And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was I'ight in the eyes of all the people. 5 ''80 David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, 'to bring the ark of God from Kiriath- jearim. 6 "^And ]Javid went up, and all Israel, to "Baalah, tliat i^, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah •''that '^sit- teth (ihove the cherubim, "^that is called by the Name. 7 And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of ''the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. 8 And Da- vid and all Israel pla.yed before God with all their might, ''even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timljrels, and with cymbals, and with trum- pets. 9 And when they came unto 'the threshing-tloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark ; for the oxen ''stumbled. 10 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, * because he put forth his hand to the ark; and 'there he died before God. 1 1 And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza : and he called that place ''Perez-uzza, unto this day. 12 And David M^as afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me"! 13 So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into '"the house of Obed- edom the Gittite. 14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months : and " Jehovah blessed the 1 Heb. lands. 2 Or, and with them to the vriests and Levites that are &c. 3 Or, pasture la.vds < Or, is enthroned 5 Or, tvhere the Name is called on * Or, were restive Or, threw it down 1 That 18, The breach qf Uzza. " 1 S. r. I, 2 ^ cli. 1.'). 3; ■1 S. 0. 1 ; 1 K. 8. 05 "■ 1 S. 6. iJl ; 7. 1 ''aS, 6. 2-n *■ Josh. 15. 9 /2K. 19. 15 ■' 1 S. 7. 1 '' ch. Ii5. 16 ' 2 S. ti. 0 fc ch. 15. 13, In ' Lev. 10. 2 '" 2 Ohr. 25. 21 " ch. 20. 4, 5 « ver. 13; ch. 11. 15 house of Obed-edom, and all that he had. -j A "And Hiram king of Tyre X JL sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. 2 And David perceived that Je- hovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Is- rael's sake. 3 And David took more wives at .Jerusalem ; and David begat more sons and daughters. 4 ''And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and IShobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 5 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and El- pelet, 6 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7 and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet. 8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David : and David heard of it, and went out ** against them. 9 Now the Philistines had come and ''made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. 10 And David inquired of God, sajang, Shall I go up against the Philistines'? and wilt thou de- liver them into my hand'? And Je- hovah said unto him. Go up ; for I will deliver them into thy hand. 1 1 So they came up to Baal-pera- zim, and David smote them there; and David said, God hath ^broken mine enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place ^" Baal- perazim. 12 And they left their gods there; and David gave com- mandment, and they were burned with fire. 13 And the Philistines *'yet again made a raid in the valley. 14 And David inquired again of God ; and God said unto him. Thou shalt not go up after them : turn away .from them, and come upon them over against the '^ mul- berry-trees. 15 And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mul- berry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle ; for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 16 And David did as God commanded him : and they smote the host of the Philis- tines from ^- Gibeon even to Gezer. 8 Or, h^fore ^ Or, broken forth upon mine enemies 1" i'hat is, The place of breakings forth. 11 Or, balsam^trees 12 in 2 S. 6. 25, Oeba. 412 14.17 I. CHRONICLES 15.29 The Ark broiiglit by the levites to Jcrasalcm, accompanied by Singers and Players on Instruments 17 And the fame of David went out into all lands ; and " Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations. -i p^ And David made him Jl O houses in the city of David ; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and * pitched for it a tent. 2 Then David said, ""None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites : for them hath Jeho- vah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And "^ David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah 'unto its place, Avhich he had prepared for it. 4 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and •''the Levites : 5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty; 6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty ; 7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty ; 8 of the sons of Eliza- phan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred ; 9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore; 10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. 1 1 And David called for "Zadok and ''Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 and said unto them. Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites : ' sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, *unto the p/ace that I have prepared for it. 13 Tor because ye ba7^e it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him Tiot according to the ordinance. 14 "'So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 15 And the children of "the Levites bai-e the arkof God upon their shoulders with the staves thei*eon, as Moses com- manded according to the word of Jehovah. 1 6 And David spake to the chief of the Levites "to appoint their bi'ethren the singers, with instru- ments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. " Ex. 15. 14- 16 ; Dt. 2. *> ver. 3 ; ch. 16. 1 ; 17. 1-6 " Num. 4. 15 d ch. IS. 5 ; 1 K. 8. 1 " ver. 1, 1'2; 2 8. 6. 12, 17 /ch. 6. 16- 30 ; 12. 26- « ch. 12. 28 '' 1 S. 22. 20- 23 ; 1 K. 2. 26, 35 i Ex. 19. 14, 15 ; 2 Chr. 35. 6 ^- ver. 1, 3 ' ch. 13. 7 ; 2 S. 6. 3 "' ver. 12 " Ex. 25. I'l ; Num. 4. 6 " ch. 13. 8 ; 25. 1 P ch. 25. 1 9 Ps. 46. title '■ Ps. 6. title ' ver. 28 ; ch. 16. 6 ' 2 S. 6. 12, 15 " ell. 13. 13 ' Num. 23. 1-4, 29 17 So *'the Levites appointed He- man the son of Joel ; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Bere- chiah ; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah ; 18 and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and' Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eli- phelehvi, and Mikneiah, and Obed- edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers. 19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, tvere ap2Jointed, with cymbals of bi-ass to sound aloud ; 20 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to * Alamoth ; 21 and Alattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Aza- ziah, with harps set to *" the Shemi- nith, to lead. 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over ^ the song: he instructed about Hhe song, because he was skilful. 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24 And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zecha- riah, ancl Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, *did blow the trum- pets before the ark of God ; and Obed-edom and Jehiah wei-e door- keepers for the ark. 25 'So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thou- sands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of "the house of Obed-edora with joy. 26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed " seven bullocks and seven rams. 27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Che- naniah the master of Hhe song with the singers : and David had upon him an ephod of linen. 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps. 29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that 1 Or, the carrying of the ark Heb. the lifting 413 16.1 I. CHRONICLES 16.31 Sarri6res ofTcrcd. Levites appointed to minister before the Arii. Psalm of Tlianksgiviiig Miclial the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing ; and she despised him in her heart. -j f* And they brought in the _LO ark of God, and "set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it : and they of- fered burnt-offerings and peace- offerings before God. 2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace- offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah. 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion ^ of flesh, and a cake of raisins. 4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel : 5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, ^Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Je- hiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps ; and Asaph with cjanbals, sounding aloud; 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trum- pets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God. 7 Then on that day *did David ^fii'st ordain to give thanks unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 8^0 give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name ; ^ Make known his doings among the peoples. 9 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him ; ^Talk ye of all his marvellous works. 10 Glory ye in his holy name ; Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. 11 Seek ye Jehovah and his strength ; * Seek his face evermore. 12 -^Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His ^wonders, and the judg- ments of his mouth, 13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 14 He is Jehovah our God ; His ''judgments are in all the earth. 15 Remember his covenant for ever, 1 Or, of wine 2 in ch. 15. 18, Jaaziel. 3 Or, make it the chief work * Or, Meditate « ch. l.S. 1 *> 2 S. 22. 1 ; 23. 1 ' ver. 8-22 : Ps. 105. 1-15 d 1 K. 8. 43 ; 2 K. 19. 19 ' Ps. 24. 6 /Ps. 77. 11; 103. 2 " Ps. 78. 43- 68 ft Is. 26. 9 ■ Gen. 17. 2 ; 22. 16-18 ; 26. 3 fc Gen. 35. 11, 12 ' Gen. 13. 15 "' Gen. 34. 30 ; Dt. 7. 7 " Gen. 12. 17, 20. 3, Ex. 7. 15-18 P ver. 23-33 : Pa. 96. 1-13 1 Ps. 48. I ; 96. 4 ; 145. 3 '■ Ps. 89. 7 ; 95. 3 ' Lev. 19. 4 t Ps. 96, 5 ; 102. 25 " ver. 28, 29 : Ps. 29. 1, 2 " Is. 44. 23 ; 49. 13 414 The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, 16 The ^ covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, 17 And *contirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, 18 Saying, 'Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The ^lot of your inheritance ; 19 When ye were but a '"few men in number. Yea, very few, and sojourners in it ; 20 And they went about from na- tion to nation. And from one kingdom to an- other people. 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong ; Yea, "he reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones. And " do my prophets no harm. 23 ^Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth ; Show forth his salvation from day to day. 24 Declare his glory among the nations. His marvellous works among all the peoples. 25 For 'great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised : He also is ''to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the peoples are ® * idols : But Mehovah made the heavens. 27 Honor and majesty are before him : Strength and gladness are in his place. 28 "Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kin- dreds of the peoples. Ascribe unto Jenovah glory and strength ; 29 Ascribe unto .Jehovah the glory due unto his name : Bring an offering, and come before him ; Worship Jehovah 'in holy ar- ray. 30 Tremble before him, all the earth : The world also is established that it cannot be moved. 31 Let the "heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice ; 5 Heb. cord, or, line. « Or, thinns of nought 1 Or, ill the beaut]/ of holiness 16.32 I. CHKONICLES 17.15 Ministers of the Religions Services. David's Tuipose to liuild a Temple, fiod's Message to David foncerniiig his Purpose And let them say among the nations, "Jehovah reignetla. 32 *Let the sea roar, and the ful- ness thereof ; Let the field exult, and all that is therein ; 33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Jehovah ; For he cometh to judge the earth. 34 "^ O give thanks unto Jehovah ; for he is good ; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever. 35 And say ye, "^ Save us, O God of our salvation. And gather us together and de- liver us from the nations. To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise. 36 "Blessed be Jehovah, tiie God of Israel, From everlasting even to ever- lasting. And all the people -^said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. 37 So he left there, » before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to minis- ter before the ark continually, '' as every day's work required ; 38 and *Obed-ecfom with their brethren, threescore and eight ; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and *Hosah to be doorkeepers ; 39 and 'Zadok the priest, and his breth- ren the priests, '" before the taber- nacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon, 40 to ofter burnt-ofterings unto Jehovah upon the altar of burnt-offering continu- ally morning and evening, " even according to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he com- manded unto Israel; 41 and with them "Heman and Jeduthun, and ^the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to » give thanks to Jehovah, because his lovingkindness endureth for ever ; 42 and with them Heman and Jeduthun ivith trumpets and cym- bals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for '■ the songs of God ; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate. 43 And all the people departed every man to his house : and David re- turned to bless his house. -\ 'T *And it came to pass, JL f when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house " Ps. 93. 1 ; 96. 10 I- Ps. 98. 7 " Ps. 100. 1 ; 130. 1 d Ps. 100. 47, 48 ' 1 K. 8. 1.5, 56 ; Ps. 72. 18 /Dt. 27. 15; Neh. 8. 0 ^ ver. 4, 5 A 2 Chr. S. 14 ; Ezr. 3. 4 i ch. 13. 14 * ch. 26. 10 ' ch. 15. 11 '" 1 K. 3. 4 " Ex. 29. 38- 42 ; Num. 28. 3, 4 " ch. 6. 33 P ch. 26. 1-0 « 2 Chr. 5. 13 '■ 1 Chr. 25. 7 ; 2 Chr. 7. 6 ; 29. 27 " 2 S. 7. 1-29 « ch. 28. 2, 3 " Ex. 40. 2, 3 ; 2 S. 7. 6 ''2S. 7. 7 ^ Heb. 1. 5 of cedar, but the ark of the cov- enant of Jehovah dwelletJt under curtains. 2 And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart ; for God is with thee. 3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, 'Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in : 5 for 1 have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, "but ^ have gone from tent to tent, and from ove tabernacle to another. 6 In all places wherein I have walked with all Isi'ael, spake I a word "with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shep- herd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar 1 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the "sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ^ prince over my peo- ple Israel : 8 and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee ; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name' of the great ones that are in the earth. 9 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more ; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, 10 and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Is- rael ; and I "* will subdue all thine enemies. Moi-eoyer I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house. 1 1 And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with Ihy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons ; and I will establish his kingdom. 1 2 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. 1 3 "" I will be his father, and he shall be my son : and I will not take my lovingkindness away irow- him, "as I took it from him that was before thee; 14 but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever ; and his throne shall be established for ever. 15 According to all these words, and 1 Heb. have been. 2 Or, pasture 3 Or, leader ■» Or, have subdited 415 17.16 I. CHEONICLES 18.13 David's Prayer ia Response to God's Message. He conquers Pbilistia, Moab, Zobah, S}Tia, and Edom. King Ton's Present according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far*? 17 And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God ; but thou hast siioken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast re- garded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God. 18 What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy ser- vant'? for thou knowest tliy ser- vant. 19 O Jehovah, "iov thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things. 20 O Jeho- vah, there is none like thee, nei- ther is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 2 1 ^ And what one natio.i in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driv- ing out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt '? 22 'For thy people Is- i-ael didst thou make thine own people for ever ; and thou, Jeho- vah, becamest their God. 2-3 And now, O Jehovah, let the word tliat thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. 24 ^And let thy name be established and mag- nified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel : and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.* 25 For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house : therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee. 26 And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant : 27 and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever be- fore thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever. 1 Or, And who is like thy people Israel, a nation that is alnne in the earth &c. 2 Or, Yea, let it be established, and let thy name be magnified d-c. "28 Is. I' Ex r. 37. 19 21; 35 .5,6 "=2S d ell. 8. 19 1-18 6 "i O And after this " it came to JLO pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab ; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute. 3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah ^unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horse- men, and twenty thousand foot- men ; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. 5 And when ^the Syrians of •' Damascus came to succor Hadar- ezer king '' of Zobah, David smote of •*the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in •* Syria of * Da- mascus ; and "* the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah "gave vic- tory to David whithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that wei-e on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from Tibhath and from Gun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all thehostof Hadarezer kingof Zobah, 1 0 he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Haflarezer and smitten him (for Hadarezer had wars with Tou) ; and he had tcith him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 1 1 These also did king DaA'id dedi- cate unto Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations ; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the chil- dren of Ammon, and from the Phi- listines, and from Amalek. 12 Moreover ^ Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thou- sand. 1 3 And he put garrisons in Edom ; and all the Edomites be- came servants to David. And Jehovah ^gave victory to David whithersoever he went. 416 3 Or, 6v iKeh.Aram. 8 Or, saved David ^ Heb. Dnrmesek. ' Heb. AbshaL 18.14 I. CHRONICLES 20. :^ David's OfScers. His Messengers abused hy Hannn, King of Animon. Ammon and Syria defeated 14 And David reigned over all Israel ; and he executed justice and righteousness unto all his people. 15 And " Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host ; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was ' recorder ; 1 6 and Zadok the son of Aliitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests ; and Shavsha was -scribe: 17 and Bc- naiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and tlie Pelethites ; and the sons of David were chief about the king. 1 C| ''And it came to pass after -L ^J this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon cHed, and his son reigned in his stead. :2 And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father sliowed kindness to nie. !So David sent messengers to comfort him con- cerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land'? 4 8o Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their gar- ments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them ; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be gi'own, and then return. 6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Ha- nun and the children of Animon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horse- men ovit of Mesopotamia, and out of Aram-maacah, and out "of Zo- bah. 7 So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his peo- ple, who came and encamped be- fore '^Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. _ 8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty 1 Or, chronicler ^ Or, secretary °- ch. 11. 6 b 2 S. 10. 1-19 "ch. 18. 5, 9 d Num. 21. 30 ; Josh. 13. 9, 16 !S. 11. 1 417 men. 9 And the children of Am- mon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city : and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. 10 Now when Joab saw that ^the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against tlie Syrians. 11 And the re_st of the people he committed into the hand of '' Abishai his brother ; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon. 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God : and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good. 14 So Joab and the people that were with him di'ew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle ; and they fled before him. 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled befoi-e Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messen- gers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head. 17 And it was told David ; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel ; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Sho- phach the captain of the host. 19 And when the servants of Hadar- ezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him : neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any moi'e. O/^ "And it came to pass, at wv/ the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings 3 Heb. the face of the battle was against. 4 Heb. Abshai. 20. I. CHRONICLES 21.16 Joab captures Rabbah. Tlie Philistines smitten. The People uunbered. A Pestilence sent go out to battle, that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And "Joab smote Rabbah, and over- threw it. 2 'And David took the crown of ^ their king from oil" his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, aixl there were precious stones in it ; and it was set upon David's head : and he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much. 3 And he brought forth the people that were therein, 'and cut tkem with Kaws, and with harrows of ii'on, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David ind all tlie people returned to Jerusalem. 4 '' And it came to pass after this, that there arose war atj^ Gezer with tlie Philistines : then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons of the giant ; and tney were sub- dued. 5 And there was again war with the Philistines ; and Elhanan the son of ''Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, •^the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 6 And there Was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fin- gers and toes were foui* and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot ; and he also was born unto the giant. 7 And when he ^defied Isi'ael, Jonathan the son of 8himea David's brother slew him. _ 8 These were born unto the giant in Gath ; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. O^ -'And •* Satan stood up ^ X against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, ''Go, num- ber Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan ; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them. .3 And Joab said, 'Jeho- vah make his people a hundred times as many as they are : but, mjT^ lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants 1 why doth my lord require this thing'? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel 1 i Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Where- 1 Or, Malcam See Zeph, 1. .'., 2 In 2 S. 21. 18, Gob. 3 Or, reproached * Or, an adversary "2S 12 2G (-28 12 ;;o. 31 ■^2 8. 12 31 d2S. 21 18-22 '^2 8. 21 10 /ch. 11. 23; ] S. ir 7 !'2S. 24 1-2 ''Ch. 27. 23. 24 ■Dt. 1. 11 fc2S. 24 9 'ch. 27. 24 ! S. 12. 13 "ch. 29. 20; 2 S. 24. 11 ° 1 S. 0. 9 i' 2 S. 24. 13 ' Ps. fil. 1 ; 130. 4, 7 ■ ch. 27. 24 ' Ex. 32. 14 ; 1 S. 1.5. 11 ; Jon. 3. 10 fore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And *all thej'^ of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword : and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 6 ' But Levi and Benja- min counted he not among them; for the king's word was abomina- ble to Joab. 7 And_ God was dis- pleased with this thing ; therefore he smote Israel. 8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing : '"but now, put away, I lie- seech thee, the iniquity of thy servant ; for I have done very foolishly. 9 And Jehovah spake unto "Gad, David's "seer, saying, 10 Go and speak unto David, say- ing. Thus saith Jehovah, I ^olfer thee three things : choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him. Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt: 12 '' either three years of famine ; or three months to be consumed before thy foes, while the sword of thine enemies over- taketh thee ; or else three days the sword of Jehovah, "^even pes- tilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah ; * for very ^ great are his mercies : and let me not fall into the hand of man. 14 ""So Jehovah sent a, pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it : and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and "he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel. It is enough ; now staj?^ thy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of ^Ornan the Jebusite. 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Je- hovah standing between earth and * Heb. stretch oiif \i.vin. « Or, and 7 Or, many » In 2 S. 24. 16, &c., Araunah. 418 21.17 I. CPIKONICLES 22.11 David builds an Altar on Oman's Tiiresliing-flour. His Preparations for building the Temple. His Charge to Solomon heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jeru- salem. Then David and the elders, " clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that com- manded the people to be num- bered ^ even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly ; * but these sheep, what have they done ■? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against thy people, that they should be plagued. 18 "Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to .say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Oman the Jebu- site. 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Jehovah. 20 And Oman turned back, and saw the angel ; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21 And as David came to Oman, Or- nan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. 22 Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah : for the full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people. 23 And Oman said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that, which is good in his eyes : lo, I give thee the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the thresh- ing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering ; I give it all. ■ 21 And king David said to Ornan, Nay ; but 1 Vv'ill verily buy it for the full price : for I will not take that which is thine for Je- hovah, nor ofter a burnt-offering without cost. 25 So "^ David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 26 And David built there an altar unto Je- hovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and "he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. 27 And Jehovah commanded the angel ; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. 28 At that time, when Davirl saw that Jehovah had answered « 1 K. 21. 27 i'2S. 7. 8; Ps. 74. 1 " 2 Chr. 3. 1 d 2 S. 2J. 24 " Lev. 9. 24 ; Judg. 6. 21 /ch. 16, 39; I K, 3. 4 V ch. 21. 18- 28; 2 Chr. 3. 1 ft 1 K. 9, W, 21 ; 2 Clir. 2. 17 « 1 K. 6. 17. IS t cb. 29. 2, 7 ' ver. 14 1 K. 6. 6-10 ' ch. 29. 1 ; 1 K. 3. 7 ° ch. 17. 1 ; 2 S. 7. 2, 3 '' ch. 28. 3 « 1 K. 4. 20, >• 2 S. 12. 24, 25 " ch. 17. 12; 2 S. 7. 13, him in the threshing-floor of Or- nan the Jebusite, then he sacri- ficed there. 29 ■'^For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon. 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God ; for he was afraid because of the sword of the 0 O angel of Jehovah. 1 Then ^^ David said, "This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together '' the sojourners that were in the land of Israel ; and 'he set masons to hew wroughfi stones to build the house of God. 3 And David * prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings ; and ' brass in abun- dance without weight ; 4 and cedar-trees without number : for '"the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David. 5 And David said, " Solomon my son is young _ and tender, and the house that is to be builded for Jehovah must be ex- ceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries : 1 will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abun- dantly before his death. 6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and chai'ged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel. 7 And David said to Solo- mon ^his son, "As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God. 8 But the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, ^'Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars : thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who 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 unto Israel in his days. 10 *He shall build a house for my name ; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father ; and I will es- tablish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 11 Now, I According to another reading, M\i son, asfoi me &c. 2 That is, Peaceful. 419 22.12 I. CHKONICLES 23.24 David's Charge to Solomon concerning the Temple. He prescribes the OfGces of the Levites my son, " .Jehovah be with thee ; and prosper thou, and build the house of Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken concerning thee. 1 2 * Only Jehovah give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel ; that so thou mayest keep the law of Jeho- vah thy God. 1 3 "= Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which .Jehovah chai-ged Moses with con- cerning Israel : '' be strong, and of good courage ; fear not, neither be dismayed. 14 Now, behold, in my ^ affliction I have prejiared for the house of .Jehovah 'a hundred thou- sand talents of gold, and a thou- sand thousand talents of silver, and •''of brass and iron without weight ; for it is in abundance : timber also and stone have I pre- pared ; and thou mayest add thereto. 1-5 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skil- ful in every manner of work : 1 6 of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and * Jehovah be with thee. 17 ''David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solo- mon his son, saying, 18 Is not Je- hovah your God with you 1 and *hath he not given you rest on every side"? for he hath delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand ; and the land is subdued before .Jehovah, and before his peo- ple. 1 9 Now * set your heart and your soul to seek after .Jehovah your God ; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, ' to bring the ark of the cove- nant of .Jehovah, and the holy ves- sels of God, into the house that is to be built "to the name of .Jehovah. O O "Now David was old and j^ *J full of days; and "he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 And ^the Le- vites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and « their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thou- sand. 4 Of these, twenty and four thousand were *■ to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six 1 Or, low estate " ver. 16 6 1 K. 3. 9- 12 ; 2 Chr. 1. 10 " ch. 28. 7 rf Josh. 1. 6-9 " ch. 29. 4 /ver. 3 " ver. 11 '' ch. 28. 1-6 ' ver. 9 , ch. 23. 2.5 * ch. 28. 9 ' 1 K. 8. 6, 21 ; 2 Chr. S. 7 '" ver. 7 " ch. 29. 28 " ch. 28. .0 ; 29. 22 P Num. 4. 3-19 « ver. 24 ; Num. 4. 48 ■" Ezr. 3. 8, 9 ' ch. 26. 29 ' ch. 1.5. 10 " ch. 6. 1 "Ex 6. 20 ■^Ex 28. 1 y-Ex 30 6-10 • Dt. 33. Ps. 9U. title 1; ' Num. 10. 17, 21 420 thousand were 'officers and judges; 5 and four thousand were door- keepers ; and ' four thousand praised Jehovah with the instru- ments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. 6 And David divided them into '^courses "accord- ing to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 7 Of the Gershonites : * Ladan and Shimei. 8 The sons of La- dan : Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of La- dan. 10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, ^Zina, and Jeush, and Be- riah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 11 And .Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second : but .Jeush and Beriah had not many sons ; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning. 1 2 The sons of Kohath : Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13 "The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and -^ Aaron was sepa- rated, ''that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, for ever, "to burn incense before .Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever. 14 But as for ^ Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses : Gershom and Eliezer. 1 6 The sons of Gershom: ""Shebuel the chief. 17 And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons ; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 1 8 The sons of Izhar : "Shelomith the chief. 19 The sons of Hebron : Jeriah the chief, Ama- riah the second, .Jahaziel the thii'd, and Jekameam the fourth. 20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second. 21 The sons of Mei^ari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli : Eleazar and Kish. 22 And Elea- zar died, and had no sons, but daughters only : and their breth- ren the sons of Kish took them to wife. 23 The sons of Mushi : Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 24 "These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the 2 Heb. divisions. 3 in eh. 6. 17, Libni. * In ver. U, Zizah. 5 Or, to sanctify as most holy him &c. « Inch. 24. •2(),Shubael. 1 1n ch. 24. 22, Shelumoth. 23.25 I. CHRONICLES 24.26 David prescribes tlie Offices of tiic levltcs. Courses of the Sons of Aaron. Of tlie Otiicr Sons of Levi heads of the fathers' houses of those of them that were counted, in the number of names l)y their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, "from twenty years old and upward. 25 For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, * hath given rest unto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever: 26 and also '^the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof. 27 For ^ by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward. 28 For '■^ their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the sei-vice of the house of Je- hovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God ; 29 ''for the showbread also, and ^for the fine flour for a meal-ofter- ing, whether of unleavened wafers, or •'of that which is baked in the pan, or "of that which is soaked, and ''for all manner of measure and size ; 30 and to stand every morn- ing to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even; 31 and to offer all burnt-offerings unto Jeho- vah, 'on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and ^on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually be- fore Jehovah; 32 and that Hhey should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and '"the. charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah. O A And the courses of the w 'Tl sons of Aaron tvere these. "The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 "But Nadalj and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ex- ecuted the priest's office. 3 ^And David with^Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them ac- cording to their ordering in their service. 4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Itha- mar ; and thus were they divided : of the sons of Eleazar there were 1 Or, in the last nets 2 Heb. thfir station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron. See Neh. n. 24. 3 Or, And David divided them, evsit Zadok &a. °- ver. 3 f> ch. 'li. 18 ''Num. 4. 5, 15 ; 7. 9 d Lev. 24. 6-9 ' Lev. ti. 20 /ch. 9. 31 " Lev. 6. 21 h Lev. 19. 35, 38 i Is. 1. 13, 14 fc Lev. 23. 2-4 ' ch. 9. 27 ; Num. 1. 53 '" Num. 3. 6-9, 38 " Ex. 6. 23 " Lev. 10. 2 P ver. 31 ; ch. 6. 8 9 ver. 31 '■ ch. 18. 16 'Neh. 12.4; Lk. 1. 5 < ch. 9. 25 sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, accord- ing to their fathers' houses, eight. 5 ''Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Itha- mar. 6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the pres- ence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and '"Ahime- lech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Elea- zar, and ■^one taken for Ithamar. 7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 8 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9 the fifth to Malchi- jah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to 'Abijah, 11 the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, 12 the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 13 the thirteenth to Hup- pah, the fourteenth to Jeshebean, 14 the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 15 the seven- teenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, 16 the nineteenth to Fethahiah, the twentieth to Jehez- kel, 17 the one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, 18 the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. 19 /This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance given unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, tlie God of Israel, had commanded him. 20 And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, ''Shu- bael; of the sons of Shubael, Jeh- deiah. 21 Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. 22 Of the Izharites, ^Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. 23 And the sons "o/ Hebron: Je- riah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekarneam the fourth. 24 The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Sha- mir. 25 The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. 26 The sons of Me- rari : Mahli and Mushi ; the sons of < The Hebrew text has, taken, taken. 6 In ch. 23. 16, Shebuel. 6 In ch. 23. 18, Shelomith. 421 24.27 I. CHRONICLES 26.3 Order of the Service of Song; the twenty-four Classes of Singers Jaaziah: Beno. 27 The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Sho- ham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. 29 Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. 30 And the sons of Mushi : i\IahH, and Eder, and Jeri- moth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses. 31 "These Hkewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and *Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads or the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites ; the fathers' houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother. 6~) pT Moreover David and the ^ tJ captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of '^^ Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, wlio should '^prophesy ^with harps, with psalteries, and with cjanbals: and the number of them that did the work according bo their service was : 2 of the sons of Asaph : Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and ^Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied -^after the order of the king. 3 ''Of Jeduthun ; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and *Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hasha- biah, and Mattithiah, '*six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Je- hovah. 4 Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, ^Uzziel, •'Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Gid- dalti, and Romamti-ezer, Josh- bekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, ]\Ia- hazioth. 5 All these were the sons of Heman ^the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, ''with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the ser- vice of the house of God ; / 'Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king. 7 And the number of them, with their breth- ren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was '■two hundred fourscore 1 In ver. 14, Jeshnrelah. 2 Heb. by the hands of the king. 3 In ver. 11, l:2ri. * With Shimei, mentioned in ver. 17. 6 In ver. 18, AzarH. '' In ver. 20, Shuhnel. 1 Or, ajter the order of the king, even Asaph, &c. b ver. 6 6. 33, 39 3. 15 15. 10 /ch. 16. 41, 2S. ftcli. ich. *Cll. 'ell. 21. 9; 24. 11 16. 16 15. 19 422 and eight. 8 And Hhey cast lots ^ for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. 9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph : the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve : 10 the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 1 1 the foui'th to Izri, his sons and his bi-ethren, twelve : 1 2 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 13 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 14 the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 16 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his bi'ethren, twelve: 17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his breth- ren, twelve: 18 the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 1 9 the twelfth to Hasha- biah, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 20 for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his breth- ren, twelve : 21 for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his breth- ren, twelve : 22 for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 23 for the six- teenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 24 for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25 for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 26 for the nineteenth to IMallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 27 for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 28 for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 29 for the two and twen- tieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 30 for the three and twentieth to ]\lahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve : 31 for the four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve. O /^ For the courses of the ^ O doorkeepers : of the Korah- ites, ® Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of ^•' Asaph. 2 And Meshelemiah had sons : Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan 8 Or, mard nqninst ward, as well &c. ' In ver. 14, Shflemiah. 10 In ch. 9. 19, Ebiasaph. 26.4 I. CHRONICLES 26.32 Courses of tlie Doorkeepers, Keepers of the Treasures of tlie Temple. Civil OfBcials the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 And Obed-edom had sons : She- luaiah thehrst-boi-n, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth, 5 Amixiiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth ; for God blessed hini. 6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their fa,ther ; for they were mighty men of valor. 7 The sons of Shemaiah : Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were val- iant men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 8 All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service ; three- score and two of Obed-edom. 9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen. 10 Also " Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons : Shimri the chief (for though he was not tlie first- born, yet his father made him chief), 11 Hilkiah the second, TebaHah the tliii'd, Zechariah the fourth : all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. 1 2 Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief meUj having '■ offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah. 13 ''And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.^ 14 And the lot eastwai'd fell to -^ Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots ; and his lot came out northward. 15 To Obed-edom southward ; and to his sons the store-house. 16 To Shu p- pim and Hosah westward, by the gate of ^ Shallecheth, at the cause- way that goeth up, watch against watch. 17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the stoi'e-house two and two. 18 For ^■■Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at '*Parbar. 19 These were the courses of the doorkeepers ; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari. 20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was ''over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treas- ures of the ^dedicated things. 1 Or. wards over against their brethren 2 In ver. 1, Meshelemiah. 3 That is, Casting forth. * Or, the precinct ^ Heb. holy things. " ch. 10. 38 i> ch. 24. 6, 31 ; 25. 8 " 2 K. 23. 11 il ver. 22, 24, 26 ; ch. 28. 12 ; Ezr. 2. 60 ' 2 S. 8. U /Neh. 11. 10 9 ch. 23. 4 h ch. 27. 17 '■ ch. 23. 19 i: ch. 6. 81 ' 2 Chr. 19. 423 21 The sons of J^Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' houses belonging to Ladan the Ger- shonite : / J ehieli. 22 The sons of Jehieli : Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Jehovah. 23 Of the Am- ramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites : 24 and Shebuel the son of Ger- shom, the son of Moses, was I'uler over the treasures. 25 And his brethren : of Eliezer came Reha- biah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. 2G This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, '' which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. 27 ** Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of Jehovah. 28 And all that Sam- uel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whosoever had dedi- cated anything, it was under the hand of "Shelomoth, and of his brethren. 29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for -^the out- ward business over Israel, for *' officers and judges. 30 Of the Hebronites, ''Hashabiah and his brethi'en, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, had the over- sight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Jehovah, and for the service of the king. 31 Of the Hebronites was 'Jeri.iah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers' houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of I)avid they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at *Jazer of Gilead. 32 And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred, heads of fathers' houses, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and ^for the affairs of the king. 6 In ch. 6. 17, Libni. 1 In ch. 23. 8, Jehiel 3 Heb. Out of the battles and the spoil. a Heb. Shelomith. 27.1 I. CHRONICLES 27.30 Captains of the Host. Captains of tlie Tribes. Overseers of David's Possessions O ^ Now the children of Israel imai § after their number, to wit, the heads of fathei's' houses and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any raatter of the courses which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year — of every course were twenty and four thou- sand. 2 " Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel : and in his course were twenty and four thovisand. 3 I/e was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. 4 And over the course of the second montli was Dodai the Ahohite, and his cour.se ; and Mikloth the ruler : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the ^ priest, chief : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 6 This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty : and of his course was Ammizabad his son. 7 The fourth cai^tain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izra- hite : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 12 The ninth carptain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of theBenjamites : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 1 3 The tenth cap- tain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathon- ite, of the children of Ephraim : 1 Or, chief minister See 2 S. 8. 18. "ch. 11. 11- 31 ; ii S. 23. 8-30 b ch. 28. 1 "'ch. 21.2-5 d Gen. 15. 5 'ch. 21. 1-7; 2 S. 24. 12- / 1 K. 10. 27 ; 2 Chr. 1. 15 « ch. 5. 16 424 and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 15 The twelfth ca2}tain for the twelfth month was - Heldai the Netophathite, of 0th- niel : and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel : of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler : of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah : 1 7 of Levi, Hasha- biah the son of Kemuel : of Aaron, Zadok : 18 of Judah, ^Elihu, one of the brethren of David : of Issa- char,^ Omri the son of Michael : 19 of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah : of Naphtali, Jere- moth the son of Azriel : 20 of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah : of the half -tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah : 21 of the haXi-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah : of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner : 22 of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. ' These were the cap- tains of the tribes of Israel. 23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, ''because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like ''to the stars of heaven. 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not ; and " thei^e came wrath for this upon Israel ; nei- ther was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David. 25 And over the king's treas- ures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel : and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah : 20 and over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub : 27 and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite : and over the in- crease of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiph- mite : 28 and over the olive-trees and -^the sycomore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite : and over the cellars of oil was Joash : 29 and over the herds that fed in ''Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite : and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai : 30 and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite : and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite : and 2 In ch. 11. 30, Heled. 3 In 1 S. 10. 6, Eliab. 27.31 I. CHRONICLES 28.18 David's CounscDors. His Address concerning the Temple, lie gives the Pattern thereof to Solomon over the flocks was Jaziz the " Hag- rite. 31 All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. 32 Also Jonathan, David's ^un- cle, was a counsellor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons : 33 and *Ahithophel was the king's coun- sellor : and " Hushai the Archite was the king's friend : 34 and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of '' Benaiah, and '' Abiathar : and •^the captain of the king's host was Joab. O O And ^ David assembled all .^ O the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the cap- tains of the companies that served the king by course, and the cap- tains of thousands, and the cap- tains of hundreds, and the rulers oyer all the substance and ^posses- sions of the king and of his sons, with the ^oflacers, and ''the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem. 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my breth- ren, and my people : as for me, 'it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for *the footstool of our God'; and I had made ready for the building. 3 But God said unto me, 'Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood. 4 Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, "'chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel " for ever : for ° he hath chosen .Tudah to he * prince ; and ^in the house of Judah, the house of my father ; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Is- rael; 5 and *of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), '"he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the king- dom or Jehovah over Israel. 6 And he said unto me, "Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts ; for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 7 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, 'if he be constant to do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day. 8 Now therefore, in the sight 1 Or, hrofher's son ">■ Or, cattle 3 Or, eunuchs * Or, leader " ch. 5. 10 b 2 S. 15. 12 « 2 S. 15. 32, 37 d ver. 5 n K. 1. 7 ;ch. 11. 6 !/ ch. 23. 2 ; 27. 1-31 A ch. 11. 10- 47 ' ch. 17. 1, 2 k Ps. 132. 7 ; Is. 66. 1 ' ch. 22. 8 '" 1 S. 16. 6-13 " ch. 17. 23, 27 ° ch. 3. 2 ; Gen. 49. 8-10 P 1 S. 16. 1 '3 ch. 3. 1-a ; 14. 3-7 '" ch. 22. 9, 10 "2.8.7. 13, 14 ' ch. 22. 13 " ch. 29. 17- 19 ; 1 K. 8. 61 " 1 S. 16. 7 ^ 2 Chr. 15. 2 ; Jer. 29. 13 2' ch. 22. 13 ^ ver. 12, 19 ; Ex. 25. 40 " 1 K. 6. 3 b Ex. 25. 17- 22 " ch. 26. 20, d ch. 24. 1 " ch. 23. 6 /Ex.25. 31- 5' Ex. 30. j-10 425 of all Israel, the assembly of Jeho- vah, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Jehovah your God ; that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an in- heritance to your children after you for ever. 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and "serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind ; "for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imagi- nations of the thoughts. ""If thou seek him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 10 Take heed now ; for Jehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanc- tuary : ^be strong, and do it. 11 Then David gave to Solo- mon his son 'the pattern of "the porch of the temj)le, and of the houses thereof, and of the treas- uries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and 'of the '' place of the mercy-seat ; 1 2 and the pat- tern of all that he had "by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the cham- bers round about, for "the treas- uries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things ; 1 3 also for "* the courses of the priests and "the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah ; 14 of gold by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every kind of service ; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service; I.'") by weight also for •''the candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof ; and for the candlesticks of silver, silver by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick; 16 and the gold by weiglit for the tables of showbread, for every table ; and silver for the tables of silver ; 17 and the flesh-hooks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold ; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl ; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl ; 1 8 and for " the altar of 5 Heb. house. 6 Or, 111 his spirit- 28.19 I. CHRONICLES 29.1? David's final Charge to Solomon and to the People. Offerings for the Temple are brought. David's Trayer concerning it incense refined gold by weight ; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even "the cherubim, that .spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. 19 All this, said David, Miave 1 been made to understand in writ- ing from the liand of Jehovah, even ''all the works of this pat- tern. 20 And David said to Solomon his son, ''Be strong and of good courage, and do it : fear not, nor be dismayed ; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with thee ; '' he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be fin- ished. 21 And, behold, "^^ there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God : and there shall be with thee in all manner of work ■^every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service : also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment. i~) (Jk And David the king said w It/ unto all the assembly, Solo- mon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, •' is yet young and tender, and the work is great ; for '' the Kalace is not for man. but for Je- ovah God. 2 Now \1 have pre- pared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things o/ brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood ; " onyx stones, and stoves to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and mar- ble stones in abundance. 3 More- over also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of niine own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, 4 *even three thousand talents of gold, of Hhe gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses ; 5 of gold for the things of gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and for all manner of work to he made by the hands of artificers. Who then offereth willingly *to conse- 1 Or, Jehovah made me understand in writing bj/ hia hntul upon me, even &c. '■Oi, beryl ^ 'Beti. to Jill his hand. Ex. 25. 18- P ch. 23. 8 ' 1 K. 8. 61 ; 2 Cor. 9. 7 ■ Rev. 5. 13 ' 2 Chr. 1. 12 < 2 Chr. 20. 6 " Lev. 25. 23 " Job 14. 2, 10-12 * ch. 28. 9 V Ps. 15. 2 crate himself this day unto Jeho- vah ? 6 Then '"the princes of the fa- thers' houses, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the cap- tains of thousands and of hundreds, with "the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly ; 7 and thejr gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand "dairies, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundi'ed thousand talents. 8 And they with whom vrecious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Jehovah, under the hand of "Jehiel the Gershonite. 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because '' v/ith a perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah : and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. 10 Wherefore David blessed Je- hovah before all the assembly ; and David .said. Blessed be thou, O Je- hovah, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11 'Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the vic- tory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art' exalted as head above all. 12 *Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all ; and ' in thy hand is power and might ; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should "* be able to offer so willingly after this sorti for all things come of thee, and *of thine own have we given thee. 1.5 For "we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were : " our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no ® abiding. 16 0 Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own. 17 I know also, my God, that ''thou triest the heart, and " hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things : * Heb. retain strenoth. " Heb. of thy hand. <> Heb. hope. 426 29.18 I. CHRONICLES 29.30 Sacrifices offered. Solomon made King. David's Rei^n and Dealli and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto tliee. 18 O Jeho- vah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy peo- ple, and ^ pi'epare their heart unto thee ; 1 9 and " give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and *to build the palace, for which I have made provision. 20 And David said to all the as- sembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And ''all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and ** bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king. 21 And ''they sacrificed sacrifices unto Jehovah, and offered burnt- offerings unto Jehovah, on the mor- row after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink- offerings, and sacrifices in abun- dance for all Israel, 22 and did eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king •''the second time, and "anointed him unto Jehovah to be ^prince, and Zadok to be 1 Or, establish 2 Or, leader " ch. 2S. 9 i Ps. 72. 1 b ver. 1, 2 "^ Josh. 22. 33 rf Ex. 4. 31 " 1 K. 8. 02, 63 /ch. 23. 1 i' 1 K. 1. 33- ''2Chr. 1. 1 ' 1 K. 3. 13 ; 2Chr. ]. 12 k ch. IS. 14 ' 2 S. 6. 4, 5 ; 1 K. 2. 11 '" Gen. 1.5. 1.5; Acts 13. 36 " ch. 23. 1 " 1 S. 9. 9 P 2 S. 7. 2-4 ; 12. 1-7 1 1 S. 22. 5 "" Dan. 4. 23, 25 priest. 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king in- stead of David his father, and pros- pered ; and all Israel obeyed nim. 24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons like- wise of king David, ^submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. 25 And ''Jehovah magnified Solo- mon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and ^bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. 26 Now * David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27 'And the time that he reigned over Is- rael was forty years ; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jeru- salem. 28 And he died in "a good old age, " full of days, riches, and honor : and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. _ 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, be- hold, they are written in the ^his- tory of "Samuel the seer, and in the * history of •*> Nathan the prophet, and in the * history of 'Gad the seer, 30 with all his reign and his might, and ''the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. 3 Heb. gave the hand under Solomon. * Heb. words. 15 427 THE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES Solomon worships at (libeon. His Prayer for Wisdom. His Wealth. His Purpose to build a Temple IAnd " Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and * magnified him ex- ceedingly. 2 And Solomon spake unto all Israel, " to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses. 3 So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to "^the high place that was at Gibeon ; ' for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilder- ness. 4 But ■' the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath- jearim to the place that David had prepared for it ; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. 5 More- over "the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, '■ was there before the taber- nacle of Jehovah : and Solomon and the assembly sought unto it. 6 And Solomon -went up thither to the brazen altar before Jeho- vah, which was at the tent of meeting, and '' offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it. 7 'In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said' unto him. Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and *hast made me king in his stead. 9 .Now, O Jehovah God, 'let thy promise unto David my father be established ; for thou hast made me king over '"a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, "that I may go out and come in before this people ; for who can .iudge this thy people, that is so great 1 11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of them that hate thee, neither 1 Or, as otlierwise read, he had put 2 Or, offered there,- upon . . yea, he offered ° 1 K, 2. 12, 46 b 1 Chr. 29. " 1 Chr. 28. 1 d 1 K. 3. 4 *■ Ex. 3ti. 8 / 1 Chr. 16. 2.'i-28 'J Ex. 31. 9 ; 3S. 1-7 '« 1 K. 3. 4 ' 1 K. 3. 5-14 *•■ 1 Chr. 28. 5 ' 2 S. 7. 12-16 '" Gen. 13. 16 ; 22. 17 " 2 S. 6. 2 " ch. 9. 22 ; iChr. 29. f ver. 3 9 1 K. 10. 26-29 •■ 1 K. 4. 26 ' 1 K. 9. 19 « 1 K. 5. 5 *[Ch. 1. 18 in Heb.] *[Ch. 2. 1 in Heb.] " ver. 18 ; 1 K. 6. 16, 16 ^ 1 K. 5. 2-11 * 1 Chr. 14. 1 yet hast asked long life ; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king : 1 2 wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and "I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee ; neither shall there any after thee have the like. 13 ^ So Solomon came ^from the high place that was at Gibeon, from before the tent of meeting, unto Jerusalem ; and he reigned over Israel. 14 « And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen : ''and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he placed in Hhe chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 15 And the king made silver and gold to be in J eru- salem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. 1 6 And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants receivea them in droves, each drove at a price. 17 And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty : and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means. *i^ 'Now Solomon purposed to w build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his king- dom. * 2 And " Solomon counted out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and foui'score thousand men that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 3 " And Solomon sent to * Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "^As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build 3 So Sept., VulK. and Syr. The Heb. has, to. « In 1 K. 6. 1, Hiram. 428 2.4 11. CHRONICLES 3.6 Haram's Aid in building tlie Temple. The Temple described: its Dimensions him a house to dwell therein, even so deal ivith me. 4 Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Jehovah my God, to dedi- cate it to him, and " to burn before him incense of sweet spices, and * for the continual showbread, and for ''the burnt-offerings morning and evening, '' on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Jehovah our God. This is an oixlifiance for ever to Israel. _ 5 And the house which I build is great ; for " great is our God above all gods. 6 But -^ who ] is able to build him a house, see- ing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain himi who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn in- cense before him"? 7 Now there- fore " send me a man skilful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that know- eth how to grave all manner of gravings, to be with the skilful men that are with me in -Judah and in Jerusalem, ''whom .David my father did provide. 8 Send me also cedar-trees, " fir-trees, and ^ al- gum-trees, out of Lebanon ; for I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And, behold, *'my servants shall be with thy servants, 9 even to prepare me timber in abundance ; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. 10 And, be- hold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand ■* measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand * measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 11 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, * Because Je- hovah loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them. 12 Hui'am said moreover. Blessed be 'Jehovah, the God of Israel, that naade heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and un- derstanding, ™that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdorn. 13 And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, ^ of Huram 1 Heb. retaineth strength. 2 Qr, cypress-trees 3 In 1 K. 10. 11, aimuo-trees. * Heb. cors. 5 Or, even Huram my father " Ex. 30. r >> Ex. 25. 30 "^ Ex. W. 38- 4-1 d Num. 28. 9, 10 «Ex. 1.5. 11 ; 1 Chr. 10. /ch. 6. 18; 1 K. 8. 27 S' ver. 13, 14 ; Ex. 31. 3-5 '' 1 Chr. 22. 15 ich. 9. 10, 11 *•• ch. 9. S ; 1 K. 10. 9 ' Ps. 33. 0 ; 102. 25 "' ver. 1 " 1 K. 7. 14 " ver. 10 J* 1 K. 5. 8, 9 ' 1 K. 6. 1, &c. ■ 1 Chr. 21. 18 « 1 K. 6. 17 429 my father's, 14 "the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan ; and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in sil- ver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device ; that there may be a place appointed unto him with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father. 15 Now therefore the wheat and the bar- ley, the oil and the wine, "which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 16 and ^ we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need ; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to ^ Joppa ; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. 17 And Solomon numbered all the sojourners that were in the land of Israel, * after the number- ing wherewith David his father had numbered them ; and they were found a hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and .six hundred. 18 ''And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and four- score thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thou- sand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work. 3^ Then Solomon began to build the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where Jehovah appeared unto David his father, which he made ready ''in the place that David had ap- pointed, 'in the threshing-floor of •^Ornan the Jebusite. 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 3 Now ® these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4 And the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty ; and he overlaid it within with Sure gold. 5 And " the greater ouse he ceiled with "fir-wood, which he overlaid with fine gold, « Heb. Japho. 7 Heb. in the place of David. 8 In 2 S. 24. 10, &c., Araunah. 9 Or, these are the things wherein Solomon waM instructed for &c. i* Or, cypress.wood 3.6 II. CHRONICLES 4.14 The Temple described : the Oracle, Cherubim, Pillars, Altar, Molten Sea, Lavers, Candlesticks, and other Etensils and wrought thereon palm-trees and chains. 6 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty : and the gold was gold of Parvaim. 7 " He overlaid also the house, the beams, the thresholds, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold ; and * graved cherubim on the walls. 8 And he made '^the most holy house : the length thereof, accord- ing to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits ; and he over- laid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 9 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid '* the upper chambers with gold. 10 * And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work ; and they overlaid them with gold. 1 1 And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long : the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house ; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reach- ing to the wing of the other cherub. 1 2 And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house ; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. 1 3 The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits : and they stood on their feet, and bheir faces were ^ toward the house. 14 ^ And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon. 15 ^Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 16 And he made chains in the oracle, and put them on the tops of the pillars ; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 ''And he set up the pillars befoi^e the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left ; and called the name of that on the right hand '" Jachin, and the name of that on the left ' Boaz. 4 Moreover *he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cu- 1 Or, inward * That is, He shall establish. 3 That is, In it is strength. " 1 K. 6. 20- 22 6 1 K. 6. 29- 35 •^ Ex. 26. 33 ; 1 K. 6. 16 d 1 (Jhr. 28. 11 « 1 K. 6. 23- 28 / Ex. 26. 31 y 1 K. 7. 15- 20 '1 1 K. 7. 21 ' Ex. 27. 1, 2 ; 2 K. IC. fc 1 K. 7. 23- 20 ' 1 K. 7. 26 '" 1 K. 7. 38, " 1 K. 7. " 1 K. 7. 48 P 1 K. 6. 36 « 2 K. 21. 6 »■ 1 K. 7. 39 ' 1 K. 7. 40- 61 t 1 K. 7. 20 " 1 K. 7. 27- 43 bits the height thereof. 2 *Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass ; and the height thereof was five cubits ; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. 3 And under it was the likeness of ■^oxen, which did compass it round about, ^for ten cubits, com- passing the sea round about. The ^ oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast. 4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking to- ward the south, and three looking toward the east : and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward. 5 And it was a handbreadth thick ; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily : it received ' and held three thousand baths. 6 "'He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them ; such things as be- longed to the burnt-offering they washed in them ; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. 7 And " he made the ten candle- sticks of gold according to the ordi- nance concerning them ; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. 8 He made also " ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred basins of gold. 9 Furthermore he made ^the court of the priests, and ^ the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. 10 And ''he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. 11 *And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. So Huram made an end of doing the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God: 12 the two pillai's, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars, and the two net- works to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars, 13 and 'the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks ; two rows of pomegran- ates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were ^upon the pillars. 14 "He made < In 1 K. 7. 24, knops. * Or, ten in a cubit s Heb. upon the/ace of the pillars. 430 4.15 II. CHRONICLES 6.3 Completion of the Bailding. The Ark broDght in with Music and Thanksgiving. Solomsn's Address also the bases, and the lavers made he upon the bases ; 1 5 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it. 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the flesh-hooks, and all the vessels thereof, did "Huram his father make for king ISolomon, for the house of Jehovah, of bright brass. 17 In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between 8uccoth and Zer- edah. 18 * Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance : for the weight of the brass ^ could not be found out. 19 And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and *■ the tables whereon was the show- bread; 20 and the candlesticks with their lamps, ''to burn ac- cording to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold; 21 and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold; 22 and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold. And as for the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, were of gold. 5 Thus all the work that Solo- mon wrought for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solo- mon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God. 2 "Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of tne children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Je- hovah out ■''of the city of David, which is Zion. 3 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came : and ^ the Levites took up the ark ; 5 and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent ; these did the priests the Levites bring up. 6 And king Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not 1 Or, ivas not searched out "ch. 2. 13; 1 K. 7. 14 6 1 K. 7. 47 ■^ ver. S ri ver. 7 ; Ex, ■ir^. 31-37 "^ 1 K. 8, 1-9 /ch. 1, 4 ■' ver. 7 ' T>t. 10. 2-5 ; Heb. 9. 4 * 1 Chr. 24. 1-5 ' 1 Chr. 25. 1-4 ' 1 C:hr. 1.3. 8 ; 15. IB, 24 " ch. 7. 6 P ch. 7. 3 ; 1 Chr. 16. « 1 K. 8. 11 »■ 1 K. 8. 12- 60 431 be counted nor numbered for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the cove- nant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. 8 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. 9 And "the staves were so long that '' the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle ; but they were not seen without : and there it is unto this day. 10 'There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put there at Horeb, ^when Jehovah made a covenant M^th the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. 11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present had sanctified them- selves, and did not keep * their courses ; 1 2 also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, 'even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brethren, ari'ayed in fine linen, '" with cym- bals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests "sounding with trumpets); 1.3 it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be. heard in praising and thanking Jehovah ; and when they lifted up their voice "with the trumpets and cj^mbals and instruments ^of music, and praised Jehovah, say- ing, f For he is good ; for his lov- ingkindness enduretJi for ever ; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah, 14 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for » the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God. 6 ''Then spake Solomon, Jeho- vah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel : and all the assembly of Israel stood. 2 Or, they drew out the ataves, so that &C. 3 Or, where * Or, for song 6.4 II. CHRONICLES 6.26 Solomon's Address to the People. His Prayer of Dedication 4 And he said, Blessed be Jeho- vah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there ; neither chose I any man to be ^prince over my people Israel : 6 but " I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and * have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7 "Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 8 But Jehovah said unto David my father. Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart: 9 nevertheless thou shalt not build the house ; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall bviild the house for my name. 10 And Je- hovah hath performed his word that he spake ; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 11 And there have I set the ark, '* wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel. 1 2 And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands 13 ("for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court ; and upon it he stood, and ■'^ kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven) ; 14 and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, "there is no God like thee, in heaven, or on earth ; * who keepest covenant and loving- kindness -with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart ; 1 5 * who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst pi^omise him : yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day. 1 6 Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep 1 Or. leader * Or, for " ch. 12 13 t> 1 Chr 28.4 <•■ 1 K. 6 3 d ch. 5. 7,10 ^Neh. i. 4 /I K. 8 54 "Ex. 15 • 11; Dt. 3. 24 h Dt. 7. 9 > 1 Ohr 22. 9, 10 k ch. 7. 18; IK. 2 4 ' ch. 2. 6 • Mic. 7. 18 432 with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, f * There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as thou hast walked before me. 17 Now there- fore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David. 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth 1 be- hold, ' heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house which I have builded ! 1 9 Yet have thou re- spect unto the prayer of thy ser- vant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee ; 20 that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there ; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place. 21 And hearken thou to the supplica- tions of thy servant, and ot thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place : yea, hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven ; and '" when thou hearest, forgive. 22 ''If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine altar in this house; 23 then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head ; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his right- eousness. 24 And if thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house ; 25 then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. 26 When the heavens are shui 3 Heb. There shall 7iot be cut off unto thee aman from my sight. * Or, Wliereinsoever a man shall sin 6.27 II. OHRONICLES 7.3 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication. Jebovali's Glory fills the TempU up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee ; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, Svhen thou '-^dost afflict them : 27 then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel. ^ when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk ; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. 28 If there be in the land fam- ine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar ; if their enemies be- siege them in the land of their ^ cities ; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be ; 29 what prayer and supplication so- ever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house : 30 then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest ("for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men) ; 3 1 that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 32 Moreover concerning the for- eigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far covintry for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched arm ; when they shall come and pray toward this house : 33 then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling- place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for ; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that "'this house which I have built is * called by thy name. .34 If thy people go out to bat- tle against their enemies, by what- soever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name ; 35 then hear thou from heaven their prayer and their 1 Or, hrrause 2 Or, ansirerest ■* Heb. gates. * Or, thy name is called upon this house &c. " 1 S. 16. 7 ; 1 Chr. 28. 9 b ch. 7. 14 " Job 15. 14-16; Jas. 3. 2 ; 1 Jn. 1. 8-10 d ch. 7. 15 ; Neh. 1. 6, 11 « Ps. 17. 1 / Ps. 132. 8, 9 " 1 K. 8. 54 ft 1 K. 18. 24, 38 'ch. 5. 13; 20. 21 433 supplication, and maintain their ^ cause. 36 If they sin against thee ("for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that ''they carry them away captive unto a land far off" or near ; 37 yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly ; 38 if they return unto thee with all their heai't and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name : 39 then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their ® cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee. 40 Now, O my God, ''let, I be- seech thee, thine eyes be open, and ' let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 •''Now therefore arise, O Jehovah God, into thy resting- place, thou, and the ark of thy strength : let thy priests, O Jeho- vah God, be clothed with salva- tion, and let thy saints rejoice in ^goodness. 42 O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed : remember thy * loving- kindnesses to David thy servant. 7*' Now when Solomon had made an end of prasdng, ''the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices ; and the glory of Je- hovah filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house. 3 And all the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah was upon the house; and they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and gave thanks unto Jehovah, saying, *For he is i> Or, right 0 Heb. they that take them, captive carry them away. 7 Or, good 8 Or, good deeds See ch. 32. 32. 7.4 II. CHRONICLES ae Sacrifices offered. Tbe Feast of Dedication. Jehovah's Promise and Warning. Cities bnilt by Solomon good; for his lovingkindness en- dureth for ever. 4 "Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Je- hovah. 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hun- dred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 And the priests stood, according to their ofiices; *the Levites also with instruments ^of music of Je- hovah, which David the king had made to give thanks unto Jeliovah (for his lovingkindness endureth for ever), when David praised by their ministry : and "the priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Is- rael stood. 7 ''Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of Je- hovah; for there he offered the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt-offer- ing, and the meal-offering, and the fat. 8 So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Is- rael with him, a very great assem- bly, *from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt. 9 And on the eighth day they held -^a ^solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that Jehovah had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. 11 "Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king's house: and all that came into Sol- omon's heart to niake in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 12 And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and '' have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice. 1.3 'If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pes- tilence among my people; 14 *if my people, ^who are called by my 1 Or, for the song of Jehovah 2 Or, closing festival 3 Heb. upon xvhom my name is called. " 1 K. 8. 62, 63 * ] Chr. 15. 10-21 " ch. 5. 12 d 1 K. 8. 64-66 •^ 1 K. 8. 65 / Lev. 23. 36 '■> 1 K. 9. 1-9 h Dt. 12. 5, n ' ch. 6. 20-28 k ch. 6. 37-39 ' ch. 0. 20, 40 '" ver. 12 " ch. 6. 16 " Lev. 26. 14, 33 ; Dt. 28. 15 P Dt. 29. 28 ; 1 K. 14. 15 « Dt. 28. 37 Dt. 29. 24, ' 1 K. 9. 1-28 < 1 Chr. 7. 24 " ch. 14. 7 434 name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 15 ' Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16 For '"now have I chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commauded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances ; 18 then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, "Tliere shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 19 "But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my com- mandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; 20 ^then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them ; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and I will make it ''a proverb and a byword among all peoples. 21 And tnis house, which is so high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall say, ""Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house 1 22 And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and wor- shipped them, and served them : therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. 8* And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house, 2 that the cities which Huram had given to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath- zobah, and prevailed against it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wilder- ness, and all the store-cities, which he built in Hamath. 5 Also he built 'Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, "fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars; 6 and Baalath, and all the store- 8.7 II. CHKONICLES 9.9 Solomon's Workmen. His Religious Services. His Commerce. Tlie Qncen of Slicba's Visit cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his Eleasure in Jerusalem, and in ebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. 7 "As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of Israel; 8 of their chil- dren that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Is- rael consunied not, 'of them did Solomon raise a Mevy of bondser- vants unto this day. 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work ; but chey were men of war, and chief of his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horse- men. 10 And these were the chief officers of king Solomon, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 1 1 "And Solomon brought up tlie daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said. My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because '^ the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come. 12 Then Solomon offered burnt- ofif'erings unto Jehovah on ''the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch, 13 even "as the duty of every day required, offering -^according to the com- mandment of Moses, on the sab- baths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, ^ three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14 And he appointed, accord- ing to the ordinance of David his father, ''the courses of the priests to their service, and 'the Levites to_ their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day i^equired; *the doorkeepers also oy their courses at every gate : for so had ' David the man of God commanded. 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concern- ing any matter, or concerning the treasures. 1 Heb men subject to taskwork. 2 Heb. they are. " Gen. 15. 18-21 * 1 K. 4. 6, 9. 21 M K. 3. 1 i 7. 8 rf ch. 4. 1 ' Ex. 29. 38-42 /Num. 28. 3 S' Ex. 23. 14-17 '' 1 Chr. 24. 1 i 1 Chr. 2.5. 1 *: 1 Chr. 26. 1 ' Neh. 12. 24,36 '" 1 K. 9. 2fi " 2 K. 14. 22 " ch. 9. 10, 13 P 1 K. 10. 1-13, Mt. 12. 42; Lk. 11.31 1 1 Chr. 28. 5 ; 29. 23 ""ch. 2. 11; Dt. 7. 8 435 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jeho- vah, and until it was finished. K>o the house of Jehovah was completed. 1 7 Then went Solomon to "* Ezion- geber, and to "Eloth, on the sea- shore in the land of Edom. 1 8 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea ; and they came with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and "fetched from thence four hundred and fifty talerits of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. 9 ''And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solo- mon with hard questions at Jeru- salem, with a very great train, and camels that bai'e spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Solomon told her all her questions; and there was not anything hid from Solomon which he told her not. 3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, 4 and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the ■'attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cvipbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah ; there was no more spirit in her. 5 And she said to the king. It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thine ''acts, and of thy M'isdom. 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it; and, behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: thou exceedest the fame that I heard. 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, that stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 8 Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, «to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: ''because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteous- ness. 9 And she gave the king a hun- dred and twenty talents of gold, 3 Heb. standing. * Or, sayings 9.10 II. CHRONICLES 10.6 The Queen of Slieba's Visit. Solomon's Wealtli and Power. His Death. Rehohoam succeeds bim. He follows Evil Coonsel and spices in great abundance, and precious stones : neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. 10 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, " that brought gold from Ophir, brought ^algum-trees and precious stones. 1 1 And the king made of the algum- trees terraces for the house of Je- hovah, and for the king's house, and harps and psalteries for the singers : and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. 1 2 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, what- soever she asked, besides that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants. 13 '' Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was isix hundred and threescore and six talents of gold, 14 besides that which the traders and merchants brought : and all the kings of Ara- bia and the governors of the coun- try brought gold and silver to Solomon. 15 And king Solomon made two hundred bucklers of beaten gold ; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one buckler. 16 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold ; three hun- dred shekels of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 1 7 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and ^ stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays. 19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps : there was not the like made in any king- dom. 20 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold : silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 21 "^ For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Hu- ram ; once every three years came the ships of Tai'shish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 22 ''So king Solomon exceeded 1 In 1 K. 10. n, alm.ug-trees. 2 Or, arms Heb. hands. " ch. 8. 18 " 1 K. 10. 14-28 ' ch. 20. 36, 37 rfch. 1. 12; 1 K. 3. 13 'ch. 1. 14; 1 K. 4. 26 ; 10. 26 ; Dt. 17. 16 / 1 K. 4. 21, 24 » ch. 1. 16-17 ft ch. 1. 16 i 1 K. 11. 41-43 *-• 1 Chr. 29. 29 ' 1 K. 2. 10 1 K. 12. 1-20 " 1 K. 11. 40 all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisaom, which God had put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his tribute, vessels of sib er, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. 25 Ami Solomon had " four thousand stalls for horses and chari- ots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jeru- salem.' 26 •''And he ruled over all the kings from the River even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 27 * And the king made silver to be in Jeru- salem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore-trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. 28 *And they brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 29 'Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, *are they not written in the ^history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of * Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebaf? 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in 'the city of David his father : and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. 'f (^ "And Rehoboam went to -L v/ Shechem ; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. 2 And it came to pass, when Jero- boam the son of Nebat heard of it (for " he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3 And they sent and called him ; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and they spake to Re- hoboam, saying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. 5 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. 6 And king Rehoboam took coun- sel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying. What counsel 3 Heb. words. * Heb. Jedai, or, Jedo. 436 10.7 II. CHRONICLES 11.17 Israel rebels under Jeroboam. Resistance forbidden. Reboboam Tortlfies Cities. Levites migrate to Judah give ye me to return answer to this peopled 7 And they spake unto nim, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. 8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him. 9 And he said unto tJiem, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying. Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter 1 10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto the people that spake unto thee, saj'ing, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us ; thus shalt thou say unto them, ^ly little finger is thicker than my father's loins. 1 1 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke : my father chas- tised you with whips, but I tviU chastise you with scorpions. 1 2 So Jeroboam and all the peo- §le came to Rehoboam the third ay, as the king bade, saying. Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam for- sook the counsel of the old men, 14 and si)ake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying. My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto : my father chastised you with whips, but I tvill chastise you with scorpions. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people ; " for it was brought about of God, * that Jehovah might establish his word, which he spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jero- boam the son of Nebat. 16 And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, say- ing, " What portion have we in David '^ neither have we inheri- tance in the son of Jesse : every man to your tents, O Israel : now see to thine own house, David. "^ So all Israel departed unto their tents. 17 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Reholioam sent ^Hadoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork ; and the " ch. 25. 16-20 l> 1 K. U. 29-39 "2 8. 20. 1 d ver. 19 M K. 4. 6 ; 5. 14 /IK. 12. 21-24 9 ch. 12. 6-7, 15 ft ch. 18. 8-U i ch. 10. IS «-• ver. 23 ; ch. 8. 2-6 ' Num. 35. 2-5 '■ ch. 13. 9 ; 1 K. 12. 28-33 ' 1 K. 12. 31; 13. 33 ' ch. 15. 9 Pch. 12. ! 437 children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Re- hoboam made speed to get hiin up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. n-^And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assem- bled the house of Judah and Ben- jamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, that were warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Re- hoboam. 2 But the word of Jeho- vah came to "Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3 Speak unto Reho- boam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4 Thus saith Jehovah, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against '' your brethren : re- turn every man to his house ; for Hhis thing is of me. So they hearkened unto the words of Je- hovah, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Je- rusalem, and * built cities for defence in Judah. 6 He built Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 and Beth-zur, and Soco, and Adullam, 8 a,nd Gath, and Mare- shah, and Ziph, 9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in^ Judah and in Ben- jamin, fortified cities. 11 And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine. 12 And in every city he ]mt shields and spears, and made them exceed- ing strong. And Judah and Ben- jamin belonged to him. 13 And the priests and the Le- vites that were in all Israel re- sorted to him out of all their border. 14 For Hhe Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem : for "Jeroboam and his sons cast them off, that they should not execute the priest's office unto Jehovah ; 1 5 and " he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made. 1 6 And "after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers. 17 ^ So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made 11.18 II. CHRONICLES 13.1 Reboboam's Fauily. Sbishak's Invasion. The Temple despoiled. Rehoboam's Death Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon. 18 And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, ^and of Abihail the daughter of " Eliab the son of .Jesse ; 1 9 and she bare him sons : Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 And after her he took '^ Maacah the daughter of Absalom ; and she bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (for * he took eighteen wives and three- scoi^e concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters). 22 And '^ Rehoboam ap- pointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even the prince among his brethren ; for lie was minded to make him kin^. 23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he ^sought for them many wives. ■i iy And it came to pass, _|_^ "^when the kingdom of Re- hoboam was established, and he was strong, that " he forsook the law of .Jehovah, and all Israel with him. 2 ^And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that ■•'Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed against Jehovah, 3 with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen. And the people were without num- ber that came with him out of Egypt : * the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took ' the fortified cities which per- tained to Judah, and came unto Jerusalem. 5 Now * Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, 'Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled them- selves ; and they said, "'Jehovah is 1 Or, and Abihail 2 In ch. 13. 2, Micaiah the daughter of Uriel, s Or, sought a multitude of wives " 1 S. 16. 6 >> Dt. 17. 17 ' Dt. 21. 15-17 d ver. 13 i ch. 11. 17 ' ch. 26. 13-16 / 1 K. 14. 25 « 1 K. 11. 40 '' ch. 16. 8 ; Nah. 3. 9 'ch. 11. 5-12 k ch. 11. 2 ' ch. 15. 2 ; Dt. 28. 15 "' Ex. 9. 27 ; Dan. 9. 14 « 1 K. 21. 29 ° ch. 34. 25- 27 ; Ps. 78. P Dt. 28. 47, 48 « 1 K. 14. 20-28 "■ ch. 9. 15, 16 ' ver. 6, 7 ' ch. 19. 3 " 1 K. 14. 21 ' ch. 19. 3 ' 1 K. 14. 29 ' ver. 5 ■ ch. 9. 29 ' ch. 11. 20 ' 1 K. 15. 1, 2 438 righteous. 7 And when Jehovah saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Jehovah came to She- maiah, saying, " They have hum- bled themselves : I will not destroy them ; but I will grant them ■* some deliverance, and " my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 8 Never- theless they shall be his servants, ^ that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. 9 «So Shishak king of Egsi^t came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treas- ures of the king's house; he took all away: ''he took away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 10 And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the ® guard, that kept the door of the king's house. 11 And it was so, that, as oft as the king entered into the house of Jehovah, the guard came and bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. 12 And^when he humbled himself, the wrath of Jehovah turned from him, so as not to destroy him altogether : and moreover in Judah 'there were good things found. 13 "So king Rehoboam strength- ened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned : for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned .seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there : and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. 14 And he did that which was evil, "be- cause he set not his heart to seek Jehovah. 1 5 "^ Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the "^histories of ^Shemaiah the prophet and of ' Iddo the seer, ' after the manner of genealogies 1 And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam contin- ually. 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David : and "Abijah his son x'eigned in his stead. •^ O *In the eighteenth j'^ear -LO of king Jeroboam began * Or, deliverance within a little u-hile Or, a few that shall escape 5 Heb. runners. * Heb. words. ' Or, in reckoning the genealogies 13.2 II. CHBONICLES 14.5 Abijah's Reign. War with Jeroboam. Israel defeated. Asa's good Reign Abijah to reign over Judah. 2 Three j^ears reigned he in Jeru- salem : and his mother's name was "Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. ''And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3 And Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men : and Jeroboam set the bajttle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor. 4 And Abijah stood up upon mount " Zemaraim, which is in the hill- country or Ephraim, and said. Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel : 5 Ought ye not to know that ''Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by " a covenant of salt 1 6 Yet •'^ Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled against his lord. 7 And there were gath- ered unto him worthless men, base fellows, that strengthened them- selves against Eehoboam the son of Solomon, when " Eehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 8 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David ; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you ''the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods. 9 '^Have ye not driven out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made you priests after the manner of the peoples of other lands 1 so that whosoever cometh *to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are 'no gods. 10 But as for us, Jehovah is our God, and we have not forsaken him ; and we have priests minis- tering unto Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work : 1 1 and '" they burn unto Je- hovah every morning and every evening burnt-offerings and sweet incense : " the showbread also set they in order upon the pure table ; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening : for we keep the charge of Jehovah our God ; but ye have forsaken him. 12 And, behold, God is with us at our head, and "his priests with the trumpets of " ch. U. 20 >> 1 K. 15. 7 "^ Josh. 18. 22 rf 2 S. 7. 12-1(5 •■Lev. 2. 13; Num. 18. 19 / 1 K. 11. 2i; 'J ch. 12. 13 Ach. n. 1.5; 1 K. 12. 28 'ch. 11. 14 *: Ex. 29. 29-33 ' Jer. 2. 11 ; 6.7 ™ ch. 2. 4 : Ex. 29. 38 " Ex. 25. 30- 39 ; Lev. 24. .5-9 " Num. 10. 8,9 P Josh. 8. 4-9 9 ch. 14. 11 "■ ch. 14. 12 « ch. 16. 8 t ch. 14. 11 " 1 S. 25. 38 " 1 K. 14. 20 ^ ch. 24. 27 V ch. 9. 29 *[Ch. 13. 23 in Heb.] = 1 K. 15. 8 *[Ch. 14. 1 in Heb.] « Pt. 7 5 6 1 K. 15. 12-14 " Ex. 34. 13 alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers ; for ye shall not prosper. 13 But Jeroboam ^caused an ambushment to come about behind them : so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was be- fore and behind them ; and » they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout : and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that ''God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 And the children of Israel Hed before Judah ; and 'God delivered them into their hand. 17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter : so there fell down slain of Isx^ael five hun- dred thousand chosen men. 18 Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the childi-en of Judah prevailed, ' because they relied upon Jehovah, the God of their fathers. 1 9 And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jesh- anah with the towns thereof, and ^ Ephron with the towns thereof. 20 Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abi- jah : and "Jehovah smote him, and "he died. 21 But Abijah waxed mighty, and took unto himself four- teen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22 And the rest of the acts of Abi- jah, and his ways, and his sayings, ai^e written in "" the commentary of * the prophet Iddo. *A A ^ So Abijah slept with his JLtt fathers, and they buried him in the city of David ; and Asa his son reigned in his .stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. *2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Je- hovah his God : 3 for he took away " the foreign altars, and * the high places, and brake down the '^pillars, and hewed down the^Ash- erim, 4 and commanded Judah to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. 5 Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah 1 Another reading is, Ephrain. 2 Or, obelisks 439 14.6 II. CHRONICLES 15.14 Asa is victorious iu a War with Zcrah tlie Etliiopian. Exliorted I)y Azariah, lie institutes Religious Reforms the high places and the " sun- images : and the kingdom was quiet before him 6 And * he Duilt fortiiied cities in Judah ; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, "because Jehovah had given him rest. 7 For he said unto Judah, ''Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars ; the land is yet before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God ; we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. 8 And Asa had an army that bare bucklers and spears, out of Judah ^ three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and four- score thousand : all these were mighty men of valor. 9 And -^ there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an array of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots ; and he came unto ^ Mareshah . 1 0 Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 11 And Asa ''cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, Hhere is none -besides thee to help, be- tween the mighty and him that hath no strength : hel]) us, O Je- hovah our God ; * for we rely on thee, and in thy name are we come against this multitude. O Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. ^ 1 2 So * Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before .Judah ; and the Ethiopians iied. 13 And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto ' Gerar : and there fell of the Ethiopians ^so many that they could not recover themselves ; for they were ■* de- stroyed before Jehovah, and be- fore his host ; and they carried away very much booty. 14 And they smote all the cities round about Gerar ; '" for * the fear of Jehovah came upon them : and they despoiled all the cities ; for there was much spoil in them. 15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and re- turned to Jerusalem. 1 Or, there is no difference with thee to help, whether the mighty or him &c. 2 Or, like s Or. so that none remained alive * fleb. broken. ' Qr, a terror from Jehovah " ch. 34. 4, 7 'ch. 11. 5 ' ch. 15. 15 d ch. 8. 5 " ch. 13. 3 /ch. 12. 2,3; 16. 8 »ch. 11. 8 A ch. 13. 14 ' ch. 13. 18 fc ch. 13. 15 ' Gen. 10. 19 '" ch. 17. 10 " ch. 20. 14 ; 24. 20 " ch. 20. 17 P ver. 4, 15 9 1 K. 12. 28-33 >■ ch. 17. 9 ; Lev. 10. 8-11 « Dt. 4. 29 < Judg. 6. 6 ' Josh. 1. 7, 9 " ch. 13. 19 " ch. 4. 1 , 8. 12 y ch. 11. 16 ■ ch. 14. 13-16 ' Ex. 22. 20 ; Dt. 13. 6-9 440 -| pr And "the Spirit of God JLfJ came upon Azariah the son of Oded : 2 and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him. Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: "Jehovah is with you, while ye are with him ; and ^ if ye seek him, he will be found of you ; but if j^e forsake him, he will foi'- sake you. 3 Now '^ for a long sea- son Israel was without the true God, and without 'a teaching priest, and without law : 4 ' but when in their disti-ess they turned unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. 5 ' And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in ; but great vexations were upon all the inhab- itants of the lands. 6 And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city ; for God did vex them with all adversity. 7 But " be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack ; for your work shall be rewarded. 8 And when Asa heard these words, ®and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out pi all the land of Judah and Benja- min, and out of "the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim ; and * he renewed the altar of .Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah. 9 And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and 2/ them that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Manas- seh, and out of Simeon : for they fell to him out of Israel in abun- dance, when they saw that Jeho- vah his God was with him. 10 So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. 1 1 And ^ they sacrificed unto Jehovah in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. 12 And "they entered into the covenant to seek Jehovah, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul ; 1 3 and that whosoever would not seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, * should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. 14 And they sware unto Jehovah with a loud 6 Or, even 15.15 IL CHEONICLES 17.5 War with Baasha. Leagae with Syria. Jlsa rebniied by Hanani. His Death. Jehoshaphat succeeds liim voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath ; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire ; and he was found of them : and " Jeho- vah gave them rest round about. 16 'And also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being 'queen, because she had made an abominable image " for ''an Ash- erah ; and ''Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 17 But the high places were not taken away out of Israel : nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. 18 And he brought into the hovise of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. 'i f\ *In the six and thirtieth j-VJ year of the i-eign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of Jehovah and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at ^ Damascus, saying, 3 ^ There is a league between me and thee, as therv was between my father and thy father : be- hold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel ; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all •''the ° store-cities of Naphtali. 5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and let his work cease. 6 Then Asa the king took all Judah ; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded ; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 7 And at that time ^ Hanani 1 Or, queen mother 2 Or, for Asherah 3 Heb. Darmesek. * Or, Let there be 5 Heb. storehouses of the cities. " ch. 14. 7 (- 1 K. 15. i;j-i5 " Ex. ,34. 13 d ch. 14. 2-5 " 1 K. 15. 17-22 /Ex. 1. 11 s/ch. 19. 2; 1 K. 16. 1 '' ch. 14. 11 ; 32. 7, 8 ' ch. 14. 9 *; ch. 12. 3 ' ch, 13. 16, 18 "' Prov. 15. 3 ; Zeoh. 4. 10 " ch. 15. 17 ' 1 K. 15. 23, 24 P Gen. 50. 2 ; Jn. 12. 7 ; 19. 39, 40 9 ch. 21. 19 "■ 1 K. 15. 24 ' ch. 15. 8 the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, ''Be- cause thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand. 8 Were not 'the Ethiopians and the Lu- bim *a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, 'because thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand. 9 For '" the eyes of Je- hovah run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them "whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done fool- ishly ; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars. 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the '^ prison-house ; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. 11 "And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 1 2 And in the thirty and ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet ; his disease \Yas exceeding great : yet in his disease he sought not to Jehovah, but to the physicians. 1 3 And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled ^with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers' art : and * they made a very great burning for him. "i ^ And '"Jehoshaphat his son J- I reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Is- rael. 2 And he placed forces in all Hhe fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Ju- dah, and in the cities of Ephraim, ''which A.sa his father had taken. 3 And Jehovah was with Jehosh- aphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim, 4 but sought to the _God of his father, and walked in his com- mandments, and "not after the doings of Israel. 5 Therefore Je- hovah established the kingdom in 6 Heb. hotise of the stocks. 441 17.6 II. CHEONICLES 18.11 Jelioshaphat's Reign. He appoints Teachers. His Power. His Leagae with Aliab. Prophets consnlted his hand ; and all Judah brought to .Jehoshaphat tribute ; and " he had riches and honor in abundance. 6 And his heart was lifted up in the ways of Jehovah : and fur- thermore 'he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah. 7 Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zech- ariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, ' to teach in the cities of .Judah ; 8 and with them '' the Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob- adonijah, the Levites ; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. 9 And they taught in Judah, having ""the book of the law of Jehovah with them ; and they went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught among the people. 10 And ^■''the fear of Jehovah fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Jvidah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. 1 1 And ^ some of the Philistines brought Jehosha- phat presents, and silver for trib- ute ; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he- goats. 1 2 And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly ; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store. 1 3 And he had many works in the cities of Judah ; and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem. 14 And this was the numbering of them according to their fathers' houses : Of Judah, the captains of thousands : Adnah the captain, and with him mighty men of valor three- hundred thou- sand; 15 and next to him Jeho- hanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thou- sand-, 16 and next to him Ama- siah the son of Zichri, ''who willingly offered himself unto Je- hovah ; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. 17 And of Benjamin : Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bow and shield ; 18 and next to him .Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and fourscore thousand 1 Or, a terror from Jehovah. " ch. 18. 1 6 ch. 15. 17 ' ch. 15. 3 ; 35. 3 d ch. 19. 8 ' Dt. 6. 4-9 /ch, 14. 14 i'ch. 9. 14; 26. 8 'i Judg. 5. 2, 9 ; 1 Chr. 29. 9 ' ver. 2 I' ch. 17. 6 ' 1 K. 22. 2-35 Ruth 4. 1 442 ready prepared for war. 19 These were they that waited on the king, besides 'those whom the king put in the fortitied cities throughout all Judah. 'i O / Now Jehoshaphat had _LO riches and honor in abun- dance ; and he joined affinity with Ahab. 2 ' And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and moved him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. 3 And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of .Tudah, Wilt thou go with me to Rarnoth-gilead '\ And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people ; and tve ivill be with thee in the war. 4 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire "^ first, I pray thee, for the ^yord of Jehovah. .5 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hun- dred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Eamoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear^ And they said. Go up ; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king. 6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of .Jeho- vah besides, that we may inquire of him 1 7 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah : but I hate him ; for he never prophesieth good concerning me, but always evil : the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said. Let not the king say so. 8 Then the king of Israel called an ^ officer, and said. Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. 9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting '"in ^an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria ; and all the pi'ophets were prophesying before them. 10 And Zedekiah the son of Che- naanah made him horns of iron and said, Thus saith Jehovah, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed. 11 And all the prophets prophe- sied so, saying. Go up to Ramoth- gilead, and prosper ; for Jehovah 2 Heb. to-day. s Or, eunuch ■• Heb. a threshing-floor. 18.12 II. CHRONICLES 19.2 fflicaiah's Warning. His Panisliment. Ramoth-gilead attacked. Ahab killed. Jebosliapbat rebuked will deliver it into the hand of the king. 12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth : let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. 13 And Micaiah said. As Jehovah liveth, "what my God saith, that will I speak:. 14 And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, ^ Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said. Go ye up, and prosper ; and they shall be delivered into your hand. 1.5 And the king said to him, How many times shall^ I adjure thee that thou speak uiito me nothing but the truth in the name of Jeho- vah^ 16 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the moun- tains, *as sheep that have no shep- herd : and Jehovah said. These have no master ; let them return every man to his house in peace. 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but eviH 18 And Micaiah said. Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah: "I saw Jeho- vah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. 19 And .Jehovah said. Who shall ^en- tice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth- gilead 1 _ And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. 20 And there came forth ^a spirit, and stood before .Jehovah, and said, I will entice him. And Jeho- vah said unto him. Wherewith'? 21 And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said. Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also : go forth, and do so. 22 Now therefore, behold, Je- hovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets ; and Jehovah hath spoken evil con- cerning thee. 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said. Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee^ 24 And Micaiah said, Be- 1 Heb. Micah. 2 Or, deceive ^ Heb. the spirit. " Num. 22. 18-20, :i6 l> Num. 27. 17 ; Ezek. 34. 6-8 ; Mt. 9. 36 " Is. 6. 1-6 ; Dan. 7. 9, 10 rf ver. 8 •■ ch. 34. 8 /ch. 10. 10 ^ Mic. 1. 2 ft ch. 13. 14, ' ch. 20. 34 ; 1 K. 16. 1 *: ch. 18. I, 3 hold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go ''into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 25 And the king of Israel said, ''Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon "the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son ; 26 and say. Thus saith the king, -^Put this fellow in the i)rison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I re- turn in peace. 27 And Micaiah said. If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, '' Hear, ye peoples, all of you. 28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. 29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise my- self, and go into the battle ; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself ; and they went into the battle. 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying. Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. 31 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said. It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him : but Jehoshaphat '' cried out. and Jeho- vah helped him ; and God moved them to depart from him. 32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. 33 And a certain man drew his bow ®at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between ^the joints of the armor : wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot. Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host ; for I am sore wounded. 34 And the battle increased that day : howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even ; and about the time of the going down of the sun he died. ^ Q And Jehoshaphat the king it/ of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. 2 And 'Jehu the son of Hanani theseer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, * Shouldest thou < Or, from chamber to chamber ^ Heb. in his simplicity. 6 Or, the lotver armor and, the breastplate 443 19.3 II. CHRONICLES 20.15 Jehoshaphat rebuked. Ue appoiuts Jadges. He prays for Help against Moab and Ammon help the wicked, and love them that hate Jehovah '? "for this thing wrath is upon thee from before Jehovah. 3 Nevertheless * there are good things found in thee, in that " thou hast put away the Asheroth out of the land, and ''hast* set thy heart to seek God. 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Je- rusalem : and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and " brought them back unto Je- hovah, the God of their fathers. 5 And he set -^judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, G and said to the judges, Consider what ye do : for "ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah ; and he is with you ^ in the judgment. 7 Now there- fore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you ; take heed and do it : for ''there is no iniquity with Je- hovah our God, ' nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes. 8 Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set *of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them, saying. Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 10 ' And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and _ commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards Jehovah, and ™so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren : this do, and ye shall not be guilty. 11 And, behold, Ama- riah the chief priest is over you " in all matters of Jehovah ; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters : also the Le- vites shall be officers before you. ^ " Deal courageously, and Jehovah be with the good. O/^ And it came to pass after ^yj this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Am- mon, and with them some of the ^Ammonites, came against Je- hoshaphat to battle. 2 Then o/^ 1 Or, m giving jiidqiyient Heb- in the matter ndgment. - Heb. Re strong and do. Perhaps an error for Memiim. See ch. 26. 7. ° ch. 24. IS I' cll. VI. 12 = ch. 17. 6 rfch. 12. 1-1 *ch. l.i. 8-13 / Dt. 16. IS- 20 "Lev. 19. 15, Dt. 1. 17 ft Gen. 18. 20 ; Dt. :«. 4 i l>t. lU. 17, IS * ch. 17. 8, 9 ' Dt. 17. 8 "' ver. 2 " ver. 8 " 1 Chr. 28. 20 P Gen. 14. 7 « ch. 19. 3 "^ 1 S. 7. 6 , Ezr. 8. 21 ' Dt. 4. .39 ' 1 Chr. 29. 11 " Is. 41. 8 ^ ch. 6. 28-30 ■ ch. 6. 20 - Num. 20. 17-21 " Judg. 11. ^ Ps. 25. 15 121. 1, 2 ' eh. 15. 1 ; 24. 20 444 there came some that told Je- hoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syi'ia ; and, behold, thej^ are in ^'Hazazon- tamar (the same is En-gedi). 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and * set himself to seek unto Jehovah ; and ''he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. -i And Judah gathei-ed themselves together, to seek help of Jehovah : even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah. 5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judali and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court ; 6 and he said, O Jeho- vah, the God of our fathers, *art not thou God in heaven 1 and ' art not thou ruler over all the kizig- dqms of the nations'? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee. 7 Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhaoitants of this land before thy people Israel, and "give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9 'If evil come upon us, ■*tne sword, judgment, or pesti- lence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee (for •'thy name is in this house), and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save. K) And now, behold, ^the childien of xlmmon and Moab and mount Seir, \ whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from tliem, and destroyed them not; 11 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, "wilt thou not judge them'? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us ; neither know we what to do : but ''our eyes are upon thee. 13 And all Judah stood before Jeho- vah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. 14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mat- taniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, "came the Spirit of Jeho- vah in the midst of the assembly ; 15 and he said. Hearken ye, all 4 Or, the sword of judgment 20.16 IL CHRONICLES 20.37 Jaliaxiel predicts Deliverance. The Enemy roatcd. Moab and Ammon despoiled. Jehosliaphat's Alliance with Ahaziah Judah, and ye inhabitants of Je- rusalem, and thou king Jehosha- phat : Thus saith Jehovah unto you, "Fear not ye, neither be dis- mayed by reason of this great multitude ; for * the battle is not yours, but God's. 16 To-morrow go ye down against them : behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz ; and ye shall hnd them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this bdttle : set j^oui'selves, " stand ye still, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusa- lem ; fear not, nor be dismayed : to-morrow go out against them ; '^ for Jehovah is with you. 18 And * .Tehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground ; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Je- rusalem fell down before Jeho- vah, worshipping .Jehovah. 19 Ana the Levites, of the children •''of the Kohathites and of the chil- dren of the Korahites, stood up to praise -Jehovah, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice. 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa : and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said. Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem : " be- lieve in -Jehovah your God, so shall ye be established ; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. ^1 And when he had taken coun- sel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto Jeho- vah, and ''give praise Mn holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, 'Give thanks unto Jehovah ; for his lovingkind- ness e7id,ureth for ever. 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah *set liers-in-wait against the children of 'Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, that were come against Judah : and they were smitten. 2-3 For the children of Amnion and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, ut- terly to slay and destroy them : and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, '"every one helped to destroy another. 24 And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude ; and, be- hold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none I Or, in the beauty of holiness 'ch. 32. 7,8, Ex. 14. 13 fc 1 S. ir. 47 " Ex. 14. 13 d ch. 15. 2 ' ch. 7. 3 /Ex. G. 18; 1 (;br. a. 19 » Is. 7. 9 A 1 Chr. 16. 29, Ps. 29. 2 ' 1 Chr. 10. 34 fcch. 13. 13 ' ver. 10 '" Judg. 7. 22 ; 1 S. 14. 20 " ch. 14. 14'; 17. 10 " ch. 14. 6, 7 ; 15. 16 P 1 K. 22. 41-43 « ch. 17. 6 ■■ch.ig. 3 * ch. 19. 2 « 1 K. 16. 1, 7 " 1 K. 22. 48, " ch. 9. 21 that escaped. 2-5 And when Je- hoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and "-^dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped oft' for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much. 26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of ^Eera- cah; for there they blessed Jeho- vah: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Bera- cah unto this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah. 29 And "the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 So the realm of -Jehoshaphat was quiet; "for his God gave him I'est round about. 31 ^And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah : he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah. 33 « Howbeit the high places were not taken away; '"neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the * history of *Jehu the son of Ha- nani, ^ ' which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel. 3-5 "And after this did Jehosha- phat king of .Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel ; the same did very wickedly: 36 and he joined himself with him to make ships to go "to 'Tarshi.sh; and they made the ships in Ezion- geber. 37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Be- cause thou hast joined thyself with 2 Ace. to Vulg. garments. 3 That is, Blessing * Heb. words. * Or, who is mentioned 445 21.1 II. CHRONICLES 22.2 Jehoram's Reign. Edom revolts. Elijah's menacing Letter. Jehoram's Losses and Death, ihaziah's Reign Ahaziah, Jehovah hath destroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish. r) 'I f And Jehoshaphat slept ^ _L with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Jehorain his son reigned in his stead. 2 And he had brethren, the sons of Jehosha- phat: Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Mi- chael, and IShephatiah ; all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king *of Israel. 3 And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, "with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the- first-born. 4 Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. 5 ''Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 *And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab ; for •'he had the daughter of Aliab to wife : and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah. 7 Howbeit Jehovah would not de- stroy the house of David, because of tlie covenant that he had made with David, and "as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his chil- dren alway. 8 In his days '^Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 9 Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that com- passed him about, and the cap- tains of the chariots. 10 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah, the God of his fathers. 11 Moreover 'he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jeru- salem *to play the harlot, and -led Judah astray. 1 2 And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith Jeho- 1 Or, Tnade a breach in 2 Or, compelled Judah thereto " 1 K. 22. 60 t> ch. 12. 0 i 2.'i. 2 ■^ch. 11. 5 d 2 K. 8. 17-22 • 1 K. 12. 2&-30 /ch. 18. 1 " 2 S. 7. 12- 17; IK. 11. 13 ft ver. 10 ; ch. 20. 22, 23 'iK. 11.7 * Lev. 20. 5 ' ch. 17. 3, 4 *" ch. 14. 2-5 " ver. 6 » 1 K. 16. 31-33 P ver. 4 9 ver. 18, 19 ''ch. 33. 11 ' ch. 17. 11 ; 22. I " ver. 15 " ch. 16. 14 ■ Jer. 22. 18, 28 " ch. 24. 25 ; 28. 27 2 K. 8 24-29 " ch. 21. 16 l> ch. 21. 6 446 vah, the God of David thy father. Because 'thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, •"nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, 13 but "hast walked in the way of the kings of Isi'ael,and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot, "like as the house of Ahab ^did, and also ^hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, who were better than thyself: 14 behold, Jehovah will smite with a great ■* plague thy people, and thy chil- dren, and thy wives, and all thy substance; 15 and *thqu shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thj^ bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, ®day by day. 16 And '■Jehovah stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of *the Arabians that are beside the Ethiopians: 17 and they came up against Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found ^in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save ^' Je- hoahaz, the youngest of his sons. 18 And after all this Jehovah smote him "in his bowels with an incurable disease. 1 9 And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, "like the burning of his fathers. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed ■" without being desired ; and they buried him in the city of David, '^but not in the sepulchres of the kings. OO ^And the inhabitants of ^ ^ Jerusalem made * Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead ; for the band of men that came with "the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. 2 ® Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusa- lem: and his mother's name was *Athaliah the ^"daughter of Omri. 3 Heb. made to play the harlot. * Heb. stroke. 5 Or, year after year ' Or, belonging to 7 In on. 22. 1, Ahaziah. 8 In ch 21. 17, Jehoahaz. 9 In 2 K. 8. 26, Tiro and twenty '" Or, granddaughter 22.3 II. CHRONICLES 23.10 Ibaziab's Leagne witb Jehoram. He is killed by Jebo. Atbaliab's Usurpation. Jehoiada's Flan of Resistance 3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab ; for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly. 4 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of Ahab; for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction. 5 He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Eamoth- filead : and the Syrians wounded Oram. 6 And he I'eturned to be healed in Jezreel ^of the wounds which they had given him at Ra- mah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And -Aza- riah the son of Jehoram king of J udah went down to see Jehoram the son of iVhab in Jezreel, because he was sick. _ 7 Now "the ^destruction of Aha- ziah was of God, in that he went unto Joram : for when he was come, ''he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, "whom Je- hovah had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. 8 ''And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them. 9 "And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samai'ia), and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him; and •'they buried him, for they said. He is the son of Jehoshaphat, -'who sought Jeho- vah with all his heart. ''And the house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom. 10 "Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and de- stroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 11 But ^Jeho- shabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the •^ bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter- of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew 1 So in 2 K. 8. 29. The text has because the wounds ivhich &c. 2 In ver. 1, Ahaziah. 3 Heb. treading down. < Or, And there was none of the house of Aha- ziah that had power &c. 5 In 2 K. n. 2, Jehosheba. 6 Or, chamber for the beds " ch. 10. 15 !> 2 K. 9. 21 '^ 2 K, 9. 6, 7 d 2 K. 10. 11-14 ' 2 K. 9. 27 /2K. 9. 28 " ch. 17. 4 '' 2 K. 11. 1-3 •■ 2 K. 11.4-20 I' ch. 21. 2 ; 1. 13-17 'ch. 21. 7 m 1 Chr. 9. 25 n 1 Chr. 23. 28-32 o 1 Chr. 24. 1 him not. 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land. r) O ' And in the seventh year ^ O Jehoiada strengthened him- self, and took the captains of hun- dreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. 2 And they went about in Judah, and gath- ered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' houses of * Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. 3 And all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them. Behold, the king's son shall reign, 'as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the sons of Da- vid. 4 This is the thing that ye shall do : a third part of you, '" that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds ; 5 and a third part shall be at the king's house ; and a third part at the gate of the fovmdation : and all the peo- Kle shall be in the courts of the ouse of Jehovah. 6 But let none come into the house of Jehovah, save the priests, and "they that minister of the Levites ; they shall come in, for they are holy : but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah. 7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand ; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain : and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. 8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded : and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sab- bath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath ; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not "the courses. 9 And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hun- dreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. 10 And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right ''side of the house to the left "^ side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the 7 Heb. shoulder. 447 23.11 II. CHRONICLES 24. U Atbaliah slain. Baal worship abolisbcd. Joash crowned. His Reign. He repairs the Templt king round about. 11 Then they brought out the king's son, and ^ put the crown upon him, and gave him "the testimony, and made him king : and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him ; and they said, * Long live the king. 1 2 And when Athaliah heard the noise "of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah : 13 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the en- trance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king ; and all the Eeople of the land rejoiced, and lew trumpets ; the singers also played on instruments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said. Treason ! treason ! 1 4 And Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks ; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword : for the priest said. Slay her not in the house of Jehovah. 1 5 So they made way for her ; and she went to the entrance of ''the horse gate to the king's house : and ■^ they slew her there. 16 And Jehoiada made a cove- nant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be Jehovah's people. 17 And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his im- ages in pieces, and " slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. 18 And Jehoiada appointed the ^officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of ■''the priests the Levites, |' whom David had dis- tributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jeho- vah, as it is written in the law of Moses, '' with rejoicing and with singing, ^ according to the order of David. 19 And he set Hhe por- ters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was un- clean in anything should enter in. 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of Jehovah : and they came through 1 Or, j)«,< upon him, the crown and the testimony 2 Or, of the people, Xjf the tiuard, and of those who nraised the kina s p^eb. offices. * Heb. by the haiids of David. ° Ex. 25. 16 b 1 S. 10. 24 ■^ Nell. 3. 28 ; Jer. 31. 40 d ch. 22. 10 " Dt. 13. 6-9 ; 1 K. 18. 40 / ch. 6. 5 " 1 Ohr. 23, 6, 25-31 '' 1 Chr. 25. 1 ' 1 Chr. 9. 22 fc 2 K. 11. 21 ; 12. 1-15 I ch. 26. 4, 5 ' Ex. ,30. P Num. 1. 50 9 ch. 21. 17 ua the upper gate unto the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 2 1 So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the citj' was quiet. And Athaliah they had slain with the sword. O A * Joash was seven years ^ J^ old when he began to reign ; and he reigned forty years in Je- ru.salem : and his mothers name was Zibiah, of Beei'-sheba. 2 And 'Joash did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah all the days of Jehoiada the priest. 3 And Je- hoiada took for him two wives ; and he begat sons and daughters. 4 And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded '"to restore the house of Jehovah. 5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all "Israel money to re- pair the house of your God from year to year ; and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him. Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem " the tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the as- sembly *of Israel, -^for the tent of the testimony 1 7 For * the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God ; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Jehovah did they bestow upon the Baalim. 8 So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it with- out at the gate of the house of Jehovah. 9 And ''they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah ' the tax that ]\loses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilder- ness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. 1 1 And it was so, that, at what time the chest was brought unto the king's ® offi- cers '' by the hand of the Levites, and when they sa^y that there was much money, the king's ** scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and 5 Or, for Israel « Heb. ofHce. " Or, which was under the hand 8 Or, secretary 24.12 II. CHRONICLES 25.4 The People apostatize. Zechariah rebukes tbera, and h stoned. Joash hnmbled and assassinated. Amaziah reigns gathered money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the ser- vice of the house of Jeliovali ; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of Jeho- vah. 1 3 So the workmen wrought, and ^ the work of i-epairing went forward in their hands, and they set up the house of God "^in its state, and strengthened it. 1 -i And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money be- fore the king and .Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of Jehovah, even vessels wherewith to minister and ^ to offer, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt-offerings in the house of Jehovah continually all the days of Jehoiada. 15 But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he died ; a hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. 16 And they buried him "in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in 'Israel, and toward God and his house. 1 7 Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obei- sance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. 18 And Hhey forsook the house of Jeho- vah, the God of their fathers, and ' served the Asherim and the idols : and " wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness. 19 Yet •'he sent prophets to them to bring them again unto Jehovah and they testified against them but they would not give ear. 20 ^ And the Spirit of God ■*came upon Zechariah the son of Je- hoiada the priest ; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, * Why trans- gress ye the commandments of Je- hovah, so that ye cannot prosper? 'because ye have forsaken Jeho- vah, he hath also forsaken you. 21 And '''they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jeho- vah. 22 Thus Joash the king re- membered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when 1 Heb. healing vient up upon the tvork. * Or, according to the proportion thereof * Or, pestles * Heb. clothed itself with. "» ch. 21. 20 6 ch. 2. 12 " ver. 4 ri Ex. 34. ri-ii ' Josh. 22. 20 /Jer. 7. 25 'J ch. 20. 14 '' Num. 14. 41 ' ch. 15. 2 fc Neh. 9. 20 ; Mt. 23..34, 35 ' Gen. 9. 5 "' 2 K. 12. 17 " ch. 16. 7, S P 2 K. 12. 20, 21 ' ver. 12 »" ch. 13. 22 449 he died, he said, 'Jehovah look upon it, and require it. 23 And it came to pass at the *end of the year, that '"the army of the Syrians came up against him : and they came to J udah and Jerusalein, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damas> cus. 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small com- pany of men; and "Jehovah de- livered a very great host into their hand, " because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed "^judgment upon Joash. 25 ^And when they were de- parted from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants con- spired against him for the blood of the ^ sons of Jehoia;da the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died ; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. 26 And these are they that con- spired against him : ^Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of "Shim- rith the Moabitess. 27 Now con- cerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens ^"laid upon him, and *the "rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in ''the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. O pT ■'■' Amaziah was twenty and ^ tJ five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Je- hovah, 'but not with a perfect heart. 3 Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. 4 But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is wi'itten in the law in the book of Moses, as Jehovah com- manded, saying, " The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers ; but every man shall die for his own sin. 5 Heb. revnhdion. ^ Heb. judgments. f The Vulg. and some editions of Sept. reaiJi son. 8 In 2 K. 12. 21, Jozacar. 9 In 2 K. 12. 21, Shomer. 10 Or, uttered against n Heb. founding. 25.5 11. CHRONICLES 25.24 Amaziah is dissnadcd from nsing Ephraimite Mercenaries; smites Edom; is rebuked for Idolatry; defeated by Joash 5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Judah and Benjamin : and he numbered them "from twenty years old and upward, and found them * three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. 6 He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver. 7 But there came "a. man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee ; for Jehovah is not with Israel, to wit, with all the chil- dren of Ephraim. 8 But ^ if thou wilt go, do valiantly, be strong for the battle : God will cast thee down before the enemy ; '^ for God hath poAver to help, and to cast down. 9 And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the '^army of Israel % And the man of God answered, Jehovah is able to give thee much more than this. 1 0 Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the "army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again : wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger. 11 And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to "the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. 12 And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of ^the rock, and cast them down from the top of ^ the rock, so that they were all broken in pieces. 13 But* the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, -^from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote of them three thousand, and took much spoil. 14 Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that »he brought the gods of the chil- dren of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down him- self before them, and burned in- 1 Or, go thou a Heb. troop. 3 Or. Srla * Heb. the sons of the troop. ' Num. 1. 3 ' ch. 26. 13 ' ■> K. 4. 9 ' ch, 14. 11 ; 20. 6 ■ 2 K. 14. 7 ' ch. 19. 4 ' ch. 28. 23 : ver. 11, 12 '■ 2 K. 14. S-14 ■ Judg. 9. 8-16 'ch. 21. 17; 22. 1 ■ 1 Chr. 26. 15 450 cense unto them. 15 Wherefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, * which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand'? 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him. Have we made thee of the king's counsel^ forbear ; why shouldest thou be smitten ■? Then the prophet for- bare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, ana hast not hearkened unto my counsel. 17 'Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, say- ing. Come, let us look one another in the face. 18 And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, ''The ^thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying. Give thy daugliter to my son to wife : and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle. 1 9 Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom ; and ' thy heart lifteth tliee up to boast : abide now at home ; why shouldest thou ''meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? 20 But Amaziah would not hear ; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. 21 So Joash king of Israel went up ; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. 22 A.nd Judah was put to the worse before Israel ; and they fled every man to his tent. 23 And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of '"Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto ^the corner gate, four hundred cixbits. 21 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with "Obed-edom, 5 Or, thorn ^ Or, provoke calamity 1 So in 2 K. 14. 13. The text has, the gate that looketh. 25.25 II. CHRONICLES 26.20 Amaziah is assassinated. Uzzlah's Reign. His Wars and Military Eqnipmeuts. lie is made a leper for burning Incense and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and re- turned to Samaria. 25 "And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Ama- ziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel 1 27 Kow from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following Je- hovah they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem ; and he fled to Lachish : but they sent after him to Lachisla, and slew him there. 28 And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in ^ the city of Judah. O/Z* And all the people of ^ \J Judah took " Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. 2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. _ 3 'Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to I'eign ; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jeru- salem : and his mother's name was Jechiliah, of Jerusalem. 4 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 5 And ''he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, ''who ^had understanding in ^the vision of God : and " as long as he sought Jehovah, God made him to prosper. 6 And he went forth and ■'^ warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod ; and he built cities in the country^ of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. 7 And ''God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim. 8 And ''the Ammonites _ gave tribute to Uzziah : and his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt ; for he waxed exceeding strong. 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at ' the corner gate, and at * the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and for- tified them. iO And he built towers in the wilderness, and 1 In 2 K. 14. 20, the city of David. 2 In 2 K. 14. 21, Azariah. 3 Or, gave instruction * Heb. the seeing. « 2 K. 14. ir- b 2 K. 15. 2, 3 '^ Ch. 24. 2 d Dan. 1. 17 " ch. 16. 2 / Is. 14. 29 s'ch. 21. 16 ftch. 17. 11 ■ ch. 25. 23 *: Neh. 2. 13, 16 ; 3. 13 ( Gen. 26. 18-21 ' ch. 25. 5 " ch. 25. 19 ; Dt. 32. 15 " I K. 13. 1-4 ? 1 Chr. 6. 10 9 ch. 19. 2 "■ Num. 16. 39,40 » Ex. 30, r, 8 « 2 K. 5. 25- 27 ^ hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle ; in the lowland also, and in the ^ plain : a7id he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in "the fruitful fields ; for he loved husbandry. 11 Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Han- aniah, one of the king's captains. 1 2 The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses, even the mighty men of valor, was two thousand and six hundred. 13 And under their hand was ''an army, '"three hundred thousand and seven thou- sand and five hundred, that made war with miglity power, to help the king against the enemy. 14 And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the ^ battlements, where- with to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 16 But "when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, ^so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Jehovah his God ; for " he went into the temple of Jehovah to burn incense upon the altar of incense. 17 And ^Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of Jehovah, that were valiant men: 18 and 'they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, ''It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto Jehovah, but *to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense : go out of the sanctuary ; for thou hast trespassed ; neither shall it be for thine honor from Jehovah God. 1 9 Then Uzziah was wroth ; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense ; and while he was wroth with the priests, 'the leprosy ^''brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Jehovah, beside the altar of incense. 20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all 6 Or, tahle-lavd « Or. Carmel See 1 S. 25. 2. ^ Heb. the power of an army. * Or, corner ti irers ^ Or, to his destruction 1" Heb. rose (as the sun). 461 26.21 II. CHEONICLES 28.11 U;(ziah's Leprosy. Jotham's Reign. Reign of Ahaz. War with Syria and Israel. Captives, taken from Jadah, are retarned the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his foi'e- head," and they thrust him out quickly from thence ; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because Je- hovah had smitten him. 21 "And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in ''a ^separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah : and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. 22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did "Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 23 tSo Uzziah slept with his fa- thers ; and they buried him with his fathers '*in the held of burial which belonged to the kings ; for they said. He is a leper : and Jo- tham his son reigned in his stead. O 'T " Jotham was twenty and w I five years old when he be- gan to reign ; and he reigned six- teen years in .Jerusalem : and his mother's name was -Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his father Uzziah had done : -^howbeit he entered not into the temple of Jehovah. And the people did yet corruptly. 3 He built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and on the wall of ^ Ophel he built much. 4 Moreover he built '' cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. 5 He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand '^ measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third. 6 'So .Jotham became mighty, be- cause he ordered his ways before Jehovah his God. 7 *Now the rest of the acts of .Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 8 He was 'five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 9 And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 1 Or, i-nfirmary « Heb. cors. " 2 K. 1.5. 5-7 ft Lev. 13. 46 •^ Is. 1. 1 d ch. 21. 20 ; 28. 27 ^ 2 K. 15. 33-35 /ch. 26. 16 V ch. 33. 14 ; Neh. 3. 20 '« ch. 11. 5 ' ch. 20. 5 fc 2 K. 16. 36 ' ver. 1 "^ 2 K. 16. 2-4 " ch. 27. 2 " ch. 22. 3 P Ex. 34. 17 9 Josh. 15. 8 '' ch. 33. 0 ; Lev. 18. 21 " ch. 33. 2 ' ver. 25 " ch. 24. 24 ^ Dt. 2S. 2.5, 41 y ch. 11. 4 - ch. 26. 15 " Is. 47. 6 6 Ezr. 9. 6 ; Rev. 18. 5 O O *" Ahaz was twenty years ^ O old when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : and " he did not that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, like David his father ; 2 " but he walketi in the ways of the kings of Israel, and ^made also molten images for the Baalim. 3 Moreover *he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and 'burnt his children in the fire, 'according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel. 4 And he sacrificed and ' burnt in- cense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. .5 Wherefore "Jehovah his God delivered him into the hand of the king of SjT:;ia ; and they sraote him, and carried awaj'^ of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. 6 For ^Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men ; because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of then" fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephi-aim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah that was ^ next to the king. 8 And -"the children of Israel carried away captive of ^^ their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of Je- hovah was there, whose name was Oded : and ^ he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them. Behold, because Jehovah, the God of your fathers, " was wroth with Judah, he hath de- livered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage ''which hath reached up unto heaven. 10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of -Judah and Jeru- salem for bondmen and bond- women unto you : but are there not even with you ^trespasses of your own against Jehovah your Godl 11 Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, ''that ye have taken captive of your bretn- ren ; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah 3 Heb. second. * Heb. guiltinesses. 452 28.12 II. CHEONICLES 29.7 by Israel. AliianceofAhaz with Assyria against Edom and Philistia. His Idolatry. Hezekiah's Reign is upon you. 1 2 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Bere- chiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, 13 and said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither : for ye purpose that which will bring upon us ^a trespass against .Jehovah, to add unto our sins and to our ^ trespass ; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. 14 So the armed men left the cap- tives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly. 15 And "the men that have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and * gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, " the city of palm- trees, unto their brethren : then they returned to Samaria. 16 ''At that time did king Ahaz send unto the ^ kings of Assyria to help him. 1 7 ''For again the Edom- ites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away * captives. 18 -'^The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the * towns thereof, and Timnah with the * towns thereof, Gimzo also and the "* towns thereof : and they dwelt there. 19 For Jehovah brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of " Israel ; for he had * dealt wantonly in Judah, and trespassed sore against Jehovah. 20 And '' Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came ^unto him, and dis- tressed him, but '^strengthened Jhim not. 21 'For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of Jehovah, and out of the house of the king and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of As Syria : but it helped him not. 22 And in the time ^of his dis- tress did he trespass yet more 1 Or, guilt * Ace. to Sept., Vulg., and Syr., kinp. 3 Heb. a captivity. * Heb. daughters. * Or, cast away restraint •> Or, against ' Or, prevailed not against him 8 Or, that he distressed him " ver. 12 6 2 K. 6. 22 ; Prov. 26. 21, 22 " Dt. 34. 3 d-ZK. 16. 7 " Obad. 10-14 /Ezek. 16. 57 f Ch. 21. 2 h 1 Chr. o. 2fi ' 2 K. 16. 8, 9 fc ch. 26. 14 ' Jer. 44. 17, IS '" 2 K. 16. 17 " ch. 29. 7 " ch. 30. 14 ; 33. 3-5 P 2 K. 16. 19, 1 ch. 24. 25 »■ ch. 21. 2 ' ch. 28. 1 ; 34.2 " ver. 7 ; ch. 28. 24 ' ver. 15, 34 ; ch. 35. 6 • Ezek, 8. 16 against Jehovah, this same king Aliaz. 23 * For he sacrificed unto the gods of ^Damascus, which smote him ; and he said, ' Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sac- rifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. 24 And Ahaz gathered together the ves- sels of the house of God, and ™ cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and "shut up the doors of the house of Jehovah; and "he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 25 And in every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of his fathers. 26 -^Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem ; « for they brought him not into the sepul- chres of the kings of '' Israel : and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. O Q ' Hezekiah began to reign iM/ 9_/ when he was five and twenty years old ; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. 2 And 'he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done. 3 He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, "opened the doors of the house of Jehovah, and repaired them. 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east, 5 and said unto them. Hear me, ye Levites ; now ^ sanctify j^ourselve.s, and sanc- tify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 6 For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the .sight of Jehovah our God, and have forsaken him, and *have turned away their faces from the habita- tion of Jehovah, and turned their backs. 7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt-offerings in the holy place unto the God of s Heb. Darmesek. 453 29.8 II. CHEONICLES 29.30 Hezekiah's Reforms. The Lerites cleanse tlie Temple. Burnt-offerings and Sin-offerings offered Israel. 8 Wherefore "the wrath of Jehovah was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and * he hath delivered them " to De ^ tossed to and fro, to be ''an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes. 9 For, lo, *our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now it is in my heart ■''to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us. 11 My sons, be not now negligent ; " for Jehovah hath chosen you to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye should be his ministers, and burn inceiise. 12 Then the Levites arose, ''Ma- hath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of •the Kohathites ; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel ; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah ; 13 and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel ; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah ; 14 and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei ; and of the sons of Jeduthun, IShe- maiah and Uzziel. 15 And they gathered their brethren, and *sanc- tified themselves, and went in, ac- cording to the commandment of the king ' by the words of Jehovah, •" to cleanse the house of Jehovah. 16 And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Je- hovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jeho- vah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to " the brook Kidron. 17 Now they began "on the first day of tlie first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Jehovah ; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days : and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 18 Then they went in to Heze- kiah the king within the palace, and said. We have cleansed all the house of Jehovah, and the altar of burnt-offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of showbread, with all the vessels thereof. 19 Moreover ^all the 1 Or, ft terror "■ ch. 24. 18 b ch. 28. 5 '^ Dt. 28. 25 d Jer. 25. 9, 18 . " ch. 28. 6-8, 17 /ch. 23. 16 " Num. 3. G ; 8. 6 ^ch. 31. 13 ' Num. 3. 19, 20 ^ ver. 5 ' ch. 30. 12 "■ 1 Chr. 23. 28 " ch. 1.5. 16 " ver. 3 P ch. 28. 24 9 Lev. 4. 3-14 ■ Lev. 4. 18 ' Lev. 4. 15 ' Lev. 4. 26 " 1 Chr. 25. 6 " ch. 8. 14 ■" 2 S. v.. 11 J/ 2 S. 7. 2 * 1 Chr. 23. 5 « ch. 5. 12 b ch. 23. 18 ' ch. 20. 18 vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he tres- passed, have we prepared and sanc- tified ; and, behold, they are before the altar of Jehovah. 20 Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah. 2 1 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven i^ams, and seven lambs, and seven he- goats, *for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he com- manded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Jehovah. 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests re- ceived the blood, and '"sprinkled it on the altar : and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar : they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 23 And they brought near the he-goats for the sin-offering before the king and the assembly ; and * they laid their hands upon them : 24 and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, Ho make atonement for all Israel ; for the king commanded that the burnt-offering and the sin- offering should be made for all Israel. 25 And "he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cym- bals, with psalteries, and with harps, "according to the command- ment of David, and of ^Gad the king's seer, and ^Nathan the prophet ; for the commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets. 26 And the Levites stood with Hhe instruments of David, and "the priests with the trumpets. 27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt-offering upon the altar. And when the burnt-ofier- ing began, *the song of Jehovah began also, and the trumpets, to- gether with the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 And all the assembly worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded ; all this continued, until the bui'nt-offering was finished. 29 And when they had made an end of offering, "the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and wor- shipped. 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes com- manded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of 454 29.31 II. CHEONICLES 30.16 Thank-offerings and Peace-offerings breaght. All Israel and Judali summoned to keep the Passover David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with glad- ness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. 31 Then Hezekiah answered and .said, "Now ye have ^consecrated yourselves unto Jehovah ; come near and bring sacrifices and thank- offerings into the house of Jeho- vah. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings ; and * as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings. 32 And the number of the burnt-offer- ings which the assembly brought was threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs : all these were for a burnt- offering to Jehovah. 33 And the consecrated things were six hun- dred oxen and three thousand sheep. 34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings : " wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves ; for "* the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 35 And also " the burnt-offerings were in abundance, with -^the fat of the peace-offerings, and with ^ the drink-offerings for every burnt- offering. So the service of the house of Jehovah was set in order. 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people : for the thing was done suddenly. O /^ And Hezekiah sent to all Ovy Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manas- seh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel. 2 For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, arid all the assembly in Jerusalem, * to keep the passover in the second month. 3 For they could not keep it ' at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in suflBcient number, neither had the people gathered themselves to- gether to Jerusalem. 4 And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly. 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, *from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the pass- over unto Jehovah, the God of 1 Heb. filled your hand. " ch. 13. 9 b Ex. 35. 5, 22 " ch. 35. 11 <■ ch. 30. 3 *■ ver. 32 / Lev. 3. 16 "Num. 15. 5-10 '' ver. 13, 15 ; Num. 9. 10, 11 ' ch. 29. 17, 34 i Judg. 20. 1 ' Esth. 8. 14 ; Job 9. 25 ; .Jer. 61. 31 '" ch. 2t,. 20 " Ezek. 20. 13 0 ch. 29. 8 P Ex. 32. 9 1 ch. 29. 10 "• Dt. 30. 2 ' Ex. 34. C, 7; Mic. 7. t- ch. 30. 16 " ver. 18, 21, 25 " ver. 2 '^ ch. 28. 24 V ch. 29. 16 = ver. 2, 3 Israel, at Jerusalem : for they had not kept it ^in great numbers in such sort as it is written. 6 So Hhe posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the command- ment of the king, saying, Ye chil- dren of Israel, turn again unto Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that are escaped of you out of "the hand of the kings of Assyria. 7 "And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against Jehovah, the God of their fathers, so that "he gave them up ^to desolation, as ye see. 8 Now be ye not ^stiffnecked, as your fa- thers were; but ''yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, anfl serve Jehovah your God, 'that his fierce anger may turn away from you. 9 For ''if ye turn again unto Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come again into this land : *for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. 10 So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun : but 'they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. 11 Nevertheless " certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun hum- bled themselves, and came to Jeru- salem. 12 Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah. 13 And there assembled at Jeru- salem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread " in tne second month, a very great assembly. 14 And they arose and '■" took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the ® altars for incense took they away, and *cast them into the brook Kidron. 15 Then Hhey killed the passover on the four- teenth day of the second month : and "the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified them- selves, and brought burnt-offerings' into the house of Jehovah. 16 And " Or, of a long time 3 Or, to be an astonishment * Heb. yive the hand. ^ Or, vessels 456 30.17 II. CHRONICLES 31.10 The Passover kept. Idolatry abolished. Laws conceruing Offeriugs and Tithes "they stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God : the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand of the Levites. 1 7 For there were many in the assembly that had not sanc- tified themselves : therefore * the Levites had the charge of killing the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto Jehovah. 18 For a multi- tude of the people, " even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, ''■ yet did they eat the passover " otherwise than it is writ- ten. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying. The good Jehovah pardon ^■''everyone 19 that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. 20 And Jehovah hearkened to Heze- kiah, and healed the people. 2 1 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem ^kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness : and the Levites and the priests praised Je- hovah day by day, singing with loud instruments unto Jehovah. 22 And Hezekiah ''spake comfort- ably unto all the Levites that had good understanding in the service of Jehovah. So they did eat through- out the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offer- ings, and '"'making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly * took counsel to keep other seven days ; and they kept other seven days with gladness. 24 For 'Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep ; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bullocks and ten thou- sand sheep : and '" a great number of priests sanctified themselves. 25 And all the assembly of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and "all the assembly that came out of Israel, and the sojourners that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 26 So there was great joy in Jeru- salem ; for ° since the time of Solo- mon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. 1 Or, him, that setteth his whole heart 2 Or, giving thanks " ch. 35. 10, 15 6 ch. 29. 34 ' ver. II, 25 d Num. 9. 10 ' Ex. 12. 43-49 /ch. 19. 3 'J Ex. 12. 15 ; 13. 6 A ch. 32. 6 i Kzr. 10. 11 k 1 K. 8. 65 ' ch. 35. 7> 8 '" ver. 3 ; ch. 29. 34 " ver. 11, 18 " ch. 7. 8-10 P ch. 23. 18 9 Num. 6. 23 "■ Dt. 26. 15 ; Ps. 68. 5 * 2 K. 18. 4 1 1 Chr. 24. 1 " 1 Chr. 23. 28-31 " ch. 35. 7 ' Num. 28. 1-29, 40 y Num. 18. 8 = Neh. 13. 12 ' Lev. 27. 30 ; Dt. 14. 156 27 Then ^the priests the Levites arose and * blessed the people : and their voice was heard, and their pra j'^er came up to '' his noly habita- tion, even unto heaven. O^ Now when all this was O _L finished, all Israel that wei'e present went out to the cities of Judah, and *bi"ake in pieces the ^pillars, and hewed down the Ashe- rim, and brake down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of . Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. 2 And Hezekiah appointed 'the courses of the priests and the Le- vites after their courses, everj'^ man according to his service, both the prie.sts and the Levites, " for burnt- offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of Jehovah, 'i He appointed also " the king's portion of his substance for the burnt-ofterings, to tvit, for the morning and evening burnt- offerings, and the burnt-offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, ""as it is written in the law of Jeho- vah. 4 Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in .Jerusalem to give * the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might ^give themselves to the law of Jehovah. 5 And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abun- dance the first-fruits of gi^ain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field ; and Hhe tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 6 And the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and " the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated unto Jehovah their God, and laid them by heaps. 7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. 8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed Jeho- vah, and his people Israel. 9 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. 10 And Azariah the chief 3 Or, obeiiskt * Heb. be strong in. 31.11 II. CHRONICLES 32, d Laws concerning Offerings and Titlies. .Sennacherib invades Judah. Preparations for Defence priest, "of the house of Zadok, an- swered hmi and said, * Since the peoj)le began to bring the oblations into the house of Jehovah, we have eaten and had enough, and have left Elenty : for Jehovah hath blessed is ]Deople ; and that which is left is this great store. 11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare "chambers in the house of Jehovah ; and they prepared them ; 1 2 and they brcjught in the oblations and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully. And ''over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second ; 1 .3 and Je- hiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Isma- chiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king, and "Azariah the ruler of the house of God. 14 And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill-oiferings of God, to distribute the oblations of Jeho- vah, and the most holy things. 15 And under him were •''Eden, and Miniamin, and Jesliua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shec- aniah, in '' the cities of the priests, in their ''office of trust, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small : 1 6 besides them that were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even every one that entered into the house of Jehovah, ^'as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their courses ; 1 7 and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites * from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their courses; 18 "and them that were reckoned by gene- alogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congre- gation : for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holi- ness. 19 Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, that were in ' the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, "'there were men that were mentioned by 1 Or, for his daily portion 2 Or, even to give to them &c. « 1 Chr. 6. 8, 9 b Mai. 3. 10 ■^ 1 K. 6. 5, 8 rfch. 35. 9 ' ver. 10 / ch. 29. 12 'J Josh. 21. 9-19 h- 1 Chr. 9. 22 ' Ezr. 3. 4 * 1 Chr. 23. 24 ' Lev. 25. 34 ; Num. 35. " 2 K. 20. 3 ; 22. 2 0 2 K. 18. 13- 19, 37 ; Is. 36. 1-37, 38 P2K 20 20 Sver. 30 ••ch. 35. 23 ''2K 25 4 «1K 9. 24 » ch. 30. " 1 Chr. "^ 2 K. 6. 16 y Jer. 17. 5 ' ch. 20. 17 name, to give portion^; to all thfe males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by gene- alogy among the Levites. 20 And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah ; and " he wrought that which was good and right and ^faithful before Jehovah his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. OO "After these things, and O^ this faithfulness, Sennach- erib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought ''to win them for himself. 2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that ® he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, 3 he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city ; and they helped him. 4 So there was gathered much people together, and p they stopped all the foun- tains, and * the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, say- ing. Why should the kings of As- syria come, and find much water 1 5 And he took courage, and *" built up all the wall that was broken down, and ^raised it up to the towers, and '^^the other wall with- out, and strengthened 'Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abun- dance. 6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and "spake comfortably to them, say- ing, 7 " Be strong and of good courage, be not afraid nor dis- mayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him ; "" for ** there is a greater with us than with him : 8 with him is ^an arm of flesh ; but ^with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 9 After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with 3 Heb. f firth fulness. * Heb. to break them up. 6 Heb. his face was to fight. s The Vula. has, huilt towers thereon. 7 Or, another s Or, there are more 457 32.10 11. CHRO:NiCLES 32.31 Scnnaclierib defies Hezekiah. He is discomfited aud slaiu. Hezckiali's Sickness. His Wealth and Prosperity him), unto Hezekiah king of Ju- dah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of As- syria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide ^ the siege in Jerusalem 1 11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, Je- hovah our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 12" Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying. Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye burn incense? 13 Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands'? Were the gods of the nations of the lands in any wise able to deliver their land out of my hand'? 14 *Who Avas there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers ^utterly destroyed, that could de- liver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand'? 15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you after this_ manner, neither believe ye him : for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the nand of my fathei's : how much less shall your ^God deliver you out of my handl 16 And his servants spake yet more against Jehovah God, and against his servant Hezekiah. 17 He wrote also ■* letters, to rail on Jehovah, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, ''As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivei-ed their people out of my hand, so shall not the (xod of Hezekiah de- liver his people out of my hand. 18 And they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them ; that they might take the city. 1 9 And they spake of the God of Jei-usalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands. 20 And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, pi'ayed because of this, and ' Or, in the stronghold *Heb devoted. ^ Or, oods ^ Or, it letter " ch. 31. 1 6 18. 10. 9-n "-■ ver. 14 rf 2 S. 8. 10 ' 2 K, 20. 1-11 ; Is. 38. 1-8 /ver. 31, ch. 26. 16 " ch. 24. 18 h Jer. 26. 18, ■ 2 K. 20. 20 k 1 K. 1. 33 ' 2 K. 20. 12 , Is. 39. 1 '" ver. 24 ; is. 3S. 7. S " Dt. 8. 16 458 cried to heaven. 21 And Jehovah sent an angel, who cut off" all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the kirig of Assyria. So he re- turned with shame of face to his ov/n land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth from his own bowels *slew him there with the sword. 22 Thus Jehovah saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sen- nacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side. 23 And ''many brought gifts unto Je- hovah to J erusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah ; so that he was^ exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. 24 ''In those days Hezekiah was sick even unto death : and he prayed unto Jehovah ; and he spake unto him, and gave him a •^ sign. 25 But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him ; •''for his heart was lifted up : •'' therefoi'e there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jei-usalem. 26 Notwithstand- ing '' Hezekiah humbled himself for '^ the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. 27 And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of goodly vessels ; 28 store-houses also for the increase of grain and new wine and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and flocks in folds. 29 Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in aliundance ; for God had given him very much substance. 30 This same Hezekiah also 'stopped the upper spring of the waters of *Gihon, and Drought them straight down on the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. 31 Howbeit in the business of ^ the ^ambassadors of the prinoes of Babylon, who sent unto iiim to inquire of ™the wonder that was done iu the land, God left him, "to 5 Heb. eatued. him to fall. * Or, wonder 1 Heb. the I ■fting up. « Heb. interpreters. 32.32 II. CHRONICLES 33.20 Hezekiah's Death, Hanasseh's Reign. His Idolatry. His Panisliment and bis Reformation try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 32 Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds, be- hold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 33 And Heze- kiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. OO "Manasseh was twelve 0 O years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, ''after the abomi- nations of the nations whom Jeho- vah cast out before the children of Israel. 3 For ''he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; ''and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and wor- shipped all the host of heaven, and served them. 4 And ''he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, -^In Jeru- salem shall my name be for ever. 5 And he built altars for all the host of heaven in ''the two courts of the house of Jehovah. 6 ''He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he prac tised augury, and used enchant- ments, and practised sorcery, and •dealt with them that had famil- iar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger. 7 And he set *the graven image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which 1 have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: 8 neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land ™ which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have com- manded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances given by Moses. 9 And Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than did the nations whom 16 » 2 K. 21. 1-9 ft ch. 28. 3 ' ch. 31. 1 d Dt. 16. 21 j 2 K. 23. 6, 0 « ch. 28. 24 /ch. 7. 16 'J ch. 4. 9 ft ch. 28. 3 ' Lev. 19. 31 ; 20. 27 k ver. 15 ' ver. 4 '"■ 2 S. 7. 10 " Dt. 28. 36 ° ch, 36. 6 P ch. 32. 26 9 1 Chr. 5. 20 ; Ezr. 8. 23 ' 1 K. 1. 33 « Neh. 3. 3 " ch. 27. 3 " ver. 3-7 S'ver. 12,13 ' ver. 10 " ch. 21. 3 ft ver. 13 " ver. 3 459 Jehovah destroyed before the chil- dren of Israel. 10 And Jehovah spake to Ma- nasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed. 11 "Where- fore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manas- seh Mn chains, and "bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. 1 2 And when he was in distress, he besought Jehovah his God, and ^humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And he prayed unto him; and *he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and bi'ovight him again to Jerusalem into his king- dom. Then Manasseh ''knew that Jehovah he was God. 14 Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of 'Gihon, in the val- ley, even to the entrance at 'the fish gate ; and he compassed "Ophel about ivith it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put ^valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah. 15 And "he took away the foreign gods, and the idol out of the house of Jehovah, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of Jehovah, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. 16 And he ^ built up the altar of Jehovah, and offei'ed thereon sacrifices of peace-ofierings and of thanksgiving, and com- manded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel. 17 Neverthe- less *the people sacrificed still in the high places, but only unto Je- hovah their God. 18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and ^his prayer unto his God, and the words of nhe seers that spake to him in the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of "'Israel. 1 9 His prayer also, and 'how Coc? was entreated of hirb, and all his sin and his tres- pass, and ''the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the history of *Hozai. 20 So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. 1 Or, with honks - Or, captains of the army 3 According to another reading, prevared. * Or, the seers 33.21 II. CHRONICLES 34.17 Amon's Reign. Josiah's Reign. His Zeal for Fore Worship. He repairs tlie Temple. Hilkiah finds the Book of the Law 21 "Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned two years in Jeru- salem. 22 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, *as did Manasseh his father; and Ajiion sacrificed unto all '^the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them. 23 And he humbled not himself before Jehovah, ''as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Anion Hrespassed more and more. 24 And ^nis servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house. 25 But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the peo- ple of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. O /I •'^ Josiah was eight years Otc old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in .Jerusalem. 2 And "he aid that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began *to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Ashe- rim, and the graven images, and the molten images. 4 And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence ; and ' the sun- images that were on high above them he hewed dov^n ; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and *made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 5 And 'he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged .Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And so did he ™in the cities of Ma- nasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, '•'in their ruins round about. 7 And he brake down the altars, and "beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem. 8 "Now in the eighteenth year of 1 Or, became guilty 2 Or, as otherwise read, with their axes The Hebrew is obscure. °2K. 21. 19- 24 6 ver. 2-7 " Ch. 34. 3, 4 rf ver. 12, 19 " ch. 25. 27 /2K. 22. 1,2 9 ch. 29. 2 ft ch. 33. 22 ' 2 K. 23. 4, 5, 11 *-■ Ex. 32. 20 ' 2 K. 23. 20 '" 2 K. 23. 15, 19 " ch. 31. 1 " 2 K. 22. 3-20 P ch. 18. 25 9 ch. 35. 8 '■ ch. 30. 10, 18 ' ch. 33. 4-7 1 1 Chr. 25. 1 " ch. s. 10 ; Neh. 4. 10 460 his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Sha- phan the son of Azaliah, and Maa- seiah ^the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the ^re- corder, to repair the house of Jeho- vah his God. 9 And they came to * Hilkiah the high priest, and de- livered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered of the hand of ''Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benja- min, •'and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 10 And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of Jehovah ; and ^ the workmen that wrought in the house of Je- hovah gave it to mend and repair the house : 1 1 even to the car- penters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses * which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 12 And the men did the work faithfully : and the ovei'seers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari ; and Zechariah and ]\Ieshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, ®to set it forward ; and * others of the Levites, all that were skilful with instruments of music. 13 Also they were over "the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every manner of service : and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. 14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of Jehovah, *' Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of Jehovah '^ given by Moses. 15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 1 6 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and moreover brought back word to the king, saying. All that was committed to thy servants, they are doing. 17 And they have ^ emptied out the money 3 Or, chronicler 4 Another reading is, and they returned ta Jerusalem. 5 Or, they gave it to the workmen, &c. See 2 K. 22. 5. ^ Or, to preside over it 1 Heb. by the hand of. * Or, poured out 34.18 II. CHRONICLES 35.4 Huldah's Message respecting it. The Law read. Tlie People covenant to serve Jehovah. The Passover observed that was found in the house of Jehovah, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen. 18 And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read therein before the king. 1 9 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that " he rent his clothes. 20 And the king commanded Hil- kiah, and Ahikam the son of Sha- phan, and ^Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asa- iah the king's servant, saying, 21 Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found ; for 'great is the wrath of Jehovah that is poured out upon us, be- cause our fathei's have not kept the word of Jehovah, to do accord- ing unto all that is written in this book. 22 So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of ' Tokhath, the son of ^Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jeru- salem in the •* second quarter) ; and they spake to her to that eflfect. 23 And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel : Tell ye the man that sent you unto me, 24 Thus saith Jehovah, Be- hold, '^I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all "^the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah. 25 * Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might pro- voke me to anger with all the works of their hands ; therefore is my wi'ath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched. 26 But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard, 27 -^because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself 1 In 2 K. 22. 12, Achbor the son of Micaiah. 2 In 2 K. 22. 14, Tikvah. 3 In 2 K. 22. 14, Harhas. * Heb. Mishneh. " Josh. 7.6 ich. 20. 8 <^ch. 36. 14- 20 dm 28 15-68 ^ch. 33. 3 fell. 12. 7; 32. 26 " 2 K. 23. 1-3 '' Neh. 8. 1-3 * eh. 30. 16 ; 2K. 11. 14 *-■ ch. 23. 16 ; 29. 10 ' ver. 3-7 ; 33. 2-7 - 2 K. 23. 21 " Ex. 12. 6 ; Num. 9. 3 " ch. 29. 11 P ch. 17. 8, 9 Neh. 8. 7 9 1 Chr. 23. 26 ■ 1 Chr. 9. 10-13 461 before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me ; I also have heard thee, saith Jeho- vah. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought back word to the king. 29 " Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and *all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Je- rusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all tne people, both great and small : and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of Jehovah. 31 And the king * stood in his place, and * made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the cove- nant that were written in this book. 32 And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Ben- jamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did ac- cording to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Josiah 'took away all the abomi- nations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from fol- lowing Jehovah, the God of their fathers. O ^ And Josiah ™ kept a pass- O t-} over unto Jehovah in Jeru- salem : and " they killed the pass- over on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their offices, and "en- couraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah. 3 And he said unto ^ the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build ; * there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders. Now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel ; 4 and ''prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses by your 3&5 11. CHKONICLES Description of tlie Passovci kept by Josiah. He is slain in Battle by Pharaoh-nece 35.24 courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and "ac- cording to the writing of Solomon his son. 5 And '' stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your breth- ren the children of the people, ^ and let thet'e be for each a portion of a father's house of the Levites. 6 And "kill the passover, and ** sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethx'en, to do according to the word of Jehovah by Moses. 7 And Josiah ^gave to the chil- dren of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the passover-offerings, unto all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thou- sand bullocks : these were of the king's substance. 8 And his princes gave ^for a freewill-offering unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zecha- riah and Jehiel, " the rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover-offerings two thou- sand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 •''Con- aniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brethren, and Hash- abiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave unto the Levites, for the passover-offer- ings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the service was prepared, and ^the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, according to the king's commandment. 11 And ''they killed the passover, and Hhe priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and * the Levites flayed them. 1 2 And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give them accord- ing to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the pe9- ple, to offer unto Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 1 3 And Hhey roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance : and '"the holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people. 14 And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of 1 Or, and according to the distribution of each father's house » Or, gave for offerings (and so in ver. 8, 9) See Ob. 30 <<4 ^ Or, itnllingly " ch. 8. 14 * Ezr. 6. 18 " ver. 1 d ch. 29. 6 *ch. 31. 13 /ch. 31. 12 ^ ver. 5 '' ver. 1, 6 i ch. 29. 22 fc ch. 29. 34 ' Ex. 12. 8, i "^ Lev. 6. 25 " 1 Chr. 5 . 1 " 1 Chr. 2C. 12-19 P ch. 30. 21 9 ch. 30. 5 ; 2 K. 23. 21 ! K. 23. 29, ' Is. 10. 9 ; Jer. 46. 2 « ch. 26. 19 ' ch. 18. 29 ' ver. 21 = Judg. 5. 19 Aaron were busied in offering the burnt-offerings and the fat until night : therefore the Levites pre- pared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 1 5 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, " according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer ; and ° the porters were at every gate: they needed not to depart from their service ; for their brethren the Levites pre- pared for them. 16 So all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the com- mandment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and *'the feast of un- leavened bread seven days. 18 And 'there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet ; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. 20 ''After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against "Carchemish by the Eu- phrates : and Josiah went out against him. 21 But he sent am- bassadors to him, saying, 'What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah 1 I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war ; and God ^hath commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling tvith God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but "disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco " from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of ^ Me- giddo. 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah ; and the king said to his servants. Have me awaj^ ; for I am sore wounded. 24 So his ser- vants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to * Or, hath given command to spetd me 462 35.25 II. CHRONICLES 36.21 Reigos of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. Zedekiah rebels. Jernsalem laid waste. The Captivity begins Jerusalem ; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. " And all Judah and .Jeru- salem mourned for Josiah. 25 And * Jeremiah lamented for Josiah : and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day ; and they made them an ordinance in Israel : and, behold, they are writ- ten in the lamentations. 26 Now the rest of the acts of .Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is Avritten in the law of Jehovah, 27 and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. O/Z* "Then the people of the O \J land took '' J ehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2 Joahaz was twenty and thi'ee years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred tal- ents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And " Neco took Joahaz his brother, and car- ried him to Egypt. 5 ■'^ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God. 6 ^Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and ''bound him in fet- ters, 'to carry him to Babylon. 7 * Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of Je- hovah to Babylon, and put them in his ^ temple at Babylon. 8 ' Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his aborninations which he did, and that which was found -in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah : and ^ Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. 9 "* Jehoiachin was * eight years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah. 10 And "at the re- 1 Or, palace * Or, against 3 In 1 Chr. 3. 16, Jer.oniah. In Jer. 22. 24, Coniah. * In 2 K. 24. 8, eighteen. •* Zech. 12. 11 * Jer. 22. 10 ; Lam. 4. 20 " 2 K. 23. 30-34 ■ Jer. 21. 3-7 * Jer. 52. 3 ; Ezek. 17. 1.5 « ch. 30. 8 " Jer. 7. 13 ; 25.3 " ch. 30. 10 ; Jer. 5. 12, 13 ^ Prov. 1. 24-32 y Ezr. 5. 12 * 2 K. 25. 1-7 " ver. 7, 10 !> 2 K. 25. 9 ; Jer. 52. 13 ' 2 K. 25. 11 d Jer. 27. 7 ' Jer. 29. 10 turn of the year king Nebuchad- nezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house 9f Jehovah, and made "Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. 11^ Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem : 1 2 and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God ; « he humbled not himself ''before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of Jehovah. 13 And *he also re- belled against king Nebuchadnez- zar, who had made him swear by God : but ' he stiffened his neck, and Miardened his heart against turning unto Jehovah, the God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the peo- ple, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations ; and they polluted the house of Je- hovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. 1.5 And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, "sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had com- gassion on his people, and on is dwelling-place : 16 but they "mocked the messengers of God, and ^ despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, ^ until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no ® remedy. 17 ^Therefoi^e he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed : he gave them all into his hand. 18 And "all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jeho- vah, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon. 19 And *they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And them that had escaped from the sword ''carried he away to Baby- lon ; and ''they were servants _ to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21 Ho fulfil the word of Jehovah by the s Heb. strengthened. * Heb. healing. 463 36.22 II. CHRONICLES 36.23 C]rTns decrees tlie Reboilding of the Temple mouth of Jeremiah, until "the land had enjoyed its sabbaths : for * as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 22 "Now in the first year of ^ Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah ''by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accom- plished, Jehovah ^stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, 1 Heb. Coresh. ° Lev. 26. 34 i> Lev. 26. 4 <" Ezr. 1. 1-3 d Jer. 26 12 ; 29. 10 ' Is 44. 28 so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and 2ntt it also in writing, saying, 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me ; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up. 464 THE BOOK OF EZRA Cyrus's Proclamation concerning tlie Temple, The Temple Treasures restored. List of those who returned from Banyi»r, 1"Now in the first year of ■^ Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accompHshed, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he *made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, the God of heaven, given me ; and ''he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 3 Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusa- lem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, the God of Israel ^{''he is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whosoever is left, in any place where he sojourn- eth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, be- sides the freewill-offering for the house of God which is in Jeru- salem. 5 Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah and Ben- jamin, and the priests, and the Levites, " even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jeru- salem. 6 And all they that were round about them -^strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly of- fered. 7 ^Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of Jehovah, ''which Nebu- chadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods ; 8 even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treas- urer, and numbered them unto • Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. 9 And this is the number of them : 1 Heb. Coresh. * Or, he is the Ood who is in Jerusalem " 2 Chr. 22 6 ch. 5. 13 ' Is. 44. 28 , 45. 1, 12, 13 d Dan. 6. 26 /ch. 6. 22; Is. 35. 3 ^ ch. 6. 14 ; 6. 5 A 2 Chr. 36. 7 i ch. 6. 14 * ch. 8. 27 'Neh. 7. 6-73 * thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives, 10 thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other ves- sels a thousand. 1 1 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thou- sand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. 2' Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom "' Nebuchadnezzar the king of Baby- lon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city ; 2 who came with Zerubba- bel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, ^Seraiah, ^ Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, ''Mis- par, Bigvai, ''Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel : 3 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred seventy and two. 4 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred sev- enty and two. 5 The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. 6 The children of Pahath- moab, of the children of Jeshua aTul Joab, two thousand eight hun^ dred and twelve. 7 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and ^e. 9 The children of Zaccai, seven hun- dred and threescore. 10 The chil- dren of **Bani, six hundred forty and two. 11 The children of Be- bai, six hundred twenty and three. 12 The children of Azgad, a thou- sand two hundred twenty and two. 13 The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. 14 The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. 15 The children of 3 Heb. NehuchadnezzoT. * In Neh. 7. 7, Azariah. 5 In Neh. 7. 7, Raaviiah. 6 In Neh. 7. 7, Mispereth. 7 In Neh. 7. 7, Nehum. 8 In Neh. 7. 16, Binnui. 465 2.16 EZEA 2.62 List of those who retnrned n-om Babylon Adin, four hundred fifty and four. 16 The children of Ater, of Heze- kiah, ninety and eiglit. 17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. 18 The chil- dren of ^Jorah, a hundred and twelve. 19 The children of Ha- shum, two hundred twenty and three. 20 The children of '^Gib- bar, ninety and five. 2 1 The chil- dren of Beth-lehem, a hundred twenty and three. 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and six. 23 The men of Anathoth, ahundred twenty and eight. 24 The children of ^ Azmaveth, forty and two. 25 The children of "* Kiriath-arira, Chephi- rah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. 26 The chil- dren of Ramah and Geba, six hun- clrecl twenty and one. 27 The men of Michmas, a hundred twenty and two. 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. 29 The children of Nebo, fifty and two. 30 The children of Magbish, a hundred fifty and six. 31 The children of the other Elam, a thou- sand two hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 33 The chil- dren of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. 34 The children of J ericho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. 36 "The priests : the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of Immer, a thou- sand fifty and two. 38 * The chil- dren of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 39 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 40 The Levites : the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the chil- drfn of ^Hodaviah, seventy and four. 41 The singers : the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight. 42 The children of the por- ters : the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the chil- dren of Shobai, in all a hundred thirty and nine. 43 The Nethinim : the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, 1 In Neh. 7. 24, Hariph. * In Neh. 7. 25, Oibeoyi. 8 In Neh. 7. 28, BHh-nzmaveth. * In Neh. 7. 29, Kiriath-jenrim. * In ch. 3. 9, Judah. In Neh. 7. 43, Hodevah. " 1 Chr. 2). 7-18 • 2 S. 17. 27 d Num. 16. 39, 40 466 the children of Tabbaoth, 44 the children of Keros, the children of '^Siaha, the children of Padon, 45 the children of Lebanah, the chil- dren of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 46 the children of Hagab, the children of ^ Shamlai, the chil- dren of Hanan, 47 the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the chilaren of Gazzam, 49 the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, 50 the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of * Ne- phisim, 51 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the chil- dren of Harhur, 52 the children of ^Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 53 the chil- dren of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Teraah, 54 the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 55 The children of Solomon's servants : the children of Sotai, the children of ^" Hassophereth, the children of " Pei'uda, 56 the chil- dren of Jaalah. the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 57 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of i-Ami. .58 All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's ser- vants, were three hundi'ed ninety and two. 59 And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-har- sha. Cherub, ^^ Addan, and Immer ; but they could not show their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel : 60 the children of Delaiah, the chil- dren of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 61 And of the children of the priests : the children of " Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the chil- dren of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of "Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called af t^r their name. 62 These sought their regis- ter among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found : ** tlierefore ^^ were they « In Neh. 7. 47, Sia. ? In Neh. 7. 48, Salmai. 8 Another reading is, AVp/twsfm. In Neh. 7. 52, Netyhushesim. » In Neh. 7. 64, BazUth. 10 In Neh. 7. 57, Sophereth. 11 In Neh. 7. 57, Perida. 12 In Neh. 7. 59, Amon. 13 In Neh. 7. 61, Addon. 1* In Neh. 7. 63, Hohalah. 15 Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood. 2.63 EZRA 3.13 The Kmnber of those who retorned. 'Sacrifldal Worship resnmed. Rebailding of the Temple begnn deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. 63 And the governor said unto them, "that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest *with Urim and with Thummim. 64 The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 65 besides their men-servants and their maid- servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred "singing men and singing women. 66 Their horses were seven hun- dred thirty and six ; their mules, two hundred forty and five; 67 their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 65 And some of the heads of fathers' houses, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offei'ed willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place: 69 they gave after their ability ''into the treasury of the work threescore and one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand ^pounds of silver, and one hun- dred priests' garments. 70 So the priests, and the Le- vites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. 3 "And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Isi-ael were in the cit- ies, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then stood up •'' Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and ^'Zerubbabel the son ''of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, 'as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. _ 3 And they set the altar -upon its base; *for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the coun- tries: and they 'offered burnt- offerings thereon unto Jehovah, even burnt-offerings morning and evening. 4 '"And thej'- kept the feast of tabernacles, "as it is writ- ten, and offered the daily burnt- offerings by number, "according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required ; 5 and afterward the continual burnt-offering, and ''the offerings of the new moons, and 1 Heb. maneh. * Or, in its place " Lev. 2. 3, lu >> Ex. 28. 30 " 2 Chr. 36. 25 rf ch. 8. 26-34 ^ Nell. 7. 73 i 8. 1 /Neh. 12. 1,8 S' ch. 2. 2 ft 1 Chr. 3. 17 ' Dt. 12. 5, 6 *-■ ch. 4. 4 ' Num. 28. 2 '" Nell. 8. 14 " Ex. 23. le " Num. 29. 12 •'' Num. 28. II 1 Num. 29. 39 '■ 2 Chr. 2. 10 ' 2 Chr. 2. 16 'ch. 1. 2; 6. 3 " ver. 2 ; ch. 4. 3 '" 1 Chr. 23. 4. 24 ^ 1 Chr. 6. 31 ; 26. 1 V Neh. 12. 24, • 1 Chr. 16. 34 " Hag. 2. 3 467 «of all the set feasts of Jehovah that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill-offering unto Jehovah. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt- offerings unto Jehovah: but the foundation of the temple of Jeho- vah was not yet laid. 7 They gave money also unto the ^masons, and to the carpenters; and 'food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, Ho bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, 'according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. 8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began "Zerubbabel the son of She- altiel, and Jeshua the son of Joza- dak, and the x'est of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem, and "ap- pointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to ^have the oversight of the work of the house of Jehovah. 9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of ^ Judah, ''together, to have the over- sight of the workmen in the house of God : the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. 10 And when the build- ers laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, 'they set the priests in their api;iarel with trum- pets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Je- hovah, ""after the order of David king of Israel. _ 1 1 And *they sang one to another in praising and giv- ing thanks unto Jehovah, saying, ' For he is good, for his loving- kindness endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jeho- vah was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, "the old men that had seen ^the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 13 so that the people could 3 Or, heivers * Or, set forward the work 5 In ch. 2. 40, HodavKih. « Heb. as one. ' According to some MSS., the priests stood. 8 Or, the first house standing on its foundatiotii when this house was bejore their eyes 4.1 EZEA 4.22 Adversaries hinder the Work. They write to Artaierxes, The King's Reply, ordering the Woric to cease not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weep- ing of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar oif. 4 Now when "the adversaries of Judah and Beniamin heard that Hhe children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jeho- vah, the God of Israel; 2 then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses, and said unto them. Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; ^"and we sacrifice unto him since the days of "* Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither. 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said unto them, "^ Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, -^as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath com- manded us. 4 Then ^the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and ^troubled them in building, 5 and hired counsellors against them, to frus- trate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 6 And in the reign of ^''Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the in- habitants of Judah and Jerusalem. 7 And in the days of ''Artax- erxes wi-ote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his com- panions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the ^ Syrian chfuxicter, and set forth in Hhe ^ Syrian tongue. 8 ® Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort : 9 then tvrote Eehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and *the rest of their com- panions, the Dinaites, and 'the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, 10 and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Sama- • Another reading is, yet we do not sacrifice since &c. 2 Or, terrified ^ Or, Xerxes Heb. Ahashverosh. * Heb. Artahshashta. 5 Or, Aramaic ' Oh. 4. 8-6. 18 is in Aramaic. ■^ ver. 7-10 i>ch. 1. 11 " 2 K. 17. 32 d 2 K. 19. 37 " Neh. 2. 20 /ch. 1. 1,2 " ch. 3. 3 h Esth. 1. 1 ; Dan. 9. 1 ' 2 K. 18. 26 ; Dan. 2. 4 «; 2 K. 17. 24 ' ch. 5. 0 ; 6. 6 ^ ver. 11, 17 , ch. 7. 12 " 2 Chr. 36. 13 » ch. 5. 3, 9 P ver. 20 9 Neh. 8. 8 ■ 1 K. 4. 21 ; 1 Chr. IS. 3 ' ver. 13 ; ch. 7. 24 468 ria, and in the rest of the country beyond the River, '"and so forth. 1 1 This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men be- yond the River, and so forth. 12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building "the rebellious and the bad city, and "have finished the walls, and repaired the founda- tions. 13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, ^they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful unto the kings. 14 Now because we eat the salt of the pal- ace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king; 15 that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers : so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurt- ful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste. 16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River. 1 7 Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and ^in the rest of the country beyond the River : Peace, and so forth. 1 8 The letter which ye sent unto us hath been ®« plainly read before me. 1 9 And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedi- tion have been made therein. 20 *■ There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and "tribute, custom, and toll, was paid unto them. 21 Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me. 22 And take heed that ye be not slack herein : why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings'? 7 Or, unto the rest beyond &C. 8 Or, translated 4.23 EZRA 6.3 Tbe Work of bailding the Temple resumed. Tattenai writes to Darius concerning it. Darius finds Cyrus's Decree 23 Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem ; and it ceased un- til the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. 5 Now the prophets,^ "Haggai the prophet, and *Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem ; in the name of the God of Israel ^ 'prophesied they unto them. 2 Then rose up "Zerubba- bel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God whicn is at Jerusalem ; and ** with them were the prophets of God, helping them. 3 At the same time came to them •■ Tattenai, the governor beyond the Eiver, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto thern, -^Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall 1 i <> Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were that were making this building. 5 But '' the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, till the mat- ter should come to Darius, and then " answer should be returned by letter concerning it. 6 The_ copy of the letter that 'Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions *the Aphar- sachites, who were beyond the River, sent unto Darius the king; 7 they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus : Unto Darius the king, all peace. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls ; and this work goeth on with dili- gence and prospereth in their hands. 9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this walH 10 We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that 1 Or, which was upon them 2 Or, they returned answer " Hag. 1. 1 b Zech. 1. 1 "^ ch. 3, 2 d ch. 6. 14 ; Hag. 2. 4 ; Zech. 3. 1 ^ ch. 6. 6, 13 /ver. 9; ch. 1. 3 V ver. 10 '' cli. 7. 6, 28 ' ver. 3 k ch. 4. 9 ' I K. 6. 1, 38 '" 2 Chr. 36. 10, 17 " ch. 1. 1 » ch. 1. 7 ; 6. 6 ; Dan. 5. 2 P ver. 16 ; ch. 1. 8 1 ch. 3. 8, 10 "■ ch. 6. 15 ' ch. 6. 1, 2 t ch. 5. 17 "ch. 1. 1; 6. 13 were at the head of them. 1 1 And thus they returned us answer, say- ing. We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are build- ing the house that was builded these many years ago, ' which a great king of Israel builded and finished. 12 But ^"' after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and car- ried the people away into Babylon. 1 3 But " in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. 14 And "the gold and silver vessels also of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jer'u- salem, and brought into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one ^' whose name was Shesh- bazzar, whom he had made gov- ernor; 15 and he said unto him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place. 16 Then came the same Shesh bazzar, and *laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and '' yet it is not completed. 17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, * let there be search made in the king's treas- ure-house, which is there at Baby- lon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusa- lem ; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. 6 Then Darius the king made a decree, and 'search was made in the house of the ^archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. 2 And there was found at ^Achmetha, in the palace that is "in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record : 3 " In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree : Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly 3 Or, because that * Aram, books. 6 That is, Ecbatana. 469 6.4 EZRA 7.3 Darias orders Tattenai to help in the Work. The Temple finished and dedicated. The Passover kept laid ; the height thereof three- score cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits ; 4 " with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber : and let the expenses be given out of the king's house. 5 And also let * the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnez- zar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place ; and thou shalt put them in the house of God. 6 Now therefore, "Tattenai, gov- ernor beyond the River, Shethar- bozenai, and ^your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, be ye far from thence : 7 let the work of this house of God alone ; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place. 8 More- over "* I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God : that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered. 9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven ; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jei-usalem,_let it be given them day by day without fail ; 10 that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor unto the God of heaven, and * pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. 1 1 Also I have made a decree, that ■''whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be Eulled out from his house, and let im be lifted up and fastened thereon ; and " let his house be made a dunghill for this : 1 2 and the God that ''hath caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree ; let it be done with all diligence. 13 Then 'Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-boze- nai, and their companions, '^be- cause that Darius the king had 1 Aram, their. * Or, because of that which &c. " 1 K. 6. 36 * ch. I. 7 ; 5. 14 ' ver. 13 ; ch. 6. 3 ^ ver. 4 ; ch. 7. 14-22 ' ch. 7. 23 / ch. 7. 26 y Dan. 2. 5 ; 3. 29 A Dt. 12. 5, 11 • ver. 6 t ch. 5. 1, 2 'ch. 1. 1 '" ver. 12 " ch. 7. 1 " Esth. 3. 7 P 2 Chr. 7. 6 <" 2 Chr. 35. 5 " 1 Chr. 23. 6 t Num. 3. 6 ; 8.9 " Ex. 12. 6 •^ 2 Chr. 29. 34 ; 30. 15 y 2 Chr. 35. II ■ Neh. 9. 2 ; 10. 28 " ch. 9. 11 b Ex. 12. 15 ' ch. 7. 27 rf ch. 1. 1 ; 6. 1 ' 1 Chr. 6. 4-14 / ver. 12, 21 , Neh. 2. 1 470 sent, did accordingly with all diligence. 14 And *the elders of the Jews builded and pros- pered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zecha- riah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree ' of Cyrus, and '" Darius, and "Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15 And this house was finished on the third day of the "month Adar, which Avas in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. . 16 And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, * kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. 17 And they offered at the dedica- tion of this house of God a hun- dred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs ; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, * twelve he-goats, according to the num- ber of the tribes of Israel. 18 And they set the priests in *■ their divisions, and the Levites in 'their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem ; 'as it is written in the book of Moses. 19 And "the children of the captivity kept the passover upon "the fourteenth day of the first month. 20 ""For the priests and the Levites had purified them- selves ^ together ; all of them were pure : and *'they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their breth- ren the priests, and for themselves. 21 And the children of Israel that were come again out of the cap- tivity, and ^all such as had sepa- rated themselves unto them from "the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah, the God of Israel, did eat, 22 and * kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy : for Jehovah had made them joyful, and " had turned the heart of ^ the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. 7" Now after these things, in the reign of •''Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hil- kiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the 3 Heb. as one. 7.3 EZRA 7.27 Ezra comes to Jernsalem. letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aai'on the chief priest — 6 this Ezra went up fi-om Babylon. And he was a ready "scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given ; and the king granted him all his request, ''according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him. 7 And " there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. 8 And he came to Jeru- salem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. 9 For upon the first day of the first month ^ began he to go up from Babylon ; and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, •'according to the good hand of his God upon him. 10 For Ezra liad set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and " to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances. 11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel : 12 ^Artaxerxes, •'^king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth. 13 "I make a de- cree, that all they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee. 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent ^of the king and his ''seven coun- sellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand, 15 and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, ^ whose habita- tion is in Jerusalem, 16 and 'all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, 'with the freewill-offering of the 1 Heb. that was the foundation of the going up. 2 Ch. 7. 12-26 is in Aramaic. 3 Aram, from before the king. " ver. 11, 12, 21 b ver. 9, 28 " ch. 8. 1-20 rf ver. 6 ' ver. 26 ; Nell. 8. 1 /Ezek. 26. 7 ; Dan. 2. 37 '■' ch. 6. 1 '' ver. 15, 28 , ch. 8. 25 ' ch. 6. 12 * ch. 8. 25 ' ch. 1. 4, 6 '" Num. 15. 4-13 " Dt. 12. 5-11 0 ch. 6. 4 « ch. 6. 10 "■ ver. 7 « ch. 4. 13, 20 t Ex. 18. 21 ; Dt. 16. 18 " ver. 10 " ch. 6. 11, 12 people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem; 17 therefoi-e thou shalt with all dili- gence buy with this money bul- locks, rams, lambs, "with their meal-offerings and their drink- offerings, and "shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. 18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethi^en to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God. 19 And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. 20 And whatso- ever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, "bestow it out of the king's treas- ure-house. 21 And I, even I Artax- erxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are be- yond the River, that whatsoever Ezra'the priest, ^'the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence, 22 unto a hundred tal- ents of silver, and to a hundred * measures of wheat, and to a hun- dred baths of wine, and to a hun- dred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how mvich. 23 What- soever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven ; for "why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons '? 24 Also we certify you, that 'touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, ^it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, upon them. 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, 'appoint magis- trates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God ; and " teach ye him that knoweth them not. 26 And " whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to ^banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 27 Blessed be Jehovah, the God * Aram. cors. 471 6 Aram, rooting out. 7.28 EZRA 8.26 List oT tbose wbo went with Ezra. Levites and Netliiaim sent for. 1 Fast proclaimed. Gifts for thr Temple weighed of our fathers, " who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem ; 28 and * hath extended lovingkindness unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to the hand of Jehovah my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. 8 Now these are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxei'xes the king : 2 Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershqm. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush. 3 Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah ; and with him were reckoned by gene- alogy of the males a hundi^ed and fifty. 4 Of the sons of Pahath- moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zera- hiah ; and with him two hundred males. 5 Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel ; and with him three hundred males. 6 And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males. 7 And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah ; and with him seventy males. 8 And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zeba- diah the son of Michael ; and with him fourscore males. 9 Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel ; and with him two hundred and eighteen males. 10 And of tJie sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah ; and with him a hun.- dred and threescore males. 11 And of the sons of Bebai, Zecha- riah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty and eight males. 12 And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan ; and with him a hundred and ten males. 13 And of the sons of Adonikam, that tvere the last ; and these are their names : Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah ; and with them three- score males. 14 And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and ^ Zabbud ; and with them seventy males. 15 And I gathered them to- gether to " the river that runneth to Ahava ; and there we encamped three days : and I viewed the peo- ple, and the priests, and "* found there none of the sons of Levi. 1 Another reading is, Zaccwr. "ch. 6. 22 6ch. 9.9 <^ ver 21, 31 d ver 2; ch 7. r ' ch. 2. 43 /ch. 7.0 0 ch. 2. 43 ; 7.7 h 1 S. 7. 6 ; 2 Chr. 20. 3 i ver. 16, 31 * ch. 7. 6, 9, 28 ' Josh. 23. 16 " ver. 33 " ch. 7. If., 16 ^ch. 7. 14 472 16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elna- than, and for Jarib, and for El- nathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam. chief men ; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, '^ who were teachers. 17 And ^I sent them forth unto iddq the chief at the place (Ja- siphia ; and I told them what they should say unto '^Iddo, and his brethren "the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. 18 And ^ac- cording to the good hand of our God ujDon us they brought us ''a man ot discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel ; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; 19 and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty ; 20 and of " the Nethinim. whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, t\yo hundred and twenty Nethi- nim : all of them were mentioned by name. 21 Then I proclaimed *a fast there, at ' the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves be- fore ouV God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our sub- stance. 22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of sol- diers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, *The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good ; but ' his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this : and he was entreated of us. 24 Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the ® priests, ''even '" Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 and "weighed unto them "the sil- ver, and tlie gold, and the vessels,^ even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and ''his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had of- fered: 26 * I weighed into their 2 Or, who had undeTstanding 3 Another reading is, / gave them, command- ment. * The text as pointed has, Iddo, his brother. 5 Or, Jsh-sechel 6 jn Neh. 12. 24, Levites. 7 Or, besides 8.27 EZRA 9.10 Arrival ia Jernsalem. Sacrifices offered. Ezra bears of the Mixed Marriages. His Gonfession and Prayer concerning tliem hand six hundred and fifty tal- ents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents; of gold a hun- dred talents; 27 and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics ; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, " Ye are holy unto Je- hovah, and *the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-olTering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, " until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jeru- salem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah. 30 ISo the priests and ^he Levites ''received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. 31 Then we departed from "the river Aliava on •''the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jeru- salem : and "the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lier-in-wait by the way. 32 ''And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 33 And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels *' were weighed in the house of our God ^into the hand of * Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest (and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas ; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son. of Binnui, the Le- vites)— 34 the whole by number and by weight : and all the weight was written at that time. 35 'The children of the captiv- ity, that were come out of exile, offered burnt-offerings unto the God of Israel, '"twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering : all this was a burnt-oftering unto Jehovah. 36 And " they delivered the king's commissions unto "the king's satraps, and to the govern- ors beyond the River : and they furthered the people and the house of God. 9 Now when these things were done, the princes drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not ^ separated them- selves frorn the peoples of the lands, ''doing according to their 1 Or, by " Lev. 21. 6-8 * Lev. 22. 2, 3 " ver. 3:i, at d ch. 1. 9 ' ver. 15, 21 / ch. r. 9 'J ver. 22 ^Neh. 2. 11 ' ver. 30 k Neh. 3. 4, 21 ' ch. 2. 1 '" ch. 6. 17 " ch. 7. 21-24 " ch. 4. 7 ; 5. 6 P ch. 6. 21 , Neh. i). 2 9 Lev. 18. i4-30 "" ch. 10. 2, 18 ' Ex, 22. 31 ' Neh. 13. 3 " 2 K. 18. 37 " Neh. 1. 4 ■^ ch. 10. 3 " Ex. 29. 39 ^ Ex. 9. 29 " ver. 13, 15 : 2 Chr. 28. 9 ; Rev. 18. 5 b 2 Chr. 29. 6 ' Dan. 9, 7 d ver. 13-15 ' Is. 22. 23 / Neh. 9. 36 abominations, even of the Canaan- ites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For '"they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that 'the holy seed have 'mingled them- selves with the peoples of the lands : yea, the hand of the princes and '^ rulers hath been ^ chief in this trespass. 3 And when I heard this thing, "I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked ofi" the hair of my head and of my beard, and "sat down confounded. 4 Then were assembled unto me ''every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, be- cause of the trespass of them of the captivity; and I sat con- founded until ^the evening obla- tion. 5 And at the evening oblation I arose up from my ^ humiliation, even with my gai-ment and my robe rent ; and I fell upon my knees, and ^spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God ; 6 and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God ; for our iniquities are increa.sed over our head, and our "guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens. 7 * Since the days of our fathers we have been * ex- ceeding guilty unto this day ; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been deliv- ered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to cap- tivity, and to plunder, and ""to confusion of face, as it is this day. 8 And now for a little moment grace hath been showed from Je- hovah our God, ''to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a "nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. 9 -^For we are bondmen ; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but ^hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a re- viving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ''ruins thereof, and to give us a '^wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say 473 2 Or, deputies 3 Or, first i Or, Jasting s Heb. in great guiltiness. s Or, waste places 1 Or, fence 9.11 EZRA 10.14 Ezra's Goafessiou and Prayer concerning Mixed Marriages. The People promise to abandon them after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, 1 1 which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the un- cleanness of the peoples of the lands, through tlieir abomina- tions, which have filled it from one end to another "with their filthiness : 1 2 now therefore * give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their pi'osperity for ever ; that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and " leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 13 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for "^our great guilt, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such "a rem- nant, 14 -^shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affin- ity with the peoples that do these abominations 1 ^ wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape 1 15 O Jehovah, the God of Israel, ^ thou art righteous ; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day : behold, we are be- fore thee in ' our guiltiness ; for *none can stand before thee be- cause of this. ^ /^ Now ' while Ezra prayed JLV>f and made confession, weep- ing and casting himself down "• before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assem- bly of men and women and chil- dren ; for the people wept very sore. 2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, " We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land : yet now there is hope for Israel con- cerning this thing. 3 Now there- fore " let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and ^such as are born of them, according to the counsel of ^my lord, and of » those that tremble at the commandment of our God ; and let it be done ""according to the law. 4 Arise ; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are I Or, the Lord " ch. 6. 21 ft ver. 2 ' Prov. 13. 22 d 7er. 6, 7 ^ ver. 8 /ver. 2 " Dt. 9. 8, H A Neh. 9. 'ii ; Dan. 9. 7 « ver. 6 fc Job 9. 2 ' Dan. 9. 4, 20 "' 2 Chr. 20. 9 " ch. 9. 2 " 2 Chr. 34. 31 P ver. 44 9 ch. 9. 4 '■ Dt. 7. 2, 3 ' 1 Chr. 28. 10 ' Neh. 5. 12 ; 13. 2.5 " ver. 1 ^ Dt. 9. 18 - ver. 3 ; ch. 9.4 y Lev. 26. 40 with thee : ' be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arose Ezra, and 'made the chiefs of the priests, the Le- vites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they sware. 6 Then Ezra "rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib : and when he came thither, "he did eat no bread, nor drink water ; for he mourned be- cause of the trespass of them of the captivity. 7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the chil- dren of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem ; 8 and that who- soever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his sub- stance should be -forfeited, and himself separated from the assem- bly of the captivity. 9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered them- selves together unto Jerusalem within the three days (it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month) ; and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, ^trem- bling because of this matter, and for ^the great rain. 10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them. Ye have trespassed, and have married foreign women, to increase the guilt of Israel. 11 Now therefore ■**'make confession unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure ; and "■ separate yourselves from the peo- ples of the land, and from the foreign women. 1 2 Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, ^As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do. 13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without : neither is this a work of one day or two ; for we have greatly trans- gressed in this matter. 14 Let now our princes ''be appointed for all the assemblj'', and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the 2 Heb. devoted. 3 Heb. the rains. * Or, dive thanks 5 Or, As thou hast said, so it behooveth us to do c Heb. stand. 474 10.15 EZRA Mixed Oarriages abandoned. List of those tliat Iiad Foreign Wives 10.44 judges thereof, until the "fiei'ce wrath of our God be turned from us, ^ until this matter be de- spatched. 15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah '^ stood up against this matter : and Meshullam and Shab- bethai the Levite helped them. 16 And the children of the cap- tivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 1 7 And they made an end with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month. 18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women : namely, of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maase- iah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 1 9 And * they gave their hand that they would put away their wives ; and being guilty, " they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. 20 And of the sons of Immer : Hanani and Zebadiah. 21 And of the sons of Harim : Maa- seiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 22 And of the sons of Pashhur : Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Joza- bad, and Elasah. 23 And of the Levites : Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. 24 And of the singers : Eliashib. And of the porters : Shallum, and Telem, and tJri. 1 Or, as touching this matter 2 Or, were appointed over this " 2 Chr. 29. 10 ; 30. 8 6 2 K. 10. 15 " Lev. 5. 15 ; <* ver. 3 25 And of Israel : Of the sons of Parosh : Ramiah, and Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Elea- zar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. 26 And of the sons of Elam : Mat- taniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah. 27 And of the sons of Zattu : Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 28 And or the sons of Bebai : Jeho- hanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai. 29 And of the sons of Bani : Me- shullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, ^ Jeremoth. 30 And of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maa- seiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Bin- nui, and Manasseh. 31 And of the sons of Harim : Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32 Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah. 33 Of the sons of Hashum : Mat- tenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei. 34 Of the sons of Bani : Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, ^Cheluhi, 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and ^ Jaasu, 38 and Bani, and Bin- nui, Shimei, 39 and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 40 Machna- debai, Shashai, Sharai, 41 Azarel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 42 Shal- lum, Amariah, Joseph. 43 Of the sons of Nebo : Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, ''Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah. 44 All these had taken foreign wives ; and ^ '' some of them had wives by whom they had chil- dren. 3 Another reading is, and Ramoth. * Another reading is, Cheluhu. 6 Another reading is, Jaasai. 6 Another reading is, Jaddai. 1 Or, some of the wives had borne children 475 THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH nehemiah's (irief and Prayer ronceming the Jews left at Jernsalem. He gets Permission to visit them IThe ^ words of "Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in Hhe month Chislev, "in the twentieth year, as I was in ''Shushan the ■-palace, 2 that * Hanani, one of ray brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah ; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusa- lem. 3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity thei'e in Hhe province are in great affliction and ^re- proach: ''the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and 'the gates thereof are burned with fire. 4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that * I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days ; and I fasted and prayed be- fore ' the God of heaven, 5 and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, ™ the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments : 6 "let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou may- est hearken unto the pi'ayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, while "I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, ^I and my father's house have sinned : 7 *we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the stat- utes, nor the ordinances, ''which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. 8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou com- mandedst thy servant Moses, say- ing, "If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples : 9 'but if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heav- 1 Or, history * Or, castle " ch. 10. 1 i> Zech. 7. 1 ' ch. 2. 1 rfEsth. 1. 2; Dan. 8. 2 " ch. 7. 2 /ch. 7.6 " ch. 2. 17 '' ch. 2. 17 ' ch. 2. 3 * Ezr. 9. 3 , 10. 1 ' ch. 2. 4 "' ch. 4. 14 ; 9. 32 " Dan. 9. 17 " Ezr. 10. 1 ; Dan. 9. 20 P 2 Chr. 29. 6 « Dan. 9. 6 '" Dt. 28. 14 ' Lev. 26. 33 « Dt. 3D. 2, 3 " Dt. 30. 4 " Dt. 12. 5 " Ex. .32. U ; Dt. 9. 29 » ver. 6 ♦ ch. 2. 1 ; Gen. 40. 21- "ch. 1. 1 f> Ezr. 7. 1 «ch. 1. 11 d Prov. 15. 13 ^ Dan. 2. 4 /ch. 1.3 " ch. 1. 4 ft ch. 5. 14 ; 13.6 Ezr. 7. 21 ; 8. 36 ens, yet " will I gather them from thence, and will bring them " unto the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there. 10 Now ^ these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast re- deemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. 110 Lord, I beseech thee, ^ let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy ser- vant, and to the prayer of thy ser- vants, who delight to fear thy name ; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. fc~) Now I was ^ cupbearer to the ^ king. 1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, " in the twenti- eth year of *Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that " I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been be- foretime sad in his presence. 2 And the king said unto me. Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick'? "^this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. 3 And I said unto the king, " Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, -^when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire"? 4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request 1 ^ So I prayed to the God of neaven. 5 And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. 6 And the king said unto me (the queen also sitting by him). For how long shall thy journey hel and when wilt thou return"? So it pleased the king to send me; and ''I set him a time. 7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters oe given me *to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through 476 2.8 NEHEMIAK 3.10 Nehemiah goes and views the City. He begins the Rebuilding of tiic (Vail. Details of the Work on the Gates till I come unto Judah; 8 and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's ^"forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of '' the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to "the good hand of my God upon me. 9 Then I came to "^ the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now "the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen. 10 And when •'^Sanballat the Horonite, and To- biah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceed- ingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the chil- dren of Israel. 11 So I came to Jerusalem, a,nd was there three days. 12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. 13 And I went out by night by ^the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, ''which were broken down, and the 'gates thereof were consumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to *the fountain gate and to 'the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall ; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned. 16 Ana the -rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the -' rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. 17 Then said I unto them. Ye see the evil case that we are in, how "* Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire : come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. 18 And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me, as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said. Let us rise up and build. " So they strengthened thei r hands for the good work. 1 9 But 1 Or, park i Or, deputies " Eccl. 2. 5, G b ch. T. 2 " ver. 18 ; Ezr. 7. 6 rf ver. 7 « Ezr. 8. 22 /ver. 19; ■ch. 4. 1 " ch. 3. 13 '1 eh. 1. 3 ' ver. 3, 17 * ch. 3. 16 ' 2 K. 20. 20 '" ch. 1. 3 " 2 S. 2. 7 0 ch. 6. 6 ^ ch. 4. 1 « ch. G. 6 "" ver. 4 ' ver. 20 ; ch. 13. 28 ' ver. 32 ; ch. 12. 39 " ch. 6. 1 ; 7. 1 " eh. 12. 39 " Jer. 31. 38 y ch. 7. 36 • ch. 12. 39 ' ch. 12. 39 i> ch. 2. 7 " ver. 31, 32 '' ch. 12. 38 ^ ver. 12, 17 477 when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and "Geshem the Arabian, heard it, ^they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that yo do"? *will ye rebel against the king"? 20 Then an- swered I them, and said unto them, ''The God of heaven, he will prosper us ; therefore we his ser- vants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. 3 Then » Eliashib the high priest rose up with his breth- ren the priests, and they builded ' the sheep gate ; they sanctified it, and " set up the doors of it ; even unto *'the tower of ^Ham- meah they sanctified it, unto ^ the tower of Hananel. 2 And next unto liim builded 2/ the men of Jericho. And next to ^them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. 3 And 'the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build ; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof. 4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urian, the son of Hakkoz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Mesheza- bel. And next unto them re- paired Zadok the son of Baana. 5 And next unto them the Teko- ites repaired ; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their ''lord. 6 And "^"the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof. 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon theMeronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, ''that appertained to the throne of the governor beyond the River. 8 Next unto him re- paired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, ''goldsmiths. And next unto him repaired Hananiah one of the per- fumers, and they '' fortified Jerusa- lem even unto ''the broad wall. 9 And next unto them repaired Re- phaiah the son of Hur, "the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem. 10 And next unto them repaired 3 Or, The hundred * Heb. him. 6 Or, lords Or, Lord 6 Or, Ihe gate of the old city (or, of the old wall) 7 Or. left 3.11 NEHEMIAH 4.2 Details of the Work on the dates and the Wall. The Work ridicnled by Sanballat and Tobiah Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah, 11 Malchijah the ion of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired another portion, and "the tower of the furnaces. 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallo- hesh, 'the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 13 "The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah ; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thou- sand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate. 14 And ''the dung gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechao, the ruler of the district of ''Beth-hac- cherem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof. 15 And -^the fountain gate re- E aired Shallun the son of Col- ozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set u]0 the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of ^Shelah by ^the king's garden, even unto *the stairs that go down from the city of David. 16 After him re- paired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, *the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and unto * the pool that was rnade, and unto the house of the mighty men. 17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hasha- biah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district. 1 8 After him repaired their brethren, Bav- vai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah. 19 And next to him repaired Ezer the son of .Jeshua, 'the ruler of Miz- pah, another portion, over against the ascent to the armory "at the turning of the wall. 20 After him Baruch the son of '■^Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of "Eliashib the high priest. 21 After him repaired Meremoth the son of LTrian the son of Hakkoz another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the 1 In Is. 8. 6, Shilonh. 2 Another reading i8, Zaccai. " ch. 12. 38 >> ver. 9 " ch. 2. 13 d ch. 2. 13 " Jar. 6. 1 / ch. 2. 14 ^ 2 K. 25. 4 A ch. 12. 37 i ver. 9, 12, 17 «-• 2 K. 20. 20 ; Is. 7. 3 ' ver. 15 '" 2 Olir. 26. 9 " ver. 1 ° ch. 12. 28 P ver. 19 'J Jer. 32. 2 '■ ch. 7. 46 ' ch. 11. 21 ' ch. 8. 1 " ver. 5 "2K. 11. 16; 2 Chr. 23. 15 ; Jer. 31. 40 * ch. 13, 7 y ver. 8, 32 *rCh. iii. 33 in Heb.] " ch. 2. 10 b Ezr. 4. 9, 10 478 house of Eliashib. 22 And after him repaired the priests, "the men of the ^Plain. 23 After Hhem re- paired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After *them repaired Azariah the son of Maa- seiah the son of Ananiah beside his own house. 24 After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah unto ^the turning of the wall, and unto the corner. 25 Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and * the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by *the court of the guard. After him ^Pe- daiah the son of Parosh repaired. 26 (Now '"the Nethinim dwelt in ' Ophel, unto the place over against *the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.) 27 After him "the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel. 28 Above "the horse gate re- paired the priests, every one over against his own house. 29 After ■'them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his own house. And after him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah. the keeper of the east gate. 30 After him re- paired Hananiah the son of Shele- miah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against "^his chamber. 31 After him repaired Malchijah one of ^the goldsmiths unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the 'ascent of the corner. 32 And between the 'ascent of the corner and Hhe sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. * A But it came to pass that, ^. when "Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the .Tews. 2 And he spake before his brethren and *the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? ^will they fortify themselves 1 will they sacrifice ? will they make an end in a day % will they revive the stones 8 Or, Circnit * Heb. him. 5 Or, the upper tower . . . from the house of the king " Or, Pedaiah the son of Parosh (now . . . Ophel) repaired unto &c. ' Or, upper chamber 8 Or, will they leave to themselves aught? Or, xvill men let them alone f 4.3 NEHEMIAH 5.5 Opposition of Enemies. Precautions of tlie Bailders. Complaints abont Usury out of " the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned'? 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said. Even that which they are building, * if a ^ iox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. 4 " Hear, O our God ; for we are despised : and ''turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity ; 5 and " cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from be- fore thee ; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. 6 So we built the wall ; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof : for the peo- ple had a mind to work. * 7 But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that ^the repairing of the walls of Jerusa- lem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth ; 8 and they conspired all of them to- f ether to come and fight against erusalem, and to cause confu- sion therein. 9 But we made our prayer unto our God, and -^set a watch against them day and night, because of them. 10 And Judah said. The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish ; so that we are not able to build the wall. 1 1 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. 12 And it came to pass that, when the Jews that dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times ^ from all places, Ye mvist return unto us. 13 Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I ^ set there the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. 14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the * rulers, and to the rest of the people, '' Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and 'fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. 15 And it came to pass, when 1 Or, jackal 2 Heb. healing went up upon the walls. 3 Or, From all places whence ye shall return they will be upon us * Or, deputies ° ver. 10 * Lam. 5. 18 <= Ps. 123. 3, 4 d Ps. 79. 12 " Ps. 69. 27, 28 ; Jer. 18. 23 /ver. 11 'J ver. 17, 18 '' Num. 14. 9, Dt. 1. 29,30 ■ 2 S. 10. 12 «: 2 S. 17. 14 *rCh. iv. 1 in Heb.] ' Ex. 14. 14 ; Dt. 1. 30 '" Lev. 25. 3i; Dt. 16.7 ■ Ezr. 4. 13 ; 7. 24 ' Gen. 37. 27 our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and * God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. 16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail ; and the rulers wei'e behind '' all the house of J udah. 1 7 They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded them- selves ; every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the otlier held his weapon- 1 8 and the builders, every one had his sword gii'ded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. 19 And I said unto the nobles, and to the * rulers and to the rest of the peo- ple. The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another : 20 in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us; 'our God will fight for us. 21 So we wrought in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. 22 Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day. 23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard that followed me, none of us put off our clothes, ''every one ivent ivith his weapon to the water. 5 Then '"there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said. We, our sons and our daughters, are many : let us get grain, that we may eat and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We are mort- gaging our fields, and our vine- yards, and our houses : let us get grain, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said. We have borrowed money "for the king's^ tribute ujion our fields and our vineyards. 5 Yet now "our flesh is as the flesh of our brethi'en, 5 Or, all the house of Judah that builded thi w((ll. And they that &c. 6 The text is obscure. 479 5.6 NEHEMIAH 6.7 Neheniiah secures the Abolition of Usury. Uiii Vnselfisliness. Intrigues of Sauballat, Tobiah, and Geshem our children as their children : and, lo, "we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daugh- ters are brought into bondage al- ready : neither is it in our power to help it ; for other men have our fields and our vineyards. 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the ^ rulers, and said unto them, *Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them. 8 And I said unto them. We after our abil- ity " have ■' redeemed our brethren the Jews, that were sold unto the nations ; and would ye even sell Sour bi'ethren, and should they e sold unto usl Then held they their peace, and found never a word. 9 Also I said. The thing that ye do is not good : ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of ''the reproach of the nations our enemies'? 10 And I likewise, my brethren and my ser- vants, do lend them money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive- yards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. 1 2 Then said they, " We will restore them, and -'will require nothing of them ; so will we clo, even as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and ^ took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise. 1 3 Also '' I shook out my lap, and said. So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise ; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And • all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise. 1 4 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their gov- ernor in the land of Judah, from * the twentieth year even unto ' the two and thirtieth year of Ar- taxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, '" I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the gov- ernor. 15 But the former gov- 1 Or, deputies 2 Heb. bought. " Lev. 25. 39 b Ex. 22. 25 ; Lev. 25. 36 <= Lev. 25. 48 rf ch. 4. 4 ' 2 Chr. 28. 15 /ch. 10. 31 " Ezr. 10. 5 A Acts 18. 6 ' ch. 8. 6 k ch. 1. 1 ' ch. 13. 6 "' Ezr. 4. 13, 14 " ver. 9 ° 1 K. 18. 19 P 1 K. 4. 22, 23 1 2 Th. 3. 8 ■ ch. 13. 14, 22,31 ' ch. 3. 1, 3 ' 1 Chr. 8. 12 « ch. 2. 19 480 ernors that were before me 'were chargeable unto the people, and took of them bread and wine, * be- sides forty shekels of silver ; yea, even their servants ® bare rule over the people : but so did not 1, " be- cause ot the fear of God. 1 6 Yea, also I ® continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land : and all my sei-vants were gathered thither unto the work. 17 Moreover "there were at my table, of the Jews and the ' rulers, a hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from among the nations that were round about us. 18 Now ^that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this « I demanded not the bread of the governor, be- cause the bondage was heavy upon this people. 1 9 *■ Remember unto me, O ray God, for good, all that I have done for this people. 6 Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left thei'ein ' (though even linto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2 that San- ballat and Gesliem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of ' Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. 3 And I sent mes- sengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I can- not come down : why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you"? 4 And they sent unto me four times after this sort ; and I answered them after the same manner. 5 Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand, 6 wherein was written. It is reported among the nations, and ' Gashmu saith it, that " thou and the .Jews think to rebel ; for which cause thou art building the wall: and thou wouldest be their king, according to these words. 7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, 3 Or, laid burdens upon * Or, at the rate of Or. afterward i Ot, lorded over <> "il&b. held fast to. ? In ver. 1, and elsewhere, Geshem. 6.8 NEHEMIAH 7.15 Sliemaiah's Deceitfot Advice. The Wall finished. Tobiah's Plots. The (iates closed at Night. List or those who returned There is a king in Judah : and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou say- est, but thou i'eignest them out of thine own heart. 9 For they all would have made us afraid, say- ing. Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, ^ 0 God, strengthen thou my hands. 1 0 And I went unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabel, "who was shut up ; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple : for they will come to slay thee ; yea, in the night will thev come to slay thee. 1 1 And I said, Should such a man as I flee'? and who is there, that, being such as I, " would go into the temple to save his life "? I will not go in. 12 And I discei^ned, and, lo, God had not sent him ; but he pronounced this pi"ophecy against me : and To- biah and Sanballat had hilled him. 13 For this cause was he hired, * that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that tliey might reproach me. 14 '^Remember, O my God, To- biah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also ''the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. 1 5 So * the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 16 And it came to pass, •'^when all our enemies heard thereof, that all the nations that were about us ^feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes ; for ^ they per- ceived that this work was wrought of our God. 17 Moreover in those days the nobles of .Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. 1 8 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son- in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arab ; and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshul- 1am the son of Berechiah to wife. 1 Or, I will sirenqthen my hands 2 Or, could (JO into the teviple and live 3 AccoTdiiig to another reading, saw. " Jer. 36. 5 b ver. 6 <' ch. 13. 29 d Ezek. 13. 17 " ch. 4. 1, 2 /c' . 2. 10; 4. 1,7 "Ex. 11. 25 A ch. 6. 1, 15 ' ch. 1. 2 * ch. 10. 23 ' ch. 2. 8 '" ch. 13. 13 " Ezr. 2. 1-70 19 Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. 7 Now it came to pass, when * the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 that I gave my brother ' Hanani, and * Hananiah the governor of ' the castle, charge over Jerusalem; for he was '"a faithful man, and feared God above many. 3 And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jei'u- salem be opened until the sun be hot ; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them : and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Je- rusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. 4 Now the city was wide and large ; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. 5 And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the ^rulers, and the people, that they might be I'eck- oned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein : 6 " These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and that returned unto Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city ; 7 who came with Zerub- babel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Ne- hum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel : 8 The children of Parosh, two thousand a hundred and seventy and two. 9 The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. 10 The children of Arab, six hundred fifty and two. 1 1 The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. 12 The children of Elam, a thou- sand two hundred fifty and four. 13 The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. 14 The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. 15 The children < Or, deputies 481 7.16 NEHEMIAH 7.64 List of those wbo first retorned from Babylon of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. 16 The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. 17 The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. 18 The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. 19 The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. 20 The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. 21 The children of Ater, of Heze- kiah, ninety and eight. 22 The children of Hashum, three hun- dred twenty and eight. 23 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. 24 The chil- dren of Hariph, a hundred and twelve. 25 The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. 26 The men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, a hundred fourscore and eight. 27 The men of Anathoth, a hun- dred twenty and eight. 28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two. 29 The men of Kiriath- jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. 30 The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one. 31 The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty and two. 32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a hundred twenty and three. 33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. 34 The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 35 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 36 The children of Jeincho, three hundred forty and five. 37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. 38 The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. 39 The priests : The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 40 The children of Immer, a thou- sand fifty and two. 41 The chil- dren of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. 42 The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. 43 The Levites : the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the chil- dren of ^ Hodevah, seventy and four. 44 The singers : the chil- dren of Asaph, a hundred forty and eight. 45 The porters : the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, 1 Another reading is, Hodeiah. the children of Akkub, the chil- dren of Hatita, the children of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight. 46 The Nethinim : the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, 47 the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, 48 the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai, 49 the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 50 the children of Re- aiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 51 the chil- dren of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, 52 the children of Besai, the chil- dren of Meunim, the children of '" Nephushesim, 53 the children of Bakbuk, the children of Haku- pha, the children of Harhur, 54 the children of Bazlith, the chil- dren of Mehida, the children of Harsha, 55 the children of Bar- kos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah, 56 the chil- dren of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. 57 The children of Solomon's servants : the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, 58 the chil- dren of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 59 the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon. 60 All the Nethinim, and the childi^en of Solomon's ser- vants, were three hundred ninety and two. 61 And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-har- sha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer ; but they could not show their fathers' houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel : 62 The children of Delaiah, the chil- dren of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 63 And of the priests : the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzil- lai, who took a wife of the daugh- ters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. 64 These sought their register among those that were reckoned by gene- alogy, but it was not found : there- fore ^were they deemed polluted 2 Another reading is, Nephishesim. 3 Heb. tliei/ were polluted from the priesthood. 482 7.65 NEHEMIAH 8.13 The Whole Homber. Honey giveu for the Temple. Ezra reads the Law to the People. He and Nehemlah comfort them and put from the priesthood. 65 And " the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with tjrim and Thum- mirn. 66 The whole assembly together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, 67 besides their men-servants and their maid- servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven : and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and sing- ing women. 68 Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six ; their mules, two hundred forty and five ; 69 their csiinels, four hundred thirty and five ; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. 70 And some from among the heads of fathers' houses gave unto the work. * The governor gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty pi'iests' garments. 71 And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred ^pounds of silver. 72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. 73 So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. "And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel 8 were in their cities. 1 And all the people gathered them- selves together as one man into the broad place that was before •* the water gate ; and they spake unto *Ezra the scribe to bring -^the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel. 2 And "Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon * the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the broad place that was before 'the water gate "from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those that could understand ; and the ears of all the people were 1 Heb. maneh. * Heb. from the light. " ch. 8. 9 ; 10. 1 >> ver. 65 ; ch. 8. 9 " Ezr. 3. 1 <* ch. 3. 26 « Ezr. 7. 6 /2Chr. 34. 15 " ch. 8. 9 ; Dt. 31. 9-11 A Lev. 23. 24 » ver. 1 ' ch. 5. IS '"■ Gen. 14. 22 " Ex. 4. 31 " ch. 7. 65, 70 P ch. 12. 26 ■ ver. 2 ■ Dt. 12. 7, 12 ' Dt. 26. 11- ' ver. 10 " ver. 7, 8 attentive unto the book of the law. 4 And Ezi^a the scribe stood upon a ^ puli)it of wood, which they had made for the purpose ; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hil- kiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand ; and on his left hand, Peda- iah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5 And Ezra opened * the book in the sight of all tne people (for he was above all the people) ; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. 6 And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God ; and all the people answered, 'Amen, Amen, ™ with the lifting up of their hands : and " they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jeho- vah with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Shere- biah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to un- derstand the law : and the people stood in their place. 8 And they read in the book, in the law of God, * distinctly ; and they gave the sense, ^ so that they understood the reading. 9 And Nehemiah, who was "the governor, and Ezra * the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the peo- ple, * This day is holy unto Jehovah your God ; ^ mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and * send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared ; for this day is holy unto our Lord : neither be ye grieved ; for the joy of Jehovah is your ^ strength. 11 So the_ Levites stilled all the people, saying. Hold your peace, for the day is holy ; neither oe ye grieved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and ' to send portions, and to make great mirth, "because they had under- stood the words that were declared unto them. 1 3 And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fa- thers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to. give attention 3 Heb. tower. * Or, with an interpretation 5 Or, and caused them to understand ' Or, stronghold 483 B. 14 NEHEMIAH 9.16 The Feast of Tabernacles observed, k Prayer of the Levites, acknowledging Jehovah's past Goodness, to the words of the law. 14 And they found written in the law, how that Jehovah had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel " should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month ; 1 5 and * that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and ''in Jeru- salem, saying, ''Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myr- tle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, IK) make booths, as it is written. 16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one *_upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of ■''the water gate, and in the broad place of ='the gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the assembly of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths : for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day '' had not the children of Israel done so. And ' there was very great gladness. 1 8 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, *he read in the book of the law or God. And they ' kept the feast seven days ; and on ™ the eighth day was a ^ solemn assembly, according unto the ordinance. 9 Now in the twenty and fourth day of " this month the children of Israel wei^e assembled "with fasting, and with sackcloth, and p earth upon them. 2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniqui- ties of their fathers. 3 And » they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day ; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God. 4 *■ Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kad- miel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto Jehovah their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless Jehovah your God from everlast- ing to everlasting ; and ^ blessed be thy glorious name, which is ex- ^ Oi, closing festival ^ Or, let them bless " Lev. 23. 34, 40, 42 * Lev. 23. 4 " Dt. 16. 16 d Lev. 23. 40 " Jer. 32. 29 /ver. 1 " ch. 12. 39 , 2 K. 14. 13 A 2 Chr. 7. 8 ; 8. 13 ' 2 Chr. 30. 21 * Dt. 31. 11 ' Lev. 23. 36 '" Num. 29. .3.5 " ch. 8. 2 " Ezr. 8. 23 J' 1 S. 4. 12 1 ch. 8- 4 >" ch. 8. 7 ' Dt 6. 4 ; 2 K. 19 15 « Gen. 1. 1 " Col. 1. 17 " Gen. 12. I *Gen 11. 31 V Gen. 17 5 • Gen 16. 6, 18-21 "Josh. 21, 43-4.5 b Ex. 3. 7 ' Ex. 14. 10- 12; 7.8-14 31 rf Ex. 5. 2 " Ex. 9. 16 /Ex 14.21 ^ Ex. 16. 1, 5, 10 h Ex. 13. 21, 22 >Ex. 19. 11, 18-20 *: Ex. 20. 1 ' Ps. 19. 7-9 ' Ex. 16. 23 ; 20. 8 " Ex. 16. 4, 14, 16 " Ex. 17. 6 , Num. 20. 7-13 P Dt. 1. 8 1 ver. 10 "■ ver. 29 ; Dt. 31. 27 484 alted above all blessing and praise. 6 'Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone ; * thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and " thou pre- servest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. 7 Thou art ^ Jehovah the God, " who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of -^ Ur of the Chaldees, and " gavest him the name of Abra- ham, 8. and foundest ^ his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and "hast performed thy words ; for thou art righteous. 9 And * thou sawest the afflic- tion of our fathers in Egypt, and ''heardest their cry by the Red Sea, 10 and showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land ; for thou knewest that '^ they dealt proudly against them, and/ didst get thee a name, as it is this day. 1 1 And ■^thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and /their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters. 12 Moreover in a pillar of cloud Hhou leddest them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 13 *Thou earn- est down also upon mount Sinai, and *spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them 4'ight ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments, 14 and madest known unto them '"thy holy sabbath, and command- edst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant, 15 and "gavest them bread from heaven for their hun- ger, and "broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and ^commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst ^ sworn to give them. 16 But they and our fathers * dealt proudly, and *" hardened their neck, and hearkened not to 3 Or, O Jehovah * Heb. lijted up thy hand. 9.17 NEHEMIAH 9.34 and making a Confession of National Sin thy commandments, 17 and re- fused to obey, "neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion ''appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art ^ a God " ready to par- don, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lov- ingkindness, and forsookest them not. 18 Yea, when they had ''made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations ; 1 9 yet "^thou in thy manifold mer- cies forsookest them not in the wilderness : -^ the pillar of cloud departed not from oyer them by day, to lead them in the way ; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go. 20 " Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to in- struct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21 Yea, ''forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing ; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. 22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, "which thou didst allot after their portions : *' so they pos- sessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Hesnbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. 23 Their children also multipliedst thou as *the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land con- cerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. 24 'So the chil- dren went in and possessed the land, and " thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. 25 And "they took forti- fied cities, and "a fat land, and possessed/ houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vine- yards, and oliveyards, and fruit- trees in abundance : so they did eat, and were filled, and '' became fat, and '"delighted themselves in thy great goodness. 1 Heb. a God of forgivenesses. 2 Or, and didst distribute them into every corner " Ps. 78. 11, 42-55 * Num. 14. 4 '■ Ex. 34. 6, 7 d Ex. 32. 4-8, 31 ^ ver. 27, 31 /ver. 12 " ver. 30 ; Num. U. 17 ; Is. 63. 11-14 A Dt. 2. 7 ' Num. 21. 21-36 k Gen. 15. 5 'Josh. 21.43 "^ Josh. 18. 1 " Dt. 3. 6 " Num. 13. 20 P Dt. 6. 11 1 Dt. 32. 15 '■ 1 K. 8. CO ' Judg. 2. U ' I K. 14. 9 " 2 (Jhr. 36. 10 " ver. 30 " ver. 18 V Judg. 2. 14 ^ Dt. 4. 29 " Judg. 2. 16 6 Judg. 3. 11 " Ps. 106. 43 d ver. 20, 30 ' ver. 10, 16 /Lev. 18. 5 " Zech. 7. 11 A Ps. 95. 10 ; Acts 13. 18 1 ver. 26, 29 * ver. 20 ' Jer. 4. 27 '" ver. 17 "ch. 1. 6 » 2 K. 16. 19 P Gen. 18. 25 ; Jer. 12. ) 26 'Nevertheless they were dis- obedient, and rebelled against thee, and 'cast thy law behind their back, and " slew thy proph- ets that "testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and ■'' they wrought great provoca- tions. 27 Therefore thou ^ de- liveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them : and - in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven ; and according to thy manifold mercies "thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries. 28 But * after they had rest, they did evil again before thee ; therefore lef test thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them : yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and 'many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies, 29 and ''testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law. Yet *they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy com- mandments, but sinned against thine ordinances ('which if a man do, he shall live in them), and * ^ withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. 30 ''Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and Hestifiedst against them by *thy Spirit through thy proph- ets : yet would they not give ear : therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. 31 Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou 'didst not make a full end of them, nor for- sake them ; for thou art '"a gra- cious and merciful God. 32 Now therefore, our God, "the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keenest covenant and lov- ingkindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, "since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. 33 Howbeit ^thou art just in all that is come upon us : for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly ; 34 neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept ths 3 Heb. they gave a stubborn shoulder. 48& 9.35 NEHEMIAH 10.37 The People covenant to keep the Law, and to maintain the Temple Worship law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testi- monies wherewith thou didst testify against them. 35 For "they have not served thee in their kingdom, and * in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. 36 Behold, ''we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it. 37 And ''it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins : also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. *38 And ^yet for all this "we make a ^ sure covenant, and write it ; and our princes, our Leyites, and our priests, *-^seal unto it. -i f\ Now those that ^sealed WJ were : Nehemiah the gov- ernor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah ; these were the priests. 9 And the Levites : _ namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Bin- nui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel ; 10 and their breth- ren, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11 Mica, Behob, Hashabiah, 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodiah, Bani, Ben- inu. 14 The chiefs of the peo- ple : Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 18 Ho- diah, Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, ■*Nobai, 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21 Mesheza- bel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23 Hoshea, Hana- niah, Hasshub, 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25 Rehum, Ha- shabnah, Maaseiah, 26 and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, 27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. 28 And * the rest of the people, 1 Or, because of 2 Or, faithjul 3 Heb. are at the sealing. * Another reading is, Neba/i. ° Dt. 28. 47 ^ ver. 25 " Dt. 28. 48 rf Dt. 28. 33 « ch. 10. 29 /ch. 10. 1 V ch. 9. 38 '' Ezr. 2. 'X- 68 '■ ch. 9. 2 k ch. 6. 12 ' Ex. 34. 16 ; Dt. 7. 3 *rCh. 10. 1 in Heb.] " Ex. 23. 10, 11 " Dt. 15. 1, 2 P Ex. 30. Il- ls ; Mt. 17. 9 ch. 11. 1 "" ch. 13. 31 e Ex. 13. 2 " Lev. 23. 17 " ch. 13. 5, 9 48G the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinim, and *all they that had separated themselves from the iDeoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone that had knowledge and under- standing ; 29 they clave to their brethren, their nobles, and * en- tered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Jehovah our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes ; 30 and ' that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons ; 31 and ™if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day ; and that we would forego the " seventh year, and the "exaction of every debt. 32 Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with p the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; 33 for the showbread, and for the continual meal-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, for the sabbaths, for the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin-offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. 34 And *we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the Eeople, '■for the wood-offering, to ring it into the house of our God, according to ovir fathers' houses, at times appointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of Jehovah our God, as it is written in the law ; 35 and to bring Hhe first-fruits of our ground, and the first-fruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, unto the house oi Jehovah ; 36 also the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, 'as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that min- ister in the house of our God ; 37 and "that we should bring the first-fruits of our ^ dough, and our heave-offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, ^ the new wine and the oil, unto the priests, "to the chambers of the house of 5 Or, coarse meal ^ Or, the vintage 10.38 NEHEMIAH 11.24 List of those wfao dwelt iii Jerasalem our God; and "the tithes of our ground unto the Levites ; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. 38 And * the joriest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when tlie Levites take tithes : and th3 Le- vites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into ""the treasure-house. 39 For the chil- dren of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the ''heave-offer- ing of the grain, of ^ the- new wine, and of the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanc- tuary, and the priests that min- ister, and the porters, and the singers : and " we will not forsake the house of our God. nAnd •'^the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem : the rest of the people also *cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem '' the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. 2 And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem. 3 * Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jeru- salem : but in the cities of Judah dwelt * every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and Hhe Nethinim, and '"the children of Solomon's servants. _ 4 And m Je- rusalem dwelt certain of the chil- dren of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah : Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the chil- dren of Perez ; 5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Ada- iah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. 6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. 7 And these are the sons of Ben- jamin : Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed^ the son of Peda- iah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah. _ 8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Joel the son of Zichri was their over- seer; and Judah the son of Has- senuah was second over the city. 1 Or, the vintage ■ Lev. 27. 30 *■ Num. 18. " ch. 13. 12, d Dt. 12. 6 ' ch. 13. 10, /ch. 7. 4 !' ch. 10. 3+ '' ver. 18 ; Is. fc ver. 20 ' Kzr. 2. 43 '" ch. 7. 57 " 1 Chr. 29 « ch. 3. 26 ; 2 Chr. 27. "■ ver. 9, 14 ' Ezr. 6. 8 ; 7. 20 487 10 Of the priests : Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God, 12 and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two ; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zecha- riah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, 1 3 and his brethren, chiefs of fathers' houses, two hun- dred forty and two ; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of_ Immer, 14 and their brethren, mighty men of valor, a hundred twenty and eight. And their over- seer was Zabdiel, ^ the son of Hag- gedolim. 15 And of the Levites: Shema- iah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni ; 16 and Shab- bethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the over- sight of " the outward business of the house of God; 17 and Matta- niah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiv- ing in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren ; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in "the holy city were two hundred fourscoi'e and four. 1 9 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two. 20 And the i"esidue of Israel, of the priests, the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one ^in his inheritance. 21 But *the Nethi- nim dwelt in Ophel : and Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim. 22 'The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hash- abiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God. 23 * For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and ^a settled provision for the singers, 'as every day required. 24 And Pethahiah the son of 2 Or, one of the qreat men 3 Or, a sure ordinance concerning 11.25 NEHEMIAH 12.30 other Places which were inhabited. Priests and Levites who came with Zernbbabel. Dedication of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. 25 And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in " Kiriath-arba and the ^ towns thereof, and in *Dibon and the ■" towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages £hereof, 26 and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet, 27 and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer- sheba and the Howns thereof, 28 and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the ^ towns thereof, 29 and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth, 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the ^ towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. 31 The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onivard, at ]\Iichmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the Howns thereof, 32 at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Git- taim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono, '"^the valley of craftsmen. 36 And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin. -\ C\ Now these are "the priests JL ^ and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Sheal- tiel, and Jeshua : Seraiah, Jere- miah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abi- jah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of .Jeshua. 8 Moreover the Levites : Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Ju- dah, and Mattaniah, who was over ^ the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren, were over against them ''according to their offices. 10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Elia- shib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, 11 and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers' houses : of Seraiah, Meraiah ; of 1 Heb. dauqhters. 2 Or, Ge-haharashim See 1 Chr. 4. 14. 3 Or, the choirs ' Josh. 14. 16 i> Josh. 13. 9, 17 " Ezr. 2. 1 ; 7. 7 rf ver. 24 'ch. 11. 17 / ver. 9 ' 1 Chr. 16 >>■ ch. 8. 9 ' 1 Chr. 15. 16, 28 k 1 Chr. 9. 16 ' ch. 13. 22, 30 Jeremiah, Hananiah ; 13 of Ezra, Meshullam ; of Amariah, Jeho- hanan ; 1 4 of ■* Malluchi, Jona- than ; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 15 of Harim, Adna ; of Meraioth, Hel- kai ; 16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam ; 17 ofAbi- jah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moa- diah, Piltai; 18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehona- than; 19 and of Joiarib, Matte- nai; of Jedaiah, LTzzi; 20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok. Eber ; 21 of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. 22 As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, .Joiada, and Jo- hanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers' houses ; also the priests, ^ in the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of Levi, heads of fathers' houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Elia- shib. 24 And the chiefs of the Levites : Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, ""to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, -^ watch next to watch. 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshul- lam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at -'the store- houses of the gates. 26 These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of ''Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe. 27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with sing- ing, 'with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 28 And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the ''plain round about Jerusalem, and from * the villages of the Netophathites ; 29 also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azma- veth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusa- lem. 30 And the priests and the Levites 'purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. 488 * Another reading is, JUelicu. 6 Or, Circuit sOr, to 12.31 NEHEMIAH 13.7 the Wall. Ordinances for the Temple Service. Foreigners excluded from the Assembly. Tobiah driven from the Temple 31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great com- panies that gave thanks and went in procession; "luhereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward *the dung gate: 32 and after theui went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, 33 and Azariah,ll]zra, and Meshullam, 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 35 and certain of the pi'iests' sons with trumpets: Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph; 36 and his breth- ren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, J\lila- Jai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, ''with the musical instruments of David the man of God ; and Ezra the scribe was be- fore them. 37 And by ''the foun- tain gate, and straight before them, they went up by "the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto •''the water gate eastward. 38 And -"the other company of them that gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, upon the wall, above '' the tower of the furnaces, even unto ' the broad wall, 39 and above * the gate of Ephraim, and by ' the old gate, and by "' the fish gate, and " the tower of Hananel, and the tower of ^Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate : and they stood still in " the gate of the guard. 40 So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the '■^rulers with me; 41 and the priests, Elia- kim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; 42 and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and IJzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchi- jah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. _ 43 And they of- fered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced ; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children re- joiced : so that the joy of Jerusa- lem was heard even afar off. 44 And on that day were ^men appointed over the chambers for 1 Or, The hundred * Or, deputies 17 ■^ ver. 38 6ch. 2. 13 <^ ver. 24 d ch. 2. 14 « ch. 3. 15 /ch. 3. 26 'J ver. 31 ''ch. 3. 11 i ch. 3. H k ch. 8. 16 ' ch. 3. 6 '" ch. 3. 3 " ch. 3. 1 " cll. 3. 2r> P ch. 13. 5, 12, 13 1 1 Chr. 2.5. 1 ; 2(1. 1 '■ 2 Chr. 29. *ch. 11. 23 ' Num. 18. 21 " ch. 9. 3 " ver. 23 ; Dt. 23. 3-5 ^ Num. 22. 3-11 v ch. 9. 2 ' Ex. 12. 38 " ch. 12. 44 b ch. 2. 10 ; 6. 1, 17, 18 'Num. 18.21 d ch. 5. 14 ' Ezr. 6. 22 the treasures, for the heave-offer- ings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, accoixling to the fields of the cities, the portions ^appointed by the law for the priests and Levites : for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that ^waited. 45 And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, ^according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. 46 For in the clays of David and '"Asaph of old Hhere was a chief of the singers, and songs of j^raise ancl thanks- giving unto God. 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, 'as every day re- quired: and Hhey set apart that vfhich was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron. "1 O _ On that day "they read XO in the book of Moses in the audience of the people ; and therein was found written, that "an Am- monite and a IMoabite should not enter into the assembly of God for over, 2 because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but '^ hired Balaam against them, to curse them: how- beit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that •^they separated from Israel all ^ the mixed multitude. 4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, "'who was appointed over the ''chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto ''Tobiah, 5 had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meal-offerings, the frank- incense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, "^ which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the priests. 6 But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem; for in ''the two and thirtieth year of "Artax- erxes king of Babylon I went unto the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king, 7 and I came to Jerusalem, and understood ^ Heb. of the law. * Heb. stood. 5 A nother reading is, there were chi^s. 6 Heb. chamber. 13.8 NEHEMIAH 13.29 Tobiah expelled from the Temple. Payment of Tithes enjoined. Sabbath-breaking suppressed. Mixed Harriages condemned the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, "in preparing him a cham- ber in the courts of the house of God. 8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the house- hold stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. 9 Then I commanded, and "they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankin- cense. 10 And I T)erceived that ''the Eortions of the Levites had not een given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled ''every one to his field. 11 Then "contended I with the ^rulers, and said, -^Why is the house of God forsaken 1 Arid I ga1}hered them together, and set them in their place. 12 Then brought all Judah ^the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. 13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, tShelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah : and next to them was Hanan the son of Zac- cur, the son of Mattaniah ; for ''they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute unto their bi-ethren. 14 'Remem- ber me, O _my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof. 15 In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses *on the sabbath, and bringing in ^sheaves, and lading asses there- rvith ; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, 'which they brought into Jerusa- lem on the sabbath day : and "'I testified against them _ in the day wherein they sold victuals. 16 There dwelt men of _ Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all manner of wares, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 1 7 Then "I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day 1 18" Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city"? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profan- ing the sabbath. 1 Or, deputies 2 Or, heaps of grain " ver. 5 >> 2 Chr. 29. 6, 16, 16 "^ ch. 10. 37 d ch. 12. 2S, 29 * ver. 17, 25 / ch. 10. 39 y ch. 10. 37 ; 12. 44 h ch. 7. 2 ' ver. 22, 31 ; ch. 6. 19 k Ex. 20. 8 ; 34.21 ' ch. 10. 31 "^ ver. 21 ; ch. 9. 29 "ver. 11,25 " Ezr. 9. 13 ; Jer. 17. 21 '' Lev. 23. 32 ^ ver. 15 ■ ch. 12. 30 ; 1 Chr. 15. ' ver. 14, 31 ' ch. 10. 30 ; PJzr. 9. 2 " ch. 4. 7 " ver, 1 ; Ezr. 9. 1 == ver. 11, 17 y Dt. 25. 2 ' ch. 10. 29, 30 ■^ 1 K. 11. 1 (> 1 K. 3. 13 ; 2 (Jhr. 1. 12 " ver. 23 ; Ezr. 10. 2 d ch. 2. 10, 19 " ch. 6. 14 /Num.25. 13 490 19 ^And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath : and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. 20 So the mer- chants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. 21 Then «I testi- fied against them, and said unto them. Why lodge ye ^ about the wall 1 if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. 22 And I commanded the Levites that ''they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanc- tify the sabbath day. ' Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the great- ness of thy lovingkindness. 23 In those days also saw I the Jews 'that ^had married women of "Ashdod, of "Ammon, and of Moab : 24 and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' lan- guage, but according to the lan- guage of each people. 25 And""! contended with them, and ^ cursed them, and ^ smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and ' made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for your.selves. 26 "Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things ? *yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel : neverthe- less even him did foreign women cause to sin. 27 Shall we then hearken xmto you to do all this great evil, " to trespa.ss against our God in marrying foreign women % 28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to ''Sanballat the Horonite : therefore I chased him from me. 29 "Remember them, O my God, ^ because they have defiled the priesthood, and the -^covenant of the priesthood, and of the Le- vites. 3 Heb. before. * Heb. had made to dwell with them. I 5 Or, reviled « Heb. for the defilinga of &c. 13.30 NEHEMIAH Recapitalatiou 13.31 30 " Thus cleansed I them from ^all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work ; 1 Or, everything foreign <» ch. 10. 30 6 ch. 10. 34 " ver. 14, 22 31 and *for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first- fruits. " Remember me, O my God, for good. 4:91 THE BOOK OP ESTHER The Feast of Ahasneras. Qaeea Tashti rcfiiiies to attend it. She is therefore deposed INow it came to pass in the days of ^"Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned * from India even unto Ethiopia, over a "hun- dred and seven and twenty prov- inces), 2 that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in ''Shushan the '-palace, 3 in the third year of his reign, " he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants ; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him ; 4 when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days. 5 And when these days were ful- filled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of ■^the garden of the king's palace. G There ivere hangings of * white cloth, of * green, and of blue, fast- ened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble : '■' the couches were of gold and silver, uijon a pavement ^ of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble. 7 And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from an- other), and royal wine in abun- dance, ''according to the "bounty of the king. 8 And the drinking was according to the law ; none could compel : for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do accord- ing to every man's pleasure. 9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. 10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was * merry with wine, he com- manded Mehuman, Bizthfv Har- bona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, 1 Or, Xerxes Heb. Ahashverosh. 2 Or, castle 3 Or, fine cloth, white and blue * Or, cotton 5 Or, of porphyry, and white marhli'. and ala- baster, and stone of blue color o Heb. hand. " Ezr. 4. 6 ; Dan. 9. 1 & ch. 8. 9 ' ell. 9. 80 d Neh. 1. 1 «ch. 2.. 18 /ch. 7. 7, 8 " Ezek. 23. 41 ; Am. 6. 1 ch. 2. 18 « Judg. 16. 25 * ch. 2. 17 ; 6. 8 ' Jer. 10. 7 ; Dan. 2. 2 "' 1 Chr. 12. 32 " 2 K. 25. 19 ; Mt. 18. 10 492 and Carcas, the seven 'chamber- lains that ministered in the pres- ence of Ahasuerus the king, 11 to bring Vashti the queen before the king with *the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty ; for she was fair to look on. 12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamber- lains : therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. 13 Then the king said to 'the wise men, ™who knew the times (for so was the king's manner to- ward all that knew law and judg- ment; 14 and the next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Me- mucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, " who saw the king's face, and sat first in the king- dom), 15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bid- ding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains'? 16 And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. 17 For this deed of tbe queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be I'e- ported. The king Ahasuerus com- manded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. 18 And this day will the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the deed of the queen *say the like unto all the king's princes. So will there arise ® much contempt and wrath. 1 9 If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, ' Or, eunuchs (and so In ver. 12, &c.) 8 Or, tell it 9 Or, enough ■ 1.20 ESTHER 2.17 A Sobstitate is sought for. Esther chosen to he (|aeen ^ " that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasue- rus ; and let the king give her royal estate '^ unto another that is better than she. 20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), *all the wives will give to their hus- bands honor, both to great and small. 21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes ; and the king did according to the word of Memucan : 22 for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, ""into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every peo- ple after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people. 2 After these things, ''when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and " what was decreed against her. 2 Then said the king's servants that min- istered unto him. Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king : 3 and let the king appoint oflBcers in •''all the provinces of nis kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shu- shan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of ^^Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women ; and '' let their things for purification be given them ; 4 and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. 5 There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was ' Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite, 6 *who had been car- ried away from Jerusalem with the captives that had been carried away with * Jeconiahking of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. 7 And he ^brought up Hadassah, that is, '■ Esther, his uncle's daugh- ter : for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful ; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter. 8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his de- 1 Heb. that it pass not away. 2 Heb. unto her companion. 8 Heb. Heoee. < In 2 K. 24. 6, Jehoiachin. ^ Heb. nourished. "■ ch. 8. 8 ; Dan. 6. 8 6 Eph. 5. 22 ; Col. 3. IS " ch. 3. 12 ; 8. 9 d ch. 7. 10 " ch. 1. 19, 20 /ch. 1. 1, 2 '■' ver. 8, 15 '' ver. 9, 12 ' ch. 3. 2 k 2 K. 24. 14, 16 ' ver. 15 ' ver. 3 ' ver. 3, 15 ' ver. 3, 12 1 ver. 7 ; ch. 9.29 cree was heard, and *" when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of "Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her " things for purifica- tion, with her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house : and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women. 10 ^Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred ; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known. 11 And Mor- decai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her. 12 Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifica- tions accomplished, to wit, six naonths with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women), 13 then in this wise came the maiden unto the king : Whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. 14 In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamber- lain, who kept the concubines : she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and she were called by name. 15 Now when the turn of Esther, *the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what *■ Hegai fhe king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked upon her. 16 So Esther \vas taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. 1 7 And the king loved Esther above all the women. 493 2.18 ESTHER 3.13 Mordecai saves the King's life. Haman promoted. Mordecai refases to do him Homage. Haman procures a Decree for tlie and she obtained favor and kind- ness in his sight more than all the virgins ; so that "he set the royal ci'own upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then * the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his ser- vants, even Estlier's feast ; and he made a ^release to the prov- inces, and gave gifts, '^ according to the '•^bounty of the king. 19 And ''when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai " was sitting in the king's gate. 20 -^Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people ; as Mordecai had charged her : for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like "as Avhen she was brought up with him. 2 1 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's cham- berlains, ''Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Aliasuerus. 22 And the thing became known to Mordecai, •who showed it unto Esther the queen ; and Esther told the king thereof in Mordecai's name. 23 And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree : and it was written in * the b9ok of the chronicles before the king. 3 After these things did king Ahasuerus ' promote Haman the son of Hammedatha '"the Agagite, and "advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. 2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman ; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But "Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence. 3 Then the king's servants, that were in Pthe^ king's gate, said unto Mor- decai, *Why transgressest thou the king's commandment ? 4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him. and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether ]\Iordecai's ^matters would stand : for he had told them that he was a Jew. 5 And when Haman saw that Mor- decai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 But he thought 5 Heb. rest. * Heb. hand. s Or, words " ch. 1. n ''ch. 1. 3 " ch. 1. 7 > ch. 1. 22 ; 3, 12 " 1 K. 4. 28 d ch. 9. 2 " ch. 3. 13 / ch. 9. 10 " ch. 3. 14 ft ch. 6. 11 ; Gen. 41. 4; ' ch. 3. 16 «-■ ch. 9. 19 ' ch. 9. 27 ™ ch. 8. 12 " ver. 17 " ch. 3. 13 p ver. 15-18 ; ch. S. U 9 ch. 8. 17 >■ Ezr. 8. 30 ' 2 S. 3. 1 « ch. 3. 13 " ch. 5. 11 " ch. 8. n ' ch. 7. 2 V ver. 15 ; ch. 8. 11 498 among the peoples of the land became Jews ; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them. 9 Now ™ in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on "the thirteenth day of the same, "when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them), 2 ^'the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities thi'oughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt : and no man could withstand them ; * for the fear of them was fallen upon all the peoples. 3 And all the princes of the provinces, and ''the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king's busi- ness, helped the Jews ; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them. 4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces ; for the man Mor- decai * waxed greater and greater. 5 And 'the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them. 6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and de- stroyed five hundred men, 7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, 8 and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 9 and Par- mashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vaizatha, 10 "the ten sons of Ha- man the son of Hammedatha, the .Jews' enemy, slew they; but "on the spoil they laid not their hand. 11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. 12 And the king said unto Esther the queen. The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman ; what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces ! ^ Now what is thy petition^ and it shall be granted thee : or what is thy request fur- ther 1 and it shall be done. 1 3 Then said Esther, If it please the king, * let it be granted to the -Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day's 9,14 ESTHER 10.3 The Jews destroy their Enemies. The Feast of Purim institated. Mordecai's Greatness decree, and let Hainan's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. 1 4 x\nd the king commanded it so to be done : and a decree was given out in Shushan ; and they hanged Ha- man's ten sons. 15 And the Jews that were in Shushan gatlaered themselves together on the four- teenth day also of the month Adar, and slew "three hundred men in Shushan ; but * on the spoil they laid not their hand. 16 And "the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves to- gether, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand ; ** but on the spoil they laid not their hand. 17 This was done on "the thir- teenth day of the month Adar; and -^ on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 18 But the Jews that were in Shushan 'assembled together on the thir- teenth day thereof, and on ''the fourteenth thereof ; and on the fif- teenth dayoi the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 1 9 Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in 'the unwalled towns, make the four- teenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and *_a good day, and 'of sending por- tions one to another. 20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the pi-ov- irjces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, 21 to enjoin them that they should keep the four- teenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, 22 as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day ; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had writ- ten unto them ; 24 because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agag- ite, the enemy 9f all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and ™had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them ; 25 but " when the vwLtter came before the king, "* ver. 12 * ver. 10 "^ ver. 2 > ch. 2. 23 ' Gen. 41. 43,44 d Neh, 2. 10 499 he commanded by letters " that his wicked device, which he had de- vised against the Jews, ^should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 26 Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore « because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this mat- ter, and that which had come unto them, 27 the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon *■ all such as .joined themselves unto them, so that it should not fail, *that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year ; 28 and that these days should be remembered and kept through- out every generation, every family, every province, and every city ; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the remembrance of them ^ perish from their seed. 29 Then Esther the queen, 'the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all "authority to confirm "this second letter of Purim. 30 And he sent letters unto all the Jews, " to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, ?<)?'